Here’s some new artwork to celebrate. Square Enix’s RPG series Octopath Traveler has reached another sales milestone, with the Japanese company announcing the total global shipments and digital sales have now surpassed the five million mark. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Felix Navidad. It might not feel like Nintendo itself has been particularly busy this year, but goodness, there’s still been an awful lot of new games in 2024. Some great ones, even! Since we’re now fast approaching the end of the year, it seems only right that the lovely chaps on our video team share…
Shuji Utsumi thinks the model is “very interesting”. Sega’s Western boss has revealed that the company is internally discussing the idea of creating its own subscription-based game service. Speaking to the BBC about subscription services such as Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, Shuji Utsumi said that such services are “very interesting” and that Sega…
*whispers* Go for a Tetris. Few video games can lay claim to having such enormous influence on both gamers and the industry at large as Tetris. All who played Alexey Pajitnov’s block-falling puzzler fell for its elegant design and Nintendo in particular harnessed its addictiveness to great effect as a pack-in title that made ‘Game…
Holly *and* Jolly? In this economy? Christmas is right around the corner and we’re feeling sufficiently merry and bright, so it’s time for another edition of What Are You Playing! This week on Nintendo Life, we all questioned our sanity as we checked out our Nintendo Switch Year in Review, a new Pokémon Trading Card…
Download it now. Following its release in October, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed has received a new update. It adds a new colour blind mode with three options and also “responds to fan demand” for increased gameplay difficulty and other quality-of-life improvements. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of the PR: Read the full article…
A local release is on the way. Well, here’s a surprise – Falcom and refint/games have announced they’re reviving the crossover fighting game bringing together Ys. and Trails in the Sky. Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga will be coming to the Switch and multiple other platforms worldwide in 2025. This game was…
“I’ll be back”. Pictured: Terminator: Resistance The Switch is home to all sorts of franchises but one series Nintendo fans haven’t got their hands on this generation is Terminator. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Plus a couple of welcome improvements. Digital Eclipse has announced that the curious Tetris sequel Welltris will be added to the excellent compilation title Tetris Forever via a free update on Switch. The game, originally release in 1989, takes the same basic gameplay of Tetris, but adds in an extra dimension, essentially turning the gameplay…
All bark and no mic. If there were a trophy for missing open goals, Nintendo would have a fair few in the cabinet. For example, why didn’t we get a new Donkey Kong game back when the Super Mario Bros. movie launched last year? Why wasn’t the Wii U called ‘Wii 2’? And why, for…