Tag: Best Games
Guide Best Tomb Raider Games, Ranked - Lara Croft On Switch & Nintendo Systems
Where does Tomb Raider (2013) rank?
Updated with Ms. Croft's latest outing on Switch (and Switch 2), Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. Enjoy! Some may understandably associate the Tomb Raider series, like WipeOut and Crash Bandicoot, with PlayStation. Lara Croft shot to prominence as the poster girl of gaming in the lad-mag era of the late-'90s...
Guide Best Kirby Games Of All Time
Where does Kirby Air Riders rank?
Updated with Switch 2's Star-Crossed World and Kirby Air Riders. Kirby — one of the most famous faces (with little podgy arms and feet attached) in Nintendo's stable of stars — has been wowing players with his impressive abilities and sheer versatility for decades now. In fact, the ever-adaptable Kirby and...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy (Color) Game Ranked
All the GB and GBC games on NSO
Updated with Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters and Bionic Commando from the November update, two retro winners worth checking out. Enjoy! Game Boy and GB Color titles first arrived on Nintendo Switch Online in February 2023, pleasing many old-school gamers in the process. The various G
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online NES Game Ranked
Now with more Ninja Gaiden, and much more Battletoads
Updated with Battletoads and Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos from the November update. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you'd like to see the rankings below change. Enjoy!
Guide 50 Best Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Of All Time
Your guide to the Super NES' greatest games
21st November 2025 marks 35 years since Nintendo launched the Super Famicom in Japan. It would take the best part of two years for the system to roll out worldwide — and it looked quite a bit different in some places — but the titles this 16-bit system hosted are some of the most acclaimed, most...
Guide Best Zelda Games Of All Time
Every Zelda game, ranked
Updated with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment. Enjoy! What are the best Zelda games? Following decades of adventures across Nintendo consoles, ranking The Legend of Zelda series is one heck of an undertaking. Most stand among the very best games on their respective consoles, so assembling a ranked Zelda list is no...
Guide Top 100 Nintendo Games, As Chosen By Nintendo Life & IGN
A century of must-have classics
Nintendo has been around for well over a century and has been an active part of the video game industry since the 1970s. The company's impact on the realm of interactive entertainment is almost unprecedented, and its consoles and handhelds have played host to some of the most iconic titles of all time. Nintendo Life...
Guide Best Dragon Quest Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Where does Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake rank?
Updated with Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake! Dragon Quest — or maybe you know it better as Dragon Warrior — might be one of the most well-known JRPG franchises in the world. It’s known for bringing crowds in Japan thanks to its cosy, comfy gameplay structure, adventurous stories, and homely...
News What Are The 100 Best Nintendo Games? Here's The Chance To Make Your Voice Heard
We've teamed up with IGN for the definitive ranking, but you can have your say, too
Nintendo has been in this business for a long time, so when you're attempting to decide on what the 100 best games released on its consoles and handhelds are, it's little wonder that it's quite the challenge. However, we've teamed up with our friends over at IGN to...
Guide Best Pokémon Games Of All Time
Where does Legends: Z-A rank?
Updated with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, the latest mainline entry. Enjoy! Ranking the best Pokémon games is no easy feat given that many of them are considered among the best games of their particular hardware generation. Then you have to consider just how many spin-off Pokémon games have come out over the last 30 years...
Guide 50 Best NES Games Of All Time
Our guide to the greatest games on the NES
The Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES (ness? nezz? enn-eee-ess?), is the archetypal home video game console. Earlier machines such as the mighty Atari 2600 pioneered the basic concept of an under-the-TV console with interchangeable software and accessories, but the utilitarian design and hardware...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online SNES Game, Ranked
All the Super NES games on NSO
Updated with Bubsy in: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind, Fatal Fury Special, and Mario & Wario. Enjoy! The library of SNES games available on Switch with a Nintendo Switch Online subscription now stands at 77 titles. While it may lag behind the number of NES
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance (GBA) Game Ranked
The best GBA 'Nintendo Classics' on Switch
Updated with Mr. Driller 2 and Klonoa: Empire of Dreams following the September 2025 update. Remember, this is a dynamic, reader-ranked list based on each game's User Rating in our database. The order is therefore subject to real-time change as those ratings fluctuate. Enjoy! Ninte
Guide Best Super Mario Games Of All Time
From Superfluous to Superlative - every Mario game, ranked
It's now 40 years — forty! — since Super Mario Bros. debuted on the Famicom in Japan on 13th September 1985. To celebrate, we're republishing this ranking of every Super Mario platformer. Enjoy! <related ids="187826"> What's the best Mario game ever? Over more than four decades,...
