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News Nintendo Explains Why Switch Games Are Still Getting Free Updates
For the Greater Good
With the Switch 2 now in full swing, you'd think that Nintendo would be shifting its focus over to the new console and largely leaving the original Switch behind. Well, thankfully, in addition to brand-new upcoming titles like Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Rhythm Heaven Groove, Nintendo has also introduced some hefty free...
Talking Point Nintendo Direct February Partner Predictions - What Do You Want To See?
What's it gonna be?!
Well folks, with Nintendo's financials out of the way, the only logical next step is a Direct, and we're getting a Partner Showcase tomorrow, 5th February 2026! As is customary, we thought it wise to throw a bunch of predictions into the ring and see what Nintendo's partner publishers might be cooking up for the Switch and...
News Nintendo's Share Price Drops 11% Following Its Financial Release
Investors be fickle
Nintendo released its latest financial report this week for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, confirming that the Switch 2 has sold 17.38 million units. Despite all of the numbers going up, investors have nevertheless flinched at immediate market conditions and ongoing concerns around component prices. As such, Nintendo's share price has...
News Drag x Drive Scores Its First Switch 2 Game Update Of 2026, Here Are The Patch Notes
It's time to shoot some hoops
The team-based competitive title Drag x Drive has received two major updates since it hit the court last August, and today Nintendo has released the game's first update of 2026. This one is a much smaller patch. It bumps the game up to Version 1.2.1, and apparently addresses some issues to improve the overall game...
Rumour Xenoblade Chronicles Voice Actor Might Have Leaked Evidence Of A New Release
Are you feeling it?
Rumours about a new Xenoblade Chronicles release have started to circulate online today after a possible "leak" on the casting platform Spotlight. The page of voice actor Caitlin Thorburn (who voiced multiple roles in the second game) has reportedly been updated to reference a "Xenoblade Chronicles" project due out in 2026...
News Nintendo Will "Carefully Consider" A Switch 2 Price Increase, Says Furukawa
Rising memory prices may soon put pressure on profits
Nintendo's latest financial report paints a positive picture for the Switch 2, with the console comfortably outpacing, well, pretty much everything that's come before it. Since launching in June 2025, its now shifted an astonishing 17.37 million units, and is well on track to hit its forecasted...
Round Up The Final Previews Are In For Mario Tennis Fever
Ace!
We are rapidly approaching launch day for Nintendo's next first-party release, Mario Tennis Fever, and, following a series of hands-on sessions, the final previews are starting to roll in. While we here at Nintendo Life don't have a full written preview for Mario's latest sporting shenanigans, the wonderful Ollie Reynolds sat down with equally...
Preview Five Takeaways From My Time With Virtual Boy On Nintendo Switch Online
Oh boy
Given that fans were expecting (or perhaps hoping, to be more accurate) to see DS games added to Switch Online, the upcoming inclusion of Virtual Boy on 17th February 2026 is quite possibly the biggest surprise from Nintendo in recent years. Did anyone really ask for this? Probably not. Is it pretty neat regardless? Definitely. Although the...
Preview So Far, Super Mario Bros. Wonder On Switch 2 Isn't Making A Great Case For Itself
Lacking attraction
When Super Mario Bros. Wonder launched in 2023, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief. Finally, after a deluge of perfectly serviceable yet uninspiring ‘New’ entries, it felt like 2D Mario had gotten its mojo back. Fast-forward to 2026 and Wonder is making its grand return with a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition on 26th March, but...
News Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Sales Have Got Off To A Slow Start
One in a million
Nintendo's latest financial report is in, giving us the official sales numbers for all of its best-selling games as of 31st December 2025. We already highlighted the best-sellers, in fact, but we couldn't help but notice that both Metroid Prime 4: Beyond — in either its Switch 1 or Switch 2 editions — and
News Here's A Look At The Best-Selling Switch And Switch 2 Games So Far
Pokémon Legends: Z-A surpasses 12 million
As part of its latest financial report, Nintendo has showcased the best-selling Switch and Switch 2 games so far. There are only a handful of games to peruse from the Switch 2, with Metroid Prime 4: Beyond conspicuously absent. In fact, Nintendo has not made mention of Retro Studios' latest in any capacity...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch 2 Games
Lots to look forward to?
