Talking Point With Big Walk, The AI-In-Game-Dev Debate Just Got A Lot Murkier
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Leave them wanting Olimore
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Gallery Hollow Knight & Silksong's Switch 2 Physicals Are A Delight For Map Fans
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Video We Join IGN's 'Review Crew' To Discuss Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Give it a watch, Goro
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News New TMNT: Splintered Fate Update Adds Even More Reasons To Play In Co-Op
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Talking Point With Big Walk, The AI-In-Game-Dev Debate Just Got A Lot Murkier
Big talk
"The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!" Please forgive the Captain Picard First Contact quote (it's been a couple of weeks since Patrick Stewart's death and only now can I mention his most famous character without welling up) - I promise it's relevant as an illustration of an admirable, principled stance. In the Borg, good...
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Gallery Hollow Knight & Silksong's Switch 2 Physicals Are A Delight For Map Fans
Pharloom Physical
Fangamer announced earlier this year that it had two swanky new Switch 2 physical releases in the works for both Hollow Knight and Silksong, each complete with a couple of bonus goodies inside the box. With the release date finally upon us, the goo
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Video We Join IGN's 'Review Crew' To Discuss Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Give it a watch, Goro
By now, you've hopefully caught up with our review of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. We gave the remake a score of 9/10 and reckon it's a bloomin' great game, indeed. Chances are you're likely playing it right now, but it you have roughly 50 minutes spare, then consider watching IGN's latest 'Review Crew' video, featuring.... us!...
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Steam Hype Start your engin... I mean, fight!
As somebody born in the 2000s, side-scrolling beat 'em ups are a game genre I don't often come by, but games like Streets of Rage 4, Absolum and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction are bringing the genre back to the forefront. This is why I was pleasantly surprised at the release of...
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News New TMNT: Splintered Fate Update Adds Even More Reasons To Play In Co-Op
Co-op Cowabunga
Super Evil Megacorp has been steadily pumping out new content for its TMNT Hades-like, Splintered Fate, ever since launch, and today, the team has added a bunch of new reasons to embark on your roguelike runs in co-op. The new Shell Squad Co-Op Update goes live today, and as its name suggests, it's all about the multiplayer fun...
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Atlus shrugged
A game with the name 'Metaphor' that tackles issues such as culture diversity, democracy, and classism isn't exactly subtle in its delivery, but is just as poignant in 2026 as it was when the game first released in 2024. Atlus has brought its critically acclaimed turn-based role-playing to Switch 2, and in doing so, reminded everyone...
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Leave them wanting Olimore
The latest addition to the pantheon of obscenely long-titled Nintendo Switch 2 Editions is a strange one. Pikmin 4 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Dandori Academy takes the Switch 1 game that I have long considered ripe for a new hardware touch-up and does...not a lot with it. It's a chance to revisit one of Nintendo's...
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News Nintendo's Analysis Indicates You Might Want To Watch The Zelda Movie With Others
More is more?
The Legend of Zelda movie is fast approaching, scheduled to release on 30th April 2027 (we could really do with a trailer soon, Nintendo). A such, we felt it only right to relay a new quote from Nintendo's latest financial Q&A session. While it may seem obvious to some (and perplexing to others), it seems that the best way to...
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News Zelda: Ocarina Of Time "Off To A Great Start", Says Nintendo
No specific numbers yet, though
Nintendo has released the Q&A translation from its latest financial briefing, with president Shuntaro Furukawa stating that Zelda: Ocarina of Time is "off to a great start". The comment comes off the back of a question related to the decrease in hardware sales for the Switch 2, which saw a dip of 37% year-on-year
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News "Why Is It Not Fun?" - Doug Bowser Gives A Peek Into Nintendo's Strategy Sessions
The eyes have it
It's no secret that when it comes to game development, Nintendo is all about fun. We all know this firsthand, of course, but it's still interesting to get a peek behind the curtain and find out how this mission statement works its way into development itself. At the recent GamesBeat Next 2026 event, former Nintendo of America...
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News Big Walk Devs Issue Statement Over AI Usage
"This is not an endorsement"
House House, the Australian development team behind indie hit Big Walk, has issued a statement via its FAQ page detailing a previously undisclosed use of AI "in the final stretch" of the game's development. This comes following a "voluntary disclosure" as part of the game's submission for next year's IGF Awards...
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News Rayman Legends Retold Reveals Rabbids Outfit Exclusive To Switch 2
Grab it from the costume shop
Rayman Legends Retold arrives this December and you'll be able to dress him up in all sorts of costumes. We've already got a look at the Assassin's Creed one and some other designs, and Ubisoft has now revealed another exclusive costume. If you're getting the game on the Nintendo Switch 2, you'll be able to unlock a...
