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Friday3rd Nov 2023
Talking Point Nintendo's Still Making Them, So What amiibo Do You Still Want To See?
Woah-oh-oh Geno-o
Today saw the launch of the long-time-coming Princess Zelda and Ganondaddydorf amiibo for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Did you get them? Against his better judgement, this writer caved and pre-ordered both. How else are you going to get those absolutely vital paraglider fabric unlocks in TOTK, eh? Yes, the toys-to-life craze may...
Thursday5th Oct 2023
Soapbox TOTK's Ganondorf Is Great, But Zelda Needs To Do More With Its Villain
(Geru)Do better
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim pleads the case for just a little more Ganondorf action... The reveal of Tears of the Kingdom's Ganondorf has to be one of my favourite all-time moments as a Zelda fan. We all...
Saturday30th Sep 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 30th)
Game on!
Well, it's the end of September. Feel sick yet? Let's discuss some weekend gaming plans to help out. Before we dive into all that fun stuff, though, let's first take a look at some of this week's highlights. We heard the news that Hideki Kamiya was leaving PlatinumGames, took a look at the new collaboration between Pokémon and the Van...
Saturday9th Sep 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 9th)
Star gazing
The weekend has once again rolled around and that means that it is time for another edition of What Are You Playing! Before we dive into our plans, though, let's first take a look at some of the highlights from Nintendo Life this week. Kicking things off with the Nintendo big boys, we learnt from Eiji Aonuma that there are no plans for...
Thursday7th Sep 2023
Talking Point Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom DLC - What Would You Have Liked To See?
Maybe... less game?
We all know that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is the gift that keeps on giving — even without additional content. But with how many juicy new skills and items, and with what Breath of the Wild's DLC delivered, yes, we are indeed still hungry for more. But in a recent interview with Famitsu, Zelda series producer...
Thursday17th Aug 2023
Talking Point Zelda: TOTK Isn't A Shoo-In For GOTY 2023, And That's A Good Thing
Whoever wins, we all win
2023, eh? What a year for games. We’ve still got several months to go before we say hello to 2024 but during internal discussions between the Nintendo Life team, we’ve all acknowledged that 2023 may go down as one of the best years in gaming history, proudly standing alongside the likes of 1998 and 2007. For Switch...
Monday14th Aug 2023
Talking Point After Three Months, What's Your Zelda: TOTK Completion Percentage?
Tears of Completion
Believe it or not The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has now been out for just over three whole months. In that time, many of us have spent 100+ hours exploring the multiple layers of Hyrule, taking on familiar faces and getting lost in the adventure of it all. It's a sobering feeling, therefore, when you beat the game's...
Saturday12th Aug 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 12th)
Pokémehn
Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. For a slightly quieter one, this week was packed full of highlights here on Nintendo Life. The August Pokémon Presents happened and it will undoubtedly go down as one of the showcases of all time — but we did get a release date for the Scarlet and Violet DLC and two new NSO games, which is good. Quake...
Thursday10th Aug 2023
Soapbox Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's Thunderous Callback To The Great Sky Island Is Perfect
Lightning in a bottle
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim sings the praises of one of Tears of the Kingdom's later-game areas... I will preface all of this with a thank you to every Zelda fan on social media. As I worked my way...
Friday4th Aug 2023
Talking Point Which Nintendo IP Should 'Switch 2' Launch With?
Prime picks
We have spent a lot of time thinking about the Switch 2 so far this year. In fact, we spent a lot of time thinking about it last year too. And the year before... and the year before that. And th... you know what? We've been thinking about it for a while. Our thoughts have covered everything from just how Switch-y Nintendo's next console...
Monday24th Jul 2023
Soapbox Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Fixed The Yiga Clan, And Now I Want More
Come on and join the Kohga
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim chews over how Tears of the Kingdom is a step in the right direction for the series' banana-loving bandits... Let me start with a confession. When I initially...
Saturday22nd Jul 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 22nd)
Ready to party?
Well folks, we're edging ever closer to the end of July. Mad, right? It'll be 2024 before you know it. Before we all experience an existential crisis, however, let's take a look back on what's been going on this week, shall we? First up, Pikmin 4 has only bloomin' gone and launched! It's pretty good, too, as our review will tell...
Monday10th Jul 2023
Soapbox Getting The Master Sword In Tears Of The Kingdom Is Zelda At Its Best
Once more, with Fi-ling
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim gushes over the moment you retrieve the legendary sword in the newest Zelda game... There were several moments in my playthrough of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the...
Saturday8th Jul 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 8th)
Shed those Tears yet?
It's the weekend! Hooray! Before we dive into our gaming plans for this weekend, let's check back on some of the top stories for the week, shall we? To kick things off, Nintendo confirmed that the penultimate wave for the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course pass will be launching on July 12th, 2023. It also dove into which...
Thursday6th Jul 2023
Talking Point What Makes A Good Sidequest, Anyway?
