Opinion Mario Kart World Deserves Its Flowers, So Let's Stop Comparing It To MK8 Deluxe
I'm a Fire Flower, twisted Fire Flower
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News Spyro The Dragon Reignites With A Brand New Entry On Switch 2
Take flight in 2027
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News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Officially Announced For Switch 2, Launching 2027
Fare play
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Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (May 2026)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in May
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News Horror Specialist Bloober Team Is Releasing A New Star Trek Game On Switch 2
"Star Trek like you've never seen it before"
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News Spyro The Dragon Reignites With A Brand New Entry On Switch 2
Take flight in 2027
Publisher Activision and developer Toys for Bob have announced Spyro: A Realm Beyond for the Switch 2; the first brand-new mainline Spyro game in, well... bloomin' yonks. Since 2008, if you don't count the remake trilogy. Described as Spyro's "boldest evolution yet", the new game appears to be more open than previous entries,...
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News Crazy Taxi: World Tour Officially Announced For Switch 2, Launching 2027
Fare play
Sega has finally – finally – shown off its revival for the Crazy Taxi series: Crazy Taxi: World Tour. Featuring music from The Offspring (because of course), the game utilises a very similar art style to the original, which is just wonderful. What's not so great, however, is that it seems to have been developed with the help of...
- Nintendo Switch 2
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Live Watch The Xbox Games Showcase 2026 Here
Pure Xbox The biggest event of 2026 for Xbox fans!
The Xbox Games Showcase 2026 has arrived! This is the biggest event of the year for Xbox fans, set to feature a huge number of reveals and updates from Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, Activision Blizzard and many others. "This year marks 25 years of XBOX, and this Showcase is poised to be a true celebration,...
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Feature Nintendo Life eShop Selects (May 2026)
Our picks for the best eShop games on Switch 1 & 2 in May
And we're back for the latest round of eShop Selects, looking back at last month's eShop-only releases and picking our top three favourites. Plenty of games came out in May, although many of them also got day-and-date physical releases, so we only had six games that met our threshold this...
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Opinion Mario Kart World Deserves Its Flowers, So Let's Stop Comparing It To MK8 Deluxe
I'm a Fire Flower, twisted Fire Flower
Sometimes, when I wind the window down in my car, I think about Mario Kart World. I’m sitting alone in the driver’s seat, radio playing some mid-2000s indie or alt-rock, a breeze blowing through my hair. It might be a quiet morning, the traffic light but the sun bright and warm. I could be admiring the...
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Retro Recap All The Classic Gaming News From The Past Week (June 7th 2026)
Time Extension Utopia! Vectrex Mini! Sega handheld rumours!
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content of the past week in one place. Utopia Is Getting A New Physical Release On SNES: 33 Games is a new boutique publisher which aims to create physical collector's editions...
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Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Rayman 3D
Ray Tracing
Walk this Ray, it's time for another edition of Box Art Brawl. Last week, we matched up three covers for the GameCube's excellent WarioWare, Inc: Mega Party Game$!, and you lot were clearly on the same page as us, crowning the North American design the best of the bunch with 76% of the vote. Poor old Europe and Japan had to split the...
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News Horror Specialist Bloober Team Is Releasing A New Star Trek Game On Switch 2
"Star Trek like you've never seen it before"
Bloober Team, the Polish horror game specialist behind titles like Cronos: New Dawn, has this week announced Star Trek: Shadow Frontier in partnership with Paramount Games. It will be "Coming Soon" to the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms. The game is described as a psychological story-driven...
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News Digital Eclipse Reveals Its Next Retro Collection, Out For Switch 1 & 2 This November
Featuring 16 classic Barbie games
If you've ever wanted to relive Barbie's retro video game adventures, you'll soon be able to with Barbie Rewind. Digital Eclipse and Atari, the same team behind the upcoming Toy Story: Retro Roundup! + Toy Story 3 Complete Edition, has announced a new Barbie collection featuring "16 classic titles from the Y2K...
