To learn more about what inspired the game and how its development took place, as well as the general role and influence of retro games in modern culture, we sat down with Lead Developer Danilo Dias and Producer Thaís Weiller from Joymasher for a quick chat about the latest from the studio. effort. Picture: The … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life I’ll start with a puzzling admission: My favorite thing in the world is a trip to an aquarium. I could spend days peer through the curved glass of a tank, watch sharks glide past me, press my hand against the smooth, white belly of a stingray, and take note of the clownfish … Read more
Jim Norman, personal editor This week I started playing this little niche game called Super Metroid (you might have heard of it) on the NSO SNES library. I was only supposed to play a few minutes but here I am, a few days later, about to face Ridley. I’ve never beaten the game before so … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life Happy New Year readers! Alright, we’re already more than a week into 2023 – you might be moving on from last year, trying to anticipate the best to come. But let’s look back one last time at 2022 for the best eShop games in December. Now December is normally a quiet month … Read more
Image: SEGA It’s 2023 and the lights are back at Nintendo Life Towers. While January can often be a sleepy month as the games industry wakes its head from a Christmas-induced slumber, we can’t wait to dive into what looks to be an interesting year for Nintendo. This week we shared our thoughts on the … Read more
I won’t even mention this one below, but it was another big game 2022 — Image: Gemma Smith/Nintendo Life Soapbox features allow our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random topics they’ve been working on. Today Gavin takes a look at some hot takes from 2022 and instantly transforms … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life We did everyone! 2022 is finally behind us and 2023 stretches happily into the afterlife. It’s going to be a year full of promise, a year of hope, a year of enough Nintendo releases (hopefully) to send an almost literal scream out of our bank accounts. But right now, we’re not thinking … Read more
Now that we’re at the end of 2022, I’m taking the time to look back on the year and understand what the theme was – and how we’ll remember this year in games when it’s long gone. If you look at many sites’ GOTY lists, you’ll see them all dominated by Elden Ring and God … Read more
Jim Norman, personal editor Could 2023 really be the year I played more new games and spent less time clearing my backlog? Absolutely no chance! I’ll be hosting an NYE party this weekend, so it’ll be light games. To my knowledge, my friends have never played a Wii U, so this will be the perfect … Read more
Image: Nintendo Life The problem with Game of the Year awards is that it presupposes that we’re all adults with plenty of free time to keep up with the ever-increasing number of game releases. You’d think gaming journalists, of all adult types, would know more about this than most…and you’d be wrong! Like everyone else, … Read more