Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt and much more.
Nintendo Music has mostly been drip-feeding Switch Online subscribers one game album per week, but this week it’s going all out with 26 game albums from the NES and Famicom era.
This includes songs from classics like Donkey Kong and Duck Hunt, and even games like Devil World have been featured in this latest update. Here’s the full rundown of soundtracks added in this week’s update:
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Please, don’t touch the artwork.
There’s something nostalgic about going back to Monument Valley. Ustwo’s indie hit debuted on mobile in 2014 and helped establish (at least for a mainstream audience) that the mobile space could include the artistry of the wider indie games scene with thoughtful, immaculately presented, perspective-bending puzzlers alongside all the clickers and tappers and match-threes. The striking presentation and Escher-style designs put it squarely in the ‘games as art’ category. And though short, it was sweet enough to linger long after you’d finished. I remember having a wonderful time with it on iOS.
Two sequels eventually came, and now they’re all on PC and consoles. 1 and 2, available separately or as a bundle, are joined by Monument Valley III, previously a Netflix Games exclusive since its December ’24 mobile launch. These console versions expand the canvas to 16:9 and adapt the controls for a gamepad. And it works, just. It’s a shame, though, to see the impeccable presentation let down a little by some odd choices and a glitch or two at launch.
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Every Virtual Boy game ranked by you.
Today marks the Virtual Boy’s 30th birthday, so we thought now was the right time to tidy up this list and republish it to honour what may well be Nintendo’s weirdest console ever. Plus, now, it’s ranked by you lovely lot. Enjoy!
Nintendo is an odd company in many ways; deeply appealing and safe in some respects, but also able to swing for the fences and invest money and resources in the pursuit of pure novelty. Time and again it puts out products that no other platform holder would have dreamed of, and more often than not those frivolities turn out to be delightfully entertaining. Not every idea can be a winner, though, and there are few more high-profile failures in the Kyoto company’s back catalogue than the Virtual Boy.
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180,000 players involved.
A brand new survey of 180,000 players aged 15-69 years old in Japan has been conducted by GEM Partners, and there are some interesting stats on gender and age splits across multiple Nintendo franchises.
Posted by Nikkei (via Nintendo Patents Watch and MyNintendoNews), the huge survey reveals that, compared to other game IPs, Nintendo’s have more female fans,.
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The Pac is Back.
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is getting another DLC expansion in the form of ‘The Namco Legendary Pack DLC‘.
No release date has been set at the time of writing, but the new DLC will contain an additional timeline looking at Namco’s history with Atari, along with multiple playable versions of Atari PAC-MAN, GALAGA, GALAXIAN, DIG DUG, and XEVIOUS.
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Now tell us yours!
Donkey Kong Bananza is finally here and, as players start to dig deep (well, punch deep at any rate), into this fresh slice of Nintendo magic – a slice we slapped a 9/10 on in our review – they’ll no doubt encounter some of the clever little easter eggs there are to be found scattered throughout our favourite ape’s latest adventure.
Now, fair warning, there will be mild spoilers ahead, so make sure not to ruin any of the fun for yourself if you’d prefer to find all this stuff yourself. With that said, let’s take a look at the best nods to the series’ history, and other tidbits, that we’ve dug up thus far. And please, make sure to let us know any easter eggs or little bits of trivia that you’ve found!
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Alongside the latest system update.
Nintendo rolled out a new firmware update (Version 20.2.0) for the Switch 2 last week, and it appears it’s not just Portal 2 that this patch may have fixed.
Nintendo Everything reports “over 20 games” with Switch 2 backward compatibility problems have supposedly had issues resolved thanks to this latest system update. Some other titles apparently include Crypt of the NecroDancer, Endless Ocean: Luminous and Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin.
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Who makes the podium?
Mario Kart has been a core part of the Nintendo family for over 30 years, first appearing on the SNES with Super Mario Kart, and the popularity of the kart racing series has seen it expand to 11 games across consoles (and mobile), with Mario Kart World launching alongside the Switch 2.
The games have vastly expanded since those nostalgic ’90s days, going from only eight characters and 20 tracks, to the vast roster and open world of the latest entry.
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Issue #26 – July 2025.
And we’re back for another delve into the Nintendo Life Mailbox.
In our part of the world it’s summertime and the Switchin’ is easy. Most of us at NL (and I imagine many of you) are sitting back with Mr. D Kong this weekend, enjoying his first 3D platformer since the 64-bit days, possibly while supping a delicious summer beverage from a coconut. Smashing.
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Oh lord.
Greetings – welcome to another edition of Box Art Brawl!
Last week, we looked at Disney’s Magical Quest 3 Starring Mickey and Donald on the GBA, and it was a surprisingly close battle. In the end, Japan won with 42% of the vote. Europe came in second place with 30%, and North America bagged 27%.
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