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Thank you Alex for your comments on not feeling bad for enjoying yourself by playing videogames and not feeling bad for not being extreme or adventurous in the real world. Not everyone is that way, and I loved hearing you say it. Thanks!
Alex described a basic day of my retirement! After a lifetime of raising children into functioning adults and teaching first grade (helping others raise their children into functioning adults lol) now I spend most days playing ACNL, ACNH, SDV, & BoTW. Thank you for not judging me!!!
My friends dad worked on diddy kong racing’s graphics, most notably the water on every track it appears. Bit random, but when I went to his house for the first time it was full of retro Nintendo development posters and promotional pieces from that game and others he’d worked on!
You seem ore qualified than the guy who's 5th most played game is splatoon at 30 hours. It pointless having someone who plays that little on a video game channel.
@@KyleTO7 to be fair, not everyone needs a crazy amount of play time, and it definitely doesn't mean someone deserves a spot on a channel if they happen to play more... it's also about enthusiasm, communication skills and personality, and most people seem to really like Zion. I have a friend who put thousands of hours into World of Warcraft but I know that he couldn't make or present a video to save his life.
Mine Botw: 320(not all hours are mine, a good 100ish are my sister's) Mario Odyssey: 165 hrs Smash ultimate: 155 hrs Mario Maker 2: 70 hrs Super Mario Party: 60 hrs(played it a lot with family when quarantine was worse) Those are my top 5
As someone who tracks game time obsessively on How Long to Beat, the switch's lack of activity log and rounding of playtime to 5hr increments is infuriating.
Like...the system is obviously already tracking time played. It makes no sense at all why times are only in 5 hour increments. They're not actually rounded up either - you could have played 19:59 on a game and it would say 15 hours or more until you play that last minute. This is no biggie for games like BotW, but a game that's 5 to 10 hours, well that's a significant portion of time not accurately represented.
You all prolly dont give a damn but does any of you know a trick to log back into an Instagram account? I somehow forgot the login password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me.
My favorites are the steam commenters that have a thousand hour of playtime on a game but rate the game as “not recommended” and start the review with the phrase “I used to love this game”
@@denimchicken104 yeah, but they said they had to guess what their most played games were and then opened them so they'd be able to check the hours played. Sorting by most played would make that process easier
Love these discussion videos. They are my favorite videos on the channel. Also I've been enjoying reading the website recently. I haven't read many gaming articles since back in the Nintendo Power days so it's cool to see the writing and content over there. I read a cool article looking back at the Zelda Minish Cap this week. It's one of my favorite Zelda games and I think it's underrated so it was nice to relive that memory and see it getting some love on Nintendo Life.
I agree. Arms has been out for about 4 years now, and I don't know why Nintendo still wants $60 for it to today. It's still a good game but it doesn't offer too much once you've beaten it. And from what I've heard, they've stopped adding updates to it.
@@fotografick As a fan of ARMS, I suggest waiting for it to go on sale, since it doesn’t have much single player content. Other than that it’s a pretty good game and has a nice (albeit somewhat small) community In fact, I feel like ARMS, Odyssey, BOTW, Splatoon 2 and Mario Kart should’ve had price drops at this point, since most games on other platforms get price drops when they get old
I've got 300+ hours clocked in Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling. It's SUCH a fantastic game that lets you create super creative medal layouts and lets you play any way you want. Glass cannon? Evenly distributed stats? Tanky build? Support build? Anything works on any of your three party members. The characters are incredibly charming and there's SO much detail put into the world and its lore and character backstories. The writing is funny and has so many little details here and there that I've loved noticing on replaying, which leads me to my next point. This game is SO damn replayable thanks to the presence of menu codes. There's a code that randomizes medal locations (with customizable seeds!), a code that makes you spend money to level up but makes medals super cheap to equip, there's a code that decreases the window for blocking to be more strict, there's a code that makes the Hard Mode even HARDER... you can combine these codes as you please to make challenges for yourself or just make your replays more interesting. I've beaten the game roughly six or seven times and each time I find something new to appreciate about it. If you enjoyed the classic Paper Mario games, you're bound to enjoy Bug Fables even more.
