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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...
Random Bubbles Or Hugh? The Tomodachi Life Nintendo Direct May Have Been Different In Your Region
Carlo is everywhere, though
Well folks, the Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Nintendo Direct has won over many hearts, with its bizarre humour, huge amount of freedom and flexibility with customisation, and even a a dramatic romantic storyline. We fell in love with Hugh Morris, the clown-like character from the Nintendo of America presentation (who...
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...
Feature 11 Of The Strangest Game Over Screens On Nintendo Consoles
You died. Strangely. Now plz rate the experience.
Game over screens — as a professional gamer, you understand — aren't something that I personally have a lot of firsthand experience with. Not through a lack of in-game skill, that's for sure. However, as I'm also a highly learned and incredibly hirsute scholar of the interactive arts (also a...
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...
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
Random YouTuber Combines Switch 2, PS5, And Xbox Series S Into One Huge Machine
It's a beast
If you happen to be lucky enough to own a Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, then chances are you've had to do a little rearranging just to get them all to fit correctly underneath (or to the side of) your TV. Well, YouTuber Xiao Ningzi has come up with a rather novel – and surprisingly elegant – solution, by combining...
Random Reggie Recalls Retailers "Upset" With Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Shortages
Just a week into the job
Even though we've just entered a new era of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé is still the name most people associate with the role. And, speaking at this weekend's New York Game Awards, the former NoA president shared a little tidbit about his time early on in his career at Nintendo (thanks,
Random An 'Adults Only' Island Has Been Deleted From Animal Crossing: New Horizons
I'm all aflutter
A risqué Animal Crossing: New Horizons island aimed at 'adults only' has been deleted by Nintendo after more than five years. This comes courtesy of creator @churip_ccc (thanks, Automaton), who posted on social media to confirm the deletion, stating "To Nintendo,
Random Nintendo Apparently Wasn't Happy About Sonic's Foot Being In Front Of Mario's Foot
Former Sega producer reveals "funny" Mario & Sonic demand
Developers who have worked with Nintendo's intellectual properties have often shared stories about odd requests and demands from the video game giant. With this in mind, the latest story to surface comes from former Sega of Japan producer, Ryoichi Hasegawa. During a chat with Arcade Attack...
Random Disney's Terrible DS Game 'Cory In The House' Is Now Selling For Hundreds Of Dollars On eBay
Ignited by a viral Metacritic campaign
Earlier this week, the 2008 Nintendo DS title Disney title Cory in the House was reportedly on the cusp of dethroning the award-winning Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on Metacritic's user ranking list. Although Clair Obscur remains out in front at the time of writing with a
Random Feeling Blue? This 91-Year-Old Zelda Fan Will Make Your Day
"When you find your passion, stay with it"
You're never too old to pursue your passion, and as demonstrated in the above video from Killer Carp, 91-year-old Jan is proof of that. Jan started playing Nintendo games when she picked up the N64 along with Super Mario 64, and has since developed a huge love for the Legend of Zelda franchise. The video...
Random Speedrunner Becomes First Person To Complete 'Super Meat Boy' Deathless
A rare feat
Super Meat Boy's reputation precedes it. The notoriously-difficult precision platformer is designed to be extremely challenging, and death on every single screen is basically inevitable. Amazingly, it's taken over 15 years for anyone to fully complete the game — that's get 106% completion — without dying, but it finally happened at...
Random Lego Fans Have Apparently Forgotten What Game Boy Cartridges Look Like
Including us..?
The Lego Game Boy has, to be expected, proven to be a smash hit with Nintendo fans, and has no doubt been a blisteringly hot product over the Christmas period. But it seems as though many folks have forgotten what a Game Boy cartridge actually looks like, as photos cropping up online showcase the Lego cartridges with the top panel...
Random The Japanese Football Team Sponsored By Nintendo Now Has Pikmin On Its Shirt
It's no Fiorentina jersey, but it's something
Nintendo has a long history of sponsoring professional sports teams, and one club it's continued to support over the years is the Japanese football side, Kyoto Sanga, which currently competes in Japan's top-flight competition known as the J-League. Nintendo owns 16.6% of this club, and ever since it...
Random The Latest Mario Stop-Motion Short Might Be The Most Adorable Yet
Let's play hide-and-seek!
