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The official Isabelle Twitter account has announced that the second Bug-Off of the season begins today in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Nintendo Switch and those with islands in the northern hemisphere will be able to participate. See how many bugs you can catch. Good luck to all those who decide to participate in the

Tokyo-based Rabbit & Bear Studios has announced that it is creating a spiritual successor to Konami’s classic Suikoden series. The studio – which was founded recently by many of the key creators of the Suikoden franchise – plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign for the game on 27th July, which is entitled Eiyuden Chronicle. The

 XSEED Games has confirmed to Gematsu that the charming Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town for the Nintendo Switch platform has sold over 100,000 copies in North America. The farming sim performed best sales-wise on the hybrid platform. The site also reports that the previous record was held by Story of Seasons for the Nintendo 3DS.

[embedded content] A new game from Yuji Naka and Naoto Ohshima, perhaps best known as the creators of one Sonic the Hedgehog, has been announced as part of the Xbox Games Showcase. Square Enix is bringing Balan Wonderworld to Switch and other consoles in next spring. Described as a 3D action platforming game for 1-2

Cradle Games has announced via Twitter that Hellpoint, the intense action RPG, has been delayed until later this year on the Nintendo Switch system. The Switch version was scheduled to launch at the end of this month along with the other platform versions, but a statement from the company outlines the Switch version’s delay. You can read

It might not feel like it–especially with the avalanche of titles across all platforms constantly threatening to whittle our bank balance to zero given the chance–but video games remain one of the best value forms of entertainment going. Bloated summer blockbusters might deliver three hours of entertainment for the price of a movie ticket (remember

IGN has confirmed today that Adult Swim Games Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time will arrive on the Nintendo Switch platform on Friday 21st August. The action adventure platformer will cost $39.99 and features the animation’s original voice-actors. Here’s the details along with a trailer: An Untold Adventure That Ties Into the Epic Series Finale – Team

Nintendo is an odd company in many ways; deeply conservative in some respects, but also able to swing for the fences and invest money and resources in the pursuit of pure novelty. Time and again it puts out products that no other platform holder would have dreamed of, and more often than not those frivolities

Nintendo‘s Annual Report for 2020 explained how the company has been impacted by the pandemic, and what this could mean for their products, including Switch games, releasing in the near future. Once again, Nintendo warned that, while nothing has been delayed yet, there is still a possibility that the company’s release schedule, “start of services”

Revealed as part of the Nintendo Indie World Showcase back in March, colourful puzzle adventure I Am Dead will be landing on Switch in September this year, courtesy of publisher Annapurna Interactive. In it, you take control of museum curator Morris Lupton, a deceased resident of the island of Shelmerston who examines the location’s history

It’s not the Direct announcement that people expected, but Nintendo has announced the first “Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase”. This series of presentations will be “focused on titles from our development & publishing partners”. For the first part, Nintendo says on Twitter that they will be sharing “we’ll share a few updates on a small

© Behaviour Interactive In its latest news update, Behaviour Interactive revealed cross-play and cross-friends would be “coming really soon” to the console versions of its survival horror multiplayer game, Dead By Daylight. This includes support for the Nintendo Switch. Switch players will have the choice to opt-out of cross-play with PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, which originally released in 2010, has been rumored to be one of EA‘s upcoming releases on the Nintendo Switch. And thanks to a retailer’s listing, the rumor mill is churning even more now. Mighty Ape, an Australian and New Zealand online retailer, has listings for a Nintendo Switch version of

Nintendo Life 18 years ago on 19th July 2002, Nintendo released Super Mario Sunshine on the GameCube in Japan. It was followed by a North American release in August, and a European release in October. If this game was a person, it would have now reached adulthood in a lot of countries. This tropical-themed entry

This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has just released. Kit and Krysta said in the video description that “e got our hands on some really cool Nintendo clothes and put our fashion skills to the test. We came up with three outfit challenges to see who wore it best. Be sure to vote for which