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News Vampire Survivors Announces Switch 2 Version, New DLC And Name Update
Celebrating a "new chapter"
Although Poncle has been busy with Vampire Crawlers, it's still showing plenty of support for Vampire Survivors. Apart from the recently revealed "Wet Update", this week the studio has also announced it's releasing a Switch 2 version of Vampire Survivors. It will include "better performance" and mouse
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News Little Nightmares III First DLC 'The Backstage' Arrives Next Week
As part of the "Secrets of The Spiral" Expansion Pass
Bandai Namco has officially unveiled Little Nightmares III - The Backstage DLC. It will be coming to the Switch 2 next week on 12th June 2026. It promises to take players to the "darkest part of the Carnevale" and comes loaded with all-new puzzles and challenges. You'll also meet a new character...
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News Blasphemous 2 Gets Free Expansion Update 'The Third Sin' - Out Now
"Featuring a huge labyrinthine castle to explore"
The 2023 Switch release Blasphemous 2 has received a surprise update this week in the form of a new and "free expansion". It's officially titled 'Blasphemous II: The Third Sin' and challenges and takes place within a "huge and foreboding gothic castle that's a quarter of the size of the entire...
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News PowerWash Simulator 2's Next DLC Will Let You Clean Up A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Take a trip to Mess Eisley this July
Hot off the back of its Adventure Time pack (which'll finally launch on Switch 2 on 29th April, after a last-minute delay), FuturLab has today announced the second wave of DLC for PowerWash Simulator 2. And yes, the Force is strong with this one. The Star Wars pack will arrive on Switch 2 at some point this...
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YesterdaySat, 6th Jun 2026
News One Of 2025's Best Games Is Getting A 'Nintendo Switch 2 Edition' This Month
Wake up, Sleeper
We've seen enough 'Nintendo Switch 2 Editions' now that the promise of a replay doesn't get us quite as excited as it did a year ago. When it's one of our absolute favourites from last year, however, with so many branching paths that a replay feels completely warranted, then yes, we'll get a little excited. That's exactly what's...
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News Two New Cuphead Games Are On The Way
Get ready for new retro-inspired adventures
It's been a while since we heard from the talented team at Studio MDHR, but it's finally back, with not one but two announcements. Firstly, the developer has officially confirmed it has begun work on a brand-new hand-animated Cuphead video game. This new and ambitious project, which is still in its...
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News Final Fantasy VII Revelation Officially Unveiled For Switch 2, Out Spring 2027
"Launching simultaneously on all platforms"
At the Summer Game Fest 2026, Square Enix has unveiled the third and final part in the Final Fantasy remake trilogy. It's officially titled Final Fantasy VII Revelation. This next chapter, following Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade and Final
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News Street Fighter 6 Year 4 Revealed, Tifa From Final Fantasy Confirmed
Here come the new challengers
Apart from the big news Final Fantasy VII Revelation is coming to the Switch 2 in Spring 2027, Capcom and Square Enix also confirmed the Final Fantasy character Tifa Lockhart would be coming to Street Fighter 6. She'll be released as part of the fighting game's Season 4 DLC pass alongside Yasmine, Arjun and Bosch. The...
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- Final Fantasy
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News It's Official, Monster Hunter Wilds Is Now In Development For Switch 2
It's happening!
After some rumours, Capcom has today confirmed Monster Hunter Wilds is officially in development for the Switch 2. More information and a release date for the Nintendo version of the game will be shared at some point "in the future". Here's the announcement from the "Developer Message" video on the Monster Hunter YouTube channel. No...
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News Kingdom Hearts, Jak & Daxter-Inspired 'Duskfade' Confirmed For Switch 2
"a love letter to the PS2 classics"
As part of today's Future Games Show, Fireshine Games has revealed a Switch 2 version of Duskfade, a 3D action-platformer that looks back to the PS2 for inspiration. The game was revealed with a 2026 release date months ago on other platforms, but it's now got a 13th August date attached, which includes Switch 2...
