Endless reel.
To mark the arrival of the freshly-released silver-screen take on The Exit 8, the Nintendo Switch release has been granted a small but delightful boost for the Switch 2.
In case you’re unfamiliar with the setup, the game traps you in an endlessly repeating passageway beneath a Japanese subway…
Beige x Drive.
August is almost done, and this month delivered a duo of first-party debuts: Kirby and the Ridiculously Extended Name that Nintendo Staff Must Recite Verbatim—plus Drag x Drive.
The pink puff’s remake just launched (and it’s fantastic), whereas Drag and Drive (or yeah…
Silksong along with Final Fantasy, Sonic and a stack of other surprises. Fall is almost here and September 2025 is shaping up to be monumental: Team Cherry’s long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong finally touches down on Switch and its successor, the Switch 2.
More heavy-hitters are lined up too — the smuggler-fueled Star Wars Outlaws…
“It’s occurring”. Followers of the widely loved, farm-and-life simulator Stardew Valley have another sizable patch to anticipate on the horizon. The game’s lone developer, Eric ‘ConcernedApe’ Barone, first revealed the info at this week’s Stardew Concert and then doubled down by posting an official notice across social channels…
Give it a spin this weekend.
Beyond the headline that Sonic is teaming up with Pac-Man, Sega has revealed it will host an ‘Open Network Test’ for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds.
The trial kicks off later this month—starting 29th August 2025 and finishing on 1st September 2025…
Or have you Forgotten?The weekend has crept up on us once again, so it’s time to kick back with a game or two.Before we get to our plans, however, let’s look back on all the Nintendo news that happened this week. Honestly, it was a rather quiet one…
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Just two months to go”.Square Enix locked in an October release date for Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake earlier this year, and if you’ve been wanting an update about how it’s progressing, it’s now gone gold!To mark this milestone, the official Dragon Quest social media account shared a photo of remake producer…
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Keep on rollin’.Last February, you might recall how our retro-focused sibling site Time Extension highlighted a new high-speed game called Rollin’ Rascal.At the time, this Kickstarter project (drawing inspiration from 3D Sonic platformers and even Mario) had just reached its Nintendo Switch goal, and now, well over a year later…
Update: Out next month.:Bandai Namco and developer Ganbarion have announced the free-to-play Dragon Ball: Gekishin Squadra (formerly known as Dragon Ball Project: Multi) will be coming to the Switch in the future.Read the full article on nintendolife.com…
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The complimentary upgrade for ‘High On Life’ has just gone live.
Hordes of Nintendo enthusiasts worldwide are migrating from the original Switch to the new Switch 2, and select publishers are smoothing the transition by handing out no-cost next-gen enhancements.
The newest entry in that generosity line-up is the adult-oriented first-person…
Uncover fresh ways to experience the action. **”Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO”** stands out among the numerous third-party games headed to Switch 2 (and the original Switch) later this year, bursting at the seams with features and some platform-specific extras found only on Nintendo systems.
Bandai Namco has underscored this with…
However, the catalogue is still going to receive fresh titles for voucher redemption.
Nintendo’s realm has been absolutely buzzing following the Switch 2 reveal; back in July the company said the Switch Online Game Vouchers scheme will shut down.
Over on Nintendo Japan’s customer-support social channels it has now fired up another alert –…
Let the games begin.
Even though Sony’s flagship PS5 has been gracing living rooms for almost half a decade now, it somehow still feels alarmingly premature to start yammering about an unavoidable PS6—who honestly craves or even requires a successor already? Yet, alas, here we stand.
The freshest tip-off from YouTube outlet Moore’s Law is…
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Fresh off last week’s patch debut on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster has now landed the very same update on Nintendo Switch.
Version 1.2 delivers a hearty bundle of fixes and gameplay refinements, polishing numerous systems across the board…
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Delivering fluid gameplay and razor-sharp imagery. After circulating rumors about how Intergrade behaves on Nintendo’s next console, Square Enix has locked in the remake’s performance details. The Switch 2 edition will maintain a “steady 30 fps” while still producing “silky-smooth operation” alongside polished, eye-catching graphics…
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Rise and shine along the noises of Kirby.
On the off-chance you didn’t notice, Nintendo’s bedside clock can be refreshed with fresh—cost-free—skins.
