!.05-Nintendo Life | Latest Updates

!.05-Nintendo Life | Latest Updates

'Aka' Is A "Small, Open-World" Adventure Game With Wholesome Studio Ghibli Vibes

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 01:00 PM PDT

Are you turning red?

Red pandas are all the rage at the moment, it seems, as developer Cosmic Gatto — a professional animator who has worked with DreamWorks Studio animator — has unveiled Aka, an open-world game where you are looking to find "inner peace".

You play as Aka, a retired red panda soldier who has decided to settle on a small island after the end of the war. Here, he must seek out the Ghosts who inhabit the land and help to rest their souls by bringing them closure to their lives.

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British Gas Advises Consumers To Turn Off Games Consoles To Save Money

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 10:30 AM PDT

"Vampire devices" strike again.

British Gas has ruffled a few feathers today. In a report published by the BBC, the UK's biggest energy company has recommended that households should switch off what the company has dubbed "vampire devices". That's not a switched-on TV showing one of the many Dracula films on repeat, or even your Switch running the Castlevania Advance Collection 24-hours a day, but rather a device that still consumes power even then they are on standby.

The company has stated that turning off these devices instead of putting them into standby mode could save the average UK household around £147 a year. According to British Gas' research, leaving a games console on standby costs up to £12.17 a year, while leaving a computer or laptop plugged in on the same setting will set you back around £11.22.

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Guide: Best Star Fox Games Of All Time

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 10:00 AM PDT

Every Star Fox game, ranked by you.

Like any long-running group, the Star Fox team has been through some ups and downs over the years, with some incredible gaming highs serving to make any titles less that life-changingly awesome feel, well, a bit disappointing by comparison.

The sentiment that the Star Fox franchise never got better than its first sequel is relatively common — and understandable — yet the series has played host to some wonderful non-64-bit games. From the tactical nuance of Q-Games' Star Fox Command, to Rare and Namco's dalliances on GameCube, and Nintendo's own experiments during the Wii U era, the series has been a test bed for interesting game design ideas and has produced some fascinating, if flawed, results. They may not be all-round, cohesive classics like Star Fox 64 — which celebrates its 25th anniversary today — but each of them offers something intriguing, often many things. There's a reason the fandom flame still burns bright for this foxy franchise.

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Round Up: The Internet Celebrates Kirby's 30th Anniversary

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 09:30 AM PDT

They grow up so fast...

It's official, folks: the Kirby franchise is now 30 years old - can you believe it? When HAL Laboratory's debut title in the series - Kirby's Dream Land - launched on April 27th, 1992, we doubt that anyone truly believed the little pink blob would go on to be one of the most widely recognised and celebrated figures in the gaming space.

With the launch of Kirby and the Forgotten Land on Switch, the franchise shows no sign of slowing down; in fact, we daresay that Kirby's first proper foray into 3D has done nothing but reignite interest in the franchise. There's a lot of love for the series on a global scale, and folks have been taking to Twitter to celebrate the huge milestone in the best way possible: with beautiful artwork.

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Review: The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe - A Mind-Bending Mess Of Wonderment

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 09:00 AM PDT

The end is never the end is never the end is never.

This is the story of a man named Alex.

Alex was employed by a company called Nintendo Life, and one of his many duties was to review video games. One day when at his desk Alex heard the news that The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe would be releasing on the Nintendo Switch, the games console which was understandably his primary focus.

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Mothmen 1966 Is A Pulp Mystery With 8-Bit Home Computer Graphics

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 08:30 AM PDT

Coming to Switch this July.

Publisher Chorus Worldwide has announced Mothmen 1966, a visual novel that features classic 8-bit home computer style visuals to tell a tale inspired by mid-20th century pulp fiction. It will launch on Switch on July 14th at a price of $8.99 / €7.99 / £6.79.

Developed by LCB Game Studio, the game will be the first in a planned series and tells the tale of an investigator, a gas station owner, and a pair of lovers as they look into the bizarre case of the Mothmen within West Virginia's woods.

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Gallery: Check Out This Stunning Kirby Collection On The Series' 30th Anniversary

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 08:00 AM PDT

Prepare to suck up your envy.

Kirby's very first game — Kirby's Dream Land for Game Boy — appeared in Japan on 27th April 1992, which means today marks 30 years since HAL Laboratory's loveable pink marshmallow first sucked up our hearts.

With the release of the marvellous Kirby and the Forgotten Land, the little guy hasn't been short of attention recently and some incredible 30th anniversary tributes have been flooding social media over the past day or so, including from Kirby creator Masahiro Sakurai.

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Disney Dreamlight Valley Is A Free-To-Play Life-Sim That's Coming To Switch In 2023

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 07:15 AM PDT

Be our guest.

