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Feature 15 Best-Looking Switch Games Of 2024
Hello, my pretties
Another year, another set of beautiful-looking Switch games to savour. Even as the Switch is approaching its eighth birthday, we've seen a stunning variety of art styles grace our OLED (or NoLED) screens. We know the Switch 2 is on the horizon, and we can't wait to see what our favourite games look like on the successor, but...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
Second innings
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, Capcom's SNES classic Breath of Fire II was put in the spotlight as North America and Europe joined forces against Japan. It wasn't even remotely close either, as Japan absolutely nailed it with 71% of the vote. Well done! This week, we sifted through...
Feature The Best Hidden Gems And Underrated Switch Games Of 2024
Some shinies that may have slipped through your fingers
2024. It was a bit of an odd one for Switch, with the impending announcement of Nintendo's follow-up console. It never materialised, but its shadow has been looming over the entire year. Still, if there hasn't been an absolute avalanche of games to dig into! Nintendo had many first-party...
Talking Point As A Nintendo Fan, Do You Really Need To Play The Virtual Boy?
Oh boy
It’s Christmas morning, and amidst the thick haze of food already cooking for lunch and the soothing laughter of our children enjoying their new toys, my wife approaches me with a small, square package. I hadn’t seen this under the tree. “That’s your last one,” she says. I instinctively go to shake it – she knows me well enough to...
Reminder Rate Your Favourite Switch Games Of The Year 2024
Bring out your GOTYs!
It's that time of year for reflection, to sit down and take stock of all the wonderful games that released in 2024. A time to stare into the middle distance with a despairing expression wondering how you managed to not play so many great new games this year because the Vampire Survivors DLC continued to suck your free time up...
PSA Switch 2 Is Getting Revealed In The Next 100 Days
Set your Alarmos
We've been waiting for that sweet Nintendo Switch 2 announcement for what feels like years now — hold on, it has been years — but, as of today, we are finally on the home straight. That is if your 'home straight' consists of 100 days to go. We know that an announcement is coming "this fiscal year", and if you take today (22nd...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Breath Of Fire II
I'm your fire, at your desire
Ahoy folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we looked at the Wii classic Okami in light of the recent sequel announcement from The Game Awards (woohoo!). Honestly, it wasn't a particularly close battle: Japan, with its beautiful use of colour and composition, won the day with 74% of the...
Opinion The Biggest Question Of The Generation: Er, Why Isn’t Nintendogs On Switch?
All bark and no mic
If there were a trophy for missing open goals, Nintendo would have a fair few in the cabinet. For example, why didn't we get a new Donkey Kong game back when the Super Mario Bros. movie launched last year? Why wasn't the Wii U called 'Wii 2'? And why, for the love of god, is there no Nintendogs game on Switch? There was a part...
Random Balatro Fans Start The Ultimate Debate: Is That Jimbo's Clown Ruff Or Tiny Body?
We fold
If a glance at most of our Nintendo Switch Year in Review stats is anything to go by, then more than a few of us have spent a good bit of time with Balatro this year. We've spent so long with it, in fact, that its iconography is pretty much burned into our minds by this point. It sure would be a shame if one joke tweet made us see the whole...
Feature Nintendo Switch Year In Review 2024 - Our Most Played Games
But what are yours?
We've all mulled over our music habits, got to grips with our PlayStation and Xbox recaps, and now, with Nintendo fashionably late to the party, it's time to check out our Switch playtime thanks to Nintendo's Year in Review 2024. The Switch 'wrapped' site is now available, meaning you can see your gaming highlights from the past...
Poll What's The Best Tetris Game? Rate Your Favourites For Our Upcoming Ranking
Tetronimoooooooo!
With the recent arrival not only of the excellent Tetris Forever but now of both Tetris (NES) and Tetris DX as part of Nintendo Switch Online, we thought it was about time to ask the tough question. Which of the many versions of Tetris is best? The block-faller has had so many fantastic iterations and spin-offs over the years that...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Okami
AwoOooOo
Get your paintbrushes ready, because it's time for another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we matched up a trio of covers for Wario Land 3 on the Game Boy Color and after a weekend of voting, we were left with a clear winner. It was the European variant that walked away with the win, taking 42% of the vote and leaving the North...
Talking Point Is It Time For HD-2D To Take A Break?
HD-TooMuch?
