Motion sickness doing the rounds. Donkey Kong Bananza is out now, and it seems that the vast majority of people have been thoroughly enjoying DK’s latest adventure on Switch 2. According to some reports, however, it seems a small minority have been experiencing some pretty severe motion sickness with the game. This came to our…
Oh, banana! The latest UK charts data is in, and as expected, Donkey Kong Bananza is a hit, climbing all the way to the top to beat the likes of Mario Kart World, Hogwarts Legacy, and EA Sports FC 25. How well it actually sold, however, is a little bit more difficult to gauge. According…
Alongside the latest system update. Nintendo rolled out a new firmware update (Version 20.2.0) for the Switch 2 last week, and it appears it’s not just Portal 2 that this patch may have fixed. Nintendo Everything reports “over 20 games” with Switch 2 backward compatibility problems have supposedly had issues resolved thanks to this latest…
Who makes the podium? Mario Kart has been a core part of the Nintendo family for over 30 years, first appearing on the SNES with Super Mario Kart, and the popularity of the kart racing series has seen it expand to 11 games across consoles (and mobile), with Mario Kart World launching alongside the Switch…
Issue #26 – July 2025. And we’re back for another delve into the Nintendo Life Mailbox. In our part of the world it’s summertime and the Switchin’ is easy. Most of us at NL (and I imagine many of you) are sitting back with Mr. D Kong this weekend, enjoying his first 3D platformer since…
Magnets, always with the magnets. “It’s what Indiana Jones would carry his Switch 2 around in.” – Jim Norman, 2025 He’s not wrong, though. The Magnetic Case for the Switch 2 from WaterField Designs looks like something straight out of Raider of the Lost Ark. It’s a simple, but effortlessly timeless-looking design, and should anyone…
Oh lord. Greetings – welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last week, we looked at Disney’s Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald on the GBA, and it was a surprisingly close battle. In the end, Japan won with 42% of the vote. Europe came in second place with 30%, and North America…
It released Oblivion Remastered earlier this year. The Switch port specialist Virtuos – known within the Nintendo space for its work on games like The Outer Worlds – has officially laid off 270 employees across its studios worldwide. This is “approximately 7%” of the company’s “global workforce”, with 200 roles in Asia and 70 roles…
“We’ve got two very different systems here”. Digital Foundry has returned with a new face-off video – this time putting Nintendo’s hybrid hardware, the Switch 2, up against Valve’s PC handheld, the Steam Deck. In the video above, you can see how the Switch 2 holds up against the Steam Deck OLED model across various…
Mario Superstar, that is what you are. Monday 21st July marks the 20th anniversary of Mario Superstar Baseball, so to celebrate Jonny is taking us out to the ball game… My first gaming memory: waking up in the middle of the night, heading downstairs, and booting up Mario Superstar Baseball‘s campaign mode on my GameCube….