Are we there yet? Switch 2’s release date is just a few weeks away, and its proximity has driven the purchase of Switch 1 games into a real rut (in the UK, at least). The latest look at the UK physical charts will be a familiar sight for those who tune in weekly, with Switch…
Company skipped last year’s event. After skipping GamesCom last year, Nintendo has now confirmed that it will be in attendance at GamesCom 2025 in Cologne, Germany later this year between 20th and 24th August. It was speculated that Nintendo’s absence from last year’s event was due to its growing preparations for the upcoming Switch 2….
Good vibrations. If you have ever lost one of your Switch 1 Joy-Con, there’s every chance that you will have seen the ‘Search for Controllers’ feature in action. This menu in the ‘Controller’ settings lets you select any paired controller that you know is in the room somewhere, and make it vibrate, so you can…
Preem. Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition is one of the headlining launch games for the Nintendo Switch 2, but gameplay footage for CD Projekt Red’s FPS has been pretty scarce since its announcement on 2nd April 2025. Until now, that is. New, direct-feed gameplay has been shared, and we’ve collated snippets of it for your perusement…
But don’t get your hopes up. Nintendo always seems to renew its trademarks at the juiciest of times. While these renewals are rarely anything to get excited about, a little bit of speculation never hurts. Especially with a new console looming. As brought to our attention on BlueSky by @Stealth40k, Nintendo has today renewed the…
Say hello to ‘Nintendo Fukuoka’. Nintendo has announced that it is opening its fourth store in Japan by the end of 2025 in Fukuoka. Further details are scarce at the moment, but Nintendo says the store will be located in JR Hakata City (Amu Plaza), a large shopping mall consisting of clothing stores, furnishing retailers,…
“It doesn’t take itself too seriously… the inspiration is basically my life”. At PAX East, we had a chance to sit down with the lively Nico Papalia and Top Hat Studios – developer of Athenian Rhapsody, and its newly-announced prequel, Tales of Tuscany (releasing on “whatever you play games on,” including Switch, in 2026). We…
Issue #24 – May 2025. Assuming the postie doesn’t deprive us on launch day, we’re less than three weeks away from having a brand new Nintendo console in our hands! This 24th edition of the Nintendo Life Mailbox will be the final spread with the original Switch as Nintendo’s flagship console! Yes, we’ve been rifling…
Leading the pack. There’s been a lot of conversation about Nintendo making Mario Kart World its main launch title for the Switch 2 ahead of certain other key franchises. Nintendo of America’s Nate Bihldorff provided an official response about this to Inverse last month, mentioning how it’s “one of the most broadly accessible games possible”…
X-treme. Hello folks, we’re back with another edition of Box Art Brawl! Right, first of all, what happened last time..? Oh yes, we looked at Mario Party 3 for the N64! Heh, this wasn’t even remotely close, with Japan’s variant winning the day with 84% of the vote. North America managed 13%, with Europe lagging…