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Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Pokémon Trading Card Game

Gotta trade 'em all

Welcome, Trainers! It's time to embark on another journey into the wonderful world of Box Art Brawl. Before we head out, however, let's visit the lab and recap what happened last week. It was the DS' River King: Mystic Valley that we put under the microscope and, surprising nobody, the awful European variant came dead last...

• Sun 2nd Mar 2025
• Features
• Polls
• Box Art Brawl
• Pokemon
• GBC

News Graded Prototype Pokémon Cards Worth Millions May Be Fakes, According To Hidden 'Metadata'

It's a faaaaake?

The enormously popular Pokémon Trading Card Game continues to attract huge numbers of players willing to pay vast sums to catch 'em all, especially rare cards. However, some detective work by PkmnFlyingMaster on EliteForum (thanks, VGC) suggests that prototype cards from the mid-'90s which first went up for auction last year could...

• Tue 28th Jan 2025
• Pokemon TCG

Video New Switch Online Trailer Highlights Classic Pokémon Games

Now, how about those mainline classics?

Switch Online's retro game library has been bolstered over time with all sorts of exciting releases and there's now a handful of classic Pokémon games available on the service. With this in mind, the latest trailer from Nintendo's UK branch has put the spotlight on every Pokémon game released for the...

• Sat 16th Nov 2024
• Videos
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• Pokemon
• Expansion Pack

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th April)

Totally rad(s)!

The weekend has rolled around once again and we are eager to play some games! Before we do that, however, let's take a look back at the week just gone. The big news this week was Nintendo's first Indie World of the year which didn't bring us that game but did provide plenty of goodies including Little Kitty, Big City, Teenage Mutant...

• Sat 20th Apr 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (13th April)

Oh, Penitent one

Right then, it's the weekend, but before we dive into what we're playing, let's take a look at what's been going on this week. First up, it was announced that Balatro would be getting its first major update, but keep calm, as it's not Switch-bound just yet. We caught wind of a rather pointless mod that allows

• Sat 13th Apr 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Soapbox An Ode To A Lost Pokémon TCG Deck, And My Quest To Recreate It

TCGee, I don't know

Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Mahin laments the loss of a treasured deck, and recounts his quest to build it anew. For real, this time... There was once a time I was doing moderately alright at the Pokémon...

• Sat 26th Aug 2023
• Soapbox
• Features
• Pokemon
• TCG

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (August 19th)

Just one more run...

It's Saturday and you know what that means. That's right, it's time for a spot of the ol' gaming. There have been a good number of highlights at Nintendo Life this week. We got a large helping of Splatoon 3 news as we received a first look at the upcoming Drizzle Season and new Deep Cut amiibo — we're still in love with Bi

• Sat 19th Aug 2023
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

News Pokémon Stadium 2 And Pokémon Trading Card Game Available On NSO Today

Game Boy Color and N64 favourites

Two new Pokémon games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online later today. Announced during the Pokémon Presents August 2023 presentation, Pokémon Trading Card Game is coming to Game Boy on NSO, while Pokémon Stadium 2 will be dropping on N64 via the NSO + Expansion Pack. Both of these games have been previously...

• Tue 8th Aug 2023
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• Pokemon
• Game Boy
• N64

News Switch Online's GBC Library Might Be Getting The Pokémon Trading Card Game Very Soon

Pokémon Presents is almost here

We're so close to the Pokémon Presents August 2023 showcase now and it seems there might have been another accidental reveal ahead of schedule. In the same newsletter that seemingly confirms MewTwo is on the way to a Tera Raid Battle Event in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

• Tue 8th Aug 2023
• Nintendo Switch
• Nintendo Switch Online
• Pokemon
• Game Boy
• Game Boy Color

News Pokémon Game Boy Titles Dominate 3DS eShop Charts Ahead Of Service Closure

Get 'em while you can

We're now nearing the end of the month and that means we're getting closer to the end of the 3DS and Wii U eShop service. If you haven't got around to making any last-minute purchases just yet, and are wondering what's hot on the 3DS eShop right now, the weekly sales chart for North America should help you out. As you can see...

• Sat 18th Mar 2023
• 3DS eShop
• 3DS
• Pokemon
• Game Boy
• Virtual Console