Mario! Wario! Pokémon DLC! We’re very much at the business end of the year now, with plenty of top games heading our way and tempting us into a holiday purchase. We’ve been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail in the coming weeks, including some highlights picked by us as well…
Not exactly the cream of the crop. Fans of the farm sim genre have been eating well in recent times, thanks to a boom in enjoyable new releases and remakes. Heck, even Natsume’s newest Harvest Moon is kind of good! Yet it was only a few years ago when Switch owners didn’t have anywhere near…
Minty fresh or garlic breath? We are rapidly approaching the release date of WarioWare: Move It! on 3rd November, and today we have had a chance to see what the critics made of the latest in Nintendo’s chaotic party series. Here at Nintendo Life, we had a great time with this one and granted it…
The very best… When we think about the best jobs evs, working at The Pokémon Company has to be up there. However, with a team so large, how could you possibly know where the most fun is had? Well, thanks to a new report from The Guardian which takes a look at the internal workings…
“We oversee the entire process”. Ahead of My Time at Sandrock‘s launch on November 2nd, 2023 (that’s tomorrow at the time of writing), publisher PM Studios has released a short video featuring the game’s director, Xu Zhi of Pathea Games, promoting the release and the studio’s work in porting the game to Switch, as well…
Good Form. As much as we loved 2021’s WarioWare: Get It Together!, it’s definitely an entry in this barmy franchise that’s ended up dividing opinion over time. With little in the way of truly engaging multiplayer options, no real core gimmick, or any significant attempt to utilise the Switch’s unique control opportunities, some folks (not…
DK Mountain finally drives into view. Start your engines, folks, because the sixth wave of DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is bringing eight additional courses and four new characters our way on 9th November — that’s next week! As always, the additions will be available for all those who have an active Nintendo Switch…
Nighty night. Publisher Armor Games Studios has announced that it is bringing Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken to the Nintendo Switch in 2024. Boasting stylish pixel art visuals and traditional point-and-click gameplay, the scriptwelder-developed title stars Amy, who must venture into dream worlds to discover the mystery of her dead brother. You’ll be investigating…
The start of a new venture? Shinji Mikami and Hideki Kamiya, who both left their respective companies in 2023, are set to host a joint conversation on their careers and future plans at the Archipel Caravan Festival in Tokyo on December 16, 2023. As reported by VGC, the talk, simply dubbed ‘Shinji Mikami x Hideki…
Come sail on a different sea of stars. The Star Ocean series has always occupied a weird spot in Square’s massive catalogue. This sci-fi-focused JRPG series started off relatively strong, but the last few entries have been middling at best and just plain not good at worst. Nonetheless, those earlier games were really something at…