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Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Power Bomb Expansion Locations
You're gonna need a bigger boom
Welcome explosion enthusiasts to our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Power Bomb Expansion locations guide! The Power Bomb is an upgrade that lets you blow up those objects that are just too tough for a normal ball bomb. As you can guess, its expansion will let you carry more power bombs! It's worth mentioning you find this...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Energy Tank Locations
Better than changing batteries every few lightyears
Welcome all to our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Energy Tank locations guide! There's a lot that can harm you on the planet Aether so you'd better prep your power suit for the fight ahead. This means getting plenty of energy for your suits shield; Enter the Energy Tank. In video game terms: it gives you...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Beam Ammo Expansion Locations
Pew Pew!
Welcome all laser beam hobbyists (we're only a bit concerned) to our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Beam Ammo Expansion locations guide! In Metroid Prime 2 Echoes, you gain a variety of lasers of multiple elemental types all of which run on their own ammo supply, so naturally we'll want to gain as much ammo capacity as possible for these beams as...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: Dark Temple Key Locations
They never just leave the door open do they?
Welcome one and all to our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Dark Temple Key locations guide! On our journey, we learn that Samus needs to recover the planet's energy from the Dark Dimension of Aether. Of course, this wouldn't just be left out in the open, so we best get the keys for the Dark Temples that house...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Dark Alpha Splinter
Strafe N' Shoot
Welcome to the first boss guide of our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. We’ll be taking on the Alpha Splinter and its dark form in the Great Temple. The first boss of the game should be somewhat easy right? Possibly not in this case. How to beat the Alpha Splinter: You’ll enter into the Great Temple junction room...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Bomb Guardian
Aim for the tush
It’s time for the second boss fight in our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes full walkthrough, and this time it’s taking on the Bomb Guardian. The fight is in the final section of the Agon Wastes, and it actually starts out with you trapped in an arena with an Alpha Sandigger, a larger version of the common Sandigger you’ll find in...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Jump Guardian
Jump up, jump up and get down!
For this entry in our full walkthrough for Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, we’ll give you a rundown of how to take down the Jump Guardian boss in Dark Agon Wastes. The Jump Guardian is the third boss you come across in Metroid Prime 2, located in Dark Agon Wastes. Don’t worry, this is one of the easier bosses you come...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Amorbis
Do the Worm!
In this boss entry of our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes full walkthrough, we’ll be telling you how to take down Amorbis boss fight in Agon Wastes. Now, Amorbis may seem like a giant intimidating worm, but really, it's just a very tanky worm. How to Beat Amorbis - Boss Fight: When Amorbis jumps through the air, fire a few well-aimed m
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Boost Guardian
Don't jump in this muddy puddle
Welcome all bounty hunters to our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Boost Guardian Boss Fight guide. The bosses so far haven’t been too much to handle, but the Boost Guardian may prove to be the first major challenge of the game. How to defeat the Boost Guardian: It will use the Boost Ball ability against you by changing...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Alpha Blogg
Splish splash get out of my bath
Welcome to another boss guide in our full walkthrough of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes; this time, we're taking on the Alpha Blogg in the underwater section of the Torvus Bog. This boss is similar to a bullfight, only underwater, and instead of a bull, it's a giant fish. By the way, you're the red cape. How to defeat...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Grapple Beam Guardian
Poke 'em in the eye
Welcome to another boss fight entry in our Metroid Prime 2 Full Walkthrough. Now we’ll be taking on the Grapple Guardian in Torvus Bog. How the defeat the Grapple Guardian: The Grapple Guardian will have a bright eye and a soft spot on its tail as its weak points. As you can probably guess, you need to shoot it in the eye a...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Chykka
Chykka, when the walls fell
Welcome to another entry in our Metroid Prime 2 Full Walkthrough boss guides, this time we'll be taking Chykka in Torvus Bog. The Chykka has several forms, Larva, Adult, and midway though the Adult form will be coated in dark energy to become even more of a threat. How to defeat Chykka: In its Larva form, Chykka will...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Spider Guardian
Keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' (WHAT?!)
Next up in our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes boss fight guides is the Spider Guardian in Sanctuary Fortress. The entirety of this fight will take place with you in a large ball maze in your morph ball form; it will also last four rooms. Each room will make you change your strategy. You need to navigate...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Power Bomb Guardian
Climb the walls Spider-Ball!
