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Personally, I think the 64 Switch Online has been great. The games are fun, the emulation isn't a "deal breaker" to me, and it's so much better getting to play these games on a regular style controller. Banjo is a great game and I'm happy Microsoft is still friendly with Nintendo and allows little surprises like this to come to the Switch.

The third party support for the Switch has been the best for a Nintendo console since the Super NES. Unfortunately, it's hardware is quite aged now, so that support will get weaker and weaker with time. I think there is likely 2, maybe 3 years left of good games coming to the platform, but Nintendo needs to really start thinking about their next gen console, which hopefully is a fully backward compatible Switch with better specs.

Time for Nintendo to start buying some companies, as that seems to be the future of video games. Get Square, Capcom and Konami. Maybe Sega. Platinum is basically a Nintendo developer, so just make it official. Heck, see how much Microsoft will sell Rare for, it's not like they are using them for much.

I kid... kind of.

Zanac was one of my favorite NES games. I guess I'll have to check this out.

Nintendo should have never let Microsoft buy Rare. That, along with using cartridges for the Nintendo 64, will remain the two biggest mistakes the company has made in their history. Rare fits Nintendo like a glove.

I have the trilogy and think it's a blast. The games are playable and most of the things people complained about a few months ago have been fixed. Happy having this on my Switch.

I've lost count of how many NBA teams use the sound effects of Mario eating a mushroom or Mario getting a coin during games.

14 years is a long time with one company these days. Best of luck to Krysta in the next chapter of her career.

I love Kirby games. Day one.

Longtime former subscriber of Nintendo Power. Nothing beat days when my Mom would bring the mail in and my magazine was in the stack. I miss video game magazines. Sure, Internet is so much more convenient now for tips and tricks, but it was fun reading the glossy, colorful pages of NP.

Hopefully. It's the best console Nintendo has ever created. I hope Switch 2 is 100% backwards compatible with beefier specs.

Just finished Blasphemous, which was a great game. Now on a retro kick with some golden age arcade classics (Pac-Man, Galaga, Frogger, Burgertime) and dove back into Contra III (already beat it with only one death) and Super Castlevania IV. Probably getting back into Eastward.

@Grail_Quest Thanks for the response. I'm not expecting a 1 for 1 match with the specs of the PS5 or the XBox, but something close to a PS4 in specs. We've seen that the Switch can indeed run some pretty high end AAA games like DOOM and Witcher 3, so update the specs a little to cut down on frame rate issues and improve graphical processing could help get more games coming over on a regular basis.

Nintendo, please do the following:

• Make it 100% backwards compatible with the current Switch software
• Continue the Switch aspect of it
• Do what you can to prevent the "only on PlayStation and Xbox" phenomenon. I don't want to buy those consoles. I have time for one console and it's for the Switch. I want a good selection of first party exclusives, third party games and indies.
• Make a robust online platform.
• Limit the amount of "gimmick weirdness" to it.

Where is Outer Wilds?
Where is Fall Guys?
Where is House of the Dead?
Where is TMNT Shredder's Revenge?

These are just four of the games we were told that are coming to the Switch last year and crickets.

I'd rather hear about these games, than some pie in the sky "rumors" from likely the same analysts that keep saying the Switch Pro is happening.

I'll be curious how CES turns out, as they kept it in person this year. From everything I've heard, omnicron is more contagious, but also much more mild, so in a way, this could be the one that makes the pandemic turn into an endemic and actually gets us over the hump. Hey, it's a new year and I'm going the glass half full route.

The Switch has become basically the ultimate golden age arcade for me. I can play arcade versions of Donkey Kong, Pac-Man, BurgerTime, Frogger, Galaga, and more.

However, the lack of Midway/Williams/Atari Games titles is ridiculous.

I guess WB Games doesn't want printed money.

Where the heck is Outer Wilds? Can Nintendolife provide an update please?

SquareEnix is clueless these days. We still don't have Chrono Trigger on the Switch, no original Final Fantasy collection, and they can't even bother to just throw the Kingdom Hearts games on the console outside of a weak "cloud" version. What the hell is going on with this once great company?

I read an interview a few years ago about the creation of the Madden video game series. When Madden came to EA to discuss the game, the studio thought he was just going to sign his name and pretty much be done with his involvement with the series. When he showed up, he had notebooks and files with him. EA asked "what is all of this?" and Madden responded, "oh, just some ideas and suggestions I had for the game." The designers and programmers were shocked at all the work and thought he put into the game, and for the original game and a few of the sequels afterwards, he was VERY involved with the game.

RIP to a legend in coaching, broadcasting, TV commercials and video games. Truly a renaissance man.

People care about this? Why?

GTA Trilogy is a blast.

I love that a 2D, stick to the basics but for modern times, game has been so well received. It really is that good. I like it better than Super Metroid, which is fantastic, but has some bad controls that make the game frustrating at times.

Nintendo has some great adult oriented IPs like Metroid, Bayonetta (It's been exclusive to Nintendo for a while now, so I will call it a Nintendo IP), Astral Chain, and Zelda. I wish they would dip their toe into more of these kind of games.

As for my most underrated game of the year... I think No More Heroes III.

Still playing Eastward and Blasphemous. Also having a blast with two things that had lots of controversy: the GTA Trilogy and the N64 Switch Online.

How about Turbografx 16?

