With the top of the Change’s lifecycle lastly upon us (form of), there appears no higher time to look again on its immense library and see which video games outlined this era. On this episode of Stone Age Gaming, Kris picks a small handful of the digital video games that made this presumably his favourite era ever.
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Hello there, Kris from StoneAgeGamer right here, and welcome again to Stone Age Gaming. Because the Change’s life, properly, you already know, final, couple weeks in the past, our final episode, I began going by way of my favourite Change video games ever, like those that actually outlined this era, as a result of the Change 2 is probably going coming quickly, so the Change does appear to be winding down. Not less than it did till the day earlier than I recorded this, when there was a brand new Nintendo Direct asserting Nintendo Change One video games coming in subsequent 12 months in 2026. So, no matter, I am sticking with this, no matter the truth that the system actually is not lifeless, I feel the era is able to transfer on. We have a Change 2 popping out, the Direct hasn’t occurred but as of this recording, however I am very enthusiastic about it. However I am going by way of the video games that outline this era for me personally, and there have been a ton of them. This entire Nintendo Change has obtained to be one in every of my favourite techniques ever at this level. and there have been so many simply excellent authentic video games. However final time I centered on ones that I’ve bodily, there are such a lot of that I haven’t got bodily that actually imply the world to me, together with, properly, those that I will discuss right here at this time. So with out additional ado, this is quantity two of the very best of the Nintendo Change. All proper, right here we’re, and that is my Nintendo Change, and I put collectively this folder simply to sort of gather a lot of the video games that… simply meant the world to me on this platform that I sadly do not personal bodily both as a result of they do not exist or as a result of I’ve you already know I missed my likelihood and now they’re silly costly and there is a few shocking ones on right here I am positive you are wanting on the display screen taking a look at I do not know a sure horse-headed fellow and being like why on earth is that there however belief me I’ve a narrative so let’s begin on the high they’re largely in alphabetical order and we’ll begin with Animal Crossing New Horizons. I used to be a, I beloved the GameCube recreation after I got here out. And I spent a ton of time with that. And I spend a whole lot of time with the DS recreation, which was nice. And I skipped the Wii one fully as a result of I simply did not really feel like I used to be prepared for one more Animal Crossing. However then the New Leaf got here out on 3DS and I used to be like, oh, that is implausible. So when this recreation got here out, like proper on the peak of the pandemic, it simply couldn’t have come out at a greater time. And I obsessed over this one. I do know lots of people speak in regards to the options in New Leaf, how New Leaf is simply such a greater recreation, New Horizons is trash, I feel these persons are nuts. Like, sure, New Leaf has some stuff that I want New Horizonts had, and sure, new horizons has a bunch of limitations that I do not suppose have to be there. That mentioned, the larger stock, the best way the museum appears, I fell into this one a lot deeper than I had the earlier ones. And yeah, I am positive the pandemic performed some half in that, however this was the one one which I completed the museum in. I simply beloved the best way they streamlined, you already know, giving fossils as a substitute of getting to mail them away such as you did the unique recreation. I beloved the enlargement of the stock slots that simply made all the things really feel so a lot better. I preferred the island motif and build up my city primarily based on that. I simply love Animal Crossing. I want there was extra for the villagers to say, I want there was a extra stuff to do when you sort of completed doing the fundamental duties prefer it appears loopy to me that there is not a extra of a cause for me to return again to this recreation. That mentioned, I put it simply an obscene quantity of hours into enjoying this recreation and so did the remainder of my household. My youngsters have been sufficiently old to, you already know, get in on my city as properly. And my spouse obtained in in town. This was our first Animal Crossing recreation and all of us simply had a blast. constructing the city collectively and gathering bizarre objects and adorning our homes and paying them off and watching meteorites fall down and we simply had a lot enjoyable with this one and i actually cannot wait to see what they do with this franchise subsequent as a