Congratulations to the Persona series for its 30th anniversary next year - looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us, hopefully including game releases and announcements (in the meantime can't wait to start 3 Reload myself as soon as I finish playing Tactica, getting closer and closer to doing so)!
Glad for all the games in these top 20s (in particular I'm happy to see digital-only ones like Victory Road being that high) - would be great to get such rankings for other regions, too!
And as usual way too many people don't realize that it's been feasible for Hamster to release so many games all this time exactly because of the prices they have - at most you could argue for the starting prices to be lowered thanks to discounts from time to time (now these are games that are barely if ever on sale unlike most Nintendo ones), but even then apparently it also if not exclusively depends on whoever licenses each game as others here on Nintendo Life mentioned when this came up before...
Congratulations to Hamster - looking forward to seeing what games they'll bring to Switch 1 and 2 along with other platforms next (will try to get and play more of them myself going forward)!
Yep, as much as on paper having all games on all platforms would be great there are these reasons in practice to still have exclusives for the sake of the games themselves ("push every lever to 11 in that platform" including its specific features, especially in the case of Nintendo ones), the system makers (it's a pretty good reason to get that specific one instead of others first and foremost if not on its own) and of course there's also the matter of healthy competition as already mentioned here - considering all that I hope it will continue the way it currently is, some exclusives that define each platform and everything else on as many as possible if not all whenever feasible!
The download isn't available on my local eShop yet although at this point I'd be waiting for the fixes anyway so I'll hold off for now - that said, looking forward to finally replaying Stardew Valley and properly so this time even more than I already was with that (most likely I'll wait also for version 1.7 before doing that, but still)!
Looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us when it comes to all these series, no matter if big or small (as much as I'd love to see straight up games of course, even just rereleases including Switch 2 Editions or even better new ones on Switch 1 and/or 2) - anyway, congratulations to NieR and even more so Dragon Quest for their anniversaries next year!
@Dalamar Nope, not yet, but I'm definitely interested in doing so when I can - didn't know about it having that option, thanks for telling me (great to hear in general and also personally as while I'll give the default setting a try first I'll consider making use of that myself)!
@Dalamar Can see where you're coming from and in general agree with you - that's always welcome as an option whenever feasible -, but to be fair Lost Crown does that because it needs practically all the buttons available on the controller for its functions and there's also the matter of aiming the bow etc. (don't know about Nine Sols since I haven't played it yet myself).
Was so focused on thinking about the matter in general that I forgot to mention that like others here I've been perfectly fine with the Joy-Con buttons instead of a D-Pad (funnily enough had further confirmation of that relatively recently when I played Tetris 99 on stream) - the more options the better though no matter if directly by Nintendo or thanks to third parties as abovementioned!
I guess Nintendo really want to focus on the standard form and function of Joy-Cons including splitting for multiplayer, maybe to avoid any potential confusion from the general public, it not being worthy for them to make such variants themselves and/or similar reasons - that said, luckily third parties including licensed ones came to the rescue on Switch and most certainly that will be the case for Switch 2, too (if they haven't already started, don't remember if any have already been mentioned here on Nintendo Life and of course there might be ones outside of that anyway)!
Thanks for the review, hope those interested in such a game - and this kind of horror in particular, seems great for those into it but not for others - will enjoy it, glad to hear this is the best way to experience it on Switch 2 (unless you want to play it in VR, but of course you need another system to do so)!
Glad others have already pointed out that again, more than a "open world" the desert is a Hyrule Field - if you're personally not a fan of that location in itself fair (although don't be surprised if many don't mind it and/or other aspects as much if at all and so considering also everything else they think the game is overall great if not better), but the amount of complaining about Prime 4 in general and especially when it comes to its supposed open worldness even before its release and despite that not being the case at all has been ridiculous...
Luckily managed to get all the icons available until the 26th thanks to properly playing Super Mario Run at last (so glad I finally did so) - that said, quite appreciated that they're doing reruns of these icons for those who missed them!
