Nintendolife videos in general. A weird drop in output, not keeping up with typical videos. Kinda been that way since Jon left. That or Jon’s weird videos were interesting enough to keep you from noticing the gap between videos as much 😂
I think it's a mix of EOL on the Switch and Zion makes more long form videos where Felix does heavy editing reviews or discussion videos and Alex does like kinda obscure wacky topic with accessories or other Switch products
Thanks Liam! I've still been around, just been thrown a few of those fancy "life curveballs" 😋 Figuring things out though slowly but surely, and am so grateful for Alex and Felix keeping things going so strongly! Cheers Liam! - Zion
Prince of Persia is excellent! Please go buy this game if you enjoy this genre. The ability to take pictures of locations or items you can’t access yet is so smart. Makes backtracking for them later much less tedious.
There’s also the issue that one person’s voice is a lot louder than the other two soft-spoken ones. The interruptions wouldn’t be so jarring if the audio mix just corrected that a bit. Not just in this series but a lot of NL’s group videos.
Cool that Emio was shown at the beginning sizzle reel, hope it's on someones list Also my top 5 Nintendo games of 2024 are FDC Emio the Smiling Man, Balatro, LOZ Echos of Wisdom, MVC collection, and Paper Mario TTYD
Ahh!!! GRIS was one of my first video games and I didn’t realize they released a new one. Immediately bought it during this video. Also currently working through Animal Well and I’m obsessed!! I’m definitely looking into the other three you shared, thanks for your video!
These all look like solid picks, I'm gonna check out at least a few of them. Thanks for all the recommendations, and I wish you all a very merry Christmas!
I've got Prince of Persia in my backlog, nabbed a physical copy on sale not too long ago. The demo was really cool! I also have Neva on my eShop wish list, but I'm okay with waiting for a sale. My backlog is ridiculous.
I’ve been following SFB’s work since like 2011 and it’s so nice to see crow country get accolades from all over the place even if it’s not personally my thing.
I already love Zion's choices. Crow country deserves to be in anybody's best game of the year countdown. I don't know what it is, but I can never find anything in common with Felix. I am, however, a decade older than him, though, so maybe that's why.
After recently playing Signalis in October-November, I told myself I'd get Crow Country and I've yet to do so. It is however on my list of games to play soon-ish. As for PoP: TLC, I get where Zion is coming from when comparing it to Metroid Dread. Honestly I'd say it's just a hair below Metroid Dread in quality but it's still a pretty darn good game whose only noticeable gameplay flaw is the camera's limited pan ability when traversing through instant death spikes portions of the game resulting in a lot of trial & error gameplay. Otherwise it was one of the better games released on Switch this year.
i forgot the name of the last game. but i remember it was in the top 31 one games for the switch. i get more and more why the list looked like it did. prince of persia is really good game and i had more fun playing that than i had playing dread. i only played the demos though. but i get why zion said what he said.
Thanks for the video a couple of these look great. The problem, and a bit of feedback, is it would have been helpful to put the game name up. There are points where I genuinely, though lack of knowing the game name and your accent/ speed / word drop, had no idea what you were saying. I’m a native English speaker btw. I’ll google now, and again, thanks - just a bit of feedback.
I thought you all but HAD to play Animal Well with others. That's why I haven't picked it up. I am married with little ones, I have no one to play with.
So this is Nintendo Life's last video of 2025 and they go on break already? Well, enjoy your days off while all people in customer service and hospitality are bound to suffer. 😆
I sold my Switch about 6 months ago as I wasn't really using it. Although I miss it I'm kind of glad I did as I have so many great games to catch up on when the Switch 2 comes out
You can say that about every genre. The really good ones are far and few between. Your comment makes me think you don’t like the genre and therefore can’t appreciate that fully.
1:52 I agree with Zion here. Iwas fully expecting some woke trash game when I saw the "Persian" protagonist. But hot damn it is SUCH a good game. For me, if I ignore the many story loopholes, DOES sit up there with Hollow Knight and Dread. Also... Zion made a mistake... SPOILERS: Sargon IS the Prince of Persia. Once you finish the prophecy side quest and finish the mural, there's a short story there that clearly nods at Varham, Sargon, and Qassan all being princes of Persia. Especially when you look at the mural itself, the imagery clearly shows that.
Am I tripping or are Zion videos rare nowadays
You're definitely right lol
Nintendolife videos in general. A weird drop in output, not keeping up with typical videos. Kinda been that way since Jon left. That or Jon’s weird videos were interesting enough to keep you from noticing the gap between videos as much 😂
I think it's a mix of EOL on the Switch and Zion makes more long form videos where Felix does heavy editing reviews or discussion videos and Alex does like kinda obscure wacky topic with accessories or other Switch products
Yeah, don't known what's happening at Nintendo Life.
Zion is getting older, yknow. It will happen to all of us.
1:02: Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
4:00: Neva
6:54: Crow Country
10:00: Marvel vs. Capcom: Fighting Collection
12:37: Animal Well
I really like the chemistry you three have. Awesome team
Me too but Alex needs to stop interrupting so much
Another list of bangers. I love how different are the games you picked next to Felix’s choices! Looking forward to Alex’s picks.
Zion’s back!!! Good to have you back man. Where have you been?
Thanks Liam! I've still been around, just been thrown a few of those fancy "life curveballs" 😋 Figuring things out though slowly but surely, and am so grateful for Alex and Felix keeping things going so strongly! Cheers Liam! - Zion
Hope and 2025 will be a better year for you! Hang in there dude! 🍀
So glad to hear you give credit to the MVC collection! I’ve had so much fun with it.
Prince of Persia is excellent! Please go buy this game if you enjoy this genre. The ability to take pictures of locations or items you can’t access yet is so smart. Makes backtracking for them later much less tedious.
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown was my game of the year.
Why so many comments about ‘no this’ and ‘no that’.
These are Zion’s fave games, not yours.
There’s also the issue that one person’s voice is a lot louder than the other two soft-spoken ones. The interruptions wouldn’t be so jarring if the audio mix just corrected that a bit. Not just in this series but a lot of NL’s group videos.
They're co-workers, not friends
3:34 i wonder if Nintendo will ever add the original Prince of Persia for the NES & SNES.
Hope you’re okay Zion, good to see you doing more videos again!
Can’t believe it’s already time for these again!! Feels like I just watch last years 😭
Cool that Emio was shown at the beginning sizzle reel, hope it's on someones list
Also my top 5 Nintendo games of 2024 are FDC Emio the Smiling Man, Balatro, LOZ Echos of Wisdom, MVC collection, and Paper Mario TTYD
Ahh!!! GRIS was one of my first video games and I didn’t realize they released a new one. Immediately bought it during this video. Also currently working through Animal Well and I’m obsessed!! I’m definitely looking into the other three you shared, thanks for your video!
I love this Prince of Persia game!
Zion is the GOAT. That is all.
"Zion is the GOAT. That is all." ..so good, it had to be said twice.
I would absolutely love to see yall's Nintendo Wrapped 2024. It would definitely be super interesting to see yalls most played games.
Lost crown is so legit, genuinely one of the best metroidvanias I’ve played
These all look like solid picks, I'm gonna check out at least a few of them. Thanks for all the recommendations, and I wish you all a very merry Christmas!
Love me a Zion vid. This was a great watch. He's such a thoughtful dude. Great watch. Learned about Neva, too. Cool
Another code being there makes me very happy.
Nevermind
Happy Holiday's Zion! Hope you're having a good one and great to see you again!
I was looking at my year of nintendo switch and was surprised to find out, i had the most fun with Duck Detective 😂
Definitely presumed that Another Code Recollection would be on this list, but somehow it's not. Deceptive thumbnail is so deceptive.
PoP: The Lost Crown is my GOTY.
I've got Prince of Persia in my backlog, nabbed a physical copy on sale not too long ago. The demo was really cool!
I also have Neva on my eShop wish list, but I'm okay with waiting for a sale. My backlog is ridiculous.
you guys really need to add in the name of the game in the corner.... uv been not doing this for ages
I’ve been following SFB’s work since like 2011 and it’s so nice to see crow country get accolades from all over the place even if it’s not personally my thing.
I already love Zion's choices. Crow country deserves to be in anybody's best game of the year countdown. I don't know what it is, but I can never find anything in common with Felix. I am, however, a decade older than him, though, so maybe that's why.
No Echoes of Wisdom?
Is echoes of wisdom really that good I've heard good things about it.
