Splinters not included.It finally happened: Lego and The Legend of Zelda have come together, and the form theyve taken is that of the Great Deku Tree in two delicious flavours. Whether you prefer Ocarina of Times or Breath of the Wilds incarnation, this kit covers both. Not at the same time, of course - that would be yet more expensive, were sure.But growing a mighty tree like this takes time, so join us, will you? Weve got a Great Deku Tree to build.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Cap it off.Well folks, the weekend is here and it's capping off (heh) a pretty interesting week in the world of Nintendo.For starters, it's been a big one for the upcoming Switch successor. Many folks online thought that this would be 'the' week that Nintendo would finally reveal the new console, but alas, it wasn't to be. Instead, we got a glimpse at what might be with a series of renders and photos of unknown origin. Are they real? Are they fake? We still don't know for sure, but we're certainly intrigued.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

"Due to a last-minute issue".Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown DLC rolled out on the Switch eShop this week, but it seems there's been a minor delay in select locations.In a message on social media, Ubisoft mentioned how the Mask of Darkness would now be available in Europe, New Zealand and Australia next week on 25th September 2024. Here's the full update:Read the full article on nintendolife.com

A trio of patches.In celebration of Atelier Ryza's fifth anniversary, Koei Tecmo has today released an optimisation update for all three games in the series. Yep, that means Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout, Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy and Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key catchy little titles, aren't they? all have some improvements in store.The updates are generally a batch of small tweaks to each game, though there are a couple of standouts dotted in there too: the first game's patch finally adds an auto-save feature, while the second and third have each gained a 'Very Easy' mode in the update. Each title has also landed various fast-forward options and other small adjustments.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

"Id like to think that eventually, no matter what, Gruntilda will get her revenge".If you haven't played The Stanley Parable, stop reading right now and go and play it. Not because this interview contains spoilers, you understand - you just should have really played The Stanley Parable by now, especially since it came to Switch in Ultra Deluxe form.Originating as a 2011 Half-Life 2 mod by Davey Wreden, the developer collaborated with William Pugh on a reworked, standalone release in 2013, and Pugh's company Crows Crows Crows published the expanded version, originally scheduled for a 2019 release, in 2022.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Punching onto Switch next month.After making a surprise appearance at last month's Partner Direct, SEGA has today unveiled a closer look at Yakuza Kiwami on Switch in a brand-new 'Play it Together!' trailer.It has been almost 20 years since the first game in the series landed on PS2 (of which Kiwami is a remake), and this new trailer is all about the cross-generational appeal of walking around the streets of Kamurocho, beating up any punk that looks at you funny. We wouldn't put any of the Like a Dragon games into the "family-friendly" category, but the trailer is a sweet watch, all the same.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

"Let's dance".Netflix has revealed the first full trailer for its upcoming Devil May Cry anime series based on Capcom's critically-acclaimed franchise.Premiering in April 2025 and animated by Studio Mir, it looks like the series will focus on a younger Dante, aligning the anime closely to Devil May Cry 3, one of the most beloved entries in the franchise.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Out now!One of the last games to launch on 3DS, Fragrant Story, has finally made it over to Nintendo Switch. Fragrant Story and Papaya's Path is now available on the Switch eShop and (as you might expect from that name) it packs in the base game and its 2023 DLC expansion too.For those who missed this one when it launched on the 3DS in *checks notes* 2022, Fragrant Story is a tactical RPG inspired by the classics. Created by indie developer William Kage, this short-but-sweet Final Fantasy Tactics-style experience was a little too slight for our tastes at launch, but this Switch release extends the campaigns of both the base game and the DLC, beefing things up to a 10-hour story and a 30-hour 100% completion not bad when you consider the original lasted us maybe five hours.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

