5 days ago • nintendolife.com
"This Just Didn't Fit Into My Gaming Lifestyle" - Hideki Kamiya Isn't Happy About Switch 2's Lack Of A D-Pad
"In this age of diversity, the manufacturer itself has stubbornly refused". Nintendo may have originated the concept of the cross D-Pad, but the c...
5 days ago • nintendolife.com
Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (27th December)
What did Santa bring? Well folks, that's another Christmas done for the year �" we hope you've had a peaceful, relaxing time, whether you celebra...
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo Switch eShop charts – December 27, 2025 – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe takes over for Pokemon Legends: Z-A
The latest Nintendo Switch eShop charts for the week of December 27, 2025 are now available.
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
2025 EDGE awards, top 10 games of the year
The latest issue of EDGE has been released, and as is tradition for the final issue of the year, it includes various awards plus a list of the top...
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Square Enix Wants Feedback About The Final Fantasy Series In Its New Survey
Go on, tell 'em.
Fans of the long-running RPG Final Fantasy
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
My Nintendo Metroid Prime 'Legacy Sweepstakes' Offers A Bounty Of Prizes (North America)
Enter today.
If you’re a Metroid
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Monolith Soft Signs Off For The Year, Thanks Fans for Support And Promises To Continue To Work Hard
"We look forward to your support". We’re now in the final days of 2025 and many development teams are signing off for the year.
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo reveals best selling digital Switch 2, Switch games of 2025 in Japan
As we wrap up 2025, Nintendo has posted new data that reveals Japan’s best-selling digital games on Switch 2 and Switch for the year.
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Switch Online's 'Missions And Rewards' Brings Back Previous 2025 Icons
Get them while you can! Nintendo has released all sorts of unique icons for Switch Online subscribers in 2025, and to go out with a bang, it’s...
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo explains how Metroid Prime 4 came to be, talks development challenges – game was a request from Nintendo of America
Nintendo has provided some noteworthy insight into the origins of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond as well as challenges with the project.
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Nintendo Suggests Metroid Prime 4's Tortured Development Meant It Was "Divorced From The Changing Of Times"
"We resolved to move forward with our original vision".
As you'll know if you've read our review
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Minecraft releases Stranger Things DLC
Stranger Things is winding down on Netflix, and in celebration of the show, new DLC has now come to Minecraft.
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Mini Review: Layers Of Fear: Final Masterpiece Edition (Switch 2) - Handsome But Humdrum Horror
Tormented souls.
Switch owners already have access to Layers of Fear: Legacy
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Ubisoft hosting new Nintendo Switch sale, features lowest prices ever for Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Immortals Fenyx Rising, more
Thanks to a new Ubisoft sale on the Nintendo eShop, fans can save big on a bunch of Switch games, with titles like Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope...
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Famitsu software sales (12/15/25 – 12/21/25) – Top 30
This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows: 1.
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Feature: Nintendo Life's Alternative Awards 2025
Best 'squirrel with a gun' game, most 'Huh?' Nintendo moment, and more! Hello, well met stranger, and welcome to Jurassic Park! Nintendo Life's Al...
6 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Famitsu review scores – December 26, 2025
The latest Famitsu review scores for the week of December 26, 2025 are as follows: Forestrike �" 9/8/8/8 Mind Over Magnet �" 7/8/8/7 For the King...
6 days ago • nintendolife.com
Feature: But The Future Can Change - Chrono Trigger And Learning To Love The World
The Corridors of Time. Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025...
7 days ago • nintendolife.com
Surprise! Stardew Valley - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Is Now Available
A free update for existing Switch players.
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Read the full article on nintendolife.com
7 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Visual novel Dear Mirror Flower coming to Nintendo Switch
Kogado Studio have announced that they will be bringing Dear Mirror flower to Nintendo Switch.
7 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Hero Seekers dropping on Nintendo Switch
Kemco has announced its latest Nintendo Switch game, which is Hero Seekers.
7 days ago • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo discusses its approach to Metroid Prime 4, talks why it isn’t open-world
Nintendo has shared some interesting insight into how it approached Metroid Prime 4 and has discussed why the game isn’t open-world.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Feature: "I Was Seeing Him In My Dreams" - Nintendo Veteran Just Can't Shake Shigeru Miyamoto
"He got a good laugh out of that". Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributo...