I just reached my 35th hour of playing bug fables for the first time and I agree it is a spectacular game. Its scratched that paper Mario itch for me on the switch
Impressive! I don’t have 100% completion, but 500 hours is kinda the norm when playing these games. They’re lengthy journeys with a lot to do in them! Still hoping they re-release X on switch. I enjoyed that one a lot on my Wii U.
Would love "Our Most Played DS/3DS games" video : ) Be interesting to see what games you invested the most time into! I still enjoy picking up my 3DS and playing a game from my collection I haven't played before, it still keeps the 3DS fresh for me.
Wonderful video as always! I loved when you guys were talking about how games are one of the best "value for your money" things that people can buy because I just got my Switch last July and it actually got me back into gaming after about 16 years so it has paid for itself a few times over in just 8 months. I was a huge fan of Nintendo 64 and PC games when I was little and even up to the start of high school but then other interests replaced gaming but I'm so glad getting a Switch got me back into it because I have loved spending my time with these games and playing with friends. My most played game is Animal Crossing New Horizons, which I've played for "590 hours or more" which means that I am getting to the point where as far as value for money goes, it has cost me 10 cents per hour of this game which is such a fantastic value! The funny thing is my second and third most played games are nowhere near that amount of time, those are Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Fortnite with 30 hours and 20 hours of gameplay. Clearly, I need to start spending some time on other games I own lol. Anyway, I love your content so thanks for another great video and can't wait for the next one :D.
You can go to the nore games section on the switch menu and sort it by most played, that way you can see the entire consoles played games ranked by playtime across all users, so if you've used them for multiple files or something you can see those included.
I've played Animal Crossing for 670 hours, after playing every day for a year, and I still haven't helped Gulliver enough to get the golden shovel recipe
@@thepartyoftea I'm sure I'm THIS close to getting it... but after that One Year mark, I've fallen off into MH Rise... I suppose I should check back on my islanders
One of the apps I really wished was carried over from the previous generation of Nintendo products was their software library and hours played app. That was such a great record keeping tool.
Three Houses is my most played game with 1,270 Hours or more. I played it 5 times and on my 6th playthrough😅. Like the last 3 playthroughs making Hapi my future wife in Three Houses into the Dancer Class.
@@educampsrocks Well it was very first Fire Emblem Game I've ever played. I absolutely love the characters some more then others😅 and I love seeing the characters in 3D as well a the Anime like Models in some cutscense😁. As I played it more the Charaters grew on me more then I unlocked the Ashen Wolves and fell head over heels for Hapi and I had to make her a dancer and boi did I😁. Anyways right now on my game Hapi is a Trickster Class😁 and she looks cool.
random (deserved) praise: you all are super articulate, which is awesome when listening on 2x speed lmao. sometimes i cant understand it and have to slow down to like 1.5 or whatever. probably the most first world problem ever, but you guys are awesome and i love these longer 30+ minute videos. awesome stuff guys!
I find very interesting to see what other people play, there's such a variety of tastes. My top 5 most played games are (from most to least): Dark Souls (190h), Stardew Valley (180h), Hollow Knight (90h), Super Mario Maker 2 (70h) and the SNES app (65h). If I hadn't played BotW on Wii U, it would probably be the first, since I played more than 200h there.
When they mentioned how you just get into a feel for a character in smash that you just keep playing, I remembered that I've played Inkling since launch and within the last few months I have twice the KOs and maybe even more battles with Steve. God times do change.
Hatsune miku project diva mega mix, fire emblem 3 houses, pokemon shield, harvest moon one world, andpersona 5 strikers are my 5 most played games I have right now
Alex thank you for your support in the long running battle to keep Diddy Kong Racing relevant. I just recently forced all my friends to play with me lol. Also there's a version of Drinking Kong Racing my friends play called Beerio Kart lol
@@thelegendofstonecoldstevea3205 I wouldn’t say everything is easy. A decent amount makes you get good and think through stuff. Great challenges throughout the game. But I’m sure if you’re a pro gamer maybe you can consider everything you did easy to do. I think the different level of challenges in this game make it one of the best games ever made. It’s truly special when you get the right movement down or figure out something that seemed really difficult.
