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Zelda: BOTW Sequel Might Give Off Majora's Mask Vibes, But It Is “Its Own Game”

What makes it so “unique” will be revealed in time… Since the reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2, it’s drawn comparisons to cult hit N64 title, Majora’s Mask. This entry, dating back to the year…

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Tetris 99 Charges Into Battle With A Brand New Miitopia Theme

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Unlock it this weekend! If you’re in need of a break from Pac-Man 99 and Super Bomberman R Online, why not return to Tetris 99 this weekend? Read the full article on nintendolife.com Continue Reading at Source.…

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Nintendo's Direct “Dominated” E3 2021, Peaking At 3.1 Million Viewers

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The real winner. When E3 is done, the discussion normally turns to who ‘won’ it. The general consensus this year seems to be Nintendo and Microsoft put on the best shows, but there are plenty of other takes on the…

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Round Up: The Switch Games Revealed During Nintendo Japan's E3 2021 Direct

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Trailers inside. When it comes to Direct presentations, Nintendo has a habit of slightly changing the broadcast depending on the region. Japan normally gets some different announcements and at the company’s E3 Direct, it was no different. While we’ve already…

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Random: SNES Hacker Working On Widescreen Support For Super Mario World

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Doing what Nintendon’t. As much as we appreciate Nintendo’s efforts with the Switch Online SNES and NES service, these games are for most parts basic emulations of the original classics. While there are some enhancements, we’re still stuck with a…

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Random: F-Zero Is Already Being Recreated In Game Builder Garage

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Will join Excitebike, EarthBound and more… Nobody was entirely sure about the potential of Game Builder Garage prior to its release, but now that it’s in the hands of the Nintendo community, we’re seeing all sorts of amazing creations. Some…

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Two New FMV Games Are Coming To Switch

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Night Book and Deathtrap Dungeon. What year is it? Between Telling Lies, Her Story, Erica, Bandersnatch, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, The Bunker, and that remake of Night Trap, you might be wondering whether FMV games are making a…

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It's Bidoof's Time To Shine In The Newest Pokémon GO Event

10 hours ago Nintendo Life

Best boi. Bidoof is love, and Bidoof is life. It is a testament to Nintendo and Niantic that they’ve responded so well to the toothy boi becoming a surprise meme hit, including a rather fantastic Bidoof fancam on April Fool’s…

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'My Summer Vacation', By The Makers Of 'Attack Of The Friday Monsters', Is Getting An English Translation

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A big win for fans of pastoral Japan. If you thought it was hard to follow the progression of the Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons schism, get ready for this. The short version of this story is that a video game…

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Guide: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2: Everything We Know So Far

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We collect every shred of information on the upcoming Zelda sequel. Polishing off the last few shrines and giving Calamity Ganon what-for in the final battle of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was a bittersweet act. After…

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Talking Point: Nintendo Delivered An Excellent E3 Direct For Fans Old And New

15 hours ago Nintendo Life

Big franchises and overdue comebacks. The dust has settled on the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct; the big N stuck to its usual approach ever since the ‘Digital Event’ days, of approximately 40 minutes and plenty of announcements. On this occasion,…

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Reminder: Team17's Switch Sale Ends Today, Up To 90% Off (North America)

16 hours ago Nintendo Life

Yooka-Laylee, Overcooked, Worms, more! Update: As a quick reminder, Team17’s current Switch eShop sale is about to come to an end. All deals listed below will end at 11:59pm Pacific time tonight. Original Article (Fri 28th May, 2021 17:00 BST):…

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Video: Catch Up On All The E3 2021 Nintendo Treehouse Live Demonstrations

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Metroid Dread! Advance Wars! WarioWare! More! Though most of the focus on 15th June fell upon the E3 Nintendo Direct, there were a number of hours of Treehouse demonstrations that followed. These gave some relatively detailed looks at a number…

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Metroid Dread amiibo Functionality Revealed

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Both figures can be used once per day. Alongside the excellent news that Metroid Dread is blasting onto Nintendo Switch this October, yesterday’s Nintendo Direct also revealed the existence of two brand new Metroid amiibo – a new Samus figure…

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“Important” Pokémon UNITE News Will Be Shared Tomorrow

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What will it be? The Pokémon Company has teased an “important” news update for Pokémon UNITE, the upcoming online battle game headed to Switch and mobile. The news will be shared tomorrow, 17th June. The announcement was made on social…

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Round Up: Here's What Was Revealed In Nintendo Direct E3 2021

19 hours ago Nintendo Life

Some absolute beauties. The Nintendo Direct E3 was certainly full of big reveals, including some classic games remastered or emerging after years of delayed development. It also filled out the year of games on Switch, ensuring we’ll have a lot…

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Retro: Remember The First Time Nintendo Did A Zelda Game & Watch?

