Tag: Christmas
Editorial Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From All Of Us At Nintendo Life
Put your arms around the world, it's Switchmas time
Season's Greetings to one and all! The 25th of December has crept up on us once more with its promise of sugary treats, hot and cold meats, papery hats and glittery tat... and, of course, video games. It's been a slow but steady year for Nintendo lovers as Switch winds down and everyone eyes The...
Guide Best Nintendo Christmas Gifts 2024: Switch Games, eShop Credit And Lots More!
The best Nintendo presents and stocking-fillers
If you're looking for the very best Nintendo gift ideas this year, we're here to help with this Nintendo-flavoured Holiday gamer gift guide for 2024. Below, you'll find our top recommendations for stocking fillers and video game-themed gift ideas to brighten your friends and family's day this...
Guide Nintendo Christmas Gifts: Best Presents For Every Budget
From cheap stocking fillers to luxury gifts
If you're looking for the best cheap Nintendo gifts to give to a loved one this holiday, the perfect gaming stocking filler, or even the absolute best Nintendo presents that money can buy, you're most certainly in the right place. This guide is a budget-focused version of our main 2024 Nintendo Christmas...
News Christmas Comes Early To The Pokémon Center With A New Range Of Festive Merch
All I want for Christmas is Mew
We feel a little queasy thinking about Christmas with Halloween still around the corner, but that hasn't stopped The Pokémon Company from dropping its new festive range of merch to get us all in the mood. The all-new Holiday 2024 collection is now available via The Pokémon Center website, with tree ornaments,...
Deals Nintendo's 2024 Christmas Switch Console Bundles Are Now Available To Buy
Save $80 / £70 on Nintendo's console deals
Retail listings for Nintendo's latest holiday console bundles are now live across the US and UK, giving us an opportunity to get our hands on a lovely new Nintendo Switch with a variety of added goodies thrown in at no extra cost. You'll find all the links you need to order Nintendo's 2024 Christmas...
Editorial Happy Holidays, Nintendo Lifers
You mean you forgot cranberries, too?
It's here! Season's Greetings to you and yours! The mood is right, the spirit's up, and with any luck you're taking it nice and easy today and, perhaps, settling down to devour not just some delicious festive treats but also some of the many excellent video games 2023 has gifted us. We've briefly surveyed the...
News Game Swap Site Gifts Games & Consoles To Great Ormond Street For 4th Time
For The Patients
It's Christmas Eve, preparations should now be complete as we all turn our attention to the big day itself. Before the man himself dons that big red suit, we'd like to share a modern-day, heartwarming Father Christmas tale of sorts from our friends over at Game Swap Shop UK, who, for the fourth year in a row, have completed a...
Deals Catch Yourself A Merry Christmas With This Exclusive Pokémon Jumper Discount (UK)
Get £15 off with this code
There's a chill in the air and we're stumbling across more eye-catching sales than we know what to do with, which can only mean one thing: Christmas is nearly here! If you're celebrating this year and want to look the part, we're delighted to be able to offer £15 off these lovely Pokémon Christmas jumpers, exclusively...
Editorial Happy Holidays From Nintendo Life
Later we'll have some pumpkin pie
T'is here, the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, Season's Greetings to all you lovely people. Grab yourself a beverage, get comfy, and get ready — it's party time! If by 'party' you mean sweating profusely and wishing you hadn't said 'yes' to a fifth mince pie or similarly stodgy sweetmeat. 2022 has been a...
Deals Get 10% Off Switch Games And eShop Credit In Our Christmas Sale
'Tis the season for discounts
If you visited the site throughout November, you'll likely know that we ran a store-wide promotion offering 10% off games and eShop credit for Black Friday. Well, the sale turned out to be so popular that we're bringing it back to cover the holiday period, hopefully giving you the chance to save money on more games this...
Guide Last Minute Christmas Games For Your Nintendo Switch
The best games across all genres for your new Switch, Switch OLED or Switch Lite
Updated for 2022. Happy holidays, one and all! Whether you've been riding the Switch train since Nintendo's hybrid handheld launched or you're just jumping on board this Christmas, there's no shortage of great games to play on Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED or Switch...
Back Page 8 Video Games That Would Make Perfect Christmas Getaways
Chestnuts roasting on a pixelated fire
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 whole page to make terrible jokes that are tangentially related to the content of the mag". We don't have pages on the internet, but we still love...