As is customary with its financial reports, Nintendo has reconfirmed the release windows for its major upcoming games across Switch and Switch 2. The headliners here are undoubtedly Mario Tennis Fever, Pokémon Pokopia, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Switch 2 Edition, all of which will be dropping in February and March.
News It's Official, The Switch Is Nintendo's Best-Selling Console Of All Time
DS has finally been toppled
Nintendo has updated its sales figures for the Switch, and it's official folks, the little hybrid that could is now the company's best-selling console of all time. We've been keeping a close eye on this since the last financial report back in November 2025, where only 10,000 units separated the Switch and the Nintendo...
News Switch 2 Storms Towards Its Forecast Target With 17.37 Million Units Sold
The competition is Ninten-DOOMED
Nintendo has released its financial data for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, confirming that the Switch 2 has now sold an astonishing 17.37 million units since launch in June 2025. 17.37 million! If you remember, Nintendo increased its forecast for Switch 2 sales back in November 2025 from 15 million to 19...
Guide Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games - Every First-Party Title To Pass One Million Sales
Based on Nintendo's official figures
Updated with sales figures from Nintendo's Q3 FY2026 financial report - enjoy! At the time of writing, the Switch has the highest number of software sales of any Nintendo console ever, with waay over one billion games sold on the platform since March 2017. What's more, its lead is so commanding that it will...
News Pokémon 30th Anniversary Nintendo Store Event Announced (US)
Pokémon Day is almost here!
Pokémon Day is taking place later this month, and ahead of this annual event, Nintendo has announced its US-based stores located in New York and San Francisco will be hosting special events. They're inviting trainers to celebrate the series' 30th anniversary, which will take place on 27th February 2026. Here's the full...
News Surprise! Tomodachi Life's 3DS Soundtrack Has Been Added To Nintendo Music
Prepare for island life on Switch
Following a special Nintendo Direct broadcast last week for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Nintendo is now celebrating the series on its music app this week with the release of the 3DS soundtrack. This 3DS Tomodachi Life game was locally released in 2014. The soundtrack contains a whopping 210 tracks, with a...
UK Charts Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Plummets As Familiar Faces Retake The Podium
Fallen angel
We are back with another look at the UK physical gaming charts, and if you were expecting to see last week's surprise silver medallist towards the top of the pile again, you're sadly mistaken. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has dropped rather substantially from its second-place debut, and now finds itself way down at 17th — just...
Book Review Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped The World Have Fun
Super by name, super by nature
In the introduction to Super Nintendo: How One Japanese Company Helped the World Have Fun, Keza MacDonald makes a simple promise: over the course of the next 12 chapters, you'll read something you didn't already know. It's the kind of gauntlet-laying that would have any self-respecting Nintendo fan click their...
Feature Here's All The Best Switch 2 & Nintendo Stuff I've 3D Printed So Far
Resin-dent Evil?
For past me, the idea of 3D printing — just the mention of it, the sound of the words — always conjured up images of stuff like Tom Cruise and his wee red balls in Minority Report. I know, the 'precog' machine in that particular movie wasn't really a 3D printer, and Tom's wee red balls seemed to be made of some sort of weird...
Quiz LEGO Pokémon's Priciest Set Is HOW MUCH!?
Our first monthly quiz, Jan-packed with questions
It might have felt like it was 11 weeks long, but January 2026 is almost behind us. This year at Nintendo Life, we want to make sure that you're paying attention to everything that's happening in the wild world of gaming, so here's the first edition of our new monthly quizzes. January hasn't been a...
Poll What Nintendo Switch 2 Games Are You Most Excited For In 2026?
Will it be a big one?
We're already a month into 2026, and it's been a pretty solid start to the year for Switch 2. But there's plenty to come over the next 11 months, including many likely surprises for Nintendo's newest console. Amidst big anniversaries for Zelda and Metroid, we already have a pretty solid suite of games coming out over the next...
PSA Apex Legends Switch Version Shutting Down This August
Nintendo fans can continue playing on Switch 2
Following the release of Apex Legends on the Switch 2 last August, EA and Respawn Entertainment have now announced Season 29 will be the "final update" for the free-to-play battle royale on the original Switch system. Players on Switch will be able to continue playing the game until 4th August 2026,...
"We’re already working with Nintendo on a path forward"
Following an official response from Nintendo yesterday about the censorship in the Switch versions of Dispatch, the developer AdHoc Studio has now shared a lengthy statement. In this update, which follows a comment it made to Nintendo Life earlier this week, the studio says the superhero...
