Category: Nintendo

#11 – One more hand for the Wii U’s finest exclusive.

For the month before the 3DS and Wii U eShops close for new purchases on 27th March, each day we’re going to highlight a specific eShop game for one of those consoles and give a short pitch as to why we think it deserves your love and attention — before it’s too late. The chance to add these to your library will be gone for good soon and, for one reason or another, these eShop-exclusives are close to our hearts.

Today, Gavin gives the Wii U’s eShop’s finest exclusive one last shoutout…

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After a brief tuning period.

The latest instalment in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy rhythm series, Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, played its way onto the Nintendo Switch last month to high praise (we gave it a 9/10 in our review). A new big-fixing update was released for the title’s PS4 release last week and we are now happy to see that the tweaks have made their way over to Switch.

This update is focussed on fixing five different problems that have been found in the game since release including unexpected freezes and incorrect credits on certain songs. All of these issues now appear to be solved, though the team at Square Enix is always on the hunt for more by the looks of it.

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A platform for change.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Andy McDonald celebrates and reminisces about a console that showcased Nintendo’s off-the-wall creativity at its very best…

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Our picks for the best Switch eShop games in February!

February has, somehow, already been and gone. It feels like we barely got acquainted, right?

It was a busy month though, primarily due to the presence of the “traditional” February Nintendo Direct showcase, paving the way for the mighty Metroid Prime Remastered to finally show its face on the Switch.

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Awoooooooo!

Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

For the past two weeks, we have been focused on games from the world of the GBA. After judging the box art of Metroid Fusion, last time we took a look at the differences between the North American/European and the Japanese box art for Golden Sun and the results were expectedly distanced. The Japanese cover took home a respectable 30% of the vote, but NA/EU was the clear winner with a 70% victory.

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A script writer has also reportedly been secured.

Last month, a Legendary Entertainment rep mentioned how a sequel to the Detective Pikachu movie was still in “active development”. If this wasn’t convincing enough, we’ve now got another development.

According to a Deadline report, Portlandia co-creator Jonathan Krisel is currently in negotiations to direct the live-action sequel starring Pikachu. Along with this, Chris Galetta (The Kings of Summer) is apparently taking on the script-writing duties.

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The OG good boy Growlithe could be on the way.

Squishmallows might be all the rage at the moment, but don’t forget about the adorable Build-A-Bear plush line. There’s been a growing Pokémon collection in this do-it-yourself series for some time now, and the next one might have just been leaked.

According to a post on the ‘buildabear’ subreddit, the original good boy Growlithe has seemingly been spotted on the Build-A-Bear app/website and it is apparently scheduled to release at some point this month.

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“We aimed to evolve the formula rather than change it”.

It has been five long years since the release of Square Enix’s fantastic, multi-pronged RPG Octopath Traveler on Switch. Starting as a console exclusive on Switch before branching out onto other platforms, the game gave us eight different storylines to dive into, a range of protagonists to fall in love with, and even kicked off the HD-2D art wave that we have since seen in titles such as Triangle Strategy and Live A Live.

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Five decades of seminal software on Switch.

Nintendo’s Switch is now entering its seventh year, and while it’s obvious that the company will be carefully planning the reveal of its next generation of hardware in the next year or two, Switch remains in uncommonly rude health for a console of its age.

Since 2017, the system has attracted an enviable and enormous software lineup comprised of totally new, bespoke experiences alongside impressive third-party ports and re-releases of beloved classics from earlier eras. There seems to be a new boom in retro collections, in fact, and we’re 100% here for it. Video games are still a comparatively young medium, but Spacewar! turned 60 in 2022. Pong turned 50. And we turned into dusty husks muttering “wha—,” “b-b-ut how?” and other nonsensical half-phrases as we tried to comprehend Mother Time’s ways by counting decades on our withered fingers.

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Tell us, pleeease.

Welcome, one and all!

It’s been another reasonably busy week here at Nintendo LIfe. We started off with a Pokémon Presents showcase which, according to you fine people, wasn’t all that good. The biggest highlight was undoubtedly the announcement of the Scarlet and Violet DLC, which will come in two parts and is officially called ‘The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero’.

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