What occurs each December? Christmas Day. New 12 months’s Eve. A bunch of gross sales as we method the tip of the 12 months. Oh, and our year-end online game wrap-ups.
Nintendo Swap 12 months in Overview 2023 is formally obtainable, which means you may scour over each single second of your online game habits for the 12 months. The stats vary from the three most-played video games of the 12 months to your style preferences. Head on over to the official Nintendo web site to get your stats now — all you have to do is bounce into the hyperlink beneath and register, and tah-dah!
Earlier than we share our 12 months in Overview stats, boy, what a 12 months for online game releases it has been, hey? We count on quite a lot of selection in your gaming habits — and quite a lot of Zelda, too.
We at Nintendo Life are desperate to share personal personal stats with you, the stunning readers. Which of us has performed too many RPGs? And who’s put probably the most time into that brand-new Zelda recreation?
Have a learn by our 12 months’s stats and share your most performed video games within the feedback beneath. Take pleasure in!
Jim Norman, Employees Author
Most performed video games 2023:
Shock, shock, Tears of the Kingdom takes the highest spot for me (you higher get used to that shock). It solely sits on the 81-hour mark — a small week’s price in comparison with a few of us — however my objective was to go for story before everything after which choose it up once more at a later date to mop up every part else. It simply so occurs that ‘every part else’ was quite quite a bit this 12 months, so returning to Hyrule hasn’t been prime of my to-do listing…
I’m barely shocked to see Fireplace Emblem Interact in second place with 50 hours logged — and that got here from January and February alone. And my beloved Sea of Stars lands at quantity three. I solely had 35 hours logged on this one (what can I say? I unfold my time round), however what a 35 hours they have been!
I put a complete of 405 hours into my Swap this 12 months throughout 44 totally different video games. Neatly, I wrapped up most of those within the 10 to 20-hour bracket (*cough* the perfect size for a recreation *cough*), although the likes of Hole Knight and Pikmin 4 took up a little bit extra of my time and narrowly missed out on the rostrum. Perhaps subsequent 12 months for Silksong, eh?
Ollie Reynolds, Employees Author
Most performed video games 2023:
I’ve struggled with Tears of the Kingdom since its launch. Provided that Breath of the Wild is one in every of my all-time favourites, the direct sequel actually ought to have been a slam dunk for me. Sadly, each try and get into it has resulted in boredom creeping in, ultimately leading to me shutting it right down to play one thing fully totally different. But at 66 hours of whole playtime, nobody can accuse me of not making an attempt – so there.
Metroid Prime Remastered is predictably very shut behind at 59 hours; I can beat this recreation in only a handful at this level, so my time spent with this one has consisted of a number of playthroughs and meticulous merchandise looking for our information. It is pure consolation meals for me, so I believe it might effectively find yourself as one in every of my most performed video games of 2024, too.
I am a little bit shocked that I solely managed to build up a complete of 40 hours on Persona 4 Golden; I actually treasure this recreation and I assumed I spent for much longer on it. However gosh, there have been so many nice video games this 12 months, I suppose it actually should not shock me.
Alana Hagues, Deputy Editor
Most performed video games 2023:
Okay, so, I would must exit a little bit bit extra: I performed my Swap for almost 1,200 hours in 2023. Eep.
My primary was assured — I spent a whopping 284 hours on Tears of the Kingdom which should not be stunning on condition that I reviewed and guided it. I am additionally not shocked to see Octopath Traveler II right here, both, as a result of I did completely every part in that recreation — a number of save scumming for steals and lots of superboss makes an attempt and deaths till I lastly felled it. 88 hours is about what I anticipated given how dense that recreation is.
The most important shock right here is Animal Crossing. I completely forgot I slipped again into that recreation within the spring throughout the pre-TOTK lull. I have not touched it since Might and in some way I managed to place 128 hours into it. Good lord. Mainly, I spent over 40 hours on 9 totally different video games, and nearly all of them have been RPGs: Trails into Reverie, Trails to Azure, Star Ocean The Second Story R, Disco Elysium, Sea of Stars, Theatrhythm… busy 12 months for the style, huh?
Gavin Lane, Editor
Most performed video games 2023:
No surprises with primary. With 111 hours on the clock, I solely just lately beelined to the Lightning Temple after which onto Hyrule Citadel for the ultimate showdown in an effort to trounce Ganondorf earlier than 2024 arrives. I might say there’s at the very least one other 100 hours of noodling earlier than I am completed in Hyrule.
