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Poll What's The Best Contra Game? Rate Your Collection And Help Us Find Out

Run 'n' Rank!

This week marks the 30th anniversary of Contra III: The Alien Wars (or Super Probotector: Alien Rebels) on the SNES in Europe. That's crazy, right? Despite Konami's rather lacklustre attempt to revitalise the franchise with Contra: Rogue Corps in 2019, we here at Nintendo Life still have a spot in our hearts for the run 'n' gun shooter...

• Mon 12th Sep 2022
• Polls
• Konami
• Contra
• Retro

News Contra Anniversary Collection Gets Three Collector's Editions From Limited Run Games

For the series' 35th anniversary

At last year's E3, we found out that Limited Run Games would be creating some swanky physical releases for a handful of old-school favourites and many other classic reimaginings. And we've now got some more details on one of those — and the wait was worth it. The Contra Anniversary Collection, which released back...

• Tue 19th Apr 2022
• Switch eShop
• Limited Run Games
• Konami
• Nintendo Switch

Feature Game Boy's Perfect Pixel Art And Our Obsession With Reclaiming It

Grey and green never looked better

The Game Boy is an iconic piece of gaming hardware, but the quest to elevate and celebrate its games has continued over the course of more than 30 years. Backwards compatibility with the later Game Boy line enabled us all to replay the OG library on updated, improved screens and the quest to present 8-bit retro...

• Sat 29th Jan 2022
• Features
• Retro
• Game Boy
• Analogue

News Every Physical Game From Limited Run's E3 2021 Show Coming To Nintendo Switch

There are a few SNES titles, too

E3 2021 is revealing Switch games like there's no tomorrow. If you weren't around for the Limited Run presentation earlier today - there's no need to worry, as we're here to provide you with yet another round-up of all the titles on the way to Nintendo's hybrid platform. Oh, there are also a few titles on the way to...

• Tue 15th Jun 2021
• Nintendo Switch
• Upcoming Releases
• Limited Run Games
• E3 2021

News Konami's Anniversary Collections On The Switch eShop Are Currently 75% Off (US)

Get 'em while you can

Right through until the 21st of January, Konami is offering its retro collections for a whopping 75% off in the US. Instead of paying the usual price of $19.99, each one will only cost you $4.99. That includes the Castlevania Anniversary Collection, the Contra Anniversary Collection, and Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection...

• Sat 16th Jan 2021
• Switch eShop
• Nintendo Switch
• Konami
• Sales
• US

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 25th)

Here are our picks, but what are yours?

And we've come to the end of another busy week in the world of video games - a week filled with analysis of a technical titan from a previous generation, the third anniversary of Splatoon 2, some freshly

• Sat 25th Jul 2020
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (September 28th)

Here are our picks, but what are yours?

Yet another week has been and gone, this time bringing with it all sorts of confusion surrounding the possibility of stick drift on the new Switch Lite and a bizarre case of an eShop game being removed against the developer's wishes, but we've finally reached the weekend. And it's time to get in some game...

• Sat 28th Sep 2019
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

News Two More Ways To Play Contra Arrive This Holiday Season

Can you ever have enough ways to play Contra?

Fans of Konami's seminal run-and-gun series Contra have no shortage of ways to play the classic game, whether you're a fan of the arcade original, the NES port or the numerous sequels we've seen over the years. The recent Contra Anniversary Collection brought together a bunch of them in a package that we...

• Tue 16th Jul 2019
• Contra
• Konami
• Retro

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 29th)

Here are our picks, but what are yours?

Ah, yet another week down and yet another huge game to get stuck into on Switch. As well as Mario's latest outing, this week brought with it a brand new Nintendo retail store and even a Wii U firmware update of all things, but now it's time to sit back and chat about our weekend plans. The NL team have done...

• Sat 29th Jun 2019
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features

Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 22nd)

Here are our picks, but what are yours?

After another busy week full of Switch Mini suspicions and a Mario Kart Hot Wheels announcement of all things, it's time for us to sit back and talk over our weekend plans. Members of the team have shared their entries below, and we'd love for you to get involved via our comment section and poll, too. Enjoy!...

• Sat 22nd Jun 2019
• Talking Point
• Nintendo Switch
• What Are You Playing
• Features