If you're looking for a little bit of lightness this holiday season for you and the kids, then hopefully you've been saving up a bunch of those It's Me, Mario! shorts. Nintendo has been sharing these on its family-friendly Play Nintendo YouTube Channel since August 2025. Episode 5 dropped overnight and features Mario with...
Random "Final Version" Of Cancelled Resident Evil Game Boy Color Port Has Popped Up Online
Oh look, zombies. And in full colou...ah, they're eating me!
Back in the middle of 1999 (a weird time for everyone, rest assured), British developer HotGen attempted something that was considered to be somewhat of an impossible task. Namely, porting the full glory of 32-bit Resident Evil to the dinky little 8-bit Game Boy Color. In the end, not only...
Random Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour Wins GameStop's "Worst Game Of The Year" Award
And Halo 3 takes out 2025's GotY
One launch game for the Switch 2 that didn't get a rosy reception was Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. This interactive exhibit allowed users to get up close with the new hybrid system and learn all about its fancy features and tech. Unfortunately, many fans were upset about Nintendo releasing this digital game as a...
Random Four Legendary Devs Walk Into A Bar... And We're So Very Jealous
Imagine the conversations!
It's the little things in life that bring us the most joy sometimes, and today, we're bringing you an absolutely delightful photo from developer Suda51 (No More Heroes, Killer7) that's been doing the rounds over the weekend. It's no secret that some of the greatest minds in Japanese game development like to get together...
Random This Modder Turned Their Humble Wii U GamePad Into A Fully Functional Switch
A Switch Lite, but comfy!
What do you do when you're surfing the old interwebs and happen upon a bunch of lovely gaming folk wondering if anyone has ever stuffed a Switch — in fully working order — into a Wii U GamePad (also still in complete working order)? Well, if it were us, we'd shut off our internet and go for a nice, long walk outside...
Random Samus Is Joined By Doom Slayer's Voice Actor In Metroid Prime 4
The collab some fans have been waiting for
By now, some Metroid Prime 4: Beyond players are already rolling the credits and it seems there's been an amusing discovery in the cast section. It's confirmed Ezra Duke (Sergeant Duke) is voiced by the accomplished actor Jason Kelley...aka Doom Slayer! Yes, Kelley actually was the voice actor behind id...
Random "Splendid Game" - Shigeru Miyamoto Was A Fan Of Banjo-Tooie
Update: Well, he signed off on it, didn't he!?...
Banjo-Tooie isn't the most beloved adventure in the bear and bird's series, but it has its fair share of fans. One of which happens to be Nintendo's very own Shigeru Miyamoto, which former Rare designer and director Gregg Mayles revealed on social media. Sharing a fax from the legendary game creator...
Random Takaya Imamura's Animal Crossing Design Skills Put Our Best Efforts To Shame
Posterizer
We're no strangers to a good old Takaya Imamura social media post here at Nintendo Life. Whether it's his wishes for a Star Fox revitalisation or his dreams of future movie adaptations, the former Nintendo dev is always on hand to give us something to think about. But today, all that's on our minds is how inadequate our Ani
Random Timesplitters: Rewind Is An Ultra-Slick Fan-Made Tribute That's Got Us In GameCube FPS Mode
"Sorry it's taken us so long. We've only been making the largest free content video game ever"
What's your favourite Timesplitters game? Did you say TimeSplitters 2? Future Perfect? Or even the first one, aptly named "Timesplitters"? Good, we're gonna get along just fine! Now, whilst we're not here to announce a new version of Timesplitters 1, 2,...
"Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility"
Yes, it may be a bit of an oldie, but it's still worth re-highlighting for newer members of the gaming fraternity, or those who missed out last time it was doing the rounds. Back in 2011, the DS was gifted one of the all-time great Alien franchise games in the form of Aliens: Infestation,...
Random Vancouver's New Hockey Team, The Goldeneyes, Are Using Some VGM You May Recognise
Ice to meet you, Mr Bond
When you've got to come up with a brand new name for a brand new team, why not make it something unbelievably cool, right? That's what we say here at NL Towers, and Vancouver's brand-new women's hockey team seems to agree. We can't think of another team with a better name than this in any sport right now. Not without a...
