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

What are you playing this weekend? (July 13)

Jim Norman, Editor Just like last weekend, I’ll be pouring my heart and soul into Hades for the next few days. I’ve yet to complete a full run (I had to take a break for my own sanity after reaching Hades’ second attack phase before dying), but I’m determined to do so soon. Pretty cool … Read more

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown lands on Switch today in a port two years in the making

Image: Bandai Namco Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown originally released in 2019 nearly five years after Ace Combat: Infinity and four years after the release of Assault Horizon Legacy+ on 3DS. It was the first game in the main series in over a decade and returned the series to Strangereal, the franchise’s fictional stand-in on … Read more

See how a supermassive black hole holds on to a ‘fluffy’ disk in this simulation

a giant swirl of red and yellow fire. hints of green are faintly present in the yellows.

Supermassive black holes are giants millions to billions of times more massive than our Sun that reside at the centers of most galaxies in our universe, including our own. Milky Way — and they are best known for the brilliant disks of gas that swirl around them. These disks are the remains of ill-fated stars … 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

Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve

This still from the simulation shows a supermassive black hole, or quasar, surrounded by a swirling disk of material called an accretion disk. Credit: Caltech/Phil Hopkins group A team of astrophysicists led by Caltech has for the first time successfully simulated the journey of primordial gas from the early universe to the stage where it … Read more

NASA simulation of asteroid impact: Experts fear Congress is too slow to act

Corner down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing downwards. A nearby asteroid called Bennu, which poses no threat to Earth. NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/CSA/York/MDA via AP NASA ran a new tabletop simulation of the discovery of a large asteroid heading towards Earth. Experts feared that Congress would not appropriate funding for a … Read more

F1 Manager 2024 will end ‘Complete Feature Parity’ in July

Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Announced as part of the Frontier Unlocked livestream, F1 Manager 2024 is launching on Switch on July 23marking the first time the motorsports management sim series has been on the grid on Nintendo’s system. Instead of driving cars, the F1 Manager series puts you in the shoes of a … Read more

Disney Dreamlight Valley’s ‘The Lucky Dragon’ update has arrived, here are the patch notes

Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube770k Disney Dreamlight Valley won’t be slowing down anytime soon, as the latest update to the life sim has arrived today. The happy dragon brings a whole new realm to the Valley, starring Mulan and her loyal dragon companion Mushu. Based on the 1998 Disney animated classic, in the New … Read more

Asteroid on its way to Earth? NASA simulation explores how the nation might respond

Asteroid moon Dimorphos as seen by NASA’s DART spacecraft 11 seconds before the impact that shifted its path through space, during the first test of asteroid deflection. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/NASA hide caption change caption Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/NASA Imagine if scientists discovered a giant asteroid with a 72% chance of … Read more