Plus price info, release date and more! As part of Nintendo’s special Direct presentation for the upcoming Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the company revealed a lovely new Switch OLED console. It’s called the Mario Red Edition and – unsurprisingly – sports a gorgeous, red makeover compared to the original white OLED system. Pre-orders for the…
What Nintendo deals will appear? Amazon has announced that the next major sales event for Prime members is just around the corner, giving gaming fans – and indeed anyone – a chance to pick up a nice selection of bargains once more. The event will kick off in October 2023 and is called Big Deal…
The RPG classic returns this November. Nintendo gave Super Mario RPG fans another look at the Switch version during the latest Nintendo Direct presentation. GameXplain has now uploaded another side-by-side comparison – comparing the new version to the old one. As previously revealed, the Switch release includes updated graphics and cinematics to add even more…
Here are the full patch notes. The hit indie release Vampire Survivors made its debut on the Switch last month and since then it’s received some updates. The latest one (Version 1.6.108) has now been released on Nintendo’s hybrid system and it contains all sorts of fixes and improvements for both the main game and…
Here’s how it holds up. Mortal Kombat 1 went into early access this week and players have finally been able to get their hands on all versions of the game. The question many have been wondering for some time now is how the game holds up on the Switch compared to other versions and now…
What are you most excited about? The latest Nintendo Direct was packed out with all sorts of announcements from the return of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door to a Tomb Raider trilogy remaster. If you are looking for a quick recap, Nintendo has now released an infographic highlighting a good chunk of the games that…
More than the sum of its parts. Summum Aeterna, a prequel to 2022’s Aeterna Noctis, riffs on a Dead Cells-style genre fusion, mixing roguelite elements into the tough Metroidvania structure of its predecessor for a game that doesn’t pull its punches. The result feels rough around the edges but it’s hard to deny that the…
To Urbz is human. When I was working on my MFA in Game Design, I referenced Urbz: Sims in the City in a meeting with my thesis advisor, and he asked if I had played the console or the handheld version. I was confident that I’d played the console version growing up. I could recall…
Another Another World. Full Void, a narrative platforming puzzle game from London indie studio OutOfTheBit Ltd, wears its love of cinematic platformer classics on its sleeve. Bringing along core gameplay ideas from early entries in the genre, it mixes in some modern influences and introduces a few new ideas of its own. You play as…
Directly to you. After a packed Direct, are you ready for a big weekend of gaming? We sure are! Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing. Before we dive into our Switch plans, let’s take a look at the highlights from this week on Nintendo Life. The big news this time around…