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- Feature: Masayuki Uemura, The Nintendo Engineer Who Helped Define The Modern Games Console
- 'Lost' Namco Title That Inspired The First Live-Action Video Game Movie Is Coming To Switch
- Star Renegades Will Add Free 'Prime Dimension' DLC Soon
- Nintendo's Giving Away Free Trials For Switch Online, Even If You've Used One Before (Europe)
- Yurukill Is A Squid Game-Like Visual Novel Coming To Switch Next Year
- Video: Pokémon Evolutions - Watch All Episodes Here
- Heaven Dust 2 Brings More Resident Evil-Inspired Survival Horror To Switch
- Japanese Charts: Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes Stay Top, Big Brain Academy Lands In Top Three
- Nintendo Download: 9th December (Europe)
- Nintendo Download: 9th December (North America)
- Review: Loop Hero - A Creative And Incredibly Addictive Distillation Of An RPG
- Intense Shooter Severed Steel Gets More Updates Ahead Of Switch Launch
- Dragonite And Special Holiday Season Event Revealed For Pokémon Unite
- Wounds Of Eventide Free DLC Is Now Live In Blasphemous
- Clockwork Aquario Just Nabbed A Guinness World Record From Duke Nukem Forever
- Multiplayer Arena Shooter 'Warshmallows' Fires Onto Switch In January
- Guide: The Game Awards 2021: Where And When To Watch The Game Awards
- Cute But Deadly Metroidvania 'Trash Quest' Locks In A December Release Date On Switch
- Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Has Passed Away
- Switch Port Specialist Saber Interactive Is About To Reveal Multiple New Titles
- Inti Creates Announces Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 Physical Switch Release
- Level-5's Mech RPG Megaton Musashi Gets A Free DLC Update
- The Pokémon Legends Website Seems To Be Teasing Something...
- Random: This Super Mario Bros. Game Hack Adds Chris Pratt's Voice
- Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Soulslike Games - Games To Play If You Like Dark Souls
| Feature: Masayuki Uemura, The Nintendo Engineer Who Helped Define The Modern Games Console Posted: 09 Dec 2021 10:00 AM PST A look back over the career of the NES and SNES' lead architect. The sad news broke today that Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect on the NES and Super NES consoles, died on 6th December at the age of 78. Uemura was an instrumental figure in the formation of Nintendo as the video game company we know and love today — his hardware design credits date back to the 1970s, and he also has a fair list of software producer credits to his name. It's no exaggeration to say that millions of players across the world have his engineering skill and expertise to thank for the systems we played in our youth and the great memories we formed with them. Born in 1943, Uemura grew up in post-war Japan and developed an interest in playing with and constructing his own toys from a young age, partly due to the scarcity of new products available in the years following the end of World War II. He studied at the Chiba Institute of Technology and upon graduating he began his career at Sharp Corporation before eventually joining Nintendo in 1972, thanks to his relationship with Gunpei Yokoi. The two met and worked together while Yokoi was investigating Sharp's technology for use in light gun games in the early 1970s and Uemura evidently impressed Nintendo's chief designer at the time. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| 'Lost' Namco Title That Inspired The First Live-Action Video Game Movie Is Coming To Switch Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:30 AM PST Pre-dating Super Mario, Street Fighter and Double Dragon's movies. Next week's Arcade Archives release is Mirai Ninja, a Japan-only Namco title from 1988 which was never ported to any home system, and holds a special place in video game history. Released in the same year as Keita Amemiya's 1988 movie Mirai Ninja: Keigumo Kinin Gaiden (known as Cyber Ninja in the United States, Warlord in Canada and Robo Ninja in the UK), Mirai Ninja was powered by the Namco System 2 coin-op board and looks a lot like other ninja titles from the period, like Shinobi and Ninja Spirit. Amemiya, it should be noted, has since worked on video games like the Onimusha series and Shin Megami Tensei IV. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Star Renegades Will Add Free 'Prime Dimension' DLC Soon Posted: 09 Dec 2021 09:00 AM PST 'Early 2022' for consoles. Star Renegades was an excellent release in late 2020; we rather enjoyed its gameplay blend of roguelite, RPG and strategy in our review at the time. Developer Massive Damage has continued to work on the game since release, and now it has a major free DLC expansion on the way that'll give the game even more depth. It's out on PC on 16th December, with consoles to get the update in early 2022 - hopefully not long, then. It'll add a new endgame challenges, additional units, and most importantly a new ending for the story. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Nintendo's Giving Away Free Trials For Switch Online, Even If You've Used One Before (Europe) Posted: 09 Dec 2021 08:30 AM PST (Again!). Remember, you'll get access to Switch Online's NES and SNES games, but not the N64 games which are part of the Expansion Pack. All Switch owners across Europe can currently claim a free trial of Nintendo Switch Online, even if you've already made use of a similar trial in the past. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Yurukill Is A Squid Game-Like Visual Novel Coming To Switch Next Year Posted: 09 Dec 2021 08:00 AM PST Yurukill or Yuru be killed. From the makers of cult-classic shmup Kokuga and the author of the Kakegurui manga comes Yurukill: The Calumniation Games, the latest game to tap into the "people murdering each other to stay alive" genre that also includes Squid Game, Danganronpa, and Hunger Games. Yurukill, to use its shorter and easier-to-spell name, places you in the shoes of Sengoku Shunju, a man who believes that he's been falsely accused of arson and the murder of 21 people. He, along with six other criminals, are the "Prisoners" — and their victims are the "Executioners". Together, they will have to form teams to tackle the twisted games of the amusement park that they've been trapped in. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Video: Pokémon Evolutions - Watch All Episodes Here Posted: 09 Dec 2021 07:30 AM PST Update: Episode 6 now live! Update: Episode six of the Pokémon Evolutions animated series is now available to watch online. You can catch all live episodes below. Original Article: Pokémon Evolutions – a new animated series that'll air completely free in its entirety on YouTube – has now begun. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Heaven Dust 2 Brings More Resident Evil-Inspired Survival Horror To Switch Posted: 09 Dec 2021 07:00 AM PST January release locked in. If you're hoping to celebrate the new year with some zombie-infested survival horror – because how else would you round out the festive season? – then you might want to keep an eye out for Heaven Dust 2. A sequel to the original Heaven Dust, also playable on Switch, this new game is headed to the Nintendo eShop and Steam on 6th January 2022. It's described as "a love letter to classic survival horror games", and just like its predecessor, comes packed with all the gameplay mechanics you'd expect from genre greats like Resident Evil. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Japanese Charts: Pokémon Diamond And Pearl Remakes Stay Top, Big Brain Academy Lands In Top Three Posted: 09 Dec 2021 06:30 AM PST As Switch locks out the entire top ten. Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for the week ending 5th December, revealing that Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl have remained on top for a third consecutive week. The two games sold another 164,580 physical copies combined in Japan last week, taking their total physical sales count to just over 1.9 million. After two weeks on the market, the titles were actually outpacing the sales set by Sword and Shield back in 2019, but as their third week comes to an end, Sword and Shield's three-week sales total of 2,023,043 leaves the Diamond and Pearl remakes playing catch up. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Nintendo Download: 9th December (Europe) Posted: 09 Dec 2021 06:20 AM PST LiS: True Colors! Loop Hero! Sam & Max! The latest Nintendo Download update for Europe has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch Retail eShop - New ReleasesLife is Strange: True Colors™ (Square Enix Europe LTD, 31st Dec, £49.99 / €59.99) - A bold new era of the award-winning Life is Strange begins, with an all-new playable lead character and a thrilling mystery to solve! Alex Chen has long suppressed her 'curse': the supernatural ability to experience, absorb and manipulate the strong emotions of others, which she sees as blazing, colored auras. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her volatile power to find the truth – and uncover the dark secrets buried by a small town. - Read our Life is Strange: True Colors™ review Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Nintendo Download: 9th December (North America) Posted: 09 Dec 2021 06:15 AM PST Life is Strange! Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! Loop Hero! The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - HighlightsLife is Strange: True Colors (Square Enix Europe, 7th Dec, $59.99) - A bold new era of the award-winning Life is Strange series begins, with a new playable lead character and a thrilling mystery to solve in Life is Strange: True Colors! Alex Chen has long suppressed her "curse": the supernatural ability to experience, absorb and manipulate the strong emotions of others, which she sees as blazing, colored auras. When her brother dies in a so-called accident, Alex must embrace her volatile power to find the truth – and uncover the dark secrets buried by a small town. - Read our Life is Strange: True Colors review Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Review: Loop Hero - A Creative And Incredibly Addictive Distillation Of An RPG Posted: 09 Dec 2021 06:00 AM PST You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you? When you get right down to it, almost every game consists of a very simple loop. For example, every Mario 2D platformer ultimately