Cast your minds back: it’s January 2017, and while the Switch isn’t on store shelves yet, we’re beginning to get a taste of what to expect on the hybrid console. As part of the build-up to the console, Square Enix announces a brand new IP from the team behind the Bravely Default series – Project Octopath Traveler. I, and many...
Reaction The Game Awards Left Us With One Big Question: Will Any Of This Run On Switch 2?
How would you rate the show?
It was never going to be a Nintendo night and, as predicted, Switch announcements were thin on the ground during last night's TGA 2024 presentation. Nintendo failed to win a single award, but looking back on 2024's first-party releases, you could argue that if there's a year Nintendo didn't deserve to win
Poll It's Almost Time For The Game Awards, But Are You Expecting Much Switch News?
No, not that - and definitely not THAT
It's that time of the year when in the middle of our personal GOTY list scrambles we sit back for a couple of hours to enjoy Geoff Keighley's annual round-up. For the last 10 years, though it's presented as a gong show and celebration, The Game Awards has essentially been a multiplatform conference, a platform...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Wario Land 3
Who's-a gonna win?
WAH! Welcome to this week's edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we matched up a duo of designs for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the 3DS, with Europe and North America facing off against Japan. After a week of voting, it was the former that walked away with a commanding win, with the Western design taking 63%of the vote and the...
Poll Okay, It's Time To Ask The Obvious - Will We Get Donkey Kong 64 On NSO?
The game turns 25 in Europe
Donkey Kong 64 — not the most beloved of Rare's titles, but probably the developer's most ambitious 3D platformer — turns 25 here in Europe today, 6th December 2024. DK and friends have a lot to celebrate lately: the Donkey Kong Land trilogy on Game Boy has trickled onto NSO over the past few weeks; the Donkey Kong...
Talking Point Can Sony And Microsoft Really Compete With Nintendo In A New 'Handheld War'?
Come at the king, you best not miss
It’s safe to say that, 146 million sales later, Nintendo’s risk of launching a dockable handheld console in 2017 has paid off handsomely. After all, Sony’s PS Vita was all but dead by that point, and despite the 3DS managing to reverse its fortunes after a swift price drop in its first year, many claimed...
Poll After Three Quiet Months, Will We Finally Get A Nintendo Direct In December?
Show(case), don't tell
With December finally upon us, our minds have been drifting to the past 12 months, recalling what has been a surprisingly packed year of gaming. We've had surprise drops, indie hits and more than a few big names to tide over the Switch in its twilight year, but we can't help but feel that something has been missing: where were...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS)
Hunting on the go
We are back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, it was a one-on-one match-up for the GBA's Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and after a few weeks of close calls, we had a pretty definitive winner in this one. It was the darker European and North American variant that walked away with a comfortable win, taking 64% of...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Donkey Kong Country Returns HD For Switch?
Go bananas in early 2025
We're almost in December and that means Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is arriving very soon. Yes, in case you somehow missed it, the 2010 Wii Classic is getting another release. This remaster will not only include a facelift but it also features all of the bonus levels from the 2013 3DS game, bumping up the total amount of...
Feature 9 Things Nintendo Could Add To Switch 2 So It's Not 'Just Another Switch'
The same but different
So here we all are, waiting. For all the rumours — all the supposed prototype casings and talk of electromagnets and back buttons — the only things we can say for certain about 'Switch 2' are that it'll be revealed sometime in the next 123 days (before the end of the fiscal year on 31st March 2025) and that
Opinion Raise A Glass To The Nintendo DS' Peculiar Peripherals
Let there be cartridge
I've been noodling with my old DS in the last week. Whether it was to celebrate its 20th anniversary, reaffirm it as my favourite system of all time, or simply help me forget that it has been two decades since I first played Nintendogs, I can't be sure. But what I do know, is that I've been having a blast. Naturally, I went...
Talking Point Where The Heck Are Those Metroid Prime 2 And 3 Remasters?
We're wait-Ing
So... where is it? When Metroid Prime Remastered launched on 9th February 2023, we were utterly convinced that its sequels, Prime 2: Echoes and Prime 3: Corruption, would follow suit sometime after. Now that 2025 is fast approaching, our certainty has waned, yet we remain confident that Nintendo will complete the saga on Switch...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Kirby: Nightmare In Dream Land (GBA)
When light faces dark
Another week, another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we dive into this week's battle, let's see how things panned out last time. We looked at Double Dragon for the NES, and it was yet another close call. After over 1,600 votes from our dear readers, it was the Western design that took home the win with 53% of the vote. Well...
Talking Point What Would Be The Ideal Way To Play DS Games On 'Switch 2'?
