Subscribe to Nintendo life on YouTube If you’re looking for an alternative to a certain Konami series, how about this new 8-bit side-platformer? The Transylvanian Adventure of Simon Quest has been described as a “parody/homage”, and will be coming to the Nintendo Switch and numerous other platforms at some point in the in 2025. You’ll ...
Image: Nintendo Life If you hopped on social media this morning, you were no doubt inundated with reports on the 81st Golden Globe Awards. We’re here to add to that, because we’re nice, but also because it’s somehow, Somehow relevant to Nintendo. You see, when introducing the nominees for Best Original Song, artists Andra Day ...
Subscribe to Nintendo life on YouTube For anyone who plays video games regularly, it’s long been a running joke that when the mainstream media discusses gaming in any capacity, it will inevitably mention how games are surprisingly popular, how it’s not just socially disadvantaged kids in their bedrooms, and how video games are big business. ...
In the news that we all look forward to welcoming us as we cross the threshold of 2024, the classic NES version of Tetris has finally been “beaten” for the first time by a highly skilled 13-year-old. No, we’re not kidding, this is a game that came out in 1989 and hasn’t seemed to be ...
There is no doubt that Tetris is one of the most popular franchises in the world of video games. Now we have some curious news to say the least. Today a new record for the franchise has been confirmed. Blue Shields, a 13-year-old competitive player, has proven to be one of the best at Tetris. ...
There was a time, between the 80s and before the start of the 90s, when the NES had no competition in video games. Neither in Japan, nor in America, nor in the old continent. Well, to be honest, it did, but the quota was not a threat. Until the Mega Drive there was no one ...
Despite Minus World entering Nintendo legend, it wasn’t until 2019 that this writer sat down and took the time to travel to this underworld. It requires precise input, but is completely doable even for beginners after a few minutes of practice. Observe: A whole new (minus) world! #NSZ #NintendoSwitch pic.twitter.com/GQSnPjk6Ln— Gavin Lane (@dartmonkey) October 10, ...
Throughout the history of video games, many consoles went from mass phenomenon to legend in a very short time, and especially in the early years of the 80s when the industry we know today is really in the making. And it will not be necessary to recall that NES was practically the first to open ...
Subscribe to Nintendo life on YouTube July 15, 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the Famicom, the Japanese console that would transform into the NES in the West. To mark the occasion, we’re republishing this list of the best games on the system, as ranked by our readers. Remember, this is a ...
The Mega Man saga is probably one of the ones that is made up of the most different video games, especially if we add these titles from other series, such as Mega Man X. Curiously, apart from the gameplay or adopting the powers of the final bosses that are eliminated, there are another aspect that ...