News Nintendo Is Heading To Malls To Help People Write Their Switch Wishlists This Christmas (NA)
Merry Mario
What's on your Christmas wishlist this year? Is it a pony? A new vacuum cleaner? World peace? A Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) Console Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Edition With Nintendo Switch Dock (Special Design)? It's gotta be the last one, right? You're here on Nintendo Life, and the one thing we have in common is that we all want the...
News Target Announces Pre-Orders For Extremely Cute Pokémon Advent Calendar
Christmas is just around the corner, apparently
It's almost Christmas, by which we mean that it is almost exactly as far away from Christmas as you can get, which is the perfect time to start thinking about Christmas. At least, that's the case for superstore chain Target, who have just put up pre-orders for a "Pokemon Battle Figure Multipack Deluxe...
Quiz Nintendo Winter Wonderlands - Can You Name All These Festive Levels?
Name that game!
Note: We're republishing this festive quiz from last year. If you partook previously... well, you should get top marks, then, shouldn't you! If you're relaxing over the holidays and fancy putting your gaming grey matter to the test, feel free to check out our selection of brain-teasing quizzes on The Legend Of Zelda, Mario
Editorial Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From Nintendo Life
The mood is right, the spirit's up
Ho ho ho! Yes, the most wonderful holiday of the year has officially arrived and it's time to start cracking out the sweetmeats, beverages, and — if you're reading this — video games. It's Christmas! Following on from an all-round miserable 2020, this year has been... well, not a whole lot better really...
News Ho! Ho! Ho! Boba Fett Touches Down In Fortnite In Time For Christmas
Just in time for his Disney+ series, too
Star Wars character Boba Fett – who is about to get his own series on Disney+ – is coming to Fortnite tomorrow as part of Season 3. Bounty hunter Fett is a key character in the wider Star Wars universe, having appeared in both the original trilogy and the prequels. He also turns up in the Disney+ series...
Retro Back In 1996, Nintendo 64 Was The Must-Have Christmas Gift - Alongside 'Tickle Me Elmo'
"Maybe Santa can write your little darlings an I.O.U."
In 2021, getting hold of a Switch, PS5 or Xbox Series X for Christmas might be a struggle, but back in 1996, it was the Nintendo 64 that was the must-have festive gift in North America. The Indianapolis Star's Rory Appleton has been digging through newspaper reports from the period to shed a...
Feature 9 Switch Games Guaranteed To Get You On The Naughty List
Definitely not sugar, spice, and all things nice
It turns out there can be such a thing as too much Christmas cheer, especially during the week before the big day when we’re sick of the sight of the cute snowmen shops have been hawking since October and rag-tag bands of singers are prowling the streets, vocally murdering every carol you thought...
News Sakura Santa Fills Stockings With, Ahem, Festive Cheer On Switch This Christmas
Blue Christmas
It's that time of year when holiday tie-ins flood the Switch eShop, although this latest addition to Nintendo's digital storefront is a little racier than the usual festive fare. Yes, even more so than Santa Tracker, an app which follows Santa as he races around the globe on Christmas Eve. You can'
Guide Handmade Nintendo Christmas Gifts And Crafts - Festive Gaming Stocking Fillers
A crafted world, indeed
Making an early start on your Christmas shopping this year, are you? That's probably a good idea given one thing and another. Fortunately, there are plenty of Nintendo-related gifts for your loved ones that are only a click away this holiday season. From ugly gamer Christmas sweaters (the sweaters are ugly, not the gamers, of...
Guide Nintendo Christmas Gift Ideas - Art Prints And Posters
Brighten up your wall with these charming Nintendo posters
What gifts are you getting for your loved ones this Christmas? With so many gamer gifts and trinkets to choose from, it's a tricky question, for sure. If you're looking for something classy that's not going to clutter the place, perhaps one of these lovely Nintendo art prints or posters...
Guide Christmas Jumpers And Ugly Sweaters For Gamers - Pokémon, Mario, Sonic, And More
Garish gaming garments to keep you warm this Xmas
You hear that? That jingle bell-tinged drone is the sound of festive inevitability! In amongst the socks and the boxes of deodorant you'll be gifted this holiday season, there's a high probability there'll be an ugly festive jumper in there somewhere. Yes, even though granny's turned the thermostat...
