Nintendo Years in Review

Published on December 30, 2023.
Last updated on December 21, 2025.

After a long hiatus, I got back into playing video games in early 2021.

Nintendo has always been my favorite video game company. Here are my Nintendo Years in Review since 2021 (in reverse chronological order)!

2025

Nintendo Music Year in Review

Nintendo Music launched in late 2024. Since then, I've been using it to listen to video game soundtracks—especially Zelda ambient music while working. Here are my 2025 listening stats (click to enlarge):

Nintendo Music 2025: Time spent listening - 314 hours 50 minutes Nintendo Music 2025: Top 10 tracks (1-6) Nintendo Music 2025: Top 10 tracks (3-10) Nintendo Music 2025: #1 extended-playback track - The Great Plateau from Breath of the Wild (201 minutes) Nintendo Music 2025: Most listened-to playlist - Overworld (Tears of the Kingdom) Nintendo Music 2025: Favorite character playlist - Deep Cut (Splatoon 3) Nintendo Music 2025: Most listened-to game - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

My favorite games released in 2025:

  1. Donkey Kong Bananza
  2. Octopath Traveler 0
  3. Mario Kart World

Other 2025 lists:

2024


My favorite games released in 2024:

  1. Splatoon 3: Side Order
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
  3. Unicorn Overlord
  4. Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
  5. Super Mario Party Jamboree

Other 2024 lists:

2023


My favorite games released in 2023:

  1. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  2. Octopath Traveler II
  3. Fire Emblem Engage
  4. Wargroove 2
  5. Super Mario RPG
  6. Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  7. Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp

Other 2023 lists:

2022

A screenshot of my most played games in 2022: Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Triangle Strategy, and Octopath Traveler A screenshot of my favorite game of 2022: Triangle Strategy A screenshot of my 2022 gaming trends.

My favorite games released in 2022:

  1. Triangle Strategy
  2. Persona 5 Royal
  3. Splatoon 3

Other 2022 lists:

2021


A screenshot of a summary of Chad Timblin's 2021 Nintendo Switch year in review: 296 hours played / Most played game: 112 hours of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild / 14 games played

Other 2021 lists: