Guide Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games
Or 'Castloid' if you prefer
Reminder 103 Switch Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's 'Hits For The Holidays' Sale (US)
Every Switch game on sale that we scored 9/10
Guide 129 Switch Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's Cyber Deals Sale (North America)
Every Switch game on sale that we scored 9/10
Guide 74 Switch Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's Black Friday Sale (Europe)
Every Switch game on sale that we gave 9/10
Guide 65 Switch Games You Should Pick Up In Nintendo's Blockbuster Sale (Europe)
Reminder: The sale ends this weekend
Switch eShop News
May2024
News Hatsune Miku's Fitness Boxing Game Gets English Language Release This July
The famous virtual idol is ready for a workout
The superstar virtual idol Hatsune Miku got her own Fitness Boxing game not long ago, and if you've been wanting to join in on the fun, it seems you'll soon be able to. After an ESRB rating popped up in North America for this title last month, Imagineer has now confirmed a version of the game with...
Review Little Kitty, Big City (Switch) - Repetitive, But Oozes Charm From Every Paw
An adventure with cat-titude
When playing through Little Kitty, Big City, it’s difficult to avoid drawing comparisons with Untitled Goose Game. Both see you play as a cute, mischievous animal, and both have you tackle a series of emergent tasks that often come at the expense of the poor humans that inhabit the surrounding area. With Little Kitty,...
Review Animal Well (Switch) - An Exceptional Metroidvania That Stands Out From The Pack
Zoophoria
From the moment we got a glimpse of Animal Well during an Indie World Showcase last April, it sent tongues wagging with its unique premise and visual identity, becoming an easy add to plenty of ‘Most Anticipated’ lists. Its association with indie publishing label Bigmode, run by popular YouTuber Jason 'Dunkey' Gastrow, added to the...
News New Soulslike Another Crab's Treasure Surpasses 100k Sales In Opening Weekend
Update: Sales have now gone past 150k
Update [Thu 9th May, 2024 06:00 BST]: The new title Another Crab's Treasure has surpassed 150k in sales across all platforms. This was announced the first week after its launch. Here's a message from the team about this latest milestone (via Steam): "We've hit over 150,000 sales across all platforms, and the...
News Lovely-Looking Point-And-Click Adventure 'The Night Of The Rabbit' Is Out Now On Switch
Grabbit
Daedalic Entertainment has brought fantasy point-and-clicker The Night of the Rabbit to Switch and it's available on the eShop from...today! Originally released on PC back in 2013, it's a beautiful-looking thing, as you can tell from the Switch release trailer above. Described in the blurb as being "reminiscent of classic LucasArts...
Review CorpoNation: The Sorting Process (Switch) - A Corporate Conspiracy Worth Getting Embroiled In
Work hard and carry on
‘Cost of living multiplier’ is not a setting you expect to see in an options screen, but this is one of the numerous difficulty tweaks in CorpoNation. Canteen Games' dystopian employment simulator deftly balances mundane repetition and creeping dread. It looks and feels like a shadowy corporate follow-up to Lucas Pope’s...
Review Rainbow Cotton (Switch) - The Definitive Version Of This Dreamcast Shooter
I can sing a rail shooter
Developer Success’s flagship franchise since 1991, Cotton's enigmatic Halloween world and cutesy-witchy theme struck a chord with fans of the shoot-'em-up genre. Its zany premise of broomsticking across badlands in search of delicious candy, coupled with a magical mix of coloured gem grabbing, weapon power-ups, flashy...
News Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Crashes Onto Switch In June
Blast-off
Konami has revealed that Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked will be launching on Nintendo Switch and other consoles on 11th June 2024. In just over a month's time, Konami's opossum knight will be making his grand return. Re-Sparked is a collection of all three of Sparkster's games — Rocket Knight Adventures, Sparkster: Rocket Knight...
Review Another Crab's Treasure (Switch) - Great Ideas, Crabby Performance
Oh Crab!
Over the years, many games have tried to recreate the precise, difficult nature of FromSoftware’s Dark Souls, a revolutionary title that created the aptly named Soulslike genre. Another Crab’s Treasure, from developer Aggro Crab, is another one of these endeavours, albeit with a significantly more colourful approach compared to the...
News 2v2 Fighter Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age Showcases Rory Hype In New Trailer
"Clock in and punch out"
If you're a fan of brawlers and also happen to like traditional fighters, you might want to take a look at this new footage of Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age. This title was originally revealed for multiple platforms including the Switch in June last year. It focuses on 2v2 battles across three lanes and promises to provide...
News Endless Ocean's Tetris 99 Event Starts Later This Week, Here's A First Look
Dive in!
Update [Tue 7th May, 2024 04:30 BST]: Nintendo has shared a first look at its Tetris 99 x Endless Ocean: Luminous Maximus Cup event, which you can view above. Once again, this event will kick off later this week on 10th May and runs until 13th May. Nintendo is also currently offering some Endless Ocean-themed icons. Original article [Thu...
