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Video Nintendo's Latest Ad For Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gives Us A Look At The Title Screen
We'll take anything at this point
Can you believe it? Animal Crossing: New Horizons is due out on the Switch next month and we're still waiting for Nintendo to show and tell us more about this anticipated release. In the latest ad for the game, we get a look at the title screen in New Horizons. Yes, exciting stuff! It shows one of the Nooklings...
Video Sonic The Hedgehog Movie Gets Its Very Own Super Bowl Ad
Featuring a cast of sports stars
We're just a couple of days away from Super Bowl LIV and while we're not exactly clued up on the big event ourselves (we're mostly based in the UK, sorry!), we do know one thing: it doesn't usually feature Sonic. The speedy hog has landed himself a big game spot this year, presumably kicking away competing brands...
Video Check Out Adam Hunter's Return In This Streets Of Rage 4 Gameplay Footage
Presented by the game's lead programmer
Streets of Rage 4 has been in development for quite a while now, and while we're anxious to get our hands on it, as fans of the series we're happy to wait while joint developers Guard Crush Games, DotEMU and Lizardcube polish it to the Nth degree. The original Mega Drive / Genesis beat 'em ups are a classic...
Video Two Point Hospital Devs Explain The Basics Ahead Of Next Month's Switch Release
Here's what you'll get up to
Next month, Two Point Hospital is headed to Nintendo Switch and other consoles. In preparation for the big day, the development team has shared a new video talking us through the basics of the game. You can check it out for yourself above; Lead Designer Ben Huskins and Senior UI/UX Artist Lauren Woodroffe play through...
Video Fan Spends Four Months Making Stop-Motion Cuphead Animation, And It's Pretty Great
Toys to life
We love seeing the tremendous amounts of passion and talent people pour into fan-made projects here at Nintendo Life, and this newly-crafted Cuphead animation fits the bill splendidly. Davy Productions has shared this short, stop-motion animation (above) featuring famous faces from the game. It uses the McFarlane Toys range of Cuphead...
Video Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath Gets Treated To Nintendo Switch Launch Trailer
More Oddworld games on the way
Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath arrived on Switch last week and Nintendo has shared a launch trailer to show off what you'll be getting up to. Nope, we don't know why it's been uploaded this late, either. The game's Switch reveal, which actually first appeared thanks to an EGX listing in September 2018, was quite the...
Video Persona 5 Scramble Treated To Flashy New Trailer, Demo Arrives Next Month
Consider our hearts taken
There's plenty to keep you busy at Evo Japan, so once you're all finished up watching the Super Smash Bros. tournament winner drop his grand prize on stage, you can go ahead and be treated to a new gameplay trailer for Persona 5 Scramble on Nintendo Switch. Lucky for some, huh? As it happens, we're all pretty lucky
Video Luigi's Mansion 3 Devs Talk Design, Gameplay Ideas And Working With Nintendo
One of 2019's best
Luigi's Mansion 3 is one of our favourite games on Switch. We described it as an "immense helping of spooky fun" in our review, praising its gorgeous graphics and animation as well as the overwhelming amount of passion that's clearly been thrown into the project. It really is one of the console's must-have games. As you may well...
Video 12 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In February
Plenty to play
It's almost February and you know what that means, right? New games are arriving on the Nintendo Switch – yay! While it's not the biggest month in terms of releases, the second month of the year still has plenty to offer. The first half of February sees the release of Cindered Shadows Story Expansion for Fire Emblem: Three Houses...
Video Wiz Khalifa Drops New 16-Bit Music Video For Sonic The Hedgehog Movie
'Speed Me Up'
Sonic the Hedgehog's big movie release date is just a handful of weeks away now, and a new music video has been released for one of the tracks set to appear in the film. Speed Me Up is a new song from American rapper/singer-songwriter Wiz Khalifa, featuring vocals from Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Yachty, and Sueco the Child who we're told are...
Video Reggie Fils-Aimé Gives Heartfelt Speech After Receiving Video Game Legend Award
And all winners revealed
Towards the end of last year, it was revealed that ex-President and COO of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, would receive an Andrew Yoon Legend Award. That time has finally come, and Reggie's entire acceptance speech has been shared to YouTube in the video above. The video begins with an introduction for Reggie...
Random Watch Sean Astin Present Facts About Mario, Pokémon And The Nintendo PlayStation
A new series from the Lord of the Rings star
If there's one thing we didn't expect to appear on the weird and wacky world of YouTube, it was a series of meme culture-style videos exploring slightly obscure facts from Nintendo games narrated by Sean Astin. As it happens, that ridiculously specific form of entertainment has actually taken shape. The...