Reminder Today's Your Last Day To Buy Switch Game Vouchers
Grab 'em before they're gone
Well, folks, the day is finally upon us. Today is the last day that you can buy Switch Game Vouchers before Nintendo consigns them to the 'Discontinued' pile. The Big N initially made the announcement way back in July 2025, but time has flown by since then, so we thought it was only right to give you one last nudge now...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream For Switch?
Go on, tell us
In case you somehow missed it, Nintendo's next big Switch release Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is launching on 16th April 2026. Nintendo this week aired a special Direct broadcast to showcase all the new features from Mii customisation, island customisation to the Palette House, and it's got us wondering how you're feeling about...
News Nintendo Responds To Dispatch Switch Censorship With Official Statement
Following a response from AdHoc Studio
The superhero comedy Dispatch is out on the Switch and Switch 2 this week and as we've already highlighted in our review, the 'Visual Censorship' toggle has been removed from the Nintendo versions of the game, meaning censorship is automatically activated with no option to change it. We reached out to the...
News Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream's Price And Box Art Have Been Revealed
Dream scenario
After a particularly packed Nintendo Direct, we've got our first glimpse at the official Switch box art for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (yes, it's very cute) and the all-important price. Let's kick things off with the price tag, eh? The game is now available to pre-order from the UK,
News Nintendo Restricting Some Image Sharing Features For Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream
To allow players to create worlds that "remain fun and safe"
What could be a better prospect for 2026 than creating the perfect island, or pet, or Mii in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream then sharing it online with your friends? For many, sharing their creations on social easily from their Switch consoles at just a few button presses is one of the...
Guide Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
Dream Direct
Well, a new contender for our most-anticipated game of 2026 just appeared. Nintendo has spilled the beans on Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, with a 22-minute Direct positively packed with info on the slice-of-life sequel. The most important detail — so important that we'll stick it up the top here — is that Living the Dream will...
News Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Moves In On Switch 1 This April
Hugh Morris for Smash
After one of the funniest Directs in recent memory, Nintendo announced that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will be arriving on Switch on 16th April. The Direct showcased a bunch of fun features that we can expect to find in the slice-of-life sequel, including a huge number of character customisation options, personality...
Watch Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct - Live!
Emergency Miiting
Hot on the heels of the Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct, Nintendo is back with its second showcase of the week, this time focused on all things Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. After being announced back in the March 2025 Direct, Living the Dream has since cropped up again at the September showcase with a 'Spring 2026' release...
Random This Fan Is Ripping Nintendo's Finest Tunes From Vinyl, Including The 3DS Menu Theme
Unwind with 'Activity Log Software Library'
Nintendo is no stranger to a banging soundtrack. The company also isn't wholly against releasing said soundtracks on vinyl — Breath of the Wild is scoring an eight-LP box set later this year, for example — but there's no way that the House of Mario could possibly cover everything in delightful disc...
Video Get A Closer Look At LEGO's New Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Set In This First Review
Big(goron) envy
It's been a cracking start to the year for Nintendo-themed LEGO sets, and one of the builds we're the most excited about is the upcoming 'Final Battle' diorama, inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time's grand finale. The set itself launches on 1st March 2026 for £99.99 / $129.99, packing in three Minifigures for Link,...
News Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct Announced For Today, 29th January
Dream Land
Update: The big day is finally upon us! You'll find everything you need to know about today's Tomodachi Life Direct in the post below. If last weekend's Mario Movie Direct wasn't enough for you, Nintendo has today announced that Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream will be getting a Direct presentation of its own later this week. As...
News Surprise! Splatoon 3's First Update Of 2026 Has Added Health Bars
We weren't expecting this!
Nintendo released a major update for Splatoon 3 this week, and in case you missed it, it adds health bars to the game. This has come as a real surprise to Splatoon players, as up until now, the enemy's health in multiplayer was displayed through visual cues. As Nintendo notes, the remaining health of opponents will now be...
News Splatoon 3 Ver. 11.0.0 Update Launches This Week, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
An unexpectedly big one
Nintendo has announced that Splatoon 3's next update is expected to launch later this month, bringing a fresh dose of battle balances to the Splatlands. As revealed by the official @SplatoonJP Twitter account, the update is currently planned for a 29th January arrival, with "balance changes to battles and changes to some...
