Category: Nintendo

Here’s a closer look.

Good Smile Company’s new Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Link figma has finally locked in a 2025 release date. Pre-orders have also gone live alongside this announcement.

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“Save up to 40%” in this new eShop deal.

One common response to the arrival of Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown on the Switch was to wait until a sale. And now, just months after its release, this slick and stylish “must-play” has received a 40% price cut on the eShop in the US and Canada.

As highlighted by Nintendo of America, this reduces the digital price of the 2.5D platformer from $49.99 to just $29.99. You can also save some money on the digital deluxe edition (featuring some in-game content and more), which is now $35.99 instead of $59.99. This sale runs until 1st April. If we hear anything about a sale in other regions, we’ll let you know.

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Thursday is the new Friday in the US.

When Nintendo confirmed the release dates of some upcoming Switch games recently, certain eagle-eyed fans noted how as of the next financial year, the company would seemingly be shifting release dates from Friday to Thursday in the US.

So far, this includes the launch dates for Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (23 May 2024) and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (27 June 2024), and also Endless Ocean: Luminous (2 May 2024). Before now, games like Another Code: Recollection, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and this week’s upcoming release Princess Peach: Showtime! have all been scheduled for Friday.

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Bundles of joy.

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Switch is many a gamer’s go-to console for revisiting retro classics, at home on the TV, or wherever you happen to take the handheld hybrid. Squeezing in nostalgia trips between the big new releases has never been easier, and there have been a host of exceptional collections and compilation packages on Nintendo’s system that bring together bundles of retro games, often with new features, bells and whistles.

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We’re so back.

It’s been a hot minute since we last saw a music video from the talented musicians of Splatsville, but now Nintendo has released a new piece titled ‘We’re So Back’ from Splatoon 3, and it’s a doozy.

Well, it’s a doozy if you’re into this sort of thing. For everybody else, it could well be two and a half minutes of pure confusion. Any and all reactions are perfectly valid! Either way, it’s a pretty cool little comeback for Pearl and Marina, who mostly featured in Splatoon 2 before being largely replaced by the band ‘Deep Cut’ in the third entry.

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Can we fix it?

Publisher astragon Entertainment has laid the groundwork and is ready to start putting the foundations in for Construction Simulator 4, which will be heading to Switch on 28th May.

This will be the first time that the series has popped up on Switch, though we’re sure that you can imagine what it might entail, all the same. Would you believe us if we said that there was construction? Well, you better, because there’s a lot of it.

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First class.

With the games industry rife with layoffs and studio closures in recent months, it’s nice to come across something that actually celebrates our wonderful medium. Over in New Zealand, NZ Post has tipped its cap to the country’s burgeoning game developers with a selection of stamps and collectibles.

The games in question here are Dredge, Into the Dead, Mini Metro, Depth, and Bloons TD 6. All were developed at studios in New Zealand and are now featured on official stamps, cards, collectibles pins, and more. How cool!

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Issue #10 – March 2024.

Welcome back as we rifle, once again, through the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It’s March, and around these parts we’re wading through a deluge of fantastic games (and the weekly eShop cack) while we await Princess Peach‘s upcoming solo Switch performance with great anticipation.

Let’s put our Switches down for a moment, though, as it’s time for our monthly letters page feature. Got something you want to get off your chest? We’re ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings.

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Tee time.

We’re teeing off another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Before we do so, however, let’s take a look at what happened on the last hole. It was a par three as we matched up a trio of covers for Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. Unfortunately, some strong winds seemed to blow things firmly in the favour of North America, whose bright cover took 75% of the vote, leaving the Japanese and South Korean variants to putt 14% and 10% respectively.

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With a rousing soundtrack from Takeshi Furukawa.

During Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase last November, publisher Thunderful and indie developer Wishfully announced they would be bringing the cinematic puzzle adventure Planet of Lana to the Nintendo Switch this Spring.

In an update this week, it’s now been confirmed the title will be released for Switch and PlayStation on 16th April 2024.

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