Yeah I just really liked New Pokemon Snap. Ys 9 and The Great Ace Attorney were also close picks, but I felt New Pokemon Snap was more accessible to all in the end. Ys 8 is a very good game, too. I hope you get a chance to try it!
I kind of wanted to play the Cat Quest games but they just slipped by me. Can't play everything out there! I did review CrisTales a while back.
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2021/08/27/cristales-switch-ps4-ps5-xbox-one-xbox-x-s-pc/
I wanted to review Cyber Shadow but was denied a review code, so I didn't play it.
I asked for Super Mario 3-D World + Bowser's Fury for my birthday because I didn't want to spend full price on it. Bowser's Fury is fun, but it's just a over-glorified Mario Odyssey level. Glad I didn't pay full price for that.
Since you read my GOTY blog, you know I picked New Pokemon Snap as my GOTY for 2021. I just really liked it!
I reviewed Yoku's Island Express back in the day and loved it. One of the best indie games I've played in a while. Here's my review:
http://www.gamerdad.com/blog/2018/07/16/yokus-island-express-ps4-switch-xbox-one-pc/
WarioWare: Get it Together is a bit light on content, but still fun.
I'm still playing through the second set of cases in The Great Ace Attorney. Such a great game. It came real close to being my GOTY, along with Ys 9.
Unfortunately Metroid Dread has fallen a few pegs because I can't beat that last boss. I even looked up a guide and it said there were three phases, and I can't even get past the first one! Sheesh! I didn't have that much trouble with the other bosses. Making the final boss ten times harder is just bad imbalanced game design. No thank you.
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom was such a great game but it got a little too hard around the volcano and haunted house levels.
I kind of want to try the Castlevania GBA collection, but I'm not a big fan of Castlevania so I may wait for a price drop like I did with the other Konami collections.
The newer Rayman games have been pretty good, with very solid play control.
I'm working on reviewing Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon right now! It's fun, but a bit too hard. Kind of like the first game!
Too much for kids? Aw man, you're killing me! You'll never get addicted to Animal Crossing with that attitude!
The new Fatal Frame game isn't bad, but it is a bit slow and repetitive.
I only played The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles from Capcom this year. I would've liked to have played Monster Hunter Stories 2, but you can't play all the games out there! Not enough time!
There is a Taito collection coming out on Switch this coming year, but it's by no means comprehensive.
Yeah, 2020 and 2021 were really sucky years for me, too. At least in 2021 I found out my mom is cancer free, which is some of the best news I've heard in a long time, but I had to go through three months of hell to get there. I don't really have high hopes for 2022 yet. Just sucky times right now.
Yeah Nintendo's online service sucks, but at least it's cheap. You can get a more expensive package that lets you play N64 and Genesis games, but I've just stuck with the $20 package for now.
I think I tried to request a review copy of that Cyber Shadow game but wasn't able to get one.
I've reviewed a few of the Ben 10 games in the past, I just don't remember which ones.
When you do open your Switch, Pac-Man 99 is free, but you have to have an online account to play it. But you can get an online account for only 20 bucks, so I'd say give it a try!
I never got into snowboard games, so I never played this one. There is a snowboard game I really like, though. Namco's We Ski and Snowboard on Wii is very good. It's a follow up to We Ski and has a spinoff game in Go Vacation. They all really make you feel like you're at a ski resort. I recommend trying them if you can.
One snowboard game I never got to play, but would've liked to, is Snowboard Kids and its sequel on N64. They were made by Atlus and I hear they're pretty good.