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Bulwark Studios’ Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus throws players into the great big metal shoes of Magos Dominus Faustinus, chief commanding Tech-Priest aboard the monolithic Ark Mechanicus, who’s just discovered a mysterious signal emanating from deep within the bowels of the planet Silva Tenebris. Upon sending a squad to scout the planet’s

One of the surprise announcements recently was the existence of Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time which is scheduled to launch on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on 2nd October. Sadly it hasn’t been announced for the Nintendo Switch, but PC Games recently reached out to Activision who stated “We are still evaluating additional platforms

Series producer Kensuke Tanabe has hinted that the upcoming Metroid Prime 4 won’t ignore casual players, despite being a title that could be perceived as an experience for ‘core gamers’. Tanabe, who is responsible for franchises such as Metroid Prime, Donkey Kong and Paper Mario, has discussed Nintendo’s “philosophy on game creation” in an interview

News has emerged today that Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles will not offer players the choice of offline and local multiplayer. This information is sure to come as a blow to prospective owners. The reason behind the decision has not been revealed, other than the developers citing “development reasons.” Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles launches for the

[embedded content] If you prefer life on the more relaxing end of the gaming scale, you might want to keep an eye out for One Line Coloring which launches on Switch next month. Inspired by Connect-the-dots (or dot-to-dot, as you might call it), One Line Coloring has players drawing objects line-by-line, slowly transforming them from

Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise launched exclusively on Nintendo Switch recently and players and critics alike have been quick to notice its lacklustre performance. We mentioned in our review of the game that the fluctuating, poor framerate holds it back from being a decent game, but for those wondering just how bad the

© Pokémon / YouTube The Pokémon Company has made the first episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series available on Pokémon TV and the official Pokémon YouTube channel in select regions. This is the 23rd season of the iconic animation. This premiere ep is titled “Enter Pikachu!” and is a flashback of Ash as a young

The latest animated Pokemon series, Pokemon Journeys, is now available for fans to watch on the official Pokemon TV YouTube channel. You can check out the first episode for free, which is basically a prequel, so it starts off at the very beginning. However, if you have Netflix you will eventually be able to watch every

Welcome to Box Art Brawl, our weekly contest that pits three box art variants from around the world against each other in a fight for your vote. Last week observed three versions of ActRaiser 2 locked in combat. While Japan trailed from the very beginning, it was an exceptionally close fight between North America and

The latest edition of Famitsu has arrived and contained within it is this week’s Nintendo most wanted video game charts. There’s no change at the top in this week’s edition as it is still The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 sitting pretty at No.1. The next Zelda title for Switch is followed

Satoru Iwata: 1959 – 2015 Five years ago today, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata passed away. We’re republishing this obituary from 2015 to pay tribute to the great man. Satoru Iwata passed away on 11th July 2015, at 55 years of age. He was Nintendo’s 4th company President, and oversaw a period of extraordinary success and

An image has cropped up online showing multiple new Nintendo Switch SKU’s that have been added on to GameStop‘s internal database. Each one is priced at $59.99 and a release date of 31st of December 2020; you can see them for yourself in the picture below. This has been fairly commonplace for retailers to gear

Lot of salty folks here. Nintendo clarified well in advance it wasn’t a Nintendo IP, as well as the treehouse livestream being specifically for Paper Mario. This announcement was just an added perk, regardless if it interests you or not. All hype and anticipation was created by the fans, not Nintendo in the slightest. Plus

The Japanese software and hardware sales charts are now in courtesy of Famitsu. The best-selling game this week is the adorable Animal Crossing: New Horizons which shifted an extra 53,506 copies. The new release for this week was Catherine: Full Body for the Switch which sold 6,917 units. The Nintendo Switch family sold an additional

Nintendo has revealed that it will be broadcasting a Treehouse Live event on Friday 10th July (that’s today in the UK, but tomorrow if you’re in the United States) which will include gameplay footage of Paper Mario: The Origami King. The event will also give us the first reveal of “a title in a franchise