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  140

  Guide Best Nintendo Switch Racing Games

  Feel the requirement for rapidity!

  Updated with the fantastic NSO free download F-Zero 99. Enjoy! While the Nintendo Switch lacks the raw processing grunt of the Xbox One and PS4, petrol heads have been increasingly well served on the hybrid console, with a steadily growing catalogue of fantastic racers that offer plenty of arcade thrills and...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Essentials
  • Guides
  • Best Switch Games
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  99

  News Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 Resolution & Frame Rate Chart Released

  Here's how the Switch version compares

  Hideo Kojima's legendary series Metal Gear Solid returns as a collection release this October on all platforms including the Nintendo Switch, and as part of this Konami has now shared a table on the official game page detailing the resolution and frame rate per platform. While we've already been given the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • Konami
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  31

  News Hollow Knight: Silksong Fans Spot New Behind-The-Scenes Updates

  Some assets have been changed

  We're running out of months in 2023 and there's still no sign of Hollow Knight: Silksong arriving on the Nintendo Switch any time soon. With this in mind, fans have been searching for any sign of a possible upcoming release, and it seems the game's web and store assets have been updated and changed this week. As...

  • 20 hours ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Silksong
  • Indies
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  60

  Mailbox Missing Zelda Ports, Nerd Rage, 16-Bit Blowback - Nintendo Life Letters

  Issue #4 - September 2023

  Welcome back to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. You hear that? That's the sound of 2024 creeping up on you as we plough into the last week of September. Yes, we're back (slightly later than planned — hey, last week turned into a busy one!) with another selection of your correspondence for our monthly letters page feature...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Mailbox
  • Reader Letters
  • Nintendo Life
  • Site News
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  25

  News Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Physical Switch Release Confirmed

  Launching the same date as the eShop version

  Earlier this week, Capcom confirmed the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy would be launching on the Nintendo Switch early next year on 25th January 2024. Now, in an update, it's been confirmed a physical release is coming to Japan and other Asia regions on the same date. The good news is that you can...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Capcom
  • Japan
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  24

  News Sonic Superstars' New Multiplayer Battle Mode Detailed By SEGA

  Online and local play included

  Sonic Superstars arrives on the Switch next month and ahead of launch Sega has shared some brand new details about the game's multiplayer 'Battle Mode' feature. This mode will allow up to eight players online, or four players locally to go head-to-head in a variety of challenges. In this mode, players will take...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sonic
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
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  44

  Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror

  Deep breath

  It's time to witness a clash of the covers as we dive into another edition of Box Art Brawl. Before we hop into the ring with this week's competition, however, let's quickly recap what happened last time. It was a match-up against two different pieces of cover art for the GBA's Mario vs. Donkey Kong — which had been playing on our...

  • 21 hours ago
  • Poll
  • Box Art Brawl
  • Kirby
  • GBA
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  19

  News Anime Beat 'Em Up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate Announced For Switch

  This remaster of the spin-off series returns next year

  Publisher and developer Rocket Panda Games has announced it will be bringing its anime side-scrolling beat 'em up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate to the Nintendo Switch in 2024. This game is a complete remaster of the original title, rebuilt "from the ground up" on Unreal Engine 5...

  • 1 day ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases

Saturday23rd Sep 2023

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  44

  Guide Best Nintendo Switch Party Games

  Maximum fun, minimum fuss

  Updated with Vampire Survivors and Trombone Champ. Enjoy! So, you're having a party, possibly on a rooftop, dancing to the music and all that jazz, but suddenly there's a lull. Fear not because we've got just the thing to get the party started again! Nintendo Switch has a whole host of crowd-pleasing co-op and competitive...

  • 2 days ago
  • Guides
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Essentials
  • Best Switch Games
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  52

  News Yuzo Koshiro's Mega Drive / Genesis Shmup 'Earthion' Coming To Current-Gen Systems In 2024

  Time Extension Announcement made at TGS 2023

  Update #5 [Sat 23rd Sep, 2023 09:45 BST]: Yuzo Koshiro has confirmed at TGS 2023 that Earthion will launch in 2024, and that it is coming to both the Mega Drive / Genesis and current-gen consoles. It has also been confirmed that Superdeluxe will be distributing the game in Japan, while Limited Run Games is involved...

  • 2 days ago
  • Yuzo Koshiro
  • Sega
  • Mega Drive
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  180

  Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 23rd)

  Spending time with Samus

  It's the weekend! That means it's time to sit back, relax, and enjoy some games. Before we do so, however, let's take a look back at what's been going on this week. One of the biggest stories was actually in relation to the massive leak suffered by Xbox in which Phil Spencer expressed a rather blunt desire to acquire...

  • 2 days ago
  • Features
  • Talking Point
  • Nintendo Switch
  • What Are You Playing
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  35

  Round Up The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - The Teal Mask

  Tell us your own thoughts

  The first DLC part of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero arrived on the Nintendo Switch last week and there have now been multiple reviews shared online, so we've put together a roundup. Here on Nintendo Life, we said The Teal Mask was a fun diversion for Scarlet & Violet players even if...

  • 2 days ago
  • Round Up
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Pokemon
  • Updates
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  57

  News Switch Fighter DNF Duel Season Pass Roadmap Revealed

  Update: The third season pass character is Battle Mage

  Update #2 [Sat 23rd Sep, 2023 04:30 BST]: The third Season Pass character Battle Mage has now been revealed. This fighter is set to join the roster this December. Below is a brief teaser: Update #1 [Thu 31st Aug, 2023 06:45 BST]: Following the release of the first Season Pass character...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Updates
  • DLC
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  14

  PSA Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom News Channel Giving Out Free In-Game Items

  Get an Octo Balloon, Rocket & Traveler's Shield

  Nintendo is offering a new in-game item drop for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. To claim these items, you'll need to head on over to the Switch news channel. This latest one allows you to redeem an Octo Balloon, Rocket & Traveler's Shield which you can fuse together and then go high in...

  • 2 days ago
  • Zelda
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PSA

Friday22nd Sep 2023

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  61

  Random AMOLED 3DS Concept Shown Off At Tokyo Game Show 2023

  Includes 90Hz refresh rate

  Over at the Tokyo Game Show this week, Japanese hardware firm Tassei Denki has been showing off some hardware prototypes that could potentially give us a glimpse into the near future. One of these is of particular interest to us and appears to be a new concept for the Nintendo 3DS. The two units on display are powered by...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo 3DS
  • Hardware
  • TGS
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  131

  Soapbox FOMO Nearly Ruined Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom For Me

  Too much background noise?

  Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Ollie looks back on how Tears of the Kingdom's launch hype on social media may have affected his own enjoyment of the game... On May 12th, 2023, I, like countless other...

  • 3 days ago
  • Features
  • Soapbox
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Zelda
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  53

  News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Advance Library Next Week

  Kirby & The Amazing Mirror returns

  Nintendo has announced it will be bolstering the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service next week with the release of Kirby & The Amazing Mirror. The title will be released on 29th September and follows four titles that were added to the service earlier this month on the SNES, NES and Game Boy. Here's a bit...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch Online
  • Kirby
  • Game Boy
  • GBA
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  85

  Review Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster - A Welcome, If Flawed, Return For Monolith Soft's GameCube Duo

  Pick a card, any card

  These days, Monolith Soft is well known for being one of Nintendo’s finest internal teams, with the Xenoblade Chronicles games delivering some of the finest open-world JRPG goodness available. Long before the company was acquired by Nintendo, however, some of the first projects it produced were the two Baten Kaitos games,...

  • 3 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Nintendo Switch
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  33

  Random Masahiro Sakurai Showcases His Rare Gaming Collectibles

  Autographs, engravings, and more

  Being one of the most recognisable and influential figures in gaming, it should come as no surprise that Masahiro Sakurai has managed to accumulate a number of extremely rare collectibles over the years. In his latest YouTube 'Grab Bag' video, the legendary game designer has taken a bit of a different approach to...

  • 3 days ago
  • Random
  • Sakurai
  • Nintendo
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  6

  News Stardew Valley Creator Teases Version 1.6 (Again)

  What could it be for?

