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Feature: Nintendo Life eShop Selects – March 2022

The best of the last month’s eShop games! This year is certainly moving along, and as we head into Spring (for you Northern Hemisphere readers) we can reflect on more excellent recent eShop titles. This month’s voting in the team was intriguing, and we’ve been left with three excellent games. These awards aim to celebrate […]

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Save On Sonic, Persona And More In The Sega / Atlus Switch & 3DS eShop Spring Sale (North America)

Sale ends April 17th. There’s a massive Sega Spring Sale currently taking place on the Nintendo Switch and 3DS eShop in North America. If there’s a game you’ve been holding out for, or you just want to buy everything on the 3DS digital store while you still can, now is a great time to see […]

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Smash-Style Brawler Rivals Of Aether Is Getting A Sequel With 3D Graphics, Launching In 2024

Dungeons of Aether also announced. If you were a fan of Dan Fornace’s Smash-like 2D fighter Rivals of Aether, you might want to keep an eye out for Aether Studios’ next project Rivals 2. It’s a 3D-style sequel to the original game and is currently targeting a 2024 release. At the moment, no systems have […]

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City Connection Announces Multiple ‘Saturn Tribute X Taito’ Releases For Nintendo Switch eShop

Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute arrives 28th April. Japanese publisher City Connection has announced it will be bringing Layer Section & Galactic Attack S-Tribute to the Nintendo Switch eShop and multiple other platforms on 28th April. It follows on from a rating earlier this year in February. Layer Section is a 1995 home console […]

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Kirby And The Forgotten Land Is Apparently Japan’s “Biggest” Kirby Launch Ever

It’s outperformed Kirby Super Star Ultra on DS. Earlier this week, we found out Kirby and the Forgotten Land had become the biggest Kirby launch ever in the UK. Now, in related news – the game has been crowned the “biggest” Kirby launch in Japan. As highlighted in Japan’s Famitsu sales charts this week, the […]

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Mini Review: A Memoir Blue – Annapurna’s Latest Is Short But Just Not Sweet Enough

Front crawl, back stroke, ego stroke. We’d be lying if we pretended we hadn’t experienced impressive games published by Annapurna Interactive in the past; What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, and Sayonara Wild Hearts are just scratching the surface of the critically acclaimed titles that have passed through their avowed art-game doors. The hit […]

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Mutant Mudds Dev Announces New “Casual Online Party Game” For Switch, Supports Up To 13 Players

Atooi unleashes Run Box Run in 2022. Mutant Mudds and Hatch Tales developer Atooi yesterday announced it would be releasing a brand new “casual online party game experience” for the Nintendo Switch. Don’t worry, it’s not an April Fools joke. Read the full article on nintendolife.com

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Guide: Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers

Workin’ the Z-axis. Updated with new entries. Enjoy! Ah, the 3D platformer. Ever since Super Mario 64 landed and showed everyone just how good three-dimensional platforming could be there have been developers hoping to capture just a smidgen of that game’s magic. It was a tough act to follow, even for the plumber himself, but […]

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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 2nd)

It’s April already?! It’s the weekend – hooray! We hope you’ve all managed to get through April Fools’ Day in one piece. It’s been another week of bombshells, with possibly the biggest news being something we all *kinda* expected but didn’t want to admit, and that’s the news of Breath of the Wild 2 being […]