Review: Shing! - Will Test Your Patience More Than Your Fighting Skills

<p><strong>Streets of Rage (quit).</strong></p> <p>Mass Creation's <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/switch-eshop/shing">Shing!</a></strong> is a side-scrolling beat 'em up in the traditional <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/streets_of_rage"><strong>Streets of Rage</strong></a> mould that valiantly attempts to inject a little originality into the genre by utilizing a unique control scheme which sees player's attacks assigned to the right thumbstick, rather than the usual button-bashing way of things. It's an admirable idea and one that possibly could have worked out rather well, if it wasn't for the fact the game suffers from – amongst other things – a combination of frustrating performance issues, shoddy combat and scrappy enemy placement, resulting in an experience that'll test your patience more than it will your fighting skills.</p> <p>Shing! tells the story of a bunch of street-wise fighters, protectors of a mysterious magical object known as the Starseed, who are called into action when a bunch of evil Yokai take off with their charge and won't give it back. <em>Rude!</em> As far as narratives go, it's around about the level you'd expect from the side-scrolling beat 'em up genre, but here it manages to annoy more than usual due to the childish, sexist, mind-numbingly unfunny writing involved. In an attempt, we guess, to be edgy and humorous, Shing! decides to write its male characters as chauvinistic, pea-brained idiots, while turning its duo of female fighters into big-boobed sisters who do little more than partake in "bitch-fights" or sit around in swimming pools with their breasts out in the cutscenes that bookend the game's laborious levels.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/shing">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/36rSMOr<br />

Review: Shing! - Will Test Your Patience More Than Your Fighting Skills

Streets of Rage (quit). Mass Creation's Shing! is a side-scrolling beat 'em up in the traditional Streets of Rage mould that vali...

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Nintendo Shares Release Schedule For 2021 And Beyond, And It's Looking Pretty Bare

<p><strong>Major Switch release windows reconfirmed.</strong></p> <p>As it always does when <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/nintendo_switch_has_overtaken_3ds_lifetime_sales_in_just_four_years">a new financial report</a> is due, Nintendo has published an updated look at its upcoming release schedule. As you might expect, though, things aren't quite as exciting as they could be.</p> <p>Below, you'll find a list of Nintendo's major releases planned for 2021 and beyond (so not including third-party releases). It's a pretty bare-bones schedule, but delays and development issues are to be expected right now what with the pandemic raging on as strong as ever, and we're sure there are plenty of new titles being worked on behind the scenes.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/nintendo_shares_release_schedule_for_2021_and_beyond_and_its_looking_pretty_bare">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/3aqcw5Z<br />

Nintendo Shares Release Schedule For 2021 And Beyond, And It's Looking Pretty Bare

Major Switch release windows reconfirmed. As it always does when a new financial report is due, Nintendo has published an updated look at ...

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Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's New "Pecan's House Cookie" Event Goes Live

<p><strong>Just how did she fit entire rooms inside a fortune cookie...</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/animal_crossing_new_horizons"><strong>Animal Crossing: New Horizons</strong></a> might be dominating sales on the Switch recently – reaching over <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/animal_crossing_leads_switch_software_sales_with_19_4_million_copies_sold_in_the_last_9_months">31 million units</a> since launch – but mobile entry <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/mobile/animal_crossing_pocket_camp">Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp</a></strong> is still getting regular updates. The latest event, titled "Pecan's House Cookie", launches today.</p> <p>You'll receive fortune cookies from Pecan – our friendly but snooty squirrel villager – each containing one random item. Amongst the 3-star options going, you can receive flower-deck stairs, new outfit items and a lawn rug.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/animal_crossing_pocket_camps_new_pecans_house_cookie_event_goes_live">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/3tdUYCN<br />

Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's New "Pecan's House Cookie" Event Goes Live

Just how did she fit entire rooms inside a fortune cookie... Animal Crossing: New Horizons might be dominating sales on the Switch recentl...

