18 Most Anticipated Video Games Of 2021

8. New Pokémon Snap

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Nintendo

Platform: Nintendo Switch

22 years.

Twenty. Two. Years.

That's how long gamers have had to wait for a sequel to one of the most original, daring and...

Hang on, anyone else getting deja vu?

Yes, 2021 seems to be the year videogame publishers the world over realised they never got round to making sequels to some of their most beloved games. With New Pokemon Snap, NEO The World Ends With You and one upcoming entry (spoilers: it starts with "Psycho" and ends with "nauts 2") arriving in 2021, this year is all about cult classics making long-overdue comebacks.

Really, all we need now is Gitaroo Man 2 and we're golden.

Going back to New Pokemon Snap, Nintendo's family-friendly take on the light-gun genre was cracking fun on the N64, and the Switch-bound sequel should be equally brilliant. (And less likely to get you arrested during lockdown than Pokemon GO).

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