Random Ring Fit Adventure User Discovers A Healthy Way To Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
Link Fit Adventure
Imagine running through the land of Hyrule as Link. What, you've already done that a long time ago in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild? Well, have you tried it with the Ring-Con? That's exactly what the modder Super Louis 64 did. He got his Ring-Con from Ring Fit Adventure and was able to turn it into a fully func
Video Let's Talk About Byleth In Smash Bros. And The Fourth House In Fire Emblem: Three Houses
A big week for Fire Emblem fans
So, the secret is out and we now know the fifth paid DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Obviously, not everyone is happy that yet another character from this long-running tactical role-playing series will be represented and that's why our American-based video producer...
Random Warm Yourselves By The Charmander In This Official Pokémon ASMR Video
Char- Char- Charming
Nintendo has been putting out ASMR videos - that's Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or 'videos that are supposed to make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end' - for a while now. Over the holidays we got 30 minutes of a woman playing her Switch Lite in a log cabin, for example. The lates
Video The DOOM And DOOM II Ports Are Now "Must-Buy Purchases" After The Recent Patch
Revisiting Hell
Earlier in the month, Bethesda rolled out a huge patch for DOOM an DOOM II across all platforms including the Switch. In case you forgot, this hellish update introduced add-on support – including John Romero's unofficial fifth episode SIGIL 60fps support, aspect ratio options, quick save and load, level select, "plus a ton" of...
Video See La-Mulana 1 & 2 In Action With This Brand New Gameplay Trailer
Deep in the deadly ruins
If you're excited for the upcoming Switch release of La-Mulana 1 & 2, you'll be happy to know that NIS America has dropped a brand new trailer full of gameplay footage for you to enjoy. You can check it out for yourself above; the father-daughter Kosugi duo must make use of a range of tools in the game and interact with...
Video This Fan-Made Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Animation Is An Absolute Masterpiece
When The Legend of Zelda meets Studio Ghibli
One of the video game highlights of the past decade was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It's a beautiful game that has inspired its fanbase in many different ways and is still being enjoyed by many Switch owners around the world. We've seen some stunning animations based on the title in the...
Video Digital Foundry Looks At How Certain Wii U Games Might Run On The Nintendo Switch
Port them all, please
Recently, there's been some rumours swirling around the internet that we'll be seeing more Wii U titles ported across to the Switch this year. Obviously a number of games have already made the transition such as Mario Kart 8 and New Super Mario Bros. U, and then there are improved sequels like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and...
Video 11 Exciting New Games Coming To Nintendo Switch In January
Start your new year with some new games
We've already seen a few exciting new games released on the system last week such as Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch and later on this month, there'll be a few more to enjoy. The standout in January is the re-release of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. It started out life in 2016 but didn't get...
Hands On Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore Could Give The Game The Second Chance It Deserves
The Kingdom Hearts of Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei
What started out originally as a strategy RPG crossover of the Fire Emblem and Shin Megami Tensei series ended up taking quite a dramatic twist early in development and ended up forging a more unique identity in the form of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE, a Persona-style turn-based RPG that has it
News Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training For Nintendo Switch Is Out Today, Here's The Launch Trailer
In Europe, at least
Today sees Nintendo's popular Brain Training series arrive on Switch for the first time, with a new game aptly titled Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch. The game launched in Japan at the end of December and is now available across Europe either digitally, or physically with a Switch stylus. To mark the occasion,...
Video Brain Training On Switch Has A Neat Super Mario Odyssey Easter Egg
Jump up, super star
This week, at least in Europe, marks the first major release of the year. In case you forgot, it's Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch. You can either pick it up digitally or purchase it in-store with a stylus. Like previous iterations, this one is all about training your brain over a prolonged period of time, with...
Video Nintendo Releases New Commercial And Boxart For Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Update: Now in English!
Update (Thu 2nd Jan, 14:10 GMT): Nintendo has now shared an English-language version of the new Animal Crossing trailer. Feel free to give it another watch above and get stupidly hyped for a second time! We've grabbed a screenshot of the English version boxart for you, too: Original Article (Wed 1st Jan, 2020 01:45 GMT):...
Video Another Look At Nintendo Switch's Officially Licensed Mario Kart Steering Wheels
An ideal last minute gift?
Gaming accessory maker Hori has shared a new video to show off its recently released steering wheels designed for Nintendo Switch. If you haven't seen them before or want to get another look, make sure to check it out above. With both a Racing Wheel Pro Mini and Racing Wheel Pro Deluxe available, players big and small...