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News 007 First Light "Year One" Roadmap Revealed, Reconfirms Switch 2 Release Window
And IOI shares another sales update
007 First Light is already available on other platforms and IO Interactive has this week provided an update about the game's sales and also shared its "first year content" plans. Firstly, this roadmap reconfirms James Bond's new mission is still on target for a "Summer 2026" release on Switch 2, although there is...
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News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds Season Pass 2 Announced, Includes Six New DLC Packs
Who's up next?
At the Summer Game Fest this week, Sega celebrated the 35th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog with an announcement for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds. Once the next lot of paid content has been released (TMNT - July 2026 and Avatar Legends - October 2026), the development team will shift its focus to "Year Two". According to the official...
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News Sephiroth Will Have A New Voice Actor In Final Fantasy VII Revelation
The former VA was unable to participate
In some surprise news, Square Enix has confirmed the voice actor of Sephiroth will not be returning in Final Fantasy VII Revelation. The game's director Naoki Hamaguchi revealed this during a chat with Maximillian Dood. He explained how Tyler Hoechlin, who played the role in Remake, Rebirth and also
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We've played Playtonic's new kart racer, and here's why you should be excited
The Mario Kart series has evolved in some truly remarkable ways over the past few decades, but I feel little shame in stating that the 1992 original remains one of my personal favourites (I'm odd like that; I'd pick the original F-Zero and Star Fox over later iterations,...
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News Hitman: Absolution Switch 2 Upgrade Pack Confirmed For This Summer
Contracts mode is also arriving "very soon"
After announcing Hitman: Absolution would be coming to the Switch 2, Feral Interactive has now narrowed down the release date of this native upgrade pack to "summer" 2026. The development team has also mentioned how the previously announced Contracts mode for the Switch version will apparently be coming...
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Feature Switch 2, Year One - How Closely Did Nintendo Follow Its Own Playbook?
Super Mario Spreadsheet Revisited
Exactly two years ago, I made a bold prediction of every first-party Switch 2 release over the first five years of its lifespan. My forecast wasn’t based on leaked insider information or baseless speculation. Instead, I crunched the numbers (check out the full breakdown here) to find trends and repeated...
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News Snipperclips Dev Is Bringing Its Murder Mystery Sequel To Switch 1 & 2 Next Month
Who's that behind the mask?
SFB Games, the studio behind Snipperclips and Crow Country, popped up in the SGF Story Rich Showcase to reveal that it has another murder mystery in store for Switch 1 & 2. The Mermaid's Mask is the sequel to 2019's excellent Tangle Tower, and it'll arrive on the eShop on 16th July. Much like in the previous game, this...
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News Koei Tecmo Is Bringing Attack On Titan 3 To Switch 2
"The riveting culmination of the action game series"
Koei Tecmo and Omega Force have this week announced they will be bringing Attack on Titan 3 to the Switch 2. As mentioned in the official press materials, this will be the "riveting culmination of the action game series" based on the popular anime and manga series by Hajime Isayama. There's no...
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News Hot Wheels Infinite Rush Races Onto Switch 2 This September With New Open World Gameplay
"Go beyond the track"
At the Summer Games Fest this year, Mattel and Milestone lifted the lid on a brand new open-world Hot Wheels game. Hot Wheels Infinite Rush will be coming to the Switch 2 and multiple other platforms on 24th September 2026 and follows Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, which was released in 2023. Rev heads will be able to travel across...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th June)
Finally, Fantasy
Everyone ready for a spot of What Are You Playing? Oh, go on then! Showcase season is officially upon us, folks. This week's PlayStation State of Play brought some nice Switch 2 announcements, including a new Rayman game, a Tomb Raider r
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News Parkour Platforming Series N Gets A Multiplayer-Focused Sequel On Switch 2
N Plus Infinity Times Two is due 2027
A new entry in the long-running platforming series N is coming to PC and consoles, including Switch 2, next year. Announced at Day of the Devs as part of Summer Game Fest, N Plus Infinity Times Two has a focus on party play across a variety of scenarios. Expect five multiplayer modes, including Races -...