Gameloft, the mobile developer founded by Ubisoft's Michel Guillemot that helped to bring Earthworm Jim and Rayman to DSiWare, has unveiled its brand new magical collaboration with Disney.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a cross between a life-sim and adventure game where you can interact with your favourite Disney and Pixar characters to help uncover their memories and restore life to an idyllic village. Gameloft already has experience with the Disney free-to-play brand, as it handles the mobile game Disney Magic Kingdoms and is currently developing the arcade racer Disney Speedstorm.

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Review In Progress: Nintendo Switch Sports - Familiar Fun With Friends, But Little More

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 06:00 AM PDT

Wii haven't come far.

Note: At the time of publication the online functionality is not yet live for this game. As it is such a crucial part of the experience, we have decided not to score the game until we can have sampled the full online experience. Once we have, we will update the review accordingly and add a score.

When Wii Sports came out in 2006 it was nothing short of a revelation; beforehand video games had been all but relegated to buttons, knobs, and sticks as a means of controlling them, but the Nintendo Wii and its titular pack-in sports title bust that idea wide open. You all know the story — waggle waggle, tennis racquet moves, mum's besotted, dodgy elbow next morning — but now Nintendo's trying to have another pop at the formula (after Wii Sports Resort and we suppose Wii Sports Club) with Nintendo Switch Sports. It's been 16 years, but are we looking at 16 years' worth of improvement?

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Pokémon Unite Reveals In-Game Subscription Service

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 05:30 AM PDT

Get your Pokédollars ready.

TiMi Studio has unveiled a new in-game subscription service for Pokémon Unite, the hugely popular MOBA that recently surpassed 70 million downloads. Called the 'Pokémon Unite Membership', this scheme will give players monthly rewards for signing up for the service.

Don't worry, Pokémon Unite will remain free to play, and the rewards, for now, are mostly cosmetics and costumes, though some extra currency will handed out, too.

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Video: A Look Back On The Switch's First Year Of Life

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 05:00 AM PDT

Felix reveals how the Switch won him over.

It's still hard to believe that the Switch has now been in our lives for over 5 years. Granted, there were about 2 years there that many of us would probably rather forget thanks to the "Virus That Shall Not Be Named", but to think that Nintendo's latest console came out in 2017 and we're now barrelling through 2022 is frankly bonkers.

Our lovely video producer Felix has been feeling the wistful threads of nostalgia recently, and - likely due to a recent purchase of the Switch OLED - has sat down to talk through his first year with the console, the games he played, and what pushed him to purchase the system in the first place.

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Namco's Yokai Dochuki, Renamed 'Shadowland', Is The Next Arcade Archives Game On Switch

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 04:15 AM PDT

A platformer to close out Namco month.

We're getting another Arcade Archives release on Switch tomorrow, as the Japan-only platformer Yokai Dochuki is the next game to launch in the series, but with a slightly different name in the West, however — Shadowland.

Originally released in arcades in 1987, the game sees you platforming through jigoku (essentially, hell or purgatory) to reach Yama, the Buddhist deity who will determine your final fate. There are five levels to play through, and all of them are based on different regions within jigoku. You can fire spirit energy bullets — ki — at your enemies and run and jump your way through each level. Shadowland truly embraces its mythology and Buddhist inspirations.

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Gorgeous Switch-Bound Metroidvania 'Afterimage' Smashes Kickstarter Goal

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 03:30 AM PDT

By over 600%.

Last year, we covered the announcement of the beautiful hand-drawn Metroidvania Afterimage. Created by Shanghai-based developer Aurogon Shanghai (famous for creating the GuJian games — a series of RPGs set in ancient China) released a Kickstarter campaign a few months after revealing their game. And today, the company has announced that they have smashed their target by over 600%.

Aurogon Shanghai aimed to hit $117,384 HKD ($14,978 USD) but that target was surpassed within 40 hours of the Kickstarter launching. Today, the final total sits at $729,949 HKD, which is over $92,000 USD!

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Reggie Fils-Aimé Talks Re-Evaluating His Life After Iwata's Death

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 02:45 AM PDT

Watch the full SXSW talk here.

Reggie Fils-Aimé - the famed ex-President of Nintendo of America - is currently working to promote his upcoming book, Disrupting the Game: From the Bronx to the Top of Nintendo. Last month, Reggie took to the stage at South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas to discuss his upbringing, his time at Nintendo, and the impact Satoru Iwata's death had on him.

You can now check out the full interview in the video above, but we thought we'd share one of the more interesting tidbits regarding Iwata's death. Reggie shared some background on how the passing of Nintendo's CEO affected his decision to ultimately leave the company:

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Limited Run Games Releasing SNES Cartridge For Side-Scrolling RPG 'Dragon View'

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT

It's worth a look.