News Sequel To Roguelike Hit Hades Enters Early Access With 'Overwhelmingly Positive' Reviews
Nintendo release when?
After a surprise announcement at The Game Awards in 2022, the sequel to Hades has finally entered its early access phase. While it's only available on PC for now, it's given many fans of Supergiant's original roguelike hope there'll be an announcement about console devices at some point in the future. On the developer's...
Review Wrath: Aeon Of Ruin (Switch) - Impressive Quake-Like FPS Is A Bad Fit On Consoles
You will not survive
Wrath: Aeon of Ruin has been a long time coming. Running on a heavily modified version of the Quake engine and developed by some of the Quake scene’s most skilled modders, Wrath looked set to take over the retro shooter world when it hit Early Access in 2019. Then it was hit with delay after delay, partially due to the...
News Paper Mario: TTYD And Luigi's Mansion 2 HD Estimated Switch File Sizes Revealed
Make some space
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door returns later this month and if you're planning on downloading a digital copy, you might be curious to know how much space this new "revamped" version takes up on your system. According to Nintendo's official game page listing, you'll need to have 5.0GB of free space on your device to install it...
Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects & Readers' Choice (April 2024)
Our picks for the best eShop games in April
It's that time — welcome back to our monthly eShop Selects feature! This time, we're covering April — somehow, we're already in May. As mentioned last month, we've made another change to the piece. Now you'll be voting for your favourite hidden gem for the current month within this piece, rather than...
News Nintendo Shares Luigi's Mansion 2 HD 'Rude Awakening' Video
A spooky introduction
Next month, Nintendo is reviving the 3DS title Luigi's Mansion 2 for the Switch. In the lead-up to the release of Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, it's now uploaded a new video in the form of the game's introduction. It's officially titled 'Rude Awakening'. In this "visually enhanced" adventure for the Switch, Professor E.Gadd calls on...
News Star Wars Day Switch eShop Sale, Up To 75% Off Multiple Games
"A galaxy of savings"
As part of this year's Star Wars Day celebrations, there's currently a sale taking place on the Switch eShop in select regions. So if you're looking for a Star Wars game to play this weekend, here's a list of games you can currently grab on sale: "You can score a discount on several Star Wars games right now! We hope you...
Round Up Celebrate Star Wars Day 2024 On The Nintendo Switch
"May the 4th be with you"
Today is May 4th and that means it's Star Wars Day! If you're looking for something to play in a galaxy far, far away, there's plenty to jump into on the Nintendo Switch. There's even a sale to go with it in select locations (including the US and UK). So without further ado here's a look at all the Star Wars events and...
Exclusive Get A Closer Look At Capes' Superhero Turn-Based Tactics In New Switch Screenshots
Where is my super suit?
We are just weeks away from the release of the turn-based superhero tactics game Capes on 29th May and today publisher Daedalic Entertainment has given us our first idea of how things will be looking on Switch. Capes is a Midnight Suns-style XCOM-meets-superheroes tactics game (though this one will be coming to Switch) where...
News SteamWorld Heist II Trailer Takes A Deep Dive Into The Sequel's Gameplay
Lots of gameplay!
Following its recent announcement at the Indie World showcase, SteamWorld Heist II has received a brand new trailer that takes a deep dive into the upcoming title's gameplay. Naturally, we get a glimpse at the turn-based combat, including a tasty tease of the ricochet gunplay. The true highlight of the trailer however, is the...
News Spread The Balatro Love With This New Range Of Official Merchandise
We're all in
There was a time earlier this year where we had two states: playing Balatro, or thinking about playing Balatro. Our daily hours played may have begun to drop in the months since, but there's no denying that it has permanently set up shop in our minds. And guess what, it can now do the same in our wardrobes! Yes, Balatro publisher...
News Hide Your Naked Body From The Joy-Con IR Camera In This Weird New Switch Game
Think inside the box, please
If you cast your mind back to last year, you might remember Give me toilet paper!, a weird eShop game that had you shoving your Joy-Con in a toilet roll to play. Well, publisher Takahiro Miyazawa is back at it again, but this new game is all about being naked. Mhmm, you did read that correctly. Bruce and Box
Review Megaton Musashi W: Wired (Switch) - Good Old-Fashioned Mech-Battling Fun
Level-5 is back!
In late 2020, Level-5 shuttered its operations in the West and effectively ended its business outside of Japan, leaving Western fans of franchises such as Yo-Kai Watch and Professor Layton wondering if they would ever see English versions of new entries in their favorite series. Fortunately, the company has since reinvigorated its...
