Feature The 15 Best Zelda Bosses, Ranked
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News Limited Run Games Showcase To Feature "20+ New Digital And Physical Announcements"
Tune in on July 12th
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Poll What Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Wave 5 DLC Racer Are You Most Excited About?
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News Xbox Boss Says Call Of Duty Would Run "Relatively Great Compared To Other Switch Games"
Microsoft previously announced a "10-year commitment"
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News 'Quake II Remastered' Rated Ahead Of QuakeCon 2023
The annual event begins August 10th
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News Limited Run Games Showcase To Feature "20+ New Digital And Physical Announcements"
Tune in on July 12th
It's that time of year when game companies are hosting their own live streams with all sorts of announcements, and while we're on the tail end of everything now, it's not completely over just yet. Physical distributor Limited Run Games has announced it will be hosting its annual showcase via Twitch and YouTube on 12th July...
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Feature The 15 Best Zelda Bosses, Ranked
Update: Now featuring some of TOTK's best
Note: there is specific mention of two Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom bosses in the following list. Only read on if you have finished the main game or are not concerned about avoiding spoilers! We must admit: Zelda rankings tend to look a little samey, perhaps with a few spicy changes based on the person. But...
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The Making Of Fighting Fantasy - The Million-Selling Gamebook Series
Time Extension You are the hero
Choice is a powerful thing. It's what differentiates video games from other mediums of entertainment. Outside of watching alternative endings on DVD, the outcome of a movie cannot be influenced by the viewer; likewise, a great album's track listing can be randomised, but the songs remain the same. In games, the player is able to...
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Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - WarioWare Gold
VOTE!
Welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl. Before we dive into the competitors, let's take a look at what went down last time. Last week, we asked you to choose between a whopping three regional covers for Puyo Pop Fever and it ended up really rather close. It was the Japanese cover that walked away with the win on that occasion,...
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Poll What Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Wave 5 DLC Racer Are You Most Excited About?
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Earlier this week during the Direct broadcast, Nintendo lifted the lid on 'Wave 5' of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass, arriving later this summer. Apart from the brand new bathroom-themed track Squeaky Clean Sprint, it also revealed three new characters would be joining the roster: Petey Piranha, Wiggler and Kamek...
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News Xbox Boss Says Call Of Duty Would Run "Relatively Great Compared To Other Switch Games"
Microsoft previously announced a "10-year commitment"
In December last year, Microsoft entered a "10-year commitment" to bring the Call of Duty series to Nintendo platforms if its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard passed. There have been many questions about if the series could even run on Nintendo hardware, and now during the current...
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News 'Quake II Remastered' Rated Ahead Of QuakeCon 2023
The annual event begins August 10th
Ahead of Bethesda's QuakeCon celebrations this August, the South Korean game rating committee has classified Quake II Remastered. No platforms or release dates have been confirmed just yet. A similar situation previously played out with the re-release of Quake in 2021, when a rating surfaced via the ESRB.
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News The FTC Doesn't Seem To Think Switch Is A Serious PlayStation & Xbox Competitor
Microsoft's Phil Spencer says it's "incorrect"
Microsoft is currently locked in a courtroom battle with the Federal Trade Commission over its proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, and although the focus is mostly on Xbox, on day two of the proceedings, the Nintendo Switch has already been dragged into the fight. According to The...
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News Batman Arkham Trilogy For Switch Only Includes One Title On The Game Cartridge
You'll have to download Arkham City & Knight
One of the third-party highlights of the latest Nintendo Direct earlier this week was the announcement Batman: Arkham Trilogy would be coming to the Switch this Fall. As exciting as it is, some new information about the physical version has now surfaced. The Switch version's FAQ has revealed the hard...
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Feature The One Thing Wii Did Much Better Than Switch
Point taken
The Sensor Bar. Flimsy little plastic box with the world's longest, spindliest cable. An irritation to every Wii owner who has ever had to move their console. What was it good for? There's not a lot to the Sensor Bar. A little device that emits some infrared light. If the Wii Remote is pointed at one, it recognises that's where the TV...
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News Nintendo Infographic Showcases The Games Featured In June's Direct
What are you most excited about?
It's been another exciting week in the world of video games with all sorts of streams taking place. On the Switch front, Nintendo obviously held a Direct broadcast - showcasing not only an extended look at Pikmin 4 but also many other upcoming releases and surprises. Some of the first-party highlights included the...
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News Sonic Frontiers Free 'Birthday Bash' DLC Is Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
New Game + speeds into the game
Original story [Fri 23rd Jun, 2023 16:20 BST]: Happy birthday to Sonic the Hedgehog! It's the blue blur's birthday today, if you didn't know, so it's only appropriate we have some way to celebrate, right? Well, Sonic Frontiers players will be able to download some free DLC later today. Sonic's Birthday Bash brings...