We have another beautiful-looking Limited Run Games release for you today — or in this case, a rerelease. The video game distributor has announced a brand new retro release for the SNES side-scrolling action RPG Dragon View.

Limited Run revealed the rerelease of this cult classic yesterday, complete with a green SNES cartridge:

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Guide: Where To Pre-Order Nintendo Switch Sports

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 01:00 AM PDT

Physical copies include Leg Strap Accessory.

Update: Now's your last chance to pre-order Nintendo Switch Sports ready for the big day this Friday. You can find all the best deals available below!

Fans of Wii Sports, rejoice: the series is back on Nintendo Switch with a brand new, very fitting name.

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Hulu Video Streaming Is Now Available On Nintendo Switch In Japan

Posted: 27 Apr 2022 12:30 AM PDT

Download it today.

There have been calls for more streaming services to be made available on the Nintendo Switch, and it seems Japan has got a new one today. It's the American subscription platform Hulu and can be downloaded for free right now if you're located in this region.

It was previously released in North America on the Switch eShop back in 2017. Here's the official announcement for Japan (via social media):

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Random: Pixel Artist Reimagines Super Mario Sunshine As A GBA Release

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 10:45 PM PDT

Fun in the sun.

Super Mario Sunshine is arguably one of the best 3D Mario games ever released, but have you ever wondered what it might look like if it was ported across to the Game Boy Advance around the same time as its original GameCube release in 2002?

If you have, wonder no more - as a pixel artist known as 'huttaburger' on Twitter has recreated the game's main hub isle, Delfino Plaza - reimagining what it would have possibly looked like on Nintendo's 32-bit handheld system.

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Legend Of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal Anime Launches This Year, Here's A First Look

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 09:15 PM PDT

Celebrating 30 years of Seiken Densetsu.

Square Enix is teaming up with Warner Bros. Japan to release Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal - a new television anime based on Square Enix's Legend of Mana action RPG video game.

The show will air at some point in 2022. As part of this announcement, Square Enix and WB have released the key visual for the show and a teaser trailer. Here's the story outline, via Gematsu:

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Masahiro Sakurai Celebrates Kirby's 30th Birthday On Social Media

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 07:45 PM PDT

It's been 30 years since Dream Land.

Today is a very important day in the history of the Kirby series. 30 years ago in Japan on 27th April 1992, the pink puff started out in his very first adventure - Kirby's Dream Land on the original Game Boy.

The creator of Kirby was actually Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai, who at the time, worked at HAL Laboratory. To celebrate Kirby's 30th, Sakurai has taken to social media to pay his respect to the lovable character who is been on all sorts of adventures over the years.

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Next Level Games Is Seeking New Talent For Future Nintendo Projects

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 06:30 PM PDT

"We're hiring".

Ahead of the release of Mario Strikers: Battle League this June on the Switch, Canadian-based developer Next Level Games has put out the call for new team members.

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Two More Legendary Street Fighters Drop Into Fortnite

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 05:30 PM PDT

Blanka and Sakura are ready for battle.

Following on from Ryu and Chun-Li, and Cammy and Guile, the free-to-play battle royale game Fortnite has now added another two Street Fighter characters.

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Nintendo Shares Advice For Those Suffering Switch Battery Issues

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 02:00 PM PDT

Pretty simple, really.

In recent months some Switch owners (notably with relatively new OLED models) have been highlighting issues with their system's battery. An example of the problem would be the battery draining rapidly overnight when the console's in sleep mode, or potentially having less stamina than normal during gameplay.

Nintendo's official customer service department has now shared a set of steps (in Japanese), which are rather basic but worth following if your battery is draining unexpectedly. Below are the translated steps.

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Bear And Breakfast's New Video Shows Off The Game's Management And Decoration Mechanics

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 01:30 PM PDT

Bearcon and Bearggs.

If you're a fan of extremely cute story-led management adventure games, you'll likely have Bear and Breakfast on your radar — you play as the titular bear, Hank, running the titular "and breakfast", which is short for "bed and breakfast", which is a type of cosy hotel that offers a bed, plus food.

In this new gameplay video, one of the developers of the game, Rares Cinteza, speaks to Game Informer about where the idea came from (playing Theme Hospital as a kid) and what you can expect from the game itself.

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Cozy Grove 'New Neighbears' DLC Adds Four New Bears For Your Neighbearhood

Posted: 26 Apr 2022 12:30 PM PDT

Bears repeating.

Cozy Grove, the sedate 15-minutes-a-day bear-helping life sim game, is getting brand new paid downloadable content called "New Neighbears". It adds a bunch of new content, additional closet space, and most importantly, four new characters — Ben, Archie, Lillian, and Beatrice — each with their own storylines to follow.

Here's the full list of additions:

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