It’s our end of year episode where, joined by guests from our sister shows, we disclose our top picks across a number of arbitrary categories!

• best games we missed last year
• best ports or remasters
• best indies
• best multiplayer
• best narrative design
• best soundtrack
• best sound design
• best visual design
• best games to play on an OLED Switch (from any year)
• top 3 favourite games
• our individual games of the year!

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Snowball Park – Mahito Yokota, Toru Minegishi, Yasuaki Iwata, Koji Kondo (Super Mario 3D World)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• the eShop’s new feature
• all the announcements from the December Indie World Showcase
• Dungeon Munchies
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin
• Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon
• Loop Hero

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andrew Brown

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Loop Blues – Aleksandr Goreslavets/blinch (Loop Hero)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Tails of Iron
• Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andy Corrigan

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Discussion – HEAT UP – Masafumi Takada (Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Subnautica: Below Zero
• Football Manager Touch 2022
• Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
• Death’s Door

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andy Corrigan

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Hall of Doors – David Fenn (Death’s Door)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Closing thoughts on Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Dying Light
• Colors Live
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda
• Animal Crossing: Happy Home Paradise and the New Horizons 2.0 update

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andy Corrigan

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

The World of Wickedness – Ryota Kozuka & Toshiki Konishi (Shin Megami Tensei V)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Heaven Dust
• Mario Party Superstars
• Just Dance 2022
• Unpacking

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andrew Brown

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Theme from Unpacking – Jeff van Dyck (Unpacking)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Castlevania Anniversary Collection
• The Messenger
• Dusk
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andy Corrigan

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Level 1 – Kenichi Matsubara, Satoe Terashima and Kouji Murata (Castlevania II: Simon’s Revenge)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
• Animal Crossing’s upcoming updates
• Nintendo Online’s expansion pricing
• Our hands on impressions with the OLED Switch
• Metroid Dread

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andrew Brown

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

SoThe Theme of Samus Aran – Kenji Yamamoto & Soshi Abe & Sayako Doi (Metroid Dread)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• Closing thoughts on Eastward
• Andrew’s apology to Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
• Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
• Super Arcade Football
• Deltarune Chapter 1 & 2

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andy Corrigan

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

A CYBER’S WORLD – Toby Fox (Deltarune: Chapter 2)

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We’re back with another dose of Nintendo news, game impressions and discussion!

• all the news from September Nintendo Direct

Andy – @FlameRoastToast

Andrew – @PlayCritically

Tori – @StwTwo

Andrew Brown

Craig Windle – @CraigedyCraig / Windmills at Dawn

Heart of Fire – Michiru Yamane, Soshiro Hokkai (Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow)

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