News Nintendo Partner Paladin Studios Closes Its Doors After "Almost 19 Years"
"Our quest has ended"
Netherlands indie developer Paladin, who worked with Nintendo in 2020 on the Switch eShop title Good Job!, has announced it has "closed the studio" after "almost 19 years". Apart from Nintendo, the 45-person studio (which began life in 2005 and peaked at 55 people at one stage) worked with various other "incredible partners"...
News Xbox's Survival Adventure Grounded Receives A New Update On Switch
Download it now
Grounded recently made its debut on the Nintendo Switch and although the team at Obsidian has technically rolled out the final major update, it's not done just yet. The developer has now rolled out a new patch, bumping the game up to Version 1.4.1. This latest patch comes with some major fixes, changes, optimisations, and most...
News Bloodstained: Ritual Of The Night Is Getting PvP And 'Chaos' Modes
The game that keeps on giving
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is getting yet another update on Switch later this month, bringing new modes to the game along with a number of cosmetics for protagonist Miriam. Announced via a blog post, the information provided is described as the 'final development roadmap' for the game after its Switch launch in...
News 'Please Fix The Road' Is The Perfect Puzzler For Anyone With A Pothole Problem
Bringing the chill this month
The Switch is home to its fair share of cute, chilled puzzlers and Please Fix The Road will only be adding to this pretty pile when it drives onto the Switch eShop on 16th May. Developed by ARIELEK and published Silesia Games, Please Fix the Road is all about getting your traveller — be that a car, boat, train or cat...
News Time-Travelling Hack 'N' Slash 'Lysfanga' Lands On Switch Later This Month
Temporal thingamabobs
If you're a fan of hack 'n' slash games with a hint of strategy, then you might want to keep an eye on Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior, launching on the Switch eShop later this month on 14th May 2024. Developed by Sand Door Studio and published by Quantic Dream's Spotlight label, the game sees you take on the role of Imë,...
News LEGO Fortnite Announces Star Wars: Rebel Adventure Update
Celebrating Star Wars Day
As part of this year's May 4th celebrations, LEGO Fortnite will be doing a special Star Wars collaboration in its next update. This update will bring the Rebellion and Galactic Empire into your LEGO Fortnite world, with your job to help the Rebels survive and build up their village: "Help the Rebels survive by building...
News Princess Peach: Showtime! Was The Best-Selling Switch Game Of March 2024 (US)
Here are the top 10
The Switch might be in its twilight years, but it's still churning out new releases every month. Circana (formerly NPD) has now revealed its March 2024 sales data for the US market and it provides a look at how Nintendo is performing so far this year. As highlighted by Circana's executive director and video game industry analyst...
Review Cavern Of Dreams (Switch) - A Rich, Rare Homage To The N64's Finest 'Formers
Clanker's Cavern of Dreams
Cavern of Dreams leapt to the Switch eShop on 29th February 2024. We weren't able to review the game at the time but managed to catch up with it recently. And it's good! If you like that sort of thing... Talk to any video game fan over 30 about 3D platformers and they're liable to stare wistfully into the middle distance...
Guide Where To Buy Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop Credit
Here's how to get Japan-exclusive eShop games
The Nintendo Switch eShop is home to thousands of great games at this point, but some are locked away, exclusive to particular regions. If you're wondering how to download Japanese Switch games, you're in the right place. One of the great things about the Nintendo Switch eShop is that you can create...
News Stars Wars: Hunters Brings Free-To-Play PVP Action To Switch This June, Preload Now Live
"Fight for glory in the arena"
Back in 2021, the online and mobile developer Zynga announced it would be bringing the "free-to-download" player-verse-player third-person competitive shooter Star Wars: Hunters to the Switch and mobile devices. While it's been playable on mobile devices for some time, it's now finally launching on the Switch eShop on...
News Former Pokémon Artist's New Project 'The Plucky Squire' Really Is Launching In 2024
No more delays, hopefully
To start the month of May, All Possible Futures - a game studio co-founded by former Pokémon artist James Turner - has shared a statement about its upcoming Switch release The Plucky Squire, reassuring players it's launching in 2024. While there's no specific release date just yet, the team is "working hard" to release...
April2024
News Action RPG 'Astor: Blade Of The Monolith' Draws Its Sword On Switch Next Month
Prepare for battle
Developer C2 Game Studio and publishers Versus Evil and tinyBuild have today announced that the newly retitled Astor: Blade of the Monolith (formally Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients) will be bringing the fantasy fight to Switch on 30th May. In this action RPG, you will play as a lone hero (honestly, is there any other kind?)...
News Vampire Survivors Releases Surprise Update On Switch Today
Get ready for a 'AAAA' experience
Ahead of the Contra crossover on 9th May, Vampire Survivors has rolled out a brand new free 'Laborratory Update' on the Switch today. As you can see in the trailer above, it's jokingly teased as the game's first 'AAAA' update - with all sorts of "industry-defining innovations" such as running animations,...
