Category: Nintendo

Chips ahoy.

Well folks, part of us had hoped that 2025 would mark the end of leaks and rumours regarding the upcoming ‘Switch 2’, but apparently not. Ahead of Nintendo’s expected announcement before the end of March, new images have appeared online that seem to reveal the successor’s motherboard.

Posted on Reddit by MHN1994 (who has since stated that they are not the original leaker and had actually found the images on Facebook), the post’s legitimacy is certainly up for debate (though many have rightly pointed out the comparisons to a previous leak showcasing alleged prototype components of the Switch 2), but the internet has gone wild with speculation on what this means for the upcoming console regardless.

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Back from the dead this March.

The Lazy Bear Games and tinyBuild Switch eShop release Graveyard Keeper appears to be finally getting a physical release on Nintendo’s hybrid platform.

According to some new listings on sites like Amazon, the Stardew-style and graveyard management sim title will score a hard copy release in March 2025 with Atari seemingly handling the publishing. It also happens to be the ‘Undead Edition’ including the ‘Breaking Dead’, ‘Game of Crone’ and ‘Stranger Sins’ DLC packs.

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Hideki Kamiya chimes in with a New Year message.

Capcom delivered some huge news at the Game Awards last year – announcing a sequel to the legendary action-adventure game Okami was in development.

It’s being helmed by the original game’s director Hideki Kamiya (Devil May Cry, Bayonetta) and while he’s already shared a message, he’s now released another one as we enter 2025 – touching on the establishment of the new studio (Clovers) and sequel project.

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Including what it’s making for Nintendo’s new hardware.

Ahead of the Switch “successor” reveal, a bunch of video game accessory companies have reportedly been sharing all sorts of details about this next-generation hardware.

With this in mind, accessory maker Genki (which has released multiple products during the Switch generation) has announced it’s apparently happy to discuss “any Switch 2 info” at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show, including the products it’s making for the new system.

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A chat with Simogo.

Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in November. Enjoy!

You walk into a poorly lit, seemingly empty hotel. In desperate need of someone to speak to, you hesitantly wander just a single room farther from the entrance, down a serene walkway. You are funnelled into a similarly poorly lit library. You’re second-guessing why you are in this hotel, and why it even has a library, yet your eye is strangely caught by a particular book among the busy shelves.

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57 games with big birthdays this year.

Throughout 2025, many of gaming’s most treasured gems will be celebrating a significant birthday and to remind you of some of the biggest (and of just how old you are!), we’ve compiled this list of nearly 60 gaming dates for your calendars.

What do we mean by ‘significant’ birthdays? Anything that ends in a five or a zero – fairly standard stuff. 10 years is the minimum for the list below (and believe us, compiling this list had us gawping in disbelief multiple times at five-year-old games which feel like they launched six months ago – Hades cannot be five this year!) and you’ll see a few games that will be heading into their fifth decade sometime in 2025.

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A sit-down with the creator of My Summer Vacation & Attack of the Friday Monsters.

Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in September. Enjoy!

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, summer has come to an end. Fortunately, through the magic of video games — and the video games created by one man in particular — it’s never too late to take a little summer holiday…

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The best new Nintendo Switch games coming soon.

Looking for the best new Nintendo Switch games releasing soon? Even in its twilight years, Nintendo’s hybrid console is delivering, but next year could well be ushering in the successor. That doesn’t mean the Switch is being left behind in 2025, though.

2024 was a quieter year for Nintendo, but it was still a busy one for the Switch. 2025 is already looking extremely healthy — we’ll be kicking the year off with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, with a Wii U favourite in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition filling out the first quarter nicely. 2025 should also give us a brand new Pokémon game in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. But, most importantly, the long-awaited Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is due to land in 2025.

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Twenty-twenty-thrive.

Good news, everyone! Having successfully beaten 2024, you’re all advancing to the next stage: Happy 2025!

With Switch entering its ninth year come the start of March, and a reveal of its successor promised sometime between now and the end of that month, there’s an awful lot to look forward to whether you’re a die-hard Nintendo fan or someone who swings by for the big Zelda and Mario games.

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The holiday pickups.

The final full week of 2024 has been and gone, and by the time you’re reading this, it might even be 2025 where you are — hello from the past!

Anyway, in the UK, we’ve got the final full 2024 results for the boxed charts, and it’s another solid and predictable week for… well, everyone. While the top ten isn’t as healthy as it was last week for Switch games, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has managed to hold firm in fourth, alongside Super Mario Party Jamboree in fifth.

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