Tunic was in my backlog from final 12 months and scratched a pre-TOTK itch very effectively (though I by no means really beat the ultimate boss), as did Skyward Sword — a shock entry sneaking into third place simply forward of Vampire Survivors! Once more, I used to be jonesing for Zelda whereas awaiting TOTK’s arrival and I ended up going again to 1 that I picked up at launch however solely performed for a couple of hours.
Elsewhere, I touched an entire swathe of video games — 48 in whole — for a couple of hours every; it has been a bitty 12 months for one purpose or one other, a number of half-finished adventures. My first recreation of 2023 was the superb Rogue Legacy 2, which I used to be nonetheless hooked on, and 1% of my style developments this 12 months have been taken up by pinball, thanks solely to the Star Trek: The Subsequent Era desk added to Pinball FX.
Kate Grey, Contributor
Most performed video games 2023:
A 12 months is a surprisingly very long time in video games! I truthfully forgot that I might had a Stardew part within the earlier half of the 12 months, largely taking part in with my accomplice on a shared farm. It was his first time taking part in, and my seventy millionth, so it was largely an train in me being Chill and Not Telling Him That We Want To Full The Neighborhood Heart ASAP. Did I succeed? Ha, no.
Unsurprisingly, Zelda is there — do not kill me, however I really have not completed it but — and Slay the Spire, which I jumped again into just lately. I’m a little bit shocked that it is solely 88 hours, really.
I additionally had 53 hours of Fae Farm, 49 hours of A Great Life, 33 hours of The Winds of Anthos, and 24 hours of Pikmin, so no prizes for guessing what my most performed style was this 12 months. And a wonderful 11 hours replaying my beloved Ghost Trick. What a 12 months.
PJ O’Reilly, Employees Author
Most performed video games 2023:
In fact Tears of the Kingdom is my primary Swap recreation this 12 months when it comes to each hours performed and the way a lot I loved it general. There’s simply no getting round it, it’s one in every of Nintendo’s most interesting hours and a recreation that’s actually left me questioning the place Workforce Zelda can go together with the collection after such an awe-inspiring, all-encompassing journey (I’ll take a return to traditional dungeons if that’s pleased with everybody else).
Elsewhere, and moreover huge assessment video games which I are likely to spend far an excessive amount of time with – I’m speaking in regards to the likes of Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise and Fireplace Emblem Interact particularly, my different most performed titles on a purely private degree this 12 months have been Dave The Diver and Dredge. We’ve had some actual doozies this 12 months on the indie entrance, however these two actually do spotlight the limitless creativity and selection of experiences that indie video games deliver to the desk on Swap. What’s that? Dave the Diver is not an indie? However Geoff mentioned so!
Exterior of my prime three, there’s all types within the combine. I took a critical shine to Sea of Stars, Pikmin 4, and an entire bunch of different stuff this 12 months and, general, I really reckon Swap has had its greatest 12 months thus far in 2023, which is simply mad actually. I haven’t even talked about my amorous affairs with Octopath Traveller 2, Tremendous Mega Baseball 4 or PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, these have all accrued hefty playtimes too, however yeah, this 12 months belongs to Zelda, with a fats diver (to not be confused with chubby plumber) and a few eldritch fish scooping up the quantity 2 and three spots.
Gonçalo Lopes, Contributor
Most-played video games 2023:
The story of 1 John Marston took the bronze this 12 months. It’s kind of foolish since I had already accomplished the sport again on PS3 a couple of years again, however the attract of returning to a digital, now moveable Wild West proved an excessive amount of to go on. I nonetheless plan to come back again and end the growth Undead Nightmare later down the road.
The silver medal goes to the very first Nintendo launch of 2023: the exceptional Fireplace Emblem Interact. Skipping on the heavier social features of the earlier entry, this technique RPG bought me hooked from day one because of its relatable characters and intelligent mechanics which are used as an excuse to deliver again heroes from earlier entries.
No actual shock for the one touchdown on prime of the rostrum: similar to the earlier recreation, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will probably stay the topic of many conversations for years, for being a template for open-world adventuring video video games, the quantity of lore it provides to the already-complex Zelda canon, the unbelievable plot, and the large quantity of tiny little touches that make this such an unforgettable masterpiece. Simply writing about it makes me wish to return to it and wander again into this unbelievable redemption of Hyrule. Perhaps some DLC subsequent 12 months will let me just do that (not taking place, sorry – Ed).
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