2024 Game of the Year Awards — Console Awards

Nintendo slowed down a bit this year with releases. There weren’t any big budget heavy hitters like Tears of the Kingdom or any new Metroid title. This is the Switch’s last full year before the Switch 2 releases next year (allegedly), and the system has had a solid year-after-year result.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

Echoes of Wisdom takes what everyone loved about Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and added the traditional 2D element to it while also making Zelda playable for the first time in the series. The game encourages players to be creative and make their own way through these 2D levels without needing to be completely restricted by the developers. The game plays with the Zelda lore a little bit and is one of the best 2D console Zelda games in recent history.