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Wednesday31st Dec 2025
Feature Who Is Devon Pritchard? - Meet The Next NOA President Stepping Into Bowser's Boots
Dougging deep
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in September, and with today being Doug Bowser's final day in the chair, it's the perfect time for a refresher on NOA's new president. Enjoy! Yesterday,
- Features
- Industry
- Nintendo
- Best of 2025
News Today Is Doug Bowser's Final Day As Nintendo Of America President
Devon Pritchard takes the chair tomorrow
Nintendo has announced that the President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Doug Bowser will be retiring at the end of the year, on 31st December 2025. His replacement has already been named — Devon Pritchard, who has been at NoA for 19 years and is currently the Executive Vice President...
- Nintendo
- Business
Opinion We Need To Talk About X Games
X and why?
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy! Most of the time, I'm pretty oblivious to game name trends. It's normally only when someone points out to me that all AAA games have names like 'Chronicle of...
- Opinion
- Features
- Soapbox
- Best of 2025
News Persona 3 Reload Switch 2 Performance Update Now Live, Targets 60fps In Docked Mode
Update: Digital Foundry investigates
As the holiday celebrations get underway, Atlus has this week delivered a new update for Persona 3 Reload on the Switch 2. We noted in our review here on Nintendo Life how the "biggest drawback" of P3R when it launched in October on the new hybrid system was the 30fps performance. Thankfully, the latest update...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Persona
- Atlus
- Updates
PSA Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Update And European Release On The Way
The upgrade is available now in the US
Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition got a surprise release on Christmas Day, but has admittedly experienced some teething issues. The creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone was quick to acknowledge this, mentioning how fixes would be rolled out as soon as possible, and he's now shared another update. For...
- PSA
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Stardew Valley
- Updates
News McDonald's Has Another TCG Promo In The Works For Pokémon's 30th Anniversary
In a pickle
The 30th anniversary of Pokémon is fast approaching on 27th February 2026, and it seems McDonald's will be putting Pokémon cards in its Happy Meals in a new promo similar to past events. According to a report from PokéBeach, it will run from February into March, with exact dates depending on the country, but that's all the details...
- Pokemon TCG
- Anniversaries
Metroid mania
Nintendo has been marketing and promoting the recent release Metroid Prime 4: Beyond in all sorts of ways, and in case you missed it, it released a few extra offerings recently. First up, in the US, the My Nintendo Store is offering a printable Metroid Prime 4: Beyond official box art cover based on the Switch 2 version of the game...
- ICYMI
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Metroid
- Nintendo
Opinion No One Told Me 'Chibi-Robo' Is Traumatising
Just your very presence makes everyone happy, happy... happy?
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy! Editor's note. Spoilers for a 20-year-old game inbound... I’ve spent 20 years “awww"-ing over the...
- Features
- Opinion
- GameCube
- Nintendo Switch Online
- Nintendo Switch 2
Opinion Wishlisting Games On Switch eShop Is A Game In Itself
Thumbnail and I
I love browsing the eShop, and the clicky sounds as you scroll across it. The pleasing crispness of the chick! sound goes so well with the Joy-Con button feel. There’s that camera shutter snap! if you scroll across a game’s gallery in quick succession, and on Switch 2 there’s a thumb-cheek pop! when you hover over a 2-wide...
- Opinion
- Features
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Switch eShop
Tuesday30th Dec 2025
Guide The Best Nintendo Switch 2 Games
The best Switch 2 games to play right now
Switch 2 launched in June 2025 and, although a young console in the scheme of things, it's built up a sizeable software library, mixing some choice exclusives with a host of 'Nintendo Switch 2 Editions', which include optimised, improved versions of some of the greatest video games ever made. But what are...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Guides
- Best Games
- Top 50
"Maybe I should start calling them chunks?"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy! June 5th marked the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, but that very same day (or the day before on other consoles), the highly...
- Features
- Interviews
- Deltarune
- Toby Fox
- Best of 2025
Video It's Time To Say Goodbye To The Lovely Felix-From-Nintendo-Life
Hej hej Felix!
As the new year approaches, it's the season of goodwill and change, new things and new horizons (and not just NS2 Editions), which means it's time for some news we've been sitting on for a little while. Yes, as you probably guessed from the headline, our lovely video producer Felix Sanchez is disembarking the good ship Nintendo Life...