Thank you Monolith Soft for your work on both X and Mario Kart World this year (and of course also past games, fingers crossed for Switch 2 Editions of the Xenoblade Chronicles ones in general and also personally since I haven't played them yet) - so looking forward to seeing what games they have in store for us next year!
That's really cool (and even more so since only 10 Platinum Points are required), happy for people in North America - good luck to those participating!
Xenoblade Chronicles X (did two normal missions; 5/?? Chapters, 18/?? Affinity, 31/?? Normal, 39/?? Basic Missions and 40/?? Heart-to-Hearts - Mira 20,80% - 76/204 Story, 33/315 Combat and 55/222 World Achievements);
Guardians of Azuma (advanced the story and so started exploring a sky island - also did some bonding quests; 92/?? Main, 74/?? Bonding Quests - 63/?? Bestiary - 15/45 PescaPedia - 17/36 Quests, 3/6 Battles, 2/16 Bonds, 5/8 Everyday Life and 5/7 Kamiwaza Seals);
Fantasy Life i (explored Ginormosia and so found some Strangelings - also did two requests, several Life quests and so ranked up the Blacksmith Life; 5 Chapters - Lives 10 Adept and 4 Apprentice Rank - 44 Personal Requests - 37/128 Monsters, 57/130 Resources, 13/49 Strangelings, 13/50 Characters);
Mario Kart World (did a Grand Prix; Mirror Three Stars 3 Grand Prix - 14 ? Panels, 30 P Switches and 10 Peach Medallions in Free Roam - 99 Characters, 37 Vehicles and 232 Stickers);
Soul Calibur II (started completing Chapter 8 in Weapon Master; Arcade as 1 character - Weapon Master finished, 6 Chapters and 2 Sub-Chapters completed);
Street Fighter 6 (did a sidequest in World Tour; World Tour 8 Chapters and 16 Sidequests);
Won't take part in this myself since I've only properly played some spin-offs (looking forward to changing that starting with VII Remake when my copy arrives and as soon as I have the time for it, after that I'll go back to I-VI etc.) - anyway, nice that they're asking for feedback, hope it will be useful!
13/17 and so funnily enough currently 13th on the leaderboard, the questions I got wrong were exclusively those that asked "how many" of something (most I just didn't pay enough attention, a couple I straight up didn't know) - anyway, great quiz as usual!
Overall pretty funny as usual and also a great way to highlight even more games people might not have even just heard of before or certain aspects of them - 2025 was a great year for games on Switch 1 and/or 2 and in general, so looking forward to seeing what games we'll get next year in addition to the already confirmed ones (and hopefully I'll finally have the time to play more of these myself)!
Not exactly in time for Christmas, but still perfect for these holidays - so happy for those playing Stardew Valley (and looking forward to doing so myself when I can even more than I already was thanks to this Switch 2 Edition and also the 1.7 update whenever it's ready, downloading the former as soon as it becomes available on the Italian eShop)!
Thanks for the review no matter if a couple of months later than the Western release - overall intrigued by Stray Children and even more so after reading this despite the negatives so I'll give it a try myself at some point, but most likely not anytime soon (haven't played the also mentioned Moon and the kind of related Deltarune yet, while I might play this before the former the latter comes first also considering that I already have it)!
Here are my comments to the main letters as usual:
couldn't agree more with the letter and it's not a matter of "defending", it's just that mostly if not completely disregarding those positives of Nintendo or whatever other company that has them is not doing any favors to their games, even more so their workers and the gaming industry as a whole which is unfortunately plagued by way more serious issues... especially when people do that because of the starting price of all things (again, not only in terms of importance compared to game quality, lay-offs etc., but also considering that nowadays most games eventually and sometimes even day one get discounted and yes, even Nintendo ones if to a lesser extent);
while I rarely play Just Dance nowadays and it's not among the games I use to exercise myself I absolutely acknowledge the mentioned positives, I've even seen them with my own eyes (didn't know about the accessibility options although I'm not surprised considering that it's by Ubisoft);
yeah, usually games such as New Leaf and New Horizons have each something in particular going for them and people consider one or the other better depending on their personal preference - personally I overall appreciate both exactly because of their specificities, but if I really had to choose then I'd say New Horizons;
nice to see a fellow Italian writing to Nintendo Life and luckily this time getting a reply unlike back in the day - haven't even just heard of the mentioned magazine most likely due to being somewhat younger, my videogame magazine as a kid was Nintendo la Rivista Ufficiale, "Nintendo the official magazine";
have never even just heard of INK while Splatterbot I've already heard of (Mario Paint I've already played, but I'm looking forward to replaying it now that it's also on NSO) - anyway, thanks for the list!
