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Talking Point Will You Pay $50 For Red Dead Redemption On Switch?
For the high-ridin'-est, rootin'-tootin'-est cowboy hero of all time?
$49.99. That's Rockstar's asking price if you want to jump on the critically lauded Red Dead Redemption on Switch from 17th August. £39.99 if you're in the UK — that's for the digital version, although there is a physical release in the works for October. Yep, it'll cost you...
Top Piks, as ranked by you
It's now a decade since Pikmin 3 first sprouted on Wii U in its non-Deluxe form, and with the release of Pikmin 4 and the previous mainline entries in Shigeru Miyamoto's garden-inspired real-time strategy series on Switch, it seems like the perfect time to look back at all the variants of Pikmin that have bloomed over the...
Talking Point How Do You Store Your Games Collection?
Shoebox showcase
Call us sentimental, call us paranoid, call us what you will, but around these parts we still love the physical article when it comes to our media, especially video games. While many of us have gone at least part-digital for the sake of saving space and sheer convenience, especially with the portable Switch, even the eShop-only...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games
Or 'Castloid' if you prefer
Updated with Disney Illusion Island. Enjoy! The word 'Metroidvania' might rub some core gamers the wrong way, but it's a useful catch-all to describe a very specific type of game experience. Combining elements from both the Metroid series and Koji Igarashi-produced Castlevania titles, this broad platforming genre has...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy (Color) Game Ranked
All the GB and GBC games, ranked by you
Updated with The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages following their arrival on NSO in July 2023. Remember, this list evolves as users rate the games within, so head to the game profiles and rate them out of 10 if you'd like to see the rankings below alter. Enjoy!
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Exclusives
Games you can only play on Nintendo Switch
Update: Now with 100% more Pikmin 4. Enjoy! Nintendo's Switch has become home to an almost overwhelming number of fantastic games since launching back in 2017. A great deal of them have appeared on other platforms — whether celebrated indie titles or huge AAA releases getting a second wind on Nintendo's...
Say hello to an in-depth accessibility upgrade
For some time now we've been considering how best to integrate meaningful and consistent accessibility information for the games we cover on Nintendo Life and across the Hookshot network. Today we're pleased to announce that we've partnered with Family Gaming to bring in-depth accessibility information...
Poll How Many Of You Have Actually Visited 'Minus World' In Super Mario Bros.?
Minus points
In terms of video game legends, it's up there with the best of them. A secret world accessible in Super Mario Bros.! A gateway to an underwater stage you can never leave! A hidden, secret zone that only the most elite Mario Bros. enthusiasts will ever find!... It was the stuff of playground hearsay back in the '80s and '90s, but...
Exclusive 16-Bit-Inspired 'Tiny Thor' Smashes His Way To Switch This August
*thunderous applause
We've had our eye on Asylum Square and Gameforge's Tiny Thor for a while, and today Nintendo Life can exclusively reveal that the little chap is landing on Switch, Mjölnir in hand, on 3rd August 2023. A 16-bit-style platforming adventure with pixel art by veteran artist Henk Nieborg and a soundtrack from Turrican veter
Guide Top 100 Best Nintendo Games Of All Time
40 years of Nintendo games, as ranked by you
The Famicom is now 40 years old. Time, huh? That's four whole decades of 8-bit Nintendo games, many of which defined entire genres and birthed enduring characters and series that would go forth and flourish in future console generations and are still starring in system-sellers today. In honour of 40...
Mailbox Nintendo Life Letters Page - Loose Carts, Old Fogeys, Other Ms
Issue #2 - July 2023
Welcome back to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. It’s mid-July, so it’s time to delve into our digital mailbag and see what’s on the minds of the loveliest people in all of gamedom – Nintendo Life readers! Got something you want to get off your chest? Gaming-related, preferably, but we receive all sorts of things. Want to get...
Guide 50 Best NES Games Of All Time
As rated by you
15th July 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Famicom, the Japanese console that would be transformed into the NES in the West. To mark the occasion, we're republishing this reader-ranked list of the best games on the system. Remember, this is a dynamic list that's updated in real-time according to each game's User...
