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Sonic Team designer, Nakamura Shun, who worked on the original Billy Hatcher game for the Nintendo GameCube in 2003, as well as Sonic Frontiers, has said on Twitter that he would “like to make” a new Billy Hatcher adventure. Mr. Shun made the comment when he was replying to a Twitter post from the official

Image: Capcom We’re so close to the end of 2022, and as part of this, Capcom is currently hosting a special end-of-year survey – reflecting on another year of gaming, and what’s ahead for the company in 2023. If you do happen to be a fan, you might want to let them know how you’re

This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following content: Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch Sports Story – Your sporting destiny is in your own hands in this sports RPG like no other! Featuring a mix of sports and sporting activities wrapped up in one big story, you can engage in a variety of sporting and non-sporting activities,

Image: Square Enix One game many Dragon Quest fans here in the west would love to see released on the Switch locally is Dragon Quest X. While there’s been no mention about a possible localisation, there does seem to be an end-of-year update about the existing version, exclusive to Japan. During an interview with Famitsu

The latest UK boxed-video game software charts have come through for the week ending 24th December in the biggest gaming market in Europe, the United Kingdom. EA Sports FIFA 23 remains on top form at No.1 and the fun Sonic Frontiers has made a comeback and is once again in the top ten this week

With more than 1,000 Pokémon in existence nowadays, it’s probably hard for a lot of trainers to narrow down a list of their favourites. Japan made it a little bit easier recently with a poll exclusively focused on the new releases Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. In the top 10, there were old favourites like Lucario

Legendary video game designer Masahiro Sakurai, the creator of the Smash Bros franchise, has confirmed in a new interview with Japanese news publication Denfaminicogamer that he is now semi-retired from the video games industry. Mr. Sakurai is now 52 and has spent his life developing and producing games and he thinks that if he keeps

Image: Emile Holba While there are often discussions around the merits of gaming as an artform, we perhaps talk less about examples of games helping to inspire other contemporary art. Yet as years pass it’s an inevitability, as the role of games in the lives of millions has transformed since the mid- to late-’80s. We’re

The latest Nintendo Switch eShop charts have been published and the dependable Mario Kart 8 Deluxe continues to reign supreme due to the recent batch of DLC courses released in the Booster Course Pass, which are an absolute blast to play through. Next week’s charts should include the well-received Sports Story which is brought to

Image: KnapNok Games / Nifflas Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy

Ubisoft‘s unfortunately canned 3D platformer Rayman 4 has surfaced along with the source code and the game’s editor. Rayman’s adventure was abandoned when the Wii came out and the team decided to move forward with the Rabbids franchise which became a success for the studio and Rayman was ultimately pushed aside for the pesky creatures.

Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays! Image: Damien McFerran /

We heard earlier this year that two of the Tomb Raider spin-offs were heading to the Nintendo Switch system and the development team, Feral Interactive, have now confirmed via Twitter that they will arriving sometime in 2023. The two games are Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris,

Image: via Nintendo.com It’s been a busy week on the Switch front with Nintendo hosting a special indie event featuring a bunch of game announcements. One of the many titles revealed was the action RPG Mortal Shell: Complete Edition. The Switch version will include all of the content updates and DLC in one package. This

The latest video game the tech-focussed team at Digital Foundry have been examining is the recently released remaster/remake of Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion. In this case we are looking at the Nintendo Switch version which runs at a relatively stable 30fps in both docked and handheld mode. When the game is played in

Image: Nintendo Life Actor Gaten Matarazzo, who’s most famous for playing Dustin Henderson in the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, has partnered with Nintendo for the Holiday season to talk about the company’s latest games. It turns out, the star is actually a big fan of the Big N. In an interview with Variety, Matarazzo

The Pokemon Company has updated their reasonably popular free-to-play game Pokemon UNITE on both Nintendo Switch and mobile platforms. Version 1.8.1.4 appears to be mostly balance adjustments for a number of playable Pokemon in the game, which dependant on your personal view, is either a good or bad thing. Pokemon UNITE is free to play

Image: Nintendo The Nintendo 64 era was loaded with plenty of exciting first-party releases, but one that you might not always consider when reflecting on this generation is Yoshi’s Story. This delightful side-scrolling platfomer was first released in Japan in 1997 and today marks a special milestone. Yes, believe it or not, but the N64