Hi all,
It's time to kick off together retro for the year, and just like last year we're kicking off by playing games that have or will become 10 years old in 2021 - anything that released in 2011 is valid.
2011 was a bit of a transitional year for gaming, so the offering is a bit smaller than usual in my opinion.
For Nintendo, it's the year the 3DS arrived and the DS started to be phased out and it was the last big hurrah for the Wii before the Wii U arrived in 2012.
For Sony, we were still seeing some big releases on PS3 although they were slowing down with the PS4 on the approach, but the PSP was being phased out ready for the Vita to arrive at the very end of the year in Japan, and early 2012 everywhere else.
Microsoft were still trucking along with the 360 as usual - but like Sony, preperations for the next console generation means the releases were slowing to some extent.
PC gaming did what PC gaming does. I'm not the guy to talk about that stuff though
Here's some games to consider for each console (as before, you're on your own for PC :
Wii:
Wii Play Motion
Bit.Trip Complete
Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Kirby's Return to Dreamland
Rayman Origins
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
DS:
Monster Tale
Learn with Pokémon: Typing Adventure
Kirby Mass Attack
3DS:
Pilotwings Resort
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Dead or Alive Dimensions
Star Fox 64 3D
Super Mario 3D Land
Shinobi 3D
Mario Kart 7
PS3:
LittleBigPlanet 2
Mass Effect 2
Dead Space 2
Hyperdimension Neptunia
Dragon Age II
Yakuza 4
Catherine
Dark Souls
Uncharted 3
PSP:
Prinny 2
Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Ys I & II Chronicles
Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy
The 3rd Birthday
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
Patapon 3
Vita:
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Touch My Katamari
Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend
360:
Dead Space 2
LA Noire
El Shaddai
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Assassin's Creed Revelations
Portal 2
Sonic Generations
Skyrim
Saints Row The Third