Opinion I Reviewed 25 Switch 2 Games In 2025, And These Are My Top 3 Picks
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"Maybe I should start calling them chunks?"
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News Nintendo Comments On Metroid Prime 4's Placement In The Metroid Timeline
Take a guess
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News Guilty Gear Strive Team Provides Update About "Future" Of Nintendo Switch Edition
"Switch required a great deal of effort"
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"We appreciate your continued support"
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TodayTue, 30th Dec 2025
"Maybe I should start calling them chunks?"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy! June 5th marked the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2, but that very same day (or the day before on other consoles), the highly...
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Opinion I Reviewed 25 Switch 2 Games In 2025, And These Are My Top 3 Picks
The A+ Team
Yes, yes, I know. Only 25 games since June. I am a lazy sod. Regardless, I've had quite the ride thus far with my Switch 2. We're still not that far out from launch, and I expect super-duper exciting things in 2026. Loads of 'em. I can smell it. Oh no, wait, that was just my dog. Now, while I haven't had the opportunity to review all...
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Time Extension "Beautiful non-dopamine loop gameplay that is just pure joy"
It's the time of year when everyone is pushing out their 'best game of the year' list, and one such example caught our eye recently, with good reason. While many of these lists are dominated by modern titles, Atari CEO Wade Rosen went (slightly) back in time for his top pick. Sure, his...
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- 3DS
- Wade Rosen
Back Page Every Game Should Have A Cow
No bull
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy! In the magazine business, the Back Page is where you'd find all the weird goofs that we couldn't fit in anywhere else. Some may call it "filler"; we prefer "a...
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- Nintendo
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News Pre-Orders For The SN Operator, Your Next Essential SNES Accessory, Open Today
Time Extension Ships April 2026
Update [Mon 27th May, 2024 08:40 BST]: Epilogue has released the first official images of the final production model of the upcoming SN Operator. Original Story [Wed 13th Mar, 2024 10:05 GMT]: We're big fans of the GB Operator here at Time Extension. It's a lightweight means of playing your original
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News Nintendo Comments On Metroid Prime 4's Placement In The Metroid Timeline
Take a guess
Like other iconic Nintendo series, Metroid has a timeline documenting Samus' space adventures from past to present. Although the newest outing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond is very much its own thing, it is still part of the Prime series as a new chapter. Outside of the first-person entries, it's now apparently been mentioned by Nintendo how...
- Nintendo Switch 2
- Nintendo Switch
- Nintendo
- Metroid Prime
- Famitsu
News Guilty Gear Strive Team Provides Update About "Future" Of Nintendo Switch Edition
"Switch required a great deal of effort"
Arc System Works finally delivered the long-awaited Switch update for Guilty Gear Strive earlier this month. Now, in a new development update, it has addressed the future of this particular version of the game. It mentions how the Switch version has required "a great deal of effort and ingenuity" and as a...
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"We appreciate your continued support"
Since arriving on the Switch and Switch 2, Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time has been acknowledging major sales milestones. In a brief update on social media, Level-5 has confirmed it's now surpassed 1.5 million copies in worldwide cumulative sales. As part of this, the developer is celebrating with a new...
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- Nintendo Switch
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Rumour Monster Hunter Wilds' Latest Update Has Fans Talking About A Switch 2 Version
Is Capcom up to something?
Capcom’s Monster Hunter series has sold incredibly well on Nintendo hardware over the years and while there have been no official updates about the mainline series returning to Switch hardware anytime soon, something rather interesting has apparently been discovered in a new Monster Hunter Wilds datamine. In the...
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YesterdayMon, 29th Dec 2025
Feature Farewell, Nintendo Switch - It's Finally Time To Bid Our Old Friend 'Adieu'
Don't think twice, it's all right
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in June. Enjoy! It's time to say goodbye. Well, not really. The massively popular Switch will live on in a way few other Nintendo consoles have done...
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- Nintendo Switch
- Retro
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Talking Point Our 2026 Nintendo And Switch 2 Predictions
What's in store?
Well, folks, it seems like only yesterday we were looking ahead at Nintendo's 2025 with a sense of unwavering optimism, and now here we are – it's certainly been a year. The Switch 2 finally arrived, bringing with it a plethora of goodwill and controversy alike, ushering in a new generation that, if initial sales are anything to...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
"It's a homage to my mum and my childhood"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy! Everyone remembers the first animated movie that scared them. For me, it was The Fox and the Hound — probably not the...
