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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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.
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!
Oooh, sweet. I knew it was soon, but couldn’t remember.
TOTK makes BOTW look like a 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 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.
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.
mario party superstars and the open world zelda games
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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.
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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.
Mario Party Jamboree also pretty cool for party game
+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.
My favorite indie game on switch is definitely golf story. It’s a gold based RPG with a very silly story, and fun 2-d golf games
Pikmin,
A puzzle store game with cute creatures,
One of my favorites series of all time, I think Nintendo bundles them and sells them as a pack now
