Category: Nintendo

So THAT was the Imprisoning War…

The latest entry in Nintendo’s ‘Creator’s Voice’ Switch 2 series is here, and this week we’re taking a deep dive into Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

Koei Tecmo’s Ryota Matsushita and Yosuke Hayashi shine the light on the studio’s upcoming fighter, promising that the game will not only “depict the battles of the Imprisoning War via a Warriors game,” but also show “life in the kingdom of Hyrule after Princess Zelda is sent back in time”.

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All performance modes have also been detailed.

Shin’en Multimedia’s FAST Fusion is set to be a true visual highlight when it launches on the Nintendo Switch 2 day one on 5th June 2025. Like its predecessor, FAST RMX, Fusion looks to take full advantage of the new hardware’s capabilities to produce blistering performance at the highest resolution possible.

Before we get into the nitty gritty of the specs, however, we can confirm that FAST Fusion will have a total of 12 tracks at launch spread over four cups. This is a bit of a drop from what RMX offered, but keep in mind that a large chunk of those tracks were taken from FAST Racing Neo, with RMX producing just 6 new courses.

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Samsung is also pushing for an OLED refresh, it’s claimed.

A new report from Bloomberg reveals Nintendo has called on Samsung to “produce the main chips” for the Switch 2 and potentially “ramp up production” if needed. According to the source, this move could allow Nintendo’s next-generation system to sell a “higher-than-projected 20 million units by March 2026”.

The report goes on to mention how “people familiar with the matter” say the Korean tech giant is now working on a “customized chip or processor designed by Nvidia Corp for the Switch 2 using its 8-nanometer node” and “production pace should be fast enough for Nintendo to ship more than 20 million units of the console by March next year”.

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Kid Icarus returns.

The Nintendo Music app has been pumping out all sorts of soundtracks so far this year and following a Pokémon update last week, we’re now jumping back to the glory days of the NES with the original Kid Icarus game.

This album, as you might expect, is a lot smaller than the previous update – with just 12 tracks and a total runtime of 13 minutes. Here’s the full list of songs including bangers like “Stage 1” and “Reaper’s Theme”:

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SAG-AFTRA hits back.

Voice acting union SAG-AFTRA has filed an unfair labour practice charge against Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, and Llama Productions, the game’s signatory company, for using an AI-generated voice of James Earl Jones to portray Darth Vader in-game.

In a statement posted on its website (via gamesindustry.biz), SAG-AFTRA says it “celebrate the right of our members and their estates to control the use of their digital replicas and welcome the use of new technologies”, however, its issue lies with Epic Games and Llama Productions’ choice to “replace the work of human performers with A.I. technology.”

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The very best Switch 2 games coming soon.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is finally (almost) here, and a new console means a whole new slate of exciting video games. Nintendo’s next generation of hardware is coming out of the gate strong with an incredible 23 launch games, among which includes long-awaited ports such as Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition and Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut, alongside the titanic Nintendo first-party launch game in Mario Kart World.

Beyond that, there’s plenty of juicy games coming to the Switch 2, including Donkey Kong’s big, brand new game, a new Hyrule Warriors game, and a FromSoftware exclusive in 2026. And we’re sure Nintendo has more and more to announce as we go through the year — so we’ll be keeping this list as up to date as possible

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Good vibrations.

If you have ever lost one of your Switch 1 Joy-Con, there’s every chance that you will have seen the ‘Search for Controllers’ feature in action. This menu in the ‘Controller’ settings lets you select any paired controller that you know is in the room somewhere, and make it vibrate, so you can track it down in a pocket, down the back of the sofa, or accidentally left in the fridge when you got up to grab a mid-game snack.

Switch 2 boasts a similar feature, but, with the introduction of HD Rumble 2, it makes the controllers even easier to track down. That’s because the new Joy-Con can now output sound at a pretty impressive volume, all through the magic of vibrations.

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But don’t get your hopes up.

Nintendo always seems to renew its trademarks at the juiciest of times. While these renewals are rarely anything to get excited about, a little bit of speculation never hurts. Especially with a new console looming.

As brought to our attention on BlueSky by @Stealth40k, Nintendo has today renewed the trademarks for the Wii’s Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and the DS’ Metroid Prime: Hunters. With Prime Remastered making a surprise appearance on Switch back in 2023 and Prime 4 set to land on Switch 2 at some point this year, it’s only natural to let a little bit of excitement take hold when two more series additions are mentioned in the same breath, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.

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“It doesn’t take itself too seriously… the inspiration is basically my life”.

At PAX East, we had a chance to sit down with the lively Nico Papalia and Top Hat Studios – developer of Athenian Rhapsody, and its newly-announced prequel, Tales of Tuscany (releasing on “whatever you play games on,” including Switch, in 2026).

We wanted to learn a bit more about what inspired such a mad-cap universe, and where the WarioWare / EarthBound / Pokémon-esque ideas all stemmed from. While it was a bit of a challenge to talk over the raucous laughter coming from the crowd gathered at the demo booth, we managed to get an inside glimpse at Papalia’s surprising backstory and his work on both games.

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Issue #24 – May 2025.

Assuming the postie doesn’t deprive us on launch day, we’re less than three weeks away from having a brand new Nintendo console in our hands! This 24th edition of the Nintendo Life Mailbox will be the final spread with the original Switch as Nintendo’s flagship console!

Yes, we’ve been rifling through our inbox and publishing select contents in our monthly letters page for a whole two years now, and we’ll be back next month with an entirely different console sitting on the desk. And, presumably, a whole pile of Switch 2-related correspondence to sort through.

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