Category: Nintendo

Pre-orders are now live.

Mattel has already released a whole bunch of Mario Kart vehicles and next up is a “special edition” Pauline release, which was originally revealed at San Diego Comic-Con this year.

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Super duper.

Hello, and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last week, we looked at WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ for the GBA – a true classic and one of our favourites here at NL Towers. North America and Europe joined forced against Japan and, uh… Oh, poor Japan. The western design won with a whopping 91% of the vote! We quite like the Japanese design, there’s definitely something to it. Though if you said it was boring, we wouldn’t necessarily disagree. Hm.

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We’d give our right Joy-Con 2.

The first months of Switch 2’s life have seen plenty of multiplatform games arrive on Nintendo’s newest console — winners like Cyberpunk 2077, No Man’s Sky, Apex Legends, and Yakuza 0 to name a handful — and its extra power affords devs the chance to bring newer, bigger, more ambitious games to the platform where ports simply weren’t viable on the old Switch.

And yes, we’ve got things like Elden Ring, Persona 3 Reload, and Star Wars: Outlaws to look forward to before the year’s out, but we’re an insatiable bunch, always wanting more, more, moaaaaar. Honestly, we thought we’d see a few more big-name ports announced during the July Partner Showcase, and with zero announcements from Microsoft thus far, we’re expecting plenty MORE to come throughout the rest of the year.

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Get up, get up, get out of here!

Though it may feel like the ‘quirky’ branch of indie JRPGs has become a played out trope by now, it wasn’t too long ago that a confusing, humorous, and parodying take on the standard template was seen as a novel concept. One of the most significant examples of this was OFF, a simple freeware RPG Maker project that caught fire on Tumblr in the late 2000s and inspired the development of games like OMORI, Yume Nikki, and Undertale.

Now, developer Mortis Ghost (along with Fangamer) has put out a modestly tweaked remaster of the game for Switch and PC, introducing the classic to a new generation while also polishing up some of its rougher edges. I’m pleased to say that this remaster has largely stuck the landing—the original game feels like it’s barely aged a day, while the few additions genuinely enhance the overall experience.

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Excelsior!

The freakin’ weekend is finally upon us, and we’ve got games to play! Before we get into our plans, though, let’s recap the week.

It was a pretty quiet one in Nintendo Land, with not so much as a whiff of a Direct — which is weird, after the last three weeks of showcases. Nintendo revealed an all-new Mario Kart World event in Japan, announced that Chibi-Robo would soon be arriving on the GameCube NSO library and just maybe set up the social media account for Mario’s upcoming 40th anniversary. Oh yes, and we went hands-on with a little-known curio called Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

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“The game that never was”.

Sonic Mania is one of the best Sonic games ever, and while there were hopes it would get a sequel, a few years ago, it was revealed how Sega was eager to move beyond pixel art and ultimately it didn’t go ahead.

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Playable at the World Championships.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A isn’t out until October, but this weekend there’s a Switch 2 demo at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships.

The first impressions are now rolling in, and we’ve put together some thoughts so far – starting with a ‘hands on’ from our senior video producer Zion Grassl. Although it might not be for everyone, we’re thinking the hardcore fans will be pleased with how it’s shaping up.

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I ain’t afraid of no Geist.

Everyone, we like to believe, has a made a secret list for every single console they’ve ever owned, of weird and/or experimental stuff they either want to, or wished they had, played. Sometimes you get round to them, sometimes you don’t. You know the sort of thing. For me, on GameCube specifically, things like Cubivore come to mind, and to a lesser extent Eternal Darkness and Geist. Yes, Geist! Which means “ghost” in German. Did you know that? Of course you did. Every Geisterjäger or Paranormal-Forscher worth their salz knows this stuff.

Now, Geist didn’t exactly set the world on fire when it came out, but to skip over it for its shortcomings — of which it has its fair share — is to do yourself out of a genuinely odd, unsettling and actually quite good game. And, you know what, 20 years down the line from when it originally released, it’s perhaps more intriguing than ever thanks to how differently it plays compared to many of its peers.

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Your ultimate Donkey Kong Bananza resource.

Donkey Kong Bananza is absolutely packed with things to do and see. Fortunately, we here are Nintendo Life are on hand to help with our ultimate Donkey Kong Bananza Guide.

In this guide, we’ll be running through everything you need to know about DKB and where to find every collectible, including All Banandium Gems and Discs, and every Outfit. We’ll also cover where to spend your Skill Points, and much more.

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Smooth sailing on Switch 2.

Pokémon Legends: Arceus isn’t a perfect game by any means, but that didn’t stop it from syphoning all of my free time when it launched back in 2022. This was the first time in a while where I truly felt the desire to “catch ’em all”. While Arceus still borrowed a lot from the mainline games, it did enough to make the world of Pokémon feel fresh and alive in ways the franchise previously hadn’t for many players, including myself.

Legends: Arceus isn’t an open-world game, though the zones it offered still did a solid job of making me feel immersed in the environment. Not only would you find Pokémon walking around all over the place, you could sneak up on them and toss a ball without the need for a battle. This could backfire as a Pokémon might be alerted to your presence and lay the smackdown on you. Yeah, you – the trainer. There was a sense of danger and mystery that really couldn’t be found in any previous Pokémon games.

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