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Image: Nintendo If you have ever thought even remotely deeply about the reality of the Super Mario universe (which we wouldn’t recommend doing, seriously), then you might have bumped up against the most simple of questions: why does Mario get hurt when a Goomba hits him? As it turns out, this is something that Miyamoto

It has been around 4 months since SEGA and Sonic Team officially announced a new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game, Sonic Superstars. There has been lots of news since then, as well as multiple trailers. That said, it is now October 17th, which means the game is finally available for gamers to play. To celebrate

Image: Caitlin Johnson / Nintendo Life Eager to compare Critterpedias, Caitlin Johnson recently headed down to Seattle Aquarium to check out its new Nintendo collaboration… If you ever wanted to have Animal Crossing’s long-time museum curator Blathers teach you about marine life in reality, now is your chance. Nintendo and the Seattle Aquarium announced last

Minecraft has been a thing for over 10 years now. In fact, if you consider the years that the game was in its alpha and beta stages, it has now been nearly 15 years. The game is available on many different consoles, including the Nintendo Switch, and there has been updated versions released, including Minecraft:

Image: Nintendo Life Aaand we’re back with another edition of our bi-annual ‘Games We Missed’ series, where you lovely people let us and everyone else in the Nintendo Life community know which gems may have passed us by. We asked you recently to send us your nominations for Switch games that you think deserve some

NIS America has been very supportive of the Nintendo Switch. The company has been releasing many games on Nintendo‘s hybrid console. The latest example of this is CRYMACHINA, an action-RPG. As of yesterday, a demo of CRYMACHINA has been released on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch in western regions. It is specifically in

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) A little less than ten years ago, a port of Borderlands 2 famously launched for Sony’s ailing PS Vita to middling reception. The fact that a then-current game could run at all on a portable was remarkable, but the flat visuals, crashing, and consistently sub 30 FPS performance relegated it

Ever since it was announced that Charles Martinet would be stepping down as the voice of Mario, fans have been speculating on who will be the new voice. Nintendo did not want to reveal who it was, mainly due to the company wanting fans to find out by seeing the credits for Super Mario Bros.

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube We have had an eye on NIS America’s CRYMACHINA ever since we first caught wind of it earlier this year and now, Western Switch owners can finally take this action RPG out for a test drive as a free demo has today been added to the Switch eShop.

F-Zero 99 has been officially available to play for Nintendo Switch Online members for around a month now. There has already been one significant update released for the game recently that added some new tracks and other content. However, any bug fixes have been few and far between so far. Well, that has changed as

Image: Nintendo Life Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Andy looks back at a pivotal juncture in the Pocket Monster series which hinted at the path it would take over the following decade… Like its eponymous creatures, the

It isn’t uncommon for Sonic games to have their street date broken. In fact, more often than not, a lot of a Sonic game’s contents tend to be out in the wild within multiple days before the game is supposed to be released. Unfortunately, Sonic Superstars has been no exception. It was confirmed earlier today

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Publisher Apogee Entertainment and solo developer Eric Manahan have announced that the upcoming Metroidvania (or ‘Celestoidvania’ – bleeugh!) LUCID has 207% of its funding goal prior to its 2025 release on Nintendo Switch. In addition, it’s been confirmed that veteran composer David Wise has been hired to provide

The LEGO Group and Nintendo have finally lifted the lid on the long-awaited LEGO Animal Crossing collaboration, which follows the successful Mario-themed LEGO sets. The company has created five new Animal Crossing-themed play experiences in partnership with Nintendo. The LEGO Group revealed a little more about the sets, and yes, you can switch elements between

Nintendo hasn’t really been doing much with the Switch’s firmware lately. The last few updates, including the version 16.0.0 update, contained very little new additions. Not only that, but there has only been one firmware update released in the past 5 months. Otherwise, there has just been the occasional “rebootless” update. Well, Nintendo has released

Disney‘s presence in the video gaming industry is not as strong as you may think. The company frequently licenses its characters properties to other companies. The biggest example of this is their collaboration with Square Enix for the Kingdom Hearts franchise. However, it is rare for Disney to actually develop video games of their own.

Unity’s CEO and President, John Riccitiello, has stepped down in the aftermath of the company’s controversial policy regarding runtime fees. The policy, which charged developers fees based on how often games using the Unity engine were installed, drew significant backlash from the developer community. James M. Whitehurst has assumed the role of interim CEO and

Image: Kit Ellis I have an idea for a video game. Actually, I’ve been making it for about six months now. My video game is a rhythm-based game. It’s also an American football game. To play it, you choose between plays, just like any sports game … but your play only succeeds if you push