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Tuesday19th Jun 2018
News Nintendo Says Switch Success Is Due To Clear Marketing, As Opposed To Wii U's Failure
A lesson learned?
If you spend a decent amount of time on the beautiful pages of this very website, you'll no doubt be aware of the Switch's shocking levels of early success. It only took the console ten months to sell more units than the Wii U managed in its entire lifetime in Japan, which sounds like an incredible achievement on paper, but...
Friday15th Jun 2018
News The Latest European My Nintendo Rewards Include Discounts On "Challenging" Titles
Puzzles and platforms
The latest wave of My Nintendo rewards have now gone live on the European version of the site, and this collection's theme is all about celebrating "challenging" games. There are only four games on offer this time around, all for Nintendo 3DS or Wii U, and you can check out the list below. We'd argue that Pullblox may well be...
News Grab Yourself A Bargain In The Big Nintendo E3 2018 Sale
Deals everywhere!
To celebrate the biggest gaming trade fair in the world, E3 - which you no doubt know has been taking place this week - Nintendo is hosting a huge sale across Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U with offers on digital purchases. There are currently two sales taking place, one for North America and one for Europe. We've...
Monday11th Jun 2018
News Ubisoft Confirms Just Dance 2019 For Nintendo Switch, Wii U And Wii
Take your pick
It may well be the one announcement you can always rely on from Ubisoft's E3 conferences, but we're happy to bring confirmation that Just Dance 2019 has been confirmed for Nintendo Switch, Wii U and Wii. Last year's edition also released for all three consoles, so we're not surprised to see it spread across the platforms, but there's...
Monday4th Jun 2018
News Guitar Hero Live's Interactive Music Channel GHTV Will Switch Off In December
The show's over
Well, we knew this was going to happen eventually. A relatively lukewarm reception from critics and a far from stratospheric performance in terms of sales saw the 'return' of rhythm action games in 2015 fail to reignite the phenomenon the genre became in the mid '00s. Guitar Hero Live at least tried to do something a little different...
Friday1st Jun 2018
News June's European My Nintendo Rewards Include ARMS, Mario, Zelda And More
Celebrating ARMS' one year anniversary
On 16th June 2017, Nintendo's latest bright and bold creation ARMS punched its way onto the Switch, introducing a rather different take on the fighting genre. Now, to celebrate its upcoming anniversary, My Nintendo has released a bunch of ARMS-based rewards alongside the usual game discounts. The ARMS...
Monday28th May 2018
News Exploring Ubisoft's Unreleased Wii U Game, Know Your Friends
With Game History Secrets
Ubisoft were big supporters of Nintendo during the Wii era which continued during the launch window for Wii U, however after sales of the system quickly dropped away the relationship between the two companies also cooled. This was further demonstrated by an infamous situation where Ubisoft had a completed, ready for...
Wednesday23rd May 2018
News Grab Yourself Some Free Indie Gems With The Latest European My Nintendo Rewards
SteamWorld Dig! Runbow! Teslagrad!
A new wave of rewards have been added to the European My Nintendo website, celebrating some of the 3DS and Wii U's best indie titles with free download offers. Of course, by "free" we mean "you'll have to spend some of those Gold Points you've been earning", but these offers do seem pretty tasty to us this time...
Monday21st May 2018
Random Play Your Wii U Anytime, Anywhere With This Fan-Made Playable Coat
Yes, really...
We've seen a whole host of weird and wonderful fan-made things over the years here at Nintendo Life, and this latest invention is certain to kickstart the week in the best way possible. Introducing the Wii U Gaming Coat. Created by My Mate VINCE, this coat allows you to take your precious Wii U anywhere you like, giving you the...
Wednesday16th May 2018
News The Latest European My Nintendo Rewards Include Discounts On Kirby And Wave Race 64
Dr. Mario! Advance Wars! BOXBOY!
A collection of new rewards have gone live on the European My Nintendo website, giving fans the chance to spend their hard earned coins on discounts for various Wii U and 3DS titles. This time around sees a celebration of some HAL Laboratory 3DS favourites, a splattering of love for some Doctor-based puzzle...
