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The 1. 2 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch. You just bought a new Nintendo Switch. First of all, good job!

They’re still kind of hard to find. Now it’s time to figure out what games you want to play. We’ve got you covered. The Switch’s library has been growing all year. Nintendo has managed to maintain a solid ratio of good games on their system, and at this point there’s a healthy selection of fantastic Switch games to choose from. The Nintendo Switch is a fascinating new game console built around a novel and well- executed…Read more Read. As with all of our Bests lists, we’ll be updating this one over the months and years to come.

Each game we add in the future will need to replace an existing entry. Expect the list to continue to expand and improve over the months to come. Here are the 1. 2 best games you can get for the Nintendo Switch. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a monumental artistic achievement, a video game so creative and full of surprises that we’ll be talking about it for years to come. It’s also unlike any Zelda game before it. For years, Zelda games were defined by “no.” You can’t reach this place until later; you can’t solve this puzzle until you get the right item. Breath of the Wild is the best Zelda game to date, and it accomplishes that simply by saying yes.

A Good Match For: Anyone who likes games that let you explore and make your own fun; horse lovers. Not A Good Match For: Anyone who preferred the strict structure of other recent Zelda games. Read our review. Study our tips for the game. Watch it in action. Purchase From: Amazon Walmart Best Buy Gamestop.

Stardew Valley is an already- great game made indispensable by the Switch. The 2. 01. 6 farming/dating/life sim lets you forget your worries and embrace a soothingly banal life in the countryside. You water your crops in the morning, and think about how you’re going to improve your farm. You head in to town and stop by the general store to get seeds and chat up the cute boy you’ve had your eye on. And if you want, you explore the mysterious mine, gather magical materials, and uncover the deeper secrets of the valley. It’s a game with a seemingly endless amount to do, and it fits perfectly onto a handheld. A Good Match For: Fans of games like Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon, or Minecraft.

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Anyone looking for a relaxing but terrifyingly addictive game. Not A Good Match For: Anyone looking for a straightforward game. Stardew Valley is calming and low- key, but it’s also extremely complex and doesn’t alway explain itself that well. Read our impressions of the Switch version.

Study our tips for playing the game. Watch it in action. Purchase From: Available digitally on the Nintendo e. Shop. Look, we weren’t expecting much from Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle either. We were right there laughing along with the rest of the internet when we first saw those leaked promotional images of Ubisoft’s annoying Rabbid mascots dressed up as iconic Mario characters.

But then Ubisoft showed the game itself, and… wait, a Mario- inspired take on XCOM tactics? One that looks like a first- party Nintendo game thanks to Nintendo’s developers lending a hand with production? As it turned out, yep, Mario + Rabbids is a fantastic game. It’s a smart, streamlined take on the XCOM style of turn- based, positional tactics. It’s beautiful looking, and has an excellent musical score. And it’s just really goofy and fun. Each fight is an unpredictable scrum between team Mario and a bunch of chittering, idiot Rabbids, and the constantly escalating challenge will force you to think on your toes.

And its digestible, 5- 1. Switch. A Good Match For: Anyone waiting for a good Switch strategy game, XCOM fans, people who think they might like XCOM but are put off by how complicated it seems. Not A Good Match For: Anyone who just can’t stand Ubisoft’s Rabbids. The game is actually a lot more charming than the corny, Minions- like mascots on the cover might suggest, but if you really hate ‘em, you really hate ‘em. Read our review. Watch it in action. Purchase From: Amazon Walmart Best Buy Gamestop. The makers of Thumper bill it as a “rhythm violence game,” which is a cheeky description but also an accurate one.

The setup is simple: You control a glowing beetle as it zooms along a track through some sort of neon Hell dimension. In your path are glowing gems and various obstacles. You press buttons in time with the grinding, undulating music to get past those obstacles without blowing up. The music is relentless.

The beats are ferocious. The pace is unstoppable. Thumper takes a classic formula and strips it down to its rawest, most hypnotic base elements. The result is one of the finest rhythm games in years. A Good Match For: People who like rhythm games, people who like difficult rhythm games. Not A Good Match For: Those who don’t want to play Switch games with headphones, those who get easily frustrated. Read our impressions of the PC version.

Watch it in action. Purchase From: Available digitally on the Nintendo e.

Shop. Why have one good thing when you can have two? Good question. In the case of Puyo Puyo Tetris, those two good things are.. Tetris and Puyo Puyo, a pair of place- the- dropping- shapes games that are equally beloved, if not equally well- known, all around the world. In single- player, online or splitscreen multiplayer, you and up to three friends can compete in hectic matches that flip and flop from Tetris to Puyo Puyo and back again.

It’s a chaotic good time. A Good Match For: Fans of Tetris and fans of Puyo Puyo, obviously. Also, anyone looking for a fun competitive puzzle game to play with friends. Not A Good Match For: Those looking for a fleshed- out singleplayer game, anyone who prefers to solve puzzles without a time limitation.

Read our impressions of the game. Watch it in action.

Purchase From: Amazon Walmart Best Buy Gamestop. Steam. World Dig 2 takes the backtracking, exploration and gradual upgrades of a Metroid game and combines them with the strategic spelunking of Dig Dug. The result is a charming, engrossing side- scroller loaded with smart ideas and clever challenges. That’s.. pretty much all we need to say about it. It’s a straightforward gaming pleasure.

A Good Match For: Fans of sidescrollers, Metroid- inspired games, and digging. Not A Good Match For: Anyone who hates platforming. Steam. World Dig 2 isn’t as hard as some other similar games, but it does have some tricky challenges. Read our impressions of the Switch version. Watch it in action.

Purchase From: Available digitally on the Nintendo e. Shop. Something is wrong with Isaac’s mom: She thinks that she can hear God. And God, disturbingly enough, has instructed her to kill Isaac. The only way Isaac can get out of that hellish situation is by jumping into his basement—which happens to be endless, and full of terrors. Thankfully, these demons can be defeated by directing Isaac’s tears, twin- stick shooter style, across Zelda- like dungeons. Watch The Kid With A Bike HDQ. Well.. if Zelda dungeons were full of horrifying hellspawn, poop, and tons of mysterious items that you don’t know how to use.

The Binding of Isaac has gotten several iterations over the years, and Afterbirth+ is the biggest expansion yet. A Good Match For: Players who like a challenge, especially of the roguelike variety. A lot of the appeal with the Binding of Isaac is how constantly it will surprise you with challenges you’ve never encountered before.

Not A Good Match For: Players who are sensitive to gross stuff or jokes about religion, or people who are just looking to relax while playing a game. Watch it in action.

Purchase From: Amazon Walmart Best Buy Gamestop. Ah, the blue shell. There may be no better metaphor for the bleakness of life. One minute you’re cruising along, on top of the world, and then… BAM, you’re totally hosed. Just when you thought you had it in the bag, life throws a blue shell.

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