News Build Your Own Sonic Statue With This Official Advent Calendar
24 pieces to open and build
Chocolate? Or pieces of Sonic's body? The age-old dilemma returns yet again this Christmas as customers are forced to choose between the two things that make the holidays such a special time. Or we guess you could just get both. Yes, thanks to an ongoing partnership between Sega and Numskull Designs, this new advent...
News Oh No, The Christmas Pokémon Jumpers Have Already Begun
Merry September!
If you love horrendous-yet-fantastic Christmas jumpers and you don't mind talking about them three whole months before the big day arrives, then boy do we have the product for you. And if you hate all of that stuff, we're very, very sorry. Yes, it may well only be September, but Merchoid has already put out one of the first...
Feature The Twelve Games Of Christmas - A Dozen Festive Memories
The games of Christmas past
As we're often told, Christmas is a special time of year, a season of goodwill, generosity and gift-giving. For gamers, festive memories are often tied in with the excitement of receiving a brand new game, perhaps something that released months ago that we had been waiting for, and sliding that lovely cart or disc into...
Editorial Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From Nintendo Life
What a year it's been...
When we wished you many happy returns this time last year, we had no idea we'd be typing the same message in 2020 during a global pandemic. Despite assurances that it would "all be over by Christmas," the world is still gripped by the COVID-19 outbreak, with little sign that 2021 is going to be much different. (Wow. This is...
News Nintendo And Game Developers From Around The World Share 'Happy Holidays' Messages
Sega, EA, Konami and many more...
Well, here we are at the end of what has been one heck of a year. It's safe to say that we've all faced some mighty challenges this year, and while video games can't exactly fix what's going on in the real world, they can at least offer some much-needed respite. As we get ready to sign off for a few days, hoping to...
News This Pokémon Christmas Crossword Will Test Even The Most Dedicated Of Fans
Crossword used Confusion. It was super-effective
Think you're one of the world's biggest Pokémon fans? Think you know everything there is to know about the world of Pocket Monsters? Then why not prove it with this super-hard, ultra-challenging Christmas crossword? We're having nightmares just looking at it... As has become a Christmas tradition,...
News Check Out These Lovely Christmas Cards From Some Of Gaming's Big Names
Game cards that you CAN lick
Christmas is a time of cheer, of merriment, and of brotherly love, right? Well, that includes love between consoles. We might be a Nintendo website, but we can enjoy good work when we see it, and these gorgeous Christmas cards come courtesy of the PlayStation blog, where they're featured a selection from a few of the...
Editorial Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From Everyone At Nintendo Life
So this is Christmas
It's been an amazing year for Nintendo fans, it's fair to say. The dark days of the Wii U are long behind us and the arrival of the Nintendo Switch – now entering its third holiday season – has resulted in a tidal wave of interest in all things Nintendo. Not only has that meant that we've seen a flood of amazing games come...
News Nintendo And Your Favourite Game Developers Share 'Happy Holiday' Messages
Ho ho ho!
The holidays are well and truly upon us and the developers behind all of our favourite games have been sharing festive messages for fans, friends, and everyone in between. We've gathered a handful of these for you to check out below, hopefully getting you into the festive spirit ahead of the big day, and also reminding us just how...
Deals Official Nintendo UK Store - Last Chance For Next-Day Delivery For Christmas 2019
Need some last minute gaming gifts?
Christmas isn't so much creeping up on us now as storming at us full-pelt like a festive, tinsel-touting rugby player. If you've left things til the last minute, you've still got time to order some quality gifts and get them delivered in time for Christmas from a trusted, reputable source. Just. The Nintendo...
Guide Best Nintendo Christmas Gifts For 2019
Stocking-fillers for the Nintendo gamer in your life
Yes, December is finally here! The Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals are long gone, and perhaps you already managed to sort out a few Nintendo-related gifts for our nearest and dearest this holiday season. If so, well done! If you weren't so lucky, fear not – we're here to help you hunt down...
Feature How One Nintendo Christmas Shaped The Rest Of My Life
Chris Scullion recounts how the NES altered his destiny one festive morning
It was the summer of 1987. My aunt had fallen in love with an American chap and moved to the States to marry him and live there. And so, my family – including a 4-year-old me – flew out from Scotland to Parma, Ohio to visit them during the summer. That was when I saw...
