Image: Nintendo Life Since 2017, we’ve seen a huge number of ports coming to the Switch, many of which previously seemed impossible. Surprises like Doom (2016), which came out the year the system launched, and 2019’s Witcher 3 showed that, while smart optimization is needed, Nintendo’s console could delivering perfectly playable and fully immersive portable ...
Image: Nintendo Life Megami Tensei – also known as Shin Megami Tensei — is one of the longest running RPG franchises in the world. But most of us wouldn’t know that. After debuting in 1987 on the Famicom, Nintendo gamers (well, quite a few of them) didn’t find out about the demon summoning series until ...
North America / Europe Picture: Nintendo / MobyGames We would imagine that the western design for Mario Paint will be quite familiar to most. It shows the main man himself performing the old thumb trick to determine the measurements for his magnificent composition. A bunch of paint bottles are scattered around and we honestly love ...
Review Kirby Super Star (Wii U eShop / SNES) Dedede-light North America Image: Nintendo It’s crunchy. That’s clear. It tells you exactly what you need to know. It’s fair to say that the North American box design for Kirby Super Star isn’t the most impressive of all. The gold logo and surrounding stars sit on ...
Subscribe to Nintendo life on YouTube763k Nintendo continues to add to its retro Switch Online service and today added three more titles to the Super Nintendo library. These titles include a Nintendo game Wrecking Crew ’98Sunsoft’s Amazing Heberekeand IREM Super R-type. The Japanese line-up is a little different this time. Along with Wrecking Crew and ...
Image: Nintendo Life Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl! Before we go, let’s see how things turned out last time. We checked out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters on the SNES, pitting North America and Europe against Japan in a lengthy duel. It’s funny, there are definitely certain cases ...
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 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: 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 ...
