A late start. Nintendo’s new sound clock Alarmo had a limited Switch Online rollout when it originally arrived in October, with the plan to eventually give it a wider retail release around the globe. Unfortunately, it seems this retail release has now been postponed in Japan. While Nintendo originally intended to release the clock to…
Dixie and Kiddy return in Donkey Kong Land 3. Following the recent return of Donkey Kong Land and its sequel, Nintendo has now expanded the Switch Online Game Boy library with the third entry. Yes, Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong return in Rare’s 1997 Game Boy release Donkey Kong Land 3, and it’s available to…
The new free-to-play shooter ‘XDefiant’ has also been axed. It’s been a tough year for the games industry with multiple studio closures and layoffs, and now as we enter December, Ubisoft continues the trend. As highlighted by Game File reporter Stephen Totilo, Ubisoft is shutting down its San Francisco studio and Osaka, Japan office. It…
That’s deep, man. Developer Mad Mimic and publisher Light Up Games have announced that the pirate metroidvania Mark of the Deep will be landing on Switch in January 2025. You might remember that this one was initially scheduled for an October 2024 launch — a date which, obviously, wasn’t met — and while it’s never…
Tissues at the ready. Marketing is such an important part of making a console a success. Even Reggie Fils-Aimé stated in his memoir that the idea for the ‘Wii Would Like to Play’ campaign for the Nintendo Wii – which was initially shot down by Satoru Iwata – ended up being instrumental in the system’s…
Show(case), don’t tell. With December finally upon us, our minds have been drifting to the past 12 months, recalling what has been a surprisingly packed year of gaming. We’ve had surprise drops, indie hits and more than a few big names to tide over the Switch in its twilight year, but we can’t help but…
Cases and screen protectors up for grabs. Nintendo isn’t likely to reveal the highly-anticipated ‘Switch 2’ before the end of 2024, but that apparently hasn’t stopped Chinese vendors from selling accessories for the console via wholesale platform Alibaba. As spotted on Famiboards and reported by our friends over at Eurogamer, the accessories can be purchased…
Groovy. This week, a brand new Nintendo Switch Online Game Trial drops in Europe, and if you’ve been on the fence about checking out Wargroove 2, now is the time to pick it up. From 5th to 11th December, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers will be able to check out Chucklefish’s strategy sequel — which it…
Hosting episodes of the anime starting this month. Following its closure earlier this year, Pokémon TV is making its return this month as an official YouTube channel. As reported by Serebii, the new Pokémon TV channel will contain “full episodes, live streams, and compilations” of the Pokémon anime series, starting from 6th December 2024. Read…
“PorWiigon”. We’ve covered the sweet work of tech wizard BigRig Creates on Nintendo Life in the past (this is the designer behind the world’s largest working DS and its 3D counterpart), and this week he has caught our eye again with a colourful Pokémon-inspired build that has us looking at our bland Wii consoles in…