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- Videos
- Nintendo Life
Opinion I Reviewed 25 Switch 2 Games In 2025, And These Are My Top 3 Picks
The A+ Team
Yes, yes, I know. Only 25 games since June. I am a lazy sod. Regardless, I've had quite the ride thus far with my Switch 2. We're still not that far out from launch, and I expect super-duper exciting things in 2026. Loads of 'em. I can smell it. Oh no, wait, that was just my dog. Now, while I haven't had the opportunity to review all...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Features
- Opinion
Opinion Metroid II Doesn't Care If Samus Lives Or Dies
An existential crisis courtesy of the Game Boy
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy! I recently started playing Metroid II: Return of Samus for the first time. I’m not sure why. Maybe it was a way of...
- Features
- Opinion
- Metroid
- Best of 2025
News Nintendo Comments On Metroid Prime 4's Placement In The Metroid Timeline
Take a guess
Like other iconic Nintendo series, Metroid has a timeline documenting Samus' space adventures from past to present. Although the newest outing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is very much its own thing, it is still part of the Prime series as a new chapter. Outside of the first-person entries, it's now apparently been mentioned by Nintendo how...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo
- Metroid Prime
- Famitsu
Rumour Monster Hunter Wilds' Latest Update Has Fans Talking About A Switch 2 Version
Is Capcom up to something?
Capcom’s Monster Hunter series has sold incredibly well on Nintendo hardware over the years and while there have been no official updates about the mainline series returning to Switch hardware anytime soon, something rather interesting has apparently been discovered in a new Monster Hunter Wilds datamine. In the...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Monster Hunter
- Capcom
- Datamine
- Rumours
News Guilty Gear Strive Team Provides Update About "Future" Of Nintendo Switch Edition
"Switch required a great deal of effort"
Arc System Works finally delivered the long-awaited Switch update for Guilty Gear Strive earlier this month. Now, in a new development update, it has addressed the future of this particular version of the game. It mentions how the Switch version has required "a great deal of effort and ingenuity" and as a...
- Nintendo Switch
- Updates
Back Page Every Game Should Have A Cow
No bull
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy! In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a...
- Back Page
- Features
- Mario Kart
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
"We appreciate your continued support"
Since arriving on the Switch and Switch 2, Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time has been acknowledging major sales milestones. In a brief update on social media, Level-5 has confirmed it's now surpassed 1.5 million copies in worldwide cumulative sales. As part of this, the developer is celebrating with a new...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Updates
Feature Mothers & Daughters - Women Are The Heart Of Hollow Knight: Silksong
Who runs the world? Girl(bug)s!
If you haven't yet made it to the end of Hollow Knight: Silksong — one of our favourite games of 2025 — then be warned, there are major spoilers for the entirety of the game below... Many insects are matriarchal creatures. For termites, honey bees, praying mantises, ants, and spiders (shh, I know they’re...
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- GOTY 2025
Monday29th Dec 2025
Feature Farewell, Nintendo Switch - It's Finally Time To Bid Our Old Friend 'Adieu'
Don't think twice, it's all right
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy! It's time to say goodbye. Well, not really. The massively popular Switch will live on in a way few other Nintendo consoles have done...
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
- Retro
- Best of 2025
Talking Point Our 2026 Nintendo And Switch 2 Predictions
What's in store?
Well, folks, it seems like only yesterday we were looking ahead at Nintendo's 2025 with a sense of unwavering optimism, and now here we are – it's certainly been a year. The Switch 2 finally arrived, bringing with it a plethora of goodwill and controversy alike, ushering in a new generation that, if initial sales are anything to...
- Features
- Talking Point
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
"It's a homage to my mum and my childhood"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy! Everyone remembers the first animated movie that scared them. For me, it was The Fox and the Hound — probably not the...
- Features
- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
News Pikmin 3 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2 Rating Pops Up Online
Could an upgrade be on the way?
Since the Switch 2 generation got underway, many Nintendo fans have been hoping for the Pikmin titles to receive a next-generation upgrade. Now, in an interesting development, a Switch 2 rating has surfaced on the European age rating board PEGI for Pikmin 3 Deluxe. This rating was apparently filed by 'Nintendo of...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Pikmin
- Europe
Feature "The Yoyo Was Special" - Finding The GBA Magic In 'Pipistrello And The Cursed Yoyo'
Scoot over, Ness
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in May. Enjoy! We've had our eyes on this long-lost GBA-looking adventure ever since we first discovered it at Gamescom back in 2024. The c
- Features
- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
ICYMI You Need To Check Out The Video Game History Foundation's "Untold Story Of The NES"
"15 years in the making!"
