Luigi's Mansion 3 (Switch) Guides
Guide Luigi's Mansion 3 Walkthrough - A Guide To Surviving The Last Resort Hotel
Boo!
Luigi, his pet ghost dog Polterpup, his brother Mario, Princess Peach and a group of Toads receive an invitation to the luxurious high-rise hotel of the Last Resort, and decide to visit it for a vacation. What could possibly go wrong? In our Luigi's Mansion 3 review for Switch we gave it a stonking 9/10, calling it Excellent. The game itself...
Guide Luigi's Mansion 3: All Gems - Gem Location Maps For Every Floor
A floor-by-floor guide to all 102 gems hidden in Luigi’s latest game
In gameplay terms, Luigi’s Mansion 3 continues the tradition of steering the green brother away from his roots as a platform game hero. However, that genre’s tradition of collecting a bunch of shiny trinkets in the pursuit of completionist perfection remains alive and well...
Guide Luigi's Mansion 3: How To Catch Boos And Where To Find Them
Have I Got Boos For You: How to track and capture the game's 16 Boos
Boos have been giving the Brothers Mario the runaround for over 30 years at this point, and they have once again re-appeared in the latest Luigi’s Mansion as a collectable enemy type. In this quick guide we’ll let you know everything you need to know about locating and catching...
Guide Luigi's Mansion 3: Bosses - How To Beat Every Boss Ghost
Step-by-step tips for finding and defeating every boss ghost in the game
Harking back to the portrait ghosts of the original Luigi’s Mansion, the boss ghosts of Luigi’s Mansion 3 are one of the game’s main highlights, dripping with personality and offering a range of imaginative combat encounters. In this guide, we’ll cover strategies for...
Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch) Guides
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening Walkthrough: A Guide To Wake From Kohohit Island
Don't go alone, take this
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening is one of the most beloved entries in the entire series, despite the fact that it made its debut on one of the most technically humble pieces of Nintendo hardware: the Game Boy. Since then, it has been reborn on the Game Boy Color, but it is the Switch remake has brought it to an even...
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Bottle Grotto and Finding The Power Bracelet
Dungeon number two of Link's quest
Continuing part three of our Zelda: Link's Awakening walkthrough we head inside the second dungeon: the Bottle Grotto as we locate the Map, Compass and new item: Power Bracelet. Bottle Grotto Walkthrough: Locate the Bottle Grotto Compass Welcome to the Bottle Grotto – a dungeon which, as the name suggests,...
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: All Secret Seashells Map and Locations
All 50 secret seashells, ordered by when they are first made available to you
Use our guide to find all 50 secret seashells hidden on Koholint Island in the Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. We’ve produced a map and detailed instructions for each seashell, and we’ve also attempted to number them in the order that...
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: All Heart Pieces Map and Locations
All 32 heart pieces and the final heart container
Having trouble hunting down the heart pieces in the Nintendo Switch remake of The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening? We’ve got you covered with a map and full solution for each one, with an indication of the tools required and when they become available to you. Also featured: where to find the...
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Rescue BowWow and Goponga Swamp
Rescue a razor-toothed, oddly spherical dog
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Slime Key Location, Five Golden Leaves and Kanalet Castle Bridge
We’ve got the leaves. We’ve got the secrets. We’ve got the key to another cave.
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Tail Key Location, Mysterious Forest And Magic Powder
Throw Magic Powder at Forest Animals and Venture into Link’s Awakening’s first dungeon
Animal Village! Dream Shrine! Wake Up a Walrus! Goo Goo G'joob!
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Key Cavern, Map, Compass and Pegasus Boots
Lots of keys and speedy boots
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Catfish's Maw Map, Compass and Getting The Hookshot
Tricky little dungeon this one, are you ready?