is nothing more than having the famed plumber jump over obstacles and run to the right. We're rarely focused on the repetition, however, because it's the new things that happen on each new trip 'around the loop' that makes it so interesting. Loop Hero is the ultimate example of this; Devolver Digital's latest release is an RPG that's focused on… walking in circles. And yet it's impossible to put down. Loop Hero puts you in the role of a nameless hero who's charged with bringing the world back after it was destabilized and eradicated by a mysterious lich. The world is now a formless void filled with bits and pieces of what used to be, and even the hero's memories of it have been eaten away, too. Luckily, your hero has the unique ability to cause things to stop fading, so you set out on a quest to slay the cosmic foes that ruined everything and hopefully find some way to bring it all back again. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Intense Shooter Severed Steel Gets More Updates Ahead Of Switch Launch Posted: 09 Dec 2021 05:30 AM PST Due on consoles in early 2022. While the Switch may be short of a lot of the 'usual' first-person shooters, in terms of big franchises, there are a variety of interesting smaller options. Another that's due to arrive in early 2022 is Severed Steel, which focuses on fast and acrobatic gameplay. It's been out a little while on Steam and the Epic store already, building an audience on PC and having a series of updates. The latest update makes some additions (like a New Game+), with more due to be added in Q1 2022 such as extended campaign stages. Hopefully it'll be a feature complete version that lands on consoles including Switch next year; some of the details are below: Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Dragonite And Special Holiday Season Event Revealed For Pokémon Unite Posted: 09 Dec 2021 05:00 AM PST Here are all the details you need. Pokémon Unite is about to get a whole wave of festive activities underway as part of a month-long holiday season event. There's plenty to see and do during this new celebration, which will run in-game from 15th December until 16th January. There will be log-in gifts, event rewards and challenges, new Unite licences, and a special Snowball Battle map, as well as the arrival of Tsareena and Dragonite – the latter of which is a brand new reveal. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Wounds Of Eventide Free DLC Is Now Live In Blasphemous Posted: 09 Dec 2021 04:00 AM PST New bosses, levels and secrets. Blasphemous is certainly among the top group of tough metroidvania titles on Switch, serving up a stunning visual style, a grim but intriguing world and satisfying controls. It's had plenty of post-launch support from developer The Game Kitchen and publisher Team17, too, with updates that have served up new content and various improvements. The third and final major free DLC is now live - Wounds of Eventide. As you can see in the trailer it looks fascinating, and it serves up new levels, bosses, secrets and unlocks "another fate for Cvstodia that leads into the events of the Blasphemous sequel", which is due in 2023. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Clockwork Aquario Just Nabbed A Guinness World Record From Duke Nukem Forever Posted: 09 Dec 2021 03:45 AM PST And it'll take some beating. Last week saw the European launch of Clockwork Aquario on Switch (North America has to wait until next week), finally letting players enjoy a title that's been 30 years in the making. It's been a long time coming, but it was certainly worth the wait. As it happens, the game's well-documented delay in development (the project actually started way back in 1991) has earned it a Guinness World Record. That's right, Clockwork Aquario now officially holds the record for the longest time between a video game project start and final release. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Multiplayer Arena Shooter 'Warshmallows' Fires Onto Switch In January Posted: 09 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST Local and online supported. Bonus Stage Publishing has revealed that its multiplayer arena shooter Warshmallows will be launching on Nintendo Switch on 6th January 2022. The game has you choosing from a roster of different Warshmallows – if you hadn't guessed, that's marshmallows, but at war – before throwing you into an arena with three other players. Your goal is to be the last one standing and, as you'll see from the footage above, the game gives off some pretty strong Worms Rumble vibes. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Guide: The Game Awards 2021: Where And When To Watch The Game Awards Posted: 09 Dec 2021 02:30 AM PST Will we get to see BOTW 2? The Game Awards 2021 will take place very soon, and we know a few things about Geoff Keighley's pet project already — like the fact it'll be an in-person event, with a musical performance by Sting, and an exciting world premiere that's been in the works for two and a half years. We've also got the nominations, which include a handful of games on Switch, like Metroid Dread, Death's Door, and even the latest WarioWare. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Cute But Deadly Metroidvania 'Trash Quest' Locks In A December Release Date On Switch Posted: 09 Dec 2021 02:15 AM PST Ready for a challenge? Remember Trash Quest, the tough but charming platformer we discussed last month? Well, we now have a solid release date on Switch. RedDeer.Games has confirmed that the title will be jumping onto the eShop on 16th December, which is just one week away. A new trailer has also been released (see above), giving us our best look at the game yet and a good rundown of what to expect when it launches on Nintendo's platform. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Masayuki Uemura, Creator Of The NES And SNES, Has Passed Away Posted: 09 Dec 2021 01:20 AM PST "I think we have accomplished all the things we could accomplish with console games". It has been revealed that NES and SNES lead architect Masayuki Uemura passed away on December 6th at the age of 78. The Famicom – the system that would become the NES in the west – was the brainchild of Uemura, who joined Nintendo as an engineer from Sharp in 1972 at a time when it was tentatively exploring the possibilities of electronic entertainment. One of his first roles was to help with Nintendo's range of location-based light-gun games. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Switch Port Specialist Saber Interactive Is About To Reveal Multiple New Titles Posted: 08 Dec 2021 10:05 PM PST Five games spread across two events. We're so close to this year's Game Awards show and there are so many developers and publishers teasing their own announcements. Joining this already long list is the Nintendo Switch port specialist Saber Interactive - known for its work on games like The Witcher 3 and more recently World War Z on the hybrid platform. According to an official PR, it's teasing "five upcoming titles" later this week, which will be revealed across The Game Awards and the 'Twitch Winter Gathering'. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Inti Creates Announces Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 Physical Switch Release Posted: 08 Dec 2021 08:55 PM PST Game will also include "full English voiceover". Earlier this year in September, Inti Creates announced Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 2 for Nintendo Switch. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Level-5's Mech RPG Megaton Musashi Gets A Free DLC Update Posted: 08 Dec 2021 08:00 PM PST But it's still exclusive to Japan... Update : This new free update is now available. Level-5 has also released a roadmap for the game, which includes the anime series and a "large-scale" paid update coming in Fall 2022 (thanks, Gematsu):
Original article : Level-5's Megaton Musashi is now available in Japan on the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| The Pokémon Legends Website Seems To Be Teasing Something... Posted: 08 Dec 2021 07:30 PM PST Help out your mate, Ball Guy. The official Pokémon Legends: Arceus website seems to be teasing something related to Poké Balls. If you want to find out what it's all about, you'll need to help Ball Guy pick up all his balls (and some explode). If you're still not sure what's going on here, it seems The Pokémon Company is leading up to a possible reveal of sorts. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Random: This Super Mario Bros. Game Hack Adds Chris Pratt's Voice Posted: 08 Dec 2021 06:15 PM PST "It's-a me...Chris Pratt!". Back in September, Nintendo surprised the internet when it announced Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World, Avengers: Endgame) would be the voice of Super Mario in the upcoming animated film by Illumination. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
| Guide: Best Nintendo Switch Soulslike Games - Games To Play If You Like Dark Souls Posted: 08 Dec 2021 01:00 PM PST Git gud games. When Dark Souls launched back in 2011, it ushered in a new era of lore-filled and inscrutable combat-focused games that gave players the freedom to follow their own path and play style, but steadfastly refused to 'go easy' on them. Every encounter in FromSoftware's series, no matter how minor, has the potential to end in tears; if you blunder in mindlessly mashing buttons, you will be punished. What defines a 'Soulslike', though? It's not just difficulty, although that's a part of it. Games that exhibit Dark Souls-style elements demand concentration and intent if you want to overcome the challenges they present. They can be 3D or 2D (side-on or top-down), but they typically include exacting combat against unforgiving enemies, large boss fights, the loss of reclaimable 'essence' or similar currency on death, and the freedom to explore different areas of the map, with your skill often being the only gate to progress down a specific path. Bonfires — or equivalent 'safe' zones that offer respite and restoration — are another key part of the Souls experience; that tension of risk vs. reward while inching through an enemy-filled environment on just a sliver of health, desperately hoping to find a bonfire around the next corner. Read the full article on nintendolife.com |
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