Editorial Merry Christmas And Happy Holidays From Nintendo Life
Eat, drink and play some Switch
So this is Christmas. The time of year where we all eat far too much, drink far too much and buy far too many pointless gifts for friends and relatives. In short, it's the most wonderful time of the year. 2018 has been quite a year in the world of Nintendo, so this festive season offers the ideal opportunity to sit...
Feature 14 Classic Nintendo Winter-Themed Levels to Play This Christmas
Winter wonderlands
It's Christmas, which might mean snow wherever you are in the world. However, not all of us are that lucky, and sadly have to settle for rain or – gasp! – ghastly sunshine instead. Fear not, though – there is a solution: playing winter-themed levels in your favourite games. Christmas is the best time for it too, as you're...
News Nintendo And Game Developers From Around The World Share 'Happy Holidays' Messages
A lovely bit of festive cheer
With the holiday season well and truly upon us, game developers big and small have been sharing festive messages with their peers in the gaming community. We've gathered a handful of these for you to check out below, hopefully getting you into the festive spirit should you need a little boost, and also reminding us of...
Guide Nintendo Switch Family Games - Great To Play With Your Kids This Christmas
Switch it up during the festive period
It's Christmas, and you know what that means? Yup – your kids are all off school and will be looking for something to keep them busy. Fortunately for you, them, or both, you're the proud owner of a Nintendo Switch. Why is that fortunate? Because the Nintendo Switch is the master of family gaming. There are a...
Guide Best Nintendo Christmas Gifts For 2018
'Tis the season to be jolly
It's that time of year when we look forward to the Holidays on the one hand, and suffer sweaty brows on the other as we fret over late gift purchases. What to get your Nintendo-obsessed loved one this festive season? What gift will be good enough? Well, don't fret, we've looked around the web to find a range of gifts...
Video Nintendo Would Like To Remind You That 2DS Exists This Christmas
The gift that keeps on giving?
BEHOLD! With Christmas just around the corner, it's time for Nintendo to remind parents to pick up a gaming console to keep their kids occupied during the festive period. The 2DS XL is getting pushed hard in the charming Christmas commercial above. It makes sense from a marketing point of view as the 2DS XL comes in...
Feature Video Game Ghosts Of Christmas Past
What are your fondest festive moments?
So, Christmas is over for yet another year. Presents have been opened, food has been consumed in vast quantities and much fun has been had by (hopefully) all. This is the first Christmas that Switch has been available, and we assume that it will have contributed to many a household's latest festive memories,...
Editorial Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays From Nintendo Life
The end of a great year for Nintendo
It's hard to believe the time is already here, but we're now into the Holiday season once again. Whether it's the Holidays, Christmas or neither to you, it's a chance to unwind, think about the year that has passed and get excited about what's still to come. From a Nintendo perspective this year has been rather...
Guide The Best Nintendo Christmas Gifts For 2017 - US Edition
'Tis the season to be jolly
It's that time of year when we look forward to the Holidays on the one hand, and suffer sweaty brows on the other as we fret over late gift purchases. What to get your Nintendo-obsessed loved one this festive season? What gift will be good enough? Well, don't fret, we've looked around the web to find a range of gifts...
Guide The Best Nintendo Christmas Gifts For 2017 - UK Edition
Tis the season to be generous
It's that time of year when we look forward to the Holidays on the one hand, and suffer sweaty brows on the other as we fret over late gift purchases. What to get your Nintendo-obsessed loved one this festive season? What gift will be good enough? Well, don't panic, we've looked around the web to find a range of gifts...
Random Mother Orders Nintendo Switch From Amazon, Gets Box Of Washing Powder Instead
A complete wash-out
When British mother-of-two Charlotte Moore ordered a Switch console during Amazon's Cyber Monday event she probably felt pretty pleased with herself - Nintendo's hybrid machine is going to be a hot ticket this Christmas, and she'd managed to secure one for a reasonable price for her kids to unwrap on the big day. However, when...
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Twelve
It's all about the new year
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Eleven
"Eleven pun"
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Ten
Ten-a-plenty
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. If you fancy picking up what Alex unboxed today, click here.
Feature Nintendo Life's 12 Days of Christmas - Day Nine
Nine gamers laughing
In this video series Alex takes a look at a wealth of wonderful Nintendo-themed goodies, unboxing one parcel at a time over the course of twelve days. Today features an excellent 3DS case from Waterfield Designs. To say Alex loved the gloriously soft interior and robust leather outer layer is an understatement If you fancy...