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News Mouse Work, The Switch 2 Game Using Joy-Con Mouse Controls, Is Finally Releasing
Put in a shift this December
Remember Mouse Work? It was announced by developer Nitrome for the Switch 2 just a few months before the system's launch and requires you to use mouse controls to complete all sorts of fun and challenging jobs. We've not got an update about this title since last year, but it looks like it's finally on the way. According...
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News Super Mario Party Jamboree Updated For Switch 2 And Switch (Version 2.4.0)
The party doesn't stop!
If you're a fan of Mario Party, you might be interested to hear, Nintendo has released a new update for Super Mario Party Jamboree today. The main part of this update is that "GameShare using GameChat" is now available in the Switch 2 version of the game. This patch (Version 2.4.0) also comes loaded with some updates for the...
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News Switch 2 Supposedly Jailbroken Via Software-Only Exploit
Update: It's apparently been patched in the latest update
[Fri 23rd Oct, 2026 03:55 BST]: Nintendo appears to have removed the programming software SmileBASIC 4 from the eShop following the supposed discovery of a Switch 2 jailbreak. The "software-only" tethered jailbreak 'ns2jb' was apparently created by Sammy 'pepsipu' Hajhamid, with the help of...
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News Nintendo Switch 2 System Update 23.5.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Adds eShop gifting feature support and more
Nintendo has released a new firmware update for the Switch 2 this week, bumping it up to Version 23.5.0. Most notably, it's added support for "gifting" eShop products to a Nintendo Account family group member. This is an "upcoming feature" and is scheduled to go live on 17th November 2026. Apart from...
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YesterdayMon, 9th Nov 2026
We heard you liked King's Field, now get ready for...
Way back in the mid-'90s, a business software developer called FromSoftware decided to take a crack at making video games and produced a first-person action fantasy game called King’s Field for the original PlayStation. It did well enough to warrant some sequels, and the studio eventually...
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Rumour Samsung's New Chip Process Kicks Off 'Nintendo Switch 2 Lite' Speculation
Update: Digital Foundry weighs in on the rumour
Samsung reportedly has a new chip in the works that could help make dreams of a 'Switch 2 Lite' a reality (thanks for the heads up, Notebook Check). As shared on Bluesky by Nintendo Patents Watch, Samsung has supposedly been working on a new 8LPU+ chip process which might be able to assist with making...
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News Mario's Next 'Adults Welcome' LEGO Set Is "Hatching Soon"
It's dino time
Nintendo and LEGO have teased the next entry in their 'Adults Welcome' Mario range, which will see Yoshi step into the limelight. While we haven't seen the full set just yet, a new post on the Nintendo Today! app shows everything we need to know. We can see a close-up of the dino's eyes and snout in brick form, accompanied by the...
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UK Charts Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Is The Second Biggest UK Launch In Franchise History
In terms of physical sales, at least
The latest charts data from the UK is in, and as expected, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has debuted at the top spot, beating out the likes of Modern Warfare 4 and FC 27. While not surprising, it's nevertheless a satisfying result, and we'd be keen to see what the actual split is between physical copies...
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Poll Which Zelda: Ocarina Of Time HUD Option Is Your Favourite?
Navi negation
Just like the open-world entries that precede it, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 comes with a handful of HUD options, so you can play with as much or as little on-screen information as you please. In our first few hours with the game, we played around with all three of these options, getting to grips with the pros...
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News Bandai Namco Reveals Its Involvement On Zelda: Ocarina Of Time
Dev worked on various visual elements
Just recently, Xenoblade Chronicles developer Monolith Soft revealed its involvement on Zelda: Ocarina of Time for Switch 2, confirming that it contributed to various aspects including "game design, programming, and graphics". Monolith's involvement isn't a huge surprise given it's previous work on other Zelda...
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News Speedrunners Didn't Take Long To Find New Ways To Break Ocarina Of Time
Fly me to the moon
Ocarina of Time has only been out on Switch 2 for a matter of days, but that has proven more than enough time for the speedrunning community to find a bunch of new exploits in it (thanks for the heads-up, IGN). Within the first few hours, those who know the N64 game inside and out were hard at work finding ways to cut corners or...
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News Father Arrested For Leaving 6-Year-Old Daughter Sleeping In Line For Pokémon Cards
NL used Rage
A 35-year-old South Carolina man has been arrested and accused of leaving his 6-year-old daughter asleep while waiting in line for Pokémon cards. As reported by The Washington Post (thanks, IGN), John-Michael Dooley was waiting outside a Target store with his daughter in Charleston's West Ashley district, where a crowd had gathered...