More free content & Act II of 'A Rift in Time' arrive
Last week, the team at Gameloft announced Daisy Duck would be joining Disney Dreamlight Valley in the new free content update 'Thrills and Frills' on 1st May 2024. Now, ahead of this update's arrival, the official patch notes have been detailed. This update also includes Act II of the Disney...
News Upcoming Pixel Art RPG 'Beyond Galaxyland' Oozes Ambition And Personality
Launching later this year
If you're a fan of sci-fi and RPGs, then you'll want to keep an eye out for Beyond Galaxyland later this year, because it looks like a doozy. Created by Chicago-based developer and music producer, Sam Enright, you play as highschooler Doug as he's whisked off to discover an artificial solar system known as 'Galaxyland'...
Exclusive Cosy Adventure 'Pine Hearts' Brings A Tale Of Love And Loss To Switch Next Month
All the feels
Publisher Little Nook and developer Hyper Luminal Games have today announced that the cosy adventure game Pine Hearts will be bringing all of the emotions to Switch on 23rd May. Billed as a "love letter to all those who have experienced loss," Pine Hearts will see you playing as Tyke and setting off through the titular caravan park...
Video 10 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In May 2024
Endless Ocean! Paper Mario! Pac-Man!
Whoever said that 2024 was a quiet year for games? Yes, it certainly seems like we're swiftly running out of incoming first-party games for the Switch, but if May is anything to go by, then 2024 is still packed to the rafters with great gaming experiences. The big highlight this month is undoubtedly Paper...
News Hyperdimension Neptunia: Re;Birth Trilogy Launches On Switch In 2024
Update: Local release confirmed
Update [Sun 28th Apr, 2024 23:55 BST]: A local release of the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy has now been confirmed, with the game set to launch digitally in both North America and Europe next month on 21st May 2024 (thanks, Gematsu). Original article [Sun 3rd Mar, 2024 00:30 GMT]: To kick off 2024, Idea...
Review Corn Kidz 64 (Switch) - A 64-Bit Throwback That Nails The Retro Vibe
Truly goated
Though the peak years of the 3D platformer genre were in the late '90s and early 2000s, there’s been a bit of a resurgence in interesting new genre entries in recent years. Titles such as Glyph and Lunistice have shown that smaller platforming projects can be just as compelling as the more well-known examples, and now we have...
News Rogue Legacy 2 Getting Limited Run Physical Release, Pre-Orders Open Next Week
Deluxe edition confirmed
After an eShop release in 2022, Rogue Legacy 2 will be getting a Limited Run physical release for the Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders for the standard and deluxe edition will open next week on 3rd May 2024. The standard version of the game is estimated to ship at some point in October 2024 and the deluxe edition will roll out...
Community 28 Switch Games We Missed, As Recommended By You Lovely People
Part 8 - Missed hits
Welcome back to Part VIII of our 'Games We Missed' series. With so many Switch games large and small releasing every week, we're eager to highlight great ones which slipped through our net — and thanks to you lovely people, this bi-annual feature can do just that. As always, we asked you to send us nominations for Switch...
News Capcom eShop Golden Week Sale Includes Monster Hunter Rise For "Lowest Price Ever" (US)
Multiple other Capcom titles are also on sale
To celebrate Golden Week, Capcom's latest Monster Hunter game Monster Hunter Rise is currently going for its "lowest price ever" in the US. As highlighted by Nintendo Everything, you can currently get Rise for just for just $9.99 (normally $39.99). The base game and Sunbreak are also available together...
News Stardew Valley Creator Shares Update About Version 1.6 Console Release
"Thank you for your continued patience"
Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has this week rolled out a brand new patch for the PC version and provided an update about the console update. If you are holding out for the Switch version of the 1.6 Update, Barone has reassured fans on social media it's "still in progress". He goes on to...
News Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Will Restore Missing Posters In Patch 3
The posters were "inadvertently removed" according to Aspyr
Aspyr released a brand new patch for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered earlier this month which removed the posters from the Tomb Raider III level 'Sleeping With The Fishes'. The developer has now issued a response on its official support page, stating the posters were "inadvertently removed"...
Review Tales Of Kenzera: ZAU (Switch) - An Emotional Metroidvania That Plays It Too Safe
Zau do you do?
The best thing we can say about Tales of Kenzera: ZAU is that it’s a decent gateway game into the Metroidvania genre. The Switch is so chock full of incredible titles at this point that it can often be difficult to know where to start (we can help with that too, by the way), but Kenzera provides a relatively breezy 6-7-hour...
Mini Review Marenian Tavern Story: Patty And The Hungry God (Switch) - Solid If Familiar Fare
Meet Patty
This game was originally covered as part of our Nindie Round Up series that sought to give coverage to a wider breadth of Switch eShop games beyond our standard reviews. In an effort to make our impressions easier to find, we're presenting the original text below in our mini-review format. Marenian Tavern Story: Patty and the Hungry God...
