Review: Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch) – Aping A Retro Classic
It’s not unfair to say that the gaming landscape was somewhat different when Donkey Kong Country Returns first fell into our laps in 2010; 2D platformers were a rare breed, and ol’ DK himself hadn’t arguably had a mainline entry in his series since 2…
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Best Of 2024: 20 Years On, Pikmin 2’s Waterwraith Remains Nintendo’s Scariest Moment
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. Enjoy! Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on h…
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Best Of 2024: Vanillaware’s Most Underrated Game Is More Than Just A Pretty Picture
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. Enjoy! Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on h…
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Best Of 2024: Meet Morphcat Games, The New-Gen NES Devs Pushing The 8-Bit Envelope
Over the holiday season, we're republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. Enjoy! Four decades after it became an international sales phenomenon and dominated a crowded games…
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Review: The Thing: Remastered (Switch) – A Great Remaster Of A Half-Great Game
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Docked)Here's the thing about The Thing: Remastered; it's still very much 2002's The Thing. Which is either a good thing or a bad thing, depending on how much you like your The Thing. 2002's The Thing, you see, which was…
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Review: Fairy Tail 2 (Switch) – Hurt By Its Breakneck Pace, But Still A Step Up
Captured on Nintendo Switch (Handheld/Undocked)A few years ago, Gust Studios—the popular Atelier RPG factory—decided to do something a little different by putting out a licensed RPG adaptation of the Fairy Tail anime and manga. It wasn’t a particular…
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