Category: Nintendo

It’s official!

Update :

The community votes have now been counted and the Armadillo is officially the next mob joining Minecraft. Here’s a bit more information about it:

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Part 7 – Switch gems for your ‘log.

Aaand we’re back with another edition of our bi-annual ‘Games We Missed’ series, where you lovely people let us and everyone else in the Nintendo Life community know which gems may have passed us by.

We asked you recently to send us your nominations for Switch games that you think deserve some love in this spotlight article. We’d love to review absolutely everything coming to Switch each week (well, perhaps not everything) and we do our best to offer our verdict on a broad selection of games, large and small, across different genres. However, gems inevitably slip through the net, so let’s see what you lovely people have been enjoying.

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Pre-orders open later this month.

First 4 Figures recently shared a “sneak peek” of its absolutely stunning Metroid Prime ‘Samus Varia Suit’ PVC statue.

Yes, following the release of Metroid Prime Remastered on the Nintendo Switch earlier this year, F4F will soon be offering this new physical creation. Pre-orders open on 24th October 2023 and you can get a $10 discount (in the link below).

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What would a true gentleman do?

We are back for yet another edition of Box Art Brawl, are you ready to rank some covers?

Before we introduce this week’s challengers, let’s take a look at what went down last time. We pitted two cover variants for the SNES classic ActRaiser against each other and the results were very close indeed though the minimalist European / North American cover just clinched it with 51% of the vote compared to Japan’s 49% — oof.

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Competing against Game Center CX.

Earlier this week, the legendary game designer and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai teased a “special crossover” with Retro Game Master (known as Game Center CX in Japan).

The first video, localised by 8-4, has now gone live and it has Sakurai facing off against Retro Game Master Shinya Arino in a battle across “The Space Invaders Decade” from 1978 – 1987. Apart from Space Invaders, the other games featured include the following: Galaxian, Astroids (1979), Pac-Man, Crazy Climber (1980), Scramble, Donkey Kong (1981), Dig Dug and Moon Patrol (1982).

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Watch out for spoilers.

Another anticipated Nintendo Switch exclusive has been leaked online. This time it’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder, due out next week on 20th October.

After the voice of the new Mario was confirmed on Friday, there are now multiple reports suggesting Mario Wonder’s ROM file is being distributed online. This new game is also being streamed on platforms like Twitch, although some users claim they’ve acquired physical copies early.

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Early access starts next month.

At New York Comic-Con this weekend, NetherRealm Studios shared a “first look” at the Mortal Kombat 1 Kombat Pack fighter Omni-Man.

He’ll be available to anyone who purchases the Premium Edition or Kombat Pack and playable in early access starting November 2023. In the latest trailer, you can also see Tremor will be appearing as a Kameo Fighter.

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“Do you hear screaming, or am I having another one of my episodes?”.

A little less than ten years ago, a port of Borderlands 2 famously launched for Sony’s ailing PS Vita to middling reception. The fact that a then-current game could run at all on a portable was remarkable, but the flat visuals, crashing, and consistently sub 30 FPS performance relegated it to more of a novelty than a version that people would be comfortable playing for hours on end. When Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition was announced for the Switch, there was a lot of discourse that history would be repeating itself here, and this wasn’t helped by the general lack of footage leading up to release. Fortunately, any such fears can now be put to rest. Borderlands 3 runs shockingly well on the Switch, bringing over the full, crazy experience in all its glory for portable play.

Borderlands 3 picks up about seven years after the events of Borderlands 2 and follows the interstellar adventures of familiar Crimson Raiders like Lilith, Claptrap, and Ellie alongside newcomers like Ava and Lorelei. The gang this time around faces off against the Calypso Twins, a godlike sibling duo who have united the bandit clans of Pandora under a cult called the Children of the Vault. Notably, Tyreen Calypso has the ability to leech power from other creatures, and if she’s allowed to absorb the powers of the ancient beasts residing in the Vaults hidden across each planet, she’ll become virtually unstoppable.

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Calm before the Wonder storm.

Ready for a spot of weekend gaming? Us too! Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing.

This week on Nintendo Life, we saw Microsoft finally acquire Activision Blizzard, got all excited over the prospect of Animal Crossing LEGO and celebrated the 2DS’ 10th birthday. We also dove deep in our hands-on preview of Super Mario Bros. Wonder (spoiler: it’s looking great) and dared to ask whether you would buy a digital-only ‘Switch 2’?

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“While supplies last”.

To celebrate Halloween, The Pokémon Company has announced a special GameStop distribution event for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

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