
Two of my dreams also came true this year Mythra got added into Smash and Fatal Frame: Maiden of Blackwater got a Switch port. Monster Hunter Rise was amazing, improved on World in a bunch of ways and improved the online side of the game, making it much easier to just jump into some big multiplayer hunts. This was a game had missed back on the Wii U and I had a great time playing through this in co-op with my nephew. Super Mario 3D World Deluxe + Bowser's Fury was great fun at the start of the year. I'm just ranking this for me personally, not Nintendo objectively. Not one of their best years, but still solid. I think Nintendo have done pretty well for 2021. Thanks to above for reminding me of what we've gotten this year. Metroid Dread is honestly the biggest release they had this year and quite frankly it's the title that carried the entire year for me.įor me the highlights of 2021 are thus. So this year has been something of a year for remasters/remakes and re-releases for Nintendo. Same could be said for Skyward Sword HD which many felt was another "Bare minimum" effort yet still far more polished than GTA Trilogy that Rockstar crapped out. Super Mario 3D World is a fine re-release with some added content. I was pretty bummed out as I had been looking forward to it, but hey if it's to further polish them? Then so be it. Not to sound reductive but if we are strictly talking about Nintendo here? It looks even worse.Īlso consider that Advance Wars got bumped. And even if we look at that list above? How many of those are third party releases? Super Monkey Ball is SEGA, Shin Megami Tensei V is Atlus (though it is atm a Switch exclusive), Monster Hunter Rise as well is a Capcom title. This has for most publishers been something of an off year. While they had a number of titles? I wouldn't say they had a lot of major relelases outside of Metroid Dread. Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.Soo where does that put them in terms of what I have picked up/played this year?

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl - November 19Īnd of course we have to also consider the release of the Switch OLED and the Legend of Zelda Game and Watch.Fatal Frame V: Maiden of Black Water - October sometime.Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania - October 5.WarioWare: Get It Together! - September 10.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD - July 16.