result of you already know there’s going to be one other one there must be this has turn into one in every of their largest titles so i am fairly jazzed about it love love animal crossing and new horizons subsequent i am going to simply speak actual briefly about arcade archives particularly that they lastly did Nintendo stuff, um, as a result of that is, uh, the official arcade variations of Nintendo video games haven’t been made out there, uh like ever, and no, this Donkey Kong model is just not good, this doesn’t have the bizarre sound adjustments each time Mario steps his- his footsteps, however it’s an officially- it is formally licensed model of the unique arcade Donkey Kong that I can buy, uh and I grabbed this and Donkey Kong Jr in Donkey Kong 3 and each Punch-Out video games. Regardless that the Tremendous Punch-Out is just the Japanese one, which sort of irks me as a result of I miss the English voice-overs that the North American arcade model had. However nonetheless, that I can have these video games on a house platform. The unique arcade Mario Bros. has at all times been one in every of my favorites. I can play that formally on a console. It is a type of issues that you simply simply cannot make up how thrilling that was to me. I like That arcade archives was in a position to sort out these video games with Nintendo and I do not know possibly we’ll see extra of them sometime And I am fairly positive there are a pair different Nintendo Arcade video games on the market that have not been Ported to modify or some other platforms but that I would prefer to see it We’d have somewhat sheriff on right here or one thing who is aware of however yeah There’s a whole lot of neat historical past there, however the truth that these exist in any respect. I feel is marvelous Alright, that is bomb rooster. I Know this recreation exists bodily, and I am unhappy that I don’ have it I had by no means heard of Nitroam earlier than, and I simply, I can not keep in mind the place I noticed it. I feel I simply noticed a trailer for it or one thing after I was perusing the eShop earlier than it grew to become flooded with absolute nonsense. However Bomb Hen is so good. This recreation is sooo good. And I used to be completely obsessive about it for an honest period of time. I beat it and it was a lot enjoyable. You play as this like actually goofy wanting rooster that is attempting to flee a facility the place they make rooster merchandise like KFC and also you poop out bombs you similar to stack up these explosive towers of bombs collectively it is such a intelligent recreation it is obtained such a fantastic look to it and it’s so a lot enjoyable I completely adore this recreation and I extra individuals ought to play it it is so good it is so good and Nitro wound up doing the shovel knight dig so like they I have never seen them do something since Shovel Knight Day. which had that nice look to it i prefer to dig i do know did not blow me away the unique manner the unique shovel knight did um however nonetheless regardless bomb rooster phenomenal recreation completely find it irresistible okay subsequent up we’ve got blossom tales so this is the factor about blossom tales i like the story behind the sport the place this uh studio labored actual exhausting on making this recreation and so they did not make any cash on steam however then they dropped it on nintendo change at simply absolutely the proper time and it made them a bunch of cash. and now the studio is doing nice, and so they made a Blossom Tales 2. So I like that story, but in addition the sport itself actually caught with me. It’s totally a lot a Zelda-like recreation, conventional Zelda- like, Hyperlink to the Previous sort of stuff, however it’s obtained a extremely cute narrative, the writing is rather well carried out, the puzzles are enjoyable to resolve, the fight is fairly first rate. however it’s simply total a extremely pleasant recreation. It would not soar into this like, life-altering 10 out of 10 territory as a result of it would not should, it is, it, it simply good as it’s and I significantly, significantly recognize it. I feel the sport is properly value enjoying as is its sequel and I can not wait to see what the studio does subsequent. Now, shifting proper alongside right here, I am realizing that I forgot one if I am going alphabetical right here and I want to seek out it proper now. As a result of if I do not, I am gonna overlook about it by the point I make the following video. And I can not consider I went proper previous it. The place the heck is it? Oh, you stinkin’ alphabetical order. I’ve manner too many video games. There it’s. Celeste. Holy cow. How did I put this factor collectively with out speaking about Celeste? So Celeste is an outstanding recreation. Celeste, it is a type of extremely exhausting, virtually like Meat Boy model video games the place you are doing a- side-scrolling