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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (9th November)

Ship shape

Another week with a sliver of official 'Switch 2' news? Gosh, Nintendo, you really do know how to spoil us! Yes, accompanying Nintendo's quarterly financial report this week, company president Shuntaro Furukawa confirmed that the Switch successor will be backwards compatible and the Nintendo Switch Online service will carry over too. It...

• Sat 9th Nov 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Poll What's The Best RPG Starring Mario?

Paper, Partners, and everything in between

Mario, the world's favourite platforming plumber, has done everything — kart racing, tennis, golf, partying, and a little bit of turn-based RPG-ing. 1996 saw Mario's RPG debut in the Super NES favourite, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, and since then, he's starred in 14 different RPGs (plus...

• Wed 15th Nov 2023
• Poll
• Super Mario
• Retro

News Three New Game Boy Advance Posters Are Now Available From My Nintendo Store (Europe)

For the price of some Platinum Points (and postage)

Nintendo has today added a fresh batch of posters to the My Nintendo Store, this time focusing on the games of the GBA. This trio features key art from three of the console's very best titles — Mario Kart Super Circuit, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap and Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga...

• Wed 5th Jul 2023
• News
• Merchandise
• Nintendo
• GBA

News Dillon's Rolling Western & Kirby Developer Vanpool Shuts Down

"We have decided to disband"

In some surprising news, it's been discovered Vanpool, the independent Tokyo-based development team behind the Dillon's Rolling Western series, has shut down. As of 31st May 2023, the studio is no longer in operation. It shared an official statement on its website confirming this. Here's part of a translation:...

• Thu 1st Jun 2023
• Industry
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo
• Kirby
• 3DS

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 18th)

Adventures big and small

We all needed a quieter week after last week's Nintendo Direct blow-out, and that's exactly what we got. But don't worry, there's still plenty to talk about, and plenty of games on the horizon. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's big patch is coming soon, and we've got all of the patch notes for you.

• Sat 18th Feb 2023
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

News Game Boy Advance Metroidvania 'Goodboy Galaxy' Is Delayed Into 2023

Rumble Feature also being implemented

The Goodboy Galaxy team has announced that the upcoming GBA and Switch title Goodboy Galaxy has been delayed to March 2023 to allow for more time to polish up the game. Speaking via an update on Kickstarter, creator Rik Nicol had the following to say: "We've recently had a look at our roadmap and made some...

• Tue 4th Oct 2022
• Upcoming Releases
• GBA
• Nintendo Switch

Random Unused Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga Commercial Footage Surfaces

Brotherly love

Cast your mind back to 2003 (we know — yikes, right?) and you might recall a relatively brief commercial for the critically acclaimed RPG Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for the Game Boy Advance. The commercial featured footage of a pair of rambunctious kids dressed as our favourite brothers, doing their utmost to cause havoc and...

• Mon 7th Mar 2022
• Random
• Nintendo
• Game Boy Advance
• Super Mario

Back Page An Interview With Luigi, The Late Mario's Brother And Business Partner

Exclusive to Nintendo Life

It's raining hard in Brooklyn on the day we arranged to meet with Luigi Mario. Better known mononymously as "Luigi", he's the brother in green and partner in crime to Mario Mario, who tragically died this week at the age of 35. He's running a little late, but we can't blame him - the last time he was out in public was for...

• Mon 5th Apr 2021
• Back Page
• Super Mario
• Luigi

Talking Point Which Old Game Series Would You Like To See Revived?

Be careful what you wish for...

Picture this: You're on a beach. You're digging a big hole, because that's the best thing to do on a beach, maybe second only to eating an ice cream or finding a reaaaaaally smooth rock. But suddenly, your neon-pink plastic spade hits something hard. You claw it out of the wet, dark sand with your fingers, too...

• Mon 29th Mar 2021
• Talking Point
• Features
• Retro

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 30th)

Here are our picks, but what are yours?

Another busy week has been and gone, this time bringing with it a new Animal Crossing datamine effort, a new (but minor) Switch update, and plenty of

• Sat 30th May 2020
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features