Nintendo's 2024 in Review | The Week in Nintendo

[@icedcapplord710]

Honestly, it was way better than any console heading towards the retirement home, had any right to be. Compared to the last year of both the Wii and Wii U, it actually had good games to play for one. In terms of first party, its support is going out on a way higher note, even factoring in them wheeling out the last handful of Wii U games that are on the docket

[@SliderGamer55]

For comparison: Wii in 2012: Xenoblade, Last Story, Mario Party 9, Pikmin 2 NPC, Rhythm Heaven Fever, Mario Party 9, like half of these games were out in Europe much earlier. Wii U in 2016: Star Fox zero/Guard, Tokyo Mirage Sessions, Paper Mario Color Splash, Pokken Tournament, Twilight Princess HD, Mario and Sonic Olympic Games 2016 Switch in 2024: Mario vs. DK remake, Paper Mario:TTYD remake, Mario and Luigi Brothership, Echoes of Wisdom, Another Code Remakes, Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, Mario Party Jamboree, Princess Peach Showtime, Emio The Smling Man, Nintendo World Championships

[@boboyqc]

Yes compared to any Nintendo console last year it is pretty great. Can't really compare it to other consoles though, nowadays they don't really have a "last year".

[@xmadamada]

It's a shame that Side Order got forgotten

[@CasualChris247]

for the closing year of the switch it was pretty good id say

[@Onioncreature]

I think next time when recapping all the Nintendo releases in a year it would be better to have at least one person who has played/finished each of the games discussed on the panel. Of course this presents logistical challenges but IMO would be worth it.

[@scrunkore]

one time where I agree jon should probably have come on, though I understand he's probably busy

[@Curtis3604]

I loved echos of wisdom, it pulled me in and kept me hooked more than any game and the frame rate dips really didn't bother me much

[@dragontears]

I still don't get it. I've played it for so many hours and I still don't see it. I don't know if it's because I play handheld or if I have some sort of special stupid eyes, but I just do not get it.

[@scrunkore]

I think I noticed the game really slow down maybe twice, breath of the wild had it worse

[@sirmel11]

People not using their Nintendo Switch systems anymore make 0 sense to me. There's plenty of games to play. There's plenty of games from other companies to try.

[@TheGoldenoreos]

Tbh my use of it dropped like a rock the moment I got a steam deck to play the same third party games I would have played on the switch if they ran competently. Still some games I'm playing on there for now. Once the new system is out it will replace my use of my switch since it'll play my old games and potentially could play some even better

[@BROJANGSTER]

people not having the exact same interests and habits as me make(s) 0 sense to me

[@kyurei4478]

Agreed, especially when you know that the Switch 2 will be backward compatible. I still haven't finished to buy all the games I wanted on the console until this point, and I had even less the time to actually play them. Regardless of what people are interested in, there is far more than enough different Switch games on the market to content everyone.

[@sirmel11]

@@kyurei4478 That's all I was saying. I have a lot of Nintendo Switch games to play and a lot I want to get. People being done with the console doesn't make sense to me but maybe they play a small variety of games.

[@kyurei4478]

@@sirmel11 Indeed, I was just concurring. I think it just doesn't make sense, because even in precise types of games there is a lot to choose from.

[@Deraphim]

I always thought people were too hard on Luigi’s Mansion 2. The gameplay and structure changes made sense when you consider they were transitioning to a handheld system designed for short pick up and play sessions. Maybe that was a mistake and they went overboard, but I can’t fault them for trying to design the game around the hardware

[@lylatfox4]

"Poor visuals?" Showtime might not run the best but visually theres very little to complain about

[@Mirage475]

It looks like a phone game. It’s really not that great. Those textures are bland and flat.

[@lylatfox4]

@Mirage475 my guy that comparison means very little in 2024, have you looked at phone games lately?

[@enorma29]

person: "there's nothing to play on the last year of the switch" also same person: has a 1000+ games backlog

[@MegacoreTeamJake]

who else doesn't give a shit about framerates

[@Keitaro64]

Absolutely, I find that topic much too inflated. I mostly don't even notice... But I am also not focused on trying to see it 😉

[@Nintendofan91]

I will say I notice a big difference when I play my ps5 and go back to my switch if it’s an action/adventure game. Although lately my switch has become more of an indie game machine so frame rates aren’t a huge deal. It is quite noticeable though for people who are used to higher frame rates.

