!.05-Nintendo Life | Latest Updates

!.05-Nintendo Life | Latest Updates

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit Version 2.0.0 Is Now Available - Adds Split-Screen Multiplayer And More

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 06:00 PM PST

Get racing!

If you've been looking for an excuse to revisit Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit, here it is! Nintendo and Velan Studios have released a brand new update for the real-life kart racer - bumping the title up to Version 2.0.0.

Once you've downloaded the Version 2.0 software update, you'll be able to race up to two karts on a single screen, in the new Split-Screen mode. There are also new characters to select from, and a Relay Race mode - allowing up to four players to participate.

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Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Calls For Industry-Wide Support Of Game Preservation Via Emulation

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 05:30 PM PST

"My hope is as an industry we'd work on legal emulation".

Xbox, as you might have heard, is currently celebrating its 20th anniversary. As part of this head of Xbox Phil Spencer has been doing a lot of interviews with media outlets this week - discussing the past, present and future.

In his latest chat with Axios, he's passed on a message to the rest of the games industry about the importance of emulation moving forward - calling for industry-wide support in order to preserve gaming's history and allow players to play and access the games they want across all generations. Here's exactly what he had to say:

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Random: Xbox Celebrates The GameCube (And The Dreamcast!) On Their 20th Anniversary

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 01:00 PM PST

FWENDS!

Isn't it nice when everyone gets along? In the spirit of things, the official Xbox Twitter account shared an image today in celebration of the OG Xbox's 20th birthday, which brings Nintendo, PlayStation, and even SEGA in on the fun.

"One of gaming's best eras" indeed.

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BTS Is Doing A Collab With Among Us

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:45 PM PST

Smooth like butter, like a criminal undercover.

Cookies and cream. Lemon and lime. World-famous K-Pop group BTS and... Among Us?

Yup, the latest strange video game collab is between the globally renowned boyband BTS and Innersloth's hit social deduction game.

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Poll: What's The Best Pokémon Game Ever?

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 12:00 PM PST

[insert game here], I choose you!

This week brings the launch of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the 4th-gen remasters/re-imaginings that add a Chibi-style and some quality of life tweaks compared to the DS originals. Naturally it's got us thinking a little about the long history of the series, especially as we only gave the newest release a modest recommendation — over the course 25 years, at which point has the Pokémon franchise been at its gaming peak?

Our views are a matter of record, but we want your views on the best Pokémon games. We should stress we're focused on mainline entries; the Pokémon franchise has had more spin-off games than this writer's had hot dinners, so we thought it'd be best to keep it focused. But which generation and entry is the best in your view? Are you driven by nostalgia and a certain purity to the older games, or do you enjoy more modern entries with all the online functionality and 3D worlds? It's time to give your own review scores and celebrate the best Pokémon games ever.

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Minecraft: Caves & Cliffs Part II Release Date Revealed

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 11:55 AM PST

Some features have been postponed indefinitely.

IT'S TIME. After the tease earlier this week, we were expecting to see a release date reveal for the much-awaited second part of Minecraft's Caves & Cliffs update, and now we have it:

November 30th.

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Sam & Max: Beyond Time And Space Remastered Is Heading To Switch

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST

Same dog, new tricks.

About a year ago Sam & Max Save The World was revived and brought to Switch, and the return of Telltale's game was rather good. Now publisher Skunkape has confirmed that it has once again teamed up with Telltale veterans to bring us a remaster of Sam & Max: Beyond Time & Space. It's not far away, either, arriving on the Switch eShop on 8th December.

It looks pretty good in the trailer, and some follow-up social media posts suggest that once again it's been carefully spruced up for a modern audience.

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Feature: More Than Four Years Of Painful Waiting Later, We've Finally Got Paprium - But Is It Any Good?

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 10:00 AM PST

Hands-on with the troubled fighter that's coming to Switch soon.

Paprium's road to release has been quite a tumultuous one, to put it mildly. The product of WaterMelon Games' 'Magical Game Factory' crowdfunding campaign which kicked off way back in 2012, this scrolling fighter was intended to push the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis hardware to its absolute limit via custom chips and ingenious programming techniques. WaterMelon, you might recall, is the indie behind Pier Solar, another Mega Drive release that eventually made its way to the Wii U. Given the surge of interest in retro games of late – and the mini-revival in the belt-scrolling beat 'em up genre – it's easy to see why Paprium garnered so much attention when it was officially announced for pre-order back in 2017. However, since then, there's been a mountain of negative press surrounding the title and WaterMelon's current boss, Gwénaël Godde, better known as Fonzie.

