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PSA SNES Controller For Switch Online Is Finally Back In Stock (UK)
Get it while you can!
If you've been keeping an eye out for the SNES controller for Nintendo Switch Online, your time has come, friend. Yes, the iconic controller is now back in stock via the UK 'My Nintendo Store' for £26.99. You'll need to ensure you're logged in before you add it to your basket (and be subscribed to NSO), and orders are limited...
News Nintendo Launches Switch 2 Backwards Compatibility Search Page
Find out if the Switch game you want to play is compatible
Since the launch of the Switch 2 in June, Nintendo has released game upgrades, updates, and system firmware patches to make more games compatible with its new hybrid system. It's not always been the easiest to keep track of every update, and to help make this process a little easier, a new...
News Images Of Yoshi From 'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' Have Leaked Online
Mlem!
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie officially launches on 3rd April 2026, and Nintendo will be keen to ensure its marketing is on top form for the upcoming sequel. This will no doubt include keeping certain characters under wraps until the opportune moment. Well... sadly, it seems someone's let the cat out of the bag a little bit too soon... or...
News Kirby Air Riders Looks To Be Powered By Bandai Namco's New In-House Engine
Introducing SOL-AVES
The Kirby Air Riders Global Test Ride is currently taking place this weekend, and it looks like the game engine it's running on might have been uncovered. It's Bandai Namco's new in-house engine SOL-AVES. Thanks to some detective work, the engine's logo has been spotted in the game demo's Intellectual Property Notices. We've...
News Good Smile Reveals New Fire Emblem Byleth Dancer Figure, Pre-Orders Now Live
Graceful and spellbinding
Good Smile Company has announced it will be bolstering its Fire Emblem: Three Houses collection with a new Byleth Dancer scale figure. This is a painted plastic 1/7 scale model (approximately 250mm / 9.85in in height and including a stand) is priced at $194.99 / €171.48, and pre-orders are now live. It's estimated to...
News Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Verdict On Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
How is it holding up?
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is out now for the Nintendo Switch 2, and our pals over at Digital Foundry have presented their tech verdict on the new title from developer AAA Games Studio. In a nutshell, it's pretty decent! With its 40GB+ file size, the game utilises dynamic resolution scaling, with docked mode putting...
News Hiroshi Yamauchi Might Feel Envious Of Switch 2's Success, Says Miyamoto
Who wouldn't?
Nintendo has released the English translation of its recent financial Q&A session, and it mostly covers the company's plans for the Switch 2, its games, and potential movies going forward – lots of stuff we already know about, to be honest. One question, however, managed to raise a smile on our otherwise stone cold faces, and its...
Video We've Played More Kirby Air Riders, So Here, Have Some Gameplay
Zoooooom!
Here at Nintendo Life, we're keenly aware that Kirby Air Riders just hasn't had enough, well, airtime. Look, two Directs clocking in at 1 hour 45 minutes (yes, longer than The Super Mario Bros. Movie) just isn't enough, gosh darn it! So we want to rectify that. Nintendo kindly invited us to give Kirby Air Riders a whirl, and so we've put...
Random A Rare Nintendo Company Guide From 2000 Has Been Uploaded Online
Check it out!
We sometimes take for granted just how different Nintendo is now when compared to the '90s and '00s. In the year 2000, for example, Pokémon was arguably at its height, the Game Boy Color was flourishing, and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was delighting and baffling fans in equal measure. To really get a feel for how the company...
Gallery Nintendo Updates Its 'My Mario' Product Line With Multiple New Yoshi Items, Here's A Look
Fancy a singing and talking Yoshi?
Nintendo's 'My Mario' campaign has lifted the lid on multiple Yoshi-themed announcements today, and apart from the new app, there'll also be a new singing and talking Yoshi released later this month. This fluffy Yoshi, available on 18th November 2025, is a toy that will flap its arms, sway from side to side, talk...
News Nintendo Reveals Three More Super Mario Wood Block amiibo Sets
Joining the 'My Mario' product line in Japan
When Nintendo kicked off its 'My Mario' campaign for parents and children in August, it also announced a new 'wood block' sets doubling as amiibo were on the way. It's now revealed three more wood block sets. This includes standalone three-piece sets for Yoshi, Peach and Luigi. This follows the...
Opinion Third-Party Support For Switch 2 Is Already A Dream Come True
An avalanche of quality
The Switch 2 has gotten off to a bit of a weird start. Although there’s no denying that the console has been a massive commercial success since its launch on 5th June 2025 — officially selling over 10 million units — there’s a niggling, underlying sense of dissatisfaction amongst some fans regarding Nintendo’s...