A supposed "first look".Pictured: The Switch OLEDIt's been a wild week in the world of Nintendo so far, with the supposed design of the Switch successor surfacing online.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Gotta redraw 'em all.To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokmon Emerald for the GBA, 130 artists have collabrated on a project to redraw the sprites for all 386 Pokmon included in the game (thanks, gamesradar).Not only that, but the revised sprites have been implmented into a fully playable ROM hack called Pokmon Emerald: Respirited, so you can try it out yourself and check out the new representations (we won't provide a link to the download directly here, but locating it won't prove particularly difficult).Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Come get some jetsam.Anyone whos played PowerWash Simulator for too long while in a feverish state from having eaten too many fish fingers knows the feeling. You cease being a sanitary entrepreneur and find yourself submerged in the water, wearing a spacesuit, shooting the dirt off with a laser in a Zen-like trance while you nurture sea creatures. And now, finally, someones made a game about it.Well, its sort of about that. In Loddlenaut, Moon Lagoon has produced a peaceful ocean purification quest in which you zip around with an underwater jetpack tidying up rubbish and un-gooping gooped-up scenery. On the way, you meet and care for little fish-like critters called loddles, then do a bit of crafting to top things off.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Oooh, "experimental features"!The good folks over at Mojang are back with yet another update for Minecraft on Switch and, as usual, it's a big one.The latest update takes the game's Bedrock edition (the one used on Switch) up to ver. 1.21.30, with a couple of new additions, alongside the classic waves of tweaks and bug fixes.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Complete with music from David Wise.Publisher Knights Peak and developer VEA Games have announced that their upcoming platformer Nikoderiko: The Magical World will be launching on the Switch eShop on 15th October 2024.Looking like a bit of a cross between Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot, Nikoderiko sees you follow the story of Niko and Luna as they face off against the villainous Grimbald of the Cobring Gems Company (y'what?). There are all the hallmarks of a classic DKC game here, including side-scrolling platform levels, flying barrels, and ridable creatures.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Get yer paintbrushes ready.Thanks to a bit of cheeky datamining, it looks like Nintendo may be considering implenting SNES Mouse support to Nintendo Switch Online, potentially opening the door to releases such as Mario Paint and the Japan-only Mario & Wario.This comes via reliable dataminer LuigiBlood (delightful name) and reported by VGC. Apparently, the Nintendo Switch Online SNES emulator had always contained the relevant support necessary to implement the SNES Mouse, but the most recent update to NSO significantly updated the data.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

'Pocket Monster Reissue' banked around $42 million in one year.The Pokmon series has spawned all sorts of questionable copycats over the years and while many projects come to an end with a quick takedown notice, sometimes these imitations end up extending their life or even profiting in some way or form.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Well and truly taken for a ride.We've all been having fun with Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics over the past few weeks, right? If you answered "yes," then you probably haven't come up against a formidable online opponent called 'Wazzler'. That's because Wazzler is better known as Justin Wong, the fighting game legend and seven-time Marvel vs Capcom 2 EVO champ who has made it his personal mission to dish out devastation against anyone he meets online (thanks, IGN).It all started on Steam (the collection doesn't support crossplay, fortunately, in this instance), with players quickly realising that Wazzler wasn't a foe to be messed with. In fact, platform reviews directly credit Wong as one of the game's downfalls mostly as a joke, we should point out with one user's 'Recommended' comment even asking Steam to "please make an achievement for getting bodied by the Wazzler".Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Patch notes galore.Digital Eclipse has released a substantial update for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord on the Switch, adding in a bunch of new features and bug fixes.Released on 23rd May 2024, Wizardry is a complete remake of the original 1980 classic, adding in revamped visuals and modern conveniences, yet retaining the same brutal difficulty and unmatched depth. We gave it a resounding score of 8/10 in our review, noting a few pacing issues and an inability to skip certain combat animations (which, by the looks of things, seems to have been resolved entirely with the new update).Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Spice, spice? Maybe.Those who have experienced any of the Jackbox Party Packs will know that, sometimes, things can get a little spicy. An odd question thrown into a family-friendly round of Fibbage that leaves you frantically scanning the in-game moderation options or a well-endowed Drawful sketch that leaves everyone chuckling like embarrassed teens we've all been there before. The Jackbox Naughty Pack is all about that feeling, a party game collection for adults that lands high on the Rude Scale, even if its not quite as blushing-ly bold as it seems to think it is.Unlike the previous packs, this Naughty edition is a three-game collection, with each game providing a cheeky twist on an otherwise ordinary Jackbox formula. At an initial glance, this isn't a lot of bang for your buck. The three games provide some decent variety, but at 19.69 / $21.69, it feels a little pricey compared to the usual full-fat, five-game ~25 options.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