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Friday5th Jun 2026
Guide The Best Nintendo Switch 2 Games
The best Switch 2 games to play right now
Switch 2 is now one year old, and over those first 12 months the system has slowly and steadily built up a fantastic library. In honour of its first anniversary, we're republishing this reader-ranked top 50 of the system's finest software so far... Switch 2 launched in June 2025 and has built up a...
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Guide Summer Game Fest 2026: Times, Dates, Events & How To Watch
Summer Lovin'
Summer is almost upon us, and you know what that means... Yes, Summer Game Fest is right around the corner! Mr Keighley is back with yet another weekend of gaming, bringing us various announcements and showcases straight from Los Angeles. As ever, 2026 promises to be a stacked one, so we've assembled the following guide to help you...
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Rumour Persona 6 Images Supposedly Leak Online
"Sega believed to be behind the takedowns"
If you're a Persona fan, there appears to be some updates regarding the next major entry in the Atlus role-playing series. Ahead of the Summer Game Fest livestream, leaked images of supposed "Persona 6" character designs have reportedly surfaced online, followed by takedowns. While this is still under the...
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Feature Nintendo Switch 2: Year One - Looking Back, How Would You Rate It So Far?
Switch 2 365
5th June 2026 marks the first anniversary of Switch 2, the console we had known was coming for many months — years, even — before Nintendo officially unveiled it in January 2025. With US tariffs, global economic uncertainty, RAM-ageddon, and rising prices affecting all the platform holders, it's been a challenging period for the...
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News New Elden Ring Footage Seemingly Showcases Switch 2 Performance, And It Looks Good
Nothing tarnished about this
We've gone a whole year with hardly a peep from Bandai Namco and FromSoftware about Switch 2's Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition, and then just like that, on a random Thursday, we get a release date and some new footage. What a treat! We now know Elden Ring will be dodge rolling onto the Nintendo hybrid on 28th August, and...
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Every game we scored 9/10+
With all the Star Fox preview and Summer Game Fest excitement over the last week or so, you may have missed that Nintendo is running an "Indie Sale" on North American eShops. It runs until 11:59pm PT on Sunday, 7th June, which means you've still got the weekend to peruse the discounted indie gems and perhaps tick off some...
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News Resident Evil Veronica Confirmed For Switch 2 Next Year
Claire obscuRE
Capcom has revealed a remake of Resident Evil: Code Veronica for modern platforms, including Switch 2, coming in 2027. The first reveal during the Summer Game Fest 2026 showcase, Resident Evil Veronica "revisits a classic title from the Resident Evil universe, reimagining the experience for today's players," according to Geoff...
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News EA Sports Madden NFL 27 Is On Its Way To Switch 2
Update: Officially revealed, performance mode confirmed
[Sat 2nd May, 2026 03:00 BST]: A game page for a Switch 2 version of EA Sports Madden NFL 27 has appeared on the eShop and Nintendo website. The official description reveals it's "coming this August", with the eShop listing seemingly narrowing down the estimated release date to 13th August...
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Watch Summer Game Fest 2026 Opening Showcase - Live!
Deep breath, Geoff
Another year, another Geoff Fest. While the showcases may have been rolling in thick and fast this week, tonight is when Summer Game Fest 2026 officially gets underway with its big Opening Showcase. The event is set to begin in just a few minutes, streamed live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. This year's show promises "two...
