Awesome: Meet The Ultimate Nintendo Switch Game Collector

Seriously impressive collection. Hurts whenever Troll and I is brought up though really wanted that to be a good game!

I disagree with the "low priced eShop affairs, which some might say probably never needed to be put on a cart in the first place" bit. Not that the author indicated he holds to that view, but why should the price have anything to do with the format one chooses to play it on? If given the opportunity, I would purchase almost all of my low-priced indies physically. The benefits of retail aren't diminished simply because a title is cheap.

I prefer to collect only the good ones

All the shovelware.

Yes, i do.
So far i got 13 Switch games in Physical retail, will be 14 on Sunday 4 March 2017 (i will get Overcooked Special Edition)

EDIT: The 13th was Portal Knights

@Fazermint
Shovelware ??
Excuse me ?!

He must be German.

Nobody can get German games imported.

Some good games, but a good amount I wouldnt buy for free looks at WWE2K18

This is partly why physical is better than digital.

Here's a photo of the equivalent digital collection.

He must have a lot of spare cash. I don't import games, my collection is all English PAL and that's for all hardware.

@Anti-Matter Excuse you. Plenty of bad games for the Switch.

@Anti-Matter There's plenty of crappy games in the picture. That's not saying there aren't a load of awesome games as well.

Nice retail collection by the way. I think I have 12 physical. Already purchased Overcooked on Steam and Switch, but I may have to triple dip for the physical edition. That game is one of my top 2-3 co-op games of all time, so triple dipping wouldn't be so bad.

He's the Ultimate Nintendo Switch fan.

Aaahh, that time they said Minecraft was getting a physical release. Fun times.

Wait. If he only wanted English games how did he get Bayonetta 1 on Carr?

It is impressive, but the majority of those games are just pants

@Fazermint
Excuse me ?!
That's also INSULTING my Switch games collection.
My 14 Switch games are ALSO same with him !

@Anti-Matter He's not insulting your collection laddie. Facts are facts, Switch has a fair few low quality games that have had a retail release so if you want to collect every single physical release then there are going to be a few stinkers in that collection. That doesn't take anything away from the good games he has collected though, or your own for that matter.

Myself I have 2 games on cart and 99 digitally. Never owned so many games on any console ever.

@Anti-Matter Dude, chill out. Not every game available for the Switch is amazeballs. That's a fact. Don't take it personally. We all own those same games.

@Anti-Matter Are you literally 9?

Cool to see all the cases line up with the great art work displayed. But to me, it’s just that, “cool”. I haven’t bought a single physical switch game and my collection is at about 18 (mostly retail) games. Would hate to carry at those carts with me. I just take my Switch and a think carrying pouch with no extra pockets.

@Fazermint
I Am 33 !

When and where did Syberia 1 & 2 get physical releases?

@OorWullie
I'm the Opposite, don't (really) like Digital download games.
Prefer Physical retails 99.99%

@Biff_ARMStrong
Try playasia.

At UK prices that's got to be around £3000 minimum! I guess if your salary is high enough, anything can be considered chump change. I feel you have to set a goal with this sort of thing, everything or just what you want to play.

Could never understand buying crap games just to have a full collection. Why would anyone buy stuff like wwe2k18 and troll and I when they know they are terrible. Such a waste of money

@Anti-Matter I think you're missing the point. Your collection has all the greats in there, missing out a lot of the tat. To collect everything the games quality is insignificant. Hence, the guy in the post has had to purchase a lot of lower quality games.

@Fazermint
Obvious troll is obvious.

Digital has made a giant leap forward in my mind on the Switch.
First, I do NOT like the tiny game cards . . . I cannot read or appreciate the TINY labels and I fear WILL be lost at some point. But more significantly, there is something awesome about having certain games with you at all times . . . Rocket League being one.

@Drac_Mazoku Nice, I like looking at them like that too. With demos included mines is 20 full rows.

Physical is losing prominence now that many games need additional downloads to function as intended. If the servers/store goes down, many of these games would make great place mats, but not much else.