platforming stuff and you bought to do it actually fast and actually exact and there is a bunch of more durable and even more durable ranges the B sides and the C sides and the D sides and who the hell is aware of the music is phenomenal the narrative is what actually grabbed me as a result of it is it you already know it looks like it is only a recreation about attempting to climb a mountain however it’s a recreation about making peace with your self and overcoming melancholy and there’s a half within the recreation the place you actually play by way of your character having a panic assault. that simply, it is a type of instances the place I simply needed to cease after that sequence was carried out being like, I can not consider I simply did that, that is fairly wild. This recreation actually, actually floored me in nearly each respect, and I do know there’s all kinds of stuff surrounding its legacy since then, together with the unique creators not getting together with one another anymore, however regardless this authentic recreation, the character of Madeline specifically. uh, simply actually resonated with me, and I did not suppose it caught the touchdown completely, as a result of there was this actually, actually spectacular level towards the center of the sport the place you meet any person else who’s going by way of an analogous bout of melancholy, and also you wind up working in direction of getting higher, and this man doesn’t. He offers in to his demons and turns into a literal demon and is chasing you round to some, once more, unimaginable music, and I actually preferred the message that you may’t save everybody. Like, regardless of how a lot you might need to, relating to melancholy, you actually need to care for your self. When it comes psychological situations, you have to take of your self, and you may at all times put your entire vitality into serving to the individuals round you regardless of a lot they could want it, as a result of you might not be capable of save all people. And in the long run of the sport, that character winds up being okay, which I assumed was sort of an odd betrayal of that specific second that I assumed was rather well put collectively, however regardless… Celeste is an outstanding recreation and it has earned its popularity. So, I’ve by no means completed Cuphead, as a result of I am simply not ok, however that is a type of video games that, it is animation model, sort of took the complete trade by storm. This present wound up getting a freaking Netflix present or no matter, which was fairly neat. This recreation actually took off, however, this one holds such a particular place for me, as a result of this was like, this was an Xbox factor, and this recreation sort of feels to me like one of many marks of… uh… microsoft’s flip into simply being like you already know what we’re gonna put video games the place we expect they will promote uh… and you may say what you’ll about their technique which has been uh… divisive to say the least they’re in a extremely bizarre place within the trade proper now however cuphead is on all platforms and it did rather well on change and it performs extremely properly on swich and it is such a enjoyable recreation with such a neat esthetic and uh… i believe it actually Put a whole lot of emphasis on how nice 2D hand-drawn animation might be in sprite-based gaming, which there’s one other recreation on this record that we most likely will not get to till the following video, however you have been beginning to see some of these things pop up like, you already know what, 2D video games can truly look beautiful. For those who put within the effort, you can also make 2D Video games look excellent. And other people have been doing this sort of factor for ages, however this was the sport that actually sort of blew that up so far as public visibility, I feel. It is a recreation which means the world to me, and I will by no means end it as a result of I simply haven’t got the endurance, however I am a lot of the manner by way of it. I feel I obtained like three-fourths of the methods by way of the sport earlier than I simply hit a wall and was like, I simply can’t, I haven’t got the reflexes anymore, I am too outdated. Okay, it is a massive one, this an enormous one, That is daddish. For those who ever hearken to the Stone Age Gamer podcast, you’ve got heard me discuss these video games earlier than. A good friend of mine, Mike, advisable this recreation to me on a whim. He mentioned it was fairly cool, and he had no thought how a lot I’d fall in love with this recreation as a result of he thought it was alright. I grew to become simply full on obsessive about it. Daddish is a masterpiece. And I do not use that phrase flippantly, I am not joking, I’m not being facetious, or if I am even utilizing that phrase proper. I trustworthy to goodness suppose the Daddish trilogy, the one, two, and three are real