Topic: What game do you think the Switch will be remembered for, and why?

Barbie Horse Adventures is the defining game for me on OG Xbox

Once Super Smash Bros Ultimate becomes a licensing nightmare to re-release, that. I already look at it thinking 'how?'

@GrailUK I am hoping they just kick off another round of DLC for the successor and just keep printing ultimate. Maybe add a new game mode or two to make it feel “new”. Otherwise there are gonna be some very angry people next release.

@Ryu_Niiyama Yeah, it's difficult to see where the game goes with the next console. But yeah, I think you are right not to rule out another round of DLC at some point (Sakurai hasn't lol) but defintely something probably best not to be waiting for.

Oh, thanks for reminding me a Barbie game on OG XBOX. 😆

@GrailUK Not just to re-release but to maintain as well. These licenses are probably timed, as in some day in the future it'll expire and the content has to be delisted. Like how Forza games and DLC are removed from digital stores 4 years after launch because the car and/or music licenses expire after that timeframe.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah, that's definately possible.

@Grumblevolcano MK8 isn’t going to be the answer for a lot of the old crusties on this site, but I know plenty of youngsters for whom that’s as great a title as any for them, and probably the franchise they would look the most for on their next Nintendo system, much more than Zelda

It seems so obviously Breath of the Wild that there is no point in talking about it. I mean, you want to come up with something other than Breath of the Wild, but realistically nothing compares.

If AC wasn't the cozy pandemic game, it probably wouldn't have had much of an impact. That alone I think can compete with BotW. People will look back on these years and think of AC as their comfort game. That is not insignificant.

It probably also depends on how you define the question. If we're talking about the first game most people will associate with the console after the generation has ended? You could probably narrow it down to one game for each. Some are definitely harder than others but. Off the top of my head going from best selling consoles to least...

PS2: GTA Vice City
DS: New SMB
GB: Tetris ..... or Pokemon
PS4: Spiderman
PS: FF VII
Wii: Wii Sports
Switch: BotW
PS3: The Last of Us
360: ..... not sure TBH
GBA: Pokemon
PSP: GTA ... probably
3DS: I'd argue Super Mario 3D Land
NES: Super Mario Bros
XBOne: again not sure, maybe both the XBOne and 360 share GTAV?
SNES: Super Mario World
N64: Ocarina of Time.... but Mario 64 is also a legit answer
XBox: Halo
GC: Smash Bros Melee but you could certainly make the case for Wind Waker/Metroid Prime
Wii U: Super Mario 3D World

There are too many iconic games on the Switch for it to be remembered for just one of them.

@Tendo64 Giddy up, Giddy up, neiiiiiiiigh!

I think it'll be remembered by Nintendo fans as the console that gave a lot of great Wii U games the attention they finally deserved.

@skywake going beyond the Wii’s pack-in software, probably most people would name MKWii for that console.
Likewise I would also argue MK7 for the 3DS could edge out 3D Land. They came out around the same time but MK7 is the top selling 3DS game. But I get that the marketing of one of the first isometric Mario games leaves an impression