Capcom's fighter welcomes "good girl" Mai early next year.During the development of Smash Ultimate's DLC, game director Masahiro Sakurai revealed he couldn't add Mai Shiranui from SNK's fighting series to the roster because Smash was for the "good boys and girls".While Mai unfortunately missed out on joining Nintendo's all-star brawler, one game she will make a cameo in is Capcom's Street Fighter 6. A new DLC trailer dropped today and many fans are convinced there's dialogue in it that is a reference to Sakurai's famous comment about the SNK and Fatal Fury character.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

What do you think of the final name?Nintendo is known to workshop all sorts of ideas and game titles, and this was the same case with Mario & Luigi: Brothership.In the third chapter of the latest 'Ask the Developer' series, the development team revealed how Nintendo and Aquire had brainstormed "over 100 options" for the game's title. And if you couldn't already work it out, it incorporates the theme of brotherhood and references ShipShape Island.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Expect an announcement very soon.The blue blur Sonic the Hedgehog has teamed up with all sorts of famous brands over the years, and one of the next collaborations on the way is with the robots in disguise, better known as Transformers.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Two million units have now been shipped and downloaded.There have already been a handful of stories about the sales success of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake in countries like Japan, and now Square Enix has shared an update about how the game is performing globally.Since launching on 14th November 2024 across multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch, two million units of this remake have already been shipped and downloaded worldwide. Square Enix shared a graphic alongside this and thanked everyone for joining the adventure so far:Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Good news, everyone.While we're used to delays around this time of year, it's not often a game gets moved forward, and that's exactly what's happening with the graphic hack 'n' slash sequel Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter.Although it was previously announced for a February 2025 launch window, it's now officially been shifted to the first month of the year and is scheduled to arrive on 28th January 2025. Digital pre-orders have also gone live for $24.99 USD, with a Deluxe Edition including the base game, and two DLC (Augur of the Draugr Pack and the Hair to the Throne Pack) priced at $29.99.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Update: Get it now.Nightdive Studios' The Thing: Remastered has been sitting on a 2024 release date for a while now, and while a post from the developer yesterday confirmed that it will definitely be coming in December (it is the last month of the year, after all), an Xbox Wire line-up might have given us an even more specific date (thanks to our pals at Pure Xbox for the heads up).Titled 'Next Week on Xbox: New Games for December 2 to 6', the Xbox Wire post lists Nightdive's remaster with a 5th December release date for Microsoft's latest consoles and Game Pass. Now, this is yet to be confirmed by the developer and there's obviously no guarantee that the Switch version will arrive on the same day, but this certainly seems like a real possibility.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Update:.While it was formally revealed for PC and Xbox around a year ago, developer Jump Over the Age and publisher Fellow Traveller popped up at this weekend's PC Gaming Show to announce that Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector will also launch on the Switch. What's more, it's been given a release window of early 2025.If the title hasn't given it away already, this is a follow-up to 2022's excellent tabletop-inspired RPG Citizen Sleeper. Like its predecessor, Starward Vector will see you playing as an android (Sleeper) on the run from the company that made you. You'll have to commandeer a ship, build up a crew and carry out as many tasks as possible before your decaying body halts your progress. A nice, stress-free experience, then...Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Block and move on.It's been years now since Nintendo opened the eShop floodgates and started letting everything in. In stark contrast to the Wii U days when even established developers had trouble getting their games on Nintendo platforms, the weekly update is now filled with games that would have been unthinkable just one console generation ago.For all my moaning to come, I'll make it clear up front that I'm not advocating going back to those dark days - the breadth and quantity of experiences you can download from the eShop is one of the great strides forward Nintendo made this gen. The problem that needs addressing is one of content management in an overcrowded storefront; for every promising-looking game and genuine gem, there are five cynical, bottom-of-the-barrel releases obscuring it.Read the full article on nintendolife.com