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65 hours into my new obsession, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D! The last few years I've found myself less interested in longer games yet this year's I've put 110 hours into Elden Ring, 40+ in Arceus and now 65 into Xeno, weird turn of events for me but it's a nice change.

On Switch it would be Legends Arceus. Whilst I’m not one of the people fed up with the more traditional formula of the series this legends game was a nice refresh. The focus on completing the dex and simple catching Pokemon was a great change, I’d even go as far as too wish they stripped the story out and doubled down on a player driven experience (and maybe spice up the dex challenges instead of just ‘catch x amount of them’ and so on). None the less a really cool game.
Kind of saddened there’s likely no dlc for it but it is what it is.
My actual game of the year however is Elden Ring but that ain’t on switch.
Runners up would be Nobody Saves the World, Citizen Sleeper, Trek to Yomi and possible Tunic but I’m still on that one.
I’m still yet to play the likes of TMNT, Neon White, Kirby, Three Hopes and Card Shark, all of which look really good.

Way better than I thought. Portal collection was great news (and super cheap which is a nice change).
Nier would have been a huge surprise if the leak hadn't spoilt it. None the less a cool addition that I think I'll skip for the time being as I have enough to play.
Persona was good news... Unfortunately I haven't long bought Royal on ps after years of saying I'll wait for the switch version, great timing 😭

Way better than I thought. Portal collection was a good one, really cheap too. £14 for the two of them. I was willing to pay up to around £25 for the collection so that awesome.
Nier is a great one, in my top 10 games of last gen easily. Not sure if i’ll pick it up on switch as I already own it but maybe once it’s on sale and runs well.
I think you can all thank me for the persona 5 royal announcement. All these years I told myself I’m not buying royal on PlayStation because I already got 5 and it’s too expensive for what it is. I’ll wait until it goes to switch, won’t feel too bad buying the whole game then. So for years I waited and eventually I just figured it wasn’t coming so I bought it recently on sale. It has since been announced for switch and game pass so Ye… I jinxed it.

Here we go again!

I just got a silksong trailer…. But now I want another!
Other than that I’m open minded. A dream port pick would be a fallout 3/New Vegas collection but Im not hold my breath.
A Batman collection that included origins (the only one I haven’t played) would be cool, provided they ran well. Double good if I could buy Origins separate.

Toon link was my first introduction to Link so to me this is 'THE' link and the grittier, earlier 3d takes look strange.

That three part show is really good (especially for the price of nothing) and it’s neat that the mask made its way into the game. Still need to return to Legends to wrap up the post game, saving that for a rainy day.

Well I've had COVID this week so plenty of time to blast through some games and TV shows.
Switch wise I've been making the most of my online membership so Splatoon 2, Mario Strikers (bit of a dissapointment...) and dabbling in Super Metroid.
I'm continuing my playthroughs of Xenoblade Chronicles 3d and Horizon Forbidden West (Both about 20 hours in so far).
But my proudest accomplishment for the week would be how many game pass games I've beaten. Trek to Yomi, Citizen Sleeper, Donut County, Disc room and currently on Tunic.

Zelda, Sonic and Mario all go back and forth between 2D and 3D so why cant Pokémon?
The mania route would be great, get a bunch of fans to make a pixel 2d game (or make a Mario maker esque game where people can make their own region!... Will never happen...)

Don't really like any of the new Pokémon (not yet anyways, they could always grow on me).

Provided the test this weekend proves it won’t be one of those laggy Nintendo online experiences Mario Strikers is more or less a must for me.
The A.I. Series looks really interesting but I’ll wait on that as well as three hopes which im really excited for (too much on the go as it is)

Still Elden Ring. 95 hours in since launch... Long game and for once I'm not complaining about that! Just got to the Malenia fight .... God help me....
Ringfit adventure as usual. Trying to keep at it! Hit day 101! (Not in a row or even close to it unfortunately but still!)
I've began buying games for the 3ds, gonna try and buy what I can before the opportunity goes forever, started with Shin Megami Tensai IV. Didn't really know anything about this game going in, I knew persona was a spin off of it and that it was Pokémon esque, and I'm glad I didn't know much because a lot of its world building took me by syrprise. I'm enjoying it enough so far. Kid Icarus and Luigi's Mansion next on my purchase list!

Hard to say if a game has helped me when I’m feeling really down (usually don’t have the energy to play a game when I’m like that), but I think perhaps the closest story I got was back in my late teens I ended up playing the persona games on vita (3 portable and 4 golden) on a whim (the vita didn’t have much else to play) and they really got me thinking with its social links and everything the protagonist was doing in their down time whether or not I could be doing better with my life and whether or not I wasted it so far (absolutely did).
I’m still not nearly where I should be ten years later (so far from it….) but I think that experience with that game did help, made me want to hang out with my friends more and actually do stuff with them. At the very least I regret my late teen years just a little less thanks to those games.

