Month: October 2025

A 35-page appetiser. Nintendo has released a 35-page digital sample for its upcoming Metroid Prime 1-3: A Visual Retrospective book ahead of its official release on 28th October 2025. The sample shows off some gorgeous concept art from the original Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. We get a glimpse…

It won’t be updated “in time for the main game’s release”. Persona 3 Reload got a Switch 2 demo a few weeks ago, and it’s raised some concerns about the performance of the game on Nintendo’s new hybrid platform, with players reporting all sorts of issues about the frame rate. While the eShop showed the…

Listen with an active Switch Online sub. Ahead of the arrival of Metroid Prime 4 later this year, why not take a trip to the past with some Metroid II: Return of Samus jams? Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Night City is calling. Alongside Nintendo’s spooky event in the US, Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition for the Switch 2 has also gone on sale. Instead of the regular price of $69.99 in this location, you can currently get a whopping 42% off – taking the price all the way down to just $39.99. This sale…

The next free character update arrives this week. Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds has already got a huge cast of characters and apparently Sega might not be done just yet. Speaking to Polygon at the Brasil Game Show recently, the series producer Takashi Iizuka mentioned how DLC could potentially stretch beyond a year. It all depends on…

“The porting process to the Switch 2 turned out to be unexpectedly smooth”. I’ve been dreaming of a Persona 3 Reload port for Nintendo’s hybrid hardware long before the Switch 2 was even revealed. Having played through its lengthy campaign on my Xbox over the span of a month, I wished I was able to…

Virtual dreams. It’s time to talk trademarks again, as Nintendo of America has had a new filing for ‘Virtual Console’ bumped up to the pending phase. But let’s be clear right from the jump, it probably doesn’t mean what you’re thinking. As brought to our attention by @MikeOdysseyYT on X, the trademark was initially submitted…

Z-A++? The latest Pokémon adventure has landed on the Switch and Switch, letting players roam about a much-expanded rendition of Lumiose City from X & Y. Pokémon Legends: Z-A has received some fairly mixed reception so far, though it seems most are in agreement that although it might not be the prettiest game ever made…

Never released in the US of A! “Among the finest action role-playing titles ever crafted, possibly even the finest, and a game that absolutely no RPG fan should miss.” This quote, from our 2009 review of the 1995 action-RPG, Terranigma, should give you some idea of just how highly we regard the third slice of…

They’re very good, y’know? Absolum and BALL x PIT recently launched on the Nintendo Switch, and they’re both bloody brilliant. They’re very different games, mind you, with the former being a self-described ‘rogue ’em up’, blending roguelike mechanics with classic beat ’em up action, and the latter being a very deliberate cross between Vampire Survivors…