"We love them as partners".Unlike Call of Duty, Nintendo fans have had zero exposure to EA's Battlefield franchise, with the series mostly focusing on large-scale, 'AAA' releases on Sony and Microsoft's console platforms alongside PC. There's nothing to firmly suggest that this will change anytime soon, but thanks too a recent IGN inteview with Respawn Entertainment's Vince Zampella, there may be some hope that the franchise could see a release on Nintendo's eventual Switch successor.Now, it's important to make clear that Zampella does not comment on the 'Switch 2' specifically, noting that it "isn't announced and it doesn't exist". However, his praise for Nintendo certainly leaves the door open to some future partnerships when the new hardware finally sees the light of day.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Introducing 'Dungeons of Infinity'.Zelda fans are constantly reimagining Link's classic adventures, and with this in mind, one talented individual known as Justin Bohemier has spent over four years transforming the Super Nintendo hit A Link to the Past into a procedurally-generated roguelike dungeon crawler.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Tickets available now.The smash hit indie franchise Shovel Knight is getting its very own official concert in early 2025 dubbed 'Shovel Knight Live: Steel Thy Concert!'.Tickets are available now for two upcoming shows in Los Angeles and New York on 19th January 2025 and 22nd February 2025, respectively. The shows will comprise a live orchestra and rock ensemble playing a variety of the main game's themes and melodies, courtesy of original composer Jake Kaufman and Grammy award-winning artist Charlie Rosen.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Every Power Rangers game, as ranked by you.Go, Go Nintendo Lifers! It's Morphin Time, folks, because we're about to run through the very best Power Rangers games on Nintendo systems as ranked by you lovely lot.If you grew up on any console from the SNES to the Switch, then the chances are that you will have stumbled across a Power Rangers game at some point. For a brief spell in the early 2000s, these games were churned out on a yearly basis, with fresh faces adorning the box art to correspond to whatever series happened to be out at the time.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

I choose you Porygon.We've seen The Pokmon Company release all sorts of life-size Pokmon plush in the past and now the latest is officially available. The catch is it is only available through the Japanese Pokmon Center (for now).Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Courtesy of Dark Horse.Square Enix's Bravely Default series is absolutely stunning to look at, so you might be pleased to hear the art book based on the Switch release is now on its way to the West.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Update: Switch eShop confirms.Update :Nintendo has now confirmed the Switch eShop file size for The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom as 5.4 GB.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Rock on.Ubisoft's free-to-play platform fighter Brawlhalla has played host to all sorts of collaborations over the years and the latest one sees the blue bomber Mega Man join the battle. According to an official update, he'll arrive later this month on 25th September 2024. He'll also be joined by Rush and Beat.No other details have been shared just yet, but Brawlhalla can be downloaded for free right now from the Switch eShop.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

A duel of dual spirits.Hello folks, we're back once again for another edition of Box Art Brawl!Before we get started, let's take a look back at how things played out last week. We checked out the GameCube classic Pokmon Colosseum, originally released in Japan in 2003 before making its way West in 2004. All three covers were admittedly pretty similar, so the scores here were relatively even. In fact, things ended in a draw between North America and Europe, both of which scored 37% of the vote.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Issue #16 - September 2024.Are we back? We're back.Yes, it's time for another round of correspondents' correspondence as we open up the Nintendo Life Mailbox.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

That's a wrap!After originally being revealed in 2021, Square Enix's highly anticipated release Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has finally gone gold ahead of its release later this year.To mark this occasion, the official Dragon Quest account on social media put out a special photo, featuring the father of the series (and industry legend Yuji Horii) alongside the game's producer Masaaki Hayasaka.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Marvel vs. Capcom! Grapple Dogs! Fabledom!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 - HighlightsMarvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics (CAPCOM, 12th Sep, $49.99) - Earths mightiest heroes, most highly trained fighters, vilest villains and uncategorizable creatures are officially coming together across seven fan-favorite games: X-MEN CHILDREN OF THE ATOM, MARVEL SUPER HEROES, X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER, MARVEL SUPER HEROES vs. STREET FIGHTER, MARVEL vs. CAPCOM CLASH OF SUPER HEROES, MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 New Age of Heroes and even the old coin-op arcade classic THE PUNISHER. - Read our Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics reviewRead the full article on nintendolife.com