"I was telling [the Xenogears team], 'Please tone down some of this stuff.'"
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News "They Really Hated It" - The Battle To Get British English Into Dragon Quest VIII
"If you let British English in... it's not going to sell in America"
- Dragon Quest
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News "Don't You Dare Look Sad About It" - Former Xbox VP Sandy Duncan Has Passed Away
"I'll see you again, somewhere down the road"
- Xbox
News "I Hardly Ever Went Home" - Behind The Herculean Effort To Bring Xenogears To The US
"People saw me sleeping in the office every night and coming up like a zombie
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- Xenogears
- PS1
- Square Enix
News Japanese Fans Are Getting A Ganbare Goemon Collection, And We've Never Been More Jealous
Releases in Japan this July
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- Goemon
- Konami
- Nintendo Switch
News Arcade-Only Ridge Racer Sequel Rave Racer Is Finally Making Its Home Console Debut, 31 Years On
Also, Console Archives is announced
- Arcade Archives
- Ridge Racer
News This N64 Classic From The Developers Of GTA Has Gotten A Native PC Port
Space Station Silicon Valley: Recompiled is here
- Nintendo
- N64
- Recompilation
News This New Web App Takes The Pain Out Of Setting Up Your Analogue 3D
Label management, save data, backups and more
- Analogue
- Analogue 3D
- N64
- FPGA
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TodayThu, 5th Feb 2026
News "They Really Hated It" - The Battle To Get British English Into Dragon Quest VIII
"If you let British English in... it's not going to sell in America"
- Dragon Quest
- PS2
News "Don't You Dare Look Sad About It" - Former Xbox VP Sandy Duncan Has Passed Away
"I'll see you again, somewhere down the road"
- Xbox
News "I Hardly Ever Went Home" - Behind The Herculean Effort To Bring Xenogears To The US
"People saw me sleeping in the office every night and coming up like a zombie
- News
- Xenogears
- PS1
- Square Enix
News Hamster's 'Console Archives' Is The Closest We'll Get To Virtual Console In 2026
Nintendo Life Cool Boarders and Ninja Gaiden II launch today
- Nintendo Switch 2
News Japanese Fans Are Getting A Ganbare Goemon Collection, And We've Never Been More Jealous
Releases in Japan this July
- News
- Goemon
- Konami
- Nintendo Switch
News Arcade-Only Ridge Racer Sequel Rave Racer Is Finally Making Its Home Console Debut, 31 Years On
Also, Console Archives is announced
- Arcade Archives
- Ridge Racer
News Super Bomberman Collection Gets A Surprise Shadow Drop On Switch 2
Nintendo Life Bombs away!
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Upcoming Releases
"I was telling [the Xenogears team], 'Please tone down some of this stuff.'"
- Features
- Interviews
- Final Fantasy
- Dragon Quest
News This N64 Classic From The Developers Of GTA Has Gotten A Native PC Port
Space Station Silicon Valley: Recompiled is here
- Nintendo
- N64
- Recompilation
News This New Web App Takes The Pain Out Of Setting Up Your Analogue 3D
Label management, save data, backups and more
- Analogue
- Analogue 3D
- N64
- FPGA
News Like Dungeon Master? Then Underkeep Will Be Right Up Your Rat-Infested Catacomb
"Grid movement, slow tension and tactical combat"
- Steam
- PC
YesterdayWed, 4th Feb 2026
News Prolific Saturn Modder Creates A Successor To One Of Sega's Rarest Consoles
Update: Final version of the one-off 'Sega CDX2' is shown off
- Sega
- Modding
- SEGA Saturn
News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Library With Two More Titles
Nintendo Life Available now
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
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News Taito's 1987 OutRun Clone 'Top Speed' Makes Its Debut On Modern Consoles Later This Week
Prepare for "an explosive sense of speed!"
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Nintendo Life "I think there are people who have trouble connecting with cute characters"
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
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Update: The Kickstarter is now live
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Castlevania 64 is finally shown some love!
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- Castlevania
- Indies
- Steam
Coming to Steam, Xbox, PS5, & Nintendo Switch
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News The MSX2 Versions Of The Ambitious RPG 'Burai' Are Coming To Nintendo Switch Later This Month
New 'Burai Complete Edition' announced for Japan
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- MSX2
- Mebius
News A Fanmade VR Port Of The N64 Classic 'Perfect Dark' Is Currently In The Works
The port is now in its "experimental" stages
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- VR
- Perfect Dark
- Rare
Tuesday3rd Feb 2026
Preview Five Takeaways From My Time With Virtual Boy On Nintendo Switch Online
Nintendo Life Oh boy
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- Nintendo Switch 2
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- Nintendo Switch Online
'Saka-Doh: The Reversal Arts' is out this Friday
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News Roguecraft DX Is Available Now On Amiga, Mega65 And Game Boy Color
Update: And it's on offer!