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 already 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...
Guide Best Pokémon Spin-Off Games Of All Time
Ranked by you
If there's any franchise that's no stranger to a spin-off or two, it's Pokémon. The inherent appeal of the little Pocket Monsters makes the series ripe for all kinds of genres and video games. Name a genre, and Pokémon has most likely done it. But, dear readers, what's the very best Pokémon spin-off? That's what we're here to find...
Guide Best Lord Of The Rings Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Every Lord of the Rings game on Nintendo platforms
Don't tell the elf! We've updated the following with Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of the Rings Game following its arrival on Switch. Enjoy! One list to rule them all, One list to find them, One list to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them. That's right, precious, it's time to rank the...
Guide Best Donkey Kong Games Of All Time
Swing when you're winning
While Mario is the main man when it comes to all things Nintendo, it was Donkey Kong who gave the plumber a leg-up in the world of video games. The ape's debut not only conquered the arcade and introduced the world to a video gaming legend, but it saved the company and put Nintendo on the path to becoming the cultural force...
Every Virtual Boy game ranked by you
Nintendo is an odd company in many ways; deeply appealing and safe in some respects, but also able to swing for the fences and invest money and resources in the pursuit of pure novelty. Time and again it puts out products that no other platform holder would have dreamed of, and more often than not those...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online GameCube Game On Switch 2, Ranked
10 games, 6 now playable on NS2
Switch 2 brought some long-awaited GameCube games into the fold along with the other Nintendo Switch Online retro libraries. With The Wind Waker, F-Zero GX, and SoulCalibur 2 joining the system's launch lineup, Super Mario Strikers and
Guide Best Mario Sports Games Of All Time
Every Mario sports game, ranked
With Super Mario Strikers arriving on Nintendo Switch Online's GameCube service for Switch 2 tomorrow (3rd July), we thought now was a good time to re-share this list. Better than kicking a ball about, eh? Nintendo's mascot has never been shy of a spin-off, and while his karting exploits — not to mention his...
Guide Best Yoshi Games Of All Time
From the un-egg-ceptable to the egg-ceptional, as ranked by you
Yoshi! The little green dinosaur has been on our screens for a long time now, and while many first got to know him as an expendable resource in Super Mario World that helps Mario get extra height on his jump, he's much more than that. But he's much more than that. Over the past 30...
Guide Best Sonic Games Of All Time
With Sonic now on Switch 2, what is the best Sonic game?
Happy 34th anniversary to Sonic the Hedgehog! We're republishing this list to celebrate the blue blur's birthday, along with the addition of the Switch 2 version of Sonic X Shadow Generations. Sonic the Hedgehog — the blue dude with the most 'tude — first sprinted onto the Mega Drive in...
Guide Best Mario Kart Games Of All Time
Does World make the podium?
Back when Nintendo announced the very first Mario Kart game in the early '90s, there were some in the industry who proclaimed it as a sign that the veteran firm had finally lost its marbles. Sure, Mario had appeared in other games, but his forte was 2D platformers – he had no place on the racing track, and Super Mario...
Guide Best Rune Factory Games Of All Time
Every Rune Factory game ranked by you
Back in 2006, when blending fantasy farming and combat was a dream, Rune Factory felt like a breath of fresh air. Originally born as a spin-off to the more farming-focused Story of Seasons (then known as Harvest Moon) series, Rune Factory has come into its own over the past near-2 decades. With five main games...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online N64 Game Ranked
All the N64 games on NSO
The library of Nintendo 64 games on Switch and Switch 2 boasts some of the system's heaviest hitters - a great selection of quality 64-bit games easily accessible to anyone subscribed to the 'Expansion Pack' tier of the Nintendo Switch Online service But which N64 games on Nintendo Switch Online are the very best? We've...