[@corrinflakes9659]

Okami 2 is the closest we had to an announcement that would appeal to Nintendo fans.

[@scrunkore]

sonic racing crossworlds is bound to have some appeal for nintendo audiences too

[@corrinflakes9659]

Ōkami 2 will also likely have dungeons similar to the first game, which means the return of Ocarinalike dungeon design.

[@corrinflakes9659]

Ocarinalike is the style from 3D Zelda starting at Ocarina of Time and up to Skyward Sword.

[@krasherom]

Okami 2, Ninja Gaiden, Shadow Labyrinth, Sonic Racing... while not too much there was some REALLY good stuff for people who like to stick with Nintendo Consoles.

[@justwantawholename]

Brothership has a slow start and perfomance problems (had to play undocked for consistency), but it does add something that other games dont have: A reason to basic attack. Plugs enhancing basic attacks. The end game from any other M&L game is spam bros moves, but if you take advantage of the plugs you can get faster kills on a lot of enemies. Ive enjoyed the game, but cant recommend to friends because of the performance (load times and frame drops) The other thing I'm thankful for is cutscene speed up for my reading speed. Wish TTYD kept it's speedy dialogue from the original

[@JoBry2003]

Interesting that your game ran better undocked. I felt that my experience with Brothership gave me more problems when I was playing in handheld vs. playing docked. I also got a weird audio bug with Luigi’s last bros attack only in handheld mode. That with the performance ended up bothering me enough that I played on the TV whenever possible.

[@justwantawholename]

@JoBry2003 it could very well be my TVs that were an issue as well. None of them were bought with gaming in mind so there may be other settings to tweak besides game mode. I was running on the original switch, not sure how much that changed either.

[@JoBry2003]

@ I get it TVs can be wildly different. I was playing on a V1 Switch from 2018 so that things getting a bit old as is

[@JoshLeitzel]

Wow, the Advance Wars Reboot Camp slander…

[@Feroror]

Dont take their opinions as gospel Emio sucked ass

[@ragnarbremer5335]

It did suck though

[@mariotennisman]

​@@FerororI wouldn't take your opinion on Emio as gospel either ...

[@Feroror]

Obviously....

[@RaK0]

Justified

[@waffledoesagacha4971]

Thousand year door was phenomenal and gorgeous looking. A lot if work went into this remake. I hope it sells well.

[@HiroesX81]

I understand the issues with the B button but complaining about the length? I'm like "Huh" so you want an rpg but you don't want an rpg that's longer than 40 hours because Mario and Luigi is quick to beat... huh... so basically jrpgs aren't your thing. Hmm I dunno if i agree with that opinion. I'm enjoying the game though. The performance issues weren't enough to deter it for me but I don't pay much attention to that and I think I'm better of for it it. I feel like this was one of their strongest without first party personally. I have so many games i bought and so many I want to buy my wallet is struggling lol

[@Klaxynd]

1:00:22 I just realized how cool Daniel's shirt is when he shifted in his seat. Man that's awesome!

[@TownDarling]

42:44 Based on playing with randoms a bunch of times, I’m inclined to believe that the entire mode is solely 8 players with the rest being bots.

[@ThisisDD]

Glad to see this one has some comfort in mind. The original joycons were so small that my hands constantly cramped up on me.

[@TevorTheThird]

I'm still unclear why anyone cares what the hardware looks like. It's a Switch. It'd be different if it was like the DS or the Switch itself, something totally new and different we'd not seen done before. But the Switch 2? It's like leaking the form factor of the 3DS. It looked like a DS. That was the least note worthy thing about the machine. If there's anything of note about the next Switch we won't know simply by it's shape. Because it's shaped like literally every other post Switch handheld device.

[@kyurei4478]

I appreciate a lot that some people are brave enough to leak it so others can know about what they want to know. In the end, this will be known, officially or not, spoiler or not.

[@sleep23218]

Why did brothership make me wait 2 hours for a hammer, 3 hours for a bros attack, and 10 hours for the main mechanic? :(

[@ThisisDD]

Honestly curious to see if the screen sits in the concave area or is part of it

[@MrGonz801]

10:06 "that's a bold strategy Cotton, I wonder if it'll pay off for them"

[@AldoInza]

I like to think that with as image obsessed DBrand is, that if you did buy the case and it was wrong, they'd fix it to avoid the social media outcry.

