New year, new games? Wow, it’s the weekend! God, it comes fast, doesn’t it? Before we take a look at what we’ll be playing over the next few days, let’s recap what’s been happening in the world of Nintendo this week. Admittedly, it’s not much, but we still had something to talk about. Read the ...
During the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! Image: Nintendo Life Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random things they’ve been chewing on. TodayKate examines how Nintendo learned the economic ...
Image: Nintendo Life Back in the days when consoles had fewer bits than people had fingers, games could mostly get away with providing solid gameplay first and foremost. The game is still the main thing, of course, but today’s games often have to show other qualities, such as striking visuals, an interesting story and strong ...
During the holiday season, we’re republishing select articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2023 series. Enjoy! Image: Nintendo Life The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Realm was a critical and commercial success, garnering rave reviews from all quarters (including here) and making many Switch owners happy in ...
Nintendo Life: It’s been over 16 years since WayForward’s last foray into the Contra franchise with Contra 4 on the Nintendo DS. Can you explain to us how this latest project came to fruition? Tomm Hulett (Director, WayForward): Konami Digital Entertainment (KONAMI) and WayForward had a good relationship working on Contra 4, and over the ...
Image: Limited run games If you’ve been thinking about buying Bill & Ted’s Excellent Retro Collection on Nintendo Switch, you might want to buy it as soon as possible, as Limited Run Games has confirmed that it will be removed from the eShop before January 1, 2024 (Thank you, Nintendo Everything). According to Limited Run ...
Get ready to sink your teeth into a lot more. Indie bullet hell game Vampire Survivors has had a lot of exciting moments throughout 2023 – including the Nintendo Switch release in August. Now, to go out with a bang, we’ve released a highlight reel. Along with this he also teased the 2024 roadmap (again). ...
Metroid Prime gets an honorable mention. Nintendo got a lot of mileage out of the Switch and graphically speaking also pushed the hybrid system to its absolute limits. It did not go unnoticed this year either. The technical experts at Digital Foundry have presented Super Mario Bros. Wonder in his review of the “best game ...
Image: Nintendo Life / Square Enix Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random things they’ve been chewing on. Today, Alana talks about her favorite RPG from 2023, which everyone seems to have completely forgotten about… Eight passengers. Eight stories. The paths of these eight adventurers ...
2023 wasn’t just a successful year for quality video game releases — it was also a good year for video game music. At Nintendo Life, we usually give video game soundtracks a bit of praise in our overall lists, but this year we want to do things a little differently, because frankly, there’s too much ...
