Serve and turf.
Our latest look at the UK charts has arrived, and Nintendo’s latest has taken a bit of a tumble since its silver-medal debut last week.
Yes, Mario Tennis Fever now finds itself down in seventh after two weeks on the market, overtaken by the likes of EA SPORTS FC 26, Mario Kart World, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and Minecraft — come on, when are these series not doing well?
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All the VB games on NSO.
Of all of Nintendo’s consoles, the Virtual Boy is one of the most fascinating due to being a rare hardware flop in the company’s storied history. It might be the worst-selling Nintendo system ever (and it never even launched in Europe), but there’s some great software and intriguing curios in the VB library.
With just 22 games released worldwide — and several completed but never released — it’s great to have access to them on Switch 1 and 2, if you subscribe at the ‘Expansion Pack’ tier of Nintendo Switch Online.
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To Green, or not to Green?
After years of waiting, we are finally getting some classic Pokémon on Switch! Nintendo and TPC surprised us all with the announcement that FireRed and LeafGreen will arrive on the Switch eShop immediately after the annual Pokémon Presents on 27th February (with a swanky Special Edition coming to Japan).
We’re ecstatic, of course, though it does leave us with an almighty large decision to make, almost as hard as choosing our starter: which version are we going to buy?
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Issue #33 – February 2026.
Welcome back, lovely people, to the Nintendo Life Mailbox.
This month’s been a surprisingly busy one for games, and we’re all on tenterhooks, waiting to see if RE9 is any good. Perhaps all that excitement was too distracting, as correspondence (and, indeed, correspondents) have been few and far between. So, prepare yourself for a slight, ‘Lite’ edition of our monthly letters page feature!
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Alongside a 13-minute dev walkthrough.
Capcom is gearing up for the release of Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection on the Switch 2 next month, and today, it has released a brand new trailer.
It’s officially titled “Go Forth” and gives hunters another look at what’s on the way when the game arrives on 13th March 2026.
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It also made the “Top 10 Best-Selling Games” of last month.
It’s a new year, and following new releases in January 2026, Circana’s Mat Piscatella has now shared chart data for the “Top 10 Best-Selling Premium Games” on Nintendo platforms in the US for this same month.
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Out next week.
In the lead up to Pokémon’s 30th anniversary celebration, Nintendo officially lifted the lid on the return of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.
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Galar-vanting.
Pokémon turns 30 on 27th February, and in honour of this momentous anniversary, we’re running a series of polls leading up to the big day, asking you to vote for your favourite Pokémon from each generation. The nine winners will then go head-to-head in a final poll at the end of the month.
We’re covering a generation a day until we’ve ticked off all nine, leading up to the ultimate showdown. Each poll will be open for five days.
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And we’ve never looked back.
We all pulled a ‘Wait, Mario is how old??‘ last year as the prized plumber and the NES celebrated their 40th anniversaries, and what do you know, we’re about to do it all over again for little old Link.
Yes, The Legend of Zelda is 40 years old today (in Japan, at least). On 21st February 1986, Nintendo introduced the world to the fantasy land of Hyrule, complete with legendary princesses, magical triangles, evil pig men, and a little boy in a green nightcap. It was the first time anyone had heard Koji Kondo’s iconic title theme — apparently substituted in at the eleventh hour after Nintendo discovered Maurice Ravel’s ‘Boléro’ wasn’t up for grabs — or read the words “It’s dangerous to go alone! Take this”. Without it, many of our favourite games of all time simply would not exist. So yes, we think this is a birthday worth acknowledging.
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The countdown begins!
It’s all happening so fast with the upcoming Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Switch eShop releases!
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