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News Sonic Superstars' Release Date Might Have Already Been Revealed
Super Mario Bros. Wonder is scheduled for the same week
Sega gave blue blur fans another look at the upcoming release Sonic Superstars at its recent Sonic Central broadcast, but one thing it didn't lock in was a release date. It's due to arrive at some point in Fall 2023 and there's now apparently been "multiple retailer listings" for Sonic...
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Review Fall Of Porcupine – A Prickly Hospital Game That Needed A Little More Care
A test of patients
The past few years have reminded us that many countries’ healthcare systems are not in good shape. Even so, it’s hard to appreciate the challenges that healthcare workers face if you’re not one. Fall of Porcupine aims to do this in an approachable way by putting players in the scrubs of 2D animal doctors. Unfortunately, the...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 24th)
Shed enough Tears?
Another week has come and gone, but goodness, it was a great one, wasn't it? Yes, the surprise Nintendo Direct aired and brought with it some absolutely killer announcements, including the likes of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a Super Mario RPG remake, Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, and Batman: Arkham Trilogy. Th
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Friday23rd Jun 2023
Guide Best Switch Games In Nintendo's Hyper Max eShop Sale (North America)
Update: Sale ends this weekend
Update: The Hyper Max eShop Sale ends on 25th June, so make sure you check out our favourite games that have been discounted. We're on the cusp of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, which means it's time for summer sales! Nintendo is running Switch eShop sales around the globe, but that doesn't mean the same games...
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Guide Best Switch Games In Nintendo's eShop Summer Sale (Europe)
Update #2: Ends this weekend!
Update 2: You've only got a few more days to snap up some cheap Switch games on the eShop. the sale ends on 25th June, so check out our picks for the best of the best. Update: Now Wave 2 has washed over us, we've added another 31 games to the list, taking the total of 9 or 10s up to a staggering 94! All of the games...
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Review Fire Emblem - The Blazing Blade Is Still As Sharp As Ever
So much to love Lyndis game
This review originally went live in 2015, and we're updating and republishing it to mark the game's arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack GBA library. Before Fire Emblem: Awakening kicked off 2013 (the Year of Luigi, you'll recall) with a bang, there was a great deal of concern at Nintendo regarding its...
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News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Fire Emblem
The Blazing Blade returns
Update [Fri 23rd Jun, 2023 02:05 BST]: It's been an incredibly exciting week in the world of Nintendo with all sorts of new game announcements at the latest Direct presentation, and now to top it off, we've got the release of Fire Emblem on the Switch Online service. To access this one, you'll need to have subscribed to...
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Review Pikmin 1 - A Bare-Bones Port, But A Joyous Adventure
Pik it out
Nintendo gave Pikmin fans a couple of lovely surprises during the June 2023 Nintendo Direct, prepping players for Pikmin 4's debut by stealth-dropping the original Pikmin and its wonderful sequel in HD remastered form. Exciting! Yes, if you've played these two beauties before, you'll know they're among some of Nintendo's loveliest work,...
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Feature 20 Things You Might Have Missed In The Super Mario Bros. Wonder Reveal
Power-ups, princesses, persons unknown
The June 2023 Nintendo Direct showcase gave us a lot to look forward to over the next year on Switch, but the star of the show had to be the reveal of a brand new 2D Mario game, Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Thoughts after our first viewing of the trailer were mainly dominated by the elephant in the room —
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Review Pikmin 2 - Still A Sublime Time, Even Without The 7-Up Bottle Cap
Pik of the bunch
Not content with dropping an HD port of the original Pikmin during the June 2023 Nintendo Direct, the platform holder also saw fit to furnish us with this slightly revamped version of its sequel, the very excellent Pikmin 2. Hooray! Yes, Nintendo has planted us firmly in the Pikmin 4 hype zone prior to that game's launch and, if...
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Hands On The Tomb Raider Returns To A Nintendo System In A Promising Package
A Lara Lara laughs
It’s been a bit of a barren six years or thereabouts for Switch-owning Tomb Raider fans, without so much as a remastered golden oldie or even (mercifully, perhaps) a quickie cloud version of one of the new-fangled reboots to enjoy on Nintendo’s platform. However, all of that is just about to change with the imminent arrival of...
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Random Disgruntled Splatoon 3 Fan Complains Directly To Nintendo's President About Male Poses
Bought shares just to access Nintendo's annual shareholder meeting
Imagine saving up money to buy shares so you can attend a shareholder meeting with the company president and complain about something in a video game. That's exactly what one Splatoon 3 fan has reportedly done. GLHF reports that a Splatoon 3 player saved up enough cash to attend a...
