Game Nintendo Life | Latest Updates

Game Nintendo Life | Latest Updates

Hitman 3 Recovers Its Development Costs Within A Week

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST

Excellent work, 47.

Hitman 3's been out for just over a week and, no pun intended, it's been quite the hit.

Whilst Switch owners received a Cloud Version of the game, we still thought highly of Agent 47's latest adventure, and it successfully topped the UK Charts last week. As a result, it isn't too surprising that IO Interactive's stealth sandbox game has already reclaimed their development costs within the space of a week. The news comes from GamesIndustry.biz, who got to speak with IO Interactive CEO Hakan Abrak.

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Latest Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection Dev Diary Digs Into The Game's Art And Abilities

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 01:30 AM PST

Makes use of Capcom's RE Engine.

Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection hits Switch on February 25th, and in the run-up to its release, Capcom has been publishing a series of developer chats on YouTube.

The first one focused on the origins of this new title in the long-running series, while this latest video goes into a little more detail on the art style used in the game, as well as Arthur's special abilities.

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Balan Wonderworld's Free Demo Goes Live Today

Posted: 28 Jan 2021 12:30 AM PST

Have you tried it out yet?

Update #2: Here's a reminder that the demo goes live today, along with a lovely new trailer to promote it.

Update #1 : The Balan Wonderworld demo has now also been confirmed for the west. It'll be releasing on all platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, on 28th January - the same date as Japan!

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Cadence Of Hyrule Has Just Got Its Very First Update Of The Year - Adds A New Page Of Save Files And More

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 10:25 PM PST

You can't stop the rhythm.

The Legend of Zelda musical rhythm game Cadence of Hyrule has just been updated to version 1.5.0.

While you might not have expected much after last year's sizable DLC drop, it turns out Brace Yourself Games isn't done just yet. This update not only fixes a lot of bugs but it's also got some "design changes" and even new features.

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Scrolling Shooter Halley's Comet Is Hamster's Latest Arcade Archives Release

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 08:35 PM PST

Save the solar system.

Hamster's latest Arcade Archives release on the Switch eShop this week is Halley's Comet.

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More Than Five Million Bowser Were Defeated In Super Mario Bros. 35's World Count Challenge

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:35 PM PST

Bye-bye, Bowser.

Nintendo's special challenge requiring players to defeat 3.5 million Bowsers in Super Mario Bros. 35 is now complete.

It seems team Mario smashed this goal out of the park - defeating a total of 5,363,696 Bowsers. Everyone who participated in this event will be gifted 350 My Nintendo Platinum Points. Woohoo!

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update 1.7.0 Patch Notes - Festivale, New Seasonal Items And More

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 06:00 PM PST

Download it today!

Nintendo's next free update for Animal Crossing: New Horizons is now officially live. As previously detailed, it includes the Festivale event, new reactions, new clothing and seasonal items.

The full patch notes are courtesy of Nintendo's Japanese website and detail both general changes and bug fixes:

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Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury amiibo Functionality Detailed

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:55 PM PST

Purrfect!

While we sort of already know what to expect from amiibo functionality in Nintendo Switch games nowadays, it's always nice to know exactly what will happen when they're scanned in a certain game.

In the case of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, it's a game divided into two different adventures.

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Resetti Finally Makes An Appearance In New Horizons, But Only As An In-Game Item

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 01:00 PM PST

Before you turn the power off, SAVE! You gotta SAVE!

Life has been far too quiet without our favouritest angry mole yelling at us about resetting our copy of Animal Crossing. Mr Resetti no longer lives in our town, in his underground lair or otherwise, except for the likely possibility that he's the chap running the rescue service (a theory recently proved on Reddit).

In a tweet today, Nintendo revealed some of the new items that will be added to the game with the latest update, including a bunch of stuff to celebrate the "big game" (which appears to be American Football, and not the Premier League final) as well as an adorable Resetti figurine to place on top of a table.

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Modders Just Made It Possible To Play Skyward Sword Inside Breath Of The Wild

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 12:30 PM PST

Forget Lynels, it's all about Groose now.

We miss Skyloft. Out of all the towns Link's ever lived in, it sure was the floatiest. Breath of the Wild modder Waikuteru - who you may remember from the revamp of Link's House, turning it from "rubbish shack" into "actually functional domicile", or their discovery of an unused shrine - has just had a breakthrough, and it involves everyone's favourite motion-based Zelda game.

In a new video, Waikuteru shows off how modders can actually edit the overworld in Breath of the Wild, which could mean... anything, really. Make a DOOM level in Hyrule. Build a café, and invite all your favourite horses. Create a twenty-foot statue of Link picking his nose. The possibilities are endless!

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What Exactly Is Going On With GameStop's Stock Prices?

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 12:00 PM PST

People are making millions of dollars because of a Reddit meme.

To cut a long story short, Reddit is trying to bankrupt hedge fund managers for the lols.