Gunbrella and another crabs treasure both look great! Undying too, hopefully that is a world wide release.
Not sure what I think of card shark but it has a demo so I guess I'll find out 👍

I never really got into Minecraft but recently visited my nephew's and played a few games with them including Minecraft and I found it was surprisingly relaxing, maybe even extremely so.
I can imagine me after work just booting it up and just building something in creative mode... Therapeutic is a fitting word I think 👍 chills me right out!

I think IF we get them on switch it will be during the switch's twilight (😅) year. That sort of awkward year where Nintendo doesn't want to invest to much in switch first party games because its successor is the following year, kind of like Twilight Princess on Wii u a little before the switch. Or maybe we just won't get them at all not the end of the world (as nice as it would be).
I also really don't think they'd drop it this year, most people I imagine take a little while to finish a Zelda game and there's two here with botw sequel sometime next year, they wouldn't want people burning out on Zelda or still playing them by the time the new one comes out. My take anyways.

Would like a fallout 3/New Vegas port/remaster. Very surprised Bethesda hasn’t done anything like that yet after all the money Skyrim special edition no doubt made them. Same goes for a oblivion remaster.
I would like Morrowind, Dragon Age and Mass Effect as well.

Three Hopes and Strikers (provided the online is to standard anyways) for me. Then Splatoon 3 and Scarlet later in the year. I'm going to be giving Xenoblade 3ds another go, if I enjoy it I may also treat myself to 3 (judging by this comment I'll be treating myself a lot this year 😅). And of course if Silksong will grace us with its presence I'll be getting that too.... And I'm still yet to buy Kirby ...

Outside of telltales games from years ago and dangonrompa 2 I haven't played any visual novels. I think I should change that. Help me interest, which one on sale should I buy? I was thinking phoenix wright or ai but I'm open to suggestions.
Other than that there's doesn't seem to be a while load for for me. I was thinking mystery dungeon but it's still a bit expensive (and knowing my luck Nintendo would afterwards announce the Gameboy expansion with the gam win it...). Was hoping for xenoblades or cadence of hyrule but they're a no show.

Hopefully some 3ds sales in Europe, I'm holding off buying the remaining games I want on that system in case of a sale.
Other than that I'm not sure what I'd like. I've been contemplating playing xenoblade chronicles, I have it on 3ds but I imagine it would play batter on switch.
I'd probably go Mario maker 2 if it went on a deep sale not just the usual 30% off. Shin Megami tensai V or 3, mystery dungeon, hyrule warriors (1st one) or Cross code. I'll probably end up getting nothing and wait until Mario strikers and three hopes 😅

Well .. there's no chance of me catching up with the series in time now... Very cool for fans though.
Wonder what this means for Splatoon 3? Mario stickers and fire emblem are both in June with switch sports in may (I think), is Splatoon still releasing in summer?

I loved the first one growing up, considered it on par with the mainline games. I only played a bit of the second one though (went through a call of duty faze at the time and left Pokémon alone for some years), would like to have a switch port to give it a go considering it's meant to be the best one (or better yet a new one altogether)

I only got properly into the series with switch. I had played wind waker on the GameCube when I was younger but didn't finish it and I played a few on the 3ds but didn't finish them either. But I've beaten every Zelda game on switch and I'm ready for more.
If they are going to release a filler game this year I'd rather it be something a bit less expected than wind waker or Twilight Princess (I'd still play those though), like perhaps remaking Minish cap which looks great, or oracle of season. Perhaps another indie calab for the series.

Going for the extra content in pikmin 3 (olimars missions and challenges) which I'm preferring to the main campaign. I just like having the small replayable levels to try and get the platinum badges for.
Also finally started Splatoon 2's Octo Expansion and that's off to a good start. This might be my favourite game on switch and that was definitely not because of the campaign. This feels like a decent step up so far though. Hopefully 3's campaign follow this trajectory.
And of course my weekend ringfit adventure sessions. Would love more content like when they added the Zelda and Splatoon courses.

Really looking forward to this one, and mario strikers in the same month so I guess I'll be booking some time off for them 👍

I plan on spending a good bit before the store closes for good. Going to wait a until last minute however in case they do a sale.
So far I know I’m getting luigi’s mansion 1 + 2, fire emblem birthright/revelations and shin megami tensei iv + apocalypse.
I’m also considering kid icarus (looks cool but I’m not sure how comfortable that’ll be with the new 3ds xl), ever oasis (got the demo ready) and monster Hunter stories (enjoyed the demo)

If we're talking dream ideas, then I want them to go the nemesis system route with the rivals. Have some of them spring up randomly with a team designed to counter yours and keep track of your win/loss record against them, the one that beat you the most can be the final league battle. Personally I would love that even though it will not happen.
More grounded desires would a bigger focus on new Pokémon than old ones (probably not based on the trailer and recent games) and a decent endgame that isn't a legendary hunt (was cool the first few times).
Speaking of legendaries, I'd like them to feel more special this time, move them out of the main campaign and make it a bit of a quest to actually find them.