A whole lot of meh with this one. Not sure if it was necessary.

9 out of 10. Metroid Dread was a classic. A lot of really solid titles that came out. First party offerings were not great, but Metroid Dread almost made up for all of that, it was that good.

430 hours, a bit less than the 677 hours from 2020, which is to be expected as I got vaccinated and did more things non-video game related.

Final Fantasy VII was my most played game at 50 hours.

I played 70 games total.

@Rpg-lover I'm playing Eastward right now and love it. It's like if you threw Zelda, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Earthbound and Startropics into a blender.

One prediction I will make: one "it's impossible to play on the Switch!" game will be brought over from Panic Button/Virtuous/Saber. Guessing either It Takes Two, Psychonats 2 or Returnal.

Also, probably means a regular Direct will come out shortly after the New Year.

I just want to know when Outer Wilds is coming out. Thought it was this month, but haven't heard anything. Also, when is Fall Guys finally coming out, as well as TMNT and House of the Dead?

Bought this a while ago, but it's on my backlog list and has yet to be played, but I will get to it eventually... I think.

Look, I wrote a comment a few days ago about how bad The Game Awards are, and I'm not going to repeat all that.

Having said that, it is a bit concerning how so many of the new third party releases are not making their way over to the Switch.

Yes, many third party games have missed the Switch since it's release, but the number is growing. Psychonats 2 and It Takes Two would both fit the Switch like a glove, but the aging tech is making more developers not even take the chance on bringing the games over. And if a big AAA game does come over, it's likely going to be some gimped up "cloud" garbage that basically requires an ultra fast internet connection and that at some point will disappear when servers are shut down in 10 years or so.

I love the Switch, but it's aging, and up against the PS5 and new XBox, it looks old. I would love a more capable, powerful Switch that would bring over some more of these third party games. Hell, the Switch likely is going to pass 100 million units sold by the end of the year, and we still don't have a Madden on the console.

Pretty strong year for the Switch. A good mix of first party exclusives, third party games and indie titles.

Metroid Dread was fantastic and a wonderful return of a franchise fans have been missing.

Eastward, Blasphemous, N64 NSO (Ocarina of Time, Paper Mario, Sin and Punishment).

@Donutsavant I'd love the return to formal ware. Too many guys anymore who don't get haircuts, don't shave and wear clothes that look like they are from the Goodwill.

Also, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook/Meta/whatever they call themselves anymore can drop dead, as far as I'm concerned. They were ALL OVER the show last night.

4/10.

The older I get, the less I care about celebrities. I really don't need to see them try to be hip and act like they care about gaming. It just turns me off.

The "Big 3" (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft) were pretty much AWOL. Microsoft probably had the biggest presence of them all, but still... they didn't bring their "big guns" to the show.

I'm glad they mentioned the ongoing Activision Blizzard situation. That isn't "being woke," that's a terrible company being called out for being terrible. The rest of the virtue signaling throughout the show though I could do without...

3 hours is too long.

Like video game music, but don't need it to be THAT long.

Most of the reveals were... eh at best. Mostly FPS, free to play and Assassin's Creed-like games that I couldn't care less about.

Happy Metroid Dread won an award.

It Takes Two was a solid win. A very unique, innovative idea in an industry that more and more these days is far from that.

I don't think I'll watch next year.

@AceMcGyver65 Thank you!!! What an excellent review. Also gave me hope after all the "boo wokeness!" posts followed by the numerous hearts that follow said posts. Reminds me that there are still a lot of really good people at this site that bring interesting insights like you.

Congrats to It Takes Two. A truly creative and unique idea.

Too much side stuff that I don't care about. Facebook/Meta/whatever they call themselves anymore is a horrible company, so didn't like all the ads for them. All the celebrities were a big yawn. Don't care at all about them. If I wanted to see movie or TV show previews, I'd watch a movie or TV show award show. All the "world premieres" were... meh. All looked similar and were either FPS, free to play or looks kind of like Assassin's Creed but isn't. As for Nintendo... great to see Metroid Dread win at least one award, but other than that, nothing too exciting, unless Cuphead DLC and open world Sonic are up you alley. I'll skip it next year. 4/10.

People have so much hate for Chris Pratt that they put this together?

Some people need to seriously get a life.

What I'd really love is someone going to WB Games and giving them whatever to make a Midway/Williams/Atari Games compilation for the Switch. WB Games last revisited those retro franchises for some Lego game in 2012.

That and Rare Replay. Once those are on the Switch, then pretty much all my retro needs will be met.

@OldManHermit Talk to SquareEnix. I think they are the ones preventing it from coming to the online service.

Cool! Get FZero and Banjo on their soon.

@BloodNinja So you haven't played the Switch since January, yet you come to Nintendolife all the time and post frequently...

I love my Switch. I'm a Switch only gamer and I have more than enough to play for the near future. The variety of games on the console is amazing. It's my favorite console of all time. It got me back into gaming after quitting for a few years. I just want a more powerful Switch so moving forward we don't have anymore of this "it's only on Xbox/PS/PC" crap that sometimes still happens.

And yet another to add to the backlog.

I played a bunch of GTA III today and having a blast. No, it's not perfect, but it's a lot of fun. I've decided I'm done listening to fanboys who review bomb and whine about everything. Portable GTA on a Nintendo console. Never thought I'd see the day.