If you average those 92 physical games out over a year, it works out at 1.7 per week. And then when you consider that some of these games didn't release worldwide, then it's much less. Resident Evil Revelations 1&2 didn't get any cartridge in Europe, Bayonetta is a digital code here, Tiny Barbarian wasn't released in Europe either, there's other examples. Then there are some that did make it to Europe but they're like gold dust or are crazy expensive, e.g. Monster Motocross(£50 or more for an average game).

@Shellcore
Sometimes i wonder, where did those gamers can buy a lot of games in several months ?
I mean, where did they got those huge money to spend a lot of games ?
My salary for month can buy until 4 - 5 games (approximate 1 games = US$ 50)
I still have to save my money for something really important.

@MrGamerClock64 Sorry, All games on Switch are great, even WWE.

@MrGamerClock64 Not really. He was speaking an obvious truth maybe. This would be the same collecting for any platform.

@Anti-Matter
Sunday 4th march 2018 you mean? Not 2017.

@Anti-Matter You have it good it seems. My disposable income probably allows for 1-2 games per month. I normally buy one every two months.

@Fazermint
Now now, no need to jump to those extremes either. Switch has its fair share of bad games too. Evey platform has bad games.

I try to live a minimalist life, its means physical games are not for me. It take to much space and the small carts are not super fun to put on the long term. I just have Breath of the wild and I dont like the cart, it always stay in the console.

I stopped buying games for the switch. The last game was mario odyssey. I must of bought more for the gamecube and Wii u this year

@bluedogrulez
Use this to prevent Switch cartridge loss.

Someone has obviously got money to burn.

Should have left 1-2-Switch out of the photo, it's not a game to be proud of owning.

@1UP_MARIO
Meanwhile...
I still waiting for cheap price for Paper Mario The Thousand Years Door Gamecube from Ebay.
Ugh.... that game still priced soooo insane expensive.

I dunno, I find these types of collections a complete waste of money. How many has he actually played through? That’s way more impressive to me. It’s like having a bookshelf full of unread books. Great, I guess??

@Anti-Matter you can get one for 45 pounds but that’s like a price of a new switch game

@wazlon
Really ?
This is my 1-2-Switch.

@1UP_MARIO
Ah, price like that doesn't really matter for me.
As long i have never played, even old games are something "New" for me.

@0muros
Oopsie !
Typo.

@Anti-Matter
There's some games I would never buy buy at full price, such as 1 2 Switch and any sports games.

@Shellcore
I have ever spent more than IDR 1,000,000 or more than US$ 70 for an Used (Very Good) Wii game from Ebay (Wii Party).
Ugh.....
It was almost broke my wallet.

@Anti-Matter Thanks! I also see Voez which I didn't know had a physical release.

No idea how people can afford to buy more then 1 game per month. I've had my Switch for maybe 8 months now and I only have 2 games physically and 2 digital. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Odyssey, Sonic Mania, and Snipperclips. I have more demos than anything, lol

I'll definitely be getting Kirby this month though, oh and I do own Breath of the Wild, but on the Wii U.

I find collecting a full set of games for a console is more enticing when it is for a retro console. That way, the list is complete, most games are lower in price than at release and the resale value as a set would be higher. I can only see modern collections selling for less than they were bought for at full price.

@MrGamerClock64
Luckily, i got 1-2-Switch in Used (Like New) condition with price IDR 530,000 or US$ 37.10
Yay...!

@Anti-Matter If it is worth that much to you, then you shouldn't feel bad. As long as you can keep financially secure, I don't see the problem : )

5 physical games for me. Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart 8, Zelda BoTW, Ultra Street Fighter II, and Bayonetta 2.
Getting Kirby later this month.
Had 1, 2 Switch and Splatoon 2 but I got bored of them and sold them.

@Biff_ARMStrong Voez can be bought through Amazon on import.

@Grawlog I'd imagine similar but three deep (triple dipping)

@Grawlog
Ooh....
I think JaxonH has even more collection of Switch.

I have 2 physical games but they were given as a Christmas/Birthday present but I'm choosing to go digital with Switch, it just suits the console to have all of my games available at once.

As for the collection in the article....why?
Why would you spend so much money on all of those games, especially when a decent amount of them are either broken or not great? It makes no sense, I guess they could have more money than me in the first place which wouldn't be that difficult

@Kimyonaakuma
At least, if he is bored with certain Switch games, i might able to buy from him, if he is willing to sell his games.