Lovely Christmas story and as usual also pretty funny read - glad that Street Fighter 2 has such a meaning for you and hope you have fun replaying it this Christmas, too (personally I've never had such a tradition, way too many games I've never played or at least finished that I'm interested in and even when I eventually replay some it's definitely not an yearly thing, but it's always nice to hear about others doing that)!
Yep, couldn't think of a more appropriate article for today considering how many got Switch 2 for Christmas (we've already seen several mentioning it in the other comment section) - hope they'll enjoy the system itself and whichever games they have and will get for it, both ones exclusive to it including GameCube NSO and most Switch ones often improved thanks to backward compatibility!
Merry Christmas in particular and in general Happy Holidays everyone - hope you, your families and potentially also your friends had and will have fun together last night, today and for the rest of these holidays... of course including playing our beloved videogames (speaking of, got from my sister and her boyfriend Dave the Diver, from some of our friends the Standard Kart Lego Mario set and from my mom Mario pajamas, underwear and socks)!
Personally, I had no doubt Marvelous would be back at their best eventually but still, glad that it has happened sooner rather than later - so looking forward to playing Grand Bazaar myself when I can (i.e. when I finish playing Guardians of Azuma which to a lesser extent is yet another comeback after Rune Factory 5)!
The ranking as in the order is a mess as usual when it comes to these user score lists (and it's not just a matter of preference which would be fair because several of these games, especially the more famous ones, got ridiculous 1/10 ratings as you can see in practically any "What Review Score Would You Give" articles) - that said, couldn't agree more when it comes to the games included, it really shows the variety and sheer quantity of great games we got this year!
@garfreek I'd say it remains to be seen when it comes to this specific version also considering that it seems to be a remake, that's why I'm waiting for more information first and foremost - that said, thanks for pointing that out (also since it highlights one of the many cool aspects of the Danganronpa series for those who didn't know about it)!
Glad they were able to release this DLC in time for Christmas and all the other additions/changes along with the expected bug fixes are absolutely welcome, too - hope those giving this a try will enjoy it (me included whenever I'll play it myself, most likely sooner rather than later considering that I've already met the requirement) and looking forward to the future update whenever it's ready!
Thanks for the review, was already interested in Rogue Prince of Persia after playing the also excellent Lost Crown (if not arguably better and personally I'd say so considering the game itself, its wealth of options including accessibility ones etc.), but definitely even more so after reading this - I should give also Dead Cells a try at some point, but I'll start with this game considering that it's challenging, but not as difficult as that game and roguelites in general which is actually a positive for me along with everything else mentioned!
Love to hear it and absolutely deserved based on what I've seen and heard of the Danganronpa series - looking forward to finally playing these games myself at some point when I can (including the upcoming 2x2, but I'm waiting to know more about the differences between the Switch 1 and 2 versions, if there will be an upgrade or not etc.)!
It's cool to see that this game keeps on getting such additions - hope those going for any of these DLCs and/or the Switch 2 Edition will enjoy them (most likely me included at some point although I should read/watch more One Piece first and foremost)!
As expected it was just a mistake, kudos to CD Project Red for owning it - anyway, happy for those who got Cyberpunk sooner rather than later thanks to this and I hope they'll enjoy it (apart from being from Italy I got a slightly discounted physical copy at launch anyway and now it's exclusively a matter of finding the time for it, looking forward to giving this game a try whenever I can)!
