Feature Articles
Saturday14th May 2022
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 14th)
Go on, tell us
Well, it's certainly been a bit of a busier week for us here at Nintendo Life! Looking at game announcements, we're going to be getting Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards on the Switch Online Expansion Pass, plus Alan Wake has been confirmed for release on the Switch later this year. Finally, of course, we had a brand new Indie World...
Saturday7th May 2022
Feature 11 Switch Games To Play During Mental Health Awareness Month
Inspirational, thought-provoking experiences
Every May you'll see various organisations, groups and individuals taking the opportunity to raise mental health awareness. It's a topic that now has far more research, understanding and knowledge attached to it, in the process helping people recognise and get help for related issues. The stigma around...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 7th)
The force is still with us
If you've noticed that things have been a bit quieter this week, that's because it's Golden Week in Japan, a series of four national holidays where a lot of companies grant time off. For others, Star Wars Day was on 4th May (okay, okay, May the 4th), and that's also considered a bit of a holiday, depending on who you talk...
Saturday13th Jun 2020
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 13th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's been a painfully quiet week in the Nintendo world - things have been much more exciting in the futuristic, wireless router-inspired land of PlayStation over the last couple of days - but that doesn't mean we can't still gather around and discuss our favourite hobby. Members of Team Nintendo Life have...
Saturday20th Jul 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 20th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
What a week it's been! Nintendo revealed a Switch revision with improved battery life, locked in the release date for Luigi's Mansion 3 and announced two new sets of Joy-Con. On the third-party front, we found
Saturday13th Jul 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 13th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Welcome folks to yet another weekend - and what a week we've had! The official reveal (finally) of the Nintendo Switch Lite kept the NL team super busy this week - you can catch up on everything you need to know right here - but now it's time for us to talk about our weekend plans. Which games will you be...
Saturday6th Jul 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 6th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's Saturday once again, which means we've made it all the way to the end of yet another week. This week brought with it a Wind Waker revelation in Zelda: Breath of the Wild and news of a special Armoured Mewtwo making waves in Pokémon GO, but now it's time to sit back and talk about our weekend plans. As...
Saturday8th Jun 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 8th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Phew, thank goodness it's the weekend! This week has brought with it all the drama of a Pokémon Direct, fresh Banjo-Kazooie rumours and even more games for the Sega Mega Drive Mini, but now we can finally calm down and talk about o
Saturday2nd Mar 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 2nd)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Here we are, folks! We've made it to the end of yet another week. It's been a busy one, what with all the Pokémon goodness and the Resident Evil pricing shenanigans, but now it's time to sit back and chat about which games we'll be playing over the next couple of days. As ever, we've left our entries down...
Saturday9th Feb 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 9th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
We've reached the weekend once again and, as is tradition, the Nintendo Life team has banded together to talk over all the lovely games we'll be playing over the next couple of days. We've got farming, fighting, fishing, and fun bursting out of our Joy-Con this week, so feel free to read our entries and join...
Saturday26th Jan 2019
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 26th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
It's Saturday (unless you're reading in this in the future, of course) which means that it's time for yet another weekend Talking Point. As always, we've rounded up various members of the Nintendo Life team and forc- *ahem*... kindly asked them to share their weekend plans, so make sure to give them a read...
Sunday30th Dec 2018
Feature Game Of The Year 2018 - Staff Awards
And the winner is...
It's the final day for you to cast your Game Of The Year votes, you have until midnight today (Sunday) to vote, this is your final warning - no complaining if you don't vote. In the meantime, let's look at which games our members of staff voted for across the very same categories. This year we decided to create categories for...
Saturday15th Dec 2018
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (December 15th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
As we come to the end of yet another week, it's time to take a moment or two to discuss which amazing games we'll be enjoying over the weekend. That "Ultimate Smashing" game may well have released just last week, but there are plenty of other experiences being had by Team Nintendo Life this time around. Turns...
Wednesday5th Dec 2018
Exclusive A 'Behind-The-Schemes' Look At The Making Of GRIS, Switch's Latest Indie Darling
A sight to behold
It's no secret that we're quite taken with the art style of GRIS, the upcoming puzzle platformer from Nomada Studio and Devolver which centres around the titular character's journey to overcome her own grief. With a little over a week to go until the game releases, we won't have to wait long to learn more, but in the meantime, we...