Basically, a bunch of investors bet on GameStop stock crashing - which it probably would have done, considering how the chain has been suffering during the pandemic and, in the longer term, due to increased digital game sales. They did something called a "short call option", which is, to put it way more simply than it actually is, agreeing to sell your shares at a fixed price within a given time frame.

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Point-And-Click Adventure Willy Morgan And The Curse Of Bone Town Comes To Switch Soon

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:30 AM PST

The curse will probably be removed by sticking chewing gum to cat hair.

It's a great day for fans of Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, and LucasArts adventures, isn't it? Two new games, announced within hours of one another, have specifically named retro point-and-clicks as their inspiration. It's like we're back in the '90s again!

Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town, a title that somehow got past Nintendo's approval system, is an interactive storytelling game based lovingly on the aesthetic stylings of Monkey Island.

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Root Film Is A Murder-Mystery Visual Novel That's Like Ace Attorney, But You Get To Fight People

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 11:00 AM PST

Phoenix Wright should have been allowed to punch people.

For fans of Ace Attorney, Persona, and Danganronpa - first of all, wow, you really like solving murders, huh? Secondly, Root Film may be just what you need to scratch that murder-itch you've been having lately. Like the rest, it's a visual novel with a huge dollop of spooky goings-on, as you play aspiring filmmaker, Rintaro Yagu, who keeps getting emails saying things like "you're in grave danger!"

In a twist that will probably shock none of you, someone gets brutally murdered, interrupting Rintaro's first shot at being a director. He takes it upon himself to solve the crime, gathering clues, interrogating people, and confronting suspects.

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Cyberpunk Meets Noir In The Sundew, A Point-And-Click Adventure Coming To Switch This Summer

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 10:30 AM PST

It's like Monkey Island, but cyborgs instead of pirates.

Made by a one-woman team based in France, The Sundew is a new point-and-click game in the style of old LucasArts classics. You'll play as a cyborg police officer in Japan named Anna Isobe, living in the dystopian city of Shibukawa where cyborgs - once a symbol of technological possibility and advancement - have become taboo.

The Sundew, which is modelled after retro point-and-click adventures, is presented in detailed pixel-art graphics made entirely by Agnès Vuillaume, the same woman who does the programming, the narrative, and everything else on this game. She's been working on it for several years, founding the studio - 2054 Games - in September last year.

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Soapbox: Grinding Is Poor Gameplay Design That Doesn’t Respect Your Time

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 10:00 AM PST

Who wants to spend hours mowing down low-level enemies?

Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Henry discusses how he's fed up of being ground down by grinding...

We really are spoiled for choice these days and, in part thanks to digital distribution, more games are releasing than we can keep up with. In Europe alone, the eShop had 43 new launches last week. They can't all be winners, but for a traditionally quieter month, we've seen already big names like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Hitman 3 and Cyber Shadow. Factoring in other platforms with big releases like The Medium being added to the infamous "List", there's no wonder most of us have a backlog. Despite this pandemic, many of us still lead busy lives and when we get that chance to sit down with a game, you want to make the most of it.

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Video: New Persona 5 Strikers Trailer Shows Off The Phantom Thieves' Unique Abilities

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 08:20 AM PST

Turn the tide of battle.

If you're looking forward to playing through Persona 5 Strikers next month on Nintendo Switch, make sure to turn that hype up to eleven by watching the latest trailer above.

Premiered by Atlus today, the new video gives us a look at the unique abilities offered by The Phantom Thieves; you'll be striking back against corruption overwhelming cities across Japan in the game's story, so we imagine these skills will come in super handy.

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Review: Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy - The Best Game In The Series To Date

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

On the Ryza.

Hot on the heels of 2019's excellent Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout, developer Gust has wasted absolutely no time in releasing this second epic adventure for Reisalin "Ryza" Stout, a protagonist who's proven so popular with fans that she's the very first since the Atelier series kicked off back in 1997 to get a second crack in a starring role. Far from being any sort of quick cash-in, what we've got here is the twenty-second entry in a long-running franchise that elevates combat, dungeon-crawling and the game's signature alchemy to new heights, while rectifying the previous outing's somewhat sluggish pace with a campaign that hits the ground running.

Taking place just three years after the events of its predecessor, Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends and the Secret Fairy sees Ryza travel from her quiet home on Kurken Island to the bustling city of Asha-Am-Baird where a now grown-up Tao Mongarten requests that she joins him in exploring a series of mysterious alchemy-related ruins. Before leaving for the city, Ryza is gifted a strange glowing rock which promptly reveals itself to be an egg when it hatches a creature known as Fi, who is tied in some strange way to the goings-on at the ancient ruins she must now explore.

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EU Calls For Investigation Into Switch Joy-Con Drift Following More Than 25,000 Complaints

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:45 AM PST

"Nintendo must now come up with proper solutions".