Yep, it's really nice and luckily I was able to get all these icons (fingers crossed I'll manage to get the Prime 4 and Air Riders ones available until tonight and tomorrow night respectively) - as for OS themes, I'd also say that it's because they significantly slowed down the UI on 3DS and they want to avoid that, but if they're ever able to implement them as an option so those who want to completely avoid that can simply ignore them and hopefully that they work better for those interested then I'm all for their inclusion!
I surely hope so, the absence of Call of Duty on contemporary Nintendo systems is getting more and more ridiculous and even more so after the "deal" (and I'm not even particularly interested in it personally) - that said, hope those going for it whenever it comes out will enjoy it!
Nice that it's finally happening, happy for those who'll take part in it (unfortunately not me included as my copy of Air Riders hasn't arrived yet due to a shipping delay) - by the way, Merry Christmas everyone!
The more options the better whenever feasible, especially those that allow more players to fully experience your game - kudos to Bloober Team also for this other than of course the game itself based on what I've seen and heard of it (not sure if I'll ever play Cronos myself considering its genre, but still)!
Thanks for making such a list to highlight these games, especially for those who haven't heard of them before - personally, I was already looking forward to giving most of these a try myself (of course also courtesy of previous Nintendo Life articles including reviews about them)!
As long as a human has their hand on the wheel, I don't mind a little genAI (although even better if it's used only for concepts and placeholders) and like for any other company if Nintendo announced that they were experimenting with genAI I'd want more info on the exact implementation because of these reasons:
I have serious doubts companies will stop using genAI anytime soon if ever so I'd rather focus on going against the bad usages of it than the technology as a whole;
the games themselves and even more so their creators are what matters the most to me and so genAI or whatever else (starting with censorship, but so many still don't care about that despite having the same if not even worse consequences) not negatively affecting them... which is also why I'll never agree with those hurting overall good if not better games and even more so their human creators in their crusade against genAI as a whole!
Love to hear it in general and also personally since I'm close to finishing Tactica and so I'll move on to Reload immediately after (would've played it regardless, but still) - even better that it's an option so people can choose whichever one they prefer!
As expected to still have this come out in December unless they were forced to delay it to January - hope I'll feel better by Sunday to check it out (and most likely also the related festival, so far we've always got one of those when a DLC pack came out) and finally also the Switch 2 version in single player on stream!
Makes sense that next week there won't be new tracks, way too close to the end of the year and not long after Christmas - anyway, nice to see the Wii Party soundtrack on Nintendo Music this week (and so as the final 2025 update) and looking forward to seeing what soundtracks they'll add next year!
Most likely it won't be for me considering the genre but still, I'm really curious about this Project M (not to be confused with a pretty famous Smash mod, nice to see others mentioning that as well) - looking forward to Bloober Team revealing it whenever they're ready!
@jojobar I'd say we started seeing straight up more censorship around five years ago in general, but when it comes to Nintendo of America it's been a thing for years, slightly more than a decade to be more precise (sooner and to a bigger extent than Japanese games themselves which now get also changed, most likely due to stricter age ratings) - others and I have been warning against it all this time, but unfortunately people don't care until it affects them personally...
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Re: Atlus Looks Forward To Persona's 30th Anniversary In 2026, Acknowledges Support For Persona 4 Revival
Congratulations to the Persona series for its 30th anniversary next year - looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us, hopefully including game releases and announcements (in the meantime can't wait to start 3 Reload myself as soon as I finish playing Tactica, getting closer and closer to doing so)!
Re: Here Are Japan's Best-Selling Switch and Switch 2 eShop Games For 2025
Glad for all the games in these top 20s (in particular I'm happy to see digital-only ones like Victory Road being that high) - would be great to get such rankings for other regions, too!