Mini Review Steamburg (Switch) - A Clunky Adventure Puzzler With Great Presentation
Steamburger
This game was originally covered as part of our Nindie Round Up series that sought to give coverage to a wider breadth of Switch eShop games beyond our standard reviews. In an effort to make our impressions easier to find, we're presenting the original text below in our mini-review format. Steamburg is an adventure puzzler that is...
Mini Review Crimson Keep (Switch) - A Fun Dungeon Crawler With A Few Gremlins
Keep going
This game was originally covered as part of our Nindie Round Up series that sought to give coverage to a wider breadth of Switch eShop games beyond our standard reviews. In an effort to make our impressions easier to find, we're presenting the original text below in our mini-review format. Crimson Keep is a dungeon crawler with an...
Mini Review Desert Child (Switch) A Hilariously Offbeat, Indie Hovercycle Racer
I need to borrow your... hoverbike
This game was originally covered as part of our Nindie Round Up series that sought to give coverage to a wider breadth of Switch eShop games beyond our standard reviews. In an effort to make our impressions easier to find, we're presenting the original text below in our mini-review format. Fast-paced and frantic,...
Mini Review Please, Don't Touch Anything (Switch) - An Inviting Puzzler That Begs You To Play Up
Look with your eyes
This game was originally covered as part of our Nindie Round Up series that sought to give coverage to a wider breadth of Switch eShop games beyond our standard reviews. In an effort to make our impressions easier to find, we're presenting the original text below in our mini-review format. 'Cryptic' is the name of the game in...
News Shadow Of The Ninja Remake Emerges With Switch Release Date
Out of the shadows
Publisher Natsume Atari and developer Tengo Project have revealed that Shadow of the Ninja - Reborn, the remake of NES action platformer Shadow of the Ninja, will be launching on Nintendo Switch, and other platforms, on 29th August 2024 (via Gematsu). Tengo Project is known for its retro revivals, having worked on
Praise be to HD
El Shaddai is an artistic endeavour in the same vein as Rez or Thatgamecompany’s Journey, taking action genre norms and weaving them into an avant-garde, visual tour de force. Anyone familiar with the ill-fated Clover Studio, a Capcom subsidiary that started out in 2004 developing for the GameCube, will likely have encountered the...
News Rockclimbing Platformer 'Surmount' Looks Like A Perfect Mix Of Strategy And Silliness
Chalking up on Switch next week
If you're after some physics-based fun with a side of co-op challenge, Surmount might just be worth a look when it climbs onto Switch on 2nd May. One look at the above trailer gives you a pretty strong idea of what this one has in store. It also will tell you that the release date is 9th May, but fear not, developer...
News River City Girls 2 Is Getting "Premium" Double Dragon DLC This Summer
"The legendary Billy and Jimmy Lee return"
Following a joke earlier this month, WayForward has now announced Double Dragon DLC for its side-scrolling beat 'em up River City Girls 2. Yes, the "legendary" BIlly and Jimmy Lee will be making a return as playable characters in "premium DLC" this summer. According to the PR, a free update will also be...
News Inti Creates Announces Gold Collection, Three Games On One Physical Switch Cart
Coming to Japan this August
If you are a fan of Inti Creates or simply want to catch up on some of its game releases, you might want to read on... The game company has announced the Inti Creates Gold Archive Collection for the Nintendo Switch. It's a physical package featuring Mighty Gunvolt, Mighty Gunvolt Burst, and PuzzMiX on a single game...
Review Library Of Ruina (Switch) - Potential Aplenty, But Just Doesn't Stack Up
My library's in ruins
Library of Ruina is less than the sum of its parts. While this visual novel's dialog sets up a well-established, deep world with interesting characters, its talky repetitiveness eschews plenty of opportunities to make the most of what it's trying to set up. And even with a compelling, card-based battle system that rewards...
News Digital Eclipse's Remake of 'Wizardry' Dungeon Crawls Onto Switch In May
A relic uncovered
Digital Eclipse has confirmed that its 3D remake of SirTech's Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord will be heading to the Nintendo Switch on 23rd May 2024. Originally launched via Early Access on Steam in September 2023, the game is a full-on modernised remake of the 1981 classic for the Apple II. The original game was...
"Our work on Update III is beginning"
When Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection launched last month many players experienced all sorts of issues with the game's online mode. Aspyr was quick to roll out a major update featuring all sorts of fixes and now it's released a second one. Update 2 comes with multiple fixes for all platforms as well as...
News Disney Dreamlight Valley Welcomes Daisy Duck In Next Free Content Update
And Oswald the Rabbit joins the expansion pass
Although it has been teased for a little while now, Gameloft has today revealed that Daisy Duck will be stepping into Disney Dreamlight Valley in the game's next free content update, 'Frills and Thrills'. What's more, we can expect this update to land next week on 1st May. The valley's newest arrival...
