Captured on Nintendo Switch (docked) Technos’ Kunio-kun series, a series of 42 that spanned a variety of genres, began in 1986 as a simple arena fighter. However, the most popular titles were those that featured non-linear role-playing elements based on soap opera-style high school brawls. Anyone familiar with those titles, particularly on the Famicom, Super … Read more
Image: Zion Grassl / Nintendo Life Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random things they’ve been chewing over. Today, Gavin asks what “success” looks like for systems with impossibly popular predecessors… If we look back at Nintendo home console hardware sales over the past forty … Read more
What you need to know LEGO Horizon Adventures is an upcoming LEGO adaptation of the Horizon franchise from PlayStation and Guerrilla Games. Developed by Guerrilla Games and Studio Gobo, LEGO Horizon Adventures features classic LEGO humor and jokes, with LEGO brick-based recreations of machines like the Tallneck and Thunderjaw. LEGO Horizon Adventures will be released … 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
Nintendo has sued a Switch mod chip seller and the moderator of a popular Reddit page dedicated to Switch piracy. The company has filed complaints against Ryan Daly, who runs a store called Modded Hardware, and against r/SwitchPirates moderator Archbox, whose real name is James Williams, TorrentFreak reports. The lawsuit filed against Modded Hardware alleges … Read more
The original Switch was hard to find at launch (Nintendo) As the launch of Nintendo’s next console approaches, the company has developed a simple strategy to combat scammers selling hardware at inflated prices. Most recent consoles have faced a shortage problem at launch. A well-known example is the global chip shortage during the pandemic, which … 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
Remark Uber is launching a month-long trial called the “One Less Car” challenge to show that people are better off using the app’s rewards rides instead of owning their own vehicles. Conveniently, it would also show how Uber is better off if people use Uber more. What a twist. The trial involves just 175 carefully … Read more
Humans have evolved to be both hunters and hunted; although Homo sapiens can take down large prey, our species is also vulnerable to large predators. Now, new research shows how the human brain switches between these two modes of survival. The answer lies in the hypothalamus, a small structure deep in the center of the … 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