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The levels change every time the player restarts, and thus the layout cannot be memorized. Predicting the trajectory of the seed and adjusting the angle of the bar requires quick thinking, and steady fingers. Platforms: Switch, PlayStation 4, PC, Mac

Where did Super Mario Odyssey and Breath of the Wild fall on our list of the best games of the year, though? Read on to find out.

And they weren’t just new-they were both one of the best games ever in those two legendary series. Not only did the Switch see better third-party support than the Wii U did in practically its entire lifespan, but Nintendo put all of its design resources behind the launch, putting out not just a new Zelda but a new core Mario game in the same year for the first time ever. 2017 was truly Nintendo’s year, as you’ll see as you look over the list below. The Nintendo Switch launched in March and immediately became a massive success on the back of the fantastic Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and the novelty of the system’s home and handheld duality. And the best line-up of the year came on a Nintendo system. The game industry news was constant, and often very bad.Īt least the games were often very good. Studios continued to be shut down left and right, from Visceral to Runic to Gazillion. In news directly related to that, the supposed death of single-player games was widely editorialized throughout the industry, after EA shut down Visceral Games (who were working on a heavily anticipated single-player Star Wars adventure) and games like Prey and Dishonored: Death of the Outsider underperformed. The predatory nature of loot boxes became a legitimate mainstream political issue, proving once again that the economics of the videogame industry make no sense and basically nuking the launch of what EA assumed would be a best-selling Star Wars game. 2017 was a fairly tumultuous year for the videogame industry.