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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) If you’ve ever wanted to harness the power of industrialisation, Factorio is certainly the game for you. Stranded on a strange alien world, you must find a way to survive and escape this place using the vestiges of technology left behind by whoever came here first, as well as your

The latest Japanese boxed software and hardware sales figures have come through for the week of 17th October, 2022 to 23rd October, 2022. The long-awaited debut of Persona 5 Royal on the Nintendo Switch proved to be a relative success as the game shifted 45,998 physical copies entering the charts at No.2, but it couldn’t

Image: A Grumpy Fox / Deck13 Interactive You might remember a 3D platformer named Lunistice that was meant to be released on the Nintendo Switch in September. In the end, it got delayed and has now been locked in for next month. Yes, this 3D platformer inspired by the PSX and Sega Saturn era will

Those of you who enjoy a blast of Rain Maker when participating in Anarchy Battles in Splatoon 3 should be made aware that the mode is being pulled temporarily due to a discovery of a new unexplained bug. The Rainmaker issue was discovered by the developers after they deployed the hefty Splatoon 3 Version 1.2.0

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube If you happen to be a Switch Online subscriber and are eager to play something else outside of Mario Kart and all the usual offerings, why not try out the latest trial? Nintendo has announced OBAKEIDORO! as its next free trial for Switch Online subscribers. It’s available in

Various Apple devices received software updates yesterday and one aspect that you may not be aware of is that they now support the current lineup of Nintendo Switch classic controllers. That’s right, you can now use your N64 classic controller, SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis classic controller, Super Nintendo classic controller and the Nintendo Entertainment System classic

Image: Nintendo Nintendo has announced Version 1.2.0 of Splatoon 3 will be delivered on October 25th/26th. Perhaps the most exciting part of this update could be the “improvements” to online communication, including faster data trasnfer. This latest version will also include changes to amiibo, changes to multiplayer, changes to Splatfest, many other changes, and a

The latest Famitsu readers most wanted video games charts have come through and Final Fantasy XVI has been knocked off the top spot and has been replaced by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This might change next week as Final Fantasy XVI got a glorious new trailer at the end of last

Image: Bandai Namco It’s been another exciting week for Digimon fans – with Bandai Namco confirming it would be bringing Digimon World: Next Order to the Nintendo Switch on 22nd February 2023. If this wasn’t already enough, Digimon producer Kazumasu Habu has also confirmed in the original Japanese announcement that the Digimon team was working

Gematsu recently chatted with the legendary Japanese developer SUDA 51 about No More Heroes 3 which has made its way onto other platformes. SUDA51 was asked by the site whether he was satisfied with how No More Heroes 3 turned out and whether he would change anything given the chance. Clearly an interesting question and

Image: Pokémon, Nintendo The next mainline Pokémon entry Pokémon Scarlet & Violet is out on Switch next month, and as you might have seen previews – including our Nintendo Life one – have now gone live. Although we’re a bit worried about the game’s performance, the gameplay and new features are actually quite exciting. If

It sounds as though Square Enix is plowing on with new projects in the classic SaGa series as the company recently filed a new trademark for SaGa Emerald Beyond, which could well be a new entry in the JRPG franchise. There are apparently multiple SaGa series projects in development at Square Enix and the team

Image: Nintendo, Monolith Soft Over the past few weeks, Monolith Soft has rolled out some software updates for Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and it seems the patch notes left out one minor change in Version 1.2.0. Warning: Spoilers ahead. As spotted by some fans of the game on Twitter (via Noisy Pixel), this particular update –

The Pokémon Company International today premiered “Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series exclusively on Netflix in the U.S. The 25th season of the globally popular animation follows Ash Ketchum, his Pikachu, and friends embarking on new adventures in the Pokémon world. In the newest season, Ash and his Pikachu undergo intensive training for the Pokémon World Coronation Series

Image: PlatinumGames, Nintendo There was plenty of drama last weekend when the original voice of Bayonetta Hellena Taylor uploaded a series of videos on social media accusing developer PlatinumGames and Hideki Kamiya of an insulting wage offer. This followed with a report by Bloomberg and separate anonymous sources claiming Taylor was originally offered more than

