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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) In a dark, futuristic world, being a superhero has been outlawed. Not by the government, but by the only force in King City that matters – The Company. Capes takes the turn-based strategy genre and gives it a comic book feel, putting you in the control of a fledgling group…

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) What do you get when you combine Super Mario Odyssey, Geometry Wars, Disney Pixar, and Genesis Noir? You get Hauntii, a twin-stick shooter, puzzle-platformer, and adventure game from tiny development studio Moonloop Games. An unexpected mixture, to be sure — but that’s what indie games are all about, and we’re…

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube767k PLAYISM and WSS Playground have announced that the upcoming pixel art Metroidvania title Blade Chimera will be launching on the Switch this coming August. While they stopped short of comfirming the exact date, it at least gives us an idea of when we can dive in. And goodness, it…

Image: Nintendo How would you feel if the next mainline Fire Emblem game was exclusively a social sim? While a change this drastic is almost certainly not in the cards, the identity crisis currently faced by Fire Emblem means that change must come. While Engage’s 1.61 million sales as of March 2023 is respectable for…

Image: Jim Norman / Nintendo Life For third-party Switch pads, it can be difficult to stack up against Nintendo’s official offering. The problem is that the Pro Controller packs in so many features that it feels like something’s missing as soon as we play without them. Motion controls, HD rumble, built-in NFC amiibo reader, a…

Jim Norman, Staff Writer Here’s a game that I will definitely be alone in playing this weekend, Animal Well. I finally cracked and purchased it. I’m only three hours in and so far it’s… big. I’m a little intimidated by it all, if I’m honest. I fully intend to spend a bit more time with…

Image: id Software, Bethesda The next entry in the first-person shooter series DOOM is reportedly set to be unveiled at Xbox’s games showcase this June. According to Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson, this new entry will officially be titled ‘DOOM: The Dark Ages‘ (previously codenamed ‘Year Zero’) and is believed to be a “medieval inspired” game.…

Image: 505 Games, Rabbit & Bear Studios Rabbit & Bears Studios, the team behind the Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, has shared a look at the new JRPG’s DLC roadmap. If the team manages to stay on schedule, all three add-ons should arrive this year. The first half of this roadmap showcases items…

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube767k In his latest YouTube video, Masahiro Sakurai highlights boss battles in Nintendo games as being similar to tutorials, noting that he prefers games that offer up more strategic freedom. Aptly titled Madatory Strategy and Strategic Balance, the video dives into the difference between boss fights that require a set…

Image: Nintendo Life It’s now well over seven years since Nintendo launched the Switch and with the console now well into its eighth year — and with official confirmation that a new hardware announcement is coming soon(ish) — we thought it was a great time to look back over the generation and collect some stats…