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Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo LifeAhead of the annual Games Developer Conference this March, GDC has released its ‘State of the Game’ survey results for 2023, and there are plenty of stats that might interest Switch owners. This annual survey, which you can get a copy of from GDC’s website, gives us an insight into the current state of the game industry. For this year’s survey, GDC spoke to over 2,300 game developers, and there are a few interesting things to note. One is that more game developers now work for independent studios rather than AAA. 39% of the devs…

Image: Bedtime Digital GamesThe sequel to the 2017 action-adventure Figment is coming to Switch later this year, bringing with it a new co-op mode that will encourage players to discuss mental health with their loved ones. Figment 2: Creed Valley is a surreal action-adventure that takes you deep into the human psyche, in a world shattered by Nightmares. Protagonist Dusty and his sidekick Piper must journey into The Mind to heal it and allow it to function properly once more, by solving puzzles and defeating the Nightmares in musical showdowns. The co-op mode will allow a second player to take…

Set in a world made up of various floating islands, you follow Kalas, a teenager on a journey to avenge the death of his brother and grandfather. He bumps into Xelha, a young woman who is on a journey to stop the Alfard Empire from unsealing the End Magnus — magical golden cards that seal away pieces of a dead god’s dismembered body. Kalas, haughty and selfish, is reluctant to join her, but it’s an RPG — things never go that simply, do they? So the two journey across the five nations to stop the Magnus from being unsealed. Throw…

Are you ready? Fear’s awake, and anger beats loud; it’s time to face reality and check out the Persona 3 Portable reviews. Let’s start off with Nintendo Wire, who adored the game. In the publication’s 9/10 review, they praised the game’s story and high replay value with the two protagonists: “The cast is endearing, from troubled everygirl Yukari to musclebound dork Akihiko to best pupper in the world Koromaru, though they can lack in some of the absurdly entertaining chemistry of the casts of P4/P5.” Siliconera awarded Persona 3 Portable a strong 8/10, highlighting the quality-of-life additions this PSP game…

Secure yours today!Last week, peripheral maker NYXI unveiled a new GameCube-themed Nintendo Switch controller called the NYXI Wizard.As you can see, it takes a lot of inspiration from the GameCube pad, right down to the original indigo colour. It also promises “no drifting” and comes with a turbo function, an ergonomic slip-free design and replaceable joysticks. It’s probably going to be a great match with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Read the full article on nintendolife.com Read the full story at: Source link

Image: Nintendo LifeEvery decade or so, something big happens to bring zombies back into our lives. Whether it was the release of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead in 1978, the publication and subsequent adaptation of The Walking Dead, the hugely popular ‘Zombies’ mode in the Call of Duty series, or the meteoric rise of The Last of Us, we love a date with the undead. This fascination with these brain-munching beings has inspired games by the boatload. Yes, there are the two aforementioned series, but the list of great zombie games goes on. The Switch, for the most…

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Following the launch of Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris last September, Bandai Namco has now locked in the release date of DLC 1 “Blooming of Forget Me Not” – announcing it will be launching on the Switch on 18th January (that’s next week). This DLC contains an increased max level, new story, divine beasts, new maps, dungeons, weapons, outfits and much more: 【#SAOAL】Nintendo Switch™版大型拡張DLC「Myosotis」1月18日(水)配信決定！大事な人を守るため、仲間を失わないようにするため、二刀流の名にふさわしい「もう一つの剣」を求め、キリトはユージオと共に人界の各地へ赴く。その先で彼らを待ち受ける運命やいかにー#SAO #アリリコ pic.twitter.com/gMYBvLgk7e— ソードアート・オンライン ゲーム公式情報 (@sao_gameinfo) January 12, 2023 Here’s a more detailed breakdown about the DLC (via Nintendo Everything): “After having a terrible dream of losing Eugeo during a fierce…

Image: Nintendo LifeI’ll start this with a confusing admission: My favourite thing in the world is a trip to an aquarium. I could spend days gazing through the curved glass of a tank, watching sharks glide past me, pressing my hand against the smooth, white underbelly of a stingray, and taking note of the clownfish darting in and out of the swaying mass of a sea anemone. Aquariums are my happy place. They’re fascinating, beautiful, entrancing, and for a kid who grew up pretty far away from the ocean, basically magic. So why do I dislike fish Pokémon so much?…

In some ways, yes, it definitely does. There are some games that are undoubtedly subjected to numerous compromises in order to run on the system reasonably well, but then, that’s always been the case with third-party games, right..? Otherwise, for many folks – including us – the Switch still feels remarkably fresh all these years later. Let’s not deny it, though: six years is quite a long time, and for our lovely video producer Alex, so much stuff has happened since 2017. So for our latest video, Alex discusses why the Switch still feels fresh six years later, how its…

Since Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade — or just Fire Emblem as it was known in the West — made its way to the West on the Game Boy Advance thanks to the popularity of Marth and Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee, the series has filled a cutthroat, tactical RPG void on almost every Nintendo console since – all the way up to the stellar Fire Emblem: Three Houses on the Switch.Known for wide casts of colourful characters, challenging maps, permadeath, dozens of classes, and more recently matchmaking, the plots of political intrigue often get left out of the…