Hopefully, many of you are enjoying an end-of-year break over the holidays, but even if you're back at the coalface before the new year arrives, we recommend making time to check out this fascinating new overview documentary of the NES' US launch from Frank Cifaldi and the folks over at the Video Game History Foundation...
- ICYMI
- Retro
- Nintendo
- Videos
UK Charts Nintendo Holds 12 Spots In The All-Formats Top 40
Mario Kart cleans up (again) while Metroid drops
The last full week of 2025 UK charts data is in, and for the most part, it's a minor reshuffle of the usual suspects, with EA SPORTS FC 26 sitting pretty at #1 and Mario Kart cleaning up twice over and first-party Nintendo (published) games taking up more than a quarter of entries in the all-formats...
- UK Charts
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- UK
Opinion Strange Antiquities Is A True Treasure In A Puzzle Game-Filled Year
Antiquities, the Greek God of Old Vases
If you think more games should be about giving cursed skulls to weird strangers, then I'm here to tell you that you're fine, you're normal, you're right, and you should play Strange Antiquities. You may have already played Bad Viking's first game in the 'Strange' series, Strange Horticulture, a...
- Opinion
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
Sunday28th Dec 2025
Editorial Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late
Forever
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in May. We should note that the Giant Bomb story had a happy ending, with the staff buying GB from Fandom and going independent. Yes! Nevertheless, in another turbulent year for...
- Editorial
- Features
- Industry
- Best of 2025
Opinion Not Enough People Are Talking About This Early GOTY Contender
Centennial masterpiece
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in May. Enjoy! Warning: This article delves into spoiler territory for The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy. If you've yet to play the game and want to go in...
- Features
- Opinion
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
Opinion Cult Classic 'Tokimeki Memorial' Hits Switch - But 30 Years On, It's Still Out Of Reach
Forever with you; never with us
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in April. Enjoy! True love lasts forever – and so do some games. Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You, the legendary dating sim from 1995, is hooking up...
- Opinion
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
- Japan
- Konami
News Square Enix Teases More For Dragon Quest, NieR and Final Fantasy In 2026
But try not to get “too excited”
Next year marks even more anniversaries, and one other big one coming up is for Dragon Quest. This classic role-playing series will hit its 40th birthday, and in the same end-of-year wrap with 4Gamer.net (via Gematsu), Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito mentions how the company is looking forward to everyone...
- Square Enix
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Dragon Quest
- Final Fantasy
Opinion I Finally Finished Ring Fit Adventure, And It Might Be Peak Nintendo?
I might just be tired
I must have some kind of record for Ring Fit, if not internationally (see: here), then at least for the West Midlands. I played 10 hours over the weekend, which probably sounds like a lot. I can confirm it was. You know those charity fundraisers of dancing for 24 hours or whatever? It wasn't that. All I raised was my knees (a...
- Opinion
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
It can’t wait to make “another announcement”
Persona 3 Reload only arrived on the Switch 2 in October, but there’s plenty more to come... Speaking to the Japanese website 4Gamer.net as part of its annual end-of-year developer interview feature recently, Atlus producer and director Kazuhisa Wada (who has worked on Persona 5 Royal and Persona...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Upcoming Releases
- Atlus
- Persona
News Here Are Japan's Best-Selling Switch and Switch 2 eShop Games For 2025
Mario Kart World and Pokémon top the list
It’s once again that time of year where companies sum up all sorts of things about the year that was, and with this in mind, Nintendo’s Japanese branch has revealed the best-selling games on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop in 2025. This covers January through to December, and everything else in between...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Switch eShop
- Japan
ICYMI Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available, Will You Be Getting It?
The new version is now live
In case you missed it, following ConcernedApe’s status update last week, Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is now officially available. This particular version comes loaded with mouse controls, four-player split-screen as well as eight-player online multiplayer. There’s also GameShare support for Switch...
- ICYMI
- Polls
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Stardew Valley
"If you do exclusives you can push every lever to 11 in that platform"
We find ourselves in an unusual position when it comes to console exclusives these days. Once upon a time, titles like Halo, Forza, Death Stranding, and
- PlayStation
Saturday27th Dec 2025
Feature "It's Huge For Us" - Devs Talk Switch 2 Reactions, Dev-Kit Disparity, Future Plans
What devs make of Switch 2
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in April. Enjoy! In case you somehow missed it, Nintendo has officially lifted the lid on Switch 2, cueing all sorts of excitement and apprehension from those...
