Partners in crime.
After weeks of rumours, predictions, and general chit-chat, Nintendo has officially announced that the first Nintendo Direct of the year will be a Partner Showcase, taking place on Wednesday 21st February 2024.
The Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase February 2024 will be broadcast on YouTube and is set to last for approximately 25 minutes with a focus on games releasing in the first half of 2024.
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“This was the opportunity of a lifetime”.
Mario vs. Donkey Kong is finally here on Switch. This remake gives the original GBA puzzle platformer a fresh lick of paint and throws in a handful of new features too — including a fully revamped score. The composers for the GBA original, DigiPen Music Department, were brought back on this time around and a new interview from the department’s website provides an interesting look into the process of updating a 20-year-old soundtrack.
As it turns out, recreating the GBA music was not a case of downloading it onto a computer and hitting a button that says “modernise”. Aside from writing tunes for the remaster’s two new worlds, the team also composed and arranged acoustic performances to complement the virtual soundscape of the original soundtrack. As the game’s production, engineering and mastering lead Tacket Brown states:
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Is there enough in the tank to coast through 2024?
Reports that Nintendo’s unannounced Switch successor may be subject to a behind-the-scenes delay suggest that the current console might have yet another Holiday season all to itself.
In March, Nintendo Switch will enter its eighth year, and scuttlebutt from industry sources had previously pegged 2024 as the year the long-rumoured successor — which we’ve all dubbed ‘Switch 2’ — might finally poke its head above the parapet. Now, though, rumours suggest Nintendo might need to pad things out longer than previously planned. March’s Princess Peach: Showtime! is the only wholly new first-party Switch offering announced for 2024 so far.
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Mario vs. DK vs. you.
Last week, Mario and Donkey Kong’s decade-old dispute bubbled back to the surface in the appropriately titled Mario vs. Donkey Kong, a Switch remake of the identically titled GBA original from 2004.
NL’s stalwart PJ O’Reilly enjoyed his time with it, awarding it a ‘Good’ 7/10 in his review and highlighting the new co-op mode as a highlight in a game that lacks teeth: “If you’re a more seasoned player looking for platforming challenges, this game finds its strengths as an experience for younger gamers or as a co-op title. Taken as such, it absolutely earns a recommendation.”
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Game celebrates 30th anniversary this year.
The cult hit EarthBound (Mother 2) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, so naturally, that means that Japan is getting another collaboration between Mother and watch manufacturer Casio.
Due for launch on 14 March, 2024 via a lottery purchase system, the ‘Mother Red’s GW-6900‘ follows a previous collaboration back in 2021. This time, however, the watch is red… Like, really red. You’ve got the Mother logo at the top of the display, while the word ‘Potential’ is nestled in at the bottom.
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Multiple legacy franchises are making a return.
At The Game Awards last year, Sega revealed it would be reviving a handful of classic franchises for modern platforms.
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“I am an unapologetic fan of the Story of Seasons series”.
What’s more relaxing than a farming sim? Many of us love to wind down with a few hours of tending crops, looking after cows, and taking in the seasons in a good ol’ Story of Seasons game. And for almost 30 years, this hugely popular series has been sowing the seeds and setting the standard for the genre.
So what if it were to do something entirely different? The farmhands have swapped their hoes for pens and taken up a spot of picross. Piczle Cross: Story of Seasons marks the first time Marvelous’ farming franchise has stepped out of the mulch and into a different genre. Can you get more relaxing than a farming-based puzzle game?
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Issue #9 – February 2024.
Welcome, one and all, as we once again rifle through the Nintendo Life Mailbox.
Our monthly letters page returns with a crop of correspondences from Nintendo Life readers covering all sorts of gaming-related topics.
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The Minis go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah.
Welcome one and all, to another episode of Box Art Brawl!
Right then… Before we get cracking with this week’s brawl, let’s see how we got on last time, shall we?
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Fixes, improvements and much more.
Following its launch late last year, the first-person shooter Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion Remastered has received a new update.
If you haven’t already played the remaster, it’s certainly worth a look if you played the original game, just don’t expect multiplayer mode. Overall though, it’s fast and violent with an excellent blend of stage design and satisfying combat. You can learn more in our review:
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