News Four Years After Its Cancellation, Deliver Us The Moon Is Finally Landing On Switch
One giant leap for 2024
Publisher Wired Productions and developer KeokeN Interactive have announced that the sci-fi thriller Deliver Us the Moon will be making one giant leap onto Switch later this year. If the name rings a bell, that might be because Deliver Us the Moon was initially announced for the Nintendo hybrid back in 2020. This port was...
Review SaGa Emerald Beyond (Switch) - Diverse But Dull RPG Boosted By Excellent Combat
Junction system
The SaGa titles are part of a series that started life as Final Fantasy Legend, named to capitalise on Square’s blossoming juggernaut. Despite being separate creative endeavours, the two franchises have grown up together. While never achieving the superstar status of its sibling, SaGa has carved its own niche over the years. The...
News Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Patch Updates Are Already Rolling Out
Update: 505 Games issues statement
Update [Wed 24th Apr, 2024 10:30 BST]: 505 Games has issued a press statement to directly acknowledge the performance issues for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes on Switch while reassuring fans that developer Rabbit & Bear Studios is working on ironing out the problems. It said the following: We are aware...
Video Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis Of Grounded On Switch
Shrinking feeling
Grounded was never the most obvious candidate to go multi-platform from its Xbox home, but we were pleased to see it featured in the February Partner Direct, all the same. Right from this initial announcement, we had some trepidations about how this big world would hold up on Switch — fears that were proven legitimate when the...
News Fortnite's New Setting Lets You Hide "Confrontational Emotes"
Blocking out the haters
A new setting in Fortnite is all about preserving the good vibes of battle royale, simmering down any potential rage that may come from seeing "confrontational emotes". Anyone who has jumped from the Battle Bus will know the pain of getting eliminated only to see your opponent rub your face in it by hitting a smug little...
News Score Up To 75% Off Select eShop Games In Nintendo's Indie Sale (Europe)
Reminder: The sale wraps up today
A friendly reminder that the European eShop's Indie Sale comes to a close today, so this is your last chance to make a saving on all of the included games, a selection of which can be found below... Hot off the back of Nintendo's Indie World showcase a brand new European eShop sale has gotten underway, bringing up...
News Outer Wilds Gets Another Update On Switch, Here Are The Patch Notes
Gameplay improvements and more
Developer Mobius Digital has announced the second update for Outer Wilds on Nintendo Switch, adding a bunch of improvements to gameplay, art and visuals, UI, and more (thanks, Nintendo Everything). Released on 7th December 2023, Outer WIlds had been a long time coming to the Switch, but it looks like Mobius is all-in...
News New Pepper Grinder Update Drills Onto Switch Soon, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
New timers! Boss tweaks! Bug fixes!
Devolver Digital's neo-retro platformer Pepper Grinder burrowed its way straight into our hearts (not as gruesome as it sounds) when it launched on Switch last month. We loved it. In the time since, developer Ahr Ech has been hard at work on the game's first major update, patching some pesky bugs and introducing...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
Here's what the critics think
This week sees the arrival of spiritual Suikoden successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. If you happen to be interested in this one and haven't already read our review here on Nintendo Life, be sure to take a look. We gave the game 6 out of 10 stars and said it...
News Nintendo Apparently Wanted Samus Aran's Fortnite Skin To Be A Switch Exclusive
According to Epic's former chief creative officer
It's been known for some time now how the Fortnite developer would like to do a crossover with Nintendo, and there have even been some leaked internal documents revealing how Epic Games had Samus Aran from the Metroid series in its sights. Now, in a new interview with Game File, Epic's form
Community Played A Switch Game Gem We Missed? Send Us Your Recommendations
Reader recs
That's right, it's time for another edition of 'Help, Please Help - Too Many Switch Games!' For a few years now we've been running bi-annual Games We Missed round-ups where you lovely lot nominate great Switch games that we weren't able to review. We do our best to cover as much as possible, but with so many brilliant things hitting the...
Review Grounded (Switch) - Obsidian's Shrunk-Down Survival Adventure Struggles On Switch
Does this port come up short?
Listen, if you're of a certain vintage, one of the standout summer holiday movies of your youth will undoubtedly have been Disney's excellent Honey, I Shrunk The Kids. Back in those terrible and endlessly cruel times we didn't have all your fancy CGI smothering the life out of every frame, you see, or superheroes...
Review Lunar Lander Beyond (Switch) - A Fresh Approach For Atari's Arcade Classic
Minor turbulence
Atari has had a very interesting few years, publishing a critically acclaimed 50th-anniversary collection in the form of a playable documentary, the ‘Recharged’ series of neo-retro revivals, and a handful of unique reinventions of its classic IPs. Lunar Lander Beyond from Cris Tales developer Dreams Uncorporated is the gaming...