  In case you've missed the recent updates, developer Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone has been hard at work on Version 1.6 of the lifestyle and farming sim Stardew Valley. Although there's no release date just yet, he continues to tease new details about this anticipated update, and the latest one comes in the form of a single...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates
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  36

  Random Modder Makes Switch OLED Run Cooler As A Dedicated Home Console

  Chill out, man

  We have taken a look at the YouTube channel Macho Nacho Productions a few times on Nintendo Life (remember the world's smallest GameCube and the 'thicc boi SP'?), but we were particularly interested in the channel's latest video, which saw a Sw

  • 3 days ago
  • Random
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
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  91

  News Unity Reveals New Pricing Model For Runtime Fee Policy

  "Thank you for giving us hard feedback"

  It only took just over a week for Unity to make changes to its brand new Runtime Fee policy, but that's exactly what it has done. Announcing the changes in an open letter published today on the Unity Blog (shared on social media), the revamped model includes some pretty sweeping changes from the initial...

  • 2 days ago
  • Industry
  • Unity
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  20

  Review 8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard: Mario Teaches Typing

  Time Extension The Nintendo fan's ultimate keyboard

  8BitDo is famous for its excellent controllers aimed at both retro and modern-day systems, but the company has taken something of a departure with its latest effort, the Retro Mechanical Keyboard. As you can probably see from the design, it takes inspiration from the Nintendo Entertainment System, the console...

  • 3 days ago
  • Reviews
  • 8BitDo
  • Nintendo
  • NES
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  36

  News Cosy Lord Of The Rings Game From Wētā Workshop Teased For Consoles Next Year

  We wants it

  While it hasn't been officially announced for Switch (or, indeed, any specific platform at the moment), we're getting ourselves all excited about Tales of the Shire, an upcoming "heart-warming" Lord of the Rings game from Wētā Workshop and Private Division, due out on "consoles" in 2024. Now, we don't actually know all that much about...

  • 3 days ago
  • News
  • Upcoming Releases
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  56

  Poll Pikmin 1+2 Scores A Physical Switch Release This Week, Will You Be Getting It?

  Go on, tell us

  Pikmin has made quite the comeback in 2023 with the release of the fourth entry in the series and also the return of the first two games in HD and featuring motion controls from the Wii re-releases. While both of these classics were made available on the Switch eShop in June, the physical release of Pikmin 1+2 is only just arriving...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Pikmin
  • Switch eShop
  • Polls
  • Reminder
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  14

  News Super Mario Bros. Wonder Overview Trailer Is A Wonderful Recap Of Game's New Features

  Less than a month to go!

  Nintendo has just released a brand new overview trailer for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which does exactly what it says it's going to do — go over the game's features. Now, if you were around for the Super Mario Bros. Wonder Direct at the beginning of the month, you might be getting a bit of déjà vu here, and that's...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Upcoming Releases
  • Super Mario
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  24

  News Monster Hunter Gearing Up For 20th Anniversary, New Artwork Revealed

  Capcom might be up to something...

  Development on Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak officially wrapped some time ago, and now it seems Capcom is gearing up for a big 20th anniversary, which will take place in March 2024. As part of its Tokyo Game Show 2023 online program, the Japanese video game company shared a new piece of anniversary artwork...

  • 3 days ago
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Monster Hunter
  • Capcom
  • Anniversaries
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  22

  Deals Currys Offers Super Mario Bros. Wonder For Less Than £40 With Code (UK)

  Wowie zowie!

  With Super Mario Bros. Wonder out in, hang on... *checks notes*... less than a month on October 20th, 2023, you've probably already started to browse a number of outlets in search of the best deal. Well, this one may take some beating. While the RRP for the game is £49.99, Currys is currently offering up Super Mario Bros. Wonder at...

  • 3 days ago
  • Deals
  • Nintendo
  • Nintendo Switch
  • Super Mario
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  10

  News Wartales Crashes Reported By Players, But A Patch Is Coming Says Dev Team

  "Thank you for bearing with us"

  Open-world tactical RPG Wartales will be getting a patch on Switch "next week (at the latest)!" to fix a number of bugs and issues with the game, developer and publisher Shiro Unlimited announced. The game was announced and released on Switch during last week's Nintendo Direct, and while many were initially delighted...

  • 3 days ago
  • Switch eShop
  • Updates