Category: Nintendo

It’s Taito’s 1991 game Solitary Fighter.

It’s been another action-packed year of Hamster Corporation retro releases and to go out with a bang, the Japanese video game company will be releasing the 1991 Taito fighting game Solitary Fighter on 28th December. This should make it the final Arcade Archives release of 2023!

Solitary Fighter follows the 1989 Taito arcade game Violence Fight, dating back to 1989. It was also made available earlier this year in the Taito Milestones 2 collection. Here’s a bit more about it and the Arcade Archives series, courtesy of Hamster:

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‘Operation Galuga’ launches in Early 2024.

The Contra franchise has had a bit of a rough ride in recent years.

Although fans and critics alike were generally receptive toward the 2011 title Hard Corps: Uprising, Konami put the franchise on ice for a total of eight years until the poorly-received Contra: Rogue Corps in 2019.

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But what are yours?

It’s been quite a year for Switch games, hasn’t it?

In fact, it’s been a busy 2023 for video games full stop, and it’ll likely go down as one of the greatest of all time. This makes choosing a ‘top five’ quite a difficult prospect, but alas, we must.

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Get ready to sink your teeth into much more.

The bullet hell indie game Vampire Survivors had plenty of exciting moments throughout 2023 – including a Nintendo Switch release in August. Now, to go out with a bang, it’s released a highlights reel. Along with this it’s also teased the 2024 roadmap (again).

In case you missed it, this “highly cryptic” Chaos Roadmap shows off a bunch of Poncle’s plans for next year including a “top secret” update. If this year is anything to by, it means fans can probably expect more crossovers, features, levels and DLC.

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Metagross joins the battle.

Update :

Here’s your reminder Metagross is now playable in Pokémon Unite. Above is a new “moves overview” trailer.

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The Smash Bros. creator shares an update.

There has been quite a bit of conversation about the future of the legendary video game developer and Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai calling time on his career, and even he’s spoken about this himself previously.

Now, in the latest upload on his YouTube channel, Sakurai has briefly mentioned how he’s “still creating games for the time being”. Here’s exactly what he had to say:

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Some overlooked games you might have missed.

2023 has been an absolutely ridiculous year for gaming.

Despite not having much in the announced lineup in January, it wound up being one of the strongest showings since Switch’s launch, with belters like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Pikmin 4, and Persona 4 Golden proving 2023 to be a year to remember.

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New Nintendo Switch games coming soon.

Looking for the best new Nintendo Switch games releasing soon? 2023 was a banner year for the now-ageing hybrid console, and even if it looks like the Switch is winding down as it approaches its eighth year on the market, there are still plenty of beauties to pick up in 2024.

In terms of first-party offerings, Another Code is making its grand return, as is Mario vs. Donkey Kong. Princess Peach is taking centre stage in a brand-new game. And remasters of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon are on the way. The third-party slate is looking pretty healthy too — maybe 2024 is the year we finally get Silksong, as well?

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Our favourite non-interactive media this year.

It’s been another tumultuous year — is there really any other kind? Although 2023 has been a landmark year for incredible video game releases across all platforms, the state of the gaming industry itself — with post-pandemic layoff announcements from big companies coming on a seemingly daily basis recently — is sobering. Looking outside the realm of interactive entertainment, much of the global news isn’t any better; in fact, it’s often far worse.

With all the economic and humanitarian crises around the globe, we try our best here at Nintendo Life to inject a little positivity into your feed. The daily doom scroll might suggest that there’s not much beauty in the world right now, but we’re certain that’s not the case, and the realms of media — interactive or otherwise — have been filled with wonders to help process the realities of a world that, at times, feels impossibly fractured.

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Most Long-Winded Title, Best Switch Icon, and more!

As we approach the end of 2023, naturally, there’s going to be a metaphorical flood of features and lists counting down the very best games of the year. We’ve already presented our picks, and you lovely lot have presented yours, but now it’s time to have a bit of fun with the Nintendo Life Alternative Game Awards 2023.

Below you’ll find a list of categories in which we highlight things that have caught our eye throughout the year; things that have put smiles on our faces or caused us to raise our eyebrows in bemusement. Whatever the reason, we think these games or game-related things deserve a shoutout as we close out the year.

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