Guide Best Star Wars Video Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
You sort the padawans from the poodoo
The Skywalker Saga may have ended in 2019, but Star Wars is never really over, is it? Especially in the world of video games. Spanning systems all the way back to the NES and arcades, Star Wars has been on practically every video game console ever. So below, we're taking a look at nigh-on every Star Wars game...
Guide The Best Nintendo Switch Games (2025)
The very best Switch games to play right now
Nintendo Switch has amassed a huge amount of great games since the console launched back in 2017. But what are the best games for Nintendo Switch available in 2025? Which Switch games are must-haves? What should you play first on Switch? To answer those questions, we've compiled this ranked list of the...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Game Ranked
All the Sega Mega Drive games, ranked by you
Updated with Streets of Rage, Super Thunder Blade, and ESWAT: City Under Siege following the April update. Remember, the ranking below is dynamic and will change according to each game's User Rating in our
Guide Best Xenoblade Chronicles Games Of All Time
All the games and DLC, ranked
Tetsuya Takahashi's Xenoblade Chronicles series began its journey on the Wii in 2010, but it's on the Switch where the RPG series has really taken off. With two sequels, plus huge prequel DLC adventures for both, Monolith Soft's RPG series has established itself as one of the jewels in Nintendo's crown. And with the...
Guide Best Mario Tennis Games Of All Time
Every Mario Tennis game, ranked
Coming in second behind his mightily successful karting exploits, Tennis is Mario's next most prolific pastime - that is if you don't count partying (which we don't). He's not bad with a golf club in his hand, either, but it's centre court where the plumber has the most sporting titles to his name. But what's the...
Guide Best Mario Golf Games Of All Time
Every Mario golf game, ranked
There's nary a sport that Mario hasn't turned his hand to, but beyond the realm of karting, only the plumber's prowess with a tennis racquet can rival his pro-level golf game. Over the years Mario has managed to squeeze in a round of golf on most Nintendo systems, and today we're checking his scorecard to determine the...
Guide Best Wario Games Of All Time
Every Wario platformer, ranked
Ahh, Wario, everyone's favourite garlic-loving, chaos-breeding antihero. A mirror to Mario — whom he frequently competes against — Wario has been gracing the Mario franchise since 1992 when he was the main villain in the game Boy classic Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins Since then, Wario has gone from strength...
Guide Best Ys Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Not so Ys-y
What's the best Ys game on Switch? Falcom's long-running action RPG series has been going for longer than Final Fantasy, and it's a genre-defining franchise, but it's not the most well-known series in the world. But those who love it absolutely adore it With the release of Ys X: Nordics in 2024 and Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana this...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2024
The finest Switch games of 2024
Despite its advancing years, Nintendo's hybrid handheld showed that it wasn't going quietly into that good night in 2024, at least where great games were concerned. Nintendo's first-party output was mainly helmed by partner studios in 2024. with plenty of HD remakes and remasters in the mix. However, Switch did play...
Guide Best Tetris Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
*whispers* Go for a Tetris
Few video games can lay claim to having such enormous influence on both gamers and the industry at large as Tetris. All who played Alexey Pajitnov's block-falling puzzler fell for its elegant design and Nintendo in particular harnessed its addictiveness to great effect as a pack-in title that made 'Game Boy' an essential...
Guide 50 Best Nintendo DS Games Of All Time
The best DS games ever
Nintendo DS was an experiment, a quirky dual-screened handheld which Nintendo famously introduced as a "third pillar" alongside the GBA and GameCube. However, within a handful of years, its innovative games and wide appeal led to the Game Boy brand's retirement and the dawning of a new era of Nintendo handhelds. We've...
Guide Best Mario RPGs Of All Time
Where does Mario & Luigi: Brothership rank?
What is the best Mario RPG? Mario has been dabbling in the turn-based genre since 1996's Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars on the Super NES, and has since split into two distinct series — one paper thin, and another showcasing the brothers' star power. The Nintendo Switch has seen a resurgence...
Guide Best Mario Party Games Of All Time
Where does Jamboree rank?