gaming masterpieces. they aren’t sophisticated in any respect. They’ve easy, vibrant, easy-to-read visuals, they’ve unimaginable character, and astoundingly good writing. These video games crack me up each time I play by way of them. They’re simply too enjoyable. You’re a radish who’s a dad, daddish, and your goofball youngsters run away and you need to discover all of them by simply doing primary impediment programs. You may transfer and you’ve got a double soar, and that’s it. That is what Dadish can do. There are sometimes vines you’ll be able to climb on, and like springboards you’ll be able to bounce off of, however your talents are only a double soar, that is it. And the complete recreation is simply intelligent degree design, expertly crafted round this primary, primary mechanic, and it really works so properly. It is likely one of the most enjoyable video games. No, possibly not at all times enjoyable, as a result of the sport might be fairly intense so far as how troublesome it’s, however it’s simply, it is good. It is simply. platforming perfection nearly and it is a all of them three of them are a pleasure to play there’s additionally each day daddish which is a one degree a day sort of factor which is tremendous cool and there is daddish 3d which is an fascinating experiment however I do suppose the three foremost second video games are manner manner higher you will get all of them within the daddish assortment proper now which I extremely suggest significantly this This is likely one of the defining video games of the Change era to me is the Datish Trilogy. It is too dang good. All proper, sticking in largely alphabetical order right here, we’ve got Dandara. So this recreation I obtained after Celeste, and it was one of many first video games that I had performed that actually messed with gravity. I had play VVVV on 3DS and fell completely in love with that one and wished with all of my coronary heart that sometime I may play it on my tv. However within the meantime, I discovered this recreation on the eShop. This was that is within the early days of the change that I assumed had a extremely fascinating look to it, and I wound up attempting it, and I nonetheless do not suppose I’ve ever performed something fairly prefer it. Your character cannot stroll, you simply soar. It has been years since I’ve performed it, and I feel they’ve carried out some actually vital updates to it since then, together with a extremely helpful map operate that I want existed after I performed by way of it the primary time. So that you simply level this arrow in a route, and also you leap to the following flat floor. Like the entire recreation is simply these Sequence of leaps and the and you already know, clearly somewhat little bit of fight so far as like capturing issues It is extraordinarily intelligent got here it’s so so good. I I used to be I used to be simply floored by this one after I performed by way of it and I attempted to suggest it to all people who had performed Celeste as a result of this got here out across the identical time on change and Celeste was simply blowing up in reputation and I used to be like if you’re carried out with that one, you have to do that recreation It is a bit totally different however it’s like a exploratory metroidvania sort factor. And should you like these sorts of video games, that is actually distinctive and you have to give it a attempt. And I do not know the way many individuals did, however I used to be so impressed with this one. And it is a type of, you already know, Change experiences that I am by no means going to overlook. Subsequent up, Donut County. That is, this recreation had been advisable to me a handful of instances and it was compared to Katamari Damacy, which is one in every of my all time favorites. In order that was a fairly daring transfer to check that to Katamari, however after I lastly did give in and play it as a result of I did not do it at first, much like after I was speaking about Sayonara Wild Hearts within the final video, it did in truth ground me. Donut County is so good, and its soundtrack has rather a lot to do with it. It is obtained some actually nice writing, however it additionally has simply such a very good soundtrack and a extremely easy gameplay loop much like Katomari. You are a gap within the floor and you progress it round and the extra issues fall within the gap, the larger your gap will get, the extra you will get to fall down the outlet. You clear a stage by getting all of the issues to fall down the entire. It is utterly nuts, once more, it is simply brimming with ridiculous character. I couldn’t love this recreation extra, I’ve performed by way of it like twice I feel, and it is only a hoot. And it is obtained a raccoon as one of many foremost characters. It is nice. Okay, all people need to change. Oh, I can not consider I’ve to speak good about this recreation once more. Each