Category: Nintendo

Another success story.

The Switch is the ideal system for puzzle games with its portable and tabletop modes, so it’s no surprise to hear the rhythm-based puzzler Lumines Remastered has been incredibly well received on Nintendo’s hybrid platform.

Released in June earlier this year after its initial reveal in March, the original creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi from Enhance Games has revealed the best-selling version was the Switch release, during a rapid-fire interview with Game Informer. When asked if the Switch iteration had significantly outsold other versions of the game, Enhance colleague Mark MacDonald confirmed this was the indeed the case. Disappointingly, no exact sales figures were provided.

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Expelliarmus!

With the sequel to Fantastic Beasts arriving in cinemas worldwide on 16th November, there’s no better time to talk about the secret history of the Harry Potter video game series. In a new Did You Know Gaming video, independent game researcher Liam Robertson takes a look at Nintendo’s failed Harry Potter pitch during the N64 era.

Prior to J.K Rowling’s franchise becoming a global phenomenon in 1999, Nintendo of America’s management decided it wanted to get the jump on developing the popular book series into video games. This followed the success of Rare’s GoldenEye 007 game in 1997 – which was based on the James Bond license. Although Nintendo’s headquarters in Japan had the final say, its American branch assigned Nintendo Software Technology Corporation (a studio located just down the road in Redmond, Washington) to work on ideas for Harry Potter games.

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But will it arrive before the end of 2018?

Campo Santo’s award-winning 2016 title Firewatch was revealed for the Nintendo Switch earlier this year in April and has since gone missing. When it was originally announced, it was said to be arriving at some point in the near future. With 2018 nearly over, it’s left us wondering if it will still show up before the end of the year.

According to Campo Santo co-founder Jake Rodkin, the game is “very close” to release. Rodkin delivered this information in a reply to a Twitter user asking about the availability of the game on the Switch. This followed his original tweet about how “ridiculously nice” the Switch version of the game looked. Here’s the initial tweet and latest screenshots:

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Fresh from the oven.

If you happen to enjoy toasties, baguettes, crumpets, bagels, bread crumbs and laser beams, Toast Time: Smash Up! by indie developer Force of Habit might just be the game for you. This pixelated multiplayer brawler based on the “cult smash hit” Toast Time will be released exclusively on the Switch eShop on 16th November and is priced at €8.99 / £7.99 / $9.99. There’s also a 10 percent launch discount and you can pre-order it now if you live in Europe.

Here’s the premise of this game according to the PR:

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Adds New Game Plus mode and more.

One of the standout indie releases this year has been The Messenger – developed by Sabotage and published by Devolver Digital. Released in August on the Switch eShop, the 2D side-scroller draws inspiration from the original Ninja Gaiden game and enhances the experience with elements of 8-bit and 16-bit time travel.

If you have managed to complete this challenging title, you’ll be pleased to hear additional content is on the way – with Sabotage confirming its QOL update including “new mystery” and a New Game Plus mode. Below are the official details:

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Aspiring developers take note.

It’s evident indie games are selling well on the Nintendo Switch with ongoing reports of successful sales, but why exactly do these games continue to perform so well on this particular platform? At PAX Australia in October, a bunch of indie developers got together for a special panel in an attempt to shed some light on this subject.

Ash Ringrose from SMG Studios said Death Squared sells more per day on Switch than it does over the course of an entire week on Steam, and this is still happening after 400 days. He went as far as saying the game sold “really badly” on other platforms when compared to Switch sales data. His theory is it’s not just about simply releasing any old game, it’s about providing this audience with quality experiences:

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Travelling together for over 20 years.

To commemorate Ash Ketchum and Pikachu travelling together for more than 20 years in the Pokémon television series, The Pokémon Company is running a limited time event where you can redeem a total of five Pikachu in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. These distributions match the ones from last year (minus the Kanto and Johto regions) and can be claimed in Japan, America and Europe.

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Roll before you buy.

In the latest episode of Nintendo Minute, hosts Kit and Krysta went hands-on with the upcoming Bandai Namco release Katamari Damacy Reroll.

For anyone who hasn’t played this weird and wonderful game, there’s no need to worry, as a demo for the Switch version will apparently arrive on 7th December – the same day as the title’s launch. This also happens to be the release date for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Below is the full rundown:

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Here are our picks, but what are yours?

Once again, we find ourselves at the end of another week, and now it’s time for Team Nintendo Life to gather ’round and discuss all of the lovely games we’ll be playing over the next couple of days. We’ve got demon slaying, RPG beating, and even some real-life Pokémon catching on the agenda this week, so make sure to give our entries a read and then provide your own via the comments and poll below. Enjoy!

Ryan Craddock, staff writer

Aside from spending every waking moment making my way through a game for review purposes, I’ll likely actually give most of my gaming time this weekend to Pokémon GO. Today (Saturday) sees another Community Day taking place – actually starting at the very moment this article goes live in my region – and I’ll be heading out to snag myself a whole lot of Cyndaquil (and hopefully several shinies, too).

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“We would love to do it”.

Now Diablo III: Eternal Collection has finally unleashed hell on the Switch, discussions have been raised about other Blizzard titles that could potentially be released on Nintendo’s hybrid device. Previously, the company said StarCraft is unlikely, Overwatch is feasible and not to rule out the insanely popular digital card game Hearthstone.

Speaking to Eurogamer at BlizzCon last weekend, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan said Blizzard was “very open-minded” about bringing the popular team-based hero shooter to the Nintendo Switch but didn’t have anything to announce. He explained how his team’s main goal was to get as many people playing the game as they could:

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