My Top 10 Games of 2023

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I'm surprised it's not just Pikmin 4 ten times.

Place your bets that Pikmin 4 takes Arlo's number one spot 😄

The beginning of this video was incredibly sad. It had everything. Impending doom, a touching farewell, sad music, corporate sponsorship. We should all hope to go out like that someday.

Arlo: "great year for gaming" Also Arlo: "half of my top 10 games are remakes"

I can't believe the Alternate Universe Arlo Saga has come to an end. I have never been so emotionally invested in of moved by an ad read before. Such a beautiful, heartbreaking farewell. Oh, and the video was great too. Pikmin 4 definitely deserves the win.

How you feel about Pikmin 4 was exactly how I felt about Metroid Dread. I was worried it couldn't meet the once lofty expectations of my favorite Metroid games. And it shattered every expectation I had and set a new bar on a lot of aspects. I'm so happy Pikmin 4 was everything you wanted and more. I hope more people get to feel this way about games. ❤️

I love the way you structured this video with the additional segments. Definitely going to check out Born Of Bread to help calm the wait for TTYD remake, but now I’m also resisting the urge to replay demons souls…

Arlo, the absolute best moments of TOTK were the last moments. The story was comforting and fun, but the ending, with the music and scale, cemented it as one of the best experiences I’ve had while gaming.

It's incredibly reassuring hearing Arlo describe his experiences with Zelda: TOTK. I sank over 1000 hours into Breath of the Wild and even got Divine Beast tattoos. That game will always have a place in my heart. And while TOTK is obviously a better game in almost every respect... I haven't finished it yet and I'm disappointed how I don't feel compelled to play it like I do other games.

HiFi Rush is definitely my favorite game of 2023. There really are no words to explain how much it means to me. I really wish it wasn't just shadow dropped. It seems to be painfully overlooked.

Oh my god I can’t believe Arlo’s number 1 game this year was his IRS tax form!

Metroid Prime Remastered was a great surprise, but Hi Fi Rush was the best shadow drop of all time, let alone of 2023

The way you can tell the Arlos outright bonded over the Raycon sponsorships... Makes me wonder if this is the last of Raycon or of we'll get a season 2 with a new narrative. Arlo refining J. P. Beaubien's methods.

Sea of Stars is my favorite this year, despite some tough competition. I was immediately captivated by the visuals and music and the world, and the combat kept me engaged from start to finish and even through the post-game. I was never bored with the battles because the interactivity and variety gave me a lot of stuff to experiment with. It also had a surprisingly touching story that, while very simple, was rather charming and funny at times. It also handles exploration and environmental interaction better than basically every 2D RPG I can think of with some absolutely incredible dungeons.

I'm so hyped for Arlo to hopefully actually for real play those games. Octopath 2 was my personal game of the year, but I feel wanting to play and finish so many other games

Arlo and I have very different experiences with TotK. Maybe it's just that it's only my second Zelda game (BotW was my first), but I sank more hours and was far more invested in seeing everything through than the first. I actually got all the light roots, shrines, and depths cosmetics. I did the whole story, and I would gladly play DLC or a second run

I think I partly found this channel because I loved Pikmin so much and I needed to be near someone who loved Pikmin as much as me. I played this video 99% certain I knew what the #1 was...and was pleasantly correct! Thank you for sharing your passion in such an intelligent way. Pikmin 4 was such an important positive to a hectic summer for me and it's just chilling next to the other Pikmin games in my heart. It was worth the wait. It was everything we deserved. And it feels good to come to Arlo's channel every once in a while and keep celebrating it. ONTO PIKMIN 5!!!!! See you again in 50 years for that one.

Arlo: The only channel I watch that I don't skip the ad read.

As an massive Kirby & Metroid fan, I'm super happy. These franchise has been having an heck of an career. We got Forgotten Land and Dread that turn out amazing. And now we have remasters of Return to Dreamland and Prime on the Switch that turn out incredible. Things has looking bright for these two franchise.