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News Balatro Dev Urges Fans To Buy More Indie Games As Title Hits 5 Million Units Sold

Keep it up!

Balatro has now officially sold 5 million copies since its initial launch on 20th February 2024. This number is a significant increase over the 2 million units previously reported in August 2024. The reason for this will likely be two-fold: since then, the game has been released on mobile devices and also received multiple awards at

• Tue 21st Jan 2025
• Nintendo Switch
• Switch eShop

Random Balatro Dev Spreads Some Indie Love In His List Of 2024 Highlights

And the LocalThunk Award goes to...

Balatro was one of our games of 2024 and the vast majority of us at Nintendo Life Towers have poured more hours into its poker roguelike gameplay loop than we care to admit. But what were the games that caught the attention of its developer, LocalThunk? With 2025 finally here, the dev took to Twitter to share some...

• Mon 6th Jan 2025
• Random
• Switch eShop
• Indie

Feature "I Avoided Almost All The Existing Tropes" - Peeling Back The Layers Of Animal Well

"No matter what you put in a game, it will get found"

Who the heck spends seven years making a video game about animals — literally, just animals? The game in question, Animal Well, isn’t a farm game, it’s not a virtual pet game, it’s not even some kind of cosy simulator. On top of that, if you were only handed the back-of-the-box...

• Tue 31st Dec 2024
• Features
• Interviews
• Nintendo Switch
• PAX
• GOTY 2024

Video Here Are Alex's Top 5 Nintendo Switch Games Of 2024

Merry Alex-mas, ya filthy animal

Third time's a charm, as they say. Yes, we're back with our third and final look at our video team's top five Switch games of 2024. It's worth repeating here that these aren't necessarily games that launched in 2024, but are merely games that the video chaps played in 2024. You'll see why we felt the need to...

• Mon 23rd Dec 2024
• Videos
• Nintendo
• Nintendo Switch
• Switch eShop

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (16th November)

How you dew-ing?

Another week has come and (nearly) gone, which means it's time to see what we've all got planned for our weekends. First, let's see what's been cracking off this week. It's been a reasonably quiet one for news, but we did at least get a Nintendo Direct; perhaps not the one we're all hoping for, but it was delightful nonetheless...

• Sat 16th Nov 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (5th October)

Is there an echo in here? in here..? in here......?

Well folks, another week and come and (almost) gone, and it's been another fun-filled one in the world of Nintendo. First up, our preview for Super Mario Party Jamboree went live and we think it's looking absolutely fabulous so far. We also got a look at a rather fetching

• Sat 5th Oct 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Poll What's Your Switch Game Of The Year Of 2024 So Far?

We've hit the halfway point

We're halfway through 2024 already, and you know what that means? It's time to look back at 2024 so far and talk about our favourite games of the year. In 2024, we're entering the twilight years of the Switch, so first-party offerings have been a little more muted for the first six months. But there's still been plenty...

• Mon 1st Jul 2024
• Nintendo Switch
• GOTY 2024
• Features
• Poll

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th May)

Are you well?

Wait, it's Saturday already? Where does the time go? This week has been an exciting one for fans of the Big N. Not only did Nintendo announce the acquisition of Shiver Entertainment, but we finally got our hands on Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Switch (and we think it's a beauty)! Elsewhere on the site this week, we

• Sat 25th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

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

Well, well well

Oh, weekend! How we have missed thee! The past seven days might not have been the Switch successor-confirming news fest that we saw last week, but there has still been plenty of good stuff happening in Nintendo land. The NSO Game Boy library got a tasty boost with the addition of three new games, we got a first peek at Splatoon 3's

• Sat 18th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (11th May)

Down in the well

Ah, the weekend. We've missed you, friend. Before we look at what we've got planned over the next couple of days, let's take a look back at this week, shall we? It's been a pretty big one, admittedly. For the first time, Nintendo itself has finally acknowledged the existence of the 'Switch 2' after the release of its latest...

• Sat 11th May 2024
• Features
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing