2021 Game of the Year Awards — Console Awards

There were quite a few great Switch exclusives this year with even a few third-party ones popping up. Nintendo has had 5 consecutive years of greatness on the Switch with fantastic exclusives year after year. It doesn’t seem like Nintendo is slowing down either with 2022 having some great exclusives as well and probably some surprises.

Metroid Dread

Metroid Dread is probably one of the most anticipated games of all time or at least in the last decade. While we got a remake of Metroid II on 3DS a few years back, we haven’t received a true original 2D Metroid game since the GBA days. What’s here is fantastic, and despite a little critisim for the E.M.M.I. enemies the game plays and feels just like a Metroid should. The game looks great and the classic gameplay and well designed map that allows faster navigation the more you play just feels awesome.