Guide Zelda: Link's Awakening: Tail Cave Dungeon and Roc Feather Location
Darkness awaits in the Tail Cave
Pikmin 4 Guides
Guide Pikmin 4 Walkthrough: 100% Guide, All Collectibles, Hints & Tips
Let's Pik our way through this one
Hello and welcome to Nintendo Life's Pikmin 4 full walkthrough guide! Here we'll be making our way through each and every main mission region and dungeon in the game, showing you how to get your hands on every last treasure, all onion upgrades,
Guide Pikmin 4: Hero's Hideaway Walkthrough
Sitting Room Safari
Welcome to Nintendo Life's Pikmin 4 Hero's Hideaway walkthrough. In our Pikmin 4 guide series, we'll be showing you All Treasure Locations, all Gear and Item Upgrades, all Oatchi Abilities, all Pikmin Type Locations,
Guide Pikmin 4: Below-Grade Discotheque Walkthrough
Attack of the killer glitter balls
Welcome to Nintendo Life's Pikmin 4 Below-Grade Discotheque walkthrough. In our Pikmin 4 guides, we'll be showing you All Treasure Locations, all Gear and Item Upgrades, all Oatchi Abilities, all Pikmin Type Locations,
Guide Pikmin 4: Sun-Speckled Terrace Walkthrough
Return to PNF-404
Welcome to Nintendo Life's Pikmin 4 Engulfed Castle walkthrough. In our Pikmin 4 guide series, we'll be showing you All Treasure Locations, all Gear and Item Upgrades, all Oatchi Abilities, all Pikmin Type Locations,
Guide Pikmin 4: Blossoming Arcadia Walkthrough
All treasures and dungeon walkthroughs for the second region
Guide Pikmin 4: Sightless Passage Walkthrough
Who turned out the lights?
Guide Pikmin 4: Kingdom Of The Beasts Walkthrough
Lions and tigers and bears?
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Guides
Guide Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: All Collectibles, Star Pieces, Badges, Hints & Tips
Your one-stop shop for a paper classic
Welcome to our Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Guide hub! This Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Guide covers the 2004 GameCube RPG and the 2024 Nintendo Switch remake. This critically acclaimed adventure, which is the sequel to the N64 Paper Mario, is easily one of the best Mario RPGs of all time. We...
Guide Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: How To Defeat Prince Mush
How to beat the first champion of the Glitz Pit
Prince Mush is one of two new post-game boss battles added to Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on Nintendo Switch. As the very first champion of the Glitz Pit, returning players will recognise him from Chapter 3, where you rescue the former champ. Fans have been begging for a bonus fight against...
Guide Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: How To Defeat The Final Boss
How to beat the Shadow Queen
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door’s final boss is a rather challenging one. Waiting for you at the very end of Chapter 8, you'll want to make sure you’re adequately prepared because if you happen to lose, you have to try the entire fight over again. In this guide, we’ll be helping you make final preparations for...
Guide Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: Zess T. Cooking Guide - All Recipes
A superstar in the kitchen
Cooking is a minor but very useful side feature in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. Though it isn’t available from the start, you'll end up using it a lot for some side quests and just for general healing. After unlocking Zess T.’s shop, you’ll be able to bring her ingredients that she can cook into meals. There...
Guide Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door: How To Defeat Bonetail
The bones of the Pit of 100 Trials
Metroid Prime 2 Guides
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Walkthrough, All Collectibles, Locations, Tips & Tricks
Prime universe
Welcome to our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Full Walkthrough Guide hub! This Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Walkthrough will take you through the entire game from beginning to end, highlighting where to find all key items, including all Scan Entries
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Torvus Bog
What are you doing in my swamp?!
Welcome back to our full walkthrough of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. After retrieving the energy in the Agon Wastes, it’s time to head to the Torvus Bog and do the same for the swamp. Into the Torvus Bog: As you progress through the game, crossing between the Light and Dark Aether areas will become more common...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Sanctuary Fortress
SANCTUARY! SANCTUARY!
Welcome back to our full walkthrough of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Previously we conquered the Torvus Bog and its facility within. I think we’ve had enough water-based areas for now, so let's head for the Sanctuary Fortress to secure the final piece of energy U-Mos needs to restore Aether to its former glory. Welcome to the...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Agon Wastes
I hate sand 2 Echoes
Welcome to our next entry in our full walkthrough of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. This time, we’ll be taking on the Agon Wastes and entering the harmful realm of Dark Aether. We’d best get started because there’s a lot to get through in the Agon Wastes. Agon Wastes: A sandy area full of pirates. Excellent. Scan Entry -...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Pirate Headquarters
You are a (space) pirate!
