On December 13 2024 03:56 KobraKay wrote: Its almost that time of the year when we get a Nintendo year review right?
This year im looking forward to that one more even than the steam one.
Year in Review 2024 for Nintendo just came out
My top three most played games on the Switch, this year, are Ring Fit Adventure (170 hours), Animal Crossing: New Horizons (78 hours), and Pokemon Shining Pearl (70 hours).
Yeah I'm back :D was more than a month without being able to access TL.
I'm late to the party as usual....My year in review was actually nice but it showed both myself and my kid shifted our attention to the switch after the first Q (and my steam review clearly shows the opposite).
On my end it was Pokemon Scarlet leading by a large margin, SM Odyssey came second with half the time followed by Arceus and Mario Kart.
Also had respectable times in Mario Party. I got a full year Nintendo online subscription so im expecting NES nostaliga to take a big chunk of my 2025 year in review
As for the switch 2 for some reason i'm loving everything about it and the confirmation of both digital and physical backwards compatibility (I thought only digital was expected!) was like the definitive selling point that I was missing.
Kid will be happy when he realises he will get to "own" my current switch :D
Also glad they are starting with a new MK, expected I know, but i remember in early days switch 1 playing a lot of MK with my wife and it was a blast now wiith the kids as well its going to be even better.
The quick nod to Mario Kart 9 in the Switch 2 teaser, and your post, got me thinking about what changes I'd like to see in MK9. After all, Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe) was the best-selling console game of the past decade or so, significantly outselling every other Switch game, PS4 game, PS5 game, and Xbox Series game. What could top that?
The answer, for me, is 100% this:
I don't think it's very likely to happen, but having races through other famous Nintendo games (and increasing the cast of racers to include other Nintendo franchises, similar to Super Smash Bros.'s roster) would probably create the most amazing hype possible for the next Mario Kart game. Have a 2D-Mario circuit/cup. Have a 3D-Mario circuit/cup. Have a Zelda circuit/cup. Have a Pokemon circuit/cup. Et cetera. Best fan service ever.
I would go for it for sure.
Not related but intriguing. I was looking into your tier list and saw that you play a multitude of genres and games but i miss seeing any luigi's mansion there.
Is there a particular reason those were a skip for you?
No particular reason! I played the very first one on GameCube and enjoyed it, and then never really got around to playing LM2 or LM3. They've both been recommended to me before, and they're on my list of games I'll likely buy once I'm done with my current backlog (currently I'm absolutely loving Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake). I haven't been trying to avoid LM2 or LM3, and they've gotten great reviews overall! I have nothing against the franchise
Thanks for the feedback!
I still have the 2nd voucher of one of those 2 for 100 deals in Nintendo online and LM3 is in contention so i decided to see where it standed in your list.
I would take over-zealousness with IP and being anti-rentals over battle passes, loot boxes and live service any day of the week. "Anti-consumer" and then meanwhile shit like Diablo Immortal exists.
On December 13 2024 03:56 KobraKay wrote: Its almost that time of the year when we get a Nintendo year review right?
This year im looking forward to that one more even than the steam one.
Year in Review 2024 for Nintendo just came out
My top three most played games on the Switch, this year, are Ring Fit Adventure (170 hours), Animal Crossing: New Horizons (78 hours), and Pokemon Shining Pearl (70 hours).
Yeah I'm back :D was more than a month without being able to access TL.
I'm late to the party as usual....My year in review was actually nice but it showed both myself and my kid shifted our attention to the switch after the first Q (and my steam review clearly shows the opposite).
On my end it was Pokemon Scarlet leading by a large margin, SM Odyssey came second with half the time followed by Arceus and Mario Kart.
Also had respectable times in Mario Party. I got a full year Nintendo online subscription so im expecting NES nostaliga to take a big chunk of my 2025 year in review
As for the switch 2 for some reason i'm loving everything about it and the confirmation of both digital and physical backwards compatibility (I thought only digital was expected!) was like the definitive selling point that I was missing.
Kid will be happy when he realises he will get to "own" my current switch :D
Also glad they are starting with a new MK, expected I know, but i remember in early days switch 1 playing a lot of MK with my wife and it was a blast now wiith the kids as well its going to be even better.
The quick nod to Mario Kart 9 in the Switch 2 teaser, and your post, got me thinking about what changes I'd like to see in MK9. After all, Mario Kart 8 (Deluxe) was the best-selling console game of the past decade or so, significantly outselling every other Switch game, PS4 game, PS5 game, and Xbox Series game. What could top that?
I don't think it's very likely to happen, but having races through other famous Nintendo games (and increasing the cast of racers to include other Nintendo franchises, similar to Super Smash Bros.'s roster) would probably create the most amazing hype possible for the next Mario Kart game. Have a 2D-Mario circuit/cup. Have a 3D-Mario circuit/cup. Have a Zelda circuit/cup. Have a Pokemon circuit/cup. Et cetera. Best fan service ever.
I would go for it for sure.
Not related but intriguing. I was looking into your tier list and saw that you play a multitude of genres and games but i miss seeing any luigi's mansion there.
Is there a particular reason those were a skip for you?
No particular reason! I played the very first one on GameCube and enjoyed it, and then never really got around to playing LM2 or LM3. They've both been recommended to me before, and they're on my list of games I'll likely buy once I'm done with my current backlog (currently I'm absolutely loving Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake). I haven't been trying to avoid LM2 or LM3, and they've gotten great reviews overall! I have nothing against the franchise
Thanks for the feedback!
I still have the 2nd voucher of one of those 2 for 100 deals in Nintendo online and LM3 is in contention so i decided to see where it standed in your list.
I appreciate you checking out my list for recommendations!
Besides Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake on Switch, I'm also currently playing Pokemon X (not on Switch) from the Gen 6 Pokemon X and Y games. I've been steadily grinding out all the mainline Pokemon games that I hadn't played growing up, and I've left this generation as the last set, since the upcoming Pokemon Legends: Z-A for Switch / Switch 2 takes place in the same setting, and I want it to be somewhat fresh in my mind.
On a related note, Pokemon Day is February 27th (just over a week from now), and there have consistently been Pokemon Presents videos on that day each year (basically Nintendo Directs / annual teaser videos for upcoming Pokemon games/ideas): https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pokémon_Presents
I think it's reasonable to predict that we'll be hearing some Pokemon updates before February is over! And I'm creating a tier list of all the mainline Pokemon games too, with some lists of observations/likes/dislikes for each set/generation of games. I'll post it within the next few months, once I'm done with it, but in the meantime, here are 3 old school Pokemon clips that get me every time:
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