And he’d like to turn his talents to Metroid. Scans: History of Hyrule The work of legendary Japanese artist Katsuya Terada can be seen all over game history. This is the man who designed the cover art for the Super Famicom’s Prince Of Persia and the Sega Saturn’s Virtua Fighter Remix, who worked with Nintendo…
Digital Eclipse’s ‘Gold Master Series’ Goes Physical. Digital Eclipse has announced that its Gold Master Series will be going physical via publisher Clear River Games, with boxed editions available for The Making of Karateka, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, and Tetris Forever. The crown jewel of the collection is undoubtedly the collector’s edition for Tetris…
Every Mario golf game, ranked. There’s nary a sport that Mario hasn’t turned his hand to, but beyond the realm of karting, only the plumber’s prowess with a tennis racquet can rival his pro-level golf game. Over the years Mario has managed to squeeze in a round of golf on most Nintendo systems, and today…
Short of Civilliant. Most games with numbered sequels tend to iterate and grow on their previous instalments. After all, you don’t want to alienate your audience by upending key systems and creating a substantially different experience from what they’re used to, it just makes sound economic sense. Change things just enough so that it rides…
Formally opening in April. While it was formally established last week, Nintendo has today revealed its newest Taiwanese subsidiary, creatively called ‘Nintendo of Taiwan’. The branch was formed on 10th February and is set to take over Nintendo operations in the region from 1st April (the start of the new fiscal year). Read the full…
Above the Switch, but below its competitors. An analyst has predicted that Nintendo will “likely” price the upcoming Switch 2 at $399. Joost van Dreunen, author of ‘One Up – Creativity, Competition, and the Global Business of Video Games’ and co-founder of the Nielson-owned games market research firm ‘SuperData Research’ has presented his reasoning for…
Points taken. We’re about six weeks away from Nintendo’s Switch 2 Direct in April, and the company presumably preparing furiously for the full reveal of its upcoming hardware. Until then, we’re left to analyse statements around its financial results and other little announcements for clues about the Switch successor beyond its form factor. The firm’s…
See ya, savings! Nintendo has announced that its Nintendo Switch Game Vouchers saving service will not extend to Switch 2 exclusives (thanks, VGC). The vouchers initially cropped up in 2019 as a way to make a small saving on first-party Switch titles. Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can buy a voucher for £84/$100 and use it…
Noooo, don’t do it! Nintendo has announced that it is discontinuing the My Nintendo Gold Points program, stating that it will no longer be possible to earn points from 24th March 2025. Platinum points, however, will remain unchanged. Gold points were rewarded through the purchase of both digital and physical Switch games, allowing you to…
Including its famous ‘Seal of Quality’. As Nintendo gears up for its big Switch 2 Direct broadcast in April, it’s still got plenty of other things as well as its day-to-day operations going on behind the scenes. Read the full article on nintendolife.com