Re: Arcade Archives Celebrates 500 Retro Releases With Special Commemorative Game
And as usual way too many people don't realize that it's been feasible for Hamster to release so many games all this time exactly because of the prices they have - at most you could argue for the starting prices to be lowered thanks to discounts from time to time (now these are games that are barely if ever on sale unlike most Nintendo ones), but even then apparently it also if not exclusively depends on whoever licenses each game as others here on Nintendo Life mentioned when this came up before...
Re: Arcade Archives Celebrates 500 Retro Releases With Special Commemorative Game
Congratulations to Hamster - looking forward to seeing what games they'll bring to Switch 1 and 2 along with other platforms next (will try to get and play more of them myself going forward)!
Re: "If Mario Starts To Show Up On PlayStation, That's The Apocalypse, Right?" - Ex-PlayStation Boss Thinks Console Exclusives Are Still Important
Yep, as much as on paper having all games on all platforms would be great there are these reasons in practice to still have exclusives for the sake of the games themselves ("push every lever to 11 in that platform" including its specific features, especially in the case of Nintendo ones), the system makers (it's a pretty good reason to get that specific one instead of others first and foremost if not on its own) and of course there's also the matter of healthy competition as already mentioned here - considering all that I hope it will continue the way it currently is, some exclusives that define each platform and everything else on as many as possible if not all whenever feasible!
Re: ICYMI: Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available, Will You Be Getting It?
The download isn't available on my local eShop yet although at this point I'd be waiting for the fixes anyway so I'll hold off for now - that said, looking forward to finally replaying Stardew Valley and properly so this time even more than I already was with that (most likely I'll wait also for version 1.7 before doing that, but still)!
Re: Square Enix Teases More For Dragon Quest, NieR and Final Fantasy In 2026
Looking forward to seeing what they have in store for us when it comes to all these series, no matter if big or small (as much as I'd love to see straight up games of course, even just rereleases including Switch 2 Editions or even better new ones on Switch 1 and/or 2) - anyway, congratulations to NieR and even more so Dragon Quest for their anniversaries next year!
Re: "This Just Didn't Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle" - Hideki Kamiya Isn't Happy About Switch 2's Lack Of A D-Pad
@Dalamar Nope, not yet, but I'm definitely interested in doing so when I can - didn't know about it having that option, thanks for telling me (great to hear in general and also personally as while I'll give the default setting a try first I'll consider making use of that myself)!
Re: Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4's Tortured Development Meant It Was "Divorced From The Changing Of Times"
@DennyCrane Thank you - as usual overall quite appreciated (and so also liked) your comments here, too!
Re: "This Just Didn't Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle" - Hideki Kamiya Isn't Happy About Switch 2's Lack Of A D-Pad
@Dalamar Can see where you're coming from and in general agree with you - that's always welcome as an option whenever feasible -, but to be fair Lost Crown does that because it needs practically all the buttons available on the controller for its functions and there's also the matter of aiming the bow etc. (don't know about Nine Sols since I haven't played it yet myself).
Re: "This Just Didn't Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle" - Hideki Kamiya Isn't Happy About Switch 2's Lack Of A D-Pad
Was so focused on thinking about the matter in general that I forgot to mention that like others here I've been perfectly fine with the Joy-Con buttons instead of a D-Pad (funnily enough had further confirmation of that relatively recently when I played Tetris 99 on stream) - the more options the better though no matter if directly by Nintendo or thanks to third parties as abovementioned!
Re: "This Just Didn't Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle" - Hideki Kamiya Isn't Happy About Switch 2's Lack Of A D-Pad
I guess Nintendo really want to focus on the standard form and function of Joy-Cons including splitting for multiplayer, maybe to avoid any potential confusion from the general public, it not being worthy for them to make such variants themselves and/or similar reasons - that said, luckily third parties including licensed ones came to the rescue on Switch and most certainly that will be the case for Switch 2, too (if they haven't already started, don't remember if any have already been mentioned here on Nintendo Life and of course there might be ones outside of that anyway)!
Re: Mini Review: Layers Of Fear: Final Masterpiece Edition (Switch 2) - Handsome But Humdrum Horror
Thanks for the review, hope those interested in such a game - and this kind of horror in particular, seems great for those into it but not for others - will enjoy it, glad to hear this is the best way to experience it on Switch 2 (unless you want to play it in VR, but of course you need another system to do so)!
