Category: Nintendo

“They probably filled them”.

Remember last year when Bandai Namco announced a new in-house development team ‘Studio 2 & Studio S’ for commissioned projects – with Nintendo series like Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart seemingly a big part of the plans? After advertising for multiple roles, it appears there’s been a small development.

As spotted by ‘Stealth’ on social media platform ‘X’, it looks like certain roles tied to “Nintendo games” are no longer being promoted, which suggests Nintendo has “probably” filled these positions.

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Nintendo’s former president famously took a pay cut.

The former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had an incredibly positive impact on the video game industry during his lifetime, and it seems FromSoftware’s current president (and Elden Ring game director) Hidetaka Miyazaki has drawn from the teachings of this Nintendo legend.

Speaking to PC Gamer recently about the “brutal waves” of industry layoffs so far this year, Miyazaki cited the “old ex-president of Nintendo, Iwata-san”, who took a 50 percent pay reduction during his time at the helm of the company, to ensure Nintendo’s employees could focus on “making good things”.

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I’m Vengeance.

Last week saw the release of the updated Vengeance form of Shin Megami Tensei V, one of the finest RPGs to appear on Switch or anywhere else over the last few years. In our original review we called it “the best entry yet in this dark, engrossing series,” awarding it 9/10.

This follow-up, however, takes things up a gear and exemplifies “an enhanced re-release done right” — at least that’s what our intrepid reviewer Mitch Vogel thinks:

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A forgiving rematch.

You probably thought we had emptied the well of Breath of the Wild secrets, didn’t you? We did too. As it turns out, there were still features we didn’t know about.

One such fact has recently been exposed by the YouTube channel Gaming Reinvented, which explained in a recent video that the Champion’s Ballad‘s Blight battles actually get easier with repeated attempts. Who would have thought that Calamity Ganon would be so forgiving?

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Bring on the news!

Nintendo has today announced that the next Nintendo Direct Showcase will be kicking off tomorrow (18th June 2024).

The June 2024 Nintendo Direct will be broadcast on YouTube and is set to last for approximately 40 minutes with a focus on games coming in the second half of 2024. According to the statement that Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa made earlier this year, the June 2024 Direct will contain “no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor”.

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Busted.

Here’s a story to make any tea-drinking Englishman go red in the face. Officials at Liantang Port, Guangdong, have intercepted a passenger attempting to smuggle 350 Nintendo Switch cartridges through Chinese customs. Her method? Packing them into her bra. Oh my (thanks, Tom’s Hardware).

Wipe up the mouthful of Earl Grey we’re sure you’ve just spat across the room, it’s time for the details.

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“I think it will be a while before it is released”.

Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has previously mentioned how he planned to wrap up his YouTube channel, and now he’s shared another update about this on social media. According to a rough translation, he’s now finished recording the final episode. Just don’t expect to see it any time soon, as it will apparently be a while before it’s released.

Until then, you can continue to enjoy his regular uploads like his most recent video focused on attack collision in games. Throughout his channel’s lifespan, he’s also shared plenty of other tips and insights about game design – covering areas such as sound, graphics, controls, animation, and various other interesting topics related to this subject.

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Issue #13 – June 2024.

Welcome back, one and all, as we delve into the Nintendo Life Mailbox once more.

It’s Direct season, and Summer Game Fest has done a good job of whetting our appetite for hearty Nintendo announcements sometime soon. It’s been a little quiet recently on the Switch front, which may have something to do with the small amount of correspondence we received this month. Perhaps you’re all out enjoying fine weather and great video games, but Mr. Postman had just a handful of letters in his bag for us. Publishable ones, at least.

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Life, uh, finds a way.

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

Last time saw a mega match-up between three regional variants for Mega Man: Dr. Wily’s Revenge in celebration of five games in the series landing on NSO. Unsurprisingly, it was the colourful Japanese variant that walked away with the win, taking 69% of the vote and leaving Europe and North America in the dust with 26% and 5% respectively.

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Physical release with English language support also coming.

Square Enix’s SaGa Emerald Beyond might not have received the same amount of attention as certain other JRPGs this year, but months after its release Square Enix is still showing support for the game with some updates.

The “major content” in this latest one addresses multiple bugs and also includes some quality of life improvements. Here are the full patch notes:

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