Whoever wins, we all win.
2023, eh? What a year for games.
We’ve still got several months to go before we say hello to 2024 but during internal discussions between the Nintendo Life team, we’ve all acknowledged that 2023 may go down as one of the best years in gaming history, proudly standing alongside the likes of 1998 and 2007.
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Bomb Rush Cyberfunk! The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood! Die After Sunset!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy!
Quake II (Bethesda, 10th Aug, $9.99) – Originally developed in 1997, Quake II is a first-person shooter that built on its predecessor by introducing a new science fiction narrative and setting. Experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of Quake II, now with high-definition widescreen support, enhanced models and cinematics, improved enemy animations, the original heavy rock soundtrack and more. Quake II is available now. – Read our Quake II review
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Temtempting.
Developer Crema has today released a brand new update for the Pokémon-inspired MMO Temtem, bringing the game up to ver.1.4.2.
While this latest update does tackle some bugs that had been flagged by the community in recent months, the biggest changes this time around appear to be in balancing the ‘Tems’ themselves. 59 different in-game creatures have been tweaked in this patch, with attack powers, HP and skills being changed accordingly.
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Here’s what the critics think.
Red Dead Redemption isn’t the only big release arriving on the Switch this week. One other game that’s well worth a look is the roguelike shoot ’em up Vampire Survivors, which originally made its debut on Windows and Xbox platforms last year.
Now, this indie success story has finally made its way across to Nintendo’s hybrid platform, so how does this version hold up? Firstly, here’s a bit from our own review here on Nintendo Life, where we awarded it an “excellent” nine out of ten stars:
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“Maybe one day”.
Developer Sabotage Studio launches its new RPG Sea of Stars on the Switch later this month, and while it’s got its hands full right now with this upcoming release, it hopes to possibly revisit its 2D platformer / Metroidvania title The Messenger.
Speaking to Game Informer, Thierry Boulanger mentioned how “there’s more to be told” about The Messenger, and “that specific arc” and “maybe one day” it could be returned to.
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Get ready for another “world premiere”.
Ahead of Opening Night Live at Gamescom next week, the show’s host Geoff Keighley has teased a “world premiere” for the upcoming fighting game Mortal Kombat 1.
Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon will apparently be taking to the stage for this reveal. Although nothing else is attached to this latest update, it’s expected to be another character reveal – with the Mortal Kombat 1 social account sharing the following line alongside this announcement:
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Give it away, give it away now.
We’ve all done it. Whether through necessity to fund a new purchase or streamlining our collection during a spring clean, we’ve all sold, traded, donated, or just given away a game or console at some point and then wished we hadn’t.
Sometimes cold hard cash was required, other times we were just in a different mindset or feeling particularly altruistic towards our fellow gamers — and a broken heart has caused us all to do things we later regretted. When am I ever going to want that again?
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Launching later this year.
Publisher Graffiti Games and developer Fervir Games have confirmed that the pixel art RPG Creature Keeper will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch later this year.
Boasting some lovely retro-inspired visuals, the game sees you befriend a number of unique creatures, dress them up, cook for them, and craft a number of helpful items as you embark on an epic adventure to restore balance to the world of Thera.
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Reserved for Next Gen only.
As we approach the end of the summer, 2K’s latest basketball sim once again rears its ugly head with NBA 2K24 tipping off on Switch on 8th September. For the most part, the series has avoided the FIFA-esque corner-cutting in its Nintendo versions, with the Switch receiving the full game (we know, what a concept!) just like its PlayStation and Xbox siblings. However, it seems that this won’t fully be the case with 2K24.
A new gameplay trailer for the upcoming basketball title showcases the fresh ProPLAY feature — where movements from real NBA games are scanned into 2K for more realistic animations. It’s a neat addition, for sure (and the demonstrated KD step-back sure does look clean) but this is one of the changes that we will not be seeing on Switch, with ProPLAY being reserved for next-gen players only.
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Something to sink your teeth into.
Vampire Survivors is a singular game. Kind of a roguelike, kind of an arcade game, kind of a bullet hell, but at the same time nothing like what you probably think of when those genres come to mind. After all, there’s a reason it captured the hearts and minds of gamers and won handfuls of awards on other platforms in 2022. Jam-packed with rewarding structures, satisfying sound design, cheeky nods to the much more senior vampire-killing franchise that inspired it, and loads of secrets, it’ll sink its fangs into you after just one round.
The most common way we’ve heard Vampire Survivors described is, “A bullet hell where you are the bullet hell,” but that’s only half of the story. You start each level with one attack. They vary from classic stuff you’d expect from a Castlevania game, like a whip, a cross-shaped boomerang, or a throwing axe to more goofy stuff like the aroma of garlic or giant minecarts. There are dozens of them, and each attack has its own strengths, weaknesses, and properties; garlic, for example, creates a miasma of deadly garlic breath, damaging any enemy that dares enter your personal space. The whip slashes out in front of the direction that the player’s facing, dealing high damage to anything in its range.
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