Category: Nintendo

Feature: 10 Top Mario Kart Cosplays – From Blue Shells To Bowser

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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Mailbox: Ninty Getting Its Freak On, Area Codes, The ‘Discourse’ – Nintendo Life Letters

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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Switch Port Specialist Virtuos Confirms 270 Layoffs

It released Oblivion Remastered earlier this year.

The Switch port specialist Virtuos – known within the Nintendo space for its work on games like The Outer Worlds – has officially laid off 270 employees across its studios worldwide.

This is “approximately 7%” of the company’s “global workforce”, with 200 roles in Asia and 70 roles in Europe axed, “primarily in teams facing lower occupancy and slower demand due to structural shifts” in the game industry.

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Video: Switch 2 Vs. Steam Deck System Face-Off, Digital Foundry Investigates

“We’ve got two very different systems here”.

Digital Foundry has returned with a new “system face-off” video – this time putting Nintendo’s hybrid hardware, the Switch 2, up against Valve’s PC handheld, the Steam Deck.

In the video above, you can see how the Switch 2 holds up against the Steam Deck OLED model across various “head-to-head” match-ups, including battery life, form factor, controller design, as well as OS and software availability.

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Mini Review: Belkin Charging Case For Switch 2 – A Great Idea, With Middling Execution

‘That’ll do’.

If there’s one thing that’s more important than keeping your Switch 2 charged when you’re out and about, it’s a solid, reliable case to keep it safe from harm. If you imagine that you could bring those two worlds together, you’d probably be imagining something very similar to Belkin’s Charging Case.

A firm, robust outside only betrays its party trick by nature of being decidedly thicker than most cases. Not a dealbreaker by any means, but sadly the use of that space isn’t exactly perfect.

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Gallery: Donkey Kong Bananza Players Show Off ‘DK Artist’ Masterpieces

Lookin’ good.

We’re now a few days into the release of Donkey Kong Bananza and apart from the new world to explore, there’s also DK Artist.

In case you missed it, this is a creator tool mode you can access before entering the main game, and it allows you to use the Switch 2’s mouse controls to carve out, smoothen, paint, and sculpt works of art.

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