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News LEGO Sonic Is Drop Dashing Into Sonic Superstars
Block off your calendars
During today's Sonic Central showcase, Sega announced that it is collaborating with Lego to bring Lego Sonic the Hedgehog to Sonic Superstars. The appearance doesn't seem to be anything more than an aesthetic change, but the visuals retain all the subtle nuances that have been showcased in the Sonic the Hedghog Lego sets...
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News Cuphead-Like 2D Platformer Enchanted Portals Coming To Switch This Summer
Physical release also confirmed
Back in 2019, a Kickstarter was launched for a "magical" 2D platformer known as Enchanted Portals. It was accused at the time of being a Cuphead clone, and although there were a few things to overcome along the way, it hasn't stopped developer Xixo from seeing out the project. In an update, the studio has now...
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News Nintendo Reveals Range Of Pikmin 4 Homewares Heading For FamilyMart Stores In Japan
Ice, ice Pikmin
Here at Nintendo Life, you will regularly catch us getting envious of region-exclusive game merchandise, and such envy has hit us today as we got a first look at the range of Pikmin 4 homewares that will soon be coming to FamilyMart stores in Japan as well as the Nintendo stores in Tokyo and Osaka. Shared via a blog post on the...
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Random Super Smash Bros. Melee Cards From UK Nintendo Magazine Uploaded Online
Blast from the past
Man, we really miss the days when print magazines were all the rage. Yes, call us old, we don't care! There was something special about picking up the latest issue of Nintendo Official Magazine (later succeeded by Official Nintendo Magazine, or ONM) and NGamer, especially when they included bonus goodies that you couldn't find...
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News Nintendo And Illumination Thank Fans For Supporting The Super Mario Bros. Movie
"We feel very fortunate"
The Mario Movie ended up banking over $1 billion at the global box office in the end, making it one of the most successful animated movies in the history of cinema. It seemingly surpassed the expectations of even Nintendo and Illumination. With this in mind, Mario's creator Shigeru Miyamoto and Chris Meledandri of...
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News E3 2024 And 2025 Have Supposedly Been Cancelled
The ESA claims "no final decisions" have been made
E3 2023 was cancelled earlier this year in March, and now in an update, it seems the events for 2024 and 2025 have also been axed. This information was featured in a slide during a Los Angeles City Tourism Board meeting. The Entertainment Software Association has come out with a statement,...
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News Hip-Thrusting Is Just One Of The Weird Minigames In Everybody 1-2-Switch!
All 17 have been revealed
A month ago, Everybody 1-2-Switch!'s existence was shrouded in mystery, with reports circling about apparent dislike of the game from internal Nintendo employees. Today, we're just a week away from the game's launch, and Nintendo has shared details of all 17 minigames in this upcoming sequel. Nintendo has launched an...
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News Fate/Samurai Remnant Brings The Action To Edo Japan This September On Switch
The Holy Grail War returns
The latest entry in the Fate series, Fate/Samurai Remnant, is launching on Nintendo Switch alongside PlayStation and PC on 29th September 2023, publisher Koei Tecmo has announced. This gargantuan multimedia franchise started way back in 2004 with the visual novel Fate/stay night and has spawned multiple sequels, anime,...
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News DSReality Aims To Display Your Favourite DS Games As Holographic 3D Models
Time Extension The future is now!
A new project showing a way to play Nintendo DS games in augmented reality has got a lot of people online excited. DSReality is a new proof-of-concept from the developer Zhouwei Zhang, which aims to rip sprites in realtime from titles emulated through MelonDS (using
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News Mario Kart Tour Gains New City Circuit In Upcoming Night Tour Update
When in Rome
We are now heading into the final lap of Mario Kart Tour's 'Mario vs. Luigi Tour' and that means that it is time for us to see what's up next. As shared today via the @mariokarttourEN Twitter, we got our first look at the 'Night Tour', which is set to see Wii Moonview Highway speeding into the game along with a brand new city circuit,...
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Guide Where To Pre-Order Detective Pikachu Returns On Switch
Physical pre-orders are live now!
The original Detective Pikachu game launched on 3DS back in 2016, and following on from the hit movie, the series is due to return on Switch later this year with the aptly named Detective Pikachu Returns. The game launches on 6th October 2023 and pre-order options are already starting to appear. We'll be keeping...
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News Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Was One Of Twitch's "Most Watched" Games In May
37 million hours watching Link
May was an absolutely massive month for Nintendo this year with the arrival of the highly anticipated release, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. It dominated the charts in the same month, and its success actually carried over to the streaming platform Twitch. A story over on GamesIndustry.biz reveals Tears of...
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