News Lara Croft's Pinup Posters Go Missing In Tomb Raider I-III Remastered
Following last week's second major patch
Last week, Aspyr released the second major update for Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, and while it's added a new outfit, it's also supposedly removed some posters in the game according to multiple player reports. Although there does not appear to be any mention of this in the latest patch notes, Tomb Raider...
Review Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Switch) - An Immersive JRPG With Some Real Problems
The wait is over
The PS1 played host to a staggering number of memorable and influential RPGs, one of which was Konami’s Suikoden. After that strong debut came a handful of sequels that eventually puttered out during the sixth generation of consoles, and Konami has virtually abandoned the series since. Not ones to be stifled, some key members of...
News Sonic X Shadow Generations Has Been Rated In South Korea
It was announced for Switch in February
It's the "Year of Shadow", and with this in mind, the upcoming release Sonic X Shadow Generations has now been rated. As highlighted by Eurogamer, a rating for the title was published in South Korea yesterday. It doesn't reveal much else other than it's an "action" game and is suitable for "all" users. At the...
News Eiyuden Chronicle Developer Is 'Moving Forward With A Sequel' After Creator's Death
"I hope we will be able to carry on Murayama’s legacy"
Rabbit & Bear Studios, the developer behing the upcoming Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has confirmed that it is "moving forward" with a sequel after the franchise creator's death earlier this year (thanks, VGC). Yoshitaka Murayama, who also created the Suikoden franchise, sadly...
Review Kudzu (Switch) A Delightful, Leafy Ode To Link's Awakening And The Game Boy
It'll grow on you
Kudzu came to this reviewer during a significant birthday celebration. The day was filled with echoes of our past. There was the music on the radio – uncanny remixes of early-to-mid-90s techno songs that used to hype up pre-teen candyfloss-fuelled visits to funfairs. And there was Kudzu and its unsubtle similarity to all-time...
News Stardew Valley Adds 40 New Mine Layouts In Latest Update, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The Switch release is still waiting on the '1.6 Update'
Although we're still waiting on the Stardew Valley '1.6 Update' for Switch, the game's creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone is already rolling out new updates for the PC version. In the latest update (1.6.4 update), the creator has added all sorts of new content and features on top of everything...
News Breathe, Octopath Traveler Is Available To Purchase On The Switch eShop Again
Phew!
Last month, the beloved JRPG Octopath Traveler was banished forthwith from the Kingdom of the Switch eShop. Okay, if you'll excuse the dramatics, it was temporarily delisted with no official explanation as to why. Well the good news is that it's back, as confirmed by Square Enix itself. Now, the general consensus as to why it was delisted is...
Exclusive Sci-Fi City Builder 'Imagine Earth' Docks Onto Switch Next Month
If we build it...
If you're a fan of city builders, then buckle up, because we can exclusively reveal that Imagine Earth, a sci-fi city builder from indie developer Serious Bros. is heading to the Switch on 9th May, 2024. Originally released on Steam and Xbox to positive reception, Imagine Earth combines laidback strategic gameplay with themes of...
Video New Endless Ocean Luminous Overview Trailer Teases "Limited-Time" Event Dives
"A free 7-day trial for NSO is included with purchase"
In between some Mario games, a new Endless Ocean game is arriving for Switch next month on 2nd May 2024. While we've already got a decent idea of what to expect from Endless Ocean Luminous, Nintendo has now uploaded an overview trailer - providing an extended look at this upcoming release. The...
News WayForward Director Says Nintendo Changed The Way He Looks At Making Video Games
"It's like seeing a color that doesn't exist"
Yesterday, during the latest Indie World presentation, WayForward revealed Yars Rising - a new Metroidvania based on the classic Atari franchise. Veteran game designer James Montagna is directing this new project and apparently has a new outlook on game design after teaming up with Nintendo for last...
Round Up All The Games You Missed From Japan's Indie World Showcase (April 2024)
Nine new trailers and announcements
Today's Indie World Showcase gave us a rather delightful little basket of release dates, shadow drops, and ports for games we've been wanting to see on Switch. As is often the case with these presentations, however, Japan's Indie World was a fair bit different from our own. There was some overlap, of course, but...
News Braid: Anniversary Edition Gets A Small Delay
Rewind the clocks!
Braid: Anniversary Edition for Nintendo Switch has been pushed back a few weeks to 14th May 2024, Thekla Inc. has confirmed. The enhanced rerelease of the classic indie puzzle platformer was originally due to launch on 29th April, so we don't have to wait much longer to get our hands on the game. It's not all bad news, however...
