Tag: Guides
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Collections And Compilation Games
Bundles of joy
Updated with Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story. Enjoy! Switch is many a gamer's go-to console for revisiting retro classics, at home on the TV, or wherever you happen to take the handheld hybrid. Squeezing in nostalgia trips between the big new releases has never been easier, and there have been a host of exceptional collections and...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Strategy Games
The best RTS, 4X, strategy and tactics games on Switch
Updated with Unicorn Overlord. Enjoy! Strategy and tactics games by their very nature require deep thought and careful consideration, and many gamers these days often find it hard to embark on epic multi-hour campaigns in a single sitting. Planning a multi-turn offensive in a 4X game like...
Guide Summer Game Fest Conference Schedule 2024: Dates, How To Watch, Everything You Need To Know
Another round
It really feels like Summer Game Fest 2023 has only just ended, yet here we are gearing up for another look at what Geoff Keighley has up his sleeves for Summer Game Fest 2024. The opening showcase for the upcoming event has just been confirmed, so that means it's time for us to start compiling a handy guide for you fine readers so...
Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Switch OLED Model - Best Deals And Cheapest Prices
The best Nintendo Switch money can buy
Hoping to find the best Nintendo Switch console deals? Looking for the best prices and discounts on Nintendo Switch OLED? Then this is the guide for you! Below, we've been busy rounding up the best offers available for Nintendo's top-of-the-line Switch console, the OLED Model. There are a variety of colours...
Guide Where To Pre-Order Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD On Switch
Best deals and pre-order bonuses!
Luigi's Mansion 2 HD arrives on Nintendo Switch on 27th June 2024. If you're hoping to find the best deals, cheapest prices, and info on any special edition releases for the game, you're definitely in the right place. Below, we're keeping track of all retail options for you, including the recently revealed Mighty...
Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Switch eShop Credit, Gift Cards And Online Membership
Save money with discounted credit
With so many fantastic games launching on the Nintendo Switch eShop every week, having quick and easy access to eShop funds is becoming a must. If you're unable to connect your credit card to your account, or would rather avoid doing so for safety reasons, topping up your balance with eShop credit is a perfect way...
Guide LEGO Animal Crossing: Which Is The Best Set?
Worth a Nook?
Lego's range of Animal Crossing-themed playsets sees the Danish toy company join forces with Nintendo once more, with a series of Lego sets designed to be connected and reconfigured in a way that recalls the creative terraforming of your deserted island in Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch. In this guide, we'll take a brief...
Guide LEGO Animal Crossing: Minifigure List
Go minifigure
Lego's Animal Crossing sets each contain at least one character from Nintendo's relaxing life-sim series in minifigure form, and we have to say they're amongst the most adorable we've ever seen in all our years of clicking together Danish plastic. Featuring a host of characters from Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch, we wouldn't...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy (Color) Game Ranked
All the GB and GBC games, ranked by you
Updated with Dr. Mario and the excellent sports RPGs, Mario Tennis and Mario Golf. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you'd like to see the rankings below alter. Enjoy! Game Boy and Game Boy Color titles first arrived on...
Guide Best Monster Hunter Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Hunted (ranked) by you
Update: Capcom's Monster Hunter series is celebrating its 20th anniversary on 11th March 2024. And to celebrate, we've decided to overhaul our Best Monster Hunter Game list into a reader-ranked format. That means you can influence the ranking! Not only that, we've also changed the list to focus on Nintendo-only releases. That...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Micro SD Cards - Cheapest Memory Cards In 2024
The best SD card deals and discounts for your Switch
If you own a Nintendo Switch, Switch Lite, or Switch OLED and tend to download games from the Nintendo eShop, you'll soon find yourself running out of storage space. A lack of storage is one of the Switch's few weaknesses, and the fact that there are so many amazing digital-only games on...
Guide Where To Pre-Order Princess Peach: Showtime! On Switch
Update: 20% off pre-orders in the UK!
Update: UK readers can now snag 20% off Princess Peach: Showtime! pre-orders over at Currys (keep scrolling for more deals across the UK and US). Head through the link below and make sure to enter code PEACH20 when you reach the checkout: <products id="26298"> It's not often we're treated to a new...
Guide Best Super Mario Games Of All Time
Where does Mario Wonder rank?
