Your Video Game Haul in 2023

[Classic Speedy]

Time for another of my annual threads. What games/systems/accessories did you buy in 2023?

Systems:
PS5 bundle w/Call of Duty MW III

Games:

Game Boy Advance:
-Tomb Raider: The Prophecy

Nintendo 3DS:
-Sonic Lost World

Nintendo Switch:
-Castle Shikigami 2
-Horizon Chase 2
-Humans, The
-Metroid Prime Remastered
-Super Mario Wonder

PS1:
-Tomba!

PS2:
-Burnout Dominator
-Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
-Star Trek: Elite Force
-Street Fighter EX3

PS4/PS5:
-Arcade Archives: Blandia, Bonze Adventure, Burning Force, Cadash, Don Doko Don, Grobda, Growl, New Zealand Story, Pole Position 1 & 2, Rolling Thunder 2, Scramble Formation, Senjyo, Splatterhouse, Thunder Ceptor
-King of Fighters XV
-Layer Section & Galactic Attack
-Metal Gear Solid Master Collection
-Ray'z Arcade Chronology
-Redout 2
-Street Fighter 6
-Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (PS5 upgrade)

Sega CD:
-MegaRace
-Mickey Mania

Sega Genesis:
-Arrow Flash
-Bart vs. The Space Mutants
-Blaster Master 2

Sega Saturn:
-Fighting Vipers (Japanese import)
-King of Fighters '97 (Japanese import)
-Race Drivin' (Japanese import)
-Spot Goes to Hollywood
-Virtua Cop 2 (Japanese import)

Super NES:
-Aero the Acro-Bat 1

XBox:
-Jaws Unleashed
-Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance

XBox 360:
-Call of Duty Classic
-Goldeneye 007 Reloaded
-Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
-Space Channel 5 Part 2
-Street Fighter x Tekken

XBox One/Series:
-80's Overdrive
-Beat 'Em Up Archives
-Beyond Good & Evil
-Blazing Chrome
-Bloodrayne Revamped
-Breakers Collection
-Call of Duty 3
-Cannon Dancer
-Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania bundle
-Feeding Frenzy 1
-Frogger 2
-Gargoyles Remastered
-Gimmick!
-Ice Age: Scrat's Nutty Adventure
-Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection
-Kid Ball Adventure
-Lego Pirates of the Caribbean
-Mirror's Edge
-Mortal Kombat 1
-Mr. Drill Land
-New Super Lucky's Tale
-Powerslave/Exhumed
-Puzzle Bobble 2X & 3
-Quake II
-Risky Woods
-Rumble Fish 2, The
-Shockman 2
-Sonic Origins Plus
-Sonic Superstars
-Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
-Split/Second
-SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake
-Stray
-Super Double Dragon
-Tale of Clouds and Wind, The
-Timesplitters 2
-Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
-Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered (pre-order)
-Trine 5
-Visco Collection

What did you get?

 

[Spacething7474]

got an xbox 360 for christmas last year, but outside of demos, my first titles came throughout 2023:

-spongebob heropants (sadly 16:9 only, but thankfully the only other game i have physically without 4:3)
-plants vs. zombies/zuma/peggle pack
-big bumpin
-sneak king
-pocketbike racer
-rayman raving rabbids (sadly 16:9 only, which is stupid on ubisoft since all other vers sans pc are 4:3 only)
-the legend of spyro: dawn of the dragon
-shrek the third
-the incredible hulk
-hulk ultimate destruction (bc; i discovered from this title that og xbox games with 16:9 only display that way if the 360 itself is set to that, which is kinda stupid)
-tork: prehistoric punk (bc)
-lego star wars ii: the original trilogy

 

[Fone Bone]

Switch:

Cards

Super Mario Maker 2
Yoshi's Crafted World
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Kirby's Return To DreamLand Deluxe
Disney Illusion Island
Disney Classic Games Collection: The Jungle Book / Aladdin / The Lion King
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection
Star Trek: Prodigy: Supernova
Sonic Superstars
Sega Genesis Classics: Over 50 Classic Games
Atari Flashback Classics: 150 Games!
Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

Digital

Arcade Archives DONKEY KONG
Arcade Archives DONKEY KONG JR.
Arcade Archives DONKEY KONG 3
Arcade Archives MARIO BROS.
Gargoyles Remastered
Disney Speedstorm
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition
Alex Kidd In Miracle World DX
Sonic Origins Plus
Sonic Mania Plus
SHINOBI: SEGA AGES
NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES: Vol 1
NAMCO MUSEUM ARCHIVES: Vol 2
PAC-MAN MUSEUM+
Castlevania Anniversary Collection
Contra Anniversary Collection
Garfield Kart Furious Racing
Bill & Ted's Excellent Retro Collection
Mega Man Legacy Collection
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2
Mega Man 11
Mega Man X Legacy Collection
Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2
MEGAMAN ZERO/ZX LEGACY COLLECTION

 

[wonderfly]

I'll post my list AFTER Christmas.

But I wanted to let you all know: Using the Internet "Wayback Machine", I was able to retrieve the posts from last year's "Video Game Haul" thread and repost the thread. It's a Christmas miracle!

Can't do that for every thread from the time period that was erased (from November 2022 to February 2023), but I saw that thread and figured I'd resurrect it, given that "it's that time of year again".

 

[Classic Speedy]

Thanks for finding last year's thread, Wonderfly! Whenever I tried to search the forums via the Wayback machine it wouldn't give me any results.

