Trails In The Sky demo (5+ hrs and transfers to full game! This is the Trails game to start with! Its a full 3D remake of the original on PSP, and its a very good NSW1 port. Impressively so.
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door. You've heard everyone sing its praises but you still haven't played it. Time to change that. As of 2026 we're revoking gamer cards if you haven't at least tried this game before. Fair warning 😉
Trials Rising. One of the best video games ever made that no one talks about or understands. It starts off with easy tracks. But by the time you get to Hard and Extreme tracks, you need to have mastered bunny hops, chaining them, landing on near vertical surfaces, avoiding needless air time to trim down total run time, bunny hopping and rotating vertically to slam rear wheel into ledge thats too high to reach, which then causes it to bounce off and rotate your front tire up and over tbe ledge, then apply front break and let rear wheel swing up above ledge and even 45 degrees up above, then release break and front tire will roll forward just enough from rear wheel weight above so by the time it drops down it'll be on tbe platform also. The game has a very thorough "University of Trials" with a top dev teaching you these techniques with obstacle courses to practice on, and a ghost to watch and imitate. Best played on chipped OLED while overclocked or NSW2 to avoid framerate issues
Resident Evil Revelations 2. I could easily say RE Rev 1 but most have played that one. The 2nd is so much better than ppl give it credit for. And RE5, that game is really good. All have gyro aiming if using joycon (can use in grip if you want a pro controller like experience).
Portal and Portal 2. Ya, if youre reading this and haven't played these games, shame on you. The Switch versions are on par with the PC versions and look identical to if playing on Deck, complete with gyro aiming. I'm not even kidding when I say most critics would rank these games in the top 10 of all time. Certainly Portal 2.
Prince of Persia Lost Crown. Best 2D Metroidvania Ive ever played. Even tops Metroid Dread and Ori games, and I adore those. Definitely better than Hollow Knight and Silksong (I kickstarted those games and do appreciate them, but I think they are overrated compared to other games in the genre like Prince of Persia).
Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak. My fave MH of all time and definitely better than the recent MH Wilds. I got 800+ hours on Switch. You don't have to spend that much time in it- but its so good you may end up wanting to. Not that it happens all at once. It took many many months, even a year+ of playing off and on to rack up that many hours.
Fire Emblem Three Houses. With Fortune's Weave dropping next year and clearly taking place in the same world, its time to get up to speed and discover why so many regard Three Houses as being among the best games they've ever played.
Xenoblade Chronicles X. This was the 2nd JRPG I ever played (1st was Final Fantasy X on Vita, though technically I played my first srpg before that- Fire Emblem Awakening on 3DS, and thats what opened my eyes to the appeal of turn based combat). If I managed being so inexperienced, anyone can. Its even better on Switch. So many QoL changes. Don't miss this gem.
Ni No Kuni 2. Only play on modchipped OLED capping framerate at 30fps or play on NSW2 for full 60fps. But if you have either of those, this is a heck of a game.
NSW2
Persona 3 Reload demo. Its fire. As expected. Demo is several hours and transfers to full game. We protested and demonstrated for years to get Persona on Switch. Don't take this game for granted. It's very good. And its a demo- it costs you nothing! Download Trails demo while youre at it. Just a reminder 😀
Star Wars Outlaws. This game is way better than its reputation would lead you to believe. And the new gyro aiming makes it immaculate levels of fun.
Fantasy Life i. Look, this isn't typically the type of gameI play, but once I tried it out, I couldn't put it down. Its just so dang addictive and fun. And a nice crisp 1080p in handheld mode at 60fps.
Wildhearts S. Its not as good as Monster Hunter, but its the one non-MH game in the genre I regard as being worth playing. Its really good, and guess what, theres a demo!
Cyberpunk 2077. Easily one of the best games on the system and there's no reason anyone should miss this masterpiece. Gyro and mouse aiming. Get it in!
