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After almost 16 years, the Wii Sports series has finally received a new iteration, arriving with six activities at launch, both old and new, to get you swinging, kicking, swiping, and jabbing your trusty Joy-Con. Does Nintendo Switch Sports recapture the joy of motion controls once again, or does the limited number of modes and

During the Spring into Action Sale, over 1000 games for Nintendo Switch will be discounted by up to 63%*. The sale on Nintendo eShopstarts on Thursday, 28th April at 14:00 BST and ends on Sunday, 8th May at 23:59 BST.  Players can witness the origins of the Master Sword in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, discounted for the first time, and travel around the world

Nintendo of Europe has announced that it is kicking off a new eShop sale this week and it’s titled the Spring into Action sale. It’s not clear at present as to which Nintendo Switch games will be on sale, but hopefully there will be a good variety of first party games on offer, which some

Image: Nintendo Monolith Soft’s JRPG series Xenoblade Chronicles is known for revealing a bit of skin from time to time, and it seems the third entry will be no different. According to a recent ESRB rating, which was discovered earlier this week, players will need to be prepared for an adventure containing blood and violence,

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Hello, Nintendo fans, and welcome to a review of another Metroidvania. You’ll be thrilled to know that this one is good, and if you enjoy the Metroidvania genre, you’ll enjoy playing Blast Brigade. Alright, cheers. What?? You want more?!? Oh, god. Okay. It’s just that there are so many of

Image: Nintendo Life The game industry is youthful compared to other areas of entertainment and recorded culture – younger than film and TV, and of course a baby compared to printed works. Yet we’re now decades into the history of gaming, especially if you go back to the systems of the 1970s, perhaps even a

Image: Nintendo Life Hello everyone, welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl *cue stadium-sized cheer*! Last week, we looked at the classic, the incomparable, the ruddy good video game that is The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Pitting the US box art against the Japanese box art, you fine folks were

Starting today, active Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members can enjoy the Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion DLC on the Nintendo Switch system at no additional cost. It’s a great way to train up before the Splatoon 3 game launches for Nintendo Switch! Previously only available as a separate purchase, you now can dive into the large-scale, single-player expansion for Splatoon

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Quake led to a significant amount of buzz when it dropped on Switch and other systems, and was certainly a retro highlight of 2021. It wasn’t just the classic game thrown onto modern hardware, but rather it has various improvements and entirely new content to dive into; it’s

Image: Nintendo Life / Damien McFerran It’s the Game Boy’s 33rd birthday, so what better time to reacquaint yourself with its very best games? Enjoy! Friday 21st April 1989 — the day that the Game Boy launched in Japan. 33 years ago the video gaming landscape would be forever changed as Nintendo opened up the

SEGA has confirmed today that the Sonic Origins collection will be released on the Nintendo Switch family of systems on 23rd June. The classic Sonic the Hedgehog collection contains Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, and Sonic CD. If you decide to pre-order you will receive the Start Dash DLC

Sonic Origins was recently rated in South Korea leading many to hope that a firm release date for the HD collection of classic Sonic the Hedgehog games will be announced by SEGA soon. Today, it has been revealed that Sonic Origins has now been rated in Australia and it was awarded a ‘G’ for general

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The announcement earlier this month of Return to Monkey Island was rather exciting for series fans of all ages, perhaps particularly those of us wearing comfortable shoes and considering a trip to the Garden Centre as a day out. Published by Devolver Digital, Ron Gilbert’s studio (Terrible Toybox)

The Nintendo Switch has been receiving quite a few firmware updates in the past 6 months, with the vast majority of them being rather small. In just the past month alone, there have been a couple of firmware updates, with one of them happening just a couple of weeks ago. Well, Nintendo has released a

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) In the world of fan service games, two franchises stand at the top of the pile: Hyperdimension Neptunia, which features a group of anthropomorphised game consoles fighting in a literal and hilarious console war, and Senran Kagura, which pits ninjas with assets as impressive as their fighting arts against each

The enjoyable Sonic the Hedgehog 2 movie from Paramount and SEGA is entering its third week at the box office. Movie ticket sales have declined 58% during its second weekend, but the family friendly film has now roped in over $30 million worldwide. The second Sonic movie has been a huge success in North America

Image: Nintendo Life Ahoy everyone, welcome back to another Box Art Brawl! We’ve got a great one for you this week, just in case the image and the title didn’t quite give it away. Last week, we looked at Mario Golf (which is out now on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass!), pitting North America

Patrick Ploude has been a part of Ubisoft for about 20 years. He was the creative director of Child of Light, Watch Dogs 2 and Far Cry 3. Ploude announced earlier today that he will be leaving the company to work as part of an independent consulting agency. Ubisoft later confirmed that Ploude “will provide