Category: Nintendo

A genuine blast.

A few months ago, the Switch finally received Pizza Tower, an indie action platformer that’s gotten a lot of praise for how well it channels Nintendo’s long-dormant Wario Land series. Yet developer Tour de Pizza wasn’t the only team inspired by Wario. Summitsphere’s Antonblast is a wild and wonderful action platformer that feels like it could actually be the next Wario Land game if it came with a different coat of paint; its combination of speed, precision, and smart level design makes for a truly thrilling experience that’s only let down by its issues with stable performance.

Antonblast stars the titular Dynamite Anton, whose angry, red-skinned appearance leaves Satan feeling envious and insecure about his status as “the reddest being of them all.” So, in a petty act of retaliation, he sends his minions to Anton’s apartment to steal what he cherishes most: the Spirits that he kept around his living space. Enraged, Anton grabs his hammer and sets out on a quest to reclaim what was stolen and to give Satan a piece of his mind.

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Set your Alarmos.

We’ve been waiting for that sweet Nintendo Switch 2 announcement for what feels like years now — hold on, it has been years — but, as of today, we are finally on the home straight. That is if your ‘home straight’ consists of 100 days to go.

We know that an announcement is coming “this fiscal year“, and if you take today (22nd December) as Day 1, then there are only 100 possible days left for Nintendo to announce “the successor to Nintendo Switch” before we hit 1st April and enter the next fiscal year. Things get slippery when you start to take pesky hours into account, but if today = Day 1, 31st March = Day 100. Got it? Good.

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I’m your fire, at your desire.

Ahoy folks, and welcome back to another edition of Box Art Brawl!

Last time, we looked at the Wii classic Okami in light of the recent sequel announcement from The Game Awards (woohoo!). Honestly, it wasn’t a particularly close battle: Japan, with its beautiful use of colour and composition, won the day with 74% of the vote, leaving North America/Europe with the remaining 26%.

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Get this party started.

To celebrate the recent arrival of Super Mario Party Jamboree, Nintendo’s mobile runner game Super Mario Run is hosting a special limited-time event.

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Felix Navidad.

It might not feel like Nintendo itself has been particularly busy this year, but goodness, there’s still been an awful lot of new games in 2024. Some great ones, even!

Since we’re now fast approaching the end of the year, it seems only right that the lovely chaps on our video team share their personal top five games of 2024. Now, it’s important to note that these might not all be titles that released in 2024; they’re just ones that the guys happened to have played over the last 12 months.

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*whispers* Go for a Tetris.

Few video games can lay claim to having such enormous influence on both gamers and the industry at large as Tetris. All who played Alexey Pajitnov’s block-falling puzzler fell for its elegant design and Nintendo in particular harnessed its addictiveness to great effect as a pack-in title that made ‘Game Boy’ an essential purchase and a household name.

But what’s the best Tetris game? Is the Game Boy iteration still the most popular decades later? We’ve compiled this definitive ranking of Tetris games to answer just that question, so you can dump the garbage and focus on clearing lines in the best possible way.

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Holly *and* Jolly? In this economy?

Christmas is right around the corner and we’re feeling sufficiently merry and bright, so it’s time for another edition of What Are You Playing!

This week on Nintendo Life, we all questioned our sanity as we checked out our Nintendo Switch Year in Review, a new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket expansion had us heading back to the packs, we ran through the very best games you should pick up in Europe’s latest eShop sale and even more ‘Switch 2’ rumours came out to play (because of course they did).

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Download it now.

Following its release in October, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed has received a new update.

It adds a new colour blind mode with three options and also “responds to fan demand” for increased gameplay difficulty and other quality-of-life improvements. Here’s the full rundown, courtesy of the PR:

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The crossover fighter returns.

Well, here’s a surprise – Falcom and refint/games have announced they’re reviving the crossover fighting game bringing together Ys. and Trails in the Sky.

Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga will be coming to the Switch and multiple other platforms worldwide in 2025. This game was originally released on the PlayStation Portable in 2010 and was exclusive to Japan.

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Plus a couple of welcome improvements.

Digital Eclipse has announced that the curious Tetris sequel Welltris will be added to the excellent compilation title Tetris Forever via a free update on Switch.

The game, originally release in 1989, takes the same basic gameplay of Tetris, but adds in an extra dimension, essentially turning the gameplay area into a ‘well’. It’s weird stuff, and it’s no surprise that it didn’t quite reach the same cultural heights as its predecessor, but it’s an excellent new addition to the game nevertheless. Digital Eclipse also promises to add more games in the future, so keep your eyes peeled.

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