{"id":25342,"date":"2025-01-24T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T00:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=25342"},"modified":"2025-01-18T14:44:55","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T14:44:55","slug":"cary-is-looking-forward-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/24\/cary-is-looking-forward-in-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary is Looking Forward in 2025!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Around this time, I like to make a list of games that are releasing in the coming year that I\u2019m looking forward to.\u00a0 Of course, this isn\u2019t a full complete list, as there will assuredly be titles announced throughout the year that I may get as well. But anyway, here\u2019s what I know now, for the most part, so let\u2019s take a look at what games I\u2019m looking forward to in 2025!<\/p>\n

Hello Kitty: Island Adventure<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hey don\u2019t laugh!\u00a0 Well, OK, you can laugh a little bit.\u00a0 It is kind of funny that a 48 year old man is looking forward to a Helly Kitty game.\u00a0 But then, this game is a lot like Animal Crossing, and that\u2019s my number two most favorite video game of all time (Pac-Man is number one of course) so that\u2019s why.\u00a0 It\u2019s been on Apple Arcade for a year or two now, but I\u2019m too cheap to get a subscription to that, so I\u2019ll just wait for the Switch version.\u00a0 It comes out at the end of January.\u00a0 My plan is to buy the game and see if my mom would like it, because she loves Hello Kitty and Animal Crossing too.\u00a0 And if I think she would, I\u2019ll get her a copy of the game later on and we can play it together.<\/p>\n

Okami Sequel<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the things Capcom announced at the Game Awards this past year was that they are working on a sequel to Okami, which was my GOTY back in 2006.\u00a0 I love that game.\u00a0 It seems like they may be pretty early on making the game, so it may not even come out this year.\u00a0 But I\u2019m still looking forward to it.\u00a0 Keep in mind that Okami actually already has a sequel in Okami-Den, which let you play as a puppy on the DS!<\/p>\n

Shadow Labyrinth<\/strong><\/p>\n

What happens when you mix Pac-Man with a Hollow Knight style dark Metroidvania?\u00a0 Well you get Shadow Labyrinth.\u00a0 This was also announced at the Game Awards this past year.\u00a0 Recently, Amazon Prime released a series called Secret Level, which are CG animated shorts based on various video games.\u00a0 Some of these included WarHammer, Armored Core, etc.\u00a0 The two I was most interested in was the Mega Man one, which was really good but way too short.\u00a0 They need to make a whole series about that.\u00a0 And the other one was Pac-Man.\u00a0 But they took it in a WEIRD direction.\u00a0 In the short, a swordsman is trapped in a dystopian maze and must eat or be eaten.\u00a0 He\u2019s guided by Puck, a robotic floating sphere that looks like Pac-Man.\u00a0 The short is weird and hyper violent, and Namco made a game out of it.\u00a0 Normally I wouldn\u2019t play a game like that, but morbid curiosity has got the better of me and I just have to see how they take Pac-Man in new dark directions.<\/p>\n

SEGA VGA Announcements from the Year Before<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the Game Awards that came out the year before, \u00a0SEGA announced they are planning on making new games based on classic franchises like Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Crazy Taxi.\u00a0 Not sure how they\u2019ll top Streets of Rage 4, but I\u2019ll certainly keep an eye on what they\u2019re doing with those franchises!<\/p>\n

Big Walk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also announced at the Game Awards the year before last, this is a new game made by the same folks who did Untitled Goose Game, so if it comes to consoles I can play, I will definitely check it out.<\/p>\n

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think this was supposed to come out last year but it didn\u2019t.\u00a0 I always thought that the lost GBA Shantae game was eventually turned into the one that was on DSiWare initially.\u00a0 But I guess I was wrong!\u00a0 WayForward is going to release the long lost GBA Shantae game on modern systems.\u00a0 Shantae games are always good and I\u2019ve played all of them.\u00a0 I\u2019m usually pretty good about getting to review WayForward\u2019s games, so I hope I can review this one, too!<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Legends ZA<\/strong><\/p>\n

I really liked the first game, Pok\u00e9mon Legends Arceus.\u00a0 They added new elements and action to the classic Pok\u00e9mon formula and I appreciated the changes, since I\u2019ve been tired of the mainline games being mostly the same.\u00a0 So I\u2019m definitely keeping my eye on this one.<\/p>\n

Fantasy Life: The Girl Who Steals Time<\/strong><\/p>\n

I missed playing the first Fantasy Life on 3DS, so I\u2019d like to check this one out if I have the time.<\/p>\n

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma<\/strong><\/p>\n

I also like the Rune Factory games as they combine farming elements from Harvest Moon\/Story of Seasons mixed with action based dungeon crawling.\u00a0 If I have the time, I\u2019d like to check this one out, too.<\/p>\n

Capcom Fighting Collection 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think it\u2019s cool that this one has both Power Stone games on it.\u00a0 That\u2019s a series Capcom needs to revisit.<\/p>\n

Metroid Prime 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always have this on my list, but we actually have a confirmation that it\u2019s coming this year now, so hopefully that\u2019ll still happen.\u00a0 My only hope is that it\u2019s not too hard.\u00a0 I never beat Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and I couldn\u2019t beat the last boss in Metroid: Dread!<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shortly after I wrote this article, Nintendo finally announced the Switch 2 coming out this year. Probably in response to all the leaks that have been happening.\u00a0 I would\u2019ve thought they\u2019d announce it as a Super Bowl ad like they did with the original Switch. My only hope is that Nintendo makes enough of them so that they aren\u2019t hard to get at launch.\u00a0 If I can get one at launch, it\u2019ll really help me with reviewing games for it, so please pray that I can do just that. Also please pray I can get into the Switch 2 Experience show they\u2019re having in Dallas in a few months.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all the games I can think of for now!\u00a0 In the comments section, let me know what you think of my list, and fill me in on any other games coming out that you think I\u2019d like.\u00a0 And also tell me what games YOU are looking forward to in 2025!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Around this time, I like to make a list of games that are releasing in the coming year that I\u2019m looking forward to.\u00a0 Of course, this isn\u2019t a full complete list, as there will assuredly be titles announced throughout the year that I may get as well. But anyway, here\u2019s what I know now, for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":25335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25353,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25342\/revisions\/25353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}