Feature 21 Vintage Nintendo Games You Can Now Only Buy For Original Hardware
'80s and '90s Nintendo games on the 'endangered' list
You may have read a recent study by the Video Games History Foundation that suggests an eye-watering 87% of video games are "critically endangered". The organisation, which is devoted to video game preservation and archiving, found that just 13% of games released prior to 2010 were still 'in...
News Switch Online N64 Controllers Are Back In Stock Now
Go! Go! 64
One of Nintendo's most sought-after Switch peripherals has been restocked in its official online stores in North America and Europe — yes, the Nintendo Switch Online wireless version of the Nintendo 64 controller is in stock at the time of writing: <products id="16036"> <products id="15943"> One of these pads will set you...
Video Double Dragon Gaiden Unlockable Characters Revealed In Exclusive New Trailer
Gaiden gallery, plus bios
Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons is coming to Switch on 27th July, and as well as seeing the return of Billy, Jimmy, and Marian, there are also a bunch of unlockable brawlers to get to grips with, too. Uncle Matin is making his debut in Secret Bases upcoming revival, but the exclusive trailer above reveals several...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Collections And Compilation Games
Bundles of joy
Now updated with Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster series and Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection! Switch is many a gamer's go-to console for revisiting retro classics, at home on the TV, or wherever you happen to take the handheld hybrid. Squeezing in nostalgia trips between the big new releases has never been easier, and there...
Feature From Banjo To Mario - Grant Kirkhope Talks Big Huge Troubles And Composing For Massive IPs
Part Two: "How the f*** am I going to write music for a Mario game!?"
Last week, in celebration of Banjo-Kazooie's 25th anniversary, we published the first part of our career-spanning interview with Mr. Grant Kirkhope, composer extraordinaire and the man responsible for some of our favourite music ever, video game or otherwise. Part One covered his...
Exclusive Marble It Up! Ultra Rolls Out On Switch Next Month
Ultraballsy move
The Marble Collective — makers of Marble It Up!, a ball-rolling platformer that Nintendo Life readers brought to our attention in one of our Games We Missed community round-ups — has revealed a new game in the series: Marble It Up! Ultra is coming to Switch on 17th August. Also launching on PC and all the other main platforms...
Talking Point How Does Switch's Year 7 Compare To Previous Nintendo Consoles?
The magnificent seven?
Prior to the June 2023 Nintendo Direct, 2023 was looking decidedly quiet for Switch. In March, the system entered its seventh year on store shelves and with sales numbers slowing, it seems that the long-rumoured appearance of new Nintendo hardware may finally be on the horizon in the next 12 months or so. It is, after all, a...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Demos - Try Before You Buy On Switch eShop
Play before you pay
Updated with the fabulous Pikmin 4 demo! Since its launch back in 2017, the amount of quality games that have come to Switch is simply staggering. Nintendo's system has quite literally thousands of titles to enjoy, many of them absolutely free to download and play, and many of the others with free demos available on the Switch...
Feature From Bon Jovi To Banjo - Grant Kirkhope On The "Complete Fluke" Of His Rare Musical Journey
Part One: Mr. Banjongles
Grant Kirkhope is an interviewer's dream, and not just because he's responsible for some all-time great video game soundtracks. He’s great company — frank, funny, and loquacious. We spoke to him most recently for our Nintendo Life VGM Fest back in 2021 and only ended up publishing a small fraction of our chat in our...
Guide Best Nintendo 64 Platformers - Every N64 3D Platformer, Ranked By You
Golden years
Thursday 29th June 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of Banjo-Kazooie's release on Nintendo 64. To celebrate a quarter-century of Rare's archetypal and much-chronicled 'collectathon' platformer — one of the finest games on the system by our estimations — we've assembled the following list of every 3D platformer on N64, as ranked by...
Guide Best Indiana Jones Games On Nintendo Platforms
Fortune and glory, kid
With the new Indiana Jones movie, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, finally landing in cinemas in the UK today (and in the US on Friday), we're republishing this list of the best Indiana Jones on Nintendo systems. Cue the theme... Indiana Jones has returned for one final crack of the whip. We have awaited Harrison...
Guide Every Nintendo Switch Online Sega Genesis / Mega Drive Game Ranked
All the Sega Mega Drive games, ranked by you
Updated with The Revenge of Shinobi, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Landstalker, and Crusader of Centy from the June 2023 update.
