Badges unlock all sorts of fun new powers. Ahead of the Super Mario Bros. Wonder launch next month, Nintendo has given fans on social media another look at the new badge system in the game. In case you missed this feature in the Mario Wonder Direct, badges can be collected throughout the game and unlock…
See how this new release compares to the original. One of the surprises of Nintendo’s recent Direct broadcast was the announcement Cing’s classic point-and-click adventure series Another Code would be getting an enhanced release on the Nintendo Switch. It will contain the 2005 DS title Another Code: Two Memories (known as Trace Memory in North…
Ready to snap. Before I get started, the me get this out of the way: the Switch is definitely my most-played console of the year. Between The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Fire Emblem Engage and Pikmin 4 (the less said about Vampire Survivors, the better), the hundreds of hours that I have…
Your one-stop shop for all things Splatoon. Nintendo has today revealed that its online base for all things Splatoon — creatively called ‘Splatoon Base‘ — is now available to read in English. What’s more, you can also check out the all-new ‘History: The Splatoon Journey’ page to see an interactive timeline of the series from…
No safe haven here. As anyone who plays board games (or with friends who like board games) can attest, an involved, TTRPG-style board game can be cumbersome. From in-depth rules and systems, it takes a while to get into Gloomhaven and introducing new players to its dense combat can make multiplayer challenging. But also like…
A time of big ideas (and even bigger phones). There is a lot of retro goodness to be found in looking back on classic Nintendo coverage, and the above 1980s behind-the-scenes peek at Nintendo’s Famicom development has it all. Recently featured in a report by the Yomiuro Telecasting Corporation News Channel, this classic coverage has…
Lots of Pokémon references. The first ‘Pokémon X Hatsune Miku’ crossover song has been released on YouTube in its entirety, and if you’re a fan of either IP, then you’ll probably want to check it out. The song is the first in a wider collaboration between the pair known as ‘Project Voltage’, which will eventually…
Oh, Kirby, you blowhard… This review, penned by Philip J Reed — our much-missed friend and Nintendo Life contributor — was originally published in January 2012. We’re updating and republishing it to mark the game’s arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack GBA library. We have to hand this much to Kirby &…
Launching alongside the Season 4 update. After months of “early access”, Gameloft has finally made Disney Speedstorm available as a free-to-play racer on the Switch and multiple other platforms. Alongside this update, Disney is launching its fourth season of the game inspired by Aladdin. It adds new racers, a new track and new crew members….
Ghostface was name-dropped in a recent datamine. Following a recent Mortal Kombat 1 datamine suggesting the possibility of Ghostface from the Scream series being added to the game in the future, the game’s director and co-creator Ed Boon has now posted a rather interesting image on his social media. It shows an image of horror…