Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays! Image: Nintendo / Monolith
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Don’t listen to the naysayers, 2022 has been a cracking year for gamers. Whether it’s thanks to the blockbusting triple-A titles that have taken home the billions, the double-A wannabes below that or the weekly releases from the indie and micro devs out there, there have been a ton of game releases to enjoy. But
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Hello! VidBud Liam here. You may recognise me from those videos that autoplay on every page. Or not. It depends on how quickly you scroll past, I suppose. I joined team Arpus all the way back in February, and to say the last 11 months have been a whirlwind is a bit of an understatement.
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The year 2022 is almost over, but it feels like just yesterday that we were hyping our most-anticipated games, most of which are now in the rearview mirror. While 2023 is sure to deliver even more incredible experiences, we can’t move on before looking back at what defined this last year in gaming. From in-game
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The latest Famitsu readers most wanted video games have been published and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom continues to lead the charge at No.1 with an impressive 742 votes by readers of the Japanese publication. However, the most interesting game to be included in the top ten this week is Level-5’s canceled
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In today’s installment of New Gameplay Today, hosts Wesley LeBlanc and Marcus Stewart discuss Clive ‘N’ Wrench, an upcoming 3D platformer inspired by games like Banjo-Kazooie, Spyro the Dragon, and more. You can watch roughly 15 minutes of gameplay alongside their discussion, including exploration in one of the game’s multiple themed worlds and a fight
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Whilst it is customary for any games website worth its salt to run down its nominations for Game of the Year every December, we also like to have a little bit of fun, reminiscing on the worst games to offend our eyes from the last twelve months. So we’ve picked out ten of the worst
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Ubisoft‘s unfortunately canned 3D platformer Rayman 4 has surfaced along with the source code and the game’s editor. Rayman’s adventure was abandoned when the Wii came out and the team decided to move forward with the Rabbids franchise which became a success for the studio and Rayman was ultimately pushed aside for the pesky creatures.
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Join the heroes of Overwatch – dashing through the snow in this year’s Winter Wonderland! This wintery event features new arcade modes, cosmetics, free rewards, and plenty of good times. The Overwatch Team has cooked up a sweet holiday treat for players! Starting now through January 2, you can snag the all-new Gingerbread Legendary Bastion skin
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Image: Nintendo Over the holidays we’re republishing some choice features from the last 12 months. A mix of talking points, interviews, opinion pieces and more from NL staff and contributors, you’ll find our usual blend of thoughtfulness, expertise, frivolity, retro nostalgia, and — of course — enthusiasm for all things Nintendo. Happy holidays! Switch is
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We’ve played plenty of games that are in love with hulking great kaiju. Rampage, Dawn of the Monsters and War of the Monsters spring immediately to mind. But Godzilla, Kong, Ultraman and the rest – at least to our memory – have never been airlifted into a turn-based strategy game. Which is a wonder, because
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A little known fact is that all of the RPS staff are complex clockwork automata, designed and built by a little gnome with the kind of inch-thick glasses that make your eyes look comically large. We’re each powered by a spell that lasts but 12 months, so every Christmas we fall over like sad marionettes.
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If you put half of the Sega Mega Drive back catalogue into a blender, you’d get Roar of Revenge. There’s some Golden Axe, Altered Beast, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Onslaught, Ghouls’N Ghosts and even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in there, all chopped up to make a retro smoothie.  SEEP and Ratalaika Games have really leaned into the
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Sports Story is available now, Nintendo and developer SideBar Games announced during a special Inside the House of Indies holiday video. The surprise launch comes a month and a half after the developer gave us a December 2022 release window for the long-awaited follow up to its 2017 smash hit, Golf Story. Golf Story provided
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