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Nintendo UK has finally announced that Animal Crossing fans can now pre-load Animal Crossing: New Horizons on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The game, which launches on 20th March, will cost you £49.99 if you opt for the digital version. However, those of us in Europe can use the Nintendo Switch Online vouchers to reduce the

[embedded content] Ubisoft’s latest financial call has revealed the French video game giant will be releasing a total of five triple-A games before April next year. Three will arrive in the third quarter of its next financial year (October through to December 2020), and the other two will be released in the fourth quarter (January

Four Special Heroes are on their way to celebrate the Day of Devotion in Fire Emblem Heroes. They’ll soon be available in a Special Hero summoning event called Lovely Gifts, which officially starts on February 6 at 11 p.m. PT. In addition, players of the mobile game will be able to earn 5★ Special Hero

Update – Thu 6th Feb, 2020 00:45 GMT: Exactly a week later, Arc System Works has made the western release of the Double Dragon & Kunio-kun Retro Brawler Bundle official. It will arrive on the Switch in North America on 20th February. Here’s the rundown via the official game site: DOUBLE DRAGON & Kunio-kun Retro

It is Wednesday which means it is time to examine the latest video game software and hardware charts from Japan courtesy of the team at Famitsu. Nintendo continues to trounce the competition in its home country shifting a decent 75,922 units with Ring Fit Adventure overtaking Pokemon Sword & Shield. Here’s this week’s best-sellers: Software

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics seeks to recreate the major plot beats and battles from Netflix’s recent – and absolutely excellent – Dark Crystal prequel series in turn-based tactical strategy form. An expensive, multi-episode forerunner to the seemingly long-forgotten 1982 movie masterpiece was a somewhat unexpected announcement when it was first made by

We have got a brand new Mario movie coming in the future from illumination and thankfully it is animated this time round. Speaking to investors about Nintendo‘s various IP’s and particularly the Mario franchise, Mr. Miyamoto revealed that one of the reasons behind attempting another movie staring the famous Italian Plumber is that so many

Last week, it was rumoured that PlatinumGames had acquired the rights to the Wii U title Wonderful 101 and was intending to launch a crowdfunding campaign to bring the game to Switch, PS4 and Steam. Now, what we heard to be true has been confirmed – the Japanese studio is indeed reviving the game for

First-person shooter fans on Nintendo Switch will be happy to know they can now get their hands on HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed. Developed by Digital Cybercherries, the new game tells the story of Sgt. Max Ammo and his mission to defend the HYPER-CORE. The player’s task is to fulfill his mission and prevent the HYPER-CORE from being

Ah, the classic superhero. Humble. Brave. Selfless. A beacon of hope to us mere underpowered mortals. And, as it turns out, massively competitive as well. Because in a city full of other metahumans, there’s only so much justice and glory to go around. So that means any super-powered persona in the vicinity is going to

Nintendo is continuing to release monthly calendar wallpapers featuring popular characters from the Fire Emblem universe. The latest piece is for February 2020, which depicts Tsubasa: Madcap Idol alongside Itsuki: Finding a Path. You can check it out in the images below. In Fire Emblem Heroes news, Heroes with Valor skills are being featured as

Mosaic, from Krillbite Studio, isn’t an exciting game. It’s not going to keep you on the edge of your seat, and it won’t get your blood pumping. In fact, Mosaic isn’t even a game at all in a lot of ways; it’s more of a grayscale pastiche of physical life in the digital age –

A brand new episode of Nintendo Minute was released earlier today. On this week’s episode, Kit and Krysta talk about Fire Emblem, but there’s a twist. They said in the video description that “we’re tackling some super hard Fire Emblem would you rather questions. It seemed fitting for a game all about the hard choice”.