News The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Gets Another Stunning Movie Poster
Celebrating the "first look" at Yoshi
Last weekend, Nintendo aired a special Direct presentation for its upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which is due out in cinemas this April. This particular clip focused on Mario's pal Yoshi, who will join the crew in this new adventure, which takes place across all sorts of familiar locations. To celebrate...
ICYMI The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is Now Coming To Cinemas Two Days Earlier
In certain parts of the world
Yesterday, Nintendo finally gave us our first look at Yoshi in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, thanks to a Nintendo Direct and a brand new trailer. And while Yoshi — and some other Mario series cameos — stole the spotlight, there's one piece of additional news that fans in certain countries can get excited about. The...
La vita è bellabel
Mario Wonder launched for Switch 1 back in October 2023, but two-and-a-half years on, we're getting an updated Switch 2 Edition that comes with the new Meetup in Bellabel Park expansion. The new version launched on 26th March 2026 and brings Rosalina and Luma as playable characters, plus a multiplayer Games Room Plaza and a new...
Guide Where To Pre-Order The Mario Wonder Talking Flower
Sometimes it's nice to space out
Coming to store shelves just before the Switch 2 Edition of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Nintendo's Talking Flower arrived on 12th March 2026. This cute little accessory speaks to you at the press of a button and will say specific things depending on the time of day. (You can get a better idea of what it sounds like in...
UK Charts Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Knocks Animal Crossing Down A Peg
Nook, don't touch
If you needed bonus proof that there's still an appetite for big ol' ports on Nintendo Switch 2, this week's UK charts show exactly that. Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade has burst onto the scene at number two this week as the only non-Nintendo title to make the top five. While it couldn't trouble Mario Kart World at the top...
News Super Mario Galaxy Movie's New Trailer Shares A "First Look" At Yoshi
New galaxies, new friends
Nintendo just aired a new trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie during a special Direct broadcast and it gave fans a "first" proper look at Mario's long-time pal
Random Here's To Robert Burns And His Long-Standing Relationship With...Animal Crossing?
The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley (especially if you don't own ACNH)
"Aloha!" as we say here in Scotland, and welcome to an impromptu Nintendo Life Burns Night celebration, with me, an Irish fella. Now, for those unaware, and to get things off in a high-brow sort of way through the illusion of learning, Robert Burns was a...
Watch The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Nintendo Direct - Live!
Galaxy quest
A Nintendo Direct on a Sunday? It has happened a couple of times before (not since 2015), and today we're getting another look at the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy Movie, which will be hitting cinemas on 3rd April. Back in November, the last Galaxy Movie Direct showed us Rosalina and Bowser Jr. and other tidbits, and with
News Industry Veteran Hideki Konno Has Apparently Left Nintendo After Four Decades
Thanks for everything, Konno-san
Following the news of Kensuke Tanabe's retirement earlier this week, it's now being reported game designer, director, producer, and Nintendo veteran Hideki Konno has also called time on his career at the Japanese firm. According to an update on his Facebook page, Konno seemingly left the company in July 2025, but...
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick
Pssst, the Supercharge Sale ends this Sunday, so if you've been considering splashing on some sale goodies, this weekend is your last chance to grab up some excellent titles... If it feels like a mere matter of days since Nintendo wrapped up its last massive eShop sale, that's because it...
News The Next 'Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Nintendo Direct Arrives Sunday, 25th January
Stellar stuff
The new Nintendo Direct for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a date, and it's coming this Sunday, 25th January 2026. This will be the second direct for the upcoming Illumination sequel, which is due to arrive in cinemas on 3rd April 2026. Last time, we found out that Bowser Jr. and Rosalina would be part of the cast. You'll be able...
Random Mario Wonder's New Box Art Might Be The Ugliest 'Switch 2 Edition' Cover Yet
Wonder Wall (of text)
Nintendo has lifted the lid on a bunch of Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup In Bellabel Park info today. We got a new trailer packed with fresh playable characters and challenges, three new amiibo, a closer look at that darn
News Lego Teases Another Adult Mario Kart Set, This Time Starring Luigi
Let's-a go, Bro
If this month's Pokémon and Ocarina of Time sets didn't break the bank for you, LEGO and Nintendo have today teased another entry in the 'Adult' Mario Kart line, and it looks like the brother in green is taking centre stage. The tease in question was shared to Nintendo of America and LEGO socials, and sees