Dual-screen dilemma
This week saw the Nintendo DS turn 20. Naturally, such an anniversary has got us thinking about the unstoppable passage of time delightful dual-screen once again, and more than a few of us have dusted off our old clamshells for a quick blast through some of our favourites. But, being the needy gamers that we are, ever desperate...
Poll Was The Nintendo DS Prototype Really So Ugly?
Or just misunderstood?
It's hard to believe that it's been 20 years since the Nintendo DS launched, yet here we are. It's been even longer since it was revealed too, with the newly-appointed VP of sales and marketing Reggie Fils-Aimé taking to the stage at E3 2004 to showcase Nintendo's vision for the future of handheld gaming. We know now, of...
Talking Point What Are Your Top 5 Nintendo DS Games?
Phat wad
Believe it or not, it's now 20 years since Nintendo launched the DS. Rather than getting caught up in where the last two decades disappeared to, we thought it was worth looking back at our personal top five games for a system with a staggering amount of superb software. From delightful minigame gimmicks to full-blooded games in the...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give LEGO Horizon Adventures?
Is everything REALLY awesome?
Well, here's a sentence that we never thought we'd be writing: we spent the weekend playing the latest Horizon entry on Switch. Yes, LEGO Horizon Adventures has let Aloy and co. out of the Sony playground and onto Nintendo systems for the first time, and now it's your chance to let us know what you make of it. The game...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake?
Quest for the best
Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake finally adventured onto Nintendo Switch last week and we'd imagine that many of you have spent the weekend diving into this swanky new take on the JRPG classic. Well, if you have been playing along, now's your chance to let us know what you make of it so far. Square Enix's latest remaster is a...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Double Dragon (NES)
Double trouble
We are back, back, back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time, we matched up two Game Boy covers for the weird Tetris sequel, Hatris, and oh boy was it a close contest! The colourful Japanese design just about clinched it in the end, taking 51% of the vote over North America's 49%. Talk about a photo finish! For a change...
Talking Point Will Xenoblade Chronicles X Finally Tie Into The Wider Series On Switch?
It's Uncontrollable
“This story never truly ends…” We’ve been waiting almost 10 years to understand what the final words of Xenoblade Chronicles X mean. We’re used to earth-shattering plot reveals from Monolith Soft at this point, but even for Tetsuya Takahashi, the final sequence of Xenoblade Chronicles X drops a metric ton of them,...
Talking Point With 'Switch 2' Coming, Will Switch Get A Price Cut?
Nintendon'teventhinkaboutit
With the Switch successor's long-awaited reveal planned for sometime before the clock strikes midnight on 31st March 2025, the current Switch is getting another holiday season to itself. As part of Nintendo's six-month financial results presentation, company president Shuntaro Furukawa revealed that the upcoming console...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Mario & Luigi: Brothership?
Five by five
After the demise of AlphaDream, it seemed like a new entry in the Mario & Luigi saga became nothing more than a mere pipe dream. Thankfully, however, a new collaboration between Nintendo and Acquire has resulted in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, a game that stands as not only the first brand-new entry in the franchise in nearly a...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Hatris
Hats off
Welcome one and all, to another edition of Box Art Brawl (hey, that rhymes)! Last week, we looked at a brand-new release with Sonic X Shadow Generations, Sega's latest (and greatest) 3D Sonic title for the Switch. North America and Europe went against Japan for this one, and it was the latter that came out on top with 60% of the vote. A...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Mario & Luigi: Brothership?
Go on, tell us!
Mario & Luigi: Brothership arrives later this week for Switch and it's been relatively well-received by critics so far with the game currently sitting on an aggregate score of 80 out of 100 on sites like Metacritic. In our Nintendo Life review, PJ O'Reilly said Brothership was "easily the best Mario & Luigi RPG yet" with "on...
News Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games
Xenoblade X! Brothership! Donkey Kong Country!
Nintendo has released its financial data for the six-month period of FY2025 Q1/Q2 and, as per the norm, has reconfirmed its upcoming line-up of software for the Nintendo Switch. Truth be told, it's not a bad list of titles considering the console's age. If Nintendo had shown us this a couple of years...
Anniversary The Legend Of Zelda: The Minish Cap Turns 20 Today
Picori of the bunch
We're used to donning our finest party hats when a big birthday rolls around here at Nintendo Life, but today's celebration calls for a special piece of talking headwear. No cardboard cone will suffice today. We need something green, something intrusive, something with the spirit of an acclaimed mage trapped inside it... and with...
