“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…
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…
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…
Don’t talk to strangers. Stray Children launched on the Japanese eShop on 26th December 2024. We weren’t able to review it back in October when it arrived in the West, but we’ve now managed to catch up with Onion Games’ latest… Your dad’s missing and some weird “uncle” is at the door, claiming to know…
Issue #31 – December 2025. Welcome, one and all. We’re back for another festive rifle through the Nintendo Life Mailbox. Yes, it’s time for our monthly letters page feature. Got something you want to get off your chest? We’re ready and waiting to read about your game-related ponderings. Read the full article on nintendolife.com
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…
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…
So here it is… And here we are once more! It’s Yule! Navidad! Xmas! Chrimbo! Rudolphtide! Grinchtingle! Erm… Richard Curtistime? Hmm. Merry Christmas, everyone. It’s been a big year for Nintendo fans and the wider gaming industry, with new hardware, a load of new games, even more new versions of old games, plus plenty of…
We’re so back, baby. If you don’t already know about the schism between Story of Seasons and Harvest Moon, read up on it! But TL;DR, Story of Seasons is the OG – the original farming game series that sparked thousands of copycats hoping to carve out a slice of that cosy game pie. And who…
Get your Switch GOTYs here. 2025 was filled with brilliant games, large and small, launching every single month. It’s the year that both Switch 2 and Silksong finally came out. Wowzers. The quality has been exceptionally high for both the original Switch and the newer console. Below we present the top 50 best games of…