As many have said, hoping the sale hits Europe. I've got a list of 3ds games ready to buy but I'm waiting until last minute incase a sale happens.
SMT IV and apocalypse are among my list so I hope this one particularly makes it.

Awesome, I was expecting it to be a solid 7/10, seems it may have exceeded expectations 👍

Splatoon 2, Skyward Sword HD, Astral Chain, Three Houses, Skyrim, Hollow Knight, Tetris Effect, Transistor, Final Fantasy VII/IX remasters are my picks.
I considered Super smash Bros ultimate but that seemed like cheating considering it has every other games music.
Persona strikers, Mario odyssey and Country freeze are my other runners up

@Alex32 I'm actually shocked it's been over a week!?

I think a game is 'beaten' when the credits roll.
Took me 75 hours to beat botw, did that twice, never 100%ed it though.

Fun idea! For me I'd go;
2017 Splatoon 2
2018 Hollow Knight
2019 Fire Emblem... Luigi's Mansion 3... Shield.... Astral Chain... Good year, don't know.... Fire Emblem! I'll go Fire Emblem! (I think?)
2020 Age of Calamity
2021 Skyward Sword HD (sorry Dread, extremely close second though)
2022 I'm thinking it'll end up being Arceus (Zelda/Silksong would be it's main rivals IF they launch)

One of the greats!

Haven't finished arceus yet (not because I haven't enjoyed it, just taking my time) so I'm probably not as hyped as I would usually would be.
Still the open world aspect and locations seem really cool, the Pokémon models look much more detailed (not a fan of the people though).
I don't know how similar to arceus this will be but I'm open minded either way, looking forward to seeing more.

@Shoyomon neat idea, I would love that

@Bayjax I know, I wish they'd port them to switch or something, really underappreciated games

@Mattock1987 no it was available outside of Japan, it was a follow up to colloseum. Wish they continued that part of the universe or at least ported them to switch

@BlubberWhale no problem, and yes yellow is gen 1 and the let's go games on switch (whilst in their own right fun) changed and simplified the games considerably.

@BlubberWhale the older gameboy games are very easy to get into and have held up very well. Not too bloated an experience either, should be a more than playable game even if you don’t have lots of time.
Crystal is considered one of the better ones though personally I think gen 1 (Red and blue) was better (as well as their fire red and leaf green remakes)

@Mattock1987 they actually did that before with the 2 GameCube games (colosseum and Gale of darkness), very underrated games in my opinion and worth a shot if you can get hold of them.

I played this on the 3ds and I really, really wanted to like this. The story, atmosphere, the three day cycle (sometimes), the side quests, masks, music etc. we're all so great but it was also seriously tedious. Unfortunately it killed the game for me at about 16 hours if I recall (I needed to get those 4 fish I think for the aquarium).
But I still got some worthwhile memories from playing this game so it was still worth experiencing.

Pokémon Sun was the no.1 most played for me, following Y and then omega Ruby (4th spot would have been fire emblem Awakening, thought I'd mention it for the sake of variety, but then Pokémon Gold follows that so that doesn't help...)
I think if I had the 3ds at launch instead of the vita (I ended up getting one about a year before the switch launched) I may have appreciated the system more, seems like it has a lot more to give than what I ended up getting out of it.
Still got xenoblade, samus returns and Luigi's mansion 2 to play though, I should make time for those.

Better get to it with buying 3ds games then. I got one very late in its life cycle so I ended up missing a bunch of games. Definitely need to buy the two Luigi's mansions, not sure what else yet, wish metroid fusion was available, bit of a blind spot for me

Too much! It's too much! 😭

Day one for me. Was thinking of getting the limited edition but after seeing the price I figured the extra money can go towards another game seems as it's looking very stacked this year.

This game looks awesome but I will wait until there's proof the online isn't of poor quality like some other Nintendo games, but if it all checks out I'll probably get this with a voucher alongside one of the other many new games coming out

Where does one pre order this edition? Can't find it anywhere.
Also a bit of a lightbulb moment for me, with the release of this game will Nintendo also release a female Byleth amiibo?

Really, really good. It's a good thing I don't have other expensive hobbies or I'd be broke 😅
Three hopes I really didn't expect so that's the highlight for me.