Tag: Switch Essentials
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Strategy Games
The best RTS, 4X, strategy and tactics games on Switch
Strategy games by their very nature require deep thought and careful consideration, and many gamers these days often find it hard to embark on epic multi-hour campaigns in a single sitting. Planning a multi-turn offensive in a 4X game like Civilization or outfitting your party with optimal gear...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Puzzle Games
Piecing it together
From the very beginning, Nintendo handhelds have been a powerhouse in the puzzle genre, championing games that might have been lost in the bombastic, graphics-obsessed arena of home consoles. Switch’s bridging of the portable/home console divide means it can uphold that proud puzzling tradition while also giving on-the-go...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Online Multiplayer Games
The best online games available for Switch right now
Nintendo Switch is the perfect console for local multiplayer - simply crack off those Joy-Con and start having fun with whoever happens to be in the room with you. However, the console has built up a solid portfolio of online multiplayer games since launch, too, and we've picked out a handful - in...
Feature Games To Play After You've Finished Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Attack of the (Zelda) Clones
It’s been well over two-and-a-half years since The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launched and we first ventured out onto the great plains of a truly open Hyrule. In that time, we’ve found all the shrines, defeated Calamity Ganon and scoured the kingdom for every last item and Korok seed. We’ve seen it all –...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Party Games
Maximum fun, minimum fuss
So, you're having a party - possibly on a rooftop - dancing to the music and all that jazz, but there's suddenly a lull. Fear not because we've got just the thing to get the party started again! Nintendo Switch has a whole host of crowd-pleasing co-op and competitive party games, whether you're hosting a birthday party for...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Short Games
Blast through these games in a single sitting
It's that time of year when many of us will be taking trips to far-flung corners of the country or globe to visit family and friends. It's a good job, then, that we've got our trusty Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite to while away the hours on planes, trains and automobiles this holiday season. Of course,...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Action-RPGs
Hack-and-slashers welcome
When does an RPG become an action RPG? Is it the moment turn-based battles are switched out for real-time combat? When does an action RPG stray into hack-and-slash territory, then? Do numbers have to go up? What year is this? Who is the President? It's questions like these that keep the more fastidious among us up at...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Racing Games
Feel the requirement for rapidity!
While the Nintendo Switch may lack the raw processing grunt of the Xbox One and PS4, petrol heads are still well served on the hybrid console, with a steadily growing catalogue of fantastic racers. Switch may lack the killer driving simulators of rival consoles, but there are plenty of arcade thrills and spills to...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2019 (So Far)
And it's far from over
2019 has been a fantastic year for Nintendo Switch owners so far, with a stellar lineup from the platform holder itself joined by a near-endless stream of brilliant third party games. Finding the time to play them all is by far the biggest problems facing anyone with a Switch or Switch Lite! Nintendo's console got off to a...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch FPS Games
The finest First-Person Shooters on Switch
Nintendo Switch's bulging catalogue of games covers almost every genre imaginable, and the First-Person Shooter is no exception. Despite hosting some classics on its platforms (GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark helped define the FPS on consoles, and the Metroid Prime series fused the exploration of the 2D...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Games
As voted by you lovely people
In a little over two-and-a-half years Switch has amassed a huge amount of software. Of course, this abundance of riches leaves us in something of a pickle - too much software, not enough time to play it all. In fairness, it's a very nice problem to have - Help! There are too many excellent games to choose from! To help...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch RPGs
Our round-up of the best RPGs on Switch
In the two-and-a-half years since launch, Nintendo Switch has collected a huge number of quality titles across almost every category, and the RPG genre is certainly no exception. The following is a selection of the console's essential role-playing games - in no particular order - which will evolve over time as...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Couch Co-Op Games
Teamwork makes the dream work
While there's a great many different types of gaming experiences available on Switch, the chances are that couch co-op games were a big part of the reason you bought Nintendo's hybrid console. After all, the Switch is tailor-made for those experiences thanks to its Joy-Con controllers, which double up as two separate...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Exclusives
Games you can only play on Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch has become home to a great many games in a relatively short space of time. A great deal of them have appeared on other platforms, whether celebrated indie games or huge AAA releases getting a second wind on Nintendo's handheld hybrid. However, the console is also home to a clutch of...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Horror Games
Pack a spare pair of underpants
Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost? If the answer is "no"... you obviously haven't been playing any of the excellent horror games available on Nintendo Switch. There's...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch 2D Platformers
Jump around
With so many excellent platformers available on Switch, picking something out from the overwhelming selection can be hard. The platforming genre has a very strong pedigree on Nintendo systems going all the way back to the original Super Mario Bros. on NES (which you can find on Switch along with its celebrated sequels via the Nintendo...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch 3D Platformers
Workin' the Z-axis
Ah, the 3D platformer. Ever since Super Mario 64 landed and showed everyone just how good three-dimensional platforming could be, there have been developers hoping to capture just a smidgen of that game’s magic. It was a tough act to follow, even for the plumber himself, but his latest outing on Switch has him at the very top of...
Feature Hidden Gems On Nintendo Switch eShop
Find these buried treasures on the Switch eShop
The term ‘hidden gem’ gets bandied around a lot, and often erroneously. Of course, sometimes the game in question truly went unnoticed and unloved by the masses and is worth digging up, but more often than not it either isn’t actually 'hidden' (for example, an occasionally overlooked entry in a...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Shmups
Shoot 'em up, all of 'em
The humble shoot ‘em up has been a staple genre ever since the very beginning of video games when Spacewar! laid down the basic groundwork in 1962. No, that is not a typo; in the year that Marilyn Monroe died and The Beatles recorded ‘Love Me Do’, some boffins at MIT were busy inventing video games. Of course, it...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Metroidvania Games
Now with added Ori
The word 'Metroidvania' might rub some gamers the wrong way, but it's a useful catch-all term to describe a very specific type of game experience. Combining elements from both the Metroid and late '90s Castlevania series, this broad platforming genre has you using an ever-growing skill set to open up new paths across an expansive,...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Fighting Games
The best fighters on Switch
It's ironic that one of the most violent video game genres is also one which has pulled millions of people together; ever since the early days of Fatal Fury and Street Fighter II, the humble 'fighting game' genre has created (and arguably ended) countless friendships. This style of game that is perfect for social...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2018
The very best from Switch's sophomore year
Cast your minds back, if you will, deep into the mists of time, all the way back to 2018. Yes, it's only last year but a lot has happened since then, not least where Nintendo Switch is concerned! After a barnstorming opener which featured genre-defining winners like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild...
Feature Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2017
I just wanna go back, back to 2017
Remember 2017? While it might be something of a hazy memory now, it was the fateful year when Nintendo released the juggernaut that is the Nintendo Switch to the world. The portable powerhouse would hit the ground running with the wonderful The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild upon its March 2017 launch. July...
