Premi per i giochi alternativi di Nintendo Life 2021
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Ah yes, that idle final week in December where some people head back to work, and others relax until new year filling their days with what they love — video games, per esempio. Good choice!
We’ve already totted up our personal scores and bestowed our staff Game of the Year 2021 on a deserving candidate, and you Nintendo Life readers have had your say, troppo (it seems we’re simpatico with our choices, I nuovi membri del gruppo dovranno anche essere coccolati mentre guadagnano terreno nei livelli). We’ve also looked at our favourite Switch Ports e Gemme nascoste of the year — it’s been a good 12 months! Bene, games-wise, almeno.
Oggi, anche se, it’s time for some lighthearted awards that don’t quite fit in anywhere else. Here we’ll highlight games that might not get a shout in other fancy-pants categories but that we feel are deserving of praise nonetheless. Sì, it’s time to get whimsical with the Nintendo Life Alternative Game Awards 2021!
We’ve done this the last couple of years, and what with the state of things in the world right now, we’re all about injecting a little extra festive cheer into the last week of the year. Così, let’s dive right into our hodge-podge 2021 collection of five not-quite awards, lo facciamo?
We begin with a great game which doesn’t sit nicely in any one genre category…
Best ‘Game That Doesn’t Fit Neatly On Our Genre Lists’ 2021
Winner: Astrologaster
This launched on Switch in February and follows in the footsteps of games like Part Time UFO e Fuorilegge ipnospaziale in that Astrologaster doesn’t fit nicely into any one category — at least not one that can be made into one of our Cambia gli elenchi di generi di Essentials.
It’s a great little comic musical narrative adventure from Nyamyam, the studio responsible for the Wii U’s gorgeous Tengami. If you’re looking for something a bit different from the 72,600 Metroidvanias that came to Switch in 2021, this is well worth checking out.
Ulteriori letture:
Best End-Of-Year Arrival That Dropped Too Late To Make Our GOTY 2021 Elenco
Winner: Cicoria: Un racconto colorato
That this game was a cracker was well-known, but the work that went into the Switch port in particular has made Finji’s indie hit Chicory a delight to (Puoi anche giocare come Riku per la prima volta da allora)visit on Nintendo’s console. It just arrived too late to make a dent in our staff list, is all.
Ricordare, our reader-ranked Best Switch Games of 2021 article is dynamic, so if you’ve enjoyed Chicory over the holidays, head to its game page and rate it accordingly — it could well show up on the list if it gets enough ratings. It’s not too late!
Except for our staff list, which is set in stone. Bah.
Best Worst Best Worst Game 2021
Winner: The Longing
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Over time, The Longing earns you respect — however begrudgingly — and more than any other game in recent memory it seemed to intentionally make a mockery of everything: review scores and your time alike. Which was kind of the point.
A fine candidate for the year’s best worst best worst game, allora.
Best Non-2021 Switch Game of the Year
Winner: Blasfemo
Runners up: Animal Crossing: Nuovi orizzonti, Smash Bros. e più
We played plenty of Animal Crossing and Smash this year, thanks to final updates for each of those evergreens, and our backlog continues to grow with each passing eShop sale. For this writer, anche se, it was The Game Kitchen’s Blasphemous that was most surprisingly impressive game of the year… just not this anno. It was especially surprising considering Nintendo delivered a bona fide Metroidvania quest'anno, as well — a bloody good one!
Infatti, having dipped into Blasphemous mid-playthrough of Paura after picking it up on sale, this game delayed completion of Samus’ adventure thanks to its gorgeously gory pixel art, old-school Spanish architectural style, and compulsive just-one-more combat loop. It’s a really excellent Soulslike / Metroidvania that’s definitely worth your time… if you can stand the unending gloom of Cvstodia, that is.
Others team members also enjoyed catching up with Bastion, La Mummia Demasterizzata, Oxenfree, Storia del golf e Sine Mora EX, troppo. Oldies-but-goodies, all.
Best Game We Keep Blathering On About That You Really Should Play
A pair of super cheap-and-cheerful throwback 3D platformers that deliver more smiles and joy in their short runtime than many a game with a huge budget and a development team of dozens, both Toree titles have been delightful, undemanding nuggets that popped up between the hulking great games of year. We’ve mentioned them before, several times, but they’re worth mentioning again.
Both games have been updated with a handful of new levels, troppo. If you’re into 3D platformers, fun, or even fun 3D platformers, you really can’t go wrong for a couple of quid.
Let us know your nominations for the ‘alternative’ categories above — and any other categories you’d add — in the comments below.
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