Thursday26th Apr 2018
News Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is The Best-Selling Zelda Game Of All Time, Kind Of
Only if you don't count remasters
Nintendo has revealed that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has sold 8.48 million copies on Switch and 1.5 million copies on Wii U, giving a combined total of almost ten million units worldwide. This makes it the best-selling Zelda outing of all time - but only if you don't include remasters. The...
Tuesday24th Apr 2018
News You Can Now Play As Final Fantasy XV Characters In Minecraft For Switch And Wii U
The more the merrier
Minecraft is becoming a pretty nifty way to see your favourite characters from rival platforms have a presence on the latest Nintendo hardware; back in January we saw Banjo-Kazooie return to our screens (albeit in blocky form), and we recently found out that playing the game on Switch can net you Xbox
Saturday21st Apr 2018
News PlatinumGames Wants The Wonderful 101 On Switch
"So anybody who would buy that, please clap..."
The Wonderful 101 was one of the Wii U's most unique and enjoyable exclusives, but the commercial failure of the console meant it didn't reach as many people as it should have done. PlatinumGames' Atsushi Inaba and Hideki Kamiya want to change that by releasing the game on Switch, and during a talk...
Tuesday17th Apr 2018
News Nintendo's Online Services Are Down For Russian Users As Officials Block Telegram Messenger
Collateral damage?
Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor may have gone a tad overboard while complying with court order to block Telegram messenger in the country. In an attempt to block servers used to circumvent the ban, Roskomnadzor blacklisted several million addresses used by Google’s and Amazon’s cloud platforms, thus...
Wednesday11th Apr 2018
News Shadow Archery Is A Brand New Game For Wii U, And It Will Launch For Free
The Wii U lives!
Just when you thought the poor Wii U was well and truly finished, enjoying its early retirement sipping margaritas on the balcony of a Spanish villa somewhere, indie developer Ultra Dolphin Revolution has called the console back into action. Shadow Archery is an endless arcade-style light gun shooter inspired by 8-bit games of...
Friday6th Apr 2018
News New Discounts And Strategy Guides Have Gone Live On My Nintendo Rewards In Europe
Mario Galaxy! Kirby! F-Zero!
Love it or hate it, the My Nintendo rewards system is still in full swing, and it has now added a selection of new goodies for European fans to spend their points on including game discounts, a new 3DS theme, and starter strategy guides for some of the Switch's top games. It's worth remembering that you can now spend...
Wednesday21st Mar 2018
News Aqua Moto Racing Utopia Is Finally Ready For Release On Wii U
Four years and a Switch release later
Zordix Games has revealed that Aqua Moto Racing Utopia is now complete and ready for release on Wii U, and that the game will be available on the console's eShop "soon". Aqua Moto Racing Utopia has had a very interesting few years indeed. We initially heard about the game being developed for Wii U way back in...
Monday26th Feb 2018
News Super Mario Odyssey Was Always Planned To Be Released On Switch
Not destined for Wii U
It is no secret that the development process for games as large and beautiful as Super Mario Odyssey takes time, and with the last 3D Mario game Super Mario 3D World being released back in 2013, the development for Odyssey will have been well underway during the Wii U's active lifetime. As such, it would make sense to...
Friday23rd Feb 2018
News Netflix Gets An Update, But Not On The Console You Were Perhaps Expecting
Time to make the Switch, surely?
After a year on sale, it's incredible to think that we still don't have Netflix on Switch, despite assurances (and rumours) that the popular streaming service is coming. The portable nature of the console would make it perfect for mobile movie watching, but at the present moment in time it doesn't seem like...
Friday16th Feb 2018
Guide Bayonetta 2 Combo List - All Of The Attack Combos By Weapon
Switch up your combos
Bayonetta 2 is all about its combos. If you really want to master the combat system, you're going to have to learn a few of these, and fast. There are a few different combo types as well: ground, air, and unique combos that you can only pull off with a particular weapon. It's worth noting that you can perform all of the...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Secret Accessories, Weapons, Characters, And Costumes - How To Unlock Them All
Keep no secrets
Bayonetta 2 sure does like its secrets. There are an absolute ton of different items to unlock in the hack and slasher, which either make life easier or much prettier for you. We also want to make life easier for you, so that's why we've rounded up all of the secret accessories, weapons, characters, and costumes in Bayonetta 2 to...
