Image: Square Enix Intrepid adventurers, if you’ve been holding off on playing Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake and have a Switch 2, today’s news might come as a nice little incentive. Announced during the Japanese Nintendo Direct, Square Enix has dropped a free performance update for the excellent turn-based RPG. The update adds a new option in the game’s Display …
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The latest update to Nintendo Switch Online’s Super Nintendo Entertainment System – Nintendo Classics app includes a new and improved CRT filter to better capture what playing SNES games on an older CRT television was really like. While it may seem counterintuitive given how much better TVs are today, new high-definition displays often don’t do older games justice visually, as …
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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube829k Bandai Namco has announced a brand new Katamari game for the Switch: Once Upon a Katamari. Revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, the game is coming to Switch 1 on 24th October 2025. This new Katamari sees the prince rolling around throughout worlds based on different historical periods including the …
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– StoryIvalice—a kingdom blessed by the light of the gods and ruled by the Two-headed Lion. A year after her defeat to Ordallia in the Fifty Years’ War, the king succumbed to malady, leaving a mere boy of two to ascend the throne. Whoever was named regent would rule in truth, and thus emerged two rival candidates: dukes Goltanna and …
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Bloober Team’s twisted sci-fi nightmare, Cronos: The New Dawn, is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 with a release date of September 5, 2025. The studio revealed its release date plans during today’s July 2025 Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, narrowing its launch window down to a specific September date. It comes with the news that Cronos is coming to Switch 2 …
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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube829k Well here’s one that we hoped to see! The Partner Direct just revealed that Persona 3 Reload will be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 on 23rd October 2025. The beloved 2024 RPG is available to pre-order today, so you can stake your claim to this one early — we only have …
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Image: FX Square Enix lived up to its reputation for terrible game names during the July Nintendo Direct, but somehow an action-RPG titled The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales wasn’t the most absurd part of the showcase. That came when the publisher revealed the name of the world in which the HD-2D adventure takes place: “Philabieldia.” Princess Peach’s Leading …
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Watch on YouTube Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube829k Yep! Plants vs Zombies, it seems, is a game that it’s impossible to kill, which is quite on brand, let’s face it, and now a new remaster of the original fortress defence-styled fun is headed to Switch and Switch 2. As announced at today’s Partner Direct, the game, which gives the …
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Only the faint crackling of firewood fills the night. A quiet, low-poly world, where each player’s voice blends with the flickering of the campfire—that’s “Chillin’ by the Fire”, the campfire simulation game. ◆Growing fire, a new kind of gaming experienceThe star of this game is the tiny flame born from your fingertips. The flow of the air, the thickness of …
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A timeless adventure returns, Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven is now on the Nintendo Switch™ 2, featuring high definition graphics, smoother frame rates, and decreased loading times. This is a game that can be enjoyed by existing fans of the SaGa series and by complete newcomers as well. ■StoryThe Seven Heroes were once hailed as saviours, but the …
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