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: All Scan Entries - Full List
Every logbook entry in the game
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Emperor Ing
Shoot it until it dies
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Dark Temple Key Locations
They never just leave the door open do they?
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Sky Temple
Finish the fight, but first go on a treasure hunt
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Boost Guardian
Don't jump in this muddy puddle
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Missile Expansion Locations
It costs $400,000 to fire this weapon for 12 seconds
Xenoblade Chronicles X Guides
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Walkthrough
Flippin' Skell
Hello, and welcome to Nintendo Life's Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition: Walkthrough Guides hub! While this game is 10 years old, it should go without saying, but please be aware that the following guides contain huge spoilers for every aspect of the game! In this walkthrough, we've got Beginner's Tips and Tricks and a full
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: How To Level Up Quickly & Best Farming Locations
"Rise! Ok, now do it faster"
Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition has bumped the original game's level cap up from 60 to 99, and so we thought a quick guide to levelling up spots by level might be in order. For this guide, we'll focus on a handful of our favourite spots to fight enemies who are easy to deal with in a Skell, as well as...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: All 22 Playable Characters & How To Unlock Them
We're putting a team together...
One of the very best parts of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition — or any other Xenoblade game tbh — is the cast of characters who join you on your adventures. In order to help you to collect 'em all (wrong franchise?), we've put together this quick-look character guide to where each of your newest and...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Best Combat Builds For All Characters
Picking a fight, is it?
Combat and combat builds can be a lot to get your head around when you're starting out in Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. So much so that we reckon your best bet is to relax and learn as you go. Enjoy it, first and foremost. However, when you're ready to get deeper, and once you've become au fait with combat in...
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: All Skells List
Every Skell in Definitive Edition, including new ones
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: What's The Best Division?
Which faction of BLADE should you join?
Guide Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition Combat Guide - The Basics Explained
Everything you always wanted to know about XCX combat but were afraid to ask
Disney Dreamlight Valley Guides
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Walkthrough, Quests, All Recipes, Tips, And Tricks
Everything you need to make your dreams come true
Updated with select guides for the latest Remembering Update. Disney Dreamlight Valley is a life sim game featuring a large number of characters from across the Disney universe. It launched in 2022 and has received regular updates ever since, with new characters, quests, and mechanics being added...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Upgrade Tools
The right tool for the right job
Figuring out how to upgrade tools in Disney Dreamlight Valley is an important part of cleaning up the Valley and clearing room for more decorations, though the game isn’t too keen on telling you how to upgrade any of them. Tool upgrades happen during friendship quests. Some of them are locked behind the final...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Recipes - Ingredients, Sell Prices, Star Ratings, Full List
The best recipes to sell and eat
Updated with the new festive recipes added in the Toy Story update. Enjoy! Disney Dreamlight Valley has tons of delicious and very specific recipes, all of which take ingredients that can be found by foraging, fishing, and farming. Each recipe also has a unique sell price and number of stamina points that it...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Tame Critters, All Critters' Favourite Foods
Channel your inner Snow White
Update: The Festive update has made it possible to feed critters multiple times a day. We tried to find the limit, but we're not sure there is one — we managed to feed one critter more than ten times, so go wild! Disney Dreamlight Valley's biomes are full of adorable, Disney-themed critters to befriend and tame. Some...
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Spirits Of Nature Quest Walkthrough
How to unlock Anna and Elsa
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: How To Upgrade Your House
Home sweet (expensive) home
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Burying The Eel Quest Walkthrough
How to unlock coconuts
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Nature & Nurture Quest Walkthrough
How to restore the Pillar of Nurturing
Guide Disney Dreamlight Valley: Tips And Hints
Start your valley life right
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury Guides
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations: All 100 Cat Shines In Super Mario 3D World: Bowser's Fury
Every Cat Shine location detailed
While Super Mario 3D World is most definitely a good time, those of you who have already experienced the game on Wii U will be most interested in the excellent Bowser's Fury expansion, which offers an open-world setting with Cat Shines to collect. In this guide, we'll show you the exact locations of all 100 Cat...
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Wasteland Giga Bell
Every Cat Shine location detailed
While Super Mario 3D World is most definitely a good time, those of you who have already experienced the game on Wii U will be most interested in the excellent Bowser's Fury expansion, which offers an open-world setting with Cat Shines to collect. In this guide, we'll be showing you all of the Cat Shine locations...
