2026 Video Game #28 ✅
Burnout Paradise Remastered (NSW)
So glad I revisited this game because I had a blast playing it!! I miss arcade racing games. Would love SF Rush(s) Remastered!

2026 Video Game #27 ✅
Mario Tennis Ultra Smash 🎾
Very barebones game. Played about 8 hours unlocking everything except the 50 consecutive wins.

2026 Video Game #26 ✅
Metroid Samus Returns
Another Metroid game completed and 💯 completed.

2026 Video Game #25 ✅
Batman Arkham Asylum
Loved replaying this on Switch handheld! 100% completed it again (skipped the challenges this time). Time for a new sequel!

2026 Video Game #24 ✅
The Medium
Pretty good game! Unique gameplay, the split reality was the best part. 7/10. Would’ve probably ranked it higher but the parts where you play as the male character was a drag.
3rd Bloober game of the year.

2026 Video Game #23 ✅
Wario Land 4
Fun game!! I really liked the timer aspect to rush to the beginning at the end of each stage.

2026 Video Game #22 ✅
Mario Party 5

Least favorite Mario Party game so far. The mini games were so repetitive in story mode. There were also too many “luck/chance” games vs having any skill.

2026 Video Game #21 ✅
Tormented Souls 2 (PS5)
I love old school horror games but this just felt so tedious. I didn’t love the first game so not sure why I checked this one out.
5/10

I do love fixed camera in horror games. It adds a little extra suspense and it’s nostalgic.

2026 Video Game #20 ✅
Mario Party Star Rush

This game grew on me. A mostly fun twist on the formula.

I really enjoyed Mario Shuffle mode the best!

Love the elephant!

2026 Video Game #19 ✅
South Park: The Fractured But Whole (PS5)
First game on PlayStation this year!
Game is so funny and creative. I liked the Stick of Truth better, but this was great!

2026 Video Game #18 ✅
Mario Fever Tennis 🎾

This game surprised me and I really enjoyed it!! Enjoyed it so much more than Aces (hate the breaking rackets)
Earned 5/6 Medals. Unsure that I’ll finish 300 stars in All Trials but will casually play between games. Story mode was fairly lame.

2026 Video Game #17 ✅
Resident Evil 8 Village (NSW2)

Love this game and loved replaying this on handheld!!

Looked great! Performance was mostly good but not as good as RE7 and 9.

2026 Video Game #16 ✅
Resident Evil 7 Biohazard (NSW2)

Loved replaying this on handheld!! Looked and performed great on the switch (aside from switch being a battery hog).

I think I would rank RE7 has the top scariest RE game

2026 Video Game #15 ✅
Resident Evil Requiem (NSW2)

Replay #1
Under 4 hours ✅ 😬
No Heals ✅
No Blood Samples ✅
25 Mr Raccoons ✅

Played 100% handheld this time! So impressed with Capcom!

2026 Video Game #14 ✅
Resident Evil Requiem (NSW2)
First play through! 9/10!
It looked/performed great on Switch2 (their hair was a little off).
Grace took some getting used to but then I enjoyed playing as her.
RPD was disappointing but there’s only so much you can do w/ what’s left of it.

2026 Video Game #13 ✅
Cronos The New Dawn (NSW2)
I loved this game! 8.5/10
Excited this launched day one on S2. Game looked GREAT! Performance was mostly great!
Atmosphere, music, gameplay, etc were all awesome!
Such is our Calling.
Up next, RE requiem!
#nintendo #horror #blooper #cronos

2026 Video Game #12 ✅
Layers of Fear 2
Picked this up for $3 and I would give it a 3/10. Hated it. I think I don’t enjoy walking-sims.
This game was to kick off horror season… Cronos, RE9, RE8, RE7

2026 Video Game #11 ✅
Super Mario Strikers ⚽️
I had a blast playing this game! This was my first entry into the Strikers series. I’m still playing to earn all of the milestones. I guess I will start Battle League next.

2026 Video Game #10 ✅
Pokémon Legends Z-A
I enjoy the Legends series more than the regular. Nice to have a pokemon game perform well. I did think this was the easiest of the Pokemon switch games.

2026 Video Game #9 ✅
Kirby and Forgotten Land Star Cross World
It was fun to revisit this game but I’d rather have a sequel. Best Buy sent me a $10 gift card otherwise I wouldn’t have spent $20 on DLC. I’m ready for new Switch 2 games as opposed to paid upgrades to existing games.

2026 Video Game #8 ✅
Big Hops
I thought this was just okay. The game was very buggy (played on NSW2) and it would crash multiple times.

2026 Video Game #7 ✅
Conker’s Bad Fur Day
Forgot to post this earlier. The controls on this game were so frustrating. There were some cruel difficult sections of the game. The humor got old fast.

2026 Video Game #6 ✅
Mario Party 3
Actually enjoyed this game!! I really liked the duel boards. It was fun going between duel and regular gameplay. Only 8 more Mario Party games to play. 😭

Nintendo Year in Review

year-in-review.nintendo.com/en-us/

2026 Video Game #5 ✅
Klonoa 1 (Nintendo Switch)
I started this back in 2022 and didn’t like it. Decided to revisit it and finish it. I was already 2/3 of the way through the first game. I still don’t enjoy it and won’t play the second game, but glad to get another quick game off the backlog.

2026 Video Game #4 ✅
Spider-Man N64.

It’s amazing how far we’ve come comparing this game to the PS4&5 games. Wow!! Those controls were a pain.

2026 Video Game #3 ✅
Silent Hill Homecoming

I really enjoyed this game! I read reviews with complaints on the combat but I didn’t really have any issues.

Silent Hill rankings:
2 Remake > Homecoming > 3 > 1

This may be my last Xbox game unless I play more games from rare replay.

2026 Video Game #2 ✅
Castlevania 1 (from anniversary collection)
These games are hard! Not going to lie, I used save states. The reaper kicked my ass over and over. Thought he was harder than the final boss.