News Zelda: A Link To The Past And Chrono Trigger Are "Ripe For Remakes", Says Analytics Firm
Plus Ocarina of Time 3D
Analytics firm Ampere Analysis has posted a list of games it believes would greatly benefit from a remake or remaster (thanks, VGC). This is supposedly based on analysis of the market and consumer behaviours and attitudes – otherwise, we could just as easily pluck a bunch of games from thin air that we think need remakes!...
News Shigeru Miyamoto Isn't Convinced Another IP Will Surpass Mario Kart's Sales
But folks will try anyway
Nintendo has just released a transcript of its latest Q&A session following its Q2 2025 financial release. It's a pretty short one overall with few surprises, but one question regarding the Mario Kart franchise definitely piqued our interest. Essentially, the query raises the possibility of another IP surpassing the sales...
News Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment's Ace Soundtrack Comes Courtesy Of NieR Composers
NieR, far, wherever you are
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment finally comes swinging onto Switch 2 today, and as anyone who has already picked up the game will be able to tell you, the soundtrack slaps. As today is launch day, we now know who to thank for such musical bangers, and it's none other than the music group Monaca — the sound team...
Gallery The 'Samus & Vi-O-La' amiibo For Metroid Prime 4 Could Be The Best Yet
Ready to roll
Nintendo has released its first batch of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond amiibo, including 'Samus' and 'Samus & Vi-O-La'. A third, 'Sylux', will launch alongside the game itself on 4th December 2025. We've managed to get our grubby little mitts on Samus & Vi-O-La, and we thought you might like to take a closer look at what this thing looks...
News Former GTA Boss Dan Houser Says Zelda: BOTW And TOTK "Feel Like Hitchcock"
"They're just speaking the language of video games"
Dan Houser, former GTA boss and co-founder of Rockstar Games, recently took to the Lex Fridman Podcast to talk about his personal history and the games industry at large (thanks, Games Radar+). The conversation soon turned to Nintendo when the pair
News The Legend Of Zelda Movie Is Now "In Production" In New Zealand
Lightroot, Camera, Action!
Things appear to be chugging along nicely on Nintendo and Sony's live-action The Legend of Zelda movie, as the film has officially started shooting this week (thanks for the heads up, My Nintendo News). The film's listing on the Film and Television Industry Alliance (FTIA) website has seen a status update this week, with...
Poll Is The Latest Metroid Prime 4 Trailer Teasing Another Legacy Character?
Kan it be..?
Nintendo has released a fresh new look at Metroid Prime 4: Beyond - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, and while much of the footage is recycled from previous trailers, there were definitely a few interesting new shots to consider. One of these is pretty throwaway at first glance, but a few fans online believe it might be hiding a pretty...
News Nintendo States Its Intention To Acquire More Development Teams
Growing the Mushroom Kingdom
Nintendo has provided the clearest indication yet that it intends to acquire more development teams to "strengthen its internal development organisation". The comment can be seen on page 54 of its latest financial report (thanks, ResetEra), in which Nintendo lays out the steps involved in utilising funds to build the...
News The Nintendo Museum Has Already Played Host To Over Half A Million Visitors
Admission continues via randomly selected drawings
The Nintendo Museum has been open to the public for roughly a year at this point and, thanks to the ongoing lottery system for prospective visitors, the venue has already played host to quite a few people. Announced via Nintendo's latest financial briefing, the company states that the "cumulative...
News Nintendo Releases A Storefront App For Android And iOS
With play activity available for 3DS and Wii U
Nintendo has launched a storefront app – simply titled Nintendo Store – for Android and iOS, letting you browse everything including eShop titles, accessories, amiibo, apparel, and more. Originally available exclusively in Japan as the 'My Nintendo' app, this has now been updated and reworked for...
News Nintendo Shares Updated Figures For Registered Accounts And Switch Online Members
Up and up
During the latest financial briefing, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa touched on the ways Nintendo builds relationships with its consumers. As part of this, he revealed some updated data about the player numbers within the company's ecosystem as of 30th September 2025. There are currently 400 million Nintendo Accounts, and in terms...
News Nintendo Is Preparing For Even More Movies In The Future, Unsurprisingly
The Mario and Zelda movies are just the start
Nintendo's movie business is already booming following the release of the Mario Movie in 2023, which was a global box office hit. Since then, it's announced a live-action Zelda film, and more recently lifted the lid on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (a follow up to the first animated Mario Movie). It's...
