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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 22nd)

January 22, 2022TWGbot

Image: Nintendo / Rare Another week has passed, which brought some interesting news in the world of Nintendo and the wider games industry. A lot of attention fell on the planned Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard, of course, and its potential impact on the industry. Back in the Nintendo Life, it was confirmed that Switch […]

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Pre-Load File Size For Switch Revealed

January 22, 2022TWGbot

Image: The Pokémon Company / via Nintendo It’s hard to believe, but we’re now just days out from the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus – a brand new Pokémon game that’s expected to shake up the existing formula trainers have become so familiar with over the years. As we get closer to the latest entry’s […]

Xbox Studio Rare “Immensely Pleased” About Banjo-Kazooie’s Arrival On Switch

January 22, 2022TWGbot

It was a bittersweet moment yesterday when Banjo-Kazooie arrived on the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack service. As fantastic as it is to see the UK developer’s iconic duo return to a Nintendo platform after so long. It’s now been nearly 20 years since Rare was acquired by Microsoft, and almost 24 since the original […]

Video: Nintendo Fixed* The Water Emulation In Ocarina Of Time On Switch

January 21, 2022TWGbot

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube If you cast your minds back to the launch of the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack, it was a time of great joy as Nintendo fans around the world linked arms and sang the Mario theme. Well, actually, the conversation was about emulation standards, wonky button mapping and […]

Random: Piplup’s Time In The Spotlight Continues With His Own Pokémon Music Video

January 21, 2022TWGbot

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Piplup, the tiny penguin starter introduced in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, is having what we in the biz call “A Moment”. Over the past month, we’ve had Piplup ASMR, Piplup fitness training, and most recently, Piplups given to Japanese players of both Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Brilliant Diamond […]

Video: We Have A Lot Of Feelings About Banjo-Kazooie On Switch

January 21, 2022TWGbot

[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Banjo-Kazooie on a Nintendo console in 2022. It’s mind-blowing! Not just because Rare and Nintendo parted ways long ago, or because we still haven’t got our hands on Rare Replay, or because there will most likely never be another Banjo-Kazooie game, but because it actually looks really good. […]