Category: Nintendo

Putting safety first.

If you love Mario Kart as much as we do here at Nintendo Life, one of the first things you’re probably going want to do when you make a trip to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood is try out the themed ride.

Well, a word of warning – you’re going to need to pass the theme park’s waistline requirements. According to The Wall Street Journal, Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge may turn away anyone who has a waistline of 40 inches or more.

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Octopath Traveler II, Kirby and more.

We’re already up to the second month of 2023, so what can we look forward to in the world of Nintendo Switch games? The one and only Felix has put together a list of 9…maybe 10… exciting new games coming to the hybrid platform this month.

In the first half of the month, be on the lookout for games like Life is Strange 2 and Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, and later in February we’ve got a remaster of Tales of Symphonia, the return of Digimon World: Next Order and then some exclusive offerings like Kirby and Octopath Traveler II. Here’s the full round-up:

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Thinking inside the box.

We are still a couple of months away from the release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie on 7th April 2023, but that means that the publicity can only increase from here. Remember that brief period of trepidation where none of us knew what the movie would look, sound, or even remotely be like? Ah, what sweet bliss. Now, we know all of the above and (to the amazement of many) we are almost 100% on board with it!

The most recent trailer brought with it even more game references as we got an extended look at Mario’s fight with Donkey Kong in which the plumber dons a Cat Suit, presumably due to the appearance of a Super Bell. While the ensuing “meow” was enough to send a shiver down our spines, we have to admit that the idea of suits and power-ups appearing throughout the film is a pretty darn cool one.

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Highway to hell?

Given the critical and commercial success enjoyed by Life is Strange back in 2015, creating a compelling direct sequel can’t have been easy for developer Dontnod. Yet just three years later, players were surprised with a brand new story that was every bit as emotionally affecting as the first, if not more so. It boasts a plot that was both intimate yet grand in scope, taking two core protagonists on a road trip from hell after a tragedy tears them from their comfortable home life. In 2023, though, as the last main part of the Life is Strange puzzle to come to Switch, does the game still hold up? Well, yes… mostly.

Life is Strange 2 for the Switch contains all five episodes that were originally released over a staggered period of time back in 2019, as you would hope. Each episode will last you a couple of hours or so, so you’re looking at roughly 10-12 hours to complete the whole package, give or take. It uses that time pretty effectively, using the episodic structure to maintain a decent sense of pace throughout.

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Game delayed to 1st June in Japan.

Marvelous XSEED has revealed that Loop8: Summer of Gods, the time-travelling RPG from the producer of the Grandia and Lunar series, will be launching in the West on Switch on 6th June 2023.

The game was originally coming to our shores sometime in the Spring, while Japan would be getting it on 16th March. However, Marvelous revealed that Japan will also be getting the game in June — 1st June on consoles, and 6th June on PC.

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“Efforts are being made to remove it from the game”.

Update : After the most recent Sports Story update, it seemed that the much-discussed ‘secret dev room’ had been removed from the game. We addressed this change in the original article below, but it seems that the room has not, in fact, been removed, merely changed.

Video evidence of this was posted to Twitter by @tend0g. Looking at the video below, you can see that the room has stayed very much the same, though the dialogue has changed to reflect the opposite state of development to that which we initially saw.

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Japan version launched last week.

Following confirmation of a Japanese launch, Nintendo and NIS America have now officially announced Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless will be launching on the Switch in fall/autumn (depending on your region).

This new entry in the epic SRPG series will include new features such as Jumbification, Hell Mode, Item Reincarnation, new and improved auto-battle and online ranked battles. You’ll even be able to customise your team with over 40 character classes. Here’s a bit about the backstory:

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Encore! ENCORE!

The curtains are open and the stage is set. Theatrhythm Final Bar Line marks the return of the Final Fantasy rhythm series to Nintendo consoles after a 10-year break. We’ve had a chance to go hands-on with an upcoming demo for the game, which will be available on 1st February, and if the early goings-on is anything to go on, then this sequel is shaping up to be as much of a delight as the 3DS entries.

In the demo, we were able to try out two modes — Series Quests, which is open from the start, and Music Stages, which you unlock after beating your first song in Series Quests. Music Stages is pretty much the exact same as it was in Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call: once you’ve unlocked the song, you can play it anytime you want on any difficulty you want. The demo allows you to unlock 30 songs, 30 characters, and level up your collection of cute characters to level 30 — and you can carry over your progress to the full game.

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A hat!!!

In anticipation of Disney Dreamlight Valley‘s February update, which will add Encanto’s Mirabel and Frozen’s Olaf to the valley, the Gameloft community managers are sharing little glimpses of what else is to come.

The latest tease is part of the upcoming Star Path, which is themed around Disney’s 100th anniversary, and will add a new animal companion to the game. Each Star Path has added a new animal companion, like the Halloween Wind-Up Raccoon, and the cute little Christmas fox, and this one is a fancy little silver bunny with a cute hat and a teeny-tiny tuxedo. Very sweet.

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Mamma mia!

If you thought that the marketing for The Super Mario Bros. Movie had already gone too far, then you ain’t seen nothing yet. German frozen pizza company Pizzatainment has today announced that it will be collaborating with Nintendo on a range of ‘Mario-themed’ pizzas — though the theme seems to be limited to the colour of the boxes (thanks, RTL Today).

There are two different pizzas currently announced for the collaboration: ‘Triple-Salami-Explosion’ and ‘Quattro Formaggi Deluxe’. If you’re thinking to yourself “hmm, that doesn’t sound like anything to do with Mario,” then you would be correct. It isn’t. What makes them ‘Mario-themed’ is the presence of Mario and co. on the boxes — hardly a prime advertisement for the franchise, but proof that Mario’s face exists, we suppose.

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