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Tuesday7th May 2024
News Nintendo Direct June 2024 Confirmed To Boost An Otherwise Quiet Year For Switch
Currently only two first-party games confirmed
Nintendo has confirmed that a Direct showcase will take place in June 2024, focusing on softeware for the Nintendo Switch during the latter half of 2024. This will hopefully offset what is looking to be a fairly quiet year for the Switch, with only two first-party games currently known to the public:...
News Nintendo Switch Surpasses 140 Million Sales As Company Acknowledges Successor
13.50 million sales forecast for FY2025
As part of its latest financial earnings release, Nintendo has confirmed that the Switch has now sold a total of 141.32 million units since its launch in 2017. Digging in a bit deeper, the console managed to shift a total of 15.70 million units across its three SKUs during FY2024. This is down by 12.6%...
News Nintendo Switch "Successor" Announcement Is Coming "This Fiscal Year"
Update: Reportedly best described as "Switch next model"
Update [Tue 7th May, 2024 19:12 BST]: On an earnings call following the release of the end-of-year financials, president Shuntaro Furakawa was reportedly asked whether the "successor to the Switch" will be an entirely new console. According to David Gibson, senior research analyst an MST...
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 Switch Online's Missions & Rewards Adds Zelda Icons You Can Only "Get By Playing"
Play Link's Super Nintendo adventure to unlock them
Earlier this year, Nintendo introduced a new system to Switch Online 'Missions and Rewards' where users unlock icons when they play particular retro games. We've seen it with Super Mario World previously, and now the same type of promotion is live for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. This...
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...
Monday6th May 2024
Guide Best Mech Games On Nintendo Switch
Suited and booted
Updated with Megaton Musashi W: Wired. Enjoy! What's the ultimate power fantasy for you? If it's getting inside a robot and delivering a metallic, explosive world of pain to your enemies, then you're probably a mecha fan. From Gundam to Evangelion, mecha have been hugely popular in culture — particularly in anime — for...
News Mortal Kombat 1 DLC Character 'Homelander' Looks Ludicrous In New Trailer
Toasty!
Warner Bros. Games and NetherRealm Studios have released a 'First Look' trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat 1 DLC character Homelander which, at the time of writing, does not yet have a firm release date. The fighter, who is one of the main antagonists for Amazon's satirical series The Boys, kick starts the trailer by drinking some...
News Acclaimed Horror VN Series 'Pixel Pulps' Is Getting A Special Edition On Switch
Pulp fiction
LCB Game Studio's acclaimed visual novel is getting a bundled release this summer in The Pixel Pups Collection. Consisting of Mothmen 1966, Varney Lake, and Bahnsen Knights, the trio play homage to classic pulp horror using 8- and 16-bit visual styles. And today, LCB Games has revealed that it's partnering with Meridiem Games to...
News Details Emerge Of A Cancelled Donkey Kong Project From Vicarious Visions
Rope burn'd
Of all the studios to potentially work on a Donkey Kong project, Vicarious Visions (now known simply as Blizzard Albany) admittedly wasn't particularly high up on our list. However, details have emerged of a now-cancelled DK project at the studio via a new video from Did You Know Gaming (with prior reporting from DK Vine). According to...
Sunday5th May 2024
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 Animal Crossing: New Horizons 'Isabelle' First 4 Figures Statue Now Available To Pre-Order
Two other Animal Crossing figures teased
Update [Sun 5th May, 2024 08:00 BST]: First 4 Figures has now shared another teaser of the other two Animal Crossing: New Horizons figures (Tom Nook and K.K. Slider) on social media. Early bird pre-orders are now available for the Isabelle figure until June. Original article [Fri 3rd May, 2024 02:30...
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...
Saturday4th May 2024
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...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (4th May)
May the Fourth be with you
Hello there. Happy Star Wars Day, folks! With a glass of blue milk in hand, let's kick off the weekend's celebrations with another edition of What Are You Playing. This week in the world of Nintendo, we heard yet more 'Switch 2' rumours and asked whether you'd like to see your Joy-Con carry over to the next model. We also...
Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Switch OLED Model - Best Deals And Cheapest Prices
The best Nintendo Switch money can buy
Hoping to find the best Nintendo Switch console deals? Looking for the best prices and discounts on Nintendo Switch OLED? Then this is the guide for you! Below, we've been busy rounding up the best offers available for Nintendo's top-of-the-line Switch console, the OLED Model. There are a variety of colours...
Friday3rd May 2024
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 'Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition' For Switch Rated By ESRB
NES Remix, but not NES Remix
Following a rather blatant tease from reliable leaker Pyoro, a rating has appeared via the ESRB for Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition for the Nintendo Switch (thanks, Stealth). Described as "a collection of 2D challenges and platformer games", it's also noted that the game will likely contain i
News Nintendo Wipes Out 8535 Yuzu Repositories In One Big DMCA Takedown
"I am inevitable" *click!*
After successfully taking down the open-source Switch emulator Yuzu, Nintendo is on the warpath once again and has wiped out a total of 8535 Yuzu repositories via GitHub in one go. As reported by TorrentFreak (thanks, Eurogamer), Nintendo had filed a DMCA notice to GitHub earlier this week, targeting Yuzu repositories...
News The Force Is Strong With Nintendo Switch Online's Next Free Game Trial (Europe)
Do or do not, it's free!
Just in time for Star Wars Day, it has been announced that STAR WARS: Knights of the Old Republic will be force-jumping in as Europe's next Nintendo Switch Online free game trial. The trial kicks off today (3rd May) on the Switch eShop and you can play as much of the iconic space RPG as you'd like for free until 9th May. As...
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...
Thursday2nd May 2024
Feature Best Underwater Levels On Nintendo Switch
Making a splash
We're fast approaching summer, and there's no better time of year to go for a dip in the ocean. Of course, if you're reading this on 2nd May 2024, then you probably know that Nintendo is offering its own virtual "dip" in the ocean in Endless Ocean: Luminous, the surprise new game in the Endless Ocean series. And while we might not...
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 THQ Nordic Digital Showcase Announced For This August
Only... three months to go!
THQ Nordic has today announced that its annual Digital Showcase will be heading our way on 2nd August this year and it promises to bring "new announcements". Ooh, the suspense! The event will kick off at 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT / 8pm BST / 9pm CEST, meaning that we only have *frantically counts* 92 days before things get...
Nintendo Download 2nd May (North America)
Endless Ocean! Pac-Man! Surmount!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Highlights: Endless Ocean Luminous (Nintendo, 2nd...
Talking Point Would You Want To Reuse Your Joy-Con On 'Switch 2'?
Pros and 'Cons
Last week the Switch 2 beacons were lit once again as Spanish outlet Vandal reported to have more information regarding Nintendo's next hardware, specifically to do with a new, magnetic Joy-Con model. Another report just d