Welcome to another entry in our Metroid Prime 2 Echoes Boss Fight guides. This time, we’re taking on the Power Bomb Guardian in the Torvus Bog. After taking a long detour from the Sanctuary Fortress, you may want to express your rage upon it. How to defeat the Power Bomb Guardian: Much like the Spider Guardian,...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Quadraxis
Sweep the Leg!
Welcome to another entry in our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Boss Fight guides In the first phase of the fight, Quadraxis will throw a lot of attacks at you. Minigun fire that’s easy to avoid, a large shockwave attack that you’ll need to jump over to avoid, a giant spinning attack, which you can roll away from, and it also makes use...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Emperor Ing
Shoot it until it dies
We've come a long way in our Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Boss Fight guides, so it's time to take on one of the final bosses, the Emperor Ing in the Sky Temple. The big daddy of the Ing himself stands between us and victory, so let's teach him a lesson. How to defeat the Emperor Ing: In the first phase, the Emperor Ing will...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: How To Defeat Dark Samus (All Fights)
I found you faker!
Welcome to Dark Samus. We'll be looking at taking down this cheap ripoff in all three of her fights. First Fight: The first time you genuinely fight Dark Samus is in the Pirate Headquarters. You'd best strap in because this boss fight could be the longest you'll experience so far. Dark Samus will float around the area,...
Guide Metroid Prime 2: Echoes: All Scan Entries - Full List
Every logbook entry in the game
Welcome to our Metroid Prime 2 Full Walkthrough. In this guide, we list every Scan Entry in the game. You'll need to use your Scan Visor to add each of these to your logbook if you want to 100% everything in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Each of the links below will take you to the corresponding location in our overall...
Guide Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Missing Tracks - Which Legacy Courses Aren't In MK8?
Missed the wave
With Mario Kart 8 Deluxe being treated to a full six waves of DLC, the latest in the racing series now has a whopping 96 tracks under its (seat)belt, comprising a mixture of newbies and returning favourites. But does Mario Kart 8 have all the tracks? Well, unfortunately, no — Mario Kart 8 Deluxe doesn't have every course from...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For November And December 2023
Mario! Wario! Pokémon DLC!
We're very much at the business end of the year now, with plenty of top games heading our way and tempting us into a holiday purchase. We've been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail in the coming weeks, including some highlights picked by us as well as lots of other games and accessories that...
Guide Best Nintendo Switch Horror Games
Pack a spare pair of underpants
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre, or ghost? If the answer is "no"... you obviously haven't been playing any of the excellent horror games available on Nintendo Switch...
Guide Super Mario Bros. Wonder: 13 Tricks, Tips & Hints
Control tweaks! Gameplay features! Online tips!
Super Mario Bros. Wonder might not be the most difficult Mario game out there, but that doesn't mean that it's without its own set of challenges. If you find yourself bumping up against a specific gameplay problem while making your way through the Flower Kingdom, then this guide has got you covered...
Guide Best Mario Party Games Of All Time
Every Mario Party game, as ranked by you
Update: With Mario Party 3 now available on Nintendo Switch Online's Expansion Pack, we're republishing this list to celebrate. Let's-a-go! If you had a Nintendo 64, there's no doubt you managed to wrangle your family (or friends) in for a few games of a few multiplayer games featuring the Italian plumber...
Guide Super Mario Bros. Wonder: World 6 - Raarghs In The Ruins
All Flower Coins, Wonder Flowers and Wonder Seeds located
Hello, and welcome to our Super Mario Bros. Wonder Walkthrough guides! Here we'll be guiding you through every level in the game and showing you where to find All Flower Coins, All Wonder Flowers and
Guide Super Mario Bros. Wonder: World 6 - Deep Magma Bog Flying Battleship
All Flower Coins, Wonder Flowers and Wonder Seeds located
Hello, and welcome to our Super Mario Bros. Wonder Walkthrough guides! Here we'll be guiding you through every level in the game and showing you where to find All Flower Coins, All Wonder Flowers and
Guide Who Is The Voice Of Mario Now? - Super Mario Voice Actors Past & Present
It's-a who?
After almost 30 years of bringing life to Nintendo's most iconic plumber, Nintendo announced that Charles Martinet would be stepping down as the voice of Mario and would not be voicing the character in Super Mario Bros. Wonder. With Martinet having taken on a Mario 'ambassador' role, another voice actor has stepped into the mascot's...
