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Nintendo has confirmed that it will not be participating in this year’s Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany. Gamescom Opening Night Live kicks off on 23rd August and so far only a few publishers have been confirmed for the event such as Bandai Namco and THQ Nordic. Nintendo of Europe said in a statement that it will

If you’re a fan of the Pokémon anime series, you might want to take a look at Pokémon Advanced, which has just been added to the Pokémon TV service. This is the sixth season of the show – following Ash and Pikachu (alongside May) as they take their first steps into the Hoenn region. Here’s

IGN has delivered a new Sonic Frontiers gameplay video showing how the combat works in the spiky blue hedgehog’s latest open world adventure. Sonic has a number of powerful new moves at his disposal and admittedly some of the attacks looked immensely fun with satisfying results. The footage revealed that the enemies that Sonic faces

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Nintendo systems and Street Fighter games have a long-running history, but the last time we actually got a proper mainline game was Street Fighter IV 3D Edition for the 3DS. The situation hasn’t just been tough for Nintendo fans, either. Xbox players missed out on Street Fighter 5

Universal Studios Hollywood has announced on Twitter that the early anticipated Super Nintendo World is currently scheduled to be opened in California next year. It is not exactly clear when it will be opened in 2023 but it’s bound to be an incredibly popular attraction with gamers and families. Super Nintendo World opened at Universal

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube If you’re a fan of games like DOOM and even Duke Nukem 3D, you’re definitely going to want to keep an eye on the upcoming Warhammer 40K title, Boltgun. As you can see in the ‘Skulls Showcase’ reveal trailer above, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun is channelling all the classic

The Pokémon Company has revealed the latest trailer for new mainline Pokemon games coming this autumn which are titled, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. As you can see it’s an open world affair and the visual-style of some of the characters seem to be inspired by the immensely popular smartphone game Pokemon GO, though with more

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Breaking – Konami has announced it will pull the plug on its online game, Super Bomberman R Online. This free-to-download title was originally released on the Nintendo Switch on 27th May 2021 and will be shut down on 1st December this year. Here’s the full message from the

The Pokémon Company has announced that they will be debuting a new trailer for the next iteration of games from the mainline Pokemon franchise tomorrow. The trailer for Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet will be arriving tomorrow at 6am PT / 2pm UK time. From the wording it sounds like it could be quite a

Not long after Nintendo added Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards to the Switch Online N64 service a few weeks ago, a game-breaking bug was discovered, preventing players from progressing under a certain condition. Nintendo publically addressed this last week – revealing an update would be released to resolve the problem (Kirby being stunned in underwater

The Embracer Group has quickly become a juggernaut with their latest acquisitions being Square Enix’s North American studios, Eidos Montreal, and Crystal Dynamics. Thankfully the company is already thinking about video game perseveration and has created a special game preservation initiative called the Embracer Games Archive. PC Gamer reports that the Embracer Group has acquired “50,000 games,

Image: Nintendo Life / Gavin Lane Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve got on their minds. Today, Gavin ponders why he’s spending time and money importing Nintendo curios from the East that he’s not even sure he’ll play… It all started with

Splatoon is known for its gloriously unique music and its seems that the third game in the series, Splatoon 3, won’t be an exception. Nintendo of Europe has uploaded a new track from the game which is titled Sea Me Now and is by in-game band Front Roe. You can have a listen to the

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and as part of our mental health coverage, I spoke to two psychologists from Take This — a non-profit dedicated to reducing the stigma of mental health in the gaming community, as well as raising awareness of the areas in which games and mental health intersect — about all

Nintendo has confirmed today that BioWare’s award-winning Star Wars: Knights of Republic 2: the Sith Lords is Nintendo Switch bound. You won’t have to wait too long to get ahold of the game either as it’s scheduled to arrive on the Switch family of systems on 8th June. The classic RPG will cost you a

If you saw a Nintendo Switch selling for just $4, you might assume that Doug Bowser had lost his mind, before buying every single one available — but perhaps unsurprisingly, in the case of unlucky South Africans seeing the deal on Facebook, it’s naught but a scam. According to a report by Cape Town Etc.,

Games Industry recently had the opportunity to chat with former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime about how Nintendo can prolong the Nintendo Switch family of systems lifecycle. Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said in February this year that the Nintendo Switch is halfway through its lifecycle so he suggested ways the Kyoto-based company could continue

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Early Access games can be scary — ever heard of “too many cooks”, except all the cooks are gamers? — but they can also result in some lovingly-polished games that don’t make it to Switch until they’re really, really good. It sounds like The Hand of Merlin is