Happy MAR10! Well, almost. Mario Day takes place on March 10th, so we're republishing our list of the very best mainline games starring the plumber. What's the best Mario game ever? Where do you even begin to rank all the Mario games? Let's face it, any of the top 10 could justifiably take the top spot. Any of them...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch And Switch Lite Console Bundle Deals
Save big with bundled games and accessories
If you're in the market for buying a Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite console (learn about the differences here), you'd be wise to see what bundles, discounts and offers are available before diving into a purchase. Luckily for you, we've done all the hard work for you right here on this page. Below, we're...
Guide Every Limited Edition Nintendo Switch Console - And Where To Buy Them
Special Editions galore!
From the good old days of Pokémon-themed Nintendo 64s to the stunning Animal Crossing-themed Switch that was released not too long ago, Nintendo fans have always been treated to some extremely special limited edition systems. Having the latest and greatest consoles sitting in front of your TV is one thing, but having one...
Guide Where To Buy LEGO Animal Crossing - Every Set Available To Order
Bells at the ready
If the ginormous and ever-growing LEGO Super Mario collection wasn't enough for you, Nintendo's only gone and done it again with a shiny new LEGO Animal Crossing range – get in! First launching in March 2024, the Animal Crossing range consists of several sets based on some of the series' most beloved characters such as...
Guide Where To Buy Japanese Nintendo Switch eShop Credit
Here's how to get Japan-exclusive eShop games
The Nintendo Switch eShop is home to thousands of great games at this point, but some are locked away, exclusive to particular regions. If you're wondering how to download Japanese Switch games, you're in the right place. One of the great things about the Nintendo Switch eShop is that you can create...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Demos - Try Before You Buy On Switch eShop
Play before you pay
Updated with Unicorn Overlord. Enjoy! Since its launch back in 2017, the amount of quality games that have come to Switch is simply staggering. Nintendo's system has quite literally thousands of titles to enjoy, many of them absolutely free to download and play, and many of the others with free demos available on the Switch...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For March And April 2024
Princess Peach! Contra! Lots more!
2024's absolutely rushing by and somehow we already find ourselves knocking on the door of spring. Thankfully, Nintendo's keeping up the pace with plenty of intriguing games headed to Switch over the next couple of months. We've been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail in the coming...
Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Switch Lite - Best Deals And All Colours
Best Switch Lite prices and offers
The Nintendo Switch family of consoles has proved to be super popular with three different models to choose from and a great library of games to play on them. The Nintendo Switch Lite is the most affordable and gift-friendly console of the set – and it's a delight to play with, too. Below, we're tracking the...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Card Games, Board Games, And Deckbuilders
Play your cards right
Updated with the excellent Balatro and Pocket Card Jockey. Enjoy! You'd be forgiven for thinking that physical tabletop gaming might have trouble surviving in this digital and ever-mobile age, but collectible card games and traditional board games are arguably more popular than ever. Excellent digital versions of household...
Guide 50 Best Nintendo Switch Games To Play Right Now (2024)
The very best Switch games ever, after seven full years
Welcome to our master list of the top 50 best games ever released on Nintendo Switch, as ranked by you. As the Switch enters its eighth year on 3rd March 2024 — yes, it launched a full seven years ago! — we're republishing this reader-ranked list of the top 50 absolute best games on the...
Guide Splatoon 3: Fresh Season 2024 - Every New Weapon, Stage & Feature
Freshly squeezed
Splatoon 3's next season, 'Fresh Season 2024,' has brought a whole bunch of new content to the Splatlands. Fresh Season 2024 began on 1st March 2024 and added new stages, weapon loadouts, gear and more. All of the newbies were shared on the @SplatoonNA and @NintendoUK Twitter accounts, and we have collected together each and every...
Guide Best Star Wars Video Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
You sort the padawans from the poodoo
Updated with the excellent Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster — feel free to add your own rating once you've played it and see where it ends up in the rankings. Remember, the ranked list below is governed by each game's User Rating in our database, meaning that the order is dynamic and subject to real-time...
Guide Pokémon Legends: Z-A - Release Date, Everything We Know So Far
All details, updates, release dates, and more
Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the second Pokémon game to bear the Legends moniker, was announced at the February 2024 Pokémon Presents. We have very few details on what this brand-new game from Game Freak and The Pokémon Company is, but we've gathered those scraps together and put them all in one handy...
Guide Pokémon Presents February 2024: Every Announcement, Full Livestream
Legends Z-A! Trading Card Game Pocket! Tera Raids!