@roadrunner343
I'm not sure I get your point. eshop titles should logically be cheaper as there's no cart+box and no retailer getting a cut.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE - yeah but mess that up and there goes your entire collection. Unless you royally screw up only a few games would face a fate collectively.

Plus there are venues to recover games long after the Switch is done in when it comes to physical. Something you can't do unless it's pirating, emulation or rebuying whatever becomes available on a future system.

Meanwhile I’m debating if we can afford an indie game that’s on sale.
I prefer digital now I think but Amazon Prime discounts keeps me getting physical.

@Mr_Pepperami
It also sends the wrong message to publishers that "anything can sell, somehow".

All of the physical games I own are digital code stored on a cartridge. All of the digital games I own are...digital code stored on a cartridge. There's literally no difference other than the number of games on the cart and the presence of a miniscule piece of game art.

.... right, let me get home.

PS: This is slightly out of date but 98% accurate.

@-DG Affording more than 1 game a month is easy - I have no idea how people have time to play more than 1 game a month

@JimmySpades
The difference is ...
Physical = You CAN Touch your games, feel it, share to your friend or other people.
Digital = You CAN'T touch this (MC Hammer)

@Anti-Matter Very cool collection! I have a bunch of games myself, so far 9 physical and 67 digital.

@Tibob You're right, that was not at all my point - sorry if I didn't make it clear. The article says because the eShop titles are cheap, "some might say probably never needed to be put on a cart in the first place"

My point is, regardless of the eShop title's price - be it $10, $20, or $60, the appeal of a physical retail release is still there. I understand that the physical release may get bumped up $5-10 or so in some cases. I've purchased my fair share of cheap physical releases - I think I paid $19 for Puyo Puyo Tetris, Sine Mora EX, and Ittle Dew 2+.

What's the point in collecting physical games as bad as Troll and I or Super Putty, or games that are incomplete in their physical version like LA Noire? I just don't get it and I'm happy that I don't get it. I can understand the pleasure of collecting things that you like and are valuable but bad games are just trash and incomplete games are trash as well in their physical version. Poor guy spent a lot of money in garbage while he could have saved for other games much more worth of it instead...

@Tibob yeah I agree. Although there surely can’t be many people out there who will just buy that tat just to have a complete collection can there.......can there??

@JHDK 67 digital??? On switch?? Wow.

@Anti-Matter: Thanks, that is a nice looking case. The problem is that young kids are not the best at putting stuff back.

@chardir LOL! Actually I'll agree to that 110%

I feel like either those people don't have kids, and/or they just aren't finishing the games they start.

@Mr_Pepperami There are 477 games available for the Switch right now so having 76 of them means I have 15.9% of the total library. I still have 14 games on my wish list and I think I'm going to buy The Final Station today so that would put me at 77 games and bump my percentage up to 16.1.

I know it's kinda crazy to buy all these games but I do try to research every one before purchase. I look up multiple reviews and watch videos for every game before I buy. Of the 76 I can say that I only truly regret 3:

Oceanhorn
Implosion
Morphite

Note that all three of my regrets are mobile ports. I've learned the hard way you can't be too careful with mobile ports. However, I did just buy Totes the Goat yesterday and that is fun and addictive. But that one is a Jools/Atooi game so it was guaranteed to be fun despite the platform on which it originated.

Impressive collection. I guess I own about 9-10 physical, with a 2-3 more on my list of released games to buy.

Still impressive. I thought I was ‘switch crazy’ with around twenty or so games on it as that’s waaayyyyy more than I’ve ever bought for a console in the first year. You put me to shame

Very impressive! What's just as impressive is the fact the Switch actually has 92 retail/boxed games released in 1 year! That's around 7.5 games/month average. Now for comparison, think back to the N64's first year for those who remember...

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I don't understand the mentality of owning physical games for a portable console. My Vita collection is 100% digital which is great for whenever I go on a trip.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE that made my milk come out my nose!

@Hikingguy That is the reason why I went 100% digital! I don't like the idea of needing -huge- downloads to make the game on cartridge complete or less buggy.