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News "Mario Is My Life" - Beloved Blogger 'Supper Mario Broth' Reveals Health Issues
"Only blindness or death will result in me no longer posting Mario facts"
The author of the beloved Mario-related blog Supper Mario Broth has posted a health update revealing he has heart failure. This comes via a social post in which he states he has "a 2/3 chance of surviving past one year with this condition." Despite "a lifelong commitment to a...
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News Delightful Tidying Up Indie Gets A Surprise Switch 2 Edition Today, Complete With 120fps
A little to the YES
Admirers of 2022's delightful little 'tidy 'em up', A Little To The Left, will want to pay attention to this one. Developer Max Inferno and publisher Secret Mode have announced the game's Switch 2 Edition, and it's available today! Launching to celebrate the game's fourth anniversary, A Little to the Left - Nintendo Switch 2...
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Steam Hype Let me be your fantasy (pretty please)
I hope you like SNES-style JRPGs with colourful pixel visuals and Mode 7 rotation and scaling effects, because that's precisely what you get with Regalcraft Games' One Fenix Down. What we have here is a "story-driven RPG and a passion project spanning nearly a decade," according to the developers. It takes...
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Sunday8th Nov 2026
Guide Best Zelda Games Of All Time
Where does the Ocarina of Time remake rank?
You probably haven't heard, but there's a new Zelda game out. Launched last week, in fact. Oh, you have? Well then, you may be wondering where it ranks with all the other Zeldas - and indeed with the other Ocarinas of Time. Wonder no more; we asked Nintendo Life readers for their verdict, and you can see...
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Video Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch 2, 3DS, N64)
Take a look
Zelda: Ocarina of Time returned this week on the Switch 2 and it looks better than ever. If you are wondering just much of a facelift it's had since the 2011 outing, and the original N64 hit, you might want to check out this side-by-side comparison video. YouTube channel ElAnalistDeBits has now released a "final graphics comparison"...
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Feature The Legend Of The "Lost" Zelda Games
Time Extension Board games, books, Barcode Battler cards and more...
To celebrate the release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, we're resurfacing some of our best Zelda-related coverage from the past few years. Enjoy! If you've followed my work over the years you'll know I'm a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda series, including all the...
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News Digital Foundry Delivers Its Tech Verdict On Stellar Blade's Switch 2 Port
"Better than expected"
Stellar Blade also arrived on the Switch 2 this week, and it's been positively received so far. Here on Nintendo Life, we gave it a score of seven out of ten, and although there are some technical drawbacks, Eve's outing stands tall on the hybrid platform. The team at Digital Foundry has now delivered its tech review of the...
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Feature Box Art Brawl: The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Ultimate Showdown
Battle for the ages
Welcome all, to a very special edition of Box Art Brawl! Looking back at last week, we checked out Revenge of the 'Gator to celebrate its addition to Nintendo Switch Online. Both designs for this one are great in their own way, but it was Japan that took home the trophy with 58% of the vote, leaving North America and Europe to...
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Gather round, Kokiri
If you're in a position where you've never actually played a Zelda game before, Nintendo's Bill Trinen just wants to let you know Ocarina of Time is the "perfect place" to start. Although this comment just happens to line up with the arrival of the Switch 2 remake, Nintendo's VP of Player & Product Experience really is...
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Time Extension Catch up on your retro news here
Welcome to Retro Recap, a regular feature we run each and every weekend which rounds up all of the best retro gaming news and content from the past week in one place. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Is Getting an AI-Free SNES Port, and You Can Play It Now: Homebrew developer Kaffeeware has released a playable...
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Saturday7th Nov 2026
Rumour Data Found In Zelda: Ocarina Of Time May Hint At Master Quest DLC
Make it so
One of our main bugbears with Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2 – as incredible as it is – is that it's overall quite a breezy experience for those already familiar with the original or 3DS release. As such, we thought it might beneficial if Nintendo were to include a more difficult mode, whether it be a simple Hero Mode in which...
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Poll What Review Score Would You Give The Zelda: Ocarina Of Time Remake?
Hero of all-Time?
It's here. It's finally here, and we'd wager you've spent a good chunk of the past 48+ hours playing it. Or perhaps you're savouring the moment, waiting for the perfect time to settle down with the most critically acclaimed game of the year (so far). Either way, Ocarina is out on Switch 2, and millions of you have had the...
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He'll be back at it very soon
Nintendo legend and creative mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto is almost 74, and while he has taken a step back in recent years, he's still quite active within the Japanese video game company. We saw him host a pre-recorded Pikmin Direct last week, but he was absent during the Q & A of Nintendo's financial briefing this...