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Jump back into 1989… Yesterday, Nintendo lifted the lid on the one and seemingly only attempt to mark the 35th birthday of its Zelda franchise: a Game & Watch system which includes the two NES outings, as well as Link’s…

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Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Expansion Pass Kicks Off This Week

19 hours ago Nintendo Life

Wave 1 – Pulse of the Ancients lands soon. The Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Expansion Pass finally goes beyond pre-order bonuses this week, with Nintendo pitching the add-on towards the end of its E3 Direct. Wave 1 – Pulse…

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Astria Ascending Gets A Release Date And Stylish New Trailer

20 hours ago Nintendo Life

Meet The Fated Eight. Astria Ascending is certainly a JRPG that we’re looking forward to tackling, with developer Artisan Studios including some industry and genre luminaries that will hopefully result in a terrific game. We spoke to some of these…

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Nintendo's Digital Deals Sale Is Now Live, Up To 75% Off Hundreds Of Switch Games

20 hours ago Nintendo Life

Europe and North America included. Nintendo has kicked off a mighty Digital Deals sale on the Switch eShop across Europe and North America, discounting plenty of its own major releases in the process. The sales are slightly different across each…

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Strange Brigade Is Out Now On Switch eShop

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With a discount to tempt you in. One of the quickfire announcements in yesterday’s Nintendo Direct at E3 2021 was the release of Strange Brigade, which is out now on the eShop; there’s a 10% discount, and on the EU…

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Halo Dev Says It Would Be “Amazing” To See Master Chief In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Where have we heard this before? Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct gave us the penultimate piece of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate puzzle, confirming Tekken’s Kazuya as the last-but-one fighter headed to the game. That leaves just one spot remaining, and there…

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Guide: All amiibo List – Animal Crossing, Zelda, Smash Bros., Metroid, Mario And More

22 hours ago Nintendo Life

Plan your next purchase here. In case you didn’t know already, amiibo are NFC-ready toys which offer connectivity features with games on the Wii U, 3DS and Switch, but also serve as highly-detailed and very desirable trinkets that look great…

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The E3 2021 Awards Winners Are In, But Nintendo Lost Out

22 hours ago Nintendo Life

Here’s who ‘won’ E3, we guess… As promised, the end of this year’s E3 was celebrated with an official awards ceremony, with selected media partners being invited to vote on the event’s most-anticipated games and the best overall presentation. Sadly…

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Guide: Where To Pre-Order Metroid Dread Special Edition And Samus & EMMI amiibo

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Dread the scalpers. Update: 16th June – Some UK pre-order pages are now live! To great excitement, Nintendo revealed its newest Metroid game during their E3 2021 Direct. Metroid Dread is being developed by MercuryStream, who you will remember from…

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Guide: Where To Pre-Order Metroid Dread Special Edition And Samus & EMMI amiibo (North America)

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Dread the scalpers. To great excitement, Nintendo revealed its newest Metroid game during their E3 2021 Direct. Metroid Dread is being developed by MercuryStream, who you will remember from the excellent Metroid: Samus Returns on the 3DS. Pre-orders for the…

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Cave's Acclaimed Shooter, Mushihimesama, Is Out Now On Switch

23 hours ago Nintendo Life

Making its Nintendo debut. If you ask any retro shooter fan (who also had a strong import record back in the day) to name their favourite development studio, there are decent odds that they’ll choose Cave. That makes the surprise…

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Guide: Where To Pre-Order Mario Party Superstars

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Jump up, Superstars! Nintendo Switch already has a hip and popping Mario Party going on with Super Mario Party, but the upcoming Mario Party Superstars is bring back a host of popular mini-games from previous entries in the long-running party…

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Guide: Where To Pre-Order WarioWare: Get It Together

1 day ago Nintendo Life

WarioWare have you been all my life? Nintendo Switch is finally getting its own WarioWare game! WarioWare: Get It Together! is bringing the villain’s manic micro-game series to Nintendo’s latest console on 10th September. Wario’s bringing his friends along this…

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Suda51 Reveals Save Data Bonus For No More Heroes III

1 day ago Nintendo Life

“Isn’t that just fantastic?!”. Suda51’s No More Heroes III arrives on the Nintendo Switch this August. If you’re curious to learn and see more of it before the release, there was actually one final segment featuring it during Nintendo’s Treehouse…

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Shantae Developer WayForward Is Making Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp

1 day ago Nintendo Life

“We are incredibly honored”. The Game Boy Advance generation had an amazing library of games, but some of the standouts of the lot were the Advance Wars games by Intelligent Systems – best known for the Fire Emblem series. Nintendo’s…

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Free Updates Will Add Additional Characters And Courses To Mario Golf: Super Rush

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Is that New Donk City? In amongst all the new game announcements – Nintendo featured a brief segment during its latest E3 Direct presentation about next week’s release, Mario Golf: Super Rush. While there’s plenty to look forward to in…

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The Worms Battle Royale Action Game Arrives On Switch Next Week

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Be the last worm standing. Back in March, the Team17 CEO revealed the Worms 32-player battle royale game Worms Rumble would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. During Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation, an official date was locked in – revealing…

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Yes, The Samus Returns Team Helped Nintendo Develop Metroid Dread