single time I’ve say good issues about this recreation, I get somewhat sick inside, as a result of its presentation is simply foul. This horse character, MC Horus, or no matter they name him, is the worst. this recreation on the floor is simply rubbish, however I obtained assigned to assessment it for Nintendo Pressure journal and uh, so I had a bunch of individuals over as a result of they mentioned it may well go as much as 100 gamers. So I feel we had about 10 individuals over and you should use Pleasure-Cons or you should use your cell telephones to play these mini video games and if we did not have essentially the most enjoyable possible whereas enjoying this, the one recreation that stands proud of my thoughts greater than the and discover colours. So no matter house you are in, the sport would provide you with a colour, and this was one of many modes you needed to play together with your telephone. So it could entry your digicam, and you would need to take an image of one thing that was as near that colour as you possibly can discover. And right here I’m in my basement, the place I’ve all my online game assortment out, and these eight or 9 different individuals operating round, and we’re all taking a look at totally different recreation artwork packing containers to attempt to discover one thing that’s that precise colour. It was a lot enjoyable. ridiculously aggressive if you get the appropriate crowd of individuals collectively as a result of you already know you are splitting the groups and also you know how it goes forwards and backwards and handicaps you if you’re doing tremendous properly it is actually intelligent it is so dangerous it is, so embarrassing to have a look at generally however if you need a celebration recreation they only it is simply the most effective occasion video games i’ve ever performed and that i hate to say that as a result of the unique one two change i believe is it simply It makes me indignant. I can not consider how good this recreation is. Alright, I am gonna cease speaking about it now. Alright, i am gonna do the remainder of this row. Simply shapes and beats, holy cow. This recreation is superb. I’ve by no means cared a few sq. extra in my whole life. This recreation so, so efficient in its storytelling. Simply primarily based on, simply from its music. Its soundtrack is unbelievably good. It is… stuffed with all types of, I feel, EDM is the phrase for it, digital dance music. I do not actually know the terminology as a result of I am outdated and lame, however the music is so freaking good and this recreation’s actually exhausting. You are just a bit sq. and the sport is simply shapes and beats. All the things is little geometric shapes and you progress round, however it’s telling this story of this like some form of evil pink one thing that is destroying your world and also you’re combating in opposition to it. as you undergo and also you meet different shapes and dangerous issues occur to them however then it can save you them and the sport defies description. It is unbelievable. I actually can not say sufficient good issues about it. It is likely one of the finest video games on this platform and I do not suppose it exists bodily? I don’ know. Perhaps it does and I’ve simply by no means seen it however it would not shock me simply due to the music. There’s a lot music in there. I assume that… a few of the rights could be exhausting to get. I do not know. I haven’t got sufficient about it or its historical past. I simply know that this recreation, this recreation specifically proper right here, is likely one of the perfect video games on this platform, which is absolutely saying one thing as a result of there’s so many video games on Change, however simply wow. I am simply an absolute wow. Play simply say if in case you have any distant curiosity in rhythm primarily based video games, play this recreation. It is that good. All Katana zero is up subsequent this one right here Um, this was a sort of a shock to me and I feel I obtained it, I feel I obtained a for assessment or possibly I picked it up as a result of I noticed it in a type of Devolver digital bouts of madness that they’ve round E3 time. Uh, however this recreation is likely one of the coolest video games I feel ever performed. And I do not suppose it is ever going to get a sequel trigger I don’ suppose Devolvers does sequels very a lot, however, um, I hope it does as a result of the story sort of ended on this bizarre If I keep in mind accurately, virtually time-travelly, it happened sooner or later sort of cliffhanger. I do not know, man. This recreation melted my head. It is a actually enjoyable recreation to play. You are this ninja murderer sort individual, and it is 2D pixel artwork visuals that I am positive you are taking a look at on the display screen proper now. Nevertheless it’s sort of exhausting, and its actually, actually good, and I can not… It