@3NKI well I'm happy for you but I totally disagree and can only hope that AI dies a horrible death as the bubble bursts and it all goes up in flames. If I used AI in the way you describe i would feel like a fraud, that's not an insult I jydt need my voice to come through in my work and giving over any party of my creative process is giving that away while also stealing other people's work and killing the planet. you see Ready Player One and I see the scorched earth future of the matrix... well, actually I see most uses of AI falling flat on their face . You know even a paid version of ChatGPT loses them thousands of dollars per user per month?

@H_Hazuki fun fact, AI companies heavily subsidize its use, if VCs companies weren't burning piles of money to cover the cost it could cost up to 10x as much for the user. Definitely wont save much time or money at that point.

I agree that some of the placements here seem a bit strange.

It’s almost as if comparing games from different genres and different initial release years is a futile effort

Still, I think the takeaway here is that it’s been a great year to own a Switch or Switch 2. I’ve only scratched the surface of this list and had a great year gaming on these consoles.

@h3s can I legally take your stuff off your porch and use it for myself if I put it back because its publically available?

This is people's creative labor that is being stolen to replace them, it being on a public server does not mean companies have a right to steal it and keep it for themselves to produce their own work. It's a lot like if you stole blueprints from another company, they did the hard work designing it and stealing that labor to design a close replacement is definitely wrong.

Bananza for me

It has been a good year for gaming, however.

I find it odd that rereleases and remakes and remasters and multiplatform games are all here... Any chance NLife will make a Switch/Switch 2 exclusive GotY, with only brand new games listed?

No leave the Switch 2 alone, we don't need any Call of Duty game for Switch 2 especially since y'all can't even bring the main game to our large audience. Just keep going extinct. The Switch and Switch 2 are doing okay without these Call of Duty trash polluting the Switch 2 library. We already got Metroid Prime 4, we don't need any lame military trash on Switch 2.

Due to the GKC, I might grab the Switch 1 special edition after a heavy discount. Given how small the game is, I'm annoyed that they didn't just make a Switch 1 build that runs better when played on Switch 2 instead of having two separate builds.

They're both the same size too, for crying out loud, so I assume that they're both running the same damn code. Why even have two separate builds/releases where the Switch 2 "physical" release is vastly inferior?

Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Switch is my favorite video game release of 2025. I have over 40 hours in it so far and like it more than Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics from 2024. 9/10.

@JohnnyMind on mobile I just go to the game page and look at it.

Ubisoft, you say? Yeah, I'll pick this up on deep sale in a few months then.

Been playing digimon cyber sleuth but might drop it for this dlc. I finished the story but have definitely not maxed out my lives or finished ginomorsia. I’m pretty keen for this, cyber sleuth has been kind of a chore

Breath of the Wild so low down.. a bit of an odd list tbh

@JohnnyMind ain't nobody own a computer around here.

So I looked DK has over 1200 votes and trails has 145, and hades 2 has around 200.

Nonstretched, fullscreen would get a full-price buy from me. Otherwise, though, unofficial emulation options remain superior :/

I would be interested in seeing how many votes that games got, I would but more stock into a game with 1000 votes than a game with only a few votes that were mostly high.

There’s only one NEW switch 2 game worth it and of course Swtich 2 GOTY
Donkey Kong Bananza then MKW
And looking at next year’s line up from Nintendo for switch 2 only so far it could be still the best in 2026.

I’ve taken all upgrades from switch 1 to switch 2 out and all old games ports like star wars outlaws that are superior on other consoles.

Well, this is a pleasant surprise! Trails in the Sky is certainly worthy of the top spot (at the time of writing). It also proves what many of us have been saying this year, which is Nintendo's losing it's mojo as of late. Let's hope things pick up first-party-wise in 2026.

My 'GOTY' is, without a doubt, Ball x Pit, which somehow placed below MKW. A travesty, I tell ya.

When a game like this comes out on the Switch and Switch 2 without an upgrade path, I really wish someone would do a breakdown of the differences. If a game is pretty much the same on the Switch, I'd probably get that version because the Switch has better battery life and a Switch version can be played on either system. But if the Switch 2 version plays significantly better than the Switch 1 version running on the Switch 2, I'd probably get the Switch 2 version and limit which system I can use it with. So now I'm wondering about this game and Marvel Cosmic Invasion. What am I losing getting the Switch 1 version?