News Puzzle & Dragons GOLD Gets A New English-Dubbed Trailer
Due out 15th January
A few weeks ago, we found out the next entry in the popular Puzzle & Dragons series – Puzzle & Dragons GOLD – would be released in North America on 15th January for $14.99. Now, to help promote this upcoming Switch eShop title, GungHo has released a new English-dubbed trailer for the game, which you can view below...
Video See How Sonic Gets His Shoes In This Latest TV Spot From Paramount
Racing into cinemas early next year
In case you missed the news, Sonic the Hedgehog will be running about in a pair of red and white Puma shoes in his live-action movie, due out on Valentine's Day next year. Unlike the games, though, he might not be wearing his iconic kicks from the get-go. You see, if a new television spot released by Paramount...
Video The 'Bigger And Better' Simpsons Hit & Run Sequel We Never Had
If only, huh?
Ever since The Simpsons Hit & Run smashed its way onto Nintendo's GameCube and other platforms back in 2003, fans have been crying out for a sequel. Even now in 2019, a fan-made petition for a Simpsons Hit & Run 2 is amassing more signatures than ever, despite the original now being 16 years old. As it happens, a sequel was...
Video Our 10 Favourite Winter-Themed Levels In Nintendo Games
What to play if you're snowed in
The winter season has arrived, at least in the northern hemisphere, and we thought now would be a good time to compile a list of our 10 favourite winter-themed levels featured in Nintendo games. These titles cover bigger series like Animal Crossing and Super Mario, and we've also given a shoutout to a few indie...
Video Ninja Teams Up With Star Wars Legend Mark Hamill To Play Some Fortnite
A crossover you probably weren't expecting
Fortnite has partnered with Marvel's superheroes, Batman and most-recently collaborated with Star Wars, so it's no surprise to see the game's biggest streamer Ninja is now teaching Mark Hamill – also known in a galaxy far, far away as Luke Skywalker – how to play the world's most popular battle royale...
Random Nintendo Posts 30-Minute Video Of Someone Playing Switch By A Fire And Making A Sandwich
Ads really have gone downhill
If you've been keeping an eye on our lovingly-crafted site recently, you'll have spotted that Nintendo Australia shared an ASMR video of someone building a Nintendo Labo fishing rod yesterday. Now, things are getting even weirder still, with this 30-minute Nintendo of America video of someone playing a Switch Lite in...
Video Say Hello To The Two Main Protagonists Of Trials Of Mana
Secret of Mana 2 by another name
Trials of Mana – a remake of the legendary Super Famicom RPG Seiken Densetsu 3 – is due to hit Switch early next year, and a fresh character trailer has just been released to build up a bit of hype during the festive period. As the first 'Character Spotlight Trailer', this new footage gives us a glimpse of the...
Video Sit Back And Enjoy This Lovely Super Mario Bros. 3 Documentary
'The Story of Super Mario Bros. 3'
If you find yourself needing to kill some time over this festive season - perhaps as you hide away upstairs to take a breather from that one annoying family member for a while - we've stumbled across the perfect thing to keep you occupied. Gaming Historian has shared a brand new video on YouTube, taking a super...
Video New TT Isle Of Man 2 Trailer Shows Off The Sequel's Technical Improvements
Improved physics, gyro controls and more
Bigben and KT Racing have released a brand new trailer for the upcoming TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge 2, the new racer coming to Switch and other platforms in Q1 2020. The video shows off all the technical improvements added to this sequel, and also reveals that you'll be able to race around the...
Video This Golden Lynel Never Stood A Chance Against Link's Breath Of The Wild Boomerang Attack
Stunning skill
We've seen some fancy tricks in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild since it was launched in 2017, but this is quite possibly the most impressive one we've ever witnessed in the game. As highlighted by Nintendo UK, the above video shows a skilled player, known as Peco, using multiple boomerangs at the same time to take down a...
Video Let's Play Legend Of Zelda Levels In Super Mario Maker 2
A legendary update
It's been another busy week in the world of Nintendo, with the release of more SNES and NES games on the Switch Online service, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate winning an award, and Bravely Default II b
Video No More Heroes 3 Gets An Extended Cut Trailer, Introduces Alien Space Baddie
Still on-target for a 2020 release
At this year's Game Awards, we got a look at an extended cut of the upcoming Switch exclusive, No More Heroes 3. Thankfully, it's still on track for a 2020 release. The clip caught a lot of viewers off-guard when it was first shown because as you can see above, the beam wielding assassin Travis Touchdown doesn't...
