Category: Nintendo

Issue #11 – April 2024.

Welcome back to the Nintendo Life Mailbox, our monthly feature where we read and respond to a collection of correspondences from your lovely selves.

Before we dive in, a quick request. 17th April is International Haiku Day and we’d like to run a Back Page article highlighting the best Nintendo-related haiku’s from the NL community. Reader Ebisumaru sent one in on the subject of Goemon back in February, and we’re suckers for some inventive wordplay. We won’t go over haiku structure/conventions here — you all know how to use Google — but feel free to send your submissions via the Letters form at the bottom of this page and we’ll see what occurs!

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Deep breath.

Welcome back to this week’s edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we check out the latest clash of the covers, let’s remind ourselves what happened last time when three Super Bomberman box art variants went up against each other. It was Europe’s bright design that walked away with a commanding lead in this one, taking 58% of the vote. Japan followed with 32%, while North America was left with the remaining 10%.

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Hololive VTuber Korone takes over Tsugunohi as an “Evil God”.

Japanese Hololive VTuber ‘Korone‘ has done all sorts of collabs and crossovers, and with this in mind, the Tsugunohi horror game ‘Evil God Korone’ has now got a surprise release on the Switch eShop.

This title originally launched on Steam back in 2021 and is priced at $4.49 (or the regional equivalent) on the Switch eShop. Below is a bit about it and you can check out the trailer in the video above.

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Get ready for a workout with the virtual idol.

Last September, Imagineer announced superstar virtual idol Hatsune Miku would be getting her own Fitness Boxing game.

It seems the same title has now been rated ‘E’ for everyone by the ESRB in North America – seemingly confirming a local release is on the way. Here’s the official description:

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Coming to Switch this summer.

The construction RPG and life sim My Time At Sandrock will be getting a cross-platform multiplayer update this summer.

It will allow users on Switch, Xbox, PlayStation, and PC to team up and experience “combat, construction, social activities and more”.

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Or, how a game about betrayal brought me closer to my friends.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Kate reminisces about a memorable trip… to Loser Town!

I can’t believe I’ve been allowed to use the word “arse” in a title. I feel so powerful. Anyway. Let me tell you a story…

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Oh, Penitent one.

Right then, it’s the weekend, but before we dive into what we’re playing, let’s take a look at what’s been going on this week.

First up, it was announced that Balatro would be getting its first major update, but keep calm, as it’s not Switch-bound just yet. We caught wind of a rather pointless mod that allows Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to run in 4K (but with terrible performance). And more recently, we were treated to a new trailer for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, showcasing a brand new form for its protagonist.

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And multiple Switch-specific improvements.

There are now even more reasons to check out the retro first-person shooter Rise of the Triad with a new update adding cross-play support.

It means you can now engage in multiplayer firefights with your friends on other systems including Xbox, PlayStation, and PC. Here’s Nightdive’s summary of Version 1.1 and below this are the full patch notes (via Steam).

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Update: N64 wireless controller support confirmed.

Update :

Diplodocus Games has shared some exciting news on social media – revealing a pre-release patch for Corn Kidz 64 on the Switch will add support for Switch Online Nintendo 64 wireless controllers.

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Every Nintendo Prince of Persia game, ranked by you.

2024 is turning out to be a pretty good year for Prince of Persia. We got the excellent Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown in January, and then rumours of a new game from none other than Dead Cells devs Evil Empire proved to be true when The Rogue Prince of Persia was officially announced. And because of both of these things, it got us reminiscing about other entries in the long-running series.

Jordan Mechner’s 1989 platformer built on the cinematic foundations of Karateka and started a franchise which has seen its share of ups (the Sands of Time reboot, the recent Lost Crown revival) and downs (the Sands of Time film, Prince of Persia 3D), but despite the occasional misfire or workaday entry, the series has endured for almost 35 years

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