Category: Nintendo

Snow-mama mia!

The folks over at Super Nintendo World Japan are beginning to feel the festive spirit and have introduced a range of displays, food, and products for visitors to enjoy over the Winter period.

Beginning on November 21st, 2023, the ‘Superstar Plaza’ entrance to Super Nintendo World will include a delightful Christmas tree, a festive-themed wreath above the warp pipe photo standees, and a snowman display of Mario and Luigi. Heading into the park itself, Peach’s Castle will also include some subtle Christmas decorations to mark the occasion.

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Another blast from the past appears to be returning.

The classic cartoon character Felix the Cat is seemingly making a video game comeback, according to a new rating that’s popped up on the ESRB.

The Felix the Cat game for Switch and multiple other platforms is described as a “collection of action platformers” where players navigate Felix through various 2D environments as he goes on an adventure to save his girlfriend from an evil professor. Here’s the full description:

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Issue #6 – November 2023.

Welcome back to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It’s November and we’re knee-deep in new releases as publishers scramble to get their games live on the Switch eShop ahead of the lucrative Holiday season. We’ve been averaging over a review a day here on Nintendo Life since September and we’re still not able to cover everything we’d like. So. Many. Games!

But enough complaining about all the great games we’re not able to play because of all the great games we’re playing — it’s time for our monthly letters page feature. Got something you want to get off your chest? We’re ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings.

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No, it’s not Mother 3.

It’s time for another clash of the covers as we dive into the latest edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last week, we matched up a duo of box art from the 3DS’ Hey! Pikmin and, let us tell you, it wasn’t even close. The friendlier European cover walked away with a whopping 73% of the vote, leaving North America and Japan in the minority.

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Coming in the Version 1.21 update.

Following Minecraft Live last month, Mojang has now shown off the new “Trial Chambers” as well as the new hostile mob known as “The Breeze”.

The Trial Chambers are a new procedurally generated structure, crafting different challenges each time you enter. Each room contains something helpful or hostile.

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The king of fighters is back.

It’s another week of game releases and in case you missed it, SNK has also launched The King of Fighters XIII on Switch.

This title was first revealed in April, with the announcement it would include a “rollback netcode overhaul” to improve online functionality. SNK also previously confirmed a physical, deluxe and collector’s edition packed with all sorts of extra goodies.

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“It is such a good example”.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons took the social simulation to new heights when it launched exclusively on the Switch in 2020, and it’s apparently become a source of inspiration for the team at Maxis, who is currently working on the next entry in The Sims series (codenamed “Project Rene“).

Speaking on a Radio Times podcast recently, vice president of franchise creative Lyndsay Pearson mentioned how the development team discussed Animal Crossing “all the time” when talking about The Sims 5’s multiplayer feature. Nintendo’s island entry is supposedly a “good example” of personal spaces and other inventive ideas bringing players together (thanks, IGN):

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Gotta snag em’ all.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, ahead of its 20th anniversary on 21st November, Nathanial looks back on a Pokémon region that’s been pretty much ignored for two decades…

A common mislabelling seen online is Pokémon X and Y as the first fully 3D Pokémon RPGs. Of course, those in the Poké-community know better: it is 2003’s Pokémon Colosseum for GameCube that holds this distinction.

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We detect… lots of games.

Well folks, it’s the weekend once again, so it’s time to kick back, relax, and enjoy some games.

As per the norm, however, let’s just take a look back on what’s been going on this week, shall we? First up, Nintendo has launched its much-anticipated Black Friday sale in Europe, and we’ve highlighted a whole bunch of games that we’ve previously awarded a score of 9/10 for your convenience.

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That sounds familiar…

In Valve’s new documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Half-Life series, the company’s founder Gabe Newell has shared his own thoughts about the differences between a delayed game and a rushed release.

He summed it up as “late is just for a little while, suck is forever” when touching on the challenges Valve faced in the lead-up to the release of Half-Life, which ultimately led to the game’s release being pushed back a year.

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