We were one of the many who placed a pre-order back in 2017 in the hope that we'd be playing a brand-new side-scrolling brawler on our Mega Drive consoles before long. However, as we've already covered on this very site, things didn't go exactly according to plan and WaterMelon's handling of the situation has been, at times, utterly abysmal. Paprium missed its proposed launch date and months of radio silence followed – so much so that even the game's lead artist was left out in the cold. Fonzie has laid much of the blame on a 'PayPal partner' which 'seized our funds for an unlimited period of time via a set of extortion techniques', which apparently included 'sub-contracting dirty business to China'. In 2019, it was revealed that development was back on track following a truly disastrous 'launch party' at the close of 2018, but the silence fell again until, in 2020, some people actually started receiving their copies of Paprium. We say 'some', because not everyone who pre-ordered in 2017 got one (including us), and in early 2021, Fonzie sent out a rather troubling email that did little to inspire confidence; he claimed that the game was being developed 'for free' due to the lack of access to funds and that WaterMelon was going to sell its IP or order to raise cash.

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Round Up: The Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl Reviews Are In

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 08:00 AM PST

Are they any good?

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are just two days away from launching on Nintendo Switch and as is the case with any Pokémon release, they're sure to be put under the highest scrutiny from fans all around the world.

Reviews for the games have started flooding in today, including our very own, so we've gone ahead and rounded up a selection of quotes and review scores from a number of different outlets. Below, you'll see just how well they've gone down with the media ahead of this Friday's launch.

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New Windjammers 2 Trailer Showcases Two Characters And A Bunch Of Cool Moves

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 07:00 AM PST

Is now being plugged for Xbox GamePass, too.

Windjammers 2 is a much anticipated release that's due to emerge from Dotemu soon. After the excellent re-release of the original game the prospect of an all-new entry, with a suitably modern visual overhaul, has a number of us plotting some multiplayer get-togethers.

Dotemu has now released a new trailer that showcases Sammo Ho and the returning Jordi Costa; you can see the description for these below:

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The GBA's Unreleased 'Dune' Game Is Being Revived On Kickstarter, Minus The IP Rights

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 06:30 AM PST

A little less spice.

Update:

The Kickstarter campaign is now live here, and strong early momentum means it's not far off its target with 59 days still to go.

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Review: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond And Shining Pearl - A Middling Pair Of Remakes

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 06:00 AM PST

Not so shining.

It's always difficult to know just how much of a game to change when you're remaking it, and that is certainly true when it comes to the insanely-popular Pokémon series. Go too far, and you risk alienating the audience, as was evident with the enjoyable but somewhat simplified Let's Go! Pikachu and Eevee Switch remakes of the original Pokémon Red and Blue. If you manage to combine the elements that have advanced the formula in the years since, though, you can create some of the very best games in the franchise, as was the case with HeartGold and SoulSilver on DS. Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl fall somewhere in the middle; a pair of titles that offers a great opportunity to pick up some of the Sinnoh Dex that is missing from the current mainline Sword and Shield games, but ultimately an adventure you probably won't return to once you're done.

There's a strange feeling of obligation to these remakes. Generation 1, 2 and 3 have all received stellar reimaginings, and Generation 4 felt like the odd one out. However, instead of a Game Freak-helmed remake and love letter to the generation, ILCA, the studio handling Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, has changed the art style for the worse and failed to include many elements from the generation's best game, Pokémon Platinum.

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The Kids We Were Brings Time Travel And 1980s Japan To Switch Soon

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST

Stranger things have happened in the Tokyo suburbs.

Not too long ago we shared the news that The Kids We Were was due to arrive on Switch early next year; it's a rather charming game following adventurous kids in the Japanese suburbs, featuring time travel and some lovely visuals. It turns out that it's closer than originally thought, now due to arrive on the eShop on 2nd December priced at $15.99USD (and regional equivalents), but with 20% off on pre-orders.

Developed by GAGEX (which is known for feel good and nostalgic games), it's a narrative adventure game that adopts blocky voxel-style visuals - think The Touryst but with a calmer colour palette. On mobile it's had plenty of positive reviews, while the game has also won various awards on the Japanese scene. It involves a bit of time travel, a 'Back to the Future'-esque quest and a setting of 1980s Tokyo suburbs.

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Here Are The Winners Of The Pokémon Super Pet Contest

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 03:30 AM PST

Clever, Cool and Cute winners chosen.

Last month, The Pokémon Company kicked off a 'Super Pet Contest', inviting fans to submit photographs of their pets to win some awesome prizes. The results are now in, so let's take a look at the adorable winners.

Inspired by the Super Contest Shows featured in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the competition received over 30,000 entries in total. Fans had to enter their pet into Clever, Cute and Cool categories, mimicking the games, and the winners were selected via an initial public vote and a final decision made by a panel of judges which included Michelle Visage.

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Zelda: Wind Waker-Vibes Await In 'Sail Forth', Now Setting Course For Switch In 2022

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST

"The open sea is calling...".

Remember Sail Forth? The ocean adventure game that, by very definition, gives off strong Zelda: The Wind Waker vibes and is planned to launch on Switch? Well, we have good news and bad news.

The good news is that a brand new trailer has been released (above), showing off some new gameplay and a selection of quirky NPCs and creatures you'll be meeting in the game. "The open sea is calling," the press release reads. "Are you ready for an adventure that will unearth long-buried mysteries and change the world?"

