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As promised, Indivisible‘s final update on Nintendo Switch has now arrived in the form of both a free content update and a premium expansion. It arrives just days after publisher 505 Games confirmed that production of new content for the game will be ending earlier than expected. Promised guest characters and backer characters will no

Nintendo has announced Tetris 99‘s 17th Maximus Cup. Starting October 22nd, players will have another opportunity to obtain the Pokemon Sword and Shield theme. This is to celebrate the launch of The Crown Tundra DLC. Nintendo of America tweeted the news, so you can see their tweet down below. Share this! Like this: Like Loading…

Level-5, the studio behind titles such as Professor Layton, Ni No Kuni, Yo-Kai Watch and Inazuma Eleven, has ‘virtually halted its operations in North America’ according to a new report. GamesIndustry.biz reports that both Level-5 International America and the company’s spin-off office, Level-5 Abby, started to scale back its operations last year. Citing “multiple sources

Retro Studios is still hiring more people, as development of Metroid Prime 4 continues. According to the job listings on Nintendo‘s official careers site, Retro is looking for 3 product testers and a storyboard artist. All 4 job listings were apparently added very recently, and all are for “game development”. In fact, the product tester

A Switch release for fantasy sci-fi MMORPG Skyforge was announced by MY.GAMES and developer Allods Team recently with a ‘Fall 2020’ launch date. While the exact release date hasn’t been announced, this is coming from the same team that dropped F2P tactical team shooter Warface on the Switch eShop at the start of the year

Back in the 90s, there were rumors of a sequel to Super Mario 64. And according to a new Did You Know Gaming? video, the rumors were true. Unfortunately, many problems plagued Super Mario 128’s development, and the game would be eventually cancelled. You can see the video for yourself down below. [embedded content] Share

Nostalgia is a powerful motivator in gaming. Providing a sense of comfort and familiarity, developers often target this feeling through sequels and remakes, but in the last decade, we’ve seen a greater rise in spiritual successors and that’s been particularly prominent for early 3D platformers, Yooka-Laylee and A Hat In Time being prime examples. Attempting

Kit and Krysta have returned to bring fans a new episode of Nintendo Minute. In this week’s episode, Pikmin 3 Deluxe is played. The pair said in the video description that “it’s really fun because there’s a new Side Stories mode that lets you play co-op with a friend. All that multitasking is so much

© Nintendo Life The Switch is a transformative product in Nintendo’s history. The hybrid console straddles the divide between domestic and portable gaming, giving players the best of both worlds – but it also marks a significant change from tradition; prior to its release, Nintendo adopted a twin-system strategy where home consoles would be sold

The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware charts are now in via Famitsu for the week beginning 28th September and ending, 4th October. It is once again Nintendo ruling the roost with the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling a healthy 91,093 units and the addictive Animal Crossing: New Horizons once again reclaiming

Indie publisher Digerati will release The Magister, a new card-battler murder mystery RPG, on Nintendo Switch early next year. The game’s being developed by Nerdook (Monster Slayers, Reverse Crawl, Vertical Drop Heroes) and has players building and customising their card decks to fight in battles. You’ll need to gather clues and discover motives along the

During today’s Treehouse Live stream for the upcoming Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Nintendo has confirmed that a playable demo will be released this evening for the game on the Switch eShop. This will give those who have already played the game on the Wii U a chance to see how it runs on Switch and try

Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be updated to Version 9.0.0 next week. The update perhaps unsurprisingly arrives alongside the new Minecraft characters on 14th October (or 13th for those of you in North America). It’ll primarily add support for the new fighters, stage, and Mii Outfits that will become available to

Nintendo has confirmed this evening that they will be hosting a Nintendo Treehouse Live event tomorrow at 10am PT / 6pm BST with a special livestream. The show will feature two games and those are the upcoming Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity both scheduled to be released on Nintendo Switch this