Thursday15th Feb 2018
Guide Bayonetta 2 Broken Witch Heart Locations - How To Find All 40 Of Them
Mend a broken heart
Bayonetta 2 is not an easy game. Each hit you take brings you closer to death, so you'll probably want to give yourself a boost in HP. The way to do that is to collect Broken Witch Hearts. There are 40 of these in total, and much like in The Legend of Zelda, collecting four of these creates a Witch Heart that boosts your health...
Wednesday14th Feb 2018
Guide Bayonetta 2 Angelic Hymns Locations - How To Find Them All And Unlock The Hidden Weapons
Heaven's wrath
There are a bunch of collectibles to track down in Bayonetta 2. You've got Angelic Hymns, Hidden Verses, Journal Echoes, Umbran Crows, Broken Moon Pearls, Broken Witch Hearts, Accessories, Weapons, and Costumes. It's pretty insane. We want to make it easier for you to unlock all of these things, so we're running a guide series on how...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Hidden Verses - How To Find Them In Every Single Chapter
Also known as Muspelheim
In your single-minded determination to burn through all Bayonetta 2 has to offer, you might completely miss a bunch of Hidden Verses. These provide even more battles in each chapter that let you duff up even more enemies, and beef up your score at the end. So they're well worth hunting down, basically. Or, you could save...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Journal Echo Locations – How To Find All Of Them To Fill In Plot Gaps
Echoes of the past
There are a bunch of Journal Echoes to collect in Bayonetta 2, and while they don't actually unlock anything, they're worth collecting if you care about story. Each of them fills in a few gaps in the plot to help enrich the experience, and breath a bit more life to the world around you. So if that sounds good to you, read on to...
Guide Bayonetta 2 Broken Moon Pearl Locations - How To Find All Sixteen To Increase Your Magic Gauge
It's a kind of magic
Find two Broken Moon Pearls in Bayonetta 2 and you'll get an extra orb on your magic gauge. So if you like using attacks that require magic, you're going to want to hunt these down. To make that easier for you, we've listed all of their locations below by chapter. <related tags="Bayonetta 2, Guides"> Chapter One:...
Monday5th Feb 2018
Video Feast Your Eyes on Bayonetta 2 on Switch Compared to Wii U
Climax for your console
Bayonetta 2 may once have been a Wii U exclusive, but all of that is about to change with the unsurprising re-release of this excellent game on Nintendo's latest machine. It's still sporting a 720p resolution just as the original did, but various little details here and there have been improved to make it shine brighter than...
Monday29th Jan 2018
News Eiji Aonuma Says Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Is "Maybe The Most Fun" He's Had Making Games
"The people who made this game didn’t have troubled faces"
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was one of 2017's video game highlights, giving millions of players hours upon hours of top-quality adventuring in a new-look version of Hyrule. It would seem that Zelda producer Eiji Aonuma had almost as much enjoyment making the game as we...
Wednesday24th Jan 2018
News Wind Waker HD's Dormant Speedrunning Community Revived By Newly-Discovered Glitch
A link to the credits
While speedrunning Super Mario Odyssey may be the flave of the month at the moment - especially with that skin-exposed Nipple% movement trying to strip Mario - one game used to be a real favourite among Nintendo-loving speedrunners. Sadly, the whole Wind Waker HD speedrun ran out of steam last year when a newly discovered...
News Freedom Planet On The Wii U Just Got A Sizable Update
The Wii U is sure to bounce back now
At this point in time, Nintendo has cleanly put the Wii U behind it, and most developers have followed it in abandoning ship. Apart from those few indie studios that made promises long ago to bring their games to the Wii U, the console is all but dead. Still, every now and then, there’s some notable activity...