Video Watch ‘Chao In Space’, The Festive Sonic The Hedgehog Short
Yes, you read that right
As it did last year, Sega has once again put out a Sonic the Hedgehog animated short for the holiday season, and this year it's directed by animator Tyson Hesse, the lead artist responsible for the redesigned movie version of Sonic as well as the opening movie and trailers for
Video Check Out Nintendo's Japanese 'Indie World' Presentation
Celebrating Nindies
Update Wed 11th Dec, 2019 02:54 GMT: Here's the full presentation a bit earlier than expected. The following games are on show: Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, What the Golf, Eastward, PHOGS, SYNAPTIC DRIVE, Killer Queen Black, Ori and the Blind Forest, To The Moon, Coffee Talk, Fight Crab, Graveyard Keeper, ABZU, Crystal Clash,...
Video Here's The Launch Trailer For Ashen, Switch's Latest Open World RPG
Available already in the US
If you're looking for your next adventure on Nintendo Switch, you might want to consider picking up Ashen. The game launched for the console and other platforms yesterday, bringing with it this new trailer (see above). To be more clear, Ashen is only actually available in North America at the time of writing - European...
Video Nintendo Russia Surprises Frozen 2 Movie Audience With Free Switch Bundles
Happy holidays
Nintendo Russia hasn't had the best year, with the CEO Yasha Haddaji making headlines in January when he lost his temper on an official live stream and was then accused of violent behaviour and harassment in the workplace. Fortunately, this Nintendo branch has ended the year on a much happier note. As part of a special giveaway tied...
Video Digital Foundry Says The Touryst Is "A Revelation" On Switch
'On par with the best from Nintendo'
Last month, we took Shin'en Multimedia's latest Switch release The Touryst for a good spin for review. We came away mightily impressed, partly thanks to the variety and all of the surprises on offer as you explore the game, but also because of its striking visual style and its flawless performance across both...
Video Legend Of Zelda Fan Spends 24 Hours In Ocarina Of Time VR
Living in Hyrule
We've seen 24-hour gaming marathons before, but this particular story is slightly different. A YouTuber by the name of SwankyBox, who is said to be a "huge" fan of the Nintendo 64 classic, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, recently cut himself off from the real world and spent hours exploring the 64-bit land of Hyrule - while...
Video Alien: Isolation Is Out Today On Switch, Here's 7 Minutes Of Gameplay
Scuttling around the Space Station
Today sees the launch of Alien: Isolation on Nintendo Switch, a game which we heavily praised in our full review posted last week. If you've read through our review but still feel like you could do with a little bit of persuading before throwing your money down, you might want to check out this gameplay video...
Video Alien Isolation Looks Better On Switch Than PS4, Says Digital Foundry
And Xbox One, too
We're all familiar with the sight of a game initially developed for other machines eventually making its way over to Switch. In some cases, such as the work Panic Button has done on titles like DOOM, we've been pretty blown away by how good it actually looks on Switch despite the hardware compromises, but even the very best...
News Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] Wins The Award For Stupidest Game Title Ever
Call off the search, we've found a winner
Arc System Works' latest fighting title Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late looks pretty nice, but man, that title. Never have we been so happy to have the 'Copy > Paste' shortcut command. Yikes. Still, it's shaping up to be a pretty special fighter. It showcases 10 different game modes and 21 unique...
Video See The Jump Scares On Offer In The Five Nights At Freddy's Console Launch Trailer
Are you afraid of the dark?
Earlier in November, a Nintendo website listing confirmed the Five Nights at Freddy's original trilogy would be coming to the eShop later on in the month. A few days after this the fourth game then appeared on the Switch eShop.
Video Turns Out Zelda: A Link To The Past Features 12 Hidden Rupee 'Pull' Spots
Did you know about these?
Zelda games often contain hidden secrets and little treats for players to discover, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past is no different. One such secret found within the SNES classic is Link's ability to 'pull' on an object to receive rupees, the in-game currency. You may well be aware of this already, as one such...
Video A Closer Look At Some Of Nintendo's Bizarre Unreleased Gaming Peripherals
A NES knitting machine, anyone?
Of all the major companies in the gaming world, Nintendo is commonly seen as the most out-there and unconventional of the bunch. It often designs consoles which are unexpected, which go against the trends of the industry, and frequently launches quirky controllers or design concepts to fit alongside them. In recent...
Video Nintendo's Latest Switch Commercial Perfectly Underlines The Console's Broad Appeal
"Play together anytime, anywhere"
Remember how muddled the marketing was for the Wii U? Nintendo didn't have a clue how to 'sell' the concept of the system, and this undoubtedly contributed to its lacklustre commercial performance. However, with Switch, the company isn't making the same mistake twice and its promotional activities have been pretty...