Rykdrew

We love multiplayer games. More than single-player games. Ballabel Park was the first game that made me think about buying a Switch 2. Because the multiplayer. Because this way this game can be harder. Because the competition.

It´s like Warioware Get it Together. One of the most fun multiplayer games i´ve ever played. Play this with 4 experienced players. Its a blast.

In its natural form, Mario Wonder is a 4/10 game. Too easy. Not fun. I prefer New Mario Bros U Deluxe.

This game needs so bad a hard mode or harder levels DLC.

I'm not going to buy another 2D Mario game until I'm absolutely certain that it has (MUCH) more of a challenge than Mario Wonder. And I have no problem with never buying another 2D Mario game if this condition isn't met.

On Nintendo Switch: (total accumulated hours playing)

ME

• Big Brain Academy: Brain vs Brain: (7 hours)
  Playing everyday "ghosts vs ghosts" february online tournament. I am 168 on rankings.
• Picross S+: (8 hours)
  Every night before sleeping, i play 2 or 3 picross puzzles. My second week.
• Mario Tennis Aces: (15 hours)
  Slowly playing all characters tournaments on "Flower Cup".

3yo DAUGHTER

• Super Mario Wonder: (25 hours)
  Playing online. Now she has 1750 hearts.
• Princess Peach Showtime: (45 hours)
  Replaying the levels.
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser´s Fury: (330 hours)
  Her favorite game.
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: (30 hours)
  She is going really good in this one.
• Super Mario Odyssey: (90 hours)
  More Moons, or only walking through the scenarios.

WIFE
No gaming this week. Only trainning Beach Tennis with me and friends. There's going to be a championship in our city and we're training hard. Last year we came in second place in the regional championship.

Day 1 !!!! Wow!!! Me and wife

Any game I dont have on Steam.

Any game I can not buy on Steam.

O prefer buying cheaper on Steam than Nintendo eshop.

Always. ALWAYS.

Curious about Splatoon Raiders only

Other games i prefer on Steam

On Nintendo Switch: (total accumulated hours playing)

ME

• Big Brain Academy: (5 hours)
  Playing everyday "ghosts vs ghosts" january online tournament. Today is the last day. I am 2133 on rankings, but i started only january 20.
• Picross S+: (5 hours)
  Every night before sleeping, i play 2 or 3 picross puzzles. Brilliant game.
• Mario Strikers Battle League: (20 hours)
  Playing tournaments vs CPU and matches against my family.
• Mario Tennis Aces: (15 hours)
  Playing all characters tournaments on "Flower Cup".
• Mario Golf Super Rush: (20 hours)
  Adventure Mode, on desert stage.
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: (355 hours)
  Playing me and wife online against my sister. Balloon Battle mode only.

3yo DAUGHTER

• Super Mario Wonder: (20 hours)
  Playing online coop with me. Now she has 1400 hearts.
• Princess Peach Showtime: (40 hours)
  Replaying the levels.
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser´s Fury: (325 hours)
  Her favorite game.

WIFE

• The Binding of Isaac Repentance: (1105 hours)
  Her all time favorite game.

I dont like this kind of game. And It does not have my language, so my daughter wont play. Easy pass

I think Final Fantasy VII pc version (steam) is better than Switch 2 in sales. Because its just $17 on steam right now here in my country.

On Switch:

- Mario Tennis Aces: Tournament vs CPU

- Princess Peach Showtime: playing with my daughter

- Picross S+ : (new game) my first Picross. Brilliant game. Playing everyday.

- Big Brain Academy: (new game) january championship (versus ghosts). Playing everyday

- Warioware Get it Together: i love this game, but i have only 45 hours playing it. I am playing Wario Cup online. Difficult...yeahhh! love it.

- Mario Kart 8 deluxe: playing against my sister. She lives far far way from me. Me and my 3yo daughter playing in one Switch (so i can assist her), My wife in another Switch (we have 6 nintendo switchs in lan, with 6 TVs...like a lan house...to play mario kart 8 deluxe, splatoon 3 and rocket league with our friends)..and my sister in another country. So fun.