The February 2024 Pokémon Presents has come and gone, giving us a shorter showcase than we are used to seeing from TPC. At only 13 minutes in length, the presentation wasn't full of big hitters, but that's not to say that there wasn't some good stuff to be found in it — and Pokémon Legends: Z-A...
Guide Best First-Party Super Nintendo (SNES) Games
Nintendo's Super NES games, as ranked by you
Looking for a list of Nintendo's first-party Super NES games? Wondering what the best first-party Super NES game is? Our round-up of every first-party SNES game is, unsurprisingly, a good place to start! Our ranked list of the Top 50 Best Super NES Games Ever covers every game on the system, but here...
Guide Best First-Party NES Games
Nintendo-developed NES games, as ranked by you
Looking for a list of Nintendo's first-party NES games? Wonder what the best first-party NES game is? You've come to the right guide. Our ranked list of the Top 50 Best NES Games Ever covers every game on the system, but here we're looking specifically at Nintendo-developed NES games released in the...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch DLC & Expansions
Downloadable loving care
Updated with Splatoon 3: Side Order and Eastward: Octopia, the fantastic farming sim DLC for the adventure RPG Eastward. Enjoy! There was a time, long ago, when games were done when they hit retail shelves. But we're in the 21st century now, and more often than not, additional post-launch content is released months after a...
Guide 35 Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games To Look Forward To In 2024
New Nintendo Switch games coming soon
We've given this list a good old spring clean following the February 2024 Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase. There are tons of new games coming to Switch in 2024, so if we have to wait until 2025 for the Switch 2, this list should keep you pretty happy. Also, take that '35' with a pinch of salt, it's 35-ish...
Guide Most Addictive Nintendo Switch Games
Just one more
Updated with Balatro. Enjoy (responsibly)! Video games. They can transport you to other worlds, put you in someone else's shoes, and artfully illuminate and educate while engaging your grey matter with entertainment of astonishing variety. There's no end to the incredible, life-affirming experiences on offer: from thought-provoking,...
Guide 78 Switch Games To Pick Up In Nintendo's 'Play On Sale' (Europe)
Everything we've scored 9/10 or higher
Reminder: The Play On Sale ends this weekend (25th February), so be sure to grab anything you planned to before time's up. We've already got Telltale's Walking Dead First Season on Steam, but it's only £2.59!... What's that? Another Switch eShop sale, you say? Oh why not, let's have it. Yes, Nintendo's back...
Guide How To Change Your Nintendo Account Region And Play Mother 3 On Switch
O Mother, where art thou?
Mother 3, the celebrated final part of the EarthBound trilogy (as it's known in the West), is available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers in Japan. As of 21st February 2024, the 2006 Game Boy Advance title is available as part of the Switch Online service's library to anyone with a subscription at the Expansion Pack...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online N64 Game Ranked
All the N64 games, ranked by you
Updated with Blast Corps following the February 2024 update. Remember, this is a dynamic, real-time ranking of every available N64 game playable as part of a Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription. You can add (or maybe even reevaluate) your User Ratings for every game you've played at any time, even after...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online NES Game Ranked
All the NES games, ranked by you
Updated with Snake Rattle 'n' Roll and RC PRO-AM following the February 2024 update. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you'd like to see the rankings below change. Enjoy! The collection of NES games available to Nintendo Switch Onl
Guide Nintendo Direct February 2024: Every Announcement, Game Reveal, Trailer
Round Up: Everything announced in the Partner Showcase
The first Nintendo Direct of 2024 has been broadcast. The February 2024 presentation was a Partner Showcase highlighting Switch games coming from third-party publishers (so, not Nintendo) in the first half of 2024. Below you'll find the video of the full Nintendo Direct February 2024...
Guide Where To Buy Mario vs. Donkey Kong On Switch
Best deals and cheapest prices
The Nintendo Switch is fast becoming the ultimate Mario machine, with Mario vs Donkey Kong now joining an already huge list of amazing Mario titles available on the system. The game launched on February 16th 2024, with retail deals now live in the US and UK. We're keeping track of all retail options for you on this...
Guide Best Tomb Raider Games, Ranked - Lara Croft On Switch And Nintendo Systems
As ranked by you
Some people might understandably associate the Tomb Raider series, like WipeOut and Crash Bandicoot, with PlayStation. Lara Croft shot to prominence as the poster girl of gaming in the lad-mag era of the late-'90s and feels forever tied to the cultural gaming cornerstone that is Sony's debut console. However, Core Design's original...
