2007 - The best gaming year ever

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2007 hasn't just been good. It's been spectacular. Here's the year in review.

Nintendo's glorious comeback

It’s no secret that Nintendo has had an incredible year. The DS started the wave of good fortune for the old man of console gaming a few years ago and has continued to enthrall with a consistent run of good games throughout 2007 - Hotel Dusk, Final Fantasy XII: Revenent Wings, Contra IV and Dementium being but a few, but the first year of the Wii’s life has now secured Ninty a bigger comeback than Lazarus. And we’ve seen some brilliant developments for gaming as a whole as a result.

Of course, we’ve had an awful lot of rushed cash-in pap along the way as certain developers have struggled to quickly jump on the bandwagon, but now that designers are getting a feel for the Wii (no pun intended) we’re seeing less inane party games and instead a lot of software that bodes very well for a much more interesting future.

David Houghton
David Houghton
Former GamesRadar+ Features Writer

Former (and long-time) GamesRadar+ writer, Dave has been gaming with immense dedication ever since he failed dismally at some '80s arcade racer on a childhood day at the seaside (due to being too small to reach the controls without help). These days he's an enigmatic blend of beard-stroking narrative discussion and hard-hitting Psycho Crushers.