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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« Last post by Evan_B on January 14, 2026, 11:03:10 AM »

I’m almost embarrassed to admit my numbers.

Almost.

I played 95 games this year with a total 964 hours. Gross!

My top three game play times this year were:
1) Pokémon Legends Z-A: 163 Hours
2) Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition: 98 Hours
3) Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma: 91 Hours

My top genre was “Action,” which is incredibly vague as a descriptor, but okay.
January: Korg Gadget for 8 hours.
February: Crypt Custodian: 10 hours
March: Xenoblade X: 23 Hours
April: Xenoblade X: 51 Hours
May: Xenoblade X: 23 Hours
June: Mario Kart World: 17 Hours
July: Rune Factory: 48 Hours
August: Rune Factory: 36 Hours
September: Daemon Ex Machina: Titanic Scion: 18 Hours
October: Pokémon Legends Z-A: 69 (acceptable) Hours
November: Pokémon Legends Z-A: 73 Hours
December: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond: 46 Hours

I’ll have to upload my stats somewhere so that I can do a direct link.

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Nintendo Gaming / Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on January 14, 2026, 10:29:57 AM »

The 2025 Year in Reviews from Nintendo summaries are in!

I played 19 games and played 253 total hours on Nintendo Switch this year!
The three games with the most play time are:
Splatoon 3 - 38 hours
Advance Wars - 23 hours
Donkey Kong Bananza - 21 hours

My top kind of game was Action!

Going by month, here are the most played games
January - Super Mario Party Jamboree
February - Starlink: Battle for Atlas
March - Dawn of the Monsters
April - Mega Man X6
May - Owlboy
June - Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour
July - Mario Kart World
August - Advance Wars
September - Donkey Kong Bananza
October - Tunic
November -Tunic
December - Paper Mario: The Origami King

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will Nintendo release in 2026?

« Last post by M.K.Ultra on January 13, 2026, 06:37:50 PM »

Let me go ahead and get these out here so I don't forget.

• Next mainline Xenoblade game is announced for Switch 2
• Luigi’s Mansion 4 announced for Switch 2
• Nintendo Acquires Good-Feel or Grezzo
• Pokemon gen 10 releases for both Switch and Switch 2
• Mario Maker 3 announced for Switch 2
• Splatoon Raiders releases 2026
• Super Mario Galaxy Movie has better review scores but lower box office earnings than Super Mario Bros. Movie
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate gets a Switch 2 version
• Remaster/remake of an older Zelda game
• Super Nintendo World opens at Universal Studios Singapore

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by Evan_B on January 13, 2026, 05:09:11 PM »

What games do you recommend for a beginer who has never played anything? 

I recommend playing all the NES games you can then. With the NES, the videogame industry was still in its infancy so a lot of games are quite simple and controllers didn't have the amount of buttons that they do now. Since the games are simple they are quite easy so you should have a great time playing them, Mr. Spambot. A few good choices to start would be Metroid, Zelda II, and Ninja Gaiden. Happy gaming.

Just perusing this thread and had a nice chuckle. Profound perspective here.

Well, I might as well make this a worthwhile post, so… I’ve been playing Spiritfall. Essentially, it’s “what if Hades was Smash Bros. Classic mode?” Above anything, it has great movement, and the inputs are very intuitive. I am very happy with the movesets that you obtain, which essentially changes the entirety of your inputs except for a light ranged attack and air dodge. It really does not feel like anything is directly ripped from Smash, which is admirable given how many characters exist in Ultimate. Lots of escalating difficulty modifiers and quirks that add to the complexity of your run, but the “rooms/floors” are truly just waves of enemies, with a special instance that can be pure 1v1. My main complaint is the aesthetics, actually, as learning how some enemies move and attack was a bit strange, though the playable character is painfully generic. It can be modified with new “masks” and skins, some of which are based off of other more recognizable properties, but the game feels aesthetically more in line with Brawlhalla, or at least, what I can conjure of that game in my mind.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« Last post by Pypweltaren on January 13, 2026, 11:19:08 AM »

I play World of Warcraft and I'm not one of those people who like only one expansion and have to criticise all the others. I pay every month and play, if I'm not interested in playing the game, I don't pay for it. It's very simple. So peace be with you.
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Follow up.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Official Sales Thread

« Last post by electricmastro on January 13, 2026, 02:48:23 AM »

Not sure if it was posted here, but were NPD life-to-date DS game sales ever posted here? I know ones for the Wii were.

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TalkBack / Re: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster (Switch) Review-in-Progress

« Last post by zjack2025 on January 12, 2026, 02:17:56 AM »

thanks for sharing this

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TalkBack / Re: Superhero Strategy Adventure Dispatch Listed For January Switch 2 And Switch Launch

« Last post by staffnow on January 09, 2026, 08:47:05 AM »

Nice to see Dispatch making the jump to both Switch and Switch 2 so quickly. The concept is refreshingly different, the Telltale pedigree shows, and that free Switch → Switch 2 upgrade plus a January launch makes it an easy one to keep an eye on—especially for fans of narrative-driven strategy games.

I totally agree. Excited for the updated experience on both Switch and Switch 2. A challenging experience indeed!

I hope that will be the outstanding experience.

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TalkBack / Re: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Added To GameCube Nintendo Classics Library

« Last post by Neon_Raven on January 09, 2026, 03:05:56 AM »

Hopefully we’ll get Wii games in the future so people can play through both without breaking the bank

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TalkBack / Re: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Added To GameCube Nintendo Classics Library

« Last post by Khushrenada on January 09, 2026, 12:56:56 AM »

That explains why the OST was suddenly added to Nintendo Music today. I wondered if it was a sign that the game was going to be added to the Switch 2 library but I guess it was first and the soundtrack second.