The race continues.
This week’s UK boxed charts are in and it has once again been a tight competition at the top of the pack.
Despite picking up the silver medal in its debut chart appearance, Super Mario Bros. Wonder has managed to jump ahead of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 this time around and lands in first place. As word continues to spread, we can see the Flower Kingdom’s latest sticking around in the charts for a while.
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Sending Switch successor rumours into overdrive (again).
Switch successor rumours have got louder in recent months and now some new Nintendo filings have been discovered.
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Trainers beware, you’re in for a scare.
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Ethan chateaus himself in the creepiest place in the Pokémon world…
Ah, Lavender Town — the place where the journeys of old Pokémon end and the nightmares of young trainers are born. This gothic locale from the original Game Boy titles has transcended its franchise into an iconic piece of pop culture in its own right, and it’s not hard to see why. Between its downbeat aesthetic, its surprisingly forward exploration of mortality, and its plethora of associated internet legends, Lavender Town absolutely deserves its reputation as one of the most memorably spooky places in gaming.
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DQX Offline localisation rumours resurfaced this week.
Dragon Quest has already been in the headlines this week after new trailer uploads for Dragon Quest X Offline appeared on YouTube, and now, Square Enix producer and director Yosuke Saito appears to be teasing something.
According to a translation of a social media post (via Eurogamer), he’s recently had a “fun recording session” at work, and apparently more will be revealed once it’s all been finalised and approved. What’s really got fans excited is a photo attached to this post showing off a script.
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What could it be for?
Capcom shared its latest earning results earlier this week, and as part of this, it’s also published a Q&A revealing its intentions to release an unannounced title early next year.
As highlighted by fans of the Japanese company, this game will arrive before the end of its current fiscal year, which is set to end in March 2024. This game will apparently help the Japanese company reach its end-of-year sales targets, but there’s no information beyond this. One likely candidate could be a new Monster Hunter game. There’s also speculation about it being for other key Capcom franchises such as the Resident Evil series.
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“The rest is history”.
Time Extension recently got the chance to speak to Coleco exec Bert Reiner about the history of the American toy and console maker. According to his account, there was a time when Nintendo almost ended up buying and marketing the 1982 video game system ‘ColecoVision’ for Japan but negotiations fell through.
The former Coleco vice president of product development claims Nintendo wanted to do its own deal and eventually, it got to the point where its company president Hiroshi Yamauchi said Nintendo would develop its own console. This exchange was followed by the launch of the Famicom in 1983.
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Spookémon.
At one end of the Pokémon character design spectrum, you have some of the cutest little guys to have ever graced our screens. On the other, you have pure, unapologetic nightmare fuel. As we approach Halloween, it seems only fitting that we take a look at the latter, right?
Okay, perhaps delving into the complete horrors of the Pokédex would be stretching things too far (and we have already considered which ‘mon would be the tastiest in the past if you’re really after some horror), but spookiest… now that’s another question entirely. These guys are not necessarily the most terrifying to look at (you won’t find any Guzzlord, Mawile, or Machamp in his black little pants here) nor are they the ones with objectively the most worrying abilities (sorry, Mr. Mime. And yep, you too, Malamar), no. These are just the spookiest out there — those who embody all things Halloween making them, yes, pretty scary, but also a little cute.
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It’s all relative.
It’s New Proper Platforming Mario Game Week, everyone! While the launch of a game with Mario in the title is a fairly regular occurrence, the release of the plumber’s first all-new 2D platformer in over a decade is cause for special celebration. Super Mario Bros. Wonder brings back Mario and his Mushroom Kingdom brethren in a mainline series entry that we deem to be “the slickest, sharpest, and smartest that two-dimensional Mario has felt since 1991” in our review.
And it’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder, remember — Nintendo’s most famous sibling is right there and playable from the start, as he should be. In honour of this evergreen fraternal relationship, today we’re looking back at all the other sibling relationships and rivalries in the Nintendo canon. The Mario brothers may be the most famous, but they’re far from the only ones!
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Issue #5 – October 2023.
Welcome back for another round of correspondence from the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It’s October, and the heady aroma of freshly released Mario is in the air. *long sniff* Lovely! Do you smell it? It’s peaty. Bit wet. Dungy, even. Like a… an elephant?
Enough of that. 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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Shake it off, shake it off, woo-ooo-OOO!
Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl, folks!
Naturally, before we see who we’ve got entering the ring this week, let’s see how things went down last time, shall we? Professor Layton and the Unwound Future was our pick of the week and we had three variations battle it out to claim victory.
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