Issue #23 – April 2025. Here we are, everyone. We’re living in a post-Switch 2 release-date reveal world! And it’s…oof, it’s a lot! Welcome back to the Nintendo Life Mailbox, our monthly delve into correspondences of you lovely lot. Got something you want to get off your chest? We’re ready and waiting to read about…
There is something about the Lunar series—a classic JRPG duology by Game Arts, first released for Sega CD—that makes them an endless wellspring of nostalgia. Despite being archetypical fantasy adventures (or perhaps because of it), many ‘90s kids have been looking forward to the Lunar Remastered Collection, which landed on Steam and consoles this week….
Pik your winner. Hello everyone – welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we looked at Survival Kids for the Game Boy Color in celebration of the new Switch 2 release from publisher Konami. In the end, although North America’s variant is certainly nice enough, Europe and Japan won the day confidently…
Blood Typers was one of my favourite indie picks of last month. A clever fusion of classic Resident Evil and The Typing Of The Dead with a little bit of proximity chat co-op chaos for spice. But much as I liked it, something was missing—an ending. Despite not carrying any early access labelling, the game…
Super together! Nintendo has gone all out for its first Western Switch 2 commercial, bringing back actor Paul Rudd to showcase the console’s new GameChat functionality. Wait… bringing back, you say? Yes, for those who grew up in the SNES days, you might remember Paul Rudd starred in a similar 1991 commercial for Nintendo’s successor…
Update, you must. Aspyr released Jedi Power Battles on Switch eShop earlier this year and this week the game has received a “post-launch” patch. This update apparently resolves “issues and various updates”. Here’s the full rundown from the official Aspyr website: Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Over on Bluesky, industry analyst mauronl shared some info from Devolver Digital’s 2024 wrap-up for investors, including lifetime revenue figures for 10 of its games. Sitting at number one, with over $US90 million earned, is the folk-horror Happy Tree Friends dungeon-crawler Cult of the Lamb. Number two, with over $US80 million in lifetime revenue, is…
There’s a clue for today’s Wordle just a quick scroll down this page if you need to unscramble a mess of grey and yellow letters, or even if you just really like the idea of getting off to a great start while still keeping the fun word finding bit all for yourself. Have fun, try…
On March 1st, Paragon 5 opened up its remix contest for the classic Game Boy Color game Project S-11, which has recently seen a rerelease for the Chromatic by ModRetro. The original 8-bit soundtrack, by Finnish composers Jonne Valtonen and Aleksi Eeben, has a strong reputation in its own right beyond the top-down shooter…
When the Diablo 4 roadmap appeared it included two instances of the concerning phrase “New IP collab”. Worrying visions of skins that let you dress your rogue up as Jinx or your necromancer as, I don’t know, Skibidi Toilet or something flashed through our heads. Fortunately, the first collab to be announced is much more…