Quest x64
What's more important — saving the world from impending doom, or rescuing the cat that's stuck at the top of a tree? Depending on who you ask, they might give you an answer you won't expect. I'm not saying that we should ignore the kitty cats at all, but when you're presented with the dilemma of missing a quest that's simply about...
Saturday1st Jul 2023
Poll What's Your Game Of The Year Of 2023 So Far?
Tears of the Switch-dom?
In case you missed it, we're already in July, and that means it's time to reflect on the first half of the year and talk about the best games of 2023 so far. Now, dear readers, you might be thinking "but wait, isn't it Zelda?" and to that we say "we're not restricted to just one game". While the latest Legend of Zelda will...
Saturday24th Jun 2023
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
Monday19th Jun 2023
Poll Are You Still Playing Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
Or have you moved on?
It's been over a month since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom launched; can you believe it? It seems only yesterday that we witnessed the first trailer from Nintendo confirming the game's development, yet here we are, and many people will have likely finished the main story by now. In an age where games seem to come...
Saturday17th Jun 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 17th)
Another day of sun
After this week, we think it's fair to say that showcase season is well and truly upon us. Coming off the back of Summer Game Fest, a collection of our brilliant writers came together to give their hands-on impressions of a boatload of games coming to Switch including the excellent Metroidvania Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown,
Sunday11th Jun 2023
Soapbox Modern Zelda Bosses Are Getting Harder, But They're Nothing Compared To The Oldies
Fairies at the ready
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim gets bossy... Note. This article discusses certain elements of some Regional Phenomena boss battles, including tactics and screenshots. If you are still maintaining an...
Saturday10th Jun 2023
Talking Point What Do You Wish You Knew Sooner In Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom?
Wait, you can fast travel??
Having been out for the best part of a month now, we think it's fair to say that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is going to be one of those games where we never stop discovering new things. In our playthroughs so far, these discoveries have had us grinning cheek to cheek on a pretty consistent basis, but that...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 10th)
Switchin' it up
Things just start to quieten down after the release of Tears of the Kingdom and then before you know it, BAM, you walk head first into summer showcase season. This means that it has been a reasonably busy week at Nintendo Life. We broke down everything announced for the Switch in the Summer Game Fest Opening Showcase (which wasn't...
Wednesday7th Jun 2023
Soapbox Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom's Busier Hyrule Is Making Me Miss BOTW
The call of (Breath of) the Wild
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 wants to explain why Breath of the Wild will remain his go-to open-world Zelda, despite Tears of the Kingdom's improvements... I’ve been playing The Legend...
Monday5th Jun 2023
Poll Will There Be A June 2023 Nintendo Direct?
What are Nintendo's post-Zelda plans?
June is here, which means that multiple publishers are just about ready to showcase their gaming plans for the months — and years — ahead. We like to think of it as 'Gaming Christmas', if you will — lots of game news goodies coming all at once (as opposed to actual Christmas when there's not a lick of game...
Sunday4th Jun 2023
Talking Point Is Tears Of The Kingdom The Scariest Zelda Game Ever?
The horrors of Hyrule
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is pretty darn scary. I don't mean in the same sense that Majora's Mask is unsettling for its whole run-time, and there certainly isn't a moment like that cutscene in Twilight Princess. But even now with my ridiculously overpowered, full hearts Link, Tears of the Kingdom has me on the...
Friday2nd Jun 2023
Talking Point From The Sublime To The Ridiculous - Is Anybody Excited For Everybody 1-2-Switch!?
Everybody 1-2-Switch? Nah, you're alright
It's a strange thing to see Nintendo swing so wildly from one extreme to another, at least in such a short timeframe. Coming hot on the heels of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the company has gone and quietly — very quietly — announced Everybody 1-2-Switch!, the follow-up to 2017's launch...
Thursday1st Jun 2023
Soapbox Returning To The Great Plateau In Zelda: TOTK Felt Like Coming Home
A truly GREAT plateau
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim argues that Breath of the Wild's starting area is still fantastic in Tears of the Kingdom... There are a lot of fantastic places that you can revisit in The Legend of...
Sunday28th May 2023
Talking Point Could Nintendo Squeeze Another Zelda Game Out Of TOTK's Open World?
Lorule love? Termina time?
Prior to release — and especially before a couple of presentations gave us a better idea of what to expect in Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom — there were doubts as to exactly how different it would be from its immediate predecessor. & Kingdom. This made us chuckle. Reusing Breath of the Wild's open-world Hyrule...
Saturday27th May 2023
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 27th)
Is there any game other than Zelda?
Welcome one and all to another edition of What Are You Playing and with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom still firmly set in our minds, we think you can see where this week might be going... again... Over on Nintendo Life, the Zelda content has been coming thick and fast. We dived deep into the game's...
Friday26th May 2023
Soapbox Modern Zelda Dungeons Are, In Fact, Divine
We owe the Beasts an apology
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Jim spreads some love for the modern-day Zelda dungeon. Be aware that he discusses Tears of the Kingdom below (not in detail, but he references a specific dungeon), so...
