You know you’ve made it when your game is so successful that it gets a spin-off — and many of the biggest games in the business have done just that, from Musou crossovers and sports alternate universes to rhythm and strategy games. And you know what? They usually are pretty good. We’ve compiled a list ...
Of all the art styles in video games, none has more pressure on developers and players than the humble pixel art. Whether it’s a fantastically detailed modern take on what’s possible in pixels, or something made as a tribute to the NES and SNES games of yesteryear, pixel art can be found everywhere — in ...
Are you a person who – as we say politely – really loves everything a a very special way? Maybe you’ve labeled and filled your kitchen cabinets with neat rows of boxes, or you always take a point in group projects because you know you’ll make better slides than everyone else? You, my friend, are ...
Anime! Who doesn’t love anime? No one who clicked on this list, hopefully, because these games are all anime. We’ve compiled a list of the best anime video games on Nintendo Switch — games that take the action, charm, and/or personality of popular and beloved anime and manga series into a video game. (We tried ...
What exactly makes a game cozy? Is it the player’s state of mind while playing? Is it an adherence to specific aesthetics or messages? Is it the inclusion of birds? Well, you might be forgiven for thinking it’s the last one, because at least ten of the games on this list are about birds specifically, ...
Switch is many a gamer’s go-to console for revisiting retro classics, at home on the TV, or wherever you happen to take the handheld hybrid. Squeezing in nostalgia trips between the big new releases has never been easier, and there have been a host of exceptional collections and compilation packages on Nintendo’s system that bring ...
Image: Nintendo Life Updated with recent releases. Enjoy! If you’re looking for a change of pace and some welcome distraction from your everyday life, few mediums offer such engrossing, ongoing escapism as video games. Even the best books have an ending, but some games can go on almost indefinitely and come to form a calming ...
Image: Nintendo Life Just recently we saw the anniversary of The Mummy Demastered, an example of a great game based on the most mediocre of movies. Historically, licensed games — usually movie tie-ins — haven’t enjoyed the best of reputations due to them often being rush jobs thrown together on a shoestring by an under-resourced ...
Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube In the years since we first ventured out onto the great plains of a truly open Hyrule in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wildwe’ve found all the shrines, defeated Calamity Ganon and scoured the kingdom for every last item and Korok seed. We’ve seen it all — ...
It’s been one whole year since brand-new Nintendo Switch hardware launched alongside the first ‘2D’ Metroid game for nearly two decades. Metroid Dread, with planet ZDR’s mysteriously dark environs and Samus’ super-bright firearms, was a perfect showcase for Switch OLED’s particular enhancements over the base console and Switch Lite, demonstrating succinctly the benefits of the ...