 

[Spacething7474]

some post Christmas day updates now that I bought stuff on the xbox live marketplace:

-spongebob squarepants: underpants slam! (despite the weird sorta-stretched looking hud, its 16:9 only. i am 2 for 2 in spongebob 360 games with no 4:3 i am in anguish. everything else is 4:3 though)
-saints row 1
-pac man and the ghostly adventures 2
-viva pinata: party animals (my main driving force for this was its demo being 16:9 only, which sadly isnt the only time this has happened on the 360)
-crash bandicoot: the wrath of cortex
-grabbed by the ghoulies
-raze's hell
-black

also found out that lego star wars ii has a bloom filtering option in it, so naturally i put it at a full 10/10 (the only way to play it)

also also!! just ordered pirates of the carribbean: at world's end (like party animals, the game's in 4:3 [only on the ps3 it seems? bizarre choice, wonder if any other game was like this on the 2 platforms] but its demo wasn't) and open season. both are expected to arrive on new years eve, so thats convenient.

 

[wonderfly]

It felt like I didn't buy as much this year as I have in previous years. "Real Life" stuff going on, finances were a bit tighter this year. As such, I tended to focus on playing games obtained with my "PlayStation Plus Premium" Subscription (and with the recent price increase on that, I'm thinking of dropping that down to just "Playstation Plus Essential", but we'll see).

So as far as games I've purchased in the last year:

Physical copies:

For Nintendo Switch:
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
Super Mario Wonder
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Tactics Ogre Reborn

(yes, I tend to only buy physical games with the Nintendo Switch. At least for now.)

Digital Copies:

For Nintendo Switch:
Contra Anniversary Collection
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Actraiser Renaissance
Road 96: Mile 0
Quake
Quake II

For Playstation 5:
Tales of Zestiria
Watch Dogs: Legion
Axiom Verge
Stray
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
And I bought the last couple of fighters in "Dragon Ball FighterZ", to finally complete my full set of all characters (last one I bought was Master Roshi).

"Stray" and "TMNT: Shredder's Revenge" are noteworthy as they jumped from "I'm trying these out on PlayStation Plus Extra" to "That's so good, I'll buy a digital copy!".

And through my subscription to "PlayStation Plus Essential", I got ownership to the following digital games over the last 12 months:

Axiom Verge 2
Fallout 76
Mafia: Definitive Edition
OlliOlliWorld
Battlefield 2042
Code Vein
Minecraft Dungeons
Meet Your Maker
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Tails of Iron
Grid Legends
Chivalry 2
Descenders
NBA 2K23
Jurassic World Evolution 2
Trek to Yomi
Endling: Extinction is Forever
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Alan Wake Remastered
Death's Door
PGA Tour 2K23
Black Desert
Generation Zero
Saints Row (2022 version)
Weird West
Farming Simulator 22
Mafia II: Definitive Edition
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Dragon Ball: The Breakers
Sable
Lego 2K Drive
PowerWash Simulator

(these are separate from the "Subscription Rental" games in the "PlayStation Plus Extra/Premium" tiers).

And.....that's about it.

 

[the_joker]

Here's what I got in 2023.

PS5
Tales of Arise
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Kena: Bridge of Spirits - Deluxe Edition
Immortals Fenyx Rising: Gold Edition*
Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Spider-Man: Remastered*
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition
Scarlet Nexus
Valkyrie Elysium
Gotham Knights: Deluxe Edition
Forspoken

PS4
Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition
Assassin's Creed III: Remastered
Mass Effect: Legendary Edition
God of War
Tomb Raider*
Rise of the Tomb Raider*
Shadow of the Tomb Raider*

Nintendo Switch
Super Mario Odyssey
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Pokemon Scarlet

*digital games

I forgot about 3DS eshop closing down this year, so I'll have to buy physical versions of 3DS games.

Nintendo 3DS
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Legebd of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Nintendo DS
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Super Princess Peach

I got into Zelda recently, and my acquisition reflects that. I'm actually also curious about the upcoming Princess Peach game, hence getting her DS game.

 

[Greg91]

I didn't buy much this year since I'm not finishing enough games nowadays. Everything was below $60 (80 CAD) so it was financially manageable including a PS5 game even though I don't have the system at the moment. I'll probably stick to just a handful of purchases next year as well. * - digital titles

Nintendo Switch
Signalis
Metroid Prime Remastered
Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe
Sonic Superstars
AI: The Somnium Files*
Portal: Companion Collection*
Voice of Cards Trilogy*

Playstation 5
Sonic Origins Plus

 

[Asa]

I mainly focus on the Nintendo consoles and their games but I do plan on trying out Sony and Microsoft’s consoles in the future.

Heres a list of stuff that I bought throughout this year

3DS:

• Virtual Console releases of Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3, Super Mario Land, Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins, Kirby’s Dream Land, Kirby’s Dream Land 2, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros, Deluxe, Mario Bros, Sonic the Hedgehog (Game Gear), Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Game Gear), Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble, and Cartoon Network BC.

Switch (Physical):

• Metroid Dread
• Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
• Pikmin 1+2
• Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe

Switch (Digital):

• Kirby’s Dream Buffet
• Fitness Boxing
• Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise
• Apex Legends
• Disney Speedstorm

Mobile:

• Fire Emblem Heroes

 

[Light Lucario]

I got Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, Detective Pikachu Returns and Super Mario Bros. Wonder for the Swtich. I also got the Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC, although I don't know if that's counted as a game exactly. It's more like extra content rather than something that I think necessarily needed to be included with the game at launch. I've only played the first half of the DLC and there is going to be a free epilogue included in January, so that could change later.

I didn't get as many new games as usual, but I was okay with that since I spent a good chuck of the year just playing through more of Scarlet/Violet and getting my DLC teams ready. Maybe I'll be able to play more of my games in the new year.