Category: Nintendo

Please wrap it up.

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Jim’s reliving Splatoon 3’s epic climax…

I was a latecomer to the Splatoon series. If you had asked me three years ago what my favourite Turf War stage is, the 45 minutes I had spent with Splatoon 2 might have been able to cough up “the boat one” at a push, but that’s only if I was really firing on all cylinders. The Inklings freaked me out, the motion controls made me dizzy, and it was all too fast for my little brain to handle. But then Splatoon 3 came along and stole my heart.

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Yep, even more.

Hot on the heels of last week’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder bundle in Australia, Nintendo has announced two new Switch bundles which include Mario Kart 8: Deluxe and 12 months of Nintendo Switch Online Individual Membership.

Due out early this fall — so probably sometime next month — the bundles will include a digital download code for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the aforementioned 12 Months of NSO, and either an OLED or a regular Switch model. It’s not confirmed whether the DLC is included

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So long, and thanks for all the squids.

Update : After a whopping 72 hours of end-to-end splatting, Splatoon 3‘s Grand Festival Splatfest has found its champion.

Team Past walked away with the win in this one, pulling in an impressive 500p which left it head and shoulders above the competition. Team Present landed in second place with 370p, while Team Future brought up the rear with 0p.

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Every Power Rangers game, as ranked by you.

Go, Go Nintendo Lifers! It’s Morphin Time, folks, because we’re about to run through the very best Power Rangers games on Nintendo systems as ranked by you lovely lot.

If you grew up on any console from the SNES to the Switch, then the chances are that you will have stumbled across a Power Rangers game at some point. For a brief spell in the early 2000s, these games were churned out on a yearly basis, with fresh faces adorning the box art to correspond to whatever series happened to be out at the time.

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Issue #16 – September 2024.

Are we back? We’re back.

Yes, it’s time for another round of correspondents’ correspondence as we open up the Nintendo Life Mailbox.

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A duel of dual spirits.

Hello folks, we’re back once again for another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we get started, let’s take a look back at how things played out last week. We checked out the GameCube classic Pokémon Colosseum, originally released in Japan in 2003 before making its way West in 2004. All three covers were admittedly pretty similar, so the scores here were relatively even. In fact, things ended in a draw between North America and Europe, both of which scored 37% of the vote.

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Courtesy of Dark Horse.

Square Enix’s Bravely Default series is absolutely stunning to look at, so you might be pleased to hear the art book based on the Switch release is now on its way to the West.

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Bluetooth and Hall Effect sticks!

8BitDo’s latest mod kit will enable GameCube fans to transform their trusty wired pads into fancy wireless versions, complete with Hall Effect sticks and triggers.

For $26, the kit upgrades your GameCube pad so it can be used with the 8BitDo GC Retro Receiver, giving you a Bluetooth connection for wireless play.

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A classic, continued.

It’s fair to say that Gimmick! 2 was a sequel not on many people’s bingo cards before its surprise announcement in June 2024. Its 1992 predecessor, a retro gem and Sunsoft’s take on a mascot platformer, enjoys a cult reputation as one of the rarest games for the Famicom/NES owing to its limited release in Japan and, oddly enough, Sweden.

It certainly made an impression on Gothenburg-based Bitwave Games, the studio behind 2022’s Gimmick! Special Edition — a rerelease of the notoriously difficult original for modern consoles — and its unlikely sequel. Not only is the story behind the IP’s revival an interesting one, but we’re happy to report that Gimmick 2 lives up to and arguably outshines its 8-bit forbearer.

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You’re going to take ME for a ride?

It’s finally the weekend, and we’re ready to chill out with a spot of gaming. Before we get into our plans, however, let’s take a look at what happened in the world of Nintendo this week.

It was a big one for PlayStation news, weirdly, as we speculated on ‘Switch 2’ pricing after Sony revealed the £700 PS5 Pro. We also delved into Astro Bot (another non-tendo release) as we looked at the fan reaction to its Mario inspiration.

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