I was going to write a Thursday edition of Random Game Wednesdays today, but there was something a little more important to talk about today. After tons of leaks, rumors, hopes, dreams, and almost giving up, Nintendo’s next generation console was revealed today. So now that we have a better idea of what it is, what do I think of it?
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I don’t really care about sports games, typically, but there are a few that I do enjoy. These are typically older, more arcade-like games, stuff like Tecmo Super Bowl and NBA Jam. When it comes to baseball games, the only one I really latched onto was an NES game called Legends of the Diamond.
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As we find ourselves at the start of a brand new year, we must partake in the most sacred of traditions. Of course, I’m talking about top ten lists of the best video games of the year. If you’re hoping to see what mine were, then you’ve come to the right place.
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It’s just about time for my top ten games of the year list! If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably already know the rules, but here they are anyway. To be eligible for my list a game needs to have its first release in the United States happen in the year 2024, full remakes count but not remasters, and I have to have played them. I thought I’d do something different this year and post every game that is eligible. Now, when your favorite doesn’t show up, you can look here and see if I even played it.
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Famicom Detective Club was a short series of two visual novels that released in 1988 for the Famicom Disc System that never left Japan. That kind of changed in 2021 with the release of remakes for the Nintendo Switch which did find their way over here. If you’ve been a reader for a long time, you know that I loved those remakes, with them being tied for fourth place in my top ten list that year. I always assumed that that would be the last we’d see of the series, but to my surprise, Nintendo announced a brand new game and it released this year.
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I am very tired today, but I need to write something to keep my goal of writing every day in November going. So, here’s a couple sentences about the nominees for this year’s Game Awards. The choices pick seem pretty weird, especially the inclusion of Elden Ring’s DLC, which is, you know, not a game. That being said, I’ve seen multiple people online say that this is some kind of conspiracy to keep JRPGs off the list, but that seems dumb too because both Metaphor: Refantazio and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth did get nominated. But at the end of the day, who really cares, because no one watches the Game Awards for the awards, right? We’re just watching because maybe Nintendo will announce the Switch 2. That’d be neat. Okay, see you tomorrow for something more substantial.
A little over a week ago, I wrote about my initial impressions with Pokémon TCG Pocket. I was pretty impressed with it, but wasn’t sure how long I would stick with it due to me having a history of not continuing mobile games. Well, I’m still playing. Here’s some updated thoughts.
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We don’t know all that many 2025 releases just yet, but there’s at least enough to put together a list of my most anticipated games. I did write a most anticipated list back in 2023, but that was for the current year and we had a better idea of what was coming out. It may be small, but here is my list, at least for now.
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Nintendo’s always finding new ways to reintroduce people to the NES library. Whether it’s putting them out on the Game Boy Advance, including them as bonuses in Animal Crossing, available for download on the Wii and Wii U, or available with the Nintendo Switch Online service, there’s almost always a way to play Super Mario Bros. on a Nintendo console. But those are always straight ports of the old games. They did do the NES Remix series on 3DS and Wii U, which changed things up a bit, but otherwise, it’s been the same thing. This year, Nintendo released Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, bringing with it a new way to experience these games.
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Do you have any games that you love that you don’t think you could convince other people are any good at all? I have some. I guess this is kind of like a guilty pleasure, except that I don’t feel guilty about it at all. They’re just games that I think are good that I doubt people would agree with me about. I’m honestly not sure if this is something a lot of people experience or just kind of a “me” thing. The title of this post is kind of an exaggeration, but I had to make it something snappy. Anyway, here’s some games.
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