Guide Best Donkey Kong Games Of All Time
Every DK game, as ranked by you
Update: To celebrate the 10th anniversary of DKC: Tropical Freeze and the return of DK (and his rivalry with Mario) to Switch in Mario vs. Donkey Kong, we're overhauling our Best DK Games list, switching it to a reader-ranked format. That's right, the list below is now governed by each game's User Rating in our...
Guide Every Basketball Game On Nintendo Switch
Everything from dunks to dumps
We're getting ready for NBA All-Star Weekend 2024 with a look at every basketball game on Nintendo Switch. The three-day event tips off in Indiana on 16th February with contests and challenges taking place every day until the 73rd All-Star Game finale on 18th February. With all of its high-flying athleticism,...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Couch Co-op Games
Awesome when you're part of a team
T'is the day of Saint Valentine, so what better time to turn on the telly, snuggle up on the sofa, and revel in the delights of hearty cooperative play?... We are, of course, talking about cracking off a couple of Joy-Con for some co-op on the couch. In honour of Valentine's Day, we're overhauling and republishing...
Guide Princess Peach: Showtime! All Outfit Transformations - Every Costume Revealed So Far
Dress to impress
It has been a long old time since we got a game with Princess Peach in the starring role. The DS's Super Princess Peach didn't get things off to the best start and in the ensuing years, the Mushroom Kingdom monarch has been more of a supporting cast member despite some prominent appearances here and there. It's a wrong that needs to...
Guide New Nintendo Switch Games Release Dates - All Announced Switch Titles
Every confirmed Switch game for 2024 and beyond
What new Switch games in 2024 are releasing soon? Are any Switch games announced for 2025? Assuming that you've come here looking for a full list of announced Switch games coming in 2024 and beyond, you'll find the answers below. If you're not here for that...erm, hello! Nintendo's Switch has built an...
Guide Every American Football Game On Nintendo Switch
Enough to make you mad(den)
We've given this guide a good refresh ahead of the 2024 Super Bowl, which takes place on 11th February and sees defending champions the Kansas City Chiefs go up against the San Francisco 49ers. There's a lot at stake here, so to help diffuse the tension, why not grab some game snacks and check out what American football...
Guide Best Nintendo Remakes & Remasters Of All Time, Ranked
Harder, better, faster, stronger
We've updated this list with Mario vs. Donkey Kong, and have also reworked it from 'remakes-only' to now feature Nintendo-published remasters, too. Happy now? Read on for more details... When it comes to remaking, remastering, and re-releasing a game, it's easy to assume every publisher out there is plundering its...
Guide 94 Switch Games You Should Pick Up in Nintendo's 'Jump-Start' January Sale (US)
Reminder: Sale ends tonight
Just a gentle reminder folks, if you're interested in making the most of Nintendo's Jump-Start January sale, then you'll need to be quick - it ends tonight (February 7th) at 11:59 p.m. PT. So feel free to peruse our list of all the games we've scored at least a 9/10 on Nintendo Life. Might as well extend that backlog...
Guide Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games
Every first-party game that has sold over one million copies
Updated with sales figures from Nintendo's Q3 FY24 financial report - enjoy! At the time of writing, the Switch has the highest number of software sales of any Nintendo console, ever, with over one billion games sold on the platform since March 2017. What's more, its lead is so...
Guide Best Sonic Games Of All Time
Gotta score fast
We're republishing this list in honour of one of the best Sonic games of all time, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which celebrated its 30th birthday on 2nd February 2024. It was back in 1991 that Sonic the Hedgehog — the blue dude with the most 'tude — first burst forth onto the Mega Drive in Japan and Sega finally presented a credible...
Guide Best Time Loop Games On Nintendo Switch
Okay campers, rise and shine...
Gooooood morning (afternoon? evening?), all! We're republishing this piece in honour of Groundhog Day. Whether the groundhog saw its shadow or not, we want to celebrate the best games that throw you into an endless time loop. We've also added In Stars and Time and Outer Wilds to the list. Enjoy! Most video games are...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Fighting Games
Final Round. Fight!
Updated with the fantastic UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes. Enjoy! It's ironic that one of the most violent video game genres is also one which has pulled millions of people together; ever since the early days of Fatal Fury and Street Fighter II, the humble 'fighting game' genre has created (and arguably ended) countless...