Looking forward ‘2’ the new year.
This is it, folks – our final WAYP feature for 2024. 2025 is going to be a pretty huge year for Nintendo fans, with the likes of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition all launching within the coming months.
Oh, and we’re getting new hardware too (probably!).
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Here’s the full list.
It’s the end of the year and as we round up the best games and all sorts of other interesting facts and figures, Weekly Famitsu’s latest issue (released on 26th December 2024) has revealed the “most popular games played in 2024” according to 181 industry figures and “game loving celebrities” in Japan.
As explained by Persona Central, each individual shared the top titles they’ve played this year and that’s how this list was put together. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake took out the top spot. Further down the list in 12th place is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom and just below this is the indie hit Balatro. Here are the top 20:
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Japan only, but English language support is included.
Following the release of the beat ’em up Night Slashers: Remake in September, a physical release has now been confirmed.
The catch is it’s Japan only for now. Fortunately, it does include English language support. It’s around the $30 USD mark (or your regional equivalent) on sites like Play-Asia and is expected to ship in February 2025. The physical distribution is being handled by Rainy Frog and pre-orders are now live.
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EarthBound turns “adults into kids, and kids into adults”.
Over the holiday season, we’re republishing some of the best articles from Nintendo Life writers and contributors as part of our Best of 2024 series. This article was originally published in August. Enjoy!
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they’ve been chewing over. Today, Nile celebrates the innocence of youth, the pain of growing up, and the magic of a cult classic SNES RPG, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on 27th August 2024…
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Biggest surprise! Most long-winded title! Crappiest Switch publisher!
The end of 2024 is nigh, but before we get there it’s time to look back on what has been a surprisingly chonky year for Switch, software-wise, in the eighth year since we first got our hands on the thing.
We’ve listed our personal Switch GOTYs, you’ve ranked yours – now it’s time to round up the stragglers with a light-hearted celebration of the year’s highs (and a handful of lows). Yes, it’s time for this year’s round of NL’s Alternative Game Awards.
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“It’s feast or famine, really”.
If you are the proud owner of a Nintendo Switch (and if you’re reading this, we’d wager that you are), then it will come as no surprise when we say that the eShop is a wild place in 2024.
While gaming may have never been better, Nintendo’s storefront has never been worse. Discoverability is a thing of the past with new titles added in waves of 30 or more each week, and keyword-dumping scam games are more prevalent than ever.
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Better late than never.
One of our biggest gripes with Antonblast on the Switch was its performance at launch. In our review, we noted that slowdown during more chaotic moments of gameplay can “cheapen the experience enough to be disappointing”, which isn’t really ideal for a 2D platformer in which speed is a key factor.
Thankfully, a new update has gone live which provides a welcome performance boost, amping up the framerate to a much more palatable 60fps. According to the announcement, bug fixes have also been implemented, but developer Summitsphere has not elaborated on what kind of issues these specifically target.
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Send out the year of Shadow with a bang.
Sonic X Shadow Generations is arguably one of Sonic’s best outings ever and if you enjoyed the soundtrack in Shadow’s new campaign as much as we did, you might be interested to know Sega has now officially released the entire album on all “major” digital services.
This includes sites (and apps) like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music and the iTunes Store. You’ll also be able to listen to Dark Beginning’s “Without You” and other hits like Escape from the City. All up there are 52 songs and there’s a runtime of more than 2 hours.
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Available for a limited time.
Nintendo has released all sorts of icon designs for Switch Online subscribers throughout 2024 and now to wrap things up it’s bringing back select designs you might have missed.
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Here’s another look.
Earlier this year, LEGO announced it was extending its Nintendo range with the addition of a new Mario Kart line and more Animal Crossing sets. Nintendo’s Japanese website has now issued a reminder that three new Animal Crossing sets and six new Mario Kart sets will be launching on 1st January 2025.
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