As of today, some of Nintendo’s finest SNES offerings will finally be available on the Switch, provided that you have a Switch Online membership. Here’s the full list.

When you play a game, you want several things: You want escapism, you want excitement and you want to have a good time. Some games do just that with tried and trusted mechanics, while others take those ideas and try to add some exotic flavour to the mix. Some fail, some succeed and some games create lasting memories that create new benchmarks in the entire industry. Here are ten such games, which are unbelievably satisfying thanks to one key gameplay factor.

A monumental game on any level, any new Legend of Zelda title following in the footsteps of Breath of the Wild is going to have the mother of all bars to reach, let alone surpass. So instead of going in that direction, Nintendo is cracking out a sequel that’ll combine even more mad ideas into a brand new adventure.

Yesterday I had to wait 3 hours to have a chicken schnitzel for supper, and that’s...well, it’s just a long time to wait for a schnitzel. Worst part is, is that in that time of need during load shedding, I didn’t even have video games to distract me from the pain of an absent schnitzel. That’s why I found these ten games to play during load shedding and thought I’d share them with you!

Last night’s Nintendo Direct was a shot in the arm for the console, as plenty of new games were announced, third-party titles were confirmed for the console and release dates were thrown at the screen. Here’s a breakdown of all the news that you might have missed, thanks to the Direct being held at the ungodliest of hours.

The more things change, the more they stay the same as the video games of the last decade still had one time-honoured tradition up their sleeves: A good ol’fashioned boss fight! Whether you were slugging away at glorified bullet sponges or trying to outlast juggernauts that were capable of laughing at your mightiest attacks, here’s a look at some of the best and most satisfying boss fights of the decade.

One of the most influential and highly rated video game series of all time is getting adapted into a new TV series.

In video game development, original ideas are often seen by other games, scooped up and implemented in a variety of ways. On and on the list goes, with examples in just about every genre that you can think of. There’s something to be said however, for a game which takes inspiration from its contemporary and actually improves on the formula. Here’s five such examples, of video games that ripped other games off beautifully.