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Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked) Many games can get away with slightly sketchy performance if the gameplay experience is a bit more laidback and relaxed (or ‘cinematic’, if you like). Others, however, like Slave Zero X, which focus on blistering combat and stylish visuals, can be almost impossible to recommend if their performance isn’t up

Nintendo has been very active with the Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack retro libraries lately. Although it varies which retro library Nintendo updates, Nintendo’s schedule with new additions has reached a point where it is guaranteed to see at least one retro game added a month. Well, Nintendo has officially announced some more additions.

You know what? Life’s too simple. Too free of complications and anxiety. Too relaxing! Everything’s just so smooth and calming and tranquil across the globe in the 21st century, you’re probably looking for some grit in your oyster, right? Right? Okay, perhaps not. But for whatever reason, you might be interested to know the best

Nintendo hasn’t really been doing much with the Switch’s firmware lately. The last few updates, including the version 17.0.0 and 18.0.0 ones, contained very little new additions. In fact, at least a third of the Switch updates that have been released in the past 10 months have been “rebootless” updates. Well, Nintendo has released a

Image: Nintendo Life That’s right, it’s time for another edition of ‘Help, Please Help – Too Many Switch Games!’ For a few years now we’ve been running bi-annual Games We Missed round-ups where you lovely lot nominate great Switch games that we weren’t able to review. We do our best to cover as much as

It would seem as though the Sonic Team‘s next big project is a sequel to Sonic Frontiers which launched in 2022. The news was first shared by DanielRPK and was corroborated by the reliable SEGA Atlus leaker, Midori. SEGA has not announced a sequel to Sonic Frontiers, but it seems as though this is their

Image: Gavin Lane / Nintendo Life The Game Boy turns 35 years old today, and we’ve been running features over the past couple of days celebrating the handheld and its games. Today, Nile digs up 10 lesser-known gems in the system’s remarkable library. 35 years ago, the Game Boy changed handheld gaming – not because

It is hard to believe that Sonic the Hedgehog is turning 33 this year and to celebrate SEGA has revealed the official birthday render, which admittedly looks better than previous years. Sonic’s birthday is on 23rd June, so it will be interesting to see what SEGA plans in terms of celebrations for this year’s event.

Updated with a fresh clutch of chill-vibe, relaxing Switch games. Enjoy! But what if you’re looking to soothe the soul rather than cleave it from a corpse; to combat stress with some old-fashioned R&R? What are the most relaxing games on Switch? Fortunately, the console’s huge library has you covered, so if you’re looking for

Minecraft: Bedrock Edition has received a lot of DLC over the years. A lot of DLC has been collaborations with other franchises, including Angry Birds, Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man X. The latest example of this was released very recently, and the franchise that they’re collaborating with this time may be very familiar to

Image: Gemma Smith / Nintendo Life The Game Boy turns 35 years old on 21st April 2024, and we’ll be running several features over the next few days celebrating the system and its games. Today, Tim thinks back on how Pocket Monsters came to his aid in his formative years, and how the series that

The third Sonic movie is coming out in December, but there is a special treat in store for those who simply can’t wait until the film releases. In a little over a week from now, a spin-off series featuring Knuckles the Echidna will be premiering on Paramount Plus. Because of this, marketing has gradually increased.

21st April 2024 marks the 35th anniversary of Nintendo’s Game Boy. Over the next few days, we’ll be publishing various features to celebrate three-and-a-half decades of the humble handheld. We kick things off with this reader-ranked list. Remember, this is based on each game’s User Rating in our database and is therefore subject to real-time

During a new Indie World presentation, Nintendo showcased a vibrant line-up of games from independent publishing and development partners that will be heading to the Nintendo Switch family of systems throughout 2024. Among the many highlights, the video gave gamers a release date for the anticipated game Little Kitty, Big City, a whimsical adventure that puts players in

Image: Thekla Braid: Anniversary Edition for Nintendo Switch has been pushed back a few weeks to 14th May 2024, Thekla Inc. has confirmed. The enhanced rerelease of the classic indie puzzle platformer was originally due to launch on 29th April, so we don’t have to wait much longer to get our hands on the game.

Splatoon 3 continues to get a lot of support from Nintendo, and it shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. The game has received DLC support courtesy of an Expansion Pass, and the game is getting updated very regularly with new updates that adds more things, re-balances the game and fixes bugs. Well, the

Ah, nostalgia — it’s a tricksy thing. How many times have we gone back to revisit a treasured classic only to find that modern games have spoiled it for us? For all the brilliant aspects of retro games, the mod cons and performance we’re used to now are pretty fantastic, too, and sometimes going back

Update: The Hollywood Reporter has now reported on the matter and they have officially confirmed it. There have been a lot of rumors in regards to the cast of the third Sonic the Hedgehog movie. For example, there were some rumors that Hayden Christensen would be joining the cast to play Shadow the Hedgehog in