Wishlists and What’s Next – 2024 Edition

Oh, yeah, like I’m the only one who’s fallen behind on his backlog. Strap in and let me tell you what I’m excited to buy, play, and lament the lack of release for this upcoming year!

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ArchivistShepard

Games Shown (non-trailer): Pizza Tower, Oxenfree II: Lost Signals, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Signalis, God of War: Ragnarok, Prey, Terra Nil, Cyberpunk 2077, Kind Words [lo-fi beats to write to], Jump Start Adventures: 3rd Grade, Rollerdrome, Outer Wilds, Rogue Legacy 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Unpacking

Trailers and screenshots are from games’ respective Steam pages, save for the following that were from the Nintendo Direct announcements: Super Mario RPG, Another Code Recollection, WarioWare: Move It!

Music used (chronologically): Jumper (Castle Crashers), Keeping the Peace (Final Fantasy Dissidia), Dreamland N64 (Super Smash Bros. Melee), Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 64), Falling Stars (Spiritfarer), Meteoroids (Spiritfarer)

Additional sound effects from: Super Smash Bros. Melee

WordArt Generator (and absolute nostalgia bomb) by Mike McMillan: https://www.makewordart.com/

Additional footage from Pexels

Links attributed to devs’ dogs**t year:
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/embracer-confirms-900-layoffs-following-net-sales-upswing
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/03/unity-layoffs-company-to-cut-600-employees-or-8percent-of-its-workforce.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/29/ea-laying-off-6percent-of-workforce-reducing-office-space.html
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/niantic-layoffs-pokemon-go-shutting-down-games-1235658759/
https://www.polygon.com/23903033/bioware-severance-lawsuit-canada-dragon-age-dreadwolf

0:00 What a year, huh?
0:54 In Memoria
2:02 The Wishlist
4:53 The Backlog
6:49 What’s Next

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