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News Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma Talks About The Benefits Of "Long-Term-Tenured Staff" At Nintendo
"It contributes to some of the sense of continuity"
One morsel from Nintendo's latest Ask the Developer interview revealed how the team behind the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake got the artist "who had created illustrations for the N64 version" to draw a new map for the Switch 2 release. It's not every day developers reviving older games can...
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ICYMI Call Of Duty: Warzone Is Now Available For Switch 2
Download it for free from the eShop
Much of the focus has been on Zelda: Ocarina of Time this week, but in case you missed it, Call of Duty: Warzone is now available to download for the Switch 2. This is a free-to-play battle royale experience, where you can squad up and drop in. It's a separate mode from the Modern Warfare 4 single player,...
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Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th November)
Epona friend
HYAAH, HUHH, HUP, HYAAH *coughing and splutting* Sorry about that, everyone. Welcome to another edition of What Are You Playing! Just in case you somehow missed it, it was Zelda week this week as Ocarina of Time finally landed on Switch 2! The ensuing Ask the Developer interviews revealed the game's dev team, Aonuma's
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Review Hyperkin SupaBoy Prime - By 2026 Standards, This Portable SNES Simply Isn't Good Enough
Time Extension 2012 called, it wants its handheld back
You'll have to forgive me if I feel intense déjà vu during this review, because this is the fourth time I've reviewed Hyperkin's SupaBoy system, essentially a portable SNES that plays original cartridges. The first model launched all the way back in 2012, and came with a 4:3 screen. Hyperkin followed this...
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Friday6th Nov 2026
News Nintendo's Classic Remakes For Switch 2 Are Seemingly Just Getting Started
Majora's Mask when?
Nintendo's filled part of the Switch 2 calendar this year with remakes of classic N64 titles. We first had Star Fox in June, which has now shifted more than a million units, and this week saw the return of the legendary Zelda game, Ocarina of Time. If you're hoping to see more classics return, it
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News Nintendo Reiterates Plans For Zelda's 40th Anniversary
"We will pursue a variety of initiatives"
You can't really avoid it in the gaming space right now, but if you did somehow miss it, Nintendo is currently celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Zelda series. Following the release of Ocarina of Time for the Switch 2 this week, the firm has now issued a reminder about the series' anniversary in its
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News Are You A Tired Parent? The Witcher 3's New Accessibility Mode Was Built With You In Mind
For anyone busy adulting
CD Projekt Red's director of player experience, Karolina Niewęgłowska, has taken to the company's official forum to explain the approach behind a new accessibility preset for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered (thanks, Push Square). Dubbed 'Bard's Ballad',
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News Nintendo Highlights Multiple Major Third-Party Releases On The Way To Switch 2 In 2027
Final Fantasy, Resident Evil and more
The third-party support for the Switch 2 has been mostly outstanding so far, with releases such as Cyberpunk 2077 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4. It doesn't seem to be slowing down, either. In its latest financial results briefing, Nintendo has now shared a reminder about some of the ti
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Some but not all
Nintendo is known in recent times for dropping Star Fox (and even Pikmin) into the Super Mario universe, but with the Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake on the Switch
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News Scalpers Already Want Insane Sums For The Ocarina Remake With Exclusive Bits
One BILLION dollars!
There's nothing new with secondhand sellers trying their luck to make a big profit from day one. It doesn't help when special editions like the Fire Emblem: Dagdan Collection sell out almost instantly, either. The FOMO is real and scalpers gonna scalp. However, it seems that sellers on eBay UK are taking things to fresh...
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News Nintendo To Continue Delivering Movies Beyond Live-Action Zelda, Unsurprisingly
So, what's next?
Nintendo is now fully committed to the movie business thanks to Super Mario and the upcoming live-action Zelda film, due out 30th April 2027. During the latest financial briefing, company president Shuntaro Furukawa has reiterated how the Japanese firm in
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Time Extension A feeling in the heart that becomes stronger over time...
To celebrate the release of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, we're republishing some of our best Zelda-related coverage from the past few years. Enjoy! There is always time for another Legend of Zelda. And, for certain, any new Legend of Zelda always needs time to...
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PSA Want To Learn Link's Ocarina Tunes? Nintendo's Got The Sheet Music For All Of Them
Hylian how-to
Whether you have been playing Ocarina of Time on Switch 2, watching the trailers, or just been in the ether of its release, you almost certainly have an ocarina melody or two stuck in your head right now. For those who want to channel their earworm into a lesson, Nintendo has shared the sheet music for each of Link's in-game tunes, so...
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