Category: Nintendo

Pay it, keep it.

if you’ve been waiting for a feature-complete version of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp for mobile, then you’re in luck, because Nintendo has finally answered your prayers with a paid version of the popular mobile game.

Available now for a discounted price of $9.99 / £8.99, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete removes all monetisation that was present in the previous version of the game, allowing you to unlock everything via in-game progression. After 31st January 2025, the price of the game will double to $19.99 / £17.99, so don’t faff around if you’re itching to download it.

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Bro, c’mon.

If you’re anything like us, then chances are you’ve played Super Mario Galaxy to death. After all, even 17 years (!) after its release on the Wii, it’s still considered to be one of, if not the best 3D Mario game.

When completing some of the tasks in the game, we have to admit that once that irresistible Power Star pops up, we tend to leg it over and grab it as soon as humanly possible. We wouldn’t want to risk wandering off and potentially dying now, would we?

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Croc, Antonblast, Legacy of Kain and much more!

Well, this is it – the final month of 2024 and we’re going out with a bang (or rather blast) starting with Antonblast and games like Square Enix’s FANTASIAN Neo Dimension.

Just days later you can look forward to some classics including RollerCoaster Tycoon and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered, as well as the retro platformer Croc which is also getting a revival at some point this month.

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Our picks for the best eShop games in November.

What do you do on the 1st of December? Put up the Christmas tree? Open the first door of your Advent Calendar? Or have a browse at the most recent eShop Selects? Of course, it’s the latter!

We’re looking back at November before we hit the holidays, and while those in North America may be recovering from overindulgence at Thanksgiving, we hope everyone can find something they want to play over the festive period. As always, this list of games is voted for by Nintendo Life staff and contributors — they pick their top three from the eShop games we’ve reviewed, and you’ll see the results below.

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New games for a new year.

Can you believe we’ve come to the end of yet another year? Yes, 2024’s almost over, so join us as we take a look at the games finishing off the Switch’s release schedule for the year – and those that will be waiting for us as we leap into 2025.

We’ve been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail over the next few weeks, including some highlights picked by us as well as lots of other games and accessories that are launching soon. Have a browse through and see if anything takes your fancy.

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Fixes, improvements and a sales update.

The Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed developers are still releasing new updates for the game and the second major one has now arrived.

This “second patch” for the game fixes some issues and also makes various improvements to the game. Most notably there is a fix tied to “extra content movies” not unlocking correctly. Here’s the full rundown via the official Steam game page:

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Highlighting the “story of Shadow & Maria”.

We already know Sonic 3 movie director Jeff Fowler has a special connection with Shadow the Hedgehog, and now ahead of the third movie’s launch this month, he’s taken to social media to show off the “first piece of concept art” created for the latest outing.

As mentioned (spoiler warning), it shows an emotional moment between Shadow and Maria – with the third outing highlighting “one of the most important in the entire Sonic Universe”.

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A chat with Simogo.

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.

You let this curiosity afford you a few steps deeper. You reach up a tip-toe’s distance to that possibly glowing book, then hesitantly pull on its spine. You find that it’s heavy. It flops down and you catch it with your other arm. The book, now sprawled open, reveals the following:

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Monkeying around.

The weekend is here, which means it’s time to relax and dive into a few games after what has no doubt been another busy, busy week. Before we do, however, let’s recap some of the week’s biggest stories.

First up, it was revealed that Tencent would be bringing an end to online services for the Nintendo Switch in China in 2026. Just one more reason for folks in the region to import their consoles, right? Nintendo has also officially placed Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom into the franchise’s wider timeline. Very important stuff, we’re sure you’ll agree.

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It apparently wasn’t suitable for the LEGO brand.

The LEGO video games have tapped all sorts of IP over the years, but one project that never did see the light of day was a James Bond entry.

TT Games was at one point working on its own brick-based spin-off of the 007 franchise and now footage of this pitch has surfaced online. It shows the famous agent in many iconic scenes facing off against characters like Oddjob and Jaws, driving a variety of different vehicles and utilising all sorts of gadgets.

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