Issue #33 – February 2026. Welcome back, lovely people, to the Nintendo Life Mailbox. This month’s been a surprisingly busy one for games, and we’re all on tenterhooks, waiting to see if RE9 is any good. Perhaps all that excitement was too distracting, as correspondence (and, indeed, correspondents) have been few and far between. So,…
Koholint clash. HYYAAGGHH! *cough*, Sorry about that. Hello there, folks! Welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! That little Hylian slip-up might be a hint of things to come, but first, let’s take a look at what happened last time, when a trio of covers for the Game Boy Color’s Rayman went head-to-head (to-head)….
Alongside a 13-minute dev walkthrough. Capcom is gearing up for the release of Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection on the Switch 2 next month, and today, it has released a brand new trailer. It’s officially titled “Go Forth” and gives hunters another look at what’s on the way when the game arrives on 13th…
It also made the “Top 10 Best-Selling Games” of last month. It’s a new year, and following new releases in January 2026, Circana’s Mat Piscatella has now shared chart data for the “Top 10 Best-Selling Premium Games” on Nintendo platforms in the US for this same month. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Out next week. In the lead up to Pokémon’s 30th anniversary celebration, Nintendo officially lifted the lid on the return of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Galar-vanting. Pokémon turns 30 on 27th February, and in honour of this momentous anniversary, we’re running a series of polls leading up to the big day, asking you to vote for your favourite Pokémon from each generation. The nine winners will then go head-to-head in a final poll at the end of the month. We’re…
And we’ve never looked back. We all pulled a ‘Wait, Mario is how old??‘ last year as the prized plumber and the NES celebrated their 40th anniversaries, and what do you know, we’re about to do it all over again for little old Link. Yes, The Legend of Zelda is 40 years old today (in…
X-tra work. Welcome back to another edition of What Are You Playing! What a week, eh? Clearly not content with just the one surprise announcement this week, Nintendo delivered two almighty news drops to our door. First, we got an out-of-the-blue shadow drop for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (which…
The countdown begins! It’s all happening so fast with the upcoming Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Switch eShop releases! Read the full article on nintendolife.com
Pokémon GBA’s Switch eShop release is a special occasion. Nintendo has already ruled out the Game Boy Advance titles Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen coming to the Switch Online ‘Nintendo Classics’ service, so how about the possibility of more Game Boy purchases via the eShop, similar to the Virtual Console releases during the 3DS and Wii…