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- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
News Pikmin 3 Deluxe Nintendo Switch 2 Rating Pops Up Online
Could an upgrade be on the way?
Since the Switch 2 generation got underway, many Nintendo fans have been hoping for the Pikmin titles to receive a next-generation upgrade. Now, in an interesting development, a Switch 2 rating has surfaced on the European age rating board PEGI for Pikmin 3 Deluxe. This rating was apparently filed by 'Nintendo of...
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Feature "The Yoyo Was Special" - Finding The GBA Magic In 'Pipistrello And The Cursed Yoyo'
Scoot over, Ness
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in May. Enjoy! We've had our eyes on this long-lost GBA-looking adventure ever since we first discovered it at Gamescom back in 2024. The c
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- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
UK Charts Nintendo Holds 12 Spots In The All-Formats Top 40
Mario Kart cleans up (again) while Metroid drops
The last full week of 2025 UK charts data is in, and for the most part, it's a minor reshuffle of the usual suspects, with EA SPORTS FC 26 sitting pretty at #1 and Mario Kart cleaning up twice over and first-party Nintendo (published) games taking up more than a quarter of entries in the all-formats...
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ICYMI You Need To Check Out The Video Game History Foundation's "Untold Story Of The NES"
"15 years in the making!"
Hopefully, many of you are enjoying an end-of-year break over the holidays, but even if you're back at the coalface before the new year arrives, we recommend making time to check out this fascinating new overview documentary of the NES' US launch from Frank Cifaldi and the folks over at the Video Game History Foundation...
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Opinion Strange Antiquities Is A True Treasure In A Puzzle Game-Filled Year
Antiquities, the Greek God of Old Vases
If you think more games should be about giving cursed skulls to weird strangers, then I'm here to tell you that you're fine, you're normal, you're right, and you should play Strange Antiquities. You may have already played Bad Viking's first game in the 'Strange' series, Strange Horticulture, a...
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- Nintendo Switch
Sunday28th Dec 2025
Editorial Gamers, Support The People And Sites You Love, Before It's Too Late
Forever
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in May. We should note that the Giant Bomb story had a happy ending, with the staff buying GB from Fandom and going independent. Yes! Nevertheless, in another turbulent year for...
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- Industry
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Opinion Not Enough People Are Talking About This Early GOTY Contender
Centennial masterpiece
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in May. Enjoy! Warning: This article delves into spoiler territory for The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy. If you've yet to play the game and want to go in...
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- Opinion
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
Opinion Cult Classic 'Tokimeki Memorial' Hits Switch - But 30 Years On, It's Still Out Of Reach
Forever with you; never with us
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in April. Enjoy! True love lasts forever – and so do some games. Tokimeki Memorial: Forever with You, the legendary dating sim from 1995, is hooking up...
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- Nintendo Switch
- Japan
- Konami
News Square Enix Teases More For Dragon Quest, NieR and Final Fantasy In 2026
But try not to get “too excited”
Next year marks even more anniversaries, and one other big one coming up is for Dragon Quest. This classic role-playing series will hit its 40th birthday, and in the same end-of-year wrap with 4Gamer.net (via Gematsu), Square Enix producer Yosuke Saito mentions how the company is looking forward to everyone...
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Opinion I Finally Finished Ring Fit Adventure, And It Might Be Peak Nintendo?
I might just be tired
I must have some kind of record for Ring Fit, if not internationally (see: here), then at least for the West Midlands. I played 10 hours over the weekend, which probably sounds like a lot. I can confirm it was. You know those charity fundraisers of dancing for 24 hours or whatever? It wasn't that. All I raised was my knees (a...
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It can’t wait to make “another announcement”
Persona 3 Reload only arrived on the Switch 2 in October, but there’s plenty more to come... Speaking to the Japanese website 4Gamer.net as part of its annual end-of-year developer interview feature recently, Atlus producer and director Kazuhisa Wada (who has worked on Persona 5 Royal and Persona...
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News Here Are Japan's Best-Selling Switch and Switch 2 eShop Games For 2025
Mario Kart World and Pokémon top the list
It’s once again that time of year where companies sum up all sorts of things about the year that was, and with this in mind, Nintendo’s Japanese branch has revealed the best-selling games on the Switch and Switch 2 eShop in 2025. This covers January through to December, and everything else in between...