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Lucky Isle
Every Cat Shine location detailed
While Super Mario 3D World is most definitely a good time, those of you who have already experienced the game on Wii U will be most interested in the excellent Bowser's Fury expansion, which offers an open-world setting with Cat Shines to collect. In this guide, we'll be showing you all of the Cat Shine locations...
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Fur Step Island Cat Shine Guide
Every Cat Shine location detailed
While Super Mario 3D World is most definitely a good time, those of you who have already experienced the game on Wii U will be most interested in the excellent Bowser's Fury expansion, which offers an open-world setting with Cat Shines to collect. In this guide, we'll be showing you all of the Cat Shine locations...
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Ruins Giga Bell Shines
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Scamper Shores Island Cat Shine Guide
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Fort Flaptrap Cat Shines
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Lakeside Giga Bell Cat Shines
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Slipstake Slope Shines
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Crisp Castle Climb Shines
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Mount Magmeow
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Guide Bowser's Fury Shine Locations - Trickity Tower Shines
Every Cat Shine location detailed
Splatoon 3 Guides
Guide Splatoon 3: amiibo Unlocks And Rewards - Full List
You lip-sync, we drip ink
If you've got your hands on a copy of the excellent Splatoon 3, you might be aware that there's a whole host of previously released amiibo that are compatible with the game. This includes the original amiibo released with the Wii U original Splatoon, as well as the shinier, newer amiibo released alongside Splatoon 2. Note...
Guide Splatoon 3: Splatfest - Time, Date, When's The Next Splatfest?
Who will you side with?
Splatfests make their grand and expected return in Splatoon 3. But all things come in trios in this third entry, and to mix up the inkfest a bit more, you'll get to pick from not two, but three teams. This Splatoon mainstay lets you pick a side and take part in multiple online battles throughout the event. In Splatoon 3,...
Guide Splatoon 3: Weapons List - Best Pick For Every Weapon Type
Update: Ver. 10.0.0 weapons added
Choosing your weapon in Splatoon 3 can be a big decision and it is entirely dependent on your play style. While some will want to take the battle by storm with a Shooter- or Roller-class, others will be more prone to scoping out their surroundings with a well-placed Charger. Of course, we recommend trying out as...
Guide Splatoon 3: Stages - Every New And Returning Turf War Map
Update: Ver. 10.0.0 stages added
Turf War battles in Splatoon 3 take some practice. While it may take a while to get to grips with the motion controls or ink consumption, one of the easiest things that you can do to improve your game is to get an understanding of the different stages. Splatoon 3 was launched with 12 different stages as the main...
Guide Splatoon 3: Tips, Tricks, And Hints
Splat with the best of 'em
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker Guides
Track that treasure
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a cutesy little puzzler that stars Super Mario 3D World's adventurous Captain Toad as he travels across a variety of teensy levels in search of treasure. That includes Gems, Extra Challenges, and Stars. Some of this treasure is pretty tricky to find, and will give your brain a minor workout...
The end begins
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a cutesy little puzzler that stars Super Mario 3D World's adventurous Captain Toad as he travels across a variety of teensy levels in search of treasure. That includes Gems, Extra Challenges, and Stars. Some of this treasure is pretty tricky to find, and will give your brain a minor workout. You'll...
Captain Toadette: Treasure Tracker
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a cutesy little puzzler that stars Super Mario 3D World's adventurous Captain Toad as he travels across a variety of teensy levels in search of treasure. That includes Gems, Extra Challenges, and Stars. Some of this treasure is pretty tricky to find, and will give your brain a...
Track your way to 100%
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker is a cutesy little puzzler that stars Super Mario 3D World's adventurous Captain Toad as he travels across a variety of teensy levels in search of treasure. That includes Gems, Extra Challenges, and Stars. Some of this treasure is pretty tricky to find, and will give your brain a minor workout...

































































