Headup has announced that the “comically creepy” 3D platformer Pumpkin Jack will be getting spooky on a Switch near you from 23rd October. The game, developed by Nicolas Meyssonnier, has you jumping, dodging and carving your way through enemies and puzzles in a battle of evil against good. You’ll come up against a variety of

The current generation of video games is about to come to a close, so Game Informer has decided to make a list of what they feel are the best games of the generation. There’s various categories based on genre, as well as one for games that must be played. Multiple Nintendo games appear on the

Last week saw the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons‘ latest update, taking the game to Version 1.5.0 and providing players with lots of spooky new content. As it happens, one particularly spooky new addition wasn’t meant to be included, with a new bug accidentally being introduced which causes an issue with your in-game passport.

Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu has told Nintendo Everything that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon “is currently at over 600,000 copies sold, thanks in part to a boost powered by the release of Curse of the Moon 2”. More than 50% of the copies of the game that released in 2018 were sold on the

The number of amazing indies releasing on Switch seems to be showing no signs of slowing down, and last month had a truly wonderful selection of delights to explore. These awards aim to celebrate the best of Nintendo’s digital store, giving some love and attention to the games that could so easily be missed in

Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a teaser trailer of the upcoming Monster Hunter movie. It’s just a teaser trailer, so not much is seen, but fans do get to see protagonist Captain Natalie Artemis encounter a Black Diablos. The movie will release in theaters this December. The trailer is down below. [embedded content] Share this!

We’ve finally reached the end of a week which has brought us a brand new Super Smash Bros. character, a brand new Animal Crossing update, and some understandably upset Pokémon GO fans, but now it’s time for us to sit back, relax, and chat about our weekend gaming plans. Members of Nintendo Life have done

The long-awaited HD remaster of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne has had its file-size revealed. The news comes as the back of the Japanese retail box for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions were uploaded to Twitter. The Nintendo Switch version of the acclaimed game is 6.7GB download and the PlayStation 4 version is

A new online competition is headed to Pokémon Sword and Shield, and legendary and mythical Pokémon will have a starring role. This new contest allows each player to have one Legendary Pokémon or Mythical Pokémon on their Battle Team and – just like past events – will have trainers competing against one another from around

Games Radar has announced that voting is now live for the annual Golden Joystick Awards 2020. This year sees eighteen categories for users to vote in and a number of Nintendo games are included including Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Paper Mario: The Origami King and more. You can vote for your favourite games of this year,

The full list of nominees for The Golden Joystick Awards 2020 has been revealed, and the voting is now open. A number of top Nintendo titles appear throughout the categories – and there’s even a ‘Nintendo Game of the Year’ section to consider – with the likes of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokémon Sword

The team at Niantic and The Pokemon Company have announced that the October 2020 Pokemon GO Community Day will focus on the beloved Pokemon, Charmander. The event will kick off on 17th October and the exclusive move is Dragon Breath (Charizard only) There’s a bonus of 3x Catch Stardust and 3-hour Incense. For just a

Last week, Kirby Fighters 2 appeared on the Switch eShop out of absolutely nowhere, and the development team has shared a lovely piece of artwork to celebrate its release. The game’s launch has been particularly odd, with Nintendo opting to quietly place it on the Switch’s digital store with hardly any marketing beyond a tweet

Niantic has announced some changes that are coming to temporary bonuses in Pokemon GO. Starting October 1st, the Hatch Distance will return to normal for Eggs and the “increased effectiveness of Incense will now apply only while walking”. Niantic also says that, once a day “your Buddy Pokémon will now bring you Gifts only when

If you caught the Nintendo Life Indie Spotlight presentation earlier this month, you’ll likely have spotted the adorable looking Cake Bash. It’s a party game for up to four players and has you fighting each other as various cake characters – need we say more? The game’s launching on other platforms this October, with the

The Nintendo Switch version of Rivals of Aether has been updated. The game should be at version 2.0.2. According to a tweet by Dan Fornace, the game’s creator, the update “was submitted two weeks ago to help improve connections under 100 ping and in our short testing, it did help those matches run closer to