Poll Box Art Brawl - Duel: Sonic X Shadow Generations
Live and learn
It's time for another clash of the covers as we dive into this week's Box Art Brawl! Before we meet our contemporary contenders, let's throw things back to last week when we matched up a trio of designs for the NES classic Kid Icarus. The votes were pretty evenly spread across our three options, but it was ultimately Japan's...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Xenoblade Chronicles X For Switch?
The 'Definitive Edition' arrives next March
Nintendo has shared a handful of surprises so far this week and perhaps the highlight of the lot has been announcement of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition for Switch. This spin-off originally made its debut on the Wii U in 2015 but didn't get quite the same level of exposure as other entries in...
News So, Will You Be Listening To The New Mobile App Nintendo Music?
Included with "active" NSO memberships
Well, Nintendo has finally done it... it's released its very own music app and it's available to download on smartphone devices right now. The question we're wondering though is if you'll be downloading the app and trying it out for yourself, or perhaps resorting to some other way to listen to your favourite...
Poll Is Next Week’s Investor Q&A Really Reason Enough For A 'Switch 2' Reveal?
Or will it be more 'no comments'?
Yesterday, Nintendo surprised us all when it announced that Xenoblade Chronicles X would be making its way over to Switch in a swanky new 'Definitive Edition' package. For a sweet couple of minutes, our minds were focused on the Switch's 2025 line-up and the sheer mass of Monolith Soft RPG goodness that we'll soon...
Feature What Review Score Would You Give Sonic X Shadow Generations?
The ultimate lifeform?
If you've been zooming around Green Hill, Radical Highway, and City Escape over the weekend, then chances are you've been familiarising yourself with the recently-released Sonic X Shadow Generations. Well, now's the time to let us know what you think of it. We've already provided our opinion with an enthusiastic 9/10 review,...
News 'Team Ninja' Sneaks The Win In Splatoon 3's 'Splatoween' Splatfest
Go ninja, go ninja, go!
Update #2 [Mon 28th Oct, 2024 11:30 GMT]: After a tough weekend of splatting, the 2024 'Splatoween' event has found its Splatfest champion. It was Team Ninja that walked away with the win this time, racking up 500p compared to Team Wizard on 250p and Team Knight on 120p. Great work, everyone! Following last month's...
Feature The Man, The Mascot, The Moustache - The Many Faces Of Mario
It’s-a-him
The early days of video gaming saw the birth of so many iconic characters, console stars that endure to this day. Amongst that early litany there is, of course, Super Mario. Mario Mario to his friends. Who would’ve thought 100-odd squares would one day become one of the most recognisable characters on the face of the Earth? He’s...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Kid Icarus (NES)
Angelic
Hey everyone, welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we get cracking with this week's battle, let's see how things panned out last time. We took a look at Balloon Fight for the NES, a bonafide Joust-inspired classic from legendary developers such as Satoru Iwata and Yoshio Sakamoto. It was a close call on this one, but...
News Switch System Update 19.0.0 Is Apparently Causing Some Issues
Nintendo rolled out this major update earlier this month
Following Nintendo's rollout of a new Switch firmware update earlier this month, there have apparently been some issues. Version 19.0.0 included "general system stability improvements to enhance the user's experience" but it's reportedly had the opposite effect - with some individuals...
Talking Point What Is Nintendo Thinking Trying To Keep The Lid On This Playtest Program?
Would you kindly not discuss the new Nintendo thing?
Good news, everyone! We've played the mysterious Nintendo Switch Online Playtest Program, an online-only experience that, according to Nintendo, is open to just 10,000 lucky participants. Oh yes. Team NL was ready and waiting earlier in October to rapidly register for this first-come-first-served...
Guide Super Mario Party Jamboree: All Minigames
A proper smorgasbord
There are a lot of minigames in Super Mario Party Jamboree and in its Switch 2 update, Super Mario Party Jamboree - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV, and each and every one of these puzzles and challenges are separated into various categories to help you find exactly the kind of fun you're after. Whether it's in the main...
Poll Which Are Your Favourite Minigames In Super Mario Party Jamboree?
That's my jam-boree
We recently got a new entry in the Mario Party series - and the very best yet, no less, according to our sparkling review. Yes, Super Mario Party Jamboree has been keeping several members of Team NL busy for the last week or so, and we've played our fair share of minigames at this point. Thankfully, with a whopping 112 to choose...