What's the best Mario Party game? Mario is no stranger to spin-offs, but there's nothing like a good Mario Party to ruin family occasions and bring out the worst in people, right? Once a stalwart of the N64, there are tons of Mario Party games available, most following a very familiar formula, but the franchise has seen a...
Guide Best Power Rangers Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Every Power Rangers game, as ranked by you
Go, Go Nintendo Lifers! It's Morphin Time, folks, because we're about to run through the very best Power Rangers games on Nintendo systems as ranked by you lovely lot. If you grew up on any console from the SNES to the Switch, then the chances are that you will have stumbled across a Power Rangers game at...
Guide 50 Best GameCube Games Of All Time
Your guide to the GameCube's greatest games
The GameCube console concentrated on doing just one thing well: playing games. This was also the last time Nintendo put itself in direct competition with Sony and Microsoft in pure spec terms before changing tack with the Wii. We've compiled a list of the very best GameCube games of all time to help you...
Guide Best Castlevania Games, Ranked - Switch And Nintendo Consoles
Far from a miserable pile
To celebrate the release of the excellent Castlevania Dominus Collection, we're republishing this ranked list of every Castlevania game to appear on Nintendo systems. Remember, this is a reader-ranked list governed by each game's User Rating on our games database. As such, it is subject to real-time change as the ratings...
Every TMNT game on Nintendo consoles, ranked by you
Remember, this is a reader-ranked list based on each game's User Rating in our database, which means it's subject to real-time change, even now. if you've played Wrath of the Mutants, or any other Turtles game below, you can rate it from 1-10 and influence the order. This recently released Switch...
Guide Best Persona Games On Switch And Nintendo Systems
Every Persona game and spin-off, ranked by you
Persona has become one of the most recognisable RPG series of the modern era. Starting life as a Shin Megami Tensei spin-off in 1996 with Revelations: Persona on PS1, Persona took a while to reach a wider audience. A shift in tone, some more slice-of-life and school elements, and a gradual upgrade and...
Guide Best Shin Megami Tensei Games On Switch And Nintendo Systems
Every Shin Megami Tensei game, ranked by you
Megami Tensei — also known as Shin Megami Tensei — is one of the longest-running RPG franchises in the world. But most of us wouldn't know it. Making its debut in 1987 on the Famicom, it wouldn't be until the Virtual Boy that Nintendo gamers (well, a few of them) would find out about the...
Guide Best Paper Mario Games Of All Time
All the Paper Mario games, ranked by you
The Paper Mario series began two decades ago when Paper Mario for the Nintendo 64 launched in Japan on 11th August 2000. Since then, we've seen five more mainline Paper Mario games of different flavours, plus a 3DS crossover with AlphaDream's Mario & Luigi series. Branching off from the role-playing path...
Guide Best Super Monkey Ball Games Of All Time
The best kind of Ai(Ai)
Updated with Super Monkey Ball Banana Rumble. Remember, this list is dynamic and subject to real-time change according to each entry's User Rating in our database. If you haven't rated one, click the star in each entry's banner to score the game out of 10 and influence the ranking. Enjoy! The years straddling the turn of...
Guide Best SaGa Games Of All Time - Switch And Nintendo Systems
Every SaGa game, ranked by you
Square Enix has a plethora of RPG series under its belt, but of all of them, SaGa is certainly its most experimental, unique, and the hardest to crack into. Starting life on the Game Boy, and initially marketed as a Final Fantasy spin-off in the West, the SaGa series is known for ditching traditional levelling...
Top Piks, as ranked by you
It's now a decade since Pikmin 3 first sprouted on Wii U in its non-Deluxe form, and with the release of Pikmin 4 and the previous mainline entries in Shigeru Miyamoto's garden-inspired real-time strategy series on Switch, it seems like the perfect time to look back at all the variants of Pikmin that have bloomed over the...
Guide 50 Best Game Boy Games Of All Time
Your guide to the Game Boy's greatest games
On Friday 21st April 1989, Nintendo launched the Game Boy in Japan and changed the landscape of video games forever. While modest in the specs department, the Game Boy was just powerful enough to offer deep gaming experiences, with the best examples rivalling those found on home consoles. Our guide to...