News Discover Who You Truly Are In Upcoming Adventure Game 'Refind Self'
Decisions, decisions
We've all wondered how others see us, right? Well, now there's a game that will do just that *gulp* as Refind Self: The Personality Test Game shows its true colours on Switch this summer. In this exploration-based adventure, you take control of an android who wants to regain their lost memories and discover who they truly are...
News Cosy Crafting Sim 'Sticky Business' Opens Up Shop On Switch Today
DLC also available
Revealed in today's Indie World showcase, Spellgarden Games' sweet crafting sim Sticky Business will let you live out your sticker-designing dreams on Switch later today. Those after something more on the chilled side might want to check this one out. Sticky Business sees you running your own small business where you will design,...
News Action RPG 'Cat Quest III' Gets Purrfect Summer Release Date On Switch
No mewtiny here
In what turned out to be a fairly cat-focused Indie World showcase, Cat Quest III was given a release date and a brand-new trailer. The Gentlebros' third entry in its cat-themed action RPG series sails onto the eShop on 8th August 2024 — which is actually International Cat Day. Plus, you'll be able to download a free demo on the...
News SteamWorld Heist Is Getting A Surprise Sequel On Switch This Summer
Give it some Leeway
SteamWorld returns to turn-based tactics with SteamWorld Heist II, which is coming to Nintendo Switch on 8th August 2024. The surprise reveal during today's Indie World showcase closed the presentation, and gave us a glimpse at this sequel to the 2015 3DS title. Ricochet shots are back, but SteamWorld Heist II is expanding its...
News Shadow-Jumping Platformer 'SCHiM' Leaps Onto Switch This July
Out of the shadows
One of the sizzle reel entries in today's Indie World showcase was SCHiM, a delightful-looking platformer that will be making the leap to Switch on 18th July. This one has been on our radar for a little while now (you might remember seeing it at the Future Games Show back in 2022) and that's because of how darn sweet it all...
News Europa Is A Beautiful Adventure Game With Shades Of Studio Ghibli And Breath Of The Wild
Glide me to the moon
Novadust Entertainment and Future Friends Games are bringing their stunning open-world adventure Europa to Nintendo Switch in 2024. Today's Indie World showcase gave us confirmation that this magical, peaceful adventure will be coming to the hybrid console as well as PC. But not only that: players can head to the eShop to...
News Cowabunga! A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Roguelike Is Coming To Switch This July
Splintered Fate incoming
Had enough of the heroes in a half-shell? Of course you haven't (unless you have, in which case, you better look away now)! Developer and publisher Super Evil Megacorp took to the Nintendo Indie World showcase to reveal that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is coming to Switch this July. Away from the swathe of...
News Atari And WayForward Join Forces For A New 'Yars' Metroidvania
All rise!
Publisher Atari and developer WayForward have announced Yars Rising, a new Metroidvania based on the classic Atari franchise Yars. The original Yars' Revenge released back in 1982 for the Atari 2600 and was very much a basic (albeit incredibly addictive) shooter in which an insect-like creature called Yar would go up against an evil being...
News Antonblast Brings Explosive Wario Land-Inspired Platforming To Switch In November
Demo out today
Antonblast lands with a bang on Nintendo Switch on 12th November 2024, publisher and developer Summitsphere has announced. Not only that, but a free demo is available to download on the eShop today. Shown off during today's Indie World presentation, Antonblast is a Wario Land-inspired platforming that sees you play as Anton as he...
News Little Kitty, Big City Pounces Onto Switch Next Month
Out of the bag
Kicking off Nintendo's Indie World showcase, Double Dagger Studios announced that the delightful cat adventure Little Kitty, Big City will be pouncing onto Switch on 9th May. The new trailer gave a closer look at the game's 'Catchevements', gave a taste of the animal-filled world and also showcased a couple of the cat customisation...
Review Rose & Camellia Collection (Switch) - An Enjoyably Absurd Yet Frustrating Slapathon
Slappiness is the truth
Certain problems cannot be solved through careful discussion or compromise. Sometimes it isn’t enough to give a verbal beatdown to your rival – you must throw hands as well. The Rose & Camellia series was built upon the idea that not only is a good old-fashioned slapfight fun, but it is often the only dignified way a...
News The First Review For Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Is In
SaGa Emerald and new Demon Slayer tag along too
We are rapidly closing in on the release date of Rabbit & Bear Studios' Suikoden spiritual successor, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. Set to land on Switch on 23rd April, this upcoming RPG dazzled us when we went hands-on with it last month and we have been excited to see more ever since. As...
News World Of Goo 2 Has Been Delayed To August On Switch
"We are pumping so much Goo"
Developer Tomorrow Corporation has announced that it has delayed World of Goo 2 on the Switch to 2nd August, 2024. Originally earmarked for 23rd May, the delay is apparently due to the team "pumping so much Goo" in the game - whatever that means. In layman's terms though, it's likely that the game simply needs a bit...
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