News Resident Evil Requiem's Switch 2 Physical Release Includes A Lenticular Edition
Update: It will be available for all platforms
When the Switch 2 version of Resident Evil Requiem arrives next February, Nintendo fans can look forward to a few extra goodies, such as a limited edition Pro Controller and eventually a themed amiibo. As highlighted by many Nintendo enthusiasts online, it seems there could be another surprise. If you...
Random Do You Miss Metroid Prime: Blast Ball? Don't Worry, PlayStation Has Got You Covered
As it expands into mobile gaming with a major IP
In recent years, Nintendo has been able to grow its brand and expand its IP with mobile game apps. To date, the cumulative number of unique downloads for Nintendo apps has now surpassed 950 million, and it's banked a lot of coin in that time. It's a market that's ripe for the picking, and in some...
Random Steam's Brand New Game Console Sure Looks Awfully Familiar
SteamCube
Rumours have been rumbling about Valve — the Washington-based developer responsible for creating Steam, but for also bringing us some of the best games ever made such as Half-Life, Portal, and Counter Strike — announcing some brand new hardware for a few days now. And earlier today, multiple press outlets have revealed they've gone...
Gaten speaks out
Just recently, Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo featured in a Nintendo commercial for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but it seems like his heart belongs to another game entirely. In speaking with IGN, Matarazzo states that The
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...
Random Balatro's Charity Calendar Is Ludicrous, And An Absolute Must-Buy
Jimbo is a Starr
Remember that Balatro trailer when Ben Starr, the voice of Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI, Dycedarg Beouvle in Final Fantasy Tactics, and Prometheus in Hades II, dressed up as the game's iconic mascot Jimbo? Need more of that in your life? Well, LocalThunk, PlayStack, and Fangamer have you covered. The video game merchandise
Random Pokémon Legends: Z-A Player Uses 3D Printer To Grind For A Shiny Charm
Missing the point, maybe?
We've seen countless methods over the years in which players have made wild contraptions to help grind battles and progression, and this latest from YouTuber Professor Rex is pretty elaborate. As covered by Automaton, Pokémon Legends: Z-A players will need to complete 1
Random This Upcoming PS5 'Cozy Life Sim' Certainly Rings A Bell
Tom Crook
Since Animal Crossing: New Horizons launched five years ago (!!), it has sold over 48 million copies, launched its own DLC, cropped up in Smash Ultimate, landed a PS5 versio- Wait a second, that last one isn't right. If you happen to be scrolling the PlayStation Store of late, you might notice a particularly familiar-looking art style in...
Random The Super Mario Galaxy Games Are Full Of Secrets, And This One Is "Horribly Inefficient"
Full credit
Yes, as we all know, Nintendo does like to hide fun little secrets and easter eggs within its adventures, especially when it comes to stuff like the Mario Galaxy games. You know, things like the part of Buoy Base Galaxy that looks like a Poké Ball, or Captain Olimar's S.S. Dolphin floating about in the Space Junk Galaxy. Yes, we love...
Video Feeling Rough? This Orchestra's 5-Minute 'Super Mario Retro Suite' Will Sort You Out
Short and suite
Looking for a pick-me-up on a chilly morning (or afternoon, or whenever you happen to be reading this)? This five-minute arrangement of classic Koji Kondo tracks from the Mario series just might do the trick. Recorded back on 23rd August, the WDR Funkhausorchester takes a delightfully brisk jog through some classic platforming...
News LEGO Game Boy Designers Discuss Collaborating With A "Very Involved" Nintendo
“We wanted to sort of incorporate everything"
We've already been chatting excitedly about Lego's very lovely Game Boy set. It's absolutely one of the best things they've put out in a while and, to celebrate the launch, two of Lego's designers, Carl Merriam and Simon Kent, have been chatting with those fine folks over at Gizmodo about the process...
Random LEGO's New Game Boy Set Has Been Modded To Play Games After Just One Day
Designs will be shared when it's finished
As you'll likely be aware, LEGO's fancy Adult range of sets got itself a sweet 1:1 replica of Nintendo's iconic Game Boy yesterday (look out for a gallery of this writer's build shortly). However, not happy with the stunning attention to detail, dinky little game carts, and interchangeable screens that the...
Random Bandai Unleashes Palm-Sized Legend Of Zelda Weapons Collection In Japan Next Year
Is that a Lightscale Trident in your pocket?