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My Nintendo's Pokémon Rewards Have Arrived In Europe

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:30 AM PST

Just pay shipping!

If you're signed up to the My Nintendo service, you'll be pleased to know that the new Pokémon rewards that were recently announced for North America have also made the leap to Europe – and they're available now.

For just 500 of your Platinum Points, which you can easily acquire simply by regularly visiting the website, you can get either a Piplup or Team Galactic smartphone ring (or both, if you like). You can grab them from this link – make sure to choose the correct option (either UK or EU) when you land on the page.

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Monster Hunter Rise x Sonic Collab Gets Release Date And Awesome Trailer

Posted: 17 Nov 2021 02:00 AM PST

Yes, they use the song.

You may have grown tired of us saying that Monster Hunter Rise is darn good, but it is, and Capcom has also been serving up regular free updates to keep it fresh. Pleasingly this has had a few quirky DLC crossovers just like in the old days, with the next in line being the return of Sonic the Hedgehog (and Tails).

Capcom has now confirmed that this will arrive in a free update on 26th November, and treated us to a delightfully over the top trailer. As with other collaborations it'll make use of layered armor for you and your buddies to give a feel of having Sonic and Tails on your game, albeit without any particularly wild gameplay changes. We're not sure where the rings come into it in the trailer, but either way we'll have unlockable outfits via an Event Quest.

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Nintendo Is Offering Free Trials For Switch Online, Even If You've Used One Before (US)

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 08:00 PM PST

Get it while you can.

Switch owners located in North American can currently claim a free trial for the standard version of Nintendo Switch Online.

The good news is it's even available to players who have previously activated a free trial and don't currently have a subscription. If you're already an existing subscriber though this offer isn't available to you.

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Metroid Dread Version 1.0.3 Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 06:35 PM PST

Take note, speedrunners.

Surprisingly Nintendo and MercurySteam have released another update for Samus' latest adventure, Metroid Dread.

This latest update fixes an issue that would make Samus disappear under certain conditions. The development team says it's made the fix to keep the experience as it was intended. Apart from this, there are no other changes or fixes in this latest update.

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Believe It! Naruto And Team 7 Have Arrived In Fortnite

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 06:30 PM PST

Update: Out now.

Update : Naturo and Team 7 have officially arrived in Fortnite. Above is the promotional trailer to celebrate the announcement.

"Naruto Uzumaki, the number one most unpredictable ninja and Jinchuriki host of the all-powerful nine-tailed beast is ready — along with the rest of Team 7 — to take you through to a Victory Royale! Accompanying Naruto, the other members of Team 7."

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Shantae And The Seven Sirens Is Getting A Free “Spectacular Superstar” Update Later This Month

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 06:00 PM PST

Four new modes and much more.

Well, here's a nice surprise, Shantae's latest adventure - Shantae and the Seven Sirens is getting a "spectacular superstar" update. This is a free content update that will arrive later this month on 30th November.

It will feature a total of four new modes - Definitive Mode, Full Deck Mode, Rule Breaker Mode, and Beginner Mode - adding four different ways to experience the game:

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Guide: Nintendo Switch Black Friday 2021 Best Deals - Console Bundles, Games, Micro SD Cards, Early Offers And What To Expect

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 06:00 PM PST

Grab yourself a bargain.

Update: Nintendo has revealed details of its European Cyber Deals sale, featuring thousands of games discounted for a limited time from Thursday 18th November on Switch eShop, Nintendo's digital storefront.

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Surprise! Nintendo Has Released A Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain Demo

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 05:25 PM PST

Download it from the eShop today.

Following on from the Metroid Dread demo late last month, Nintendo has now released another one - this time for its upcoming title Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain.

If it looks or sounds familiar, it's because it was originally released during the Nintendo DS era way back in 2005/06. The new version arrives on the 3rd of December and will be priced at $29.99 USD or your regional equivalent. It comes with multiplayer and touch screen support, too.

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Surprise! Ruined King: A League Of Legends Story Is On Switch Right Now

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 10:30 AM PST

It's a turn-based RPG.

"It's time to save Bilgewater, Captain." Honestly, with a name like Bilgewater, we feel like the town might be pre-destined to suffer — but in Ruined King: A League of Legends Story, a spin-off from the mightily popular MOBA League of Legends, that's your task.

Announced as a surprise release on Switch today, Ruined King is a turn-based single-player RPG that was originally slated for early 2021.

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Metroid Dread In The Running With The Game Awards GOTY Nomination

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 10:15 AM PST

Other Switch games could be winners, too.

The Game Awards are coming, airing on 9th December to grace us with game trailers, adverts for PC gear and occasionally some game awards. Ok, we've been a tad snarky there, but it is a big annual event in the gaming calendar and the Switch has some notable nominees this time around.

The most exciting is Metroid Dread being up for Game of the Year, which is an awesome achievement. It's up against some tough competition, and like every other category it's fan-voted - you need to create a sign-in and vote on this official Game Awards page. Below are the nominees.

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