@@thelegendofstonecoldstevea3205 yea I can see that. I haven’t tried all the hardest moons. I also think completing the last two worlds you unlock are great challenges for the average gamer. Not saying they are the hardest thing ever, but you feel the fun challenge of it until it clicks. Such a great game. I hope the next big Mario game blows me away as much as this one did.
Try speaking in full sentences. I know you’re probably used to 160 characters or less but give the WHOLE English language a try. It’s crazy, if used correctly, you can actually communicate coherently. 🤷🏼♂️
@@jimmywest1526 On the contrary, the only sentence fragment I used was “All the time”. The first sentence contains the necessary verb to construct the phrase, coincidentally being the verb NEED. Given the contextual clues provided in the video by the delightfully charming Jon Cartwright of a play log that he shared of most played games on his system, which, dear commenter, was also the title of the video, would suggest to a person who had greater than room temperature IQ would be able to associate the comment that I had hastily shared with the video in my enthusiasm with the only intention of increasing the RU-vid algorithm through creator engagement. The fact that you were so quick to judge my prose as Twitter banter is downright shameful. Let us return back to the grammar lesson. While I admit “All the time” was a sentence fragment, lacking subject and predicate, it was written for emphasis on how unnecessary I view, or on this case, I do not view gameplay videos. The majority of the time when b roll videos of gameplay are shown, I place my phone down on the counter and proceed to do more important tasks throughout the day, like washing the dishes or tending to my children. Perhaps a person with your lack of intelligence needs gameplay videos to be amused and reminded which video game the presenters are referring to while speaking instead of providing a list format that I was implying in my initial comment. I do sincerely apologize the this sentiment flew clear over your precious little head. The final clause shares two examples of active verbs, paired together for emphasis. While I did reuse the verb NEED, the accompanying verb IS would be considered a helping verb, ultimately giving my final statement of “This is perfect” a full and complete sentence. While you undoubtedly were not expecting this type of response or any as erudite as this reply I have so expertly crafted, given the quasi-simian approach suggested by my initial comment, I would encourage you, dear commenter, not to prejudge the prose of the person casualty on the Internet. If you are still reading this I want you to know one thing: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the Game of the Decade.
@@jimmywest1526 to think that, of all the things you could have contributed to any discussion available, you chose to slap on a random chap who wasn't even being rude or anything. Just... be nice
My Top 5 played games in terms of playtime: 1) Fire Emblem Three Houses (around 200+hrs) 2) The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild (150 hours) 3) Splatoon 2 (around 110 hours) 4) Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (I think it was 105 hours or so) 5) Octopath Traveler (Around 85 hrs)
Its called Beerio Kart and you are NOT allowed to drink and drive, so you chug during the crash animation, or at the end of the race before the finish line. At least thats how we did it in college. We also banned simply chugging the beer at the start, since starting behind early is an advantage in the game and we didnt want it to devolve into a chugging contest.
I have 265 hours in Stardew Valley on Switch. This isn't even the only platform I currently play it on. It's the thing I do to relax. :) But I also now have a co-op farm with a Discord group, and it's been so genuinely lovely to engage with in multiplayer.
1. Pokemon Sword, dynamax works great with competitive double battles 2. Slay the Spire, Clearing a20 made me feel like a king 3. Mario Maker 2, following some great creators and the top/popular ones by difficulty are always great 4. BOTW, enough said 5. Hades, enough said
My most played game is Diablo 3. I've played that game previously on pc, but man, playing it on the go and using a joystick instead of k&m is quite a game changer.
YES Splatoon love! It's by far my most-played switch game. Love all the different ranked modes and Salmon Run is a blast. It's still a buy for me when people ask what switch game they should get.