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News Vampire Survivors "Wet Update" Is Coming Soon, Here's Everything Included
Better pack your swimsuit
Poncle has rolled out an impressive number of Vampire Survivors updates since launch, and it's showing no sign of slowing down. The ver. 1.15 'Lycaeum' update (or the "Wet Update", as the reveal thumbnail calls it) is "coming soon" to consoles, and as you might expect with a nickname like that, it's a rather water-based...
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News Yacht Club Games Teases Some "Very Secret Things" In Mina The Hollower
But some playthroughs are missing up to "50 percent of the game"
Yacht Club's new title Mina The Hollower is filled with all sorts of surprises and secrets, but according to the lead programmer David D'Angelo, the average amount of items discovered in each playthrough right now is only "around 50 to 70 percent". Speaking to Eurogamer, D'Angelo...
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News Pikachu 1996 Style Plush Now Available At The Pokémon Center
Fingers crossed for restocks
Earlier this year, The Pokémon Company released a special retro-style Pikachu plush in Japan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Pokémon series. This was followed by confirmation the plush (and a key chain based on the same design) would be getting a local release in the future. This plush has now been made...
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News Amazon Shares Statement About The Future Of James Bond Video Games
"James Bond will return"
A story from earlier this week about Amazon publishing future James Bond games has reportedly led to some confusion and concern about IO Interactive's involvement going forward. Amazon Game Studios has now issued an official response and although it's apparently "still too early to discuss future projects", the studio says...
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News We've Finally Got A Look At Alien: Isolation 2, And It's Confirmed For Switch 2
Here's your first full trailer
After that creepy teaser back in April, Creative Assembly has revealed our first proper look at the long-awaited Alien: Isolation 2, and confirmed that it's coming to Switch 2. Admittedly, it's another trailer all about vibes — if you're looking for concrete information, you won't find a lot of it here — but gosh,...
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Thursday4th Jun 2026
Review Donkey Kong 64 - Kicks Some Serious Tail, But Goes Too Far
C'mon Cranky, take it to the fridge
This review was originally published in April 2015 alongside the Wii U eShop's Virtual Console release. We're updating and republishing it to mark the arrival of the game in the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack N64 library. At the mere mention of Nintendo's 64-bit console, many of us find it difficult not...
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Rumour Sega Might Be Releasing A Low-Cost Handheld With Removable Game Carts
Time Extension Got a pinch of salt ready?
An employee of a "small specialist electronics manufacturer" has posted on Reddit that they suspect Sega might be looking to release a low-cost handheld games console. SeraphHS reveals that the company they work for received a quotation request from "a company that’s done licensed Sega hardware before," citing the...
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News Nintendo Confirms Switch 2 Revision For Europe
Allowing users to "easily" replace the battery
In March, Japanese outlet Nikkei released a report about Nintendo working on a new Switch 2 revision to comply with European Union rules, which allow users to replace batteries in consumer electronics themselves. There has been an update this week, with Nintendo's
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News Nintendo Expands Switch Online's N64 Library With Another Game
Update: DK64 is back!
If you were a fan of Donkey Kong 64, you'll be pleased to hear it's finally back to kick some tail next week. Nintendo has today announced the 1999 title, developed by Rare, will be added to the Switch Online + Expansion Pack service on 4th June 2026. It comes loaded with not only the famous DK Rap, but also a bunch of Kongs...
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Japanese Charts Switch Sales Plummet As Price Increase Comes Into Play
Mo' money, Mii problems
Famitsu has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as the first week of Switch price increases comes into play in the region. Those with a Switch console already in hand obviously weren't deterred by the price change and continued picking up Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in droves. The game nabbed an extra...
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News Crystal Dynamics Comments On Its Use Of AI In Tomb Raider: Legacy Of Atlantis
Its goal is to "empower" creativity & flexibility of its teams
Following the news Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis would be coming to the Switch 2, fans of Lara Croft have spotted an "AI-generated content disclosure" on the game's Steam page. Crystal Dynamics has now released an official response about its use of AI in this reimagining of the...
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