Re: Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4's Tortured Development Meant It Was "Divorced From The Changing Of Times"
Glad others have already pointed out that again, more than a "open world" the desert is a Hyrule Field - if you're personally not a fan of that location in itself fair (although don't be surprised if many don't mind it and/or other aspects as much if at all and so considering also everything else they think the game is overall great if not better), but the amount of complaining about Prime 4 in general and especially when it comes to its supposed open worldness even before its release and despite that not being the case at all has been ridiculous...
Re: Switch Online's 'Missions And Rewards' Brings Back Previous 2025 Icons
Luckily managed to get all the icons available until the 26th thanks to properly playing Super Mario Run at last (so glad I finally did so) - that said, quite appreciated that they're doing reruns of these icons for those who missed them!
Re: Monolith Soft Signs Off For The Year, Thanks Fans for Support And Promises To Continue To Work Hard
Thank you Monolith Soft for your work on both X and Mario Kart World this year (and of course also past games, fingers crossed for Switch 2 Editions of the Xenoblade Chronicles ones in general and also personally since I haven't played them yet) - so looking forward to seeing what games they have in store for us next year!
Re: My Nintendo Metroid Prime 'Legacy Sweepstakes' Offers A Bounty Of Prizes (North America)
That's really cool (and even more so since only 10 Platinum Points are required), happy for people in North America - good luck to those participating!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (27th December)
Tonight I'm not seeing my friends so I'll just continue with my schedule of alternating between:
Re: Square Enix Wants Feedback About The Final Fantasy Series In Its New Survey
Won't take part in this myself since I've only properly played some spin-offs (looking forward to changing that starting with VII Remake when my copy arrives and as soon as I have the time for it, after that I'll go back to I-VI etc.) - anyway, nice that they're asking for feedback, hope it will be useful!
Re: How Well Do You Remember 2025? Nintendo Life's Gaming Quiz Of The Year
13/17 and so funnily enough currently 13th on the leaderboard, the questions I got wrong were exclusively those that asked "how many" of something (most I just didn't pay enough attention, a couple I straight up didn't know) - anyway, great quiz as usual!
Re: Feature: Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025
Overall pretty funny as usual and also a great way to highlight even more games people might not have even just heard of before or certain aspects of them - 2025 was a great year for games on Switch 1 and/or 2 and in general, so looking forward to seeing what games we'll get next year in addition to the already confirmed ones (and hopefully I'll finally have the time to play more of these myself)!
Re: Surprise! Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available
Not exactly in time for Christmas, but still perfect for these holidays - so happy for those playing Stardew Valley (and looking forward to doing so myself when I can even more than I already was thanks to this Switch 2 Edition and also the 1.7 update whenever it's ready, downloading the former as soon as it becomes available on the Italian eShop)!
Re: Review: Stray Children (Switch) - A Surreal, Captivating, Undertale-Inspired RPG
Thanks for the review no matter if a couple of months later than the Western release - overall intrigued by Stray Children and even more so after reading this despite the negatives so I'll give it a try myself at some point, but most likely not anytime soon (haven't played the also mentioned Moon and the kind of related Deltarune yet, while I might play this before the former the latter comes first also considering that I already have it)!
Re: Mailbox: 'Greedy' Nintendo, New Horizons Vs. New Leaf, Boney M. - Nintendo Life Letters (Holiday Edition)
Here are my comments to the main letters as usual:
Re: Feature: I Play This One Particular SNES Game Every Xmas As A Personal Tradition
Lovely Christmas story and as usual also pretty funny read - glad that Street Fighter 2 has such a meaning for you and hope you have fun replaying it this Christmas, too (personally I've never had such a tradition, way too many games I've never played or at least finished that I'm interested in and even when I eventually replay some it's definitely not an yearly thing, but it's always nice to hear about others doing that)!
