Feature Articles
Monday27th Dec 2021
Feature The Many Faces Of Donkey Kong, Nintendo's 40-Year-Old Gorilla
Four decades of DK
Nintendo’s monkey of manifold mantles – one Donkey Kong, Esq. – recently turned 40. Forty years young and still so vital, but it could be reasonably argued that the ol’ Kongmeister has been undergoing a bit of an identity crisis for most of his lifespan. The man-ape has turned from heel to face to heel more times than The...
Friday25th Dec 2020
Feature The Twelve Games Of Christmas - A Dozen Festive Memories
The games of Christmas past
As we're often told, Christmas is a special time of year, a season of goodwill, generosity and gift-giving. For gamers, festive memories are often tied in with the excitement of receiving a brand new game, perhaps something that released months ago that we had been waiting for, and sliding that lovely cart or disc into...
Saturday26th Sep 2020
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 26th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
With more NES and SNES games to tuck into on Switch, lots of excitement around Super Mario 3D All-Stars and yet another Nintendo lawsuit to tuck into, this week's been another busy affair. Thankfully, then, it's time to sit down and discuss our weekend gamin
Saturday25th Aug 2018
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 25th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's another lovely weekend (hopefully) full of relaxation, chilled vibes, and a good gaming session or two. As ever, Team Nintendo Life has banded together to chat about our plans for the next couple of days, with farming sims, Game Boy Advance classics, and online shooters making for an interesting mix this...
Saturday18th Aug 2018
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 18th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Another weekend is well and truly upon us, so what better time to discuss our weekend gaming plans - and then actually go and play them, of course! This time around, we've got RPGs, whacky minigame collections, older classics, retro goodness, and more, but what about you? Read through the Nintendo Life team's...
Sunday2nd Mar 2014
Month Of Kong What Donkey Kong Country Means To Me
Dave Letcavage on growing up with Kong as company
We know what you're going to say. Our Month of Kong celebration should have ended with the close of February, and we're now two days into March. However, in very much the same way that Nintendo refuses to be tied down by conventional calendars when it comes to plotting The Year of Luigi, we're...