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!.05-Nintendo Life | Latest Updates


Black Isle Studios Is Bringing Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II To Switch In 2022

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 04:45 PM PST

It's coming "sooner than you think".

We heard last year how Black Isle Studios was interested in reviving Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II for modern platforms, and now it's been officially confirmed.

In a brief message over on the social media platform Twitter, Black Isle said the second game in the action RPG series would be coming "sooner than you think" at some point this year. Here's the full teaser trailer:

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Video: Pokémon Japan's New ASMR Recipe Series Features A Sulky Jigglypuff

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 01:00 PM PST

Pikachoux and Jiggly(cream)puff.

Episode Three is here! We've added it down below.

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Random: This LEGO Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Figure Could Make It To LEGO Ideas' Final Round

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 12:30 PM PST

He's fully poseable!

We do love a bit of LEGO Zelda, and so do the myriad of people who are both LEGO and Zelda fans who keep voting Zelda-themed, fan-made sets (officially termed "MOCs" - My Own Creation) into the final round of LEGO Ideas' design review.

LEGO Ideas is the brick company's opportunity for the general public to have the chance to see their set designs made real, as long as they get enough support and pass that crucial final review, in which actual LEGO employees decide if a set is viable as a commercial product.

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Soapbox: Why Can't Nintendo Offer Both Virtual Console And Switch Online?

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 11:00 AM PST

Says the writer that will need to redownload a lot of VC purchases on Wii U and 3DS.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Thomas discusses the unnecessary 'choice' by Nintendo between Virtual Console and Nintendo Switch Online subscription apps.

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Fall Guys Is Still Coming To Switch, Mediatonic Promises

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 10:00 AM PST

News revealed as part of latest update.

No news is good news, they say — except when it's about Switch ports, in which case "no news" is sometimes a synonym for "please don't ask us about the Switch port".

In the case of Mediatonic's Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, a battle-royale-style multiplayer game that met with great success in the early pandemic days of 2020, no news about the Switch port that they promised doesn't necessarily mean they've forgotten about it or given up.

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Random: Stella McCartney Is Making $1800 'Space Invaders' Knitwear, For Some Reason

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 09:30 AM PST

It's the crossover we all wanted, right?

We've seen some pretty amazing crossovers between the world of fashion and video games over the years, but one we didn't know we needed was a range of women's clothing based on Taito's Space Invaders.

Stella McCartney's Japanese arm is currently hawking a bunch of knitwear items emblazoned with the iconic aliens. Prices start at ¥94,600 ($820) for a skirt, all the way up to a whopping ¥205,700 (around $1800) for a dress.

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Video: New LEGO Star Wars Trailer Shows Behind The Scenes Of The Skywalker Saga

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 09:00 AM PST

April the 5th be with you.

Remember that scrappy little kid in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, who won a podracing tournament against a bunch of weird-looking aliens? Well, that kid ended up accidentally setting off a chain of events that would span nine feature-length movies, countless books and video games, and a whole lot of memes about having the high ground. Who could have guessed!

And now, just to bring the whole thing full-circle, we're about to get a video game retelling of the "Skywalker Saga", the nine-movie plot arc that follows the Skywalker family from Shmi Skywalker all the way down to her great-grandson Ben — and it's told through LEGO.

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Random: Star Wars' Best Droid Fused With A Game Boy Is Surprisingly Awesome

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:30 AM PST

"AKA: Game Bot".

While some of you may have a soft spot for C-3PO and R2-D2, deep down, we all know that the best droid in the entire Star Wars saga is K-2SO from Rogue One. It's just a fact, so deal with it.

You can see why, then, this canny fusion of droid and handheld has us so excited. Twitter account From4-LOMtoZuckuss spotted this amazing custom job by illustrator and toy designer Greg Dmnt, which takes a K-2SO action figure and combines it with part of a DMG-01 console. The finishing touch is a swanky new paint job, which looks pretty cool if you ask us.

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Rumour: 2K Is Creating A Series Of Lego Sports Games

Posted: 22 Feb 2022 08:20 AM PST

A soccer and open-world racing game are in development.

2K is working alongside famous toy brand Lego on a series of sports titles, VGC has reported.

VGC's sources claim that the publisher has signed a new multi-game partnership as Lego looks to maintain its video game line after its exclusivity deal with the Warner-owned TT Games ends.

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