1 day ago Nintendo Life

MercurySteam is back! In case you missed it, MercurySteam – the Spanish studio behind Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS is back for Metroid Dread. While this information wasn’t shared during the western broadcast, it was mentioned by the Nintendo Treehouse…

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Nintendo Says It's “Working Hard” On Metroid Prime 4

1 day ago Nintendo Life

It’s now been four years since it was announced. While we were somewhat hopeful for a Metroid Prime 4 update at Nintendo’s E3 Direct this year, instead we got an incredibly brief update early on during the showcase. The message…

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Nintendo Doesn't Have Anything Else Planned For Zelda's 35th Right Now

1 day ago Nintendo Life

But what about those rumoured games? There have been rumours since earlier this year that Nintendo would release a few older Zelda games at some point this year to celebrate Link’s 35th anniversary. While 2021 is not over yet, The…

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Nintendo Doesn't Have Anything Else Planned For Zelda's 35th

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Nintendo “Holding Back” On Name Of New Zelda Game To Avoid Revealing Too Much

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“You’ll just have to stay tuned”. Nintendo’s given us our first proper look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sequel, and while we loved every second of it, one thing we would like to know is the…

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Random: What's Happened To Bayonetta 3, Platinum?

1 day ago Nintendo Life

C’mon give us an update! One game we thought was in with a chance to be shown at Nintendo’s E3 Direct this year was Bayonetta 3. Hours before the show, the game’s director Hideki Kamiya retweeted a post by Nintendo…

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Hell Yeah! DOOM Eternal: The Ancient Gods – Part One Is Out Now On Switch

1 day ago Nintendo Life

“Part Two will arrive at a later date”. It’s been a long wait for Nintendo Switch DOOM fans, but today the DOOM Eternal Part One DLC has finally arrived. Yes, after landing on other platforms last October, during the Nintendo…

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The Metroid Dread Special Edition Set Is Looking A Bit Tasty

1 day ago Nintendo Life

A closer look at the goodies within. Metroid Dread looks to be the return to the series’ 2D roots that fans have been waiting for for nigh on two decades. Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS was excellent, but as a…

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Nintendo Switch Has Been The US' Best-Selling Console For 30 Months In A Row

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Switch takes top prize in May. Nintendo Switch was the best-selling games console in the US in May, securing a 30th consecutive month (so that’s two and a half years) at the top of the chart. The news comes from…

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Guide: Where To Pre-Order Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Another Link to the past. Revealed as part of Nintendo’s E3 2021 Direct presentation, the Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda handheld is a cute little device that let’s you play three classic Zelda games on a retro-styled Game…

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Soapbox: The Zelda: Breath of The Wild 2 Trailer Is Already Spawning Theories

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Reversed music, new mechanics, and long hair. The best part of working in games journalism is when you get to wildly speculate about a split-second thing in a trailer, and so, here we are. It’s speculatin’ time! Get yer binoculars…

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Poll: What Did You Think Of Nintendo Direct At E3 2021?

1 day ago Nintendo Life

Some long-demanded games made an appearance. Nintendo’s E3 Direct has wrapped up, and as you’d expect it was full of game showcases and revealed a fair amount of Nintendo goodness. We’ve been writing up the news for your eyeballs on…

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Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set Brings The Fight To Switch

2 days ago Nintendo Life

Includes ‘expansion pass’ content, too! This one had been expected for a while, but Nintendo confirmed during E3 that the snappily titled Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set is coming to Nintendo Switch on 24th September.…

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Roundup: Here's What Was Revealed In Nintendo Direct E3 2021

2 days ago Nintendo Life

Some absolute beauties. The Nintendo Direct E3 has finished and it was full of big reveals, including some classic games remastered or emerging after years of delayed development. It also filled out the year of games on Switch, ensuring we’ll…

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Fatal Frame: Maiden Of Black Water Jumps From Wii U To Switch And, Surprisingly, Other Platforms

2 days ago Nintendo Life

Coming later this year. Nintendo has announced that Koei Tecmo’s Fatal Frame: Maiden Of Black Water is coming to Switch later this year. The surprise announcement came as part of the company’s E3 2021 Nintendo Direct, and while we hoped…

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Mario Party Superstars Will Have You Partying Like It's 1999

2 days ago Nintendo Life

Reimagining N64 era boards and minigames. The Nintendo 64 Mario Party games are fondly remembered, despite the fact they led to many destroyed analogue sticks. In any case, Nintendo is setting us up for the festive season with Mario Party…

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There's A Zelda Game & Watch Coming This Christmas

2 days ago Nintendo Life

Featuring four games. Did you like the Super Mario Game & Watch? Well you’re in luck, because Nintendo is bringing out another Game & Watch title which contains Zelda games. And guess what? It looks a lot like the unit…

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New Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2 Footage Shown, Aiming For A 2022 Switch Release

2 days ago Nintendo Life

No title yet, though. Nintendo has shared fresh footage of the as-yet untitled (properly) Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 – check it out above. Zelda series boss Eiji Aonuma showed various Zelda games at the end of the company’s…

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