Category: Nintendo

Virtual dreams.

It’s time to talk trademarks again, as Nintendo of America has had a new filing for ‘Virtual Console’ bumped up to the pending phase. But let’s be clear right from the jump, it probably doesn’t mean what you’re thinking.

As brought to our attention by @MikeOdysseyYT on X, the trademark was initially submitted on 21st April 2025, and got boosted up to the pending phase last week on 17th October. The application pertains to two different goods and services classes: IC 009 for “Recorded electronic game programs; downloadable electronic game programs; recorded video game programs” and the like, and IC 041 for “Providing non-downloadable online electronic publications, namely online journals and interactive online blogs featuring user generated or specified content in the field of video games and online publications in the nature of e-books in the field of video games” amongst other things.

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Never released in the US of A!

“Among the finest action role-playing titles ever crafted, possibly even the finest, and a game that absolutely no RPG fan should miss.”

This quote, from our 2009 review of the 1995 action-RPG, Terranigma, should give you some idea of just how highly we regard the third slice of what’s known as the “Gaia Trilogy” — that’s Illusion of Gaia, Soul Blazer and then this bad boy — all developed by Quintet.

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Can you see it now?

Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo has received a small software update; it’s first since March 2025.

When we say small, we really mean it. There are only two notes for this one, the latter of which provides that which we all desire in our Nintendo products: stability. Good ol’ fashioned stability. Gotta love it.

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Issue #29 – October 2025.

We’re deep into October now, which means it’s time to open up the Nintendo Life Mailbox and see what word-based packages you’ve been sending our way this month.

Got something you want to get off your chest? We’re ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings. Each month we’ll highlight a Star Letter, the writer of which will receive a month’s subscription to our ad-free Supporter scheme. Check out the submission guidelines at the bottom of this page.

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Pika-who?

Welcome back, one and all, to this week’s edition of Box Art Brawl!

It was the NSO newbie Fatal Fury Special that got put under the microscope last time, as we matched up two covers for this SNES brawler. Overall, it was a pretty one-sided fight. The colourful Japanese variant walked away with 68% of the vote, leaving the North American design with 32%.

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Sega celebrated the ‘Year of Shadow’ in 2024.

Last year, Sega ran a year-long campaign for Shadow the Hedgehog that lined up with the release of Sonic X Shadow Generations and the introduction of the “Ultimate Lifeform” in the live-action Sonic movies.

This was generally well-received by Sonic fans, and it’s now led to some discussion about how Sega could potentially recreate this magic with other Sonic the Hedgehog characters in the future. Speaking in a recent interview, Sonic Team boss Takashi Iizuka said he would like to continue this trend by spotlighting a different character. Characters in the next movie will apparently play an active role in this.

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“Elevating authenticity to truly global heights”.

The Football Manager series has signed a “multi-year partnership” with the global football governing body FIFA.

This deal will bring official licenses from FIFA’s competitions to the long-running football management series by Sports Interactive. This will include the upcoming FIFA World Cup 26, which will be held in Canada, Mexico and the USA next year.

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Don’t miss it.

Last week, Dragon Ball fans got quite a shock when it was announced Bandai Namco would be rolling out a new update for Dragon Ball FighterZ, with an additional DLC character scheduled to follow this in Spring 2026.

If this wasn’t already enough excitement, the official Dragon Ball Games social media account has now confirmed a new “Dragon Ball game project” will be revealed in January 2026. This announcement will take place at the Dragon Ball Genkidamatsuri event in Japan, as part of the series’ 40th anniversary celebrations.

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The A to Zs of Pokémon Legends, right here.

Welcome to our Pokémon Legends: Z-A walkthrough hub, and to Lumiose City! You’ll be spending a lot of time in this Paris-inspired town in Kalos, so let’s settle in. As the second game bearing the Legends moniker, Z-A is decidedly different from the mainline ‘Generational’ games — but it’s even a big step forward from Arceus.

It’s a good time, and in our 7/10 review of the Switch 2 version, we lavished praise on the new real-time battle system, but found that setting the action in a single city was constricting.

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Or, do you even play NES games?

The NES — specifically the Nintendo Entertainment System, not the Famicom — turns 40 today.

The console’s staggered rollout across the US makes its launch a bittier affair than the orchestrated, worldwide drops we’re used to these days. But four decades ago, the first units were purchased in the United States and Western gamers began playing with power.

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