Review: Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Switch) – Speed-focused and light, but addictive

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube772k Remember NES Remix on Wii U? We loved watching it back in the day, and now Nintendo has seen fit to revisit similar territory with Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, a game that aims to put you in the shoes of a Nintendo World Championships competitor! Okay, maybe we’re … Read more

Review: Hot Lap Racing (Switch) – A fun “Simcade” racer that still falls between the cracks

Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked) While the Switch is home to an abundance of arcade-style racing games, the more realistic games aren’t. This is likely because the Switch’s hardware is said to struggle to keep up with the Gran Turismos and Forza Motorsports of this world, so developers often ignore Nintendo’s system when making their … Read more

Nintendo Life eShop Selects & Readers’ Choice (June 2024)

Image: Nintendo Life It’s July now, so it’s time to look back at the Switch eShop releases of the past month and pick our favorite. It’s been a relatively quiet month on the Switch front, with Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD being the big new physical releases, though the late-arriving … Read more

Nintendo Expands Switch Online’s NES Library with Seven Additional Games

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube771k Nintendo continues to bolster its Switch Online + Expansion Pack service with new game releases. Today, the focus is on the base tier, with a whopping seven games added to the NES library. New titles now playable on the service include Urban Champion (1986), Golf (1985), Donkey Kong Jr. … Read more

54 Switch ports we’d like to see before the generation is over

Image: Nintendo Life Since 2017 we’ve seen a large number of ports come to Switch, many of which seemed impossible beforehand. Surprises like Doom (2016), which arrived in the system’s launch year, and 2019’s Witcher 3 showed that while some smart optimization was needed, Nintendo’s console could be deliver perfectly playable and utterly engaging portable … Read more