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 ...
Subscribe to Nintendo life on YouTubeLook YouTube It’s been a good year for Switch games, hasn’t it? In fact, 2023 has been a busy year for video games full stop, and will probably go down as one of the greatest of all time. This makes choosing a ‘top five’ rather difficult, but unfortunately, we have ...
Runners-up: Dave The Diver, Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate Best switch icon 2023 Winner: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Image: Konami Look, there were quite a few icons to crack this year for the Switch, and despite our issues with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1, there’s no denying that it’s incredibly satisfying ...
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 ...
Image: Nintendo Life Looking back over the past 12 months, it’s been an incredibly fruitful year for gamers, with the Switch enjoying an excellent seventh year on store shelves. Industry-wide layoffs in the second half of the year created a sobering counterpoint to the glut of great games, and occasionally the backlog of pandemic-related projects ...
Over the course of the year, we’ve seen thousands of games launch on the Nintendo Switch, from the lowliest of scams and shovelware to some of the highest quality video games ever conceived. Despite approaching its eighth year on store shelves and some Switch ports providing a not-so-smooth experience, many developers continue to work wonders ...
Image: Nintendo Life Just a reminder that you still have time to rate your favorite Switch games of 2023 and influence the Top 50 rankings we’ll be releasing later this week. You will still be able to score games after publication, too, but there’s nothing like that moment of anticipation before the results, right? Remember, ...
