Originally released a decade ago on the Nintendo DS, The World Ends With You has a simple enough premise: Accomplish several tasks within an hour or risk being erased from history. No pressure, right? Nintendo’s keeping the distinct art style of The World Ends With You intact, but fans and newcomers can expect a game which uses both traditional touchscreen controls and the JoyCons with which to experience the action-RPG and its new reimagined story mode.

From Nintendo rewriting how we play games with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, publishers unleashing risky new projects and an increase in the diversity we see on the screen, 2017 simply felt…special. Here’s a look at the best of the best, that 2017 had to offer.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild won big at The Game Awards, grabbing Best Design, Best Action/ Adventure and the all encompassing Game of the Year.

While the Switch isn’t officially available in china, Nvidia’s Shield TV set-top box launched today. Interestingly, it’s able to play Nintendo games. As relayed by Nikko Partners industry analysts Daniel Ahmad, Shield will be able to play games from the Nintendo Wii and Gamecube.

There isn’t much to recommend here for anyone who has already experienced an Alolan vacation in last year’s Pokémon Sun and Moon, but for everyone else? Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is easily the definitive remix of that tropical adventure and a fitting final hurrah to the handheld that defined several Pokémon generations.

So great was Satoru Iwata’s impact on Nintendo, that he was even honoured in the production of the Switch as a charm in his memory was etched into the hardware. That’s a touching tribute, and one that Pokémon developer GameFreak has also included in the latest pair of catch ‘em all games, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

When Nintendo first showed off its handheld/home-console hybrid the Switch, one of the prominent games in its sizzle reel was The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The aging, beloved open world RPG has at this point been ported to just about everything, but having it run on a handheld seemed like black magic. It’s out tomorrow, and yes, it’s…Skyrim, on the Switch.

It's been nearly a decade and a half since Mario Bros.'s disastrous first and seemingly last outing on the big screen, but now Nintendo has roped in an animated film giant to adapt their beloved video game characters for a feature film once more.