- Amiga
- Game Boy Color
News Legendary Developer And Insect Blocker Hideki Kamiya Is Getting His Own Book
Nintendo Life Welcome to my world
- Hideki Kamiya
- Japan
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News Anbernic's Next Handheld Looks To Sony's Ill-Fated PS Vita For "Inspiration"
"You can copy my homework but don't make it obvious"
- Anbernic
- Emulation Handhelds
- PS Vita
News The Latest ScummVM Update Could Be "The Biggest Release" Yet
Adds "12 new engines" & support for almost 200 titles
- News
- ScummVM
- PC
Featuring "high school (equivalent) FMVs" & a "realistic story"
- News
- Doom
- FPS
- Steam
News You Can Pick Up The Original Alone In The Dark Trilogy Now For Free On GOG
All three games are also part of GOG's preservation program
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- Infogrames
- Deals
- GOG
'F-22: Air Dominance Fighter' is being rereleased this month
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- Steam
- Flight Sim
- Digital Image Design
News AYANEO Is Giving Away A Free Handheld After Pocket S Mini "Supply Chain Communication Error"
Due to an error the device's battery is smaller than initially advertised
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- AYANEO
- Emulation Handhelds
News Netflix Documentary Shines A Light On Korean Virtua Fighter Sensation "Akira Kid"
South Korean player famously beat the best Japanese players in the world
- Netflix
- Virtua Fighter
- Sega
"Personally, I was amazed that they actually managed to pull it off from the start."
- News
- ASCII
- Mobile
- Japan
Monday2nd Feb 2026
"It was a game that was truly outstanding in terms of sound design"
- Nobuo Uematsu
- ActRaiser
- SNES
- Nintendo
News Sega Saturn Does Ray Tracing - And No, We're Not Joking
Unprecedented for a machine of this vintage.
- DF Retro
- Ray Tracing
...plus a heck of a lot more
- Analogue
- FPGA
- Analogue 3D
- N64
News A Native PC Port Of Panzer Dragoon Saga Is In Early Development
Sega's epic JRPG is already semi-playable on Windows PCs
- Sega
- Panzer Dragoon
- SEGA Saturn
- Recompilation
News This New "Dark Science-Fiction" Shoot 'Em Up Aims To Push The SNES Hardware
Super Storm Buster will feature "a very high number of projectiles" & huge bosses
- News
- SNES
- PixelHeart
- Homebrews
News The Definitive Version Of Tales Of Phantasia's PSP Remake Is Now Available In English
'Tales of Phantasia X' was released in 2010, alongside Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X
- News
- Fan Translation
- PSP
- Tales
"That's why I'm very anti-AI right now"
- AI
- Square Enix
News The Simpsons: Hit & Run Is Being Unofficially Ported To Dreamcast
The GTA clone could be coming to Sega's console
- Sega
- Dreamcast
- Modding
News XeGrader, A "Puzzle Adventure Shooter" From The Creator Of Hydlide, Is Coming To Steam
XeGrader Plus announced
- News
- Steam
- Hydlide
News Lord of the Rings: Conquest, "The Game That Killed Pandemic", Is Playable Online Once More
And it works on Steam Deck, too
- PC
- Modding
- Lord of the Rings
News AYANEO Has Just Done Something Totally Different With Its Pocket S Mini Handheld
Available right now for as little as $319
- AYANEO
- Emulation Handhelds
News Slay, Queen! Another PC-FX Game Has Been Translated Into English
It's 'All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling Queen of Queens'
- PC-FX
- Fan Translations
Sunday1st Feb 2026
Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (February 1st 2026)
Sonic R! Banjo: Recompiled! Beavis and Butt-Head!
- Retro Recap
- Features
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Red Alarm (Virtual Boy)
Nintendo Life Took something perfect and painted it red
- Features
- Polls
- Box Art Brawl
- Virtual Boy
Saturday31st Jan 2026
Community Challenge How Fast Are You On Ridge Racer's Most Difficult Course?
"SOMEBODY'S RIGHT ON YOUR TAIL"
- Features
- Community Challenge
- Ridge Racer
Friday30th Jan 2026
"I'd rather quit the industry than use Generative AI"
- AI
Review Abxylute E1 - A $70 Dual-OS Handheld That Sadly Fails To Impress
Abxylute-ly underwhelming
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- Emulation Handhelds
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