Guide 50 Best Game Boy Color (GBC) Games Of All Time
The top 50 GBC games, as ranked by you
Remember, several of these Game Boy Color titles are playable on Switch. Enjoy! It was 1996 in Japan and 1998 in North America (and a year later in Europe) when the ageing Game Boy got an unexpected shot in the arm thanks to a little game named Pokémon. Nintendo's granddaddy of handheld gaming suddenly had a...
Guide Best Disney Nintendo Switch Games
When you Switch upon a star
On 16th October 2023, Disney celebrated its 100-year anniversary, and in the handful of decades since video games have existed in the home, there have been hundreds of adaptations of animated Disney classics or totally original tales to come to consoles. Some have genuinely captured the magic of the mouse and co., while...
Make me a superstar
Hello and welcome to our guide on Sonic Superstars, Sega's latest entry in the long-running platforming franchise. Here, we'll be running you through where to locate each Chaos Emerald and explain each Emerald Power. We also explain how to get coins the easy way
Guide Where To Buy Super Mario Bros. Wonder On Switch
Best deals and cheapest prices
After more than a decade, Nintendo has finally treated us to a brand new entry in the company's iconic series of 2D Mario titles. Introducing Super Mario Bros. Wonder! The game is now available on Nintendo Switch and there are plenty of options available at retail. Below, we're tracking all the best deals and cheapest...
Guide Sonic Superstars: How To Beat Dr. Eggman - All Robotnik Bosses Guide
The doctor will see you now
Welcome back to our Sonic Superstars guide. In this section, we're going to be covering how to defeat each and every Dr. Eggman boss in the game. To be clear, these are the bosses that generally show up in 'Act 2' of each zone (where applicable), so we won't be going over the Badnik bosses found in 'Act 1'. The Eggman...
Guide How To Download And Play Suika Game (Watermelon Game) On Nintendo Switch
Here's how to play Japan's viral watermelon puzzle game
Update: The game is now out on the North American and European Switch eShops for $2.99 / £2.69, and we’ve reviewed it. Feel free to pick up some eShop credit below if you'd like to download it, and read our review to learn more about the game. <products group-id="25791"> <related...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Bridge Island Chaos Emerald Location
A gentle start
Chaos Emeralds really are the bread and butter of 2D Sonic games. Collecting them all is more or less your main objective outside of simply beating each zone. There are usually seven to collect in total, and that's exactly how many are hidden in Sonic Superstars. Fret not though, dear reader, because we'll be running through exactly...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Speed Jungle Chaos Emerald Location
Faster than a speeding bullet
In this section of the Sonic Superstars guide, we'll be going over how to locate the second Chaos Emerald in the game, thus gaining your second Emerald Power. We're still in the early game here, so you probably won't have too much difficulty locating this one, but read on to find out exactly where it's hiding in Speed...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Sky Temple Chaos Emerald Location
Lucy in the Sky with Emeralds
Welcome back to our Sonic Superstars Guide. We're continuing our search for the game's Chaos Emeralds and our third is located in the Sky Temple, a Zone that only contains one Act. So if you need a bit of help locating this one, keep on reading. We'll also cover the Emerald Power that you'll gain as a result. Sonic...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Pinball Carnival Chaos Emerald Location
All on black
For this section of our Sonic Superstars guide, we'll dive into Pinball Carnival to locate our next Chaos Emerald. This one is a little bit tricky to find thanks to the sheer scale of the zone in terms of its branching paths, but you shouldn't have too much trouble; generally speaking, once you know where you are going, you can quite...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Lagoon City Chaos Emerald Location
Flume zoom
Welcome back to our Sonic Superstars Guide. It's time to grab another Chaos Emerald and this time we're going to be checking out Lagoon City, a delightful water-themed level that sees you speeding down flumes and diving underwater (don't forget to breathe in those air bubbles!). The Chaos Emerald is thankfully located very early on in...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Sand Sanctuary Chaos Emerald Location
Slooooow down
In this section of our Sonic Superstars Guide, we'll grab our next Chaos Emerald via the dry, sunny landscape of Sand Sanctuary. You'll need the Ivy Emerald Power for this one, as it's otherwise hidden in a rather tricky location. So let's dive right in. Sonic Superstars - Sand Sanctuary Act 1: Chaos
Guide Sonic Superstars: Cyber Station Chaos Emerald Location
So extra
In this section of our Sonic Superstars guide, we're jumping headfirst into the glorious Cyber Station zone to locate our seventh and final Chaos Emerald. This one isn't too difficult to find, as you'll likely come across it by simply progressing through the zone, but when you do spot it, you'll need to use the Bullet Emerald Power to...