It's probably because Alex claimed it
After recently playing Signalis in October-November, I told myself I'd get Crow Country and I've yet to do so. It is however on my list of games to play soon-ish.
As for PoP: TLC, I get where Zion is coming from when comparing it to Metroid Dread. Honestly I'd say it's just a hair below Metroid Dread in quality but it's still a pretty darn good game whose only noticeable gameplay flaw is the camera's limited pan ability when traversing through instant death spikes portions of the game resulting in a lot of trial & error gameplay. Otherwise it was one of the better games released on Switch this year.
i forgot the name of the last game. but i remember it was in the top 31 one games for the switch.
i get more and more why the list looked like it did.
prince of persia is really good game and i had more fun playing that than i had playing dread. i only played the demos though. but i get why zion said what he said.
Happy end of the year! Excited to see your top picks.
Thanks for the video a couple of these look great. The problem, and a bit of feedback, is it would have been helpful to put the game name up. There are points where I genuinely, though lack of knowing the game name and your accent/ speed / word drop, had no idea what you were saying. I’m a native English speaker btw. I’ll google now, and again, thanks - just a bit of feedback.
TBH, I liked lost crown SIGNIFICANTLY more than metroid dread 😂
Love these top 5 lists. Please add time stamps
Emio is so underrated
3 cheers for Animal Well! My personal GOTY! Still can’t figure out how to decode the secret of the eggs 💀🤐
The Prince of Persia Complete Edition is currently 50% off
Oh, man, go into Grave of the Fireflies with a box of tissues.
what's the last game is called?
Animal Well
Love prince of Persia but current Ubisoft isn't getting a cent out of me
I just got prince of Persia for like $18 on Amazon
No Balatro?!
If it won GOTY.. 🤔.. well
I actually think Prince of Persia the lost Crown is better than Metroid dread. And while Metroid dread is awesome, I don’t even think it’s a contest.
Totally agree. I recently played both and the platforming in Prince of Persia gives it the win for me
There were 5 games that came out on switch this year?
I played through Metroid Dread for the first time after playing through Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and I must say that the latter was more fun.
I thought you all but HAD to play Animal Well with others. That's why I haven't picked it up. I am married with little ones, I have no one to play with.
No it's single player and was advised as such. It has a lot of secrets that could take a bit to discover
Shoutout to hyggelig!! ❤🎉
Zion, I trust you.
I am now closing this video and going to play Animal Well instead of listening to your horrible spoilers.
Cheers!
So this is Nintendo Life's last video of 2025 and they go on break already?
Well, enjoy your days off while all people in customer service and hospitality are bound to suffer. 😆
Jeeez. No need for such negativity, man, c'mon.
Alright, see ya!
No plucky squire eh? 🧐
I sold my Switch about 6 months ago as I wasn't really using it. Although I miss it I'm kind of glad I did as I have so many great games to catch up on when the Switch 2 comes out
Yall ever notice Alex is just a hater? Like, if it’s not Nintendo, he scoffs at it.
Around Christmas, it's the way to be. 😆
it would help if they put the fucking name of the games....
Prince of Persia is way better than Metroid Dread.
As someone whose favourite game was super Metroid for decades, I agree.
hot take received
🙂🙂↔️
Animal Well is beautiful
Animal Well music is beautiful
Animal Well gameplay is boring as f...
Metroid-vanias are a dime a dozen.
You can say that about every genre. The really good ones are far and few between. Your comment makes me think you don’t like the genre and therefore can’t appreciate that fully.
It feels like Alex and Felix hate Zion. They are always putting him down and it’s off putting
😅 omg... hahaha
1:52 I agree with Zion here. Iwas fully expecting some woke trash game when I saw the "Persian" protagonist. But hot damn it is SUCH a good game. For me, if I ignore the many story loopholes, DOES sit up there with Hollow Knight and Dread.
Also... Zion made a mistake... SPOILERS:
Sargon IS the Prince of Persia. Once you finish the prophecy side quest and finish the mural, there's a short story there that clearly nods at Varham, Sargon, and Qassan all being princes of Persia. Especially when you look at the mural itself, the imagery clearly shows that.
Buy Steam Deck.
On it
I want to but I have stuff on other libraries so might need that rog ally
I love being the very first comment.
Wow this year must’ve really sucked if this is top tier…. Wtf!
Lame games
It’s their personal favorites of the year, but the top games of the year.