- Features
- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Best of 2025
Talking Point Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
Let's see how it matches up
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in April. Enjoy! I don't know about you, but I'm already giving my shelf space a worried look as I consider the number of Switch 2 launch titles I want to...
- Talking Point
- Features
- Nintendo
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Best of 2025
"I hope creators and audiences alike can recognize AI as a tool"
Back in June, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino acknowledged that, like a great many companies working in the games industry, his firm was exploring the use of Generative AI as "a tool for communication and efficiency improvement." Fast forward to the end of the year, and Hino's view of GenAI...
- Level-5
- GenAI
News Square Enix Wants Feedback About The Final Fantasy Series In Its New Survey
Go on, tell 'em
Fans of the long-running RPG Final Fantasy have a chance to tell Square Enix their thoughts about the series in a new online survey. It’s available until 9th January 2026 and features over 30 questions. Unfortunately, there’s no reward at the end of it, so if you do plan on doing this survey, it's mostly to tell Square Enix how...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Final Fantasy
- Square Enix
Feature "It's A Perversion Of The Whole Thing" - Jeff Minter On Scam Games, Switch 2, And 'I, Robot'
"There's pride in it for me"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in March. Enjoy! Jeff Minter is, perhaps quite rightly, referred to as a legend within the gaming industry. His career following the founding of Llamasoft in...
- Features
- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
"In this age of diversity, the manufacturer itself has stubbornly refused"
Nintendo may have originated the concept of the cross D-Pad, but the company has practically abandoned this control method on both the Switch and Switch 2 (although thankfully not on the Switch Lite and Pro Controller), leaving some old-school players feeling a little left...
- Hideki Kamiya
- Nintendo Switch 2
News My Nintendo Metroid Prime 'Legacy Sweepstakes' Offers A Bounty Of Prizes (North America)
Enter today
If you’re a Metroid fan and happen to be located in the United States or Canada, Nintendo is currently running a Metroid Prime ‘Legacy Sweepstakes’ featuring a “bounty” of prizes. You can enter this sweepstakes via the My Nintendo website for 10 Platinum Points. This gives you a chance to win the official Metroid Prime 1-3: A...
- My Nintendo
- Nintendo
- Metroid Prime
- North America
"We look forward to your support"
We’re now in the final days of 2025 and many development teams are signing off for the year. This includes the talented Japanese developer Monolith Soft, best-known during the Switch generation for its work on the Xenoblade Chronicles series. Now that another year has passed, the company has taken a brief moment...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (27th December)
What did Santa bring?
Well folks, that's another Christmas done for the year – we hope you've had a peaceful, relaxing time, whether you celebrate or not. It's been a pretty quiet week, understandably, but Nintendo managed to squeeze in a cheeky update for Donkey Kong Bananza on the Switch 2, so make sure to download that. Nintendo also hit us...
- Features
- Talking Point
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Polls
- What Are You Playing
News Switch Online's 'Missions And Rewards' Brings Back Previous 2025 Icons
Get them while you can!
Nintendo has released all sorts of unique icons for Switch Online subscribers in 2025, and to go out with a bang, it’s once again bringing back select designs that you may have missed. This is a limited-time offer and runs until 11th January 2026, so get them while you can. Each icon will set you back 10 Platinum Points,...
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch Online
- Nintendo
Friday26th Dec 2025
"We resolved to move forward with our original vision"
As you'll know if you've read our review, we adored Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and consider it to be one of the highlights of the Switch 2's library. However, with a Metacritic rating of 79 at the time of writing, it's clear that Samus' latest adventure didn't strike the same chord with many pla
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Metroid
- Metroid Prime
News Surprise! Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available
A free update for existing Switch players
[Thu 18th Dec, 2025 04:30 GMT]: In September, the Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone lifted the lid on a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of his farming and life sim. During the Nintendo Direct reveal, it was noted how this version would be arriving in "Fall 2025". We're now just weeks out from...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Switch eShop
- Stardew Valley
- Upgrades
Feature Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025
Best 'squirrel with a gun' game, most 'Huh?' Nintendo moment, and more!
Hello, well met stranger, and welcome to Jurassic Park! Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025! It's been...well...it's been a year in which we have all existed, that's for sure, and as a result games happened. Loads of them, in fact. Of course, and as is tradition at this...
- Features
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo Switch 2
- GOTY 2025
