Rhythm Heaven or Rhythm Hell? If you watched this week’s Nintendo Direct right from the very start, you will have seen a whopping two-minute-fifty-five-second trailer for next month’s first-party offering, Rhythm Heaven Groove. We’re rapidly closing in on that 2nd July release date, and today, the first previews have appeared online. A bunch of outlets…
Can’t stop the dream. It has been another rough post-price-hike sales week for Switch 2 in Japan, but Nintendo stays winning on the software side, thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (thanks, Famitsu). The wacky life sim added another 50,000+ copies to its pile this week, stopping the new Switch 2 releases of Final…
Super Rare to the rescue. Earlier this year, Chained Echoes developer Matthias Linda announced that he was filing a lawsuit against distributor First Press Games after a two-year wait for his promised physical release. Well, good news! The dev has partnered with a new company, and the physical launch is back on track. Super Rare…
“It’s a blue sky horizon ahead of her”. The Tomb Raider series is one of the longest-lasting in the video game industry, going all the way back to 1996. It has graced many different platforms, including Nintendo ones. And with the increased power of the Switch 2, lots of others are coming over too, including…
Aaaand relax. If you can believe it, Date Everything is currently celebrating its first anniversary, and to mark the occasion, Team17 and Sassy Chap Games have released a new update to give players “the ultimate Date Everything experience”. The ‘Self Care Update’ is rolling out on Switch today, addressing a bunch of community-flagged issues and…
Paradissonant. To some, the concept of Rhythm Paradise (or Rhythm Heaven as it likes to be called) is a bit of a hard sell. It’s a rhythm game with the most simplistic controls imaginable, often just a single button, coupled with some simple animations to go along with it. I don’t blame anyone for being…
First-person trailer was a misdirect. Capcom has been experimenting quite a bit with different perspectives in the Resident Evil franchise recently. It started with the introduction of third-person mode in Resident Evil Village, a game that was fully first-person at launch. This was then expanded in this year’s Resident Evil Requiem, which let you switch…
Before a full release in September. Craving something in the vein of Donkey Kong Country after beating Nintendo’s latest NSO DK Challenge? Well, Microids’ Marsupilami 2 – Salsa Palombia might just scratch that itch. Based on the Belgian comic book by André Franquin and developed by Ocellus Services, this sequel to the 2021 game is…
“The first half of a two part saga”. One of the many surprises of the latest Nintendo Direct was the announcement Ninjala would be making a comeback next year with a sequel. Ninjala 2: The Uncharted Planet will arrive “exclusively” for the Switch 2 in Spring 2027, and promises to delivers the series’ “first-ever open…
Save data carries over to the full game. Digimon Story Time Stranger makes a return next month and if you’re wanting to try out the Switch and Switch 2 versions before they officially arrive, you’re in luck. Read the full article on nintendolife.com