Image: Nintendo Life / Square Enix When you think of Final Fantasy VI, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? It’s possible that your answer is Kefka’s iconic maniacal laugh, or a final boss battle that makes you dance madly, or a quest for friends in a world of ruins. But somewhere in that ...
Image: Nintendo Life We’re back, back, back for another edition of Box Art Brawl! Last time we combined the three regional covers for the DS’s Super Scribblenauts and the character-centric North American design took the win, receiving 55% of the vote. Europe followed in second place with 33%, while the Japanese variant came in close ...
Gavin Lane, editor Still knee deep in Balatra, me. I’ve tried re-ordering my Jokers and that seems to have helped a few runs — I’m getting there, but haven’t made it yet. Will come. Perhaps the game’s greatest triumph is the ‘feel’, I think. Subtle card shake and great use of HD rumble. Other than ...
Gavin Lane, editor Image: Nintendo Mario Bros. 3 was my first. Actually, I don’t remember if it was 3 or Super Mario Bros. which was actually mine First — my brother had both strollers — but 3 really captured my imagination. The dancing objects on the world map screen, Mario’s round, waddling spirit and the ...
Image: Nintendo Life Happy MAR10! Well, almost. Mario Day is on March 10, so we’re republishing our list of the best mainline games starring a plumber. Which is the best Mario game ever? Where do you even begin to rank all the Mario games? Let’s face it, anyone in the top 10 could legitimately take ...
Image: Dragon Ball Official In incredibly sad news coming out of Japan today, the official Dragon Ball social media account reveals that legendary manga creator and character artist Akira Toriyama has passed away at the age of 68. He died March 1, 2024 from acute subdural hematoma. Toriyama was an icon of the manga and ...
Image: Nintendo Life / Nintendo Nintendo has just made new themed icons available for Switch Online members. This includes an icon set based on the Super Nintendo hit Super Mario World as well as the popular Switch release Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The use of these icons is a little different this time. Not only ...
In the magazine business, the back page is where you’ll find all the weird nonsense we can’t fit anywhere else. Some might call it “filler”; we prefer “an entire page for making terrible jokes tangentially related to the magazine’s content.” We don’t have pages online, but we still love terrible jokes — so welcome to ...
When he’s not paying off his loan to Tom Nook, Liam likes to cover the latest Nintendo news and admire his video game collection. His favorite Nintendo character used to be a guitar-playing dog, but now he prefers to hang out with Judd the cat.
Image: Nintendo We love a good cosplay, and there are a lot of good ones out there. From the uber-realistic to the hyper-stylized, we’ve seen some certified bangers over the years. However, very few of them were as stunning as the little Super Metroid issue we saw over the weekend (thanks @MetroidDatabase). Featured at this ...