simply blew me away. It is probably the most memorable experiences I’ve had on this platform. It simply blow me away.” All proper, the final one I will discuss for this video, as you’ll be able to see there’s lots extra, however the final, one other one could be somewhat little bit of a shock, Kirby’s Dream Buffet. I like Kirby video games. I like kirby video games. I used to like Kirby Video games much more, again within the outdated days. The unique Dream Land, Dream Land 2 and Recreation Boy, Journey on NES is my favourite, all the best way up by way of Nightmare in Dreamland, which is a remake of Journey. on Recreation Boy Advance, I feel was sort of the place I began to fall off, however I actually beloved the outdated Kirby video games, and as a lot as I had tried to get into them after that, they only by no means actually caught with me anymore till the Change, which I will most likely discuss Forgotten Land in some unspecified time in the future within the not too distant future. Um, this, uh… The Change actually obtained me again into the Kirby video games and I am attempting to return and play a few the extra of those which are on Nintendo Change On-line, like Wonderful Mirror, simply because I actually like Kirby video games. This one’s somewhat little bit of a distinct animal. This one is, Kirby’s Dream Course is definitely one in every of my favourite video games, Dream Course, is an outstanding recreation should you’ve by no means tried it, it’s on Nintendo change on-line, it is a Tremendous Nintendo recreation, it principally Kirby mini-golf. Began life as I feel particular tea shot and simply sort of a the totally different factor and so they put a Kirby license on it And all of the Kirby issues to it and actually the sport actually got here collectively then proper regardless so Kirby’s dream buffet is your one in every of Your Kirby as a result of there’s a number of Kirby’s and also you roll round since you simply you are just a bit ball And also you’re rolling round attempting to eat as a lot as you’ll be able to and the extra you eat the fatter you get and the objective Is to be as fats as attainable by the top of your little collection of races, as a result of it is like a racing recreation, but in addition like a fight recreation virtually, as a result of you need to ram into one another and attempt to knock the meals out of one another to not be as fats. This recreation deserves to be, I can not consider this is not native 4 participant, it drives me up the wall that this solely goes to 2 gamers regionally, as a result of if this was 4 participant this could get as a lot play in our home as Mario Celebration and Mario Kart, like, it is that good. It’s such a enjoyable, enjoyable loop. and its soundtrack is a celebration of the complete Kirby collection, like, there’s new interpretations of music from Kirby’s pinball land for crying out loud. There’s all types of stuff on this soundtrack that completely guidelines should you’ve been enjoying Kirby video games for ages and ages. However this recreation is an excessive amount of enjoyable. I am unhappy that it would not exist bodily, I am so, so indignant that it is not for gamers regionally, however we do nonetheless play this recreation fairly actually because it is simply, it is an excessive amount of. It is too. A lot enjoyable! It is probably the most pleasant multiplayer video games on the Change. For those who’ve skipped it as a result of it appeared like a I do not know a Fall Guys ripoff or one thing or simply as a result of it is one of many 50 bajillion Kirby video games on this technique. Do not overlook this one. It is a actually actually good recreation There’s not a ton to it content material clever like there is a bunch of stuff to unlock, however it’s simply you already know beauty Outfits and stuff the precise gameplay loop is so freaking good on this recreation It is simply it is a blast to play with buddies. So there you go. That is that is the primary dive into the digital-only stuff that actually outlined the Change, and properly, that is that. on the world to me, however there’s nonetheless so many extra to speak about, and this has been actually enjoyable, so I will hold doing these for each couple of weeks, as a result of I feel it is a blast simply wanting by way of these video games that have been simply tremendous superior and speaking a bit extra about them. So with that mentioned, thanks all people for watching. For those who like what you noticed right here at this time, please observe, remark, like, subscribe, share, tell us down within the feedback what Nintendo Change video games outlined the era for you. What digital-only video games do you would like you had bodily? Uh, and properly, the rest that you simply really feel like sharing, thanks very a lot once more for watching. On behalf of all of us right here at Stone Age Gamer, hold enjoying video games. Â
