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Recent Classical Highlights
The final batch of new classical reviews from 2020 features 17th century Christmas music from Mexico, new choral pieces by Errollyn Wallen, Midori performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, and Sir Simon Rattle conducting the oratorio Christ on the Mount of Olives. (Pictured: Carolyn Surrick) Source link More
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Feature: Remembering Super Mario 3D Land, 3D World’s Oft-Forgotten Predecessor
A stepping stone in Mario’s history that’s worth a second look. You don’t need me telling you how 2020 was a challenging year, but for dedicated Super Mario fans there were small comforts to be found. After months of rumours, Nintendo celebrated the series’ 35th anniversary in dramatic fashion and this brought about no end […] More
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Feature: Dicey Dungeons' Terry Cavanagh And Chipzel On Inspirations, Characters, And The Crystal Maze
“The game made me feel like I was on a ’90s game show”. Roguelite deckbuilder Dicey Dungeons surprise-launched on Switch in the middle of December and has been keeping us busy over the holidays with its addictive blend of eye-catching art, cheeky humour, brilliant soundtrack and — of course — dice-based dungeon crawling. We recently […] More
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Feature: Why Not Patch These Switch Games To Work With The Ring-Con, Nintendo?
Some fun ideas to get us off our backsides. Remember when the Nintendo Labo VR Kit launched and a small handful of Switch games — including The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Super Mario Odyssey — received improbable Labo VR mode updates? We might not have spent hours […] More
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Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 9th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours? We’re at the end of yet another week – this time bringing with it another mass DMCA takedown from Nintendo, and then ironically a case where Nintendo appears to have used a piece of fan-made art on its own website – so it’s finally time to take […] More
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Soapbox: Since When Did Physical Releases Stop Being About Physical Games?
To have and to hold. Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Kerry Brunskill explains why the current trend for expensive (and expansive) limited edition releases is overshadowing the games contained within… Digital distribution […] More
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Best Of 2020: Banjo-Tooie Turns 20 – The Rare Team Tells The Story Of Bombs, Bugs And Bottles
“Bottles got what was coming to him”. Over the holiday season we’ll be republishing a series of Nintendo Life articles, interviews and other features from the previous twelve months that we consider to be our Best of 2020. Hopefully, this will give you a chance to catch up on pieces you missed, or simply enjoy […] More
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Feature: Switch Puts The Arcade Of Your Dreams In The Palm Of Your Hand
Insert coin? The Switch can be anything anyone wants it to be. It has all the big Nintendo-magic hits you could hope for from the Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon series (we all continue to mourn the extended hibernation of Metroid and F-Zero), a slew of high profile cross-platform gems old and new to suit any […] More
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Best Of 2020: Horace Developers On Die Hard, Britishness, And Finding The Right Genre Label
“Maybe a AAA SNES game?”. Over the holiday season we’ll be republishing a series of Nintendo Life articles, interviews and other features from the previous twelve months that we consider to be our Best of 2020. Hopefully, this will give you a chance to catch up on pieces you missed, or simply enjoy looking back […] More
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Best Of 2020: Remembering The Shadow Dragon – A History Of Fire Emblem's Original Adventure
Don’t let any of your characters die as you read this. Over the holiday season we’ll be republishing a series of Nintendo Life articles, interviews and other features from the previous twelve months that we consider to be our Best of 2020. Hopefully, this will give you a chance to catch up on pieces you […] More