Hogwarts Legacy. If you even remotely enjoy Harry Potter this game will charm you seven ways to Sunday. The characters are incredibly well done and fleshed out. I felt personal attachment to many of the professors, even moreso than I did with the movies (except Snape, he'll always be #1).
There. I tried to avoid the obvious stuff like Zelda and DK Bonanza and Mario Kart cuz everyone knows they should play those games already. Tried to give a list of games that don't get quite that level of attention or that get overlooked too often.
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Easy? Not really. I took my brothers joycon apart once and it wasn't easy getting it to all snap back together with the shell being flush.
But Etsy has ppl who repair stuff like that for around $20, even providing the new analog and installing for you. Ship it to them and they'll fix it and ship it back. I got HALL Effect analogs on my d-pad modded joycon and metal release latches since the stock plastic ones wear down (which is how joycon can eventually just push off without pressing the button). I paid $15 for the metal latches and install and another $10 to do the analogs which I purchased myself ahead of time. But again most will have an option where they provide it.
Check out Etsy.
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They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@JaxonH, thanks for the suggestions 😃! I already have the following on my wishlist, though I probably won't get all of them because of my tight gaming schedule (also, in the case of Xenoblade X, I at least want to play the other three mainline Xenoblades first):
Paper Mario the Thousand-Year Door
Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Fantasy Life i
@JaxonH oh my word, I got the Portal Companion Collection a few months back and fell in love with the games! I have been researching all the lore since then haha, and yes, I am now among those who proudly show up to every game show with a "Portal 3 When?" comment ready to go!
@JaxonH wow! that seems like the ultimate list of recommendations for NSW1&2
I'm still quite new in this forum and I have not had enough time to read many pages of this thread, but your summary is definitely the perfect info to start.
Alright. I haven't gamed much since 2015. Got some catching up to do.
Should I get Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Metroid Prime Remastered first? Please tell why. Preferably from people who played both. Also, is the Link's Awakening remake worth it when I already played the GBC version? Thank you in advance.
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@Redeemed_Knux Did you play the original Metroid Prime 1? If so it depends on if you want nostalgia. But if you really want to 'catch up', BotW seems more fitting since it is fully a post-2015 game.
@Redeemed_Knux Breath of the Wild is is kind of revolutionary. Nintendo really massaged the heck out of BOTW's production. It's really impressive. You want to play this.
I played Metriod Prime 1 on game cube back in the day. I haven't had much desire to play remastered Metroid Prime 1 on switch, but that's just my opinion. Edit: ...but understandable if you're just in the mode to play something you already know.
So I was thinking of picking up Dragon Quest HD-2D 1&2 for the Switch but I have read that I should start with 3 first. While I like to play games in order of release people have said the in the HD-2D remake of 1 and 2 there are parts that reference 3 so that's where I should start. I havent played 3 yet so should Instart with 3? Also how does it run on a Switch? I have the OLED Switch and wont be upgrading to Switch 2 anytime soon. I do also have access to a Series X and PC and wondering if I should buy it there instead. Any thoughts?
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@Tasuki Are you buying physical or digital? The bundle of all 3 is $20 cheaper digitally. Although... DQ 3 HD is on a $20 sale right now so same difference I suppose.
While i dont know how it performs on S2, plucky squire is on a deep sale and i highly recommend it. Such a fun and unique experience that I played last year
Thank you to everyone for helping me earlier. I got Breath of the Wild. Torn between three games now. They are Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered Collection, Captain Toad, and Skyward Sword. Please recommend me the games from best to worst. I have played and beaten Captain Toad and Skyward Sword like 10 or more years ago. Enjoyed both of them. Willing to play them again. Try to play Tomb Raider but stopped but thanks to the new controls and better graphics I'm willing to try it again.
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How is Echos of Wisdom? I dont hear to many talk about that game. Its on sale right now and I have always enjoyed the top down Zeldas more. Is this a pretty solid game in the Zelda series?
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