Dealing with grief, terror, and the slow corrosion of life in the industrial swamplands, Norco is a very particular tone poem about a very particular place and time. It's a point-and-click adventure game set in an alternate version of Louisiana, influenced by Southern Gothic storytelling, the culture of nearby New Orleans, and how the petrol industry shaped the town of Norco (which is a real place). Norco is one of the indie elite of 2022, sweeping many Game of the Year awards despite its relatively low profile. Still, it's been a year, so surely 2023 means Wildermyth time, right? Norco Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube This one's at the top of the list because it's already been confirmed for Switch, woo! In December 2021, the developers told Fanbyte that it would take them a year or so to port the game to Switch. That's what Wildermyth offers: A Dungeons-and-Dragons-style evolving story-slash-myth generator, with a cast of proc-gen characters called Splinch or Grunkus or Scary Willy that go on proc-gen missions and face proc-gen consequences, like having their eyes replaced with a powerful gem, or making friends with a wolf, and earning titles like "Scary Willy The Hole-Digger".
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