[@ArisuBeloved]

Pretty week year honestly but was to be expected. I was hoping a Switch 2 announcement would ease off the pain of a lackluster release schedule but we're still waiting for that.

[@Neoxon619]

This was definitely the weakest year of the Switch era by a pretty sizable margin, mostly populated with ports/remasters/remakes alongside various small-to-mid tier releases (EoW falls under mid-tier, if you’re curious). Their only heavy-hitter in 2024 was Super Mario Party Jamboree, & almost none of the games Nintendo released this year were fully made internally (depending on how you count Nintendo Cube). But considering that the Switch is about to turn 8 years old & Nintendo is likely working on games for the Switch 2, Nintendo slacking a bit is perfectly justified. Plus I’m sure most other publishers would kill for a year like this to be their weakest, as we still got some pretty good stuff amongst the pile.

[@rohaanu6733]

I thought that this year was pretty great for the switch compared to some of its past years, particularly 2018, which didn’t have much outside of smash ultimate. We got a new Mario and Luigi, Zelda, ttyd remake, another code, and Damion detective club. Admittedly, though, a lot of those appeal to me specifically.

[@gamefan6219]

I wouldn't say it was the weakest, but it for sure was a sign that the switch is nearly finished

[@Bobo12300]

Even excluding remakes/remasters there were more exclusives then there were on Sony/Xbox

[@donnydudzinski2019]

hard disagree

[@02boots65]

Eh, I disagree. I thought their weakest year for the Switch was 2018 where most of their releases were nothing but ports and the only big hitter worth caring about was Smash. At least 2024 had more than just Jamboree that I really enjoyed (imo at least).

[@IISuzakuII]

This year almost no game was developed by the main EPD or even the main second party teams. I think it better to say for example that Intelligent System made sure that TTYD ran at a solid 60.

[@VGAfanatic]

The weird thing is, there are aspects I disagree with about your criticisms about Mario & Luigi: Brothership, but I haven't finished the game; I took a break because it started to feel too bloated, so I struggle to argue with your points. I'm honestly more willing to go to bat for Paper Mario and Smiling Man as the best games of the year from Nintendo. PS: I'm not a stickler for framerate and performance, but even I noticed how much Echoes of Wisdom was struggling, so as much as I loved that game, that's the issue that REALLY needs to be addressed on Switch 2.

[@charlestrudel8308]

i mean, 30% off will happen with all nintendo games, but indeed rarely more than that

[@milesrodger3724]

I am adoring this Nintendo weekly podcast guys

[@IISuzakuII]

Thank god my eye adjust easy and arent that sensitive to fps drops as long as it's not crazy. I swear I experienced none of those frame drops that I saw in the trailer.

[@geoxaga6507]

10:04 Disney lawyers

[@colin12684]

Wait…these guys have a PlayStation podcast?! Didn’t even know about that.

[@superjakendo]

Brothership is great fun. Can't say I agree with y'all on it.. Sure it's got some pacing issues but the combat is the best it's ever been. Why would you want an RPG to be short? I don't understand that criticism about length. If you're not keen on an RPG with many characters having a lot of dialogue, you can just press the B button to fast forward through most of it. Guess we can agree to disagree, personally I gotta say that Brothership is easily one of my favorites in the series right now. My criticisms with the game are really just that I wish some story elements were explained a bit more and that there could have been a few more boss fights sprinkled throughout, along with a new game plus or Hard mode like how Dream Team had.

[@marcinsambor4061]

Wait? Steve has a PlayStation podcast?

[@JustJulyo]

This year I spent the least amount of time on my Switch but the games I played pretty much 100% through completion

[@N3o3k8]

15:09 for peach whilst i would have like somethign more engaging for adults, thisnis clearly aimed at kids and both my 6 and 8 year old love this game and they enjoy replaying the levels to get the stuff they missed, but for me the game didnt engage me which im fine with, moer than enough games for me to play. 34:39 i emio about a month ago, definitely a highlight of the year for me went through a few dofferent emotions whilst playing the end of the game with how they reveal the story

[@IISuzakuII]

Ok... can we stop acting as if Nintendo has this universal conference where every dev and all of their partners discuss game design decisions. Two different teams made F Zero 99 and Paper Mario. Specifically a Western team versus a Japanese team. Most of the time the devs making games don't even know much of other teams projects until they announce the games.

