Go on, tell us.
Luigi makes a spooky return this week in Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD for the Nintendo Switch. The reviews are already rolling in and so far they’ve been quite positive.
In our review here on Nintendo Life, we gave the game a “great” score of 8 out of 10, calling it the best way to play the game as of 2024, but also felt it could have maybe included some extra content to make it a little more appealing for returning players.
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“When you play it, you feel connected, not judged”.
Developer Witch Beam isn’t ready to rest on its laurels. After creating two wildly different games — the twin-stick shooter Assault Android Cactus and the BAFTA award-winning, heartfelt puzzler Unpacking — it’s ready to move back to the outside and go with something even more relaxing.
We were tapping our foot the whole way through the trailer for the Brisbane-based studio’s third title, Tempopo. Combining music with the outside world, the game sees Hana — a young magical girl living in the clouds — restoring her musical garden of flowers. All of her Tempopo creatures have magical abilities and are bursting with personality, but only Hana can tell them where to go and guide them along the right path.
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Ghost-catching tomfoolery.
Would you believe it, there’s yet another major Switch release just on the horizon, with Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD launching this week on 27th June 2024.
All told, it seems as though this one is exactly what you’d expect it to be: an HD upgrade of a 3DS game on Switch. As such, many fans have understandably questioned the game’s price tag when compared to something like Metroid Prime Remastered. Still, it seems like it might still be worth checking out if you’re after more Luigi’s Mansion.
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School is in session.
PM Studios and Pathea have announced that the ‘chaotic and colourful’ management sim Let’s School will be launching for the Nintendo Switch on 16th July 2024.
With gameplay reminiscent of Theme Hospital and Two Point Campus, Let’s School sees you building your very own educational institution, with tasks involving the hiring (and firing) of teachers, creating curriculum, stylising your building with flora and decorations, and catching students before they accidentally set the school on fire.
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In for a penny, in for a pand.
Developer Game Freak has been known to dabble in projects outside of the Pokémon franchise, producing the likes of the excellent Pocket Card Jockey and Little Town Hero, and now it’s just launched a new mobile game called Pand Land (thanks, Siliconera). If you remember, the company filed trademarks for the title at the start of the year, but we weren’t too sure what it was all about at the time.
Although there’s no word on a worldside release at the time of writing, Pand Land is available via Android and iOS in Japan. Described as a casual marine adventure RPG, you travel the lands with your crew to collect various bits of treasure. Boasting some rather charming voxel-based visuals, you’ll also explore dangerous dungeons and can tackle the game either on your own or with friends.
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“We’re committed to upholding the integrity of the Pokémon TCG”.
If you keep up with developments in The Pokémon Trading Card Game scene, you might have heard about a recent ‘Illustration Contest’ where select entrants were accused of submitting AI-generated work.
This has caused quite a stir within the community and now The Pokémon Company has come forward with an official statement explaining how it’s committed to “upholding the integrity” of this contest, and entrants in violation of the rules have been immediately disqualified.
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Unlock a new theme later this week.
Nintendo has announced a new Tetris 99 crossover event adding a new theme based on its online battle royale racer F-Zero 99.
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Sales are down 17% compared to last year.
GSD, via GamesIndustry.biz, has shared the latest sales data for the video game market across Europe in May 2024, and it looks to have been a quiet month. So quiet, in fact, that the entire top ten failed to sell as many copies as May 2023’s highly-anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Across physical and digital data from the major European markets (excluding Nintendo which doesn’t share digital figures), Game sales dropped 17% in May 2024, compared to the same period last year. That’s still 11.6 million game sales.
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Rumble bumbled.
The Super Monkey Ball franchise has experienced its fair share of peaks and troughs over the years. The first two GameCube titles knocked it out of the park, providing a plethora of content from the addictive maze-like main stages to the incredible minigames. Since then, however, the series has seemingly been unable to reach the same heights, either content to take one step forward and two steps back, or otherwise completely fumbling the (monkey) ball altogether.
After Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania instilled a smidgen of confidence with its commendable restoration of Super Monkey Ball 1 and 2, Sega is back with a brand-new entry in the form of Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble. However, in keeping with franchise tradition, it’s yet another game that just can’t quite hit the home run, combining a solid single-player experience with a bunch of multiplayer modes that, frankly, aren’t worth the price of admission or the time investment.
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Wait… what..?
A new report from Gfinity eSports has suggested that retailer GAME will soon be ending in-store sales of physical games and hardware.
According to sources close to GAME, the firm will instead operate a ‘pre-order only’ policy regarding its in-store stock. This means that if you want to head into your local GAME store to pick up the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom or Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, you’ll need to ensure you’ve either pre-ordered a copy first or purchased online for delivery to the store.
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