As always, the Year in Review is a bit inaccurate. (And you gotta love how a whole month is left off in December because companies just want to compile this data quickly and then check out for the holidays in the latter half of the year. Can't even get last year's December included. It's always missed!)
Kvetching aside, here's my rundown of activity:
I played 29 games and 177 hours on Switch this year. (Maybe but not quite in the way it is broken down.)
Top 3 are:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch Remaster) - 46 Hours
Lumines Remastered - 29 Hours
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life - 16 Hours
Surprised about number 2. Feels like its been a long time since I played that game and didn't think I spent that much time on it this year. I had been close to getting all the avatars but I haven't got back to this in months. Story of Seasons was something I just borrowed from the library to see what it was like having played the GameCube version a bit. I did like some of the updates and improvements made to the game and did end up getting through the first year I think but didn't think this would end up with enough playtime to end up in my top 3 either.
Likewise, my top genre is Action! (Action 33%, Puzzle 25%, Adventure 20%, Party 10%. Simulation 6%, Construction and management 6%)
I played the most Switch in February at 59 hours. That month accounts for about 1/3 of my total time playing Switch this year.
January = 6 hours; N64 NSO most played
February = 59 hours; Lumines Remastered most played
March = Under an hour; Suika Game most played
April = Under an hour; Tetris 99 most played
May = 6 hours; Wheel of Fortune most played
June = 5 hours; Game Boy Advance NSO most played
July = 7 hours; Clubhouse Games 51 most played
August = 10 hours; It Takes Two most played
September = 47 hours; Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Switch most played
October = 27 hours; SNES NSO most played
November = 4 hours; Wheel of Fortune most played
So, what are the 29 games I'm supposed to have played? Here's the list from what I can select:
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch version)
Lumines Remastered
Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life
Wheel of Fortune
SNES NSO
Suika Game
Tetris 99
Game Boy Advance NSO
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
It Takes Two
N64 NSO
Super Mario Party
A Little to the Left
Mario Party Superstars
Kirby's Dream Buffet
Crime O'Clock
Game Boy NSO
Jeopardy!
F-Zero 99
NES NSO
Final Fantasy
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Minecraft Dungeons
Darkest Dungeon
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
Cursed to Golf
EA Sports FC 24
NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition
Vampire Survivors
A Little to the Left, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Minecraft Dungeons, Darkest Dungeon, Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Cursed to Golf, EA Sports FC 24, NBA 2K24 Kobe Bryant Edition, and Vampire Survivors were Game Trials that I downloaded and booted up to get the 100 Platinum coins and then pretty much just quit and deleted. The one exception was A Little to the Left. I was a bit curious on that title since it seems to sell well enough and has some popularity. It seemed to me as though it was highly possible to have beaten the whole game during the trial period and I kind of contemplated doing that but only got around halfway through because it just wasn't the most compelling kind of puzzle game. So, to me these nine games are a lie along with the NES NSO which I know I only opened to select a title or two that again required being open to then get certain profile pictures in the NSO app. F-Zero 99 is the same thing. I would mainly just play it now to cross the finish line in a race and get the 100 coins when the NSO mission comes up. So, that's 11 games that just aren't true.
Then there's the games I'm just always going back to with family and friends to play a few rounds in. Super Mario Party, Mario Party Superstars, Clubhouse Games 51 and Wheel of Fortune. Those just seem to keep showing up every year. Tetris 99 is another perennial type title. I boot it up to keep acquiring themes and as a quick way to fulfill the NSO mission for each week. The Jeopardy! game is more for myself which I boot up on a rare occasion now to see if I can beat the high score I got in there. Hoping I can get lucky and crack the $500,000 mark in winnings some day but that requires getting pretty lucky in when the Daily Doubles are found to best double one's money.
Ultimately, the stuff I'd consider as true games counting towards the year because I played them for some purpose or aim would be The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (Switch version), Lumines Remastered, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, SNES NSO, Suika Game, Game Boy Advance NSO, It Takes Two, N64 NSO, Kirby's Dream Buffet, Crime O'Clock, Game Boy NSO, and Final Fantasy. 8 games that aren't in an NSO app. The only one I really completed was Link's Awakening. Most of the rest were started but unfinished. Lumines is sort of done. Every mode has a 100% attached to it but there are like 3 avatars I still need to unlock based on certain challenges. However, I believe that's something I mostly achieved before this year so it doesn't really feel fresh.
As for the NSO apps, I can't recall all that I played there but I know a few things that I did. With the SNES, I went back to DKC to get the 101% and figure out where all the bonuses were again. I started a bit of DKC2 as that is the only one I haven't completed now on the app but still have much of it to keep playing. I started up A Link to the Past after completing Link's Awakening. It's only the second time I've ever actually played aLttP. Need to get back to it and finish it. I had finished the 4th dungeon or so in the dark world so I was close to wrapping that up. Played a few more levels of Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island but still have yet to complete that on the app. Somewhere on the 4th World there. With the GBA App, I played the Four Swords part of the aLttP game on it with some people. However, I'd like to play more of it. I should look into finding some people for that. Pokepal talked about doing Amazing Mirror as a 4 player group and that's never happened yet. Played some WarioWare here and there. Everything's pretty much unlocked but because of my stupid completionist tendencies I've been playing all the microgames to flower them even though I've done that already on my actual GBA copy and Ambassador copy and didn't think I'd ever do it again! But loading it up and doing 5 or so here and there has me slowly chipping away at it. Tried The Legendary Starfy but really disappointed that we couldn't get some kind of English translation done for it. Just tried out the beginning and sure you can progress but it's less appealing when you've got a bit more trial and error by not understanding Japanese. Also started up Mario Advance: Super Mario Bros. 2 and got around to the second world there. On the Game Boy NSO, I'm pretty sure I've finished Super Mario Land 2 but it bugs me that it only shows 31 levels on the save file and not the full 32. I seem to have found everything when double checking with a FAQ and even replayed a bunch of levels over but nothing I do seems to get me to that full count. Just moving on but I am bugged about it! Started up Alleyway and played a bit into it. Did a little bit of the Game and Watch Gallery 3. Tried some old school Tetris and the latest Tetris DX that dropped on the app. Currently playing the Donkey Kong Land now. On the N64 app, I'd been playing Yoshi's Story early in the year. I had unlocked all levels and was then trying to do the 100% melon challenge with them but haven't gone back to it in some time. Also was playing Mario Party 3 and about halfway through the solo challenge in that game. I think I might have done a little bit of F-Zero X and Wave Race 64 racing for a brief couple days but so hard to keep track and years blend together a bit to know if it was this year or last. Still so much more I keep meaning to go back and do in the app and just keep putting it off. Going by the 17 games I mentioned here and then the other stuff I mentioned as being more indictive of games I did play and not "test trial" I could sort of come up with a list of 29 (or more) that I played on Switch which is truer than this year in review.
Overall, it was a pretty unfocused year in Switch gaming as may have already been evidenced with my lack of getting anything done during Backlaugust this year. (Speaking of, I really should go and do a summation / wrap-up on that topic.) Movies and tv are winning the battle again when it comes to my attention in entertainment. Maybe next year the pendulum will end up swinging somewhat back towards gaming.
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