Woooooooo!!! Octopath Traveler 0 in the top ten! Love to see it!

My poor ape deserved the top spot…

Kind of surprised they've never done a modern port of Kirigiriso. Can't imagine it'd take any real budget or effort to port and there'd probably be at least a few people willing to drop a few bucks on it as a curiosity.

Picked up the decadence collection physical for switch. Finished 1 and got a decent way into 2 and never finished. Loved what I played tho. Really need to go back and finish off the second game. I don’t think I would pick up a remake of 2 but I’m definitely gonna get hundred line and shuten order based on how much I liked what I’ve played so far of the series. Oh I also have rain code and haven’t played that yet either. So many games lol

@Anti-Matter Go HAVE a cow, man lol

I picked up Huntdown, Kamiko, and Chained Echoes this holiday sale.

Strongly recommend A Short Hike to anyone who hasn't played it! There are few games I'd recommend to literally everyone, but I do here.

Very nice! Thank you for the gift Level-5. Will definitely try it, when I get back to the game.

Here comes the dev complaints and excuses. Vapoerware until present. Make it work or concede. Glad I'm not pining for it.

What are the odds that I see this news right after FINALLY finishing The Hundred Line.

I played it on Steam, it's great. Waiting for a good sale to get it on Switch too.

I already earned the Santa Hat using the airplane mode exploit!
But I'm glad the event is happening again for real, and I LOVE the Christmas decor in-game.

An excellent reason to dive back in and take a break from Age of Imprisonment.

Hooray! More to unlock!
Crow-brain, activate!

Oh wow, I saw it in a Deku Deals email round up, but didn't notice the price! I thought, "nah, it will go on the backlog—wait until after FF7 Remake Intergrade." But I didn't look closely enough to see it was 75% off 😭

Geez by new entry I thought you meant they were making a 4th lol

@jsty3105 I live in Italy, and I work in a store.

Here you are 100% forced to sell it for that price, I thought it was the same elsewhere, but I was obviously wrong.

If you look at the Switches library right now and think about how much it isn't hurting for games... my backlog is full of great Switch one software as well which now runs even better on the new hardware so like, I'm not exactly holding my breath waiting for some shoddy port of a churned out annual bro shooter laced with lootboxes and season passes.

Also when it comes to storage... guys if you were able to put some USB HDD into the dock and connect that to the Switch 2 it would simply not be fast enough to run Switch 2 software, the transfer speed of the storage used in the system is 900Mbps even a traditional 2.5" SSD transfer speed caps out at around 600Mbps for the absolute BEST SSDs (of the laptop/PS4 style 2.5" version) the storage in the switch having the "EXPRESS" on it refers to going through the PCIe bus of the system much like NVMe does, they are all a completely different beast to USB/SATA drives and have speeds which start around the 900Mbps in the Switch and range up to 5-6000Mbps in the storage used in the PS5 and even beyond in modern PC NVMe drives.

Basically TL:DR - A USB HDD would NEVER be fast enough to be used as Switch 2 Storage. EVER. Not even if that was USB SATA SSD it would still fall short.

@GoldenSunRM That's not actually true. Unless your particular country has specific laws mandating that. Stores generally don't have to sell you an item that's been mispriced. They can choose to honour it but that's very different from them being required to sell you an item at an unintentional loss to themselves.

I would rather them remaster Black Ops 2. That was the high water mark of Call of Duty.

Almost Christmas means it wasn't Christmas!

A sad day for all the horny teens out there. Too bad there are no alternatives :/

Wait, now I can have a COW ?!

@Enigk I played a lot of dead cells so that is probably why the game came across as very easy. I use the twin blades that give a bonus after vaulting. If you are struggling on Bataar you can kick the bombs that follow you around for major damage.

oh good! I missed the first one before they took it down. I'll have to jump on this one ASAP to get that cute hat!

A great game, about 20 hours to complete, and a lot of fun. The developers have announced new content coming next year. The only downside is that Ubisoft put the game on sale for 33% off just few hours after release. And I had already bought it at full price, but it's worth the price I paid.

I love Prince of Persia and like the gameplay of this. The roguelike nature of the game kills it for me. I am 5 hours in on Xbox and still getting barely anywhere in the game. I feel like I am making no progress. Takes ages just to increase a level for an upgrade. 10 hours sounds very optimistic for me. I'd be surprised if I don't at least double that.