[@YouTubeChannel-iq5to]

The charisma oozes thick and strong lol

[@Krakenjackz]

I think I've actually played my switch more this year than last, I've been trying to beat as much of my huge Backlog as I can before switch 2 gets here. PS5 i have half the time as I did last year, nothing really interested me on it besides astro bot, elden ring and wukong.

[@jaydeeduballyew]

Great video to listen to while gaming. That's to some of my favorite creators for the good vibes

[@Vvonter]

It was a fine, year. I mean the first half had very niche stuff. With Another Code, Endless Ocean. And Princess Peach Showtime I feel like it was made with a younger audience in mind. Paper Mario TTYD is fine, I do feel it has a hardcore audience but I didn't bother with it because it's not as replayable. LM2 is my favorite Luigi's Mansion. It's not as short as the first game, and the combat IMO is better than the third game. It has an arcade feeling with how the scoring actually matters for each mission instead of just giving you a grade at the very end like in 3.(I swear, when you think about it, money is pointless in the third game). I haven't played Emio but like Metroid Dread it seems Yoshio Sakamoto wanted to have closure with that series. Or end an story arc. Echoes of Wisdom is fun, despite the framerate pacing issues. I feel the game invites you to get and see everything, it's nice having that map in a single realm. The echoes I feel like repeated playthroughs will give it a different experience. Mario Party Jamboree is fun, though at this stage in life I haven't met as often with friends as I use to. I do like it having an option to make it less random and more reliant on playing well. I'll wait for Switch 2 to play Mario and Luigi. Though I'm disappointed to hear it's being compared to Dream Team which was the last game I played. I suppose is exciting to not know how and when they'll launch the next console. Though opinions on it are very boring, just a tech update like it was a cellphone, I feel like with all their hardware it'll have unique features. Or at least have an updated UI that adds to the experience when launching a game, like Miiverse. I just feel the speculation on it has been very uninteresting because in the end more than tech specs is about how and what design decisions they do to improve the experience and make it more appealing and exciting. Next year we already know of 2 big games being Metroid Prime 4 and Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

[@SuperFirstSecond]

Regarding Emio, the Detective Club games are all totally self contained, stand alone stories. There is no over-arcing story to "end".

[@EPS5000]

I saw bill trinen in the audience, so not just Doug

[@vickirin]

Daniel is the man

[@colin12684]

For the 20 friends for Mario party…sir I have no friends. I’m not getting 20 people to play all at once. I imagine 99% would never get 20 people together. Not a bad choice at all

[@Terranigma23]

Another Code ReCollection is so underrated and one of my favorite surprise of 2024. This is a huge remake if you compare to the original version of these games. Also the music is really good + the voice acting. :)

[@TheGoldenoreos]

Probably the second weakest year when it comes to the switch, but def some noteworthy games made their way. Not the 2024 people wanted, but hopefully Nintendo's followup to the Switch isn't a disappointment after all this buildup.

[@ghostin3274]

Posting this as Dbrand leaks and confirms the switch 2 measurements 🤣

[@dfilm]

Great video

[@MegacoreTeamJake]

Where's Jon?

[@scrunkore]

he doesn't do these, he tends to have his own thing going on

[@MegacoreTeamJake]

@@scrunkore lame

[@mariotennisman]

Oh my ... Sorry guys, there are moments in the discussion where I just thought that having Jon on the podcast would've balanced out a lot of "meh" vibes you were on.

[@RaK0]

All points were justified though. It sucks enough that you cannot buy any 3rd party games anymore without considering the possibility of major performance problems but I am really tored of Nintendo inhouse games that have problems as well. Usually I'm not even that bothered by it if it happens occasionally but I'm also used to their own games running perfectly fine. I'm at a point right now where I just want to move on.

[@mariotennisman]

@RaK0 3rd party games with performance cutbacks and problems were already a thing from the Switch first year. We are not talking about new problems here when it comes to how devs decide to make their games work on the console. Moreso as you pointed out, we're at the end of the generation and I understand that some want to actually go past it for the greener fields, but amplifying issues that were there from the get go as if it suddenly is the deal breaker isn't the way to go.

[@ivanzoneBR24]

Dbrand is either lying or Nintendo is trolling them.