News Supply Of Switch Hardware Will Continue If Enough Demand Persists
Nintendo's president confirms
As Switch 2 sales begin to rise, Switch sales are starting to dip – with Nintendo reporting the original unit has experienced a 60% year-on-year drop in sales. It's even led to the Japanese firm decreasing its overall sales forecast for this particular system. If you are wondering how long the original family of...
News Nintendo: 84% Of Switch 2 Players Transitioned From The Original Switch
The new hybrid system has now sold over 10 million units
As we've now seen, Switch 2 sales have seemingly exceeded Nintendo's expectations, after shifting 10.36 million units (as of 30th September 2025) and becoming the "fastest-selling Nintendo hardware to date". This has also reportedly resulted in a slump in Switch sales, with Nintendo cutting...
News Nintendo UK's Holiday Switch 2 Ads Are Another Raye Of Sunshine
This is the Raye
Holiday season is almost upon us (this writer's local supermarket rolled out the advent calendars weeks ago), and Nintendo UK is equally keen to spread some festive cheer with its new TV ads. This year's offering once again puts the record-breaking singer-songwriter star Raye front and centre, showing that even Brit-winners like to...
News Metroid Prime 4's Sweet New Trailer Builds The Hype For Next Month's Launch
Akira Sliiiiiiiide
Thought Nintendo had forgotten about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond? Think again! December's big release has just landed a brand-new trailer titled 'Survive' and, expectedly, it's still looking awesome. Now, the trailer itself is only a little over a minute long, and you will have seen a lot of the footage before, but there are still...
U.S. Patent Office orders reexamination of Nintendo patent
Nintendo faces another setback in its legal battle against Pocketpair and Palworld. As reported by Games Fray (thanks,
News Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2025
Plus a brief look at, uh... two Switch 2 games
As part of Nintendo's latest financial release, the company has provided an updated look at the top ten best-selling Switch games – plus a brief look at where things stand with the Switch 2. All in all, there's not a whole lot to report on with the OG Switch. The numbers are all gradually going up,...
News Switch Is Poised To Be Nintendo's Best-Selling Console Of All Time
Only 10,000 units separate it from the DS
We've been positively itching to see the latest financial report from Nintendo, as we had expected the Switch to finally surpass the Nintendo DS and become the company's best-selling console of all time. Alas, that hasn't quite happened yet. At 154.01 million units, the Switch is a mere 10,000 units away...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch 2 Games
And Switch, of course!
Nintendo's latest financial data is here, and as expected, the company has reconfirmed the release dates and windows for its upcoming line-up of games. We're still kind of astounded that Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has a firm release date, and the fact that it's now so close is just too exciting! Otherwise, this is a pretty solid...
News Switch 2 Sells Over 10 Million Units, Nintendo Increases Forecast Even Further
There's just no stopping it
Nintendo has released its latest financial data for the six months ending 30th September 2025, and has provided updated sales figures for the Switch 2. The console has now sold at least 10.36 million units according to the official figures, which is seemingly more than even Nintendo itself was anticipating. As such, the...
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 Q2 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 Nintendo Music Updated With Animal Crossing's 3DS Soundtrack
Nearly five hours of music
Last week, Nintendo surprised fans with the announcement Animal Crossing: New Horizons would be getting a 3.0 Update and Switch 2 Upgrade early next year. To help pass the time, it's now added the Nintendo 3DS soundtrack Animal Crossing: New Leaf to its Nintendo Music app. This album contains "all tracks" and as long as...
News A Trailer For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Will Debut This Month, It's Claimed
Ahead of 'Wicked: For Good'
If you're itching to see what The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will actually look like, then you might not have much longer to wait. According to movie scoops outlet My Time to Shine (thanks, VGC), the next trailer for the upcoming flick will be presented before showings for Wicked: For Good. If accurate, this presumably...
UK Charts EA Sports FC 26 Kicks Pokémon Legends Z-A Into Second Place
While Dragon Quest I & II debuts at number 6
The latest UK Charts data is in, and the Pokémon Legends: Z-A's dominance is seemingly at an end – at least for now. EA SPORTS FC 26 has retaken the throne, with the former now landing in second place. Meanwhile, Square Enix's new release, Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake, has made its debut at...