Guide Sonic Superstars: How To Unlock Trip - Movement, Abilities, Super Trip
Sonic's new superstar
Welcome back to our Sonic Superstars guide. Here, we'll cover how to unlock Trip (or Trip the Sungazer, to use her full name) as a playable character. Yes, although Trip initially shows up in Sonic Superstars as a villain, she actually winds up joining Sonic and Co. in the main story and her side campaign. We'll also detail...
Guide How Long Is Sonic Superstars?
Gotta go fast?
Sonic Superstars is a side-on Sonic platformer, so you're not looking at dozens upon dozens of hours of playtime here to complete the game. However, if you're aiming to unlock all of the cosmetics within the in-game store, it'll probably take a little while. So let's find out how many hours it'll take to finish the game. Sonic...
Guide Sonic Superstars: How To Get Gold Coins Easily
Top dollar
Welcome back to our Sonic Superstars guide. In this section, we'll cover how to get coins easily in the game. There are a few different methods to pursue here, and you'll need quite a few coins if you're to unlock some cool online cosmetics. So let's take a look, shall we? What are gold coins in Sonic Superstars?: The gold coins are...
Guide Sonic Superstars: Item Shop - All Unlockables Full List
Need a receipt?
Welcome back to our Sonic Superstars guide. In this section, we'll list all unlockables attainable via the in-game store. The items here are obtained by spending gold coins, the in-game currency. If you need any help building up your coin collection, then check out our tips on how to do so quickly. For now, let's take a look at...
Guide Sonic Superstars: How To Turn Into Super Sonic
Super Superstar
In this section of our Sonic Superstars Guide, we'll cover exactly how you can turn into Super Sonic (or Super Tails/Knuckles/Amy... you get it). It's pretty straightforward and doesn't deviate from prior titles in the series, so let's get straight into it. Sonic Superstars Super Forms - How to Unlock Super Sonic: To unlock...
Community 28 Switch Games We Missed, As Recommended By You
Part 7 - Switch gems for your 'log
Aaand we're back with another edition of our bi-annual 'Games We Missed' series, where you lovely people let us and everyone else in the Nintendo Life community know which gems may have passed us by. We asked you recently to send us your nominations for Switch games that you think deserve some love in this...
Update: Day 2 is here!
Update: We're now into the second day of Amazon's Big Deal Days sale. That means more deals and more opportunities to grab a nice discount on your gaming goodies, so browse through the best of the deals below! Amazon's latest major sales event for Prime members is here, giving gaming fans – and indeed anyone – a chance...
Guide Where To Buy Detective Pikachu Returns On Switch
Out now!
The original Detective Pikachu game launched on 3DS back in 2016, and following on from the hit movie, the series has now returned on Switch with the aptly named Detective Pikachu Returns. If you're wanting to pick up a copy, you're certainly in the right place. In this guide, we're busy keeping track of all retail options for you,...
Guide Where To Buy Nintendo Switch OLED Model - Mario Red Edition
Plus price info, release date and more!
As part of Nintendo's special Direct presentation for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the company revealed a lovely new Switch OLED console. It's called the Mario Red Edition and – unsurprisingly – sports a gorgeous, red makeover compared to the original white OLED system. The console and the new game are...
Guide When Does 3DS And Wii U Online Shut Down? Nintendo Online Closure Guide
The hows and the whys
It seems only yesterday that Nintendo shut down the eShop functionality for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, doesn't it? After stating that online functionality would remain for the "foreseeable future", the firm has confirmed that 3DS and Wii U online services will be discontinued in "early April 2024". So what does this mean for...
Guide Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For October And November 2023
Two Mario games! Pokémon! Sonic! More!
Can you believe it's October already? Yes, we're now very much at the business end of the year for game releases, and boy can you tell looking at Nintendo's upcoming line-up. We've been busy rounding up our usual selection of games headed to retail in the coming weeks, including some highlights picked by us...