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I’m up to 44 Miis in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream now! My recent Miis are still kinda disconnected from the island social scene so my main goal for the weekend is to forge more friendships! I also reached day 89 in The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy, the story’s gotten even crazier! I’m paranoid about everyone, I just want to know who betrayed us and Hiruko.

I passed the 35 Mii threshold and got the final island expansion in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream earlier this week. This weekend I’ve been creating more Miis, including Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth. My ultimate goal is to make around 65 Miis and leave room for just a few kids. There’s really nothing interesting about the baby raising in this entry so I’d rather leave room for more friendships and couples to form. I’m also gonna continue The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy. I’m still on Day 78 but I’m excited to see where things go!

My main gaming goal for the weekend is to reach 35 islanders in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream so I can get the final island expansion! Right now I have 25 Miis. I'm still having a blast with the game and I've definitely gotten some cool new cutscenes over the last week. I'm at day 78 right now in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy and I'm trying upgrade class weapons and report cards as much as I can before I get to day 100. Hopefully I'll be ready 😅

This weekend I played from about Day 60 to Day 70 in The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. The story's really gotten exciting and I can't wait to see what happens at Day 100! My Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream island is also growing nicely, I just got the second island expansion for 20 islanders. I'm having so much fun building the web of character relationships slowly.

10 out of 10. I've been having so much fun setting up my island since I got the game! The friend/relationship system is SO much deeper than the 3DS game and I feel like there's a good mix of customization vs personality here. Whereas Animal Crossing New Horizons leaned fully into customization, I think Living the Dream still has lots of enjoyable character moments.

I've played New Leaf, Happy Home Designer, Amiibo Festival, and New Horizons, and New Leaf is definitely my favorite! There was more to unlock and a great sense of progression with all the different stores you could unlock and earn different upgrades for. The island tour minigames were a blast to play with friends. The villagers had more personality. New Horizons did up the customization a lot with terraforming but that wasn't my favorite feature honestly. I hope they balance personality and customization better in the next entry.

I've been mostly dabbling in different games the last couple of months to see if any of them stuck with me. I went back to Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Persona 5 Royal, and Fantasy Life i and made decent progress in each. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Persona 5 Royal were also amazing showcases for the new handheld boost mode, they look absolutely stunning now! When I started Romancing SaGa 2 this weekend, I was hooked. I'm a sucker for these AA RPGs from Square Enix such as Bravely Default and Trials of Mana and I can see myself getting similarly sucked into this game.

I finished The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III this weekend after 95+ hours! It was an absolute blast. I loved the combat, story, and worldbuilding. I'll definitely play Cold Steel IV and the rest of the series eventually, but I'm gonna take a break so I don't get burnt out on it.
I spent the rest of my weekend dabbling in different games to see what I wanted to play next. I completed a chapter of Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, but I'm still not fully sold on the combat system. The management mid-battle is a bit overwhelming but I'm hoping it'll click with me soon because I love the Three Houses cast and universe and wanna see where the story goes.

I'm definitely getting Dragon Quest VII Reimagined and Monster Hunter Stories 3. I'm gonna wait for reviews on Mario Tennis Fever but I am interested.

I've had a blast with my first Trails game, Trails of Cold Steel III, but I'm about ready to wrap it up and move onto my next big RPG. I'm almost done with chapter 4 and then I just have one more chapter left, so hopefully I can finish it this weekend! Wizard 101 also just released on Switch and it's been a blast so far. If anyone has been wanting a fun MMORPG on Switch, look no further.

My top 3 most played games were

Dead By Daylight (111 hours)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (59 hours)
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (59 hours)

Surprised to see Unicorn Overlord didn't make the list since I finished that this year, but I'm sure it as a close 4th! I'm happy I finally made some progress on my backlog this year.

i can’t wait to see all of my stats this year! i hope the year in review comes out today, i’m so hyped 🥳

I will definitely miss Zion's commentary on Nintendo Life. His energy was always so infectious and positive and I loved hearing his thoughts on games. Wishing him the best of luck in his next ventures!

I love the original trilogy, but this seems like a waste of time to replay so soon after the last one came out TBH. I'm excited for the next new Atelier game though!

It's my birthday this weekend so I got a bunch of new games for my Switch 2 that I'm excited to try out: Donkey Kong Bananza, Split Fiction, and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. I've also been slowly playing through The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy and having a blast. I'm on day 33 and I love the combat and story so far.

I finally went back to Atelier Ryza 3 after a long break because I wanna finish it before playing Atelier Yumia! I'm loving this game overall, although 15 hours in I think I still prefer the story from the second game. Hopefully it gets more interesting as I go on. I'll also probably play some Super Mario Party Jamboree with friends

Love the Terrifier franchise!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone at Nintendo Life and all my fellow readers! <3

Unicorn Overlord #1!! So well deserved. Happy to see Super Mario Party Jamboree crack the top 15 at least, and Dragon Quest III definitely deserves its top 10 spot. Can't wait to give Ys X a try when I finally get it.

1. Dead By Daylight (171 hours)
2. Fortnite (77 hours)
3. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (24 hours)

Lol I played a LOT more multiplayer than solo games this year! Next year I'm gonna try to focus on my backlog until the Switch 2 comes out.

OMG no! I'm hoping he just can't say anything about it yet. This was my GOTY for 2024 and I would love a sequel. The first one was so unique and the gameplay loop was addicting.

372 hours played this year, up from 282 hours last year!
My top 3 games were
1. Dead By Daylight (171 hours)
2. Fortnite (77 hours)
3. Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (24 hours)

I had a lot of fun playing Switch this year. I wish I had really gotten into Unicorn Overlord earlier in the year because it would easily be in my top-played games if December was included.

I love hearing Kit and Krysta's insights on the industry and Nintendo. Sooo interesting!

Ys VIII was genuinely a masterpiece. I almost never enjoy exploration as much as I did in that game. Building up my base at the island was so rewarding too.

Dead By Daylight is super fun! Highly recommend.

Mario Party 8 is so underrated. It's easily one of my favorites in the series, along with Super Mario Party Jamboree. I liked Superstars and the first Super Mario Party a lot, but it felt like something was missing from them still.

@DoBetterNintendo Right? In Mario Party Superstars two people could create/join an online lobby from the same Switch. Ridiculous that they got rid of that feature...

I cannot WAIT for the new Mario Party game!! Inject it into my veins omg

My copy of Monster Hunter Stories finally arrived from Playasia (first time ordering from there) and I'm excited to get into it!! I debated just buying it on the eshop, but I really wanted the physical copy. I also didn't have the storage for it as my SD card is getting close to full now lol.

Aw dang, I actually thought the trailers looked quite fun! Still probably gonna watch this though because I tend to be more forgiving than the average critic lol.

Sounds like a pretty fun game. I've been in the mood for a more classic turn-based RPG. I got the game for my birthday and I'm excited to be introduced to the One Piece universe! Who knows, maybe I'll watch the entire anime if I really like the game.

Looks like it's gonna be a super fun chapter!

@FishyS Thank you so much for the birthday wish! It really is a cute game

It's my birthday weekend and I got some new Switch games as presents that I can't wait to play!!

• Princess Peach: Showtime!
• One Piece Odyssey
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak

I've played a few stages of Peach's game so far and it's super cute! I also wanna give One Piece Odyssey a go at some point this weekend. I'll have to wait to start the two Trails games until I finish Cold Steel III, but I'm super excited to play them eventually.

Both are amazing, but I was much more invested in the story and world of Three Houses so it takes the cake for me.

I've officially dived into The Legend of Heroes series on Switch with Cold Steel III! I originally wanted to play Cold Steel I & II first but I got tired of waiting for Switch ports and just read the backstory section in the game instead. I finished the prologue and am a good way into chapter 1 and I'm having a blast. Can't wait to play the rest of this series over the next few years!

Playable Zelda AHHHHH!!!

Mario Party is definitely my favorite multiplayer series from Nintendo and this new entry looks AMAZING!! Finally more than 4-5 maps like we were stuck with on Super Mario Party and Mario Party Superstars. Hoping the minigames are as good as the ones from Superstars!

This is so exciting!! Now I just need to finish the 4-6 trilogy before September and I'll be ready...

This class looks like so much fun! I wish it was offered it at my college. It would be fun to look at game design principles through the lens of a series.

@Chlocean I hope you enjoy the Layton/Ace Attorney crossover game! That one was sooooo good, especially for any fan of both series.

I finally went back to Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy for the first time since launch, and it's been so much fun! I just finished case one (definitely the best of the first cases in the series so far). I can't wait to see how the rest of the game is.

This will be a great game for me to celebrate the end of the school year with!! It'll be nice to actually have time to play games again for a few months without worrying about college.

I pre-ordered Unicorn Overlord the other day and I can't wait for my copy to get here this weekend!! I'm also really excited for Princess Peach: Showtime!, but I'll probably wait a bit to get it.

@Arminillo Honestly, if there's anything that's reminiscent of DBD it's getting absolutely destroyed the first 20 hours you play LOL. Thank you for the warning!

@Nalverus Okay thank you for the info! I'll do some more research on the game before I buy it.

Crossplay would definitely make me more likely to get it now. Can anyone who's played say if it's worth getting? I'm a fan of Dead By Daylight and saw comparisons before release, but does anyone know if this would actually interest fans of it?

Dead By Daylight and Fortnite are definitely the most addictive games on Switch that I've played. I have hundreds of hours in both LOL

A bit later than I would've hoped, but the game looks amazing so I'll try to be patient. Day one for sure!!

I'm so hyped!! The sequel was amazing and I never got a chance to play the original so this is definitely a day one purchase for me.

I'm happy to finally have a release date for the new Fantasy Life game, even if it is later than I would have hoped. I still have a huge backlog though so it's not the end of the world lol! Cool to see Epic Mickey come back as well. I was already sold on Unicorn Overlord but I was happy to see another trailer. Also, I can't wait to play Monster Hunter Stories when it launches. I loved the sequel and I'm hoping the original is just as good.