News Nintendo Music Updated To Version 1.4.0, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Including an update for Animal Crossing tracks
[Fri 31st Oct, 2025 01:55 GMT]: In case you missed it, this week marks the first anniversary of the Nintendo Music mobile app for Switch Online subscribers. Nintendo already rolled out a music update earlier this week - adding the DS soundtrack New Super Mario Bros. and it's now apparently released a...
News Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment In-Store Demos Now Available (North America)
Try before you buy
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment is out exclusively on the Switch 2 next week, and if you want to try before you buy, Nintendo fans located in the US and Canada can now test it out. Multiple people in the US have reported playable demos at stores such as Walmart and Best Buy, with users able to test out the docked and...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition?
A paid upgrade pack will also be released
Nintendo this week surprised its fans with the announcement of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition. If you didn't already catch the video, this paid upgrade pack is not just improved resolution and graphics, but it will also come with mouse controls, a Megaphone and expanded online...
Opinion Animal Crossing On Switch 2 Has Me Equal Parts Buzzing And Baffled
What about New-er Horizons?
I adore Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I know, I know, such a hot take puts me in a niche of... about 98% of people that read this site, but what I mean to say is that when the announcement of Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and the 3.0 update were announced yesterday, I was about as excited as...
Guide 68 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The 'Screaming Deals' eShop Sale (North America)
Scrème de la scrème
You already have too many choices on Halloween — Which outfit should I wear? Which candy should I take from the bowl? Am I brave enough to finally watch that one movie? — so let's not let 'which games should I pick up on sale?' be one of them. We've got a rundown of the very best in the 'Screaming Deals' sale below, so you...
News Nintendo Wins Lawsuit Against 'Pirate' Streamer Who Taunted Company Online
Ordered to pay $17,500 in damages
A year after filing a lawsuit against streamer 'EveryGameGuru' (real name Jesse Keighin) who "repeatedly streamed pirated and emulated" Switch games and bragged about it on social media, Nintendo has finally secured a final settlement, via TorrentFreak. A Colorado Federal court has ordered (as per the
Guide 48 Switch 1 & 2 Games You Should Check Out In The eShop 'Halloween Sale' (Europe)
Every game we scored 9/10 or higher, plus a personal pick
The spookiest day of spooky season is finally upon us, so we thought it was only right to remind you all that Nintendo's 'Halloween Sale' is still ticking over on the Switch eShop in Europe. If there's a gap in your schedule between trick-or-treating and pumpkin carving, you might just find...
News Animal Crossing: New Horizons Is Nintendo's Cheapest Switch 2 Edition Yet
And that fps might explain why
The prices have been revealed for Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition and its upgrade pack, and they are slightly lower than you might have expected. As listed on the Switch eShop, the full Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is now available to pre-order for £54.99 / $64.99, while the upgrade pack is a...
News Nintendo Seems To Be Uploading Old Nintendo Power Covers To Nintendo Today!
No free poster, though
Nintendo Today! is on a bit of a roll... today, isn't it? Now, without warning, the Big N has shared the front cover of the very first issue of Nintendo Power on the app. Well... this is very cool and unexpected, and comes with basically no fanfare or reason. Not that Nintendo needs a reason. But hey, it's cool art of Mario...
News Nintendo's Pokémon Catching-Related Patent Has Been Rejected In Japan
Refused as it lacks an 'Inventive step'
Nintendo has been dealt a bit of a legal blow in Japan as the Patent Office has rejected an application relevant to the company's ongoing case against Pocketpair's Palworld. This patent is related to monster catching à la Pokémon, but it's not quite the same one filed in the US reported on back in September...
News Retro Nintendo Games Are Returning To Animal Crossing (Sort Of)
One game per system
As you've no doubt seen, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting another massive update early next year, along with a Switch 2 Edition with the expected enhancements (Mouse Mode, wooo). But amongst all the Bells and whistles announced, you might have missed the news that retro Nintendo games are also returning to the series...
News Surprise! Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Arrives Next Year
Alongside a new free update
Nintendo has announced that Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will be arriving alongside a new free Ver. 3.0 update on 15th January. The Switch 2 Edition includes all sorts of new features to make the most of the new console. There's Mouse Mode integration for improved home layout and clothing...
Review Luigi's Mansion (GameCube) - A Spooky Little Romp That Still Sucks You In
It's-a me! Mari— wait, what?
This review was originally published in October 2010. We're updating and republishing it to mark the game's arrival in the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack GameCube library on Switch 2. Enjoy! Nintendo has always had a dark side. Though it's built up a name for itself as a family-friendly company, every so...