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Home, Finally Home.
Harvest Moon will once again grace the Switch next month when a pair of 3DS classics drop, yet signs point to additional arrivals in the pipeline.
Taiwan’s freshly uncovered classification suggests the smartphone entry Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is bound for both Nintendo’s hybrid console and Sony’s…
Cuddly toys, collectibles, and extra treats!
To mark Kirby and the Forgotten Land landing on Switch 2 this week, Nintendo has just fattened up its Kirby collection over at the My Nintendo Store across Australia and New Zealand.
Dive into the entire write-up on nintendolife.com…
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Deck days. Mega Evolutions will finally invade the Pokémon Trading Card Game. We’ve been aware of that for some time, yet it seems players in certain territories must sit tight a bit more before the forthcoming imaginatively-named ‘Mega Evolution’ expansion reaches shelves…
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DL-Observed yet DL-Unspoken.
The calendar is flipping swiftly toward 2025’s splashiest arcade speed-fest, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, and SEGA keeps cramming fresh faces onto its ever-expanding driver list. Owners of the Season Pass plus any additional DLC will soon spot blocky icons Steve and Alex from Minecraft buckling in…
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Every one of the titles is slated to land on “fresh systems”.
Atari and Ubisoft have revealed that Atari has taken sole ownership of the intellectual-property rights to five former Ubisoft releases, intending to revive them for next-generation hardware.
The selected catalogue spans Cold Fear, I Am Alive, Child of Eden, Grow Home…
Round two, but this time teeth taste like cogs!
I caught myself leafing through my original write-up on Kirby and the Forgotten Land—just a quick refresher on my 2022 impressions (seriously, where do the years vanish?)—and, well, it turns my thumbs-up from back then still stands…
Essential to the vessel, essential to the squad.
Hello Games has revealed its first substantial No Man’s Sky refresh since the title touched down on Nintendo Switch 2, and the patch appears to be packed with neat surprises.
The headline feature arriving with the ‘Voyagers’ release is the ability to personally…
Will focus on expanding Nintendo movie adaptations into other mediums.Nintendo has announced that it is renaming its subsidiary company ‘Warpstar Inc.’ to ‘Nintendo Stars Inc.’ following its consolidation earlier this year.Warpstar Inc. – founded on 31st July 2001 – had previously been a joint venture between Nintendo and Hal Laboratory to oversee the Kirby…
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A severe setback for Capcom.
Left-to-right: Bingo Morihashi, Hideaki Itsuno, and Daigo Ikeno
Lightspeed Japan Studio—a division of the Tencent-owned Lightspeed Studios—has unveiled a major growth move by launching a fresh location in Osaka.
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47, your new directive is Consistent Smoothness — the update IO Interactive just shipped for Hitman: World of Assassination – Signature Edition on Switch 2 zeroes-in on exactly that. Those troubled 60fps dips the launch build frequently suffered are now tackled by a fresh “Frame Rate” toggle introduced in this patch, which locks…
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It’s never too late to turn things around. While Shantae now enjoys widespread recognition as a beloved indie mascot, the lavender-locked half-genie heroine first struggled to win over gamers. Her debut on the Game Boy Color in 2002 met with meager sales, souring publishers on WayForward’s pitch for a follow-up titled Shantae Advance:…
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May fortune favor your endeavor.
At long last, word of a concrete release window for Hollow Knight: Silksong finally arrived—and hearing the game is barely a fortnight away still feels surreal. After what felt like an eternity of teases and uncertainty, the adventure is locked in for a 4 September 2025 debut on both…
Prepared for the ultimate face-off of the era?
Yet another week, another sneak peek at Pokémon Legends: Z-A. The Pokémon Company has now scheduled a fresh YouTube Premiere on Thursday, 28 August 2025.
It marks the second consecutive weekly teaser, coming hot on the heels of last week’s reveal of Mega…
Abxylute 3D One slated for launch this September.
The Verge notes that Abxylute—already known for its streaming-friendly portables—is crafting the globe’s first glasses-free 3D handheld PC.
The sizable portable, branded the Abxylute 3D One, stems from a joint prototype that Intel and Tencent showed off at CES only months ago.
Check the full story on nintendolife.com…