I’ll cut out the pretense and just get to it. And I’ve got my fingers crossed that there are no skeletons in the closet for the developer. Or you can just ignore it and go check out Tetris Effect Connected, which is a really excellent game with a Switch port that had a lot of thought and care put into it. Either way, my review of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 HD is out there if you want to know why this would have been my top port of 2021. If I had to go back to it, I just wouldn’t have covered it, which is an easy thing to say in hindsight but that’s also what we as a website did with Diablo II on Switch post-allegations so I think someone would be around to make sure I didn’t get soft for my fave skateboarding series. I reviewed the game unaware of the depths of the horror that was going on at that company. There’s an alternate timeline where I had to wrestle with whether or not to cover Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 HD on Switch because of the horrific allegations of workplace abuse at Activision Blizzard. And after Breath of the Wild, it was nice to be reminded that that team can make some killer, epic dungeons.ġ. Also it’s another opportunity to geek out at how fascinating the trajectory and evolution of 3D Zelda games has been. I’m a harsher critic than I was in my youth so it wasn’t a slam-dunk 10/10, but from a personal level, this game still rocks and the changes they made for the Switch version with button controls, visuals, and design cleanup here and there just solidified a memorable experience for me. 10 years can tweak your perspective a lot though and I was surprised to find that playing Skyward Sword HD - for the first time since 2011 - didn’t really alter my opinion of the game at all. It was a masterclass in Wii design and has a lot of genuinely superb moments. I adored Skyward Sword when it came out on Wii. I appreciate the few gaming soul embers at Konami makes these collections happen. Making the music not tinny GBA garbage was a great call Things I learned about the Castlevania GBA games: This remake will not sit near the top of my favorite Pokemon games, but I loved it for the woebegone husk that it is. I devoured Pokemon Red and Blue as a kid not because they were smooth, bug-free experiences but because they were deliriously fun in spite of how broken they were. The momentary hitch before you enter any battle is likely not intentional, but the fact that this seems to be put together with duct tape and a glue gun an hour before the project was due reminded me a lot of the memorable jank of the original Pokemon games. I would prefer my Pokemon remakes be more ambitious than this, but Shining Pearl just felt achingly like I remembered it on Nintendo DS. Crucially, that almost made it more nostalgic for me. Before the crucial day-one patch, this game was a mess and even with bandages plastered on, it’s still janky. Playing through Pokemon Shining Pearl makes it seem like developer ILCA had like four weeks to put together a remake. I love seeing collections like this because it gives me a chance to experience games and platforms I never have been able to before. Also, from a less pithy place, I’m happy to be able to experience these games from a console that was never really attainable for me. I don’t have any nostalgia for NeoGeo Pocket or the fighting games that are everywhere on it, but I’m including this because the golf game is real fun. As 2021 comes to a close (my first with two kids), I’m accepting that there are more good games than I have time to play, so what follows will be a variety of lists: My Top 25, My Top Ports, and My Top 10 “Games I Wish I Played.” It’s a fun exercise that sometimes shows up in content form here on Nintendo World Report. I add new games as I play them, idly tinker with it once every month or two, and sometimes make big swings when a game turns sour over time or I find myself returning to it more than I expected. For the past five or so years, I’ve kept a running list ranking my favorite games of the year.
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