Mine most played are I think smash at 500 hundred, animal crossing 400 hundred and stop play at around last summer, fortnight which I have not played since 2019 and I have 300 something hours, fire emblem three houses at around 200 hours played golden deer twice and blue lions once want to play more, and breath of the wild with around 130 hours
I've got over 2,000 hours into Splatoon 2 and that's with me stopping for the most part when splatfests ended. I used to be on a team, but sadly we disbanded and started playing other games.
Actually the “My Nintendo” phone App, which is only released in Japan, tracks all of your games played and game times, and at the end of 2020 it showed the user “games most played in 2020”. I hope the app comes to other regions soon...
I have 959.59 hours (as high as it goes) in Pokemon Shield over the pandemic 😂 it's sounds bad but between the story, team building, competitive battling, and shiny hunting it makes sense. Smash is probably half that, maybe more.
Sword became my pandemic game as well. Although instead of all the things you mentioned, I started and finished a collection of Pokemon in different rare Pokeballs (Apricorn Balls, dream ball, beast ball, etc.)
I've played Splatoon 2 for over 1000 hours, and I even started over the campaigns on a new profile, so I'm not even counting that. I also played Smash for 700-800 hours and Mario Kart for 200ish hours
I got Smash Ultimate today, probably gonna play it for ages! (Edit 4 months later: I now have over 150 hours sunk into the game, without even touching the online!)
My colleagues and I were talking about this yesterday! xD Regarding the parental control app, the app data seem to reset when you uninstall+reinstall the app or move to another unit. Nintendo loves taking features away. So much so you can't take anything for granted even transitioning from one system to another.
My most-played games are: Animal Crossing, Super Mario Odyssey, Story of Seasons Pioneers of Olive Town, Yonder Chronicles, Wilmot’s Warehouse, Farm Together and Stardew Valley. While I have BoTW, I haven’t played it as much.
You can sort your switch library by "play time" and then just make sure to launch those 5 games so they're on your recent activity list. For example, mine shows Dead Cells, FFXII Zodiac Age, Octopath Traveler, Y's VIII, and Smash Ultimate
245 Hours on FE 3H One of my absolute favorite games. One run to complete each house including DLC, and then a few more for fun, and finally one lunatic. Phew.
i have now played enter the gungeon for 580 hours...Nuclear Throne is a distant second with around 160 I think, then it goes Hollow Knight (115), Mario Odyssey (not sure how long), Crosscode (something like 90)...4 of those are definitely in my favourites, but there are a bunch lower down in play time that I would rank above CrossCode (though I liked it a lot)...Axiom Verge, Steredenn, Strikey Sisters, Void Bastards, Forma 8, Immortal Planet, Yoku's Island Express, Horizon Chase Turbo.....this was a fun exercise, thanks :)
I run this kind of list yearly. It's been a very curious and cool thing to see. I really wish Nintendo was more giving about this data though. For me, my top game has been Splatoon 2 for a long time. I think I'm at 1,085 hours right now. I think it's safe to say I'm excited and ready for Splatoon 3.
@@JonathanAnimate2 Recent activity only covers your 20 most previously played games. So if a game falls off the list, you would boot it up and it’ll be at the top again with the play time noted.
Ah. Oh dear. Looks like I'm Zion on steroids. Kinda. 1,195 hrs in Animal Crossing New Horizons 450 hrs in Breath of the Wild 265 hrs in Dragon Quest Builders 2 230 hrs in Octopath Traveler 150 hrs in Skyrim ... and my backlog is crushing me. Plenty of games with less playtime, but to illustrate the problem: I've owned Splatoon 2 and Smash Bros. Ultimate since they came out and have barely touched them because (again, like Zion) I have no time for online play. I really miss the 3DS interface and features, everything just looked and sounded so lovely. Please, Nintendo, bring at least some of it back. The Activity Log, folders, maybe even themes? Please.
Animal Crossing is a strange one for me. Because I do honestly feel like it's missing a ton of content that used to be in previous games and it feels like there isn't much to do in the game as a result. And yet, I've put in over 700 hours into it sooooooo...
Pro tip: if you go to your games library you can sort by “most played,” easy way to figure out which you’ve played the most. Still wish there was an activity log though :(