Bandai Namco has announced that Digimon World: Next Order will be heading to the west next February on the Nintendo Switch and PC. The game is a remake of the PlayStation Vita game of the same name which was later released on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console. Digimon World: Next Order contains a new beginner mode

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Update [Thu 20th Oct, 2022 05:00 BST]: Simon Belmont and Alucard from the Castlevania series have officially joined Brawlhalla today. This includes the new map Dracula’s Castle and an inverted version of the same level. Hunt vampires. Secure KOs. 🥊Simon Belmont & Alucard from the Castlevania series make

Independent record label, Data Discs, has announced today that they have partnered with SEGA and composer Tomoya Ohtani to produce Sonic Frontiers: The Music of Starfall Islands. The record will be available as a 2xLP or 4xLP and pre-orders will begin this Saturday, 22nd October. Sonic Frontiers launches on the Nintendo Switch and other platforms

Image: Blizzard One of the bigger releases this month was the free-to-play Blizzard title Overwatch 2. The game has already managed to attract over 25 million heroes in the first week, and now to continue the launch celebrations, it’s teamed up with the fast-food chain Mcdonald’s. It seems this offer is currently only available at

NIS America has recently confirmed that a remastered version of The Legend of Heroes game The Legend of Heroes: Trials to Azure is Switch bound and will be coming to Nintendo’s current platform in March 2023. The game originally made its debut on the ill-fated PlayStation Vita back in 2011 and you can take a

Image: Atlus If all of the outstanding reviews for Persona 5 Royal on the Nintendo Switch aren’t already convincing enough, we’ve also got a side-by-side comparison video to prove just how spectacular this particular version of the game is. The comparison clip, courtesy of YouTube channel GameXplain – shows the Nintendo Switch version alongside the

Nintendo announced late last week that they had discovered a major bug in the latest update for Nintendo Switch Sports. They subsequently pulled the offending update and closed the Nintendo Switch Sports servers and Nintendo Switch Online cloud backup save data for the game. Today, Nintendo say they have fixed the issue and players will

Image: Nintendo Life Picture the scene. You go to watch the Mario Movie in 2023. You realise that it is a stroke of genius, surely garnering a Return of the King number of Oscar nominations and going down in history as one of the all-time greats. The credits roll. Just as you are on your

SUDA51 and the team at Grasshopper Manufacture appear to be working on a horror game using Unreal Engine 5. The news was discovered in an official tweet published today (via ResetEra) from Grasshopper Manufacture which contains a brief look at the development studio. The footage shows them working on 3D models and 2D concepts or

Image: Mojang During the Minecraft Dungeons segment at Minecraft Live 2022, Mojang announced it would be releasing Season 3 of the action-RPG dungeon-crawling adventure officially titled the Fauna Faire. It’s apparently “all about pets” – and will feature a variety of new animal mobs such as otters, penguins, and even hedgehogs. The “whole season will

Hellena Taylor, Bayonetta’s original voice actress has taken to Twitter to explain why she isn’t featured in Nintendo and Platinum Games, Bayonetta 3, which is due out at the end of the month. Taylor says that she was approached to reprise her role as Bayonetta in Bayonetta 3 and was offered a maximum payout of

Update [Sat 15th Oct, 2022 06:55 BST]: Pre-orders for Radiant Silvergun have gone live on the Limited Run Games website. One year after extinction, the four human survivors are forced to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and fight for survival. Radiant Silvergun for Switch is now available to pre-order. Standard, SteelBook & Collector’s Editions available. Secure your

The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware is in this week from the team at sales tracker Famitsu for the week of 3rd October, 2022 to 9th October, 2022. The best-selling game this week is once again Nintendo’s very own Splatoon 3, which shifted an additional 120,564 physical copies this week. This week

Image: The Pokémon Company In the lead-up to the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet next month, The Pokémon Company has announced it will end support for specific online services in the previous generation of games Pokémon Sword and Shield. As explained via Serebii.net, the “Wild Area news” is set to receive a final update

It is hard to believe Bayonetta 3‘s launch is right around the corner as the game was originally announced at The Game Awards 2017. Nintendo and Platinum Games have uploaded a brand new four minute trailer today which admittedly looks mighty impressive and gives the impression that the extended development time the game has had