Re: Got Yourself A New Nintendo Switch 2? Here's What To Do First
Yep, couldn't think of a more appropriate article for today considering how many got Switch 2 for Christmas (we've already seen several mentioning it in the other comment section) - hope they'll enjoy the system itself and whichever games they have and will get for it, both ones exclusive to it including GameCube NSO and most Switch ones often improved thanks to backward compatibility!
Re: Editorial: Happy Holidays From Everyone At Nintendo Life
Merry Christmas in particular and in general Happy Holidays everyone - hope you, your families and potentially also your friends had and will have fun together last night, today and for the rest of these holidays... of course including playing our beloved videogames (speaking of, got from my sister and her boyfriend Dave the Diver, from some of our friends the Standard Kart Lego Mario set and from my mom Mario pajamas, underwear and socks)!
Re: Opinion: After A Few Missteps, Story Of Seasons Finally Nailed The Formula With Grand Bazaar
Personally, I had no doubt Marvelous would be back at their best eventually but still, glad that it has happened sooner rather than later - so looking forward to playing Grand Bazaar myself when I can (i.e. when I finish playing Guardians of Azuma which to a lesser extent is yet another comeback after Rune Factory 5)!
Re: Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
@rvcolem1 Ah, forgot that it's also there - thanks for reminding me!
Re: Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
@rvcolem1 So I presume it works also on mobile/tablet, do you check them by keeping pressed on the user score or something like that there?
Re: Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
@rvcolem1 Don't know on mobile, but on PC you can check that by keeping the cursor on the user score.
Re: Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
The ranking as in the order is a mess as usual when it comes to these user score lists (and it's not just a matter of preference which would be fair because several of these games, especially the more famous ones, got ridiculous 1/10 ratings as you can see in practically any "What Review Score Would You Give" articles) - that said, couldn't agree more when it comes to the games included, it really shows the variety and sheer quantity of great games we got this year!
Re: The Danganronpa Series Has Now Sold Over 10 Million Copies
@garfreek I'd say it remains to be seen when it comes to this specific version also considering that it seems to be a remake, that's why I'm waiting for more information first and foremost - that said, thanks for pointing that out (also since it highlights one of the many cool aspects of the Danganronpa series for those who didn't know about it)!
Re: Fantasy Life i's Big Free DLC Is Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Glad they were able to release this DLC in time for Christmas and all the other additions/changes along with the expected bug fixes are absolutely welcome, too - hope those giving this a try will enjoy it (me included whenever I'll play it myself, most likely sooner rather than later considering that I've already met the requirement) and looking forward to the future update whenever it's ready!
Re: Review: The Rogue Prince Of Persia (Switch 2) - A Worthy, Approachable Follow-Up To Dead Cells
Thanks for the review, was already interested in Rogue Prince of Persia after playing the also excellent Lost Crown (if not arguably better and personally I'd say so considering the game itself, its wealth of options including accessibility ones etc.), but definitely even more so after reading this - I should give also Dead Cells a try at some point, but I'll start with this game considering that it's challenging, but not as difficult as that game and roguelites in general which is actually a positive for me along with everything else mentioned!
Re: The Danganronpa Series Has Now Sold Over 10 Million Copies
Love to hear it and absolutely deserved based on what I've seen and heard of the Danganronpa series - looking forward to finally playing these games myself at some point when I can (including the upcoming 2x2, but I'm waiting to know more about the differences between the Switch 1 and 2 versions, if there will be an upgrade or not etc.)!
Re: One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 "Special Selection" DLC Launches Next Month
It's cool to see that this game keeps on getting such additions - hope those going for any of these DLCs and/or the Switch 2 Edition will enjoy them (most likely me included at some point although I should read/watch more One Piece first and foremost)!
Re: Cyberpunk 2077's Massive Switch 2 eShop Discount Was An "Error"
As expected it was just a mistake, kudos to CD Project Red for owning it - anyway, happy for those who got Cyberpunk sooner rather than later thanks to this and I hope they'll enjoy it (apart from being from Italy I got a slightly discounted physical copy at launch anyway and now it's exclusively a matter of finding the time for it, looking forward to giving this game a try whenever I can)!