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ICYMI Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available, Will You Be Getting It?
The new version is now live
In case you missed it, following ConcernedApe’s status update last week, Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is now officially available. This particular version comes loaded with mouse controls, four-player split-screen as well as eight-player online multiplayer. There’s also GameShare support for Switch...
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News Arcade Archives Celebrates 500 Retro Releases With Special Commemorative Game
The classic Space Invaders returns
Last year in January, Hamster’s Arcade Archives series for the Switch and multiple other platforms reached 400 releases. Now, in an update at the end of 2025, it’s been officially confirmed that the retro-specialist has now hit 500 releases! Arcade Archives originally began life on 15th May 2014, and more...
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"If you do exclusives you can push every lever to 11 in that platform"
We find ourselves in an unusual position when it comes to console exclusives these days. Once upon a time, titles like Halo, Forza, Death Stranding, and
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Saturday27th Dec 2025
Feature "It's Huge For Us" - Devs Talk Switch 2 Reactions, Dev-Kit Disparity, Future Plans
What devs make of Switch 2
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in April. Enjoy! In case you somehow missed it, Nintendo has officially lifted the lid on Switch 2, cueing all sorts of excitement and apprehension from those...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
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Talking Point Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
Let's see how it matches up
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in April. Enjoy! I don't know about you, but I'm already giving my shelf space a worried look as I consider the number of Switch 2 launch titles I want to...
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- Nintendo
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Feature The Analogue 3D Is The Best Retro Hardware Of 2025
Time Extension The N64 got an upgrade this year
After what felt like an eternity, Analogue finally launched its FPGA-powered Analogue 3D system this year, and it didn't disappoint. Sure, it wasn't quite as accurate as Analogue's marketing department might have you believe, but it's still arguably the best way to experience Nintendo's 64-bit console in the modern...
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- Best Of 2025
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- N64
"I hope creators and audiences alike can recognize AI as a tool"
Back in June, Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino acknowledged that, like a great many companies working in the games industry, his firm was exploring the use of Generative AI as "a tool for communication and efficiency improvement." Fast forward to the end of the year, and Hino's view of GenAI...
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Feature "It's A Perversion Of The Whole Thing" - Jeff Minter On Scam Games, Switch 2, And 'I, Robot'
"There's pride in it for me"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in March. Enjoy! Jeff Minter is, perhaps quite rightly, referred to as a legend within the gaming industry. His career following the founding of Llamasoft in...
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- Interviews
- Nintendo Switch
- Best of 2025
"In this age of diversity, the manufacturer itself has stubbornly refused"
Nintendo may have originated the concept of the cross D-Pad, but the company has practically abandoned this control method on both the Switch and Switch 2 (although thankfully not on the Switch Lite and Pro Controller), leaving some old-school players feeling a little left...
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- Nintendo Switch 2
News Square Enix Wants Feedback About The Final Fantasy Series In Its New Survey
Go on, tell 'em
Fans of the long-running RPG Final Fantasy have a chance to tell Square Enix their thoughts about the series in a new online survey. It’s available until 9th January 2026 and features over 30 questions. Unfortunately, there’s no reward at the end of it, so if you do plan on doing this survey, it's mostly to tell Square Enix how...
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- Nintendo Switch
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News My Nintendo Metroid Prime 'Legacy Sweepstakes' Offers A Bounty Of Prizes (North America)
Enter today
If you’re a Metroid fan and happen to be located in the United States or Canada, Nintendo is currently running a Metroid Prime ‘Legacy Sweepstakes’ featuring a “bounty” of prizes. You can enter this sweepstakes via the My Nintendo website for 10 Platinum Points. This gives you a chance to win the official Metroid Prime 1-3: A...
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"We look forward to your support"
We’re now in the final days of 2025 and many development teams are signing off for the year. This includes the talented Japanese developer Monolith Soft, best-known during the Switch generation for its work on the Xenoblade Chronicles series. Now that another year has passed, the company has taken a brief moment...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (27th December)
What did Santa bring?
Well folks, that's another Christmas done for the year – we hope you've had a peaceful, relaxing time, whether you celebrate or not. It's been a pretty quiet week, understandably, but Nintendo managed to squeeze in a cheeky update for Donkey Kong Bananza on the Switch 2, so make sure to download that. Nintendo also hit us...
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News Switch Online's 'Missions And Rewards' Brings Back Previous 2025 Icons
Get them while you can!
