Bilan de l'année de la Nintendo Switch – Nos statistiques et les jeux les plus joués
Just recently Nintendo gave us an insight into our gaming years on Switch; cela a rappelé que Mario regarde toujours quand nous jouons, and that we’ve devoted many days of the year to this lovely hobby of ours. Depending on region you get a neat page of information that covers your most played games, ordinateur de poche / docked split, number of games played and more besides.
If you still haven’t done it, head to the pages below and make sure you’re logged into your Nintendo Account.
A number of us in Nintendo Life Towers (also known as our individual home offices, but never mind) looked at our stats and some of the results were… surprising. In some cases it reminds us of big games we reviewed, or games that dominated our routines or specific months.
Alors, in the spirit of sharing, some of our team have decided to write about their top three games along with some thoughts on the results. Enjoy!
Thomas Whitehead, rédacteur en chef adjoint
- Animal Crossing: Nouveaux horizons – 141 hours
- Les chroniques du grand avocat d'as – 38 hours
- Monster Hunter Rise – 37 hours
I enjoyed reading my stats, which were a mix of the expected and some eyebrow-raising surprises. For example I expected handheld play to dominate, avec 70% of my time leaving that dock empty. I knew October would be my busiest month thanks to Metroid Dread, which I played through twice within a couple of weeks.
Overall playtime was nearly half of what it was in 2020, quoique – Switch was my undisputed gaming system a year ago, but has had more competition this year. It’s not been gathering dust, quoique, and apparently I still started 38 new games this year; I don’t think I fini 38, but that’s life.
As for the top 3, number 1 was guaranteed as I play it a little every single day, it’s part of my morning routine. The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles has been a lovely surprise though, as I’ve enjoyed the very slow, gradual progression; I’ve not even finished it yet! It’s a series that has always offered amazing value for money, and let’s not forget it’s two games in one. That’s a lot of reading and OBJECTIONS.
And Monster Hunter Rise is marvellous, if anything I should have played it more. Looking over my Switch year as a whole I’ve concluded that it was a good one, especially considering the craziness of the last two years. Thanks a lot, humble little Switch.
Kate Grey, écrivain personnel
- Animal Crossing: Nouveaux horizons – 184 hours
- Histoire de saisons: Amis de la ville minérale – 71 hours
- Histoire de saisons: Pionniers d'Olive Town – 58 hours
I think this paints a rather unfair picture of me as a farm-crazy gamer! I play lots des jeux, and I put massive amounts of time into Ace Attorney and Fata Morgana this year… but of course, the ones I spent the most time in are the ones that reward you for regular check-ins. I don’t think it’s particularly representative of my gaming habits, quoique. Cependant, finding out that I spent 59% of my gaming time in portable mode makes sense. I’ve always been a handheld gal.
Apparemment, I have played 41 games this year. Not sure if that counts games that I’ve installed, and not touched, but it sounds about right. My top genres are Action/Adventure/Simulation/RPG/Puzzle, Dans mon jeu en ligne le plus récent, je suis rapidement allé probablement could have guessed, although I’m not sure how many puzzle games I’ve played this year, Moonstone Island n'a pas encore été confirmée pour une date de sortie particulière Pics de feu de joie.
Looking at my Steam library for comparison, I spent a loooot of time in Valheim (92.9 hours) et Enfers (191 hours, oh my god) as well as 49 heures dans Astroneer, 36 heures dans Héros de la boucle, 23 hours into Raft, 17 heures dans Resident Evil 4, 15 hours in Inscryption, et 31 heures dans Chicorée. A lot of those games I would have played on Switch if they’d come out at the same time… and I’m likely going to do similar numbers with Astroneer when it comes to Switch! Et, bien, I can’t check how long I’ve spent in Minecraft because the website is currently down, but I’d estimate at least 200-300 hours. See, I’m totally a real gamer.
Jon Cartwright, producteur vidéo
- Super Smash Bros. Ultime – 176 hours
- Tetris 99 – 47 hours
- Animal Crossing: Nouveaux horizons – 35 hours
2021 goes down as one of the Switch’s coolest years in my eyes. Tons of unexpected revivals of niche gems that will truly shape how I view the system’s legacy…but my core stats reflect none of that with my three most played games being older releases. I played more games than I did in 2020 but for a shorter amount of time – I have excuses though!
I had a baby just at the end of 2020 which has impacted when and how I play games. My handheld ratio is far higher than docked (63% portable play), this is because the TV belongs to Bluey now. I’ve become more selective with what games I choose to play and didn’t end up taking on many over 30 hours in length. My top three all share something in common, these are games I’ll play for a few minutes at a time but with their evergreen nature those minutes add up fast.
Gavin Lane, éditeur
It turns out that because I opted not to send all my play data to The Man, I don’t have access to my stats like everyone else. Plutôt, I get the following message:
Malheureusement, we don’t have enough data about your Play Activity this year to provide you with a full 2021 Nintendo Switch Year in Review.
Sad faces all ’round. It’s probably for the best. Despite buying a prodigious quantity of games, my overall playtime has likely been pretty low this year – thanks Société FormGen — with older games taking up much of my precious free time (yes, by playtime Blasphématoire is probably mon GOTY 2021). The number of games I’ve ‘played for a little while’ is, nettement, embarrassing. Triple-figure backlog. Simulateur d'aéroport. Mare.
Looking at my profile, it’s… well, it’s a bit confusing. Having migrated to a Switch OLED in October, I haven’t redownloaded La fureur de Bowser and or Épée vers le ciel encore, which would otherwise feature in my top 3. As things stand, Terreur Metroid, Effet Tetris: Connecté and er, Souffle de la nature are my most played games of 2021.
It’s those Korok seeds, voir? Still got a handful to find after 280 hours. My ol’ mum did her Year in Review, quoique, and revealed to me that she’s put a whopping 424 hours into BOTW this year alone. Retirement, eh? What a grand lark that’ll be!
Ollie Reynolds, critique
- Tetris 99 – 27 hours
- Terreur Metroid – 20 hours
- Cuphead – 16 hours
Eh bien, this will teach me never to loan one of my Switches to anyone..! Just prior to the launch of the OLED I’d lent my Switch to my brother, along with access to my primary account while he waited for the new console. La vérité soit dite, I haven’t played one minute of Tetris 99 this year, but his addiction has caused it to shoot to the top spot!
No major surprises otherwise; I’d played my Switch the most on October 13th, which would’ve coincided nicely with Metroid Dread’s release. I’m also not surprised in the slightest to see the majority of my time has been spent in portable mode!
Gonçalo Lopes, critique
I’m going for a nice little countdown for my top 3, which are all different from my colleagues!
#3 – Havre (27 hours)
The Game Baker’s Furi is a masterpiece that spoke to me on several levels, so when Haven was announced I most certainly took notice. You won’t have to play it for long until you start to deeply care for Yu and Kai’s survival on the titular planet. Well written dialogue and amazing voice acting are rounded up by an incredible soundtrack by Danger.
#2 Wrestling Empire (94 hours)
Janvier 2022 will mark the one year anniversary of this ‘hidden gem’. It also marks twelve months of continuous free updates provided by a relentless Mat Dickie. Even without the upcoming ‘free roam’ mode, it is the best wrestling game ever made, out-wrestling by miles its real life inspiration’s current state. Plus you can use Nintendo 64 consoles as weapons that randomly explode on impact.
#1 Boxe de remise en forme 2 (99 hours)
After 300 days straight in Aventure en forme de bague in 2020 I needed something fresh to continue my daily workout routine. I picked this one after spending quite some time with the original and it was nice to have familiar virtual P.T.s making me shadow box daily to the sound of Darude’s Sandstorm. In case you are still wondering: Oui, these do work. It is all about discipline.
Those are some of our Switch years in review; be sure to share yours in the comments below!