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Netflix Officially Announces Sonic Prime, A New 3D Animated Series

<p><strong>Featuring 24 episodes.</strong></p> <p>And there we have it, Netflix has now <em>officially</em> confirmed that a brand new Sonic series will be launching on the platform in 2022.</p> <p>From Sega, Wild Brain (<em>Teletubbies</em>, <em>Degrassi</em>, and <em>Inspector Gadget)</em> and Man of Action (<em>Ben 10,</em> <em>Big Hero 6),</em> the new animated series will be called <em>Sonic Prime</em>. It'll feature 24 episodes in total and is said to "draw upon the keystones of the brand," resulting in a "high-octane adventure where the fate of a strange new multiverse rests in gloved hands."</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/netflix_officially_announces_sonic_prime_a_new_3d_animated_series">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/3tgjNhz<br />

Netflix Officially Announces Sonic Prime, A New 3D Animated Series

Featuring 24 episodes. And there we have it, Netflix has now officially confirmed that a brand new Sonic series will be launching on the p...

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Sony's MLB The Show Is No Longer A PlayStation Exclusive, But Where's The Switch Version?

<p><strong>Update: Xbox edition confirmed, but no sign of a Nintendo edition.</strong></p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> It's official, Sony is publishing a game on the Xbox, with <strong><a class="external" href="https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/01/playstation_studios_poised_to_publish_first_ever_xbox_one_game">MLB The Show 21</a></strong> coming to the <a class="external" href="https://www.purexbox.com/news/2021/02/mlb_the_show_21_officially_arrives_on_xbox_one_xbox_series_x_this_april">Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox One</a> in April. This isn't <em>massively</em> shocking as it was previously announced that the series was going multi-platform (see the original story below), but where's the Switch version?</p> <p>Nintendo responded via its official Twitter account to the 2019 announcement regarding the future of the franchise, but there's been no word on when MLB The Show is coming to Nintendo's console. As you can see, the console's name isn't present in the trailer above.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/sonys_mlb_the_show_is_no_longer_a_playstation_exclusive_but_wheres_the_switch_version">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/3crlbrL<br />

Sony's MLB The Show Is No Longer A PlayStation Exclusive, But Where's The Switch Version?

Update: Xbox edition confirmed, but no sign of a Nintendo edition. Update: It's official, Sony is publishing a game on the Xbox, with ...

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Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games Of All Time

<p><strong>The latest official figures are in.</strong></p> <p>Thanks to today's financial earnings release, in which Nintendo revealed that the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/nintendo_switch_has_overtaken_3ds_lifetime_sales_in_just_four_years">Switch has now overtaken the 3DS's lifetime sales</a>, we now have an updated list of the Switch's best-selling titles.</p> <p>In recent years, <strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</strong> has consistently reigned supreme at the top of this list – it's perhaps no surprise, then, that <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/mario_kart_8_overtakes_mario_kart_wii_as_best-selling_series_entry">the Mario Kart 8 titles have now become the best-selling of the series</a> – but has Animal Crossing: New Horizons' finally managed zoom past Mario and co. for first position in this latest update?</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/here_are_the_top_ten_best-selling_nintendo_switch_games_of_all_time">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/3ahWuLC<br />

Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games Of All Time

The latest official figures are in. Thanks to today's financial earnings release, in which Nintendo revealed that the Switch has now ov...

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Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For February And March 2021

<p><strong>Bowser’s Fury and lots more.</strong></p> <p>We're now one entire month into 2021 and it's becoming clearer with each passing day that this year may turn out to be '2020: Part Deux'. The good gamers of the world are in need of diversion more than ever, and fortunately there are some rather fabulous-looking Switch games coming over the next month or two to lift your spirits (and lighten your wallets).</p> <p>Below we've rounded up the biggest games and accessories making their way to retail in February and March 2021. <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/wiiu/super_mario_3d_world">Super Mario 3D World</a></strong> is Nintendo's first big release of the year and we cannot wait to dive furry head-first into the new <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/super_mario_3d_world_plus_bowserrs_fury"><strong>Bowser's Fury</strong></a> content. At the tail end of the two-month period we've got <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/monster_hunter_rise">Monster Hunter Rise</a></strong> bringing up the rear. Plenty of quality hours to be had from just those two, then, but there are more sizeable releases to choose from if cats and monsters aren't your bag.</p> <p>Read the <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/02/guide_upcoming_nintendo_switch_games_and_accessories_for_february_and_march_2021">full article on nintendolife.com</a></p> <br /> <br /> from Nintendo Life | Latest Updates https://ift.tt/36sx2lq<br />

Guide: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For February And March 2021

Bowser’s Fury and lots more. We're now one entire month into 2021 and it's becoming clearer with each passing day that this year ma...

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