Nintendo Switch Fan-Favorite Games of 2020 Revealed!

12/21/20 • 62 min

The holiday season is full of fun, time-honored traditions...like discussing the year’s most magnificent Nintendo SwitchTM games! From Animal CrossingTM: New Horizons and Super Mario 3D All-StarsTM to Hades, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity and many more, fans chose from a long list of nominees to vote for their favorites. Now, it’s time for Chris and Nintendo Minute’s Kit and Krysta to reveal the winners in this special year-end episode.

01:37 – Merry Multiplayer

04:27 – Fresh Ideas

06:35 – Intense Action

10:31 – Animal Crossing: New Horizons Activity

13:48 – Spiffy Indie

19:45 – Great Graphics

22:53 – Super Soundtrack

27:36 – Sooo Relaxing

31:15 – What a Story!

36:25 – Cool Character

40:21 – Tough Challenge

45:14 – 35 Years of Super Mario!

48:38 – Players’ Game of the Year

Ending music is from Super Mario 3D World.

Games discussed have been rated EVERYONE to MATURE by the ESRB.

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01:37 – Merry Multiplayer

04:27 – Fresh Ideas

06:35 – Intense Action

10:31 – Animal Crossing: New Horizons Activity

13:48 – Spiffy Indie

19:45 – Great Graphics

22:53 – Super Soundtrack

27:36 – Sooo Relaxing

31:15 – What a Story!

36:25 – Cool Character

40:21 – Tough Challenge

45:14 – 35 Years of Super Mario!

48:38 – Players’ Game of the Year

Ending music is from Super Mario 3D World.

Games discussed have been rated EVERYONE to MATURE by the ESRB.

If you would like to share any feedback or ideas for the podcast, or submit a question to possibly be answered in a future episode, please email us at [email protected].

Follow Nintendo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/

Follow Nintendo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica

Subscribe to Nintendo on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/nintendo

Previous Episode

The Legend of Zelda Series Special Featuring Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity!

It’s a special episode for fans of the Legend of ZeldaTM series! Starting today, fans of the Legend of ZeldaTM: Breath of the Wild game can go back 100 years to experience the events of the new Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity game! To help Chris geek out over the prequel’s many guest appearances and other cool connections, he’s joined by Chiko from Nintendo Treehouse and Joe from the Nintendo of America social team. Both share their impressions of the game after beating it, without revealing any big spoilers. The group also revisits The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the Nintendo Power Game Club segment and shares the results of Legend of Zelda series fan polls. Plus, they take part in the Warp Zone game quiz and pick their most anticipated upcoming games for the Nintendo SwitchTM system.

Never played a Hyrule Warriors game before? Download the free Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity demo from Nintendo eShop!

00:43 – Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

23:28 – Player’s Pulse

29:19 – Nintendo Power Game Club: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

43:46 – Warp Zone Quiz

48:03 – Game Forecast

Ending music is from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Games discussed have been rated EVERYONE to MATURE by the ESRB.

If you would like to share any feedback or ideas for the podcast, or submit a question to possibly be answered in a future episode, please email us at [email protected].

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Next Episode

Monster Hunter Rise + Ghosts ’n Goblins (Feat. Team Capcom!)

Street Fighter. Mega Man. Resident Evil. For decades, Capcom has developed iconic series and classic games, and in this episode, Chris covers some of his favorites with Capcom’s own Mike and Yuri. Stephanie from Nintendo of America joins too, and the group starts by sharing stories of their recent hunt together in the upcoming Monster Hunter Rise game for the Nintendo SwitchTM system. They also reveal the results of Capcom fan polls, take an all-Capcom Warp Zone Quiz, revisit the Capcom NESTM and Super NESTM classics Ghosts ’n Goblins and Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts, and pick their most anticipated upcoming Nintendo Switch games (including a couple Capcom contenders)! So, power up your Mega Buster, charge up your Flash Kick, buff up with your Hunting Horn and join in!

00:30 – Monster Hunter Rise

25:18 – Player’s Pulse

29:57 – Nintendo Power Game Club: Ghosts ’n Goblins + Super Ghouls ’n Ghosts

41:53 – Warp Zone Quiz

47:41 – Game Forecast

Ending music is from Monster Hunter Rise.

Games discussed have been rated EVERYONE to MATURE by the ESRB.

If you would like to share any feedback or ideas for the podcast, or submit a question to possibly be answered in a future episode, please email us at [email protected].

Follow Nintendo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nintendo/

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