I have a professional Hit Box Controller, with only Sanwa Buttons. Just PERFECT.

Fighting Games are 90% the games I play every year. I was second on World Cyber Gaming 1996 (Samsung was my sponsor).

I was Double Champion in America, on Salex 1991 and Salex 1992 (Club Capcom was my Sponsor)

it was before EVO exist.

Yes, I am old.

My game time:

90% - multiplayer offline
9% - single player
1% - online multiplayer

I think this upgrade is nice. I dont know if its $20 nice. I dont think so.

I have Mario Wonder since November 2025, and i played it for 3 hours. (My daughter has 15 hours). I am playing it slowly. I have a lot of new games to play.

Switch 2 is not in my plans.I will play switch 2 games on "Switch 3" someday. I am not in a hurry. Nintendo tries to sell the same game again again and again. I will buy, for example, Donkey Kong Bananza upgrade switch 3 edition some day.

Nintendo doesn't create a sense of urgency to buy games these days.

Because old games are treated as if they were new. In other words, they are timeless. I can buy them only in 10 years and that's fine.

I will buy Switch 2 when Mario Kart World has Arenas in battle mode, like MK8D. Thats 90% i play on my Switch.

Nice! But i wont pay more than $25 second-hand in this game, no matter what.

I paid $12 here on steam.

The design is incredible, but the dialogue....oh gosh....these japanese rpgs looks like children talking each other....so many extraordinary boring childish dialogues and strange characters behavior....... After Expedition 33, its impossible for me accept the most of japanese rpgs.

Expedition 33 is brilliant in presenting a mature, serious, and brutal problem. And the characters act accordingly. You feel the weight, the anguish, and the fear of everyone facing a serious situation. The behavior is consistent. The mentally stronger characters act accordingly.

In many Japanese RPGs, little girls with childish behavior, dialogues that seem to have come straight from the maternity ward, face very serious challenges, and still have time to make jokes. One minute they're carrying weapons and slicing brutal enemies. The next minute they're behaving like 8-year-olds, so delicate, behaving as if any bump would make her cry.

For me, this creates a total disconnect. I find it uninteresting. I respect those who think differently.

Thank God that the characters in Persona behave accordingly, with consistency. Please understand, Square Enix.

On Nintendo Switch:

Splatoon 3: finally i know how to play this game properly. It never clicked on me. But now I am addicted! One of the best experiences playing Nintendo!!

Super Mario U Deluxe: playing relaxed on my bed before sleeping. I am in love to this game. I´ve never played other "New Mario" before.

Super Mario Wonder: playing 15 minutes here....15 minutes there....great game....for relaxation....Love the online in this game.

Princess Peach Showtime: Strange game. It's aimed at children. I have a daughter who just turned 3 years old (but has already finished games like Bowser's Fury, Mario Odyssey, and Super Mario 3D World playing alone, without any help).

I bought Princess Peach for her, but this game, despite being very easy, has gameplay sections that aren't obvious. In short, my daughter can't understand what needs to be done and calls me for help. Detective Peach, for example. At 3 years old, my daughter obviously can't read. Why didn't Nintendo dub this game? Because it's not obvious to a child. The design wasn't very well thought out, neither for children (difficult sections (not obvious for children), requiring reading subtitles to pass some levels) nor for adults (too simplistic and easy).

Even so, my daughter repeats the same levels she can play...again and again and again...and already has 30 hours of gameplay.

And after helping her so much, I decided to get 100% on my profile, since some "stars" are harder to find. I'm having fun! Unexpected. What seemed like a terrible purchase is going to end up being worth the price I paid (used and cheap LOL). Its a nice game...not $60 nice. Not $40 nice...not $20 nice. Maybe $12 nice. But nice.

Graphics: 6 (artistic is nice, graphics: so simple, frame rate: bad, bad, bad..not smooth...if you exchange princess peach for a generic character, you play this game and this doesn't look like a Nintendo game)

Sound: 10 (marvelous)

Gameplay: 5 (two buttons (action