I’m including anything only available on other Nintendo systems as exclusive for this.
I’ve got a $50 eShop card I figure I should spend before gold points go away.
I have BotW. It was alright, but it didn’t excite me enough to get TotK unless it’s on a deep discount.
I’ve also already got Mario Odyssey and Metroid Prime Remastered. I have a handful of other games but they’re not Switch exclusive afaik.
I’m mostly using my Steam deck for handheld these days, so I’d rather not get anything non-exclusive on the Switch right now.
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Do you like turn-based RPGs? I loved Fire Emblem - Three Houses and Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp.
Xenoblade games
TOTK makes BOTW look like a simple tech demo. I wasn’t very whelmed with BOTW, either, but I am glad I checked out TOTK because it is, IMO, the best exclusive on the system.
I just got totk for $20 black Friday a few months ago. I got through the first two or three minor dungeons and it didn’t really grab me. How far do I have to go before it becomes addicting?
I do agree that TotK was a better game than BotW, though I can also see how someone who may not love the BotW model wouldn’t be enamored with TotK either.
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Cadence of Hyrule - The original Crypt of the Necrodancer is one of my all-time favorites. CoH doesn’t quite reach that incredibly high bar, but it’s still an excellent game in its own right.
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Metroid Dread - Hits all the highs of Super, but with greatly improved combat and bosses. So yes, I am calling this better than Super, you heard me.
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Puyo Puyo Champions - Technically, this is not exclusive. However, I am counting it as such because the online playerbase is dead on every other platform. If you want to play the greatest competitive puzzle game ever made, the Switch version of Champions is really the only option.
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Splatoon 3 - It’s Splatoon. It’s the newest one. It’s good.
Off topic, but Crypt of the Necrodancer is on sale right now on Steam and I own a dance mat… do you know how difficult the dance mat mode for the game is? I’m really bad at rhythm games, I still have a lot of fun playing them though.
The original game (but not CoH) is cleverly designed to be entirely playable with just four inputs, all non-movement actions can be performed with two simultaneous inputs (jumps). So it’s entirely playable on a dance pad that way. I haven’t tried it myself, but I know it’s a thing you can do, and there’s footage out there of speedrunners doing dance pad runs.
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I highly recommend the xenoblade series. 1,2, and 3 are on switch with a remake of X coming in a few months. All nintendo exclusive games well worth their cost (if you have time for a jrpg)
Coming out on March 20, actually. Already pre-loaded the game!
HOLY SHIT THEY ARE FINALLY REMAKING X???
Huge fan but I didn’t want to buy a Wii U for one game
I’d say Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, but seems like that’s not what you’re looking for.
The Paper Mario: TTYD remake is very good. Or Animal Crossing, if you’re looking for something relaxing.
For party games, Mario Kart 8 is always fun. And of course Smash Bros Ultimate if you like that series.
+1 to Animal Crossing. Love the aesthetic of cozy games but sometimes a lack of a solid goal, for lack of a better word (casual games are games, not being judgy about that, they are just not to my personal preference) casual-ness/lack of complexity, or not-the-best gameplay drives me away. I enjoyed Animal Crossing a lot.
Mario Party Jamboree also pretty cool for party game
I agree with these recommendations. All terrific choices!
I don’t know how popular it was overall but I really enjoyed Super Mario Wonder!
Mario vs Rabbids surprised me with how good it was. Mario Kart 8 with the expansion pass is great, especially if you have friends to play with.
Specifically Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle. The sequel was a massive disappointment.
Never played the sequel but that is unfortunate to hear they dropped the ball after the first one
Mario vs Rabbids is how you trick kids into playing XCOM, great game!
Golf Story is always a good time. It was one of those games I bought on a whim and fell in love with. Top down golf based RPG with a lot of humor and good pixel art. Have Yuzu on my Deck mainly to go back to Golf Story every once in a while.
They made a sequel called Sports Story that wasn’t nearly as fun.
Mario and Zelda are the obvious answer, but Golf Story would be my answer as well. It’s sad that the sequel sucks (never tried it) and that the series never made it to other platforms.
Yea I really wish it wasn’t exclusive too. Such a unique game
The sequel shipped with a ton of bugs and a lot of the non-golf sports felt very shallow. If I remember correctly the devs announced it was delayed like a week before its original launch date then went radio silent for almost a year. Feels like something went wrong behind the scenes because last I checked they never put out any major patches to try to fix it up.
Metroid forever, did you try Metroid Dread already?
I’m a huge Metroid (Metroidvania in general fan, it’s pretty much the only genre I play these days) but for some reason Dread didn’t hit the spot for me. I got right to the very last boss fight but can’t say I enjoyed my time with it. The EMMI I found more infuriating than fun and it just felt like those sections killed my favourite part of these types of games which is wandering and exploring. I know you could go back after, but tanking it through areas to get to safety I found frustrating.
However, the movement is goddamn slick in Dread! Don’t think I have played another Metroidvania where it feels that good to traverse and move around the map. Prince of Persia comes close, but fully geared Samus in Dread is just an absolute joy :)
I’m still waiting for Prime 4
No, but it looks like there’s a demo I can try.
Highly recommended
