Category: Nintendo

Kidney blues.

For retroheads looking to show their love for old consoles, there are plenty of retro-styled controllers available for Switch. Usually they’re limited to a livery and an old-school colour scheme on the buttons, though.

They’re often missing modern features, too. With the Warrior Bluetooth Controller, NYXI hopes to appeal to GameCube aficionados as well as people looking for a fully functional Switch pad along the lines of Nintendo’s Pro Controller.

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A saga of SaGa.

Final Fantasy. Kingdom Hearts. Mana. Dragon Quest. Chrono. Star Ocean. Valkyrie. Bravely. Square Enix has no shortage of RPG franchises under its belt, from those it’s developed in-house to beloved classics that it’s acquired over the years. But among all the space-faring action RPG and patisserie chef jobs, there’s one Square-developed franchise that manages to stand clear from the pack: SaGa.

SaGa made its mark on the world back in 1989 on the Game Boy, making it one of Square’s longest-running franchises. It’s never gained the popularity of its older cousin, yet SaGa has accumulated a die-hard following over the years for its dedication to being weird and different. Non-linear stories, ‘sparks’ and ‘glimmers,’ multiple playable protagonists, and multiple timelines are all par for the course here.

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Wandering Kamurochō.

The weekend is here folks, so it’s time to wash away the stresses of the working week and relax with some gaming.

Before we find out what we’re up to this week, however, let’s see what’s been going on in the world of Nintendo. It’s been a bit of a big week, and although we didn’t get the ‘Switch 2’ reveal that many were perhaps hoping for, Nintendo did nevertheless launch a new ‘Nintendo Music’ mobile app and the Pokémon TCG Pocket mobile game. It also revealed the release date for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete along with a surprise Switch port of Xenoblade Chronicles X.

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“Yo-Ho, Bro!”.

Nintendo often comes up with all sorts of ways to market its games and for the upcoming release Mario & Luigi: Brothership, it’s decided to release ‘A Sea Shanty’.

In this brand new adventure, the Mario brothers will set sail on ‘Shipshape Island’ (part ship, part island) as they journey the vast world of Concordia. You’ll even be launched out of Shipshape’s cannon to “visit, explore, and quest” across islands.

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Mario & Luigi, Dragon Quest and more.

We’ve made it to the second last month of the year and there’s a whole bunch of games to be excited about!

The big Nintendo release in November is Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Apart from this, Farmagia is already available, Metal Slug Tactics arrives next week and then there are plenty of other anticipated releases like Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and LEGO Horizon Adventures to look forward to.

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“Team Sonic has largely done a great job”.

Sonic X Shadow Generations launched on the Switch last week and Digital Foundry has now released its technical analysis.

In the original release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Sonic Generations ran at 880 x 720p at 30 frames per second. In the new Switch release, the game runs at 1080p and technically a “super-weird 31.5fps”. According to Digital Foundry, there’s a “constant stutter” in this particular version of the game as well.

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And he documented the full journey on TikTok.

If you cast your mind back a couple of years, you might recall a rather heartwarming story about a guy who stumbled across an “abandoned” copy of Nintendogs on a late-night train home and set out trying to find the lost pups’ owner. It was a sweet tale told in five parts by content creator and Nintendo Life reader Ben Riou-Pollard (@ben.m0v), and now, two years later, he’s only gone and done it again.

Fear not, this isn’t another story of dog abandonment, but it is one of abandoned Pokémon. You see, while hitting up a local car boot sale earlier this month, another lost game found its way into Ben’s path: a battered old copy of Pokémon Emerald. And so, naturally, we’re once again buying a ticket to another emotional rollercoaster of a TikTok series.

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“Ooh, that big tail of yours is far too tickly”.

Halloween has come and gone, which means celebrities around the globe are naturally taking to social media to try and one-up each another with their chosen costumes.

Video game outfits have become more and more popular over the years, but while many folks like to dress up as Mario, Princess Zelda, or one of a thousand different Final Fantasy characters, American rapper Doja Cat has opted for something a bit different and a bit… bouncier.

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Slay, bestie!

Saving a princess has to be the most overused trope in the fantasy playbook. If pixelated plumbers and heroes clad in green tunics have taught us anything, it’s that princesses need rescuing – right? Not if Slay the Princess has anything to say about it. In this psychological horror visual novel, you’re tasked with killing a princess to save the world – or so you’re told.

It starts with a straightforward premise: an unseen narrator calls on you to carry out a grisly murder for the greater good. But as you question the motives behind this task and mull whether to slay or spare the eponymous princess, the game reveals a surprisingly dense philosophical narrative that probes questions of perspective, autonomy, and existence.

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Who has the Baramost to say?

We are just two weeks away from Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake‘s 14th November release date and we here at Nintendo Life are excited. We’re so excited, in fact, that those of us who have been lucky enough to play the game recently got together to share what they make of the latest remake so far.

Jim (that’s me, hello!) and Alana joined our wonderful video producer, Felix, to talk all things Dragon Quest. The discussion covers a range of topics, from frustrating wild encounters to some of the catchiest music in recent memory, and you know there’s going to be a good amount of gushing about the revamped visuals, too.

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