Nintendo Life: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have appeared in many games over the years, but never in a roguelike. Why did you decide to move the Turtles into this genre? Tom Westall, Super Evil Megacorp: Our mission at Super Evil Megacorp is to create the best shared gaming moments in the world. We played … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life It’s July now, so it’s time to look back at the Switch eShop releases of the past month and pick our favorite. It’s been a relatively quiet month on the Switch front, with Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD being the big new physical releases, though the late-arriving … Read more
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube771k Nintendo continues to bolster its Switch Online + Expansion Pack service with new game releases. Today, the focus is on the base tier, with a whopping seven games added to the NES library. New titles now playable on the service include Urban Champion (1986), Golf (1985), Donkey Kong Jr. … Read more
Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Playing with gravity in platformers isn’t new; Super Mario Galaxy is a textbook example of the concept done well, but Limbo also did a commendable job in the latter stages of its short campaign. Being able to manipulate gravity for an entire game? That’s pretty new (shhh, Gravity Rush … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life Since 2017 we’ve seen a large number of ports come to Switch, many of which seemed impossible beforehand. Surprises like Doom (2016), which arrived in the system’s launch year, and 2019’s Witcher 3 showed that while some smart optimization was needed, Nintendo’s console could be deliver perfectly playable and utterly engaging portable … Read more
Image: thunderous Is there a genre Steam world is afraid to tackle? Image & Form’s long-running anthology series started as an RTS in SteamWorld Tower Defense, went to space and the Wild West, and has even taken the form of a fairy tale. And while Dig, the Metroidvania-style series, may be the most popular, many … Read more
Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Announced as part of the Frontier Unlocked livestream, F1 Manager 2024 is launching on Switch on July 23marking the first time the motorsports management sim series has been on the grid on Nintendo’s system. Instead of driving cars, the F1 Manager series puts you in the shoes of a … Read more
Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Disney Dreamlight Valley won’t be slowing down anytime soon, as the latest update to the life sim has arrived today. The happy dragon brings a whole new realm to the Valley, starring Mulan and her loyal dragon companion Mushu. Based on the 1998 Disney animated classic, in the New … Read more
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) Once again, the world is about to be taken over by the evil General Donald Morden and his rebel army. Only the Peregrine Falcon Squad, led by the heroic Marco Rossi, stands in the way of the rebels establishing their New World Order. This could be the plot of just … Read more
The candidates – Light fantasy While not necessarily part of the traditional Zelda formula, a light fantasy setting is a hallmark of all Zelda titles. It is also common in Zelda clones. Here are a few franchises Nintendo could use if they stuck to the fantasy trope: Child Ikarus Let’s start this list with perhaps … Read more