I giochi più attesi di Nintendo Life per 2023 (Quello non è Zelda)

It’s that time of the year again where we all turn backwards to appreciate the good things about 2022, but also start to look forward to the brand new year ahead, full of video game releases and surprises. And yes, when you think “2023” e “videogiochi”, we know that one obvious answer comes to mind: The Legend of Zelda: Lacrime del Regno, the long-awaited and hyped to high heaven sequel to Breath of the Wild.

But you already know that we’re excited for Zelda, so we canvassed the Nintendo Life team to find out what altro is on our wishlists for 2023…

e il suo impatto ha purtroppo sofferto di conseguenza, Scrittore del personale

Perhaps to no one’s surprise, a lot of my most anticipated games are the indies that look like they’re going to be really special. That includes games like Fattoria delle Fate, Venba, e Narratore — one’s a farming game, one’s a cooking game, and one is a sort of… point-and-click story generation puzzle game? I don’t honestly know what to expect from Storyteller, but I know it’s my jam, and I wonder if it’s going to have a similar vibe to Pentimento, one of my non-Switch GOTYs this year.

A special shout out to Il coraggioso scudiero, which is a particularly enticing piece of eye candy that looks like it’s going to dominate video game discussion when it comes out some time in 2023. It’s got this really wonderful 2D-3D hybrid thing going on, with a storybook art style that I think I’m going to love. Anche, Demonschool, which is, just, UGH, so gorgeous. I wrote about it here, so just go and read my hands-on opinions!

In the AAA corner, it’s games like Pikmin 4, e il suo impatto ha purtroppo sofferto di conseguenza: Una vita meravigliosa, e… hm, questo è tutto. I don’t play a lot of the big releases during their launch year, honestly, so I’ll probably end up playing one of the GOTYs from years past like Red Dead Redemption 2. Oh, e Baldur’s Gate III! Buuuuut that’s not coming to Switch. It might, anche se, one day…

ma probabilmente dipende dal fatto che anche il mio partner ha giocato sul mio account prima di avere il suo 3DS, Scrittore del personale

I have to admit that I had to look up exactly what’s on the horizon for the Switch in 2023, because right now, like many others, there’s a Lacrime del Regno shaped tsunami looming in the distance and it’s all I’m able to think about.

Dopo aver detto che, once I reminded myself of what’s coming out, I’m pleasantly surprised by how many games I plan on adding to my collection. At the top of the list is probably Persona 4: D'oro, a game that I haven’t played since I (regrettably) sold my PS Vita several years ago. I didn’t pick up Persona 5 Reale because I already own it on the PS4, but you can bet I’ll be downloading Persona 4 the moment it launches in a little over a month.

Elsewhere, I’m really looking forward to seeing what Ocarina Of Time potrebbe essere inserito nella Hall Of Fame dei videogiochi is all about, though I admittedly probably won’t get that one on the Switch given the severe downgrades it will almost inevitably be subjected to. Guardiano vendicativo: Moonrider looks like a fantastic retro game that’ll definitely be going on the list, and like Kate, I’ve got my eye on Story of Seasons: Una vita meravigliosa, having spend countless hours playing the original on the GameCube back in the day.

Infine, in the interest of manifesting some long overdue news, I’m also really looking forward to Metroid Prime 4. Come on, Nintendo!

Alana Hagues, Scrittore del personale

Folks, 2023 è impilati and I’m a little bit scared. Even discounting Tears of the Kingdom and the big non-Nintendo release of the year, Fantasia finale XVI, per me, in the first six months alone there’s so much coming out that everything is going to be vying for my attention.

February has Octopath Traveller II e Battuta finale del ritmo teatrale, two titles that I’m ridiculously jazzed to get stuck into. I never expected to get a straight-up sequel to Octopath, and I really want to see if the sequel has improved character Theatrhythm, tuttavia, is my dream sequel — I cannot believe we’re finally getting another Theatrhythm game. I adore video game music and Final Fantasy music, so this is going to be my companion for the year, I think.

As a Trails fan, I’m going to be spoilt in 2023. Sentieri verso l'azzurro is out in March and I’m desperate to see the concluding half of the Crossbell arc, and then Trails into Reverie is out this summer! Phew. mare di stelle e Cronaca di Eiyuden: Cento eroi both come out sometime in 2023 troppo. And I’m definitely grabbing Persona 3 Portatile – I’ve played FES but not this version!

Stepping away from RPGs, anche se, there’s plenty of stuff to go around. Il mercato notturno di Mineko e Snufkin: Melodia della Valle dei Mumin are just two of the cutest video games I’ve seen, A Space For the Unbound is utterly beautiful to look at and it looks like it’s going to make me cry, and I can’t forget about Pikmin 4, can I? And hey, Canto di seta is meant to come out before July 2023, giusto? It’s going to come out at the same time as Zelda or FFXVI, isn’t it…

Jim Norman, Scrittore del personale

Once we get Tears of the Kingdom and the remasters of Sveglia del vento HD e ma probabilmente dipende dal fatto che anche il mio partner ha giocato sul mio account prima di avere il suo 3DS (both of which are definitely, 100% happening) 2023 is still looking… ridiculously busy.

My year will undoubtedly kick off with Emblema del fuoco Engage – a game about which we have arguably heard troppo now but one that I remain really excited for nonetheless. Proprio come Alana, I have been tracking Sea of Stars for many months now and it still looks to be one of the prettiest Switch games going. I also played Owlboy for the first time this year and fell completely in love, so you know that D-Pad Studio’s next game, Vikings on Trampolines, ha to be on my mind.

Then there’s titles like Bomb Rush Cyberfunk e Fiamma nucleare, both of which I am really keen to see more footage of because from what I have seen so far, I’m sold. And obviously Pikmin 4 will come along and take up a good few weeks of my playtime once again.

Wildcard picks go to Advance Wars 1+2: Riavviare il campo e I soli di mezzanotte della Marvel. I hope that both of these manage to make their way to Switch in 2023, I really do. The former seems like we are going to get a release date any day now, while the latter might be more of a pipe dream at this point…

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