Following more than 25,000 complaints from consumers in countries such as France, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Greece, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) has called for Nintendo to properly investigate Joy-Con drift (thanks, Eurogamer).

Acting as the EU's joint consumer programme, the BEUC has submitted its own complaints to the European Commission and national consumer protection authorities throughout Europe, claiming that in most cases (88%, in fact), Joy-Con drift became apparent within the first two years of ownership. The BEUC claims that Nintendo is breaking rules which are in place to prevent "premature obsolescence and misleading omissions of key consumer information".

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Official Rabbids Username Tweak Fuels Speculation Over A Mario + Rabbids Sequel

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:25 AM PST

Wishful thinking, or cause for excitement?

Speculation over a potential sequel to 2017's Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has started to grow online following a social media username change.

As spotted by Reddit user ThemeParkFan2020, the official Rabbids Twitter account, previously '@RabbidsOfficial', has been changed to '@MarioRabbids'. The account is using an image of Rabbid Mario as its profile picture, and while the name change appears to be recent, its most recent Tweet was posted way back in August of last year.

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Super Nintendo World Becomes Even More Awesome Thanks To This Real-Life Mario Train

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 07:00 AM PST

All aboard the (literal) hype train.

As if the prospect of one day visiting Japan's Super Nintendo World theme park wasn't already exciting enough, Universal Studios has now unveiled this incredible themed train.

The train, which will run on the JR Yumesaki line in Osaka starting from today, has received a fitting a Mario makeover to celebrate the park's grand opening. Of course, that 4th February opening date has now been pushed back, but Universal says that the new train design was launched regardless to give people something to smile about in hopes of a brighter future (thanks, Kotaku).

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Factor 5 Boss Muses On The Possibility Of A Mario Maker-Style 2D Turrican

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 06:30 AM PST

"That would really excite me".

Factor 5 studio founder Julian Eggebrecht has been musing over the future of the Turrican series and thinks that a Mario Maker-style approach might be the way forward for new 2D entries in the franchise.

Turrican began life on personal computers before moving over to consoles like the SNES and Mega Drive, and after years of the rights being in limbo, we're finally getting a collection of Turrican titles in the form of Turrican Flashback, which launches on Switch soon.

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Hands On: We've Played Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, And Here's What We Think So Far

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 06:00 AM PST

Cat's entertainment?

When it started to become clear that Nintendo was porting many of its Wii U games to the Switch, a lot of fans naturally hoped that Super Mario 3D World would be one of the games making the jump. It's hard to believe it's taken nearly four years, but we're finally just a matter of weeks away before this much-requested Mario gem gets a second chance at the spotlight, and this time, in the guise of Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, it's packing an extra mode to boot.

For those who missed it the first time around, Super Mario 3D World is the sequel to the brilliant 3DS game Super Mario 3D Land and attempts to build a sort of halfway house between the linear 2D gameplay of the New Super Mario Bros. games, and the more free-roaming 3D gameplay of the likes of Galaxy and Odyssey.

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Haven Brings The Love To Nintendo Switch Next Month

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 05:45 AM PST

Source is for the lovers.

Haven made quite an impact when it launched last month. Developed by The Game Bakers – best known for their previous work on Furi – Switch owners initially missed out, whilst it arrived on next-gen consoles, PC and Xbox One. Thankfully, this romantic RPG is now launching for us on February 4th, just in time for a certain romantic holiday.

You'll play as Yu and Kay, two 20-something fugitives that escaped an oppressive society called "Apiary", one which forces couples into pairing up. Running away to a mysterious planet called Source, you'll navigate this strange world in a search for resources. Fighting hostile inhabitants along the way, it utilises turn-based combat, with 2-player co-op also available.

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Switch Is Getting Its First NASCAR Game This Year

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 05:15 AM PST

"Both us and NASCAR are excited about that move".

NASCAR games have been notably absent on Nintendo consoles for almost a decade. We last saw it with Activision's NASCAR Unleashed on the Wii and 3DS. Publishing rights have changed hands multiple times but Motorsport Games' recent series, NASCAR Heat, has been excluded from Nintendo platforms.

That's about to change, however, as its has now confirmed NASCAR will arrive on Switch later this year. Speaking about this with Motorsport.com, Motorsport Games CEO Dmitry Kozko teased the news within a brief statement:

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Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Event Brings Us "Energetic Yellow Spirits" On January 29th

Posted: 27 Jan 2021 04:00 AM PST

Yellow... is it me you're looking for?

We're not long into 2021 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is continuing to offer some interesting weekly events. Covering themes like star power, facial hair and Ultimate's speediest characters, Nintendo has kept these varied, and next up is the colour yellow. Yes, you read that correctly.

Beginning on Friday 29th January and lasting for 3 days, this time around we've got a Spirit event. As a result, expect to see plenty of yellow characters across the Spirit Board. In the artwork above, you can spot notable characters like Super Sonic, Wiggler and Pikachu.

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