[@scrunkore]

is it that unreasonable to expect they know what the console looks like, when it's going to be officially revealed within the next three months?

[@donnydudzinski2019]

Steve is way too sensitive to frame rate. I had no issues with peach showtime or echoes of wisdom.

[@ivanzoneBR24]

Neither did I with Brothership, the game runs smoothly

[@mariotennisman]

I mean, there are drops. But if you sincerely played Switch games this whole generation, then this isn't anything new.

[@JoeGoldfish]

Okay, you guys got me interested in famicom detective club now

[@zgeiselh6797]

Brandon stop. Mario Party 9 is a decent game

[@homebrewGT2]

6:00 he's just in denial. Thats the console.

[@charlestrudel8308]

ai somnium files indeed

[@Shadow650Nintendero]

It had been a... NONtendo awards... Hahahaha... 😐 Shotout to Wood and his Nontendo Podcast.

[@NinjaKingAce]

Who uses Blussky?

[@sirmel11]

Nintendo screwed Advance Wars for no reason. I doubt many would have associated it with the real life war, that's a silly connection to make.

[@jamiecal11]

Once the novelty of Echoes Of Wisdom has worn off, it's nothing special.

[@miker2000]

For me, I usually only buy 2 to 3 Nintendo games a year anyway. So this year is no different. I only like certain franchises/genres. That being said, I am still playing on my Switch more than my PS5. There are so many games on my backlog and the Switch is perfect for going back to play them. As a result, I would say I am not ready for a Switch 2 because I have so much to do still.

[@Ninten-Durg]

Honestly outside of Emio and TTYD, I wasn’t crazy about anything Switch exclusive this year. Granted I didn’t play everything and I totally understand that its totally fine to have a slow year at the end of a consoles life and I still love switch, but this is the first year in a while where my favorite games were on other consoles.

[@sparkypack]

"If Switch too improves performances?" I've no clue what you mean. The Switch is really old.

[@dragontears]

Idk. I had a great Nintendo year. I loved Princess Peach Showtime, I adored Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, and I think Super Mario Party Jamboree has been amazing.

[@repoversemedium]

I have never looked at Peach for more than a minute.

[@lonewolf8292]

Nintendo not Stupid to release a new console that looks exactly like the Switch.

[@DominicBlackburn-h2t]

Turned off when you called the advance wars remade ‘bland’ maybe the worst comment of 2024

[@ragnarbremer5335]

Yeah, it was atrocious

[@donnydudzinski2019]

I feel bad for the devs that need to appease these whiny spoiled brats

[@jamiecal11]

Having basic criticisms doesn't make them whiny spoiled brats. What a dumb, childish thing to say.

[@donnydudzinski2019]

@@jamiecal11come say that to my face

[@bkillinm]

Would have been a perfect year for something like rythmn Heaven or kuru kururin. But I thought it was a good year considering. Brothership and paper mario were both excellent and I also really enjoyed echoes of wisdom and Mario Vs donkey Kong.

[@tomsimmons7673]

Jon obviously likes bad games. And he supported a proven liar in Helena Taylor.

[@sirmel11]

Pocket Camp is a waste of money. It's boring. I would suggest not buying it.

[@plooper14]

Echoes of wisdom and brothership both had poor game design, hopefully their future games are better

[@KevZ7.]

poor game design ? how ? especially for Echoes of Wisdom this is such a wild comment

[@plooper14]

@KevZ7.the whole game is just spawning enemies to fight for you. They put the sword on a timer. The menus are a pain to navigate. It’s just more of the “solve the puzzle your own way!” game design that has gotten incredibly stale. Give it more time, people will realize this game is not very good

[@KevZ7.]

@@plooper14 people don't need time to realize anything, people understood why they didn't made it a sword fighting game, the whole gameplay is the reason the game even exists and people liked it The devs also gave a very good reason in interviews on why they made the menus this way (it's not for everyone I get it, but it's justified and makes sense once you see their explanation on it)

[@Ninjaananas]

​@@plooper14 Give it time and EoW will be regarded as an S tier top down Zelda.

[@plooper14]

@KevZ7.I heard their explanation, i think it’s stupid

[@ragnarbremer5335]

The guy with the glasses must have brain damage for preferring Peach Showtime over Super Princess Peach

[@YouTubeChannel-iq5to]

why does that guy have so many puppets and toys in his house? Grow tf up!