25th Dec, 2025 • videogameschronicle.com
Pokémon Champions could seriously transform competitive Pokémon play
2026 preview: Pokémon Champions could be the game that brings one of the best parts of Pokémon to the masses
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Review: Stray Children (Switch) - A Surreal, Captivating, Undertale-Inspired RPG
Don’t talk to strangers. Stray Children launched on the Japanese eShop on 26th December 2024.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Stardew Valley – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has just released
Just before the end of the new year, Stardew Valley �" Nintendo Switch 2 Edition has released.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Opinion: My Daughter Made Me Realise That Mario Wonder's Difficulty Options Need Work
Yoshi or Nabbit, make your choice. Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributo...
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo Download – December 25, 2025 (Europe)
The latest European Nintendo Downloads for the week of December 25, 2025 are as follows: Switch 2 Download Factorio �" Nintendo Switch 2 Edition L...
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo Download – December 25, 2025 (North America) – Pritto Prisoner and more
It’s time for the newest North American Nintendo Download Switch report for the week of December 25, 2025.
25th Dec, 2025 • videogameschronicle.com
Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight goes against 20 years of Lego game tradition
2026 preview: TT Games is taking a bold step with its limited character roster
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Famitsu sales (12/15/25 – 12/21/25) – big sales for Nintendo Switch 2, Mario Kart World
The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows: Switch 2 �" 221,033 Switch OLED �" 18,864 Switch Lite �" 12,641 Switch �" 6,679...
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Mailbox: 'Greedy' Nintendo, New Horizons Vs. New Leaf, Boney M. - Nintendo Life Letters (Holiday Edition)
Issue #31 - December 2025. Welcome, one and all.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Feature: I Play This One Particular SNES Game Every Xmas As A Personal Tradition
Please help me. It was the Christmas of 1992.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Guide: Got Yourself A New Nintendo Switch 2? Here's What To Do First
Ahh, new hardware smell. If you've recently come into possession of a new Nintendo Switch 2, first of all, congratulations! You're in for a treat,...
25th Dec, 2025 • eurogamer.net
A love letter to Banjo Kazooie's Freezeezy Peak, (probably) the greatest Christmas level of all time
We love a biome in video games.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Editorial: Happy Holidays From Everyone At Nintendo Life
So here it is... And here we are once more! It's Yule! Navidad! Xmas! Chrimbo! Rudolphtide! Grinchtingle! Erm...
25th Dec, 2025 • eurogamer.net
What we've been playing, Christmas Day edition - "hope I don't disgrace myself"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we've been playing.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo bringing back various icons for 2025 releases
Nintendo has announced a new promotion for Switch Online in which it’s bringing back a series of icons that were released throughout the year.
25th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Nintendo Switch Online adds Metroid Prime 4: Beyond icons
December 3: Nintendo has just added Metroid Prime 4: Beyond themed icons to Nintendo Switch Online.
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Vice: Magic City Mayhem, a retro action-adventure game inspired by Zelda and GTA, coming to Nintendo Switch
Jurassic Sunset Games secured crowdfunding for Vice: Magic City Mayhem on Kickstarter a little while back, and in doing so, the team intends to bri...
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Feature: Citizen Sleeper Dev Talks Sequels, Stress & Creating "My Own Take On The Mass Effect Series"
Wake up, Sleeper.
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors from 2025
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Opinion: After A Few Missteps, Story Of Seasons Finally Nailed The Formula With Grand Bazaar
We're so back, baby.
If you don't already know about the schism between Story of Seasons
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Guide: Best Nintendo Switch 1 & 2 Games Of 2025
Get your Switch GOTYs here. 2025 was filled with brilliant games, large and small, launching every single month.
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Tanuki: Pon’s Summer delayed to 2026
It’ll take a little longer for Tanuki: Pon’s Summer to launch, as the game is seeing a delay.
24th Dec, 2025 • videogameschronicle.com
Leon brings plenty of excitement to Resident Evil Requiem, but will he also spoil the scares?
2026 preview: Capcom says its two-hero setup will balance styles, but it'll have to mix its herbs carefully...
24th Dec, 2025 • videogameschronicle.com
Merry Christmas from the VGC team!
Regular news posting resumes in January.
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Fantasy Life i's Big Free DLC Is Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Welcome to Snoozaland.
At last, after assuring fan's that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time 2.0.0 update out now, patch notes
Level-5 just came out with a new version 2.0.0 update for Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time.
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendolife.com
Review: The Rogue Prince Of Persia (Switch 2) - A Worthy, Approachable Follow-Up To Dead Cells
PoP it like it's hot.
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been the better part of a decade since the launch of Dead Cells
24th Dec, 2025 • nintendoeverything.com
Space Invaders is this week’s Arcade Archives game on Nintendo Switch 2, Switch
Space Invaders has been revealed as the next addition to the Arcade Archives series.