Nintendo has released all sorts of unique icons for Switch Online subscribers in 2025, and to go out with a bang, it’s once again bringing back select designs that you may have missed. This is a limited-time offer and runs until 11th January 2026, so get them while you can. Each icon will set you back 10 Platinum Points,...
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Friday26th Dec 2025
"We resolved to move forward with our original vision"
As you'll know if you've read our review, we adored Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, and consider it to be one of the highlights of the Switch 2's library. However, with a Metacritic rating of 79 at the time of writing, it's clear that Samus' latest adventure didn't strike the same chord with many pla
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- Metroid
- Metroid Prime
News Surprise! Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available
A free update for existing Switch players
[Thu 18th Dec, 2025 04:30 GMT]: In September, the Stardew Valley creator Eric 'ConcernedApe' Barone lifted the lid on a Nintendo Switch 2 Edition of his farming and life sim. During the Nintendo Direct reveal, it was noted how this version would be arriving in "Fall 2025". We're now just weeks out from...
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Feature Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025
Best 'squirrel with a gun' game, most 'Huh?' Nintendo moment, and more!
Hello, well met stranger, and welcome to Jurassic Park! Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025! It's been...well...it's been a year in which we have all existed, that's for sure, and as a result games happened. Loads of them, in fact. Of course, and as is tradition at this...
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Feature But The Future Can Change - Chrono Trigger And Learning To Love The World
The Corridors of Time
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in March. Enjoy! Note: If you haven't played Chrono Trigger to completion...what are you playing at? If you're sensitive to spoilers, come back when you're done as...
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- Anniversaries
- SNES
- Square Enix
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Quiz How Well Do You Remember 2025? Nintendo Life's Gaming Quiz Of The Year
Mo' consoles, mo' questions
Ah, 2025 is almost behind us. That was a pretty quiet year in the world of Nintendo, right? Wrong! 2025 was a jam-packed, bumper year for the House of Mario, with games, apps, movie news, and a little thing called 'Switch 2' to write home about. It was so full of good stuff, in fact, that we thought it only right to...
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Mini Review Layers Of Fear: Final Masterpiece Edition (Switch 2) - Handsome But Humdrum Horror
Tormented souls
Switch owners already have access to Layers of Fear: Legacy and its sequel, but Bloober Team is back with a new port for Switch 2. Utilising Unreal Engine 5 to achieve some truly impressive visuals, Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition is neither a sequel nor a remake, but rather the definitive vision of the series so far,...
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Time Extension "A number of overseas developers have said, 'We want you to make a [Segagaga] sequel'"
The Segagaga director Tetsu "Tez" Okano has had an extraordinary but unconventional career in video games. As a kid growing up in 1970s Japan, he fell in love with arcade games like Space Invaders and Galaxian but never initially considered that he would be able...
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Thursday25th Dec 2025
Guide Got Yourself A New Nintendo Switch 2? Here's What To Do First
Ahh, new hardware smell
If you've recently come into possession of a new Nintendo Switch 2, first of all, congratulations! You're in for a treat, since the Switch 2 not only has a rapidly growing library of games, but you can also play almost every game from the original Switch, too. But what the heck are you supposed to do first? Well, we've got...
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Opinion My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
Yoshi or Nabbit, make your choice
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in January. Enjoy! I suspect many of my fellow parents can relate to this, but when you have your first child, a whole bevvy of problems that never...
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- Opinion
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- Super Mario
Feature "I Was Seeing Him In My Dreams" - Nintendo Veteran Just Can't Shake Shigeru Miyamoto
"He got a good laugh out of that"
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025. This article was originally published in February. Enjoy! There’s no question that Nintendo makes some of the best video games in the world thanks to its incredibly skilled and passionate...
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- Nintendo
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- Best of 2025
Feature I Play This One Particular SNES Game Every Xmas As A Personal Tradition
Please help me
It was the Christmas of 1992. Mr Blobby was the funniest thing on television (according to your parents), and Whitney Houston had been tricked into singing a love song about everyone's favourite sentient cardigan, Kevin Costner (I feel like I'm having a war flashback now). And me? Well, I was having a great time despite all of this,...
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- Retro
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Time Extension And how it almost didn't happen...
It's hard to imagine now, given the incredible popularity of the Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney games in the West, but it wasn't always a given that Capcom was going to release the series outside of Japan. Back when Capcom launched the very first version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney for the Nintendo Game Boy...
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