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Hertfordshire, 19th November 2021 – Today, KOEI TECMO Europe unveiled a special world tournament for their upcoming release of Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX! The collection marks the triumphant return of the Monster Rancher series in the West, and bundles together the fan-favourite Monster Rancher 1 (1997) and Monster Rancher 2 (1999). The title

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube It’s been another big week in the Nintendo Life, with a significant arrival on the Switch. That’s Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl of course, which we naturally reviewed for your reading / viewing pleasure. Elsewhere there was continuing fallout for GTA Trilogy with the Digital Foundry analysis,

Rockstar Games has taken to their website to apologise to fans for the issues surrounding the recently released Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition. The company says that it is sorry for launching the game in the state it was in and acknowledge that the trilogy should have spent more time in

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Fans have been waiting years and years for Pokémon’s fourth-generation remakes and the day is finally here. Yes, Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are available right now on Nintendo Switch. A reimagining of the adventure found within the original Diamond and Pearl on Nintendo DS, the new

Tencent has bought a minority stake on Playtonic. Playtonic is a UK developer and publisher, and they are the ones behind Yooka-Laylee. Because of this investment, GamesIndustry says that Playtonic will be able to “more than double its headcount” and “expand to three development teams”. It is also going to help the studio create some

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Despite what its name suggests, Epic Chef is about more than just cooking. Taking place in the city of Ambrosia, you take on the role of Zest (like lemon zest, right? Ha!), who is chucked head-first out of a ship as it comes to a stop at the city docks.

Former Telltale developers have announced that they are remastering the episodic Sam & Max game Sam & Max: Beyond Time & Space and it is coming to the Nintendo Switch family of systems on 8th December. The studio became defunct in 2018 after the last shareholder pulled out but was later revived by LCG Entertainment.

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Not too long ago we shared the news that The Kids We Were was due to arrive on Switch early next year; it’s a rather charming game following adventurous kids in the Japanese suburbs, featuring time travel and some lovely visuals. It turns out that it’s closer than

League of Legends support continues, and it shows no signs of stopping. In fact, there has been a spin-off title in the works, and it has been planned for a release on multiple platforms, including the Nintendo Switch. The turn-based role playing game is called Ruined King: A League of Legends Story. Well, it has

Yesterday, UK chart data showed that Shin Megami Tensei V managed to earn a ninth-place spot in its opening week on the market. For a JRPG exclusive to a Nintendo platform in a physical-only UK chart, that’s pretty impressive going, and further analysis offers a better insight into just how well it’s performed. GamesIndustry.biz’s Christopher

4 days ago, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic released on the Nintendo Switch. It is a port of the game that originally released on Xbox and PC in 2003. A remake of the game is also in the works for PlayStation 5 and PC as a timed exclusive. In the meantime, the original

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube There are quite a few limited edition stores that have found success in the Switch generation, catering to the collector and physical copy enthusiast market. Premium Edition Games is certainly one of the smaller outfits in this space, but has had some interesting releases and is about to

Believe it or not, it has been 6 years since Rocket League originally released on the PC and Playstation 4. And coincidentally, today marks 4 years since Rocket League released on the Nintendo Switch. Not only has the game been getting support all of these years, but it is still receiving new content. Well, there

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube If you’ve ever wanted to simulate the experience of a businessman on the Japanese stock market during the 80s and 90s, soon you’ll be able to. Developer Ternox has announced it’ll be bringing Stonks-9800: Stock Market Simulator to the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms at some point

Mobile data analytics firm Sensor Tower has announced that Pikmin Bloom which launched on 27th October 2021 has now been downloaded 2 million times by curious smartphone gamers. Nearly half that number of downloads came from Japanese gamers with North America in second and the United Kingdom in third. Sensor Tower also says that Pikmin

The release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker may have ‘ended’ Star Wars as we’ve known it for the past four-and-a-half decades, but all it really did was tie a bow on the cinematic tales of the Skywalker clan and the nine-film saga which began way back in 1977. After all, Star

Nihon Falcom is best known for being the developers of the Ys, The Legend of Heroes, and Trails video gaming franchises. And the Nintendo Switch era has made them very busy. In fact, the company published their financial report for the fiscal year ending September 2021, where a couple of those franchises got some attention.

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Super Impossible Road, a multiplayer racer that’ll have you hurtling through space, will launch on Nintendo Switch next month before its arrival on other consoles, it’s been confirmed. Rogue Games’ “lightning-paced” title will hit the Switch eShop on 9th December, priced at $19.99. The game offers a career