Category: Nintendo

Wave 1 is now available.

Nintendo has rolled out another batch of icons, this time celebrating the release of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Switch.

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Cramp Rock.

It’s not every controller review that we have to start with a rundown of the current state of Fortnite, but bear with us, we promise it’s relevant.

The classic looting and shooting that we all know and love is now just a small part of the “Fortnite ecosystem” *squirms*, a hub-world for games that bundle the battle royale in with the survival sim LEGO Fortnite, the racer Rocket Racing, and the Rock Band-esque rhythm game, Fortnite Festival.

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“Without Nasir, there is no DOOM”.

Co-founder of id Software and one of the minds behind the seminal FPS Doom, John Romero, has honoured a legendary Square programmer on social media, calling him an “inspiration”.

Sharing his thoughts in the wake of Japanese broadcaster NHK’s interview with Nasir Gebelli, who lead programmer on the Final Fantasy games on NES and SNES action RPG Secret of Mana, Romero says “Without Nasir, there is no DOOM.” High, high praise indeed.

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PDF Software.

Your eyes are not deceiving you, reader — the hugely influential FPS DOOM is now fully playable inside a PDF file. Did anyone ask for this? Probably. And it’s a pretty impressive feat.

Reported on by IGN (via Push Square), a high-school student known as ading2210 on github has ported DOOM into a PDF that you can play inside a Chromium-based browser. Dubbed DOOMPDF, it’s missing some text and sound, but it’s otherwise a fully functioning black-and-white version of DOOM.

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And it looks glorious.

Artist and author Phillip Summers is back with another ‘Hand-Drawn Game Guide’, this time looking at the classic hard-as-nails action title Mega Man.

Soaring past its Kickstarter funding goal in just 12 hours, the Capcom-licensed book is aiming to launch in August 2025 for backers and will boast over 200 pages of stunning hand-drawn images looking at the original Mega Man for the NES and the Game Boy. Character illustrations will be included along with full level maps, tips, tricks, and gorgeous two-page spreads.

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Lara returns next month.

In case you missed it, the famous video game mascot Lara Croft returns in Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered next month on Valentine’s Day.

In the lead up, Aspyr has been showcasing certain aspects of the game, and the latest trailer showcases the many boss battles Lara will encounter across this trilogy of games. Pre-orders for the collection have also gone live on Nintendo’s eShop.

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Physical release also confirmed.

Classic JRPG fans, rejoice. The Lunar Remastered Collection will be coming to Nintendo Switch on 18th April 2025. Plus, it’s confirmed that the collection will be getting a physical release.

Launching digitally on the eShop for $49.99 USD / €49.99 EUR — with physical releases coming in at $54.99 USD (on Amazon.com) and €54.99 EUR (at Clear River Games), Lunar Remastered Collection enhances two of the most beloved turn-based RPGs from the ’90s.

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Alongside Amnesia: Rebirth and Amnesia: The Bunker.

Abylight Studios has announced that it’s bringing three of Frictional Games’ horror titles to the Switch in 2025.

SOMA, Amnesia Rebirth, and Amnesia: The Bunker will all be getting digital and physical releases later this year. This means all Amnesia games will at last be on Switch, alongside the critically acclaimed Soma.

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A decade of Mr Olney.

Sure, 2025 might be home to some pretty big gaming anniversaries, but you want to know the biggest of them all? This week marks 10 years since the wonderful Mr Alex Olney published his first video on the Nintendo Life YouTube channel. That’s right, it has been a decade of “Heeeeello there lovely peeeople”.

To mark the occasion, Alex has released a big old thank-you video on the channel, shouting out a whole bunch of people who have helped him over the past 10 years, and sharing a sizzle reel of some of the decade’s biggest moments. If you needed a reminder of what Mr Olney looked like sans beard, this is your chance.

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As you would hope.

Following last week’s supposed ‘Switch 2’ hardware leaks, more hints about the software lineup are now circulating online.

Apart from “more than half a dozen Ubisoft games” expected, Nate the Hate has claimed on his latest podcast Nintendo’s new system could also be getting Konami’s next Metal Gear Solid game. Here’s what he had to say:

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