Fans of Nintendo’s podcast series Nintendo Power will be pleased to know that a new episode has just been made available. You can tune in on iTunes and the Apple podcast app. The latest episode’s main focus is Yacht Club Games excellent 2D Shovel Knight games and they even give away some cheat codes. Here’s

While the Switch continues to go from strength to strength – it just enjoyed its best quarter yet, selling over 10 million consoles – its older sibling the 3DS is fading more and more into the background. Nintendo’s veteran dual-screen handheld managed just 620,000 hardware sales worldwide between March and December 2019, a 73 percent

The latest video game hardware and software charts are now in from Japan courtesy of the team at Famitsu. It’s been a slow week for hardware with Nintendo Switch sales dropping from 96K last week to 67K this week and Ring Fit Adventure narrowly missing out from claiming the No.1 spot this week. Here’s the

[embedded content] Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 are considered to be some of the greatest games of all time. To this day, there are still many people enjoying them on a regular basis. There’s also a community dedicated to modding these classic N64

Today, The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced more details for the new cloud service app Pokémon HOME. The app enables Trainers to continue their Pokémon adventures beyond a single game system and manage their collection of Pokémon across many of their games. Pokémon HOME will launch in February 2020 for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices

[embedded content] Last November, Capcom made the tough decision to delay the Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection by about one month. Instead of being released in the first month of 2020, it was pushed back until the 25th of February, so the team could ensure the collection delivered “the best experience possible” when it did

It’s Monday and the latest UK charts have arrived. It’s interesting to see Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot remain at No.1 beating the likes of Call of Duty and FIFA. Games Industry is reporting that Nintendo Switch stock is currently low at the moment with the hybrid system still proving to be popular with consumers. Here’s

Almost anyone can hum the original NES theme of Super Mario Bros., but if you asked them what genre of music it fell into, most probably wouldn’t know what to say. Sure, one could just describe it as video game music, but it could also be described as chiptune. The word chiptune is used to

Usually, when a retailer mentions an unannounced game or a game coming to an unconfirmed platform, it is with a listing on their website. However, EB Games Canada may have leaked a Switch version of Street Fighter V: Champion Edition by making a tweet about it. As of this article’s writing, Capcom has not confirmed

Even if you’re not an Animal Crossing fan, it would be hard to miss the joyous celebration its cult following is having on social media right now. You’ll find Animal Crossing memes on almost every platform: Instagram, Twitter, Tik Tok, and Discord. The majority focus on relaxing aspects of the game like its characters and

Nintendo has teamed up with Target to offer a special gift to customers looking to purchase Animal Crossing: New Horizons. If you pre-order the upcoming Nintendo Switch game at the American retailer, you’ll receive a free and exclusive premium journal while supplies last. This special journal features a soft, smooth vegan leather cover with lined

One of the really cool things about social media is how one innocent post can cascade into several related posts, taking you down a rabbit hole of knowledge / inane banter which soaks up valuable minutes of your day that could have been better spent solving global conflict or finding cures for horrible diseases. Take,

Confirmation has come this afternoon that those of you in Florida will also be getting a Super Nintendo World attraction to visit and to indulge yourself in the world of Nintendo. The Super Nintendo World attraction will be coming to the new theme park which is titled Epic Universe which resides at Universal Orlando. You’ll

If you’re looking forward to sacrificing all of your free time, hobbies, friends and family when Animal Crossing: New Horizons arrives in March, and just so happen to be looking for the best way to enjoy the game, you might want to consider these new officially-licensed controllers. Gaming accessory maker PowerA is back once again

Nintendo has been successful once again in the courts this time the issue was around pre-orders on the eShop and the consumers ability to cancel. The judge ruled in favour of Nintendo and they will not have to issue refunds on pre-ordered games on their digital storefront. This will come as a blow to customers

[embedded content] If you’re looking for a fast fix on the Switch, one game worth checking out is Redout. It’s a high-intensity low-gravity futuristic racing experience that is similar but different to games like FAST RMX, Wipeout and even the F-Zero series. In the latest news, Redout’s publisher Nicalis has announced a physical edition will

Square Enix Collective, the indie division of Square Enix, has told fans that we should expect to see a Nintendo Switch announcement from them sometime this week. Square Enix Collective publishes games for and provides funding to indie developers with top-down racing title Circuit Superstars seeing a release sometime this year. Of course, we won’t