The fantastic character designs of The Legend of Zelda series have always lent themselves very well to amiibo, toys, and all of that sweet merchandising action that we all seem to love very muchly. Big muchly! Now, Bandai Candy Toy has announced a set of ten collectible, fully-licensed Legend of Zelda...
Random This Pokémon X CMLL Wrestling Collab Is One Of The Best Crossovers Ever
Bulk Up
Okay, this might be one of the most genius marketing collaborations ever: the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (better known as CMLL) has teamed up with The Pokémon Company to promote Pokémon Legends: Z-A in the best way possible — a Mexican wrestling event (thanks,
Consider this!
I'm gonna put my hands up here. I'd never even heard of G-Mode's Kuukiyomi series before - not once have I ever had it mentioned to me. [Tsk tsk, PJ - you need to catch up on the lovely reader recommendations on nintendolife.com! - Ed.] And I'm puzzled, because judging by the official description of KUUKIYOMI 4: Consider It — now...
"Among developers, the discussion about the keycard format is perhaps a bit different"
As you're doubtless well aware at this point, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade is winging its way onto Switch 2 on 22nd January 2026, and we are super, super (add a few more supers) excited about it. Especially this writer, in fact, because he's managed to...
Random Wait, Is Donkey Kong Bananza's DLC Hiding A Neat Namco Easter Egg?
High score!
There is a lot to be distracted by in the Donkey Kong Bananza DLC. It might be the beautifully reimagined DK Island, the fast and frantic Emerald Rush mode or... actually, that's about it. But those are two pretty distracting things! Distracting enough, we'd say, for a sneaky Easter Egg to slip under the radar. If you had asked us...
Random 'Days Of Our Lives' Character Gets Lucky By Name-Dropping Xenoblade
Suave!
The long-running American soap opera Days of Our Lives has made headlines recently after one of its regular characters name-dropped Xenoblade Chronicles, of all things. As highlighted by Nintendeal on X (thanks, IGN), the moment occurred when Aaron Greene attempted to invite Arianna Horton into his room by asking if she wants to "come play...
Random Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion's Super Secret Boss Takes Some Crazy Trekking
Who's the boss of Uranus?
We've spent a whole big chunk of time reviewing and playing through Daemon x Machina: Titanic Scion over the past month or so (let this writer tell you) and we thought — we genuinely absolutely thought — we'd seen it all. However (and thanks to Forbes for the hot tip), it seems one very, very, very...very well hidden...
Random Donkey Kong Bananza's Idle Animations Are Outrageously Cute
"Who's a good ape? You are."
Like many first-party Nintendo games, Donkey Kong Bananza is absolutely stuffed with fun little details and easter eggs. Some are pretty obvious, like the short challenge level that's basically a recreation of Donkey Kong Country, but others take a little more time and patience to notice. For example, you might be so...
Random Zelda: Majora's Mask Short With Ghibli-Inspired Visuals Is Breathtaking
Includes a look at 'gameplay'
Following the exceptional work carried out to reimagine Zelda: Ocarina of Time with Ghibli-inspired visuals, animator RwanLink is back with another stunning short film. This time, it's focused on Zelda: Majora's Mask to celebrate the game's 25th anniversary,
Random Zelda Fan Builds A Ridiculously Cool, Fully Functional Wind Waker Sailboat
"Did I startle you..?"
Although many deemed it somewhat tedious, sailing across The Great Sea is what made Zelda: The Wind Waker, well... The Wind Waker. It was a really cool mechanic in hindsight, and we don't know about you, but we often fantasised about having our own 'King of the Red Lions' sailboat in real life. Now, thanks to YouTuber and...
Random The Pokémon Company Is Putting This Pronunciation Debate To Bed
This is the Ray
We Pokémon fans are no strangers to a mispronunciation or two, and at the recent World Championships, The Pokémon Company was on a mission to put one legendary debate to bed (thanks for the heads up, IGN). If the above image wasn't enough of a giveaway, we're talking about Rayquaza, the Gen III legendary dragon. As it turns out,...
Random Metroid Composer Was Just Trying To Impress Someone With Ending Theme
"I wanted him to feel deeply moved after completing the game"
Metroid's ending theme is one of the most iconic pieces of video game music from the NES era. The shift from serious and determined to celebratory is masterful for the area; of course, what else would you expect from Hirokazu Tanaka? Well, the legendary composer — also known as 'Hip'...
