Poll What Was Your Favourite Game Of Christmas 2013?

Ah the memories. Was it really 10 years ago? Wow. So much has happened since then....

Wii U had Wii Fit U which I played to death. Super Mario 3D World and the amazing Windwaker HD. 3DS was doing well and I adored Link Between Worlds. An all time great like WW.

The Mario and Sonic game was average on the WiiU if I remember

Grand Theft Auto V. If it came out this year, it would still be my game of the year in 2023. Haha.

Never really touched the online component, but I’ve played through the story mode about 5 or 6 times across various platforms over the years.

Amazing game. I can’t wait for VI.

Zelda: A link between worlds is a big highlight of the 3DS library for me. I enjoyed Mario 3D world on the Wii U with its linear 3D courses and the cat suit.

PS4 sales have reached 117 million, not 177 million. 177m would make it the best-selling console of all time.

Very interesting results. Definite swing towards Nintendo so far.

I voted for GTA V. The first and only GTA game I’ve ever played and I completed all the different endings.

And super Mario 3D world. I actually reckon this is one of the greatest Mario games. And WAY better than the switch remake which was a HUGE disappointment.

I enjoyed Batman Arkham Origins Blackgate on Vita most at the time (and have since re-bought and replayed it numerous times on various other platforms - 3DS, Wii U and Steam) so that must be it.

Definitely A Link Between Worlds for me, it’s basically perfect. Linking all the weapons to the self-recharging magic meter was a brilliant idea. The only problem with ALBW is I’m replaying A Link to the Past at the moment and I keep getting confused about which game certain things are in! 😅

Don't starve and Resogun aren't on there somehow but it was those two by a far margin. 10 years damn 😮‍💨

Super Mario 3D World, I'd say. I remember launch day quite vividly because I bought it in a super funny way. It came out the same day as the Xbox One so I went to the Xbox midnight launch event at EB Games, then asked for Mario lol

I must have been enjoying my Wii U too much to care about the naysaying surrounding it as that's a really solid line-up, and Wii Party U essentially cost next to nothing as the physical release included a Wii Remote Plus. 3D World is also every bit as fantastic now as it was then. I still haven't managed to complete the Champion's Road stage. Maybe one of these decades... (and before the arthritis kicks in)

Pokémon X & Y were also exciting as we finally got a main series game in full 3D (but disappointingly, with only occasional stereoscopic 3D due to Game Freak's now notorious ineptitude). Not my favourite generation by any stretch, but I certainly wouldn't say no to replaying the 3DS games in HD on the Switch (I would have preferred a HD port of Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon over the content-starved and disappointing Let's Go games).

I played some Windwaker as I got the Zelda edition Wii U with the game but at the time I logged in my hours on my classic systems and PC, like " To The Moon". I didn't play games like "SM3DW" until 2014 when I was going through my divorce. My ex kept the Wii U and I watched my daughter at her house before I took her to school, so we'd played that to completion. 2013 was also the timeof Minecraft on 360.

Other titles,mainly Nintendo ones like "Link Between Worlds" I played years later.

Lego city. The reason to biy a wiju

Honestly it was a good year for wiiu for me. I picked up Mario and Zelda and had gotten the Link between worlds 3ds and game. I was riding pretty high.

Didn't even have to think about it, Forza 5, Ryse Son of Rome, and GT6. This makes me think of how great the Xbox One launch was, I really enjoyed those games, such an underrated console.

I can still remember opening SM3DW at my mother-in-law's house. I brought the WiiU to show the family and ended up playing with my daughters on the Gamepad together for most of the morning. We still all play together (on the Switch now, of course...)!

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The most legit thing I will probably read today. Respect.

Given how poorly Wii U performed, Christmas 2013 really was something of a sweet spot with Super Mario 3D World and then the excellent Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze released just 6 weeks later.

Link Between Worlds on the 3DS was pure joy though.

All the success Nintendo have enjoyed in the Switch era... has to be said that the lack of a new Donkey Kong and 2D Zelda are glaring omissions on the software front. It's been 10 years now for both...

Animal Crossing: New Leaf was my surprise hit that year. Technically it debut in Japan in 2012, but it was a '13 release where I am.

Damn, no love for Killer Instinct? That game is incredible.

I was a couple months into being a Zelda edition Wii U owner, but Fire Emblem Awakening still had its hooks in me pretty deep if I recall correctly.

GTAV of course, nothing else. Was probably on my 2nd playthrough during Christmas.

I chose 3 games but of the 3, link between worlds is the one that I played the most. I mean, it was on an amazing handheld and I was able to take it on the flight across the country and continue playing through the entire time. So good!

On Christmas 2013, it was my Wii U Mario & Luigi Deluxe Set (which means I was playing New Super Mario Bros. U + New Super Luigi U), which I got funded by my savings and my dad's help.

And then a few days later I found Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition for about $25 and the Wii Remote Plus bundle of Mario & Sonic Soxhi 2014, which if I recall correctly, was actually cheaper than the standalone game or Wiimote for some reason, not that I'm complaining. Of course I also got funds for the eShop and got NES Remix and Kirby Super Star on the Virtual Console.

I was also playing some Wii games I got but couldn't play due to busted hardware, like Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Metroid Prime: Trilogy.

From there, I built my Wii U collection over the following months with Sonic Lost World, LEGO City Undercover, Game & Wario, Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros. for Wii U (GC Controller and adapter bundle).

No 3DS for me until mid-2017, though.

On an off-topic question, does this mean we can finally call the 3DS and Wii U retro?

Out of that list, just the two zeldas

AC IV Black Flag for SURE! I loved my Wii U, and it was one of the first games I got with it. Ended up grabbing it on PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One too, eventually