Re: Switch Online App On Switch And Switch 2 Adds "Happy Holidays" Theme
Yep, it's really nice and luckily I was able to get all these icons (fingers crossed I'll manage to get the Prime 4 and Air Riders ones available until tonight and tomorrow night respectively) - as for OS themes, I'd also say that it's because they significantly slowed down the UI on 3DS and they want to avoid that, but if they're ever able to implement them as an option so those who want to completely avoid that can simply ignore them and hopefully that they work better for those interested then I'm all for their inclusion!
Re: Rumour: Call Of Duty's Nintendo Release Is Apparently On Target For 2026
I surely hope so, the absence of Call of Duty on contemporary Nintendo systems is getting more and more ridiculous and even more so after the "deal" (and I'm not even particularly interested in it personally) - that said, hope those going for it whenever it comes out will enjoy it!
Re: Kirby Air Riders New Event Starts This Week, Includes Kirby Santa Hat Reward
Nice that it's finally happening, happy for those who'll take part in it (unfortunately not me included as my copy of Air Riders hasn't arrived yet due to a shipping delay) - by the way, Merry Christmas everyone!
Re: Cronos: The New Dawn Is Getting An Easy Difficulty Setting In Early 2026
The more options the better whenever feasible, especially those that allow more players to fully experience your game - kudos to Bloober Team also for this other than of course the game itself based on what I've seen and heard of it (not sure if I'll ever play Cronos myself considering its genre, but still)!
Re: Feature: The Best Hidden Gems And Underrated Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
Thanks for making such a list to highlight these games, especially for those who haven't heard of them before - personally, I was already looking forward to giving most of these a try myself (of course also courtesy of previous Nintendo Life articles including reviews about them)!
Re: Vince Zampella, Call Of Duty Co-Creator And Respawn Head, Has Died
Sad to hear and even more so considering that he wasn't that old - condolences to his family and friends!
Re: Talking Point: Does It Bother You That Big Games Companies Are Using GenAI?
As long as a human has their hand on the wheel, I don't mind a little genAI (although even better if it's used only for concepts and placeholders) and like for any other company if Nintendo announced that they were experimenting with genAI I'd want more info on the exact implementation because of these reasons:
Re: Persona 3 Reload Switch 2 Performance Update Now Live, Targets 60fps In Docked Mode
Love to hear it in general and also personally since I'm close to finishing Tactica and so I'll move on to Reload immediately after (would've played it regardless, but still) - even better that it's an option so people can choose whichever one they prefer!
Re: Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds NiGHTS DLC Pack Launches For Free This Week
As expected to still have this come out in December unless they were forced to delay it to January - hope I'll feel better by Sunday to check it out (and most likely also the related festival, so far we've always got one of those when a DLC pack came out) and finally also the Switch 2 version in single player on stream!
Re: Nintendo Music Revives A Wii Banger In Final Update Of 2025
Makes sense that next week there won't be new tracks, way too close to the end of the year and not long after Christmas - anyway, nice to see the Wii Party soundtrack on Nintendo Music this week (and so as the final 2025 update) and looking forward to seeing what soundtracks they'll add next year!
Re: Horror Dev Bloober Team On Its New Exclusive: "This Is A Vision That Could Only Exist On Nintendo Hardware."
Most likely it won't be for me considering the genre but still, I'm really curious about this Project M (not to be confused with a pretty famous Smash mod, nice to see others mentioning that as well) - looking forward to Bloober Team revealing it whenever they're ready!
Re: Censored Dispatch Artwork Spotted On Nintendo's Digital Storefront
@jojobar I'd say we started seeing straight up more censorship around five years ago in general, but when it comes to Nintendo of America it's been a thing for years, slightly more than a decade to be more precise (sooner and to a bigger extent than Japanese games themselves which now get also changed, most likely due to stricter age ratings) - others and I have been warning against it all this time, but unfortunately people don't care until it affects them personally...