The way physical releases get announced, I have a lot of anxiety when purchasing digital games. I have already been burned on Steamworld Dig 2 and Overcooked. I almost bit on Golf Story when it was discounted but I resisted. From now on I will only buy digital when I’m 100% sure there will be no physical release.

@LuckyLand It's like making a time capsule, man or a personal museum of a first year of something that was important to them, like following around a band and documenting them for a year. That's all that is. IF EVERYONE DID THAT, collected every game, we'd be screwed, cuz we'd straight up only get shovelware - but I don't think it's a mystery why someone collects like this.

I clicked on this seriously expecting to see @JaxsonH 's name somewhere in the article.

I’ve been trying to collect Switch Collector’s editions. Here’s Sonic Mania, Breath Of The Wild, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Bayonetta 2, Axiom Verge and yes s couple on other formats. I also have around 60 regular physical and digital Switch games too:

https://imgur.com/gallery/B7oDP

I love getting games on cartridges but I have to admit that to me physical has lost a lot of its magic. I still love getting the best games physically but with most games often requiring large patches on day one the cartridge just doesn’t feel as secred to me as it used to.

@Biff_ARMStrong They released in the UK physically.

Last I counted my switch collection is nearing 200 games.. so yeah... my wallet hanged itself long ago for those interested.

Edit: 177 to be exact.

@Grawlog @BensonUii
I was just talking to this guy on Reddit yesterday lol...

I have 57 physical titles (All of them are good though... or at least reasonably good) and 97 digital titles. About 20 of those are digital copies of my fave retail games though (basically all 1st party titles plus DOOM, Skyrim, LA Noire, USFII, Rayman Legends, DQ Builders, RE Revelations 1/2, etc).

@BensonUii Nah he's got more games than that..

To each their own! Doesnt make an impression on me, though. I collect physical games as well, in the sense that I only sell them if I hate them. A collection imo should be an expression of what you like in gaming. Buying every game is just an compulsive act. My switch collection is still below 10 games. Thats because I only buy games that I want to play. Tbt, beem playing much less in recent years and my backlog has been growing - still buy games just in case.

It amazes me how many retail Switch games we've gotten in the Switch's first year. I hope this keeps up!

@Kejomo

What you say? Dig 2 got a physical release?

@Snoppster
Bayonetta 1 got a physical release in the JP Climax edition, and it has English option.

I have it as well. So it counts. He doesn't mean English physically written on the label, he means English included as an option in the game.

I consider myself a collector but there is no way I could spend that much on games. I just keep the ones I buy to play and end up with 40-80 game on any given system. I'm already going mad trying to keep up with what I have.

Nice collection though.

@Paperboy I’m with you- I never understand fans who have to have them all- including utter trash like troll and I. I collect Atari Jaguar- mostly the home brew carts and there is no way Inwould buy some of the crap that came out for that back in the day.

@Fazermint I’ve thought that many times about him. He’s definitely not firing on all four cylinders that’s for sure. If we’re lucky he’ll start banging on about how vile all 18 rated games are.

On a quick count there are about 60 crap games there. That’s a lot of wasted money. 😂

I love buying physical. It saves SD Card space, it's just so dang satisfying, and it gives me a poster (the box art slip)!

i have 70

@full_metal_opera not yet. It’s been announced but still TBA release date.

@1UP_MARIO same here odyssey was the last game I bought. Switch games are too expensive, it's a total price gouge for indie titles available on ps4 and steam. I'm not into paying more. Ridiculous.

Got my Switch at the beginning of December and didn't get any games for Christmas, but I'm at 9 boxed games, and 5 digital so far

Bayonetta, Bayonetta 2, Resident Evil Revelations, RE Revelations 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Double Dragon IV, Shantae Half Genie Hero, Zelda Breath of the Wild, Sonic Mania, Sonic Forces, Skyrim, Axiom Verge, Mario & Rabbids, Mario Kart 8.

So far, I absolutely love the system, and I'm looking forward to the new Kirby game next!

I'll never understand why somebody would waste money on so many garbage games.

@bolt05 the trouble is so many people accept it and pay it. I got Wolfenstein for £6.49 on PS4 sale the other week it was like 70% off. A Goid Nintendo eshop sale £5 off. I have to admit that I’ve backed off switch eshop games in the last four months simply because of the ridiculous prices. I bought quite a few to begin with but I think it was just mania taking over me. It’s now also being over populated by utter shovelware that I rarely check it week to week like I used to a year ago.

Lol I can man up and say I have 120 titles, about 30 physical and I can honestly say I regret purchasing 60% of the games.
Now I will only buy what I really want to play, sick of so many of the games being buggy and unfinished.

I’m counting somewhere around 295, physical and download in my collection.

I have 60 games total for my Switch, 33 physical. It's the fastest growing collection I have ever had!

We've got a whole thread dedicated to this

@darthstuey yeah same, used to check the e-store weekly but now once a month. Shovelware worse than the Wii because eshop is even easier and cheaper to shovel it into.

I'm still very disappointed with the rpg offerings, there's a news highlight on switch about 7 JRPGs on switch , but scroll the list and every one is overpriced and simply average. It is totally void of decent RPGs at this point. Last rpg I bought was radiant historia for 3ds. Part of this isn't Nintendo's fault, instead of localising the seiken densetsu collection we get romancing saga, which nobody ever really wanted. I can't understand modern square Enix, it's like they don't want money anymore. RPGs are my favourite genre so this eats me up a bit.

IT MUST ME MINE!!!!

I have twelve physical games. All Japanese but for Doom and Skyrim, which I imported from the US since I couldn’t wait 5 months until they had come to Japan to play them.
I prefer physical over digital. So far I only own five digital games, all of them indies (except for Resident Evil Revelations 2, because that game is digital only)

I have about 20 games on cartridge, mostly stuff that doesn't have heavy online usage (Splatoon 2, Minecraft, ARMS, etc.), aren't smaller games that didn't have a bonus with the retail edition (Axiom Verge, Cave Story+, etc.), or weren't games I found hard to find in my neck of the woods or I was able to get for a good price digitally (Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Monopoly, etc.). Counting my digital games and not demos or apps, I'm up to (NINTENDO) 64 games. And this guy's collection dwarfs mine, I'm sure. Hats off to him!

I’ve got two physical games, which is one too many. I hate having to carry one cart around, and switch the games over every so often. Everything else is digital, and that’s how I’ll continue to roll

@Kejomo

Cool! I never buy digital games day one - in fact I always wait for a price drop.

@NewAdvent When I was a kid I carried around a handful of original Game Boy games with me when I went places. Those Switch cards are tiny and 92 of probably take up the same space as a few GB carts.

But it's true that their size means they're probably easier to loose than original GB games. I'm sure they're smaller than GBA which I already considered "too small".

@full_metal_opera me neither. I got Steamworld Dig 2 on sale and they announced the physical the next week.

Here’s my collection.

Missing “Death Squared”
AUS only release, 500 copies only

@GrailUK sad violin

2 digital, 7 boxed, some demos, nothing else. Eh well, better get more games in the future, and at least I have basically all good titles!

Someone those I didn't even know had physical releases. Thanks for the post.

My Switch collection is probably going to remain small as I've had to reduce my spending greatly lately.
Super Bomberman R, I am Setsuna (JP), Puyo-Puyo Tetris, Splatoon 2, Seiken Densetsu Collection (JP), Super Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade 2. Octopath looks like something I'd want in there if that's physical and Pokemon Gen 8 will be a definite.

It takes a true artist to buy retail versions of games that have a horrible reputation! Quite the collection!

Nice collection!! I am a sucker for platformers therefore I bought a lot of ''indie gems'' in the past year. I bought about 10 physical games (Odyssey, TLOZ, Ittle Dew 2+, Tiny Barbarian, Shantae, Cave Story+, Poi, Azure Striker Pack, 1-2 Switch, etc.) and sold them after I was done, but I bought like 25 digital games (Nightmare Boy, Blossom Tales, Nightmare Boy, Bleed, Treasure Trove, Pankapu, Bleed, Shu, Vesta, Guns Gore & Cannoli, Dragon's Trap, Caveman Warriors, The Mummy Demastered, Xeodrifter, Sonic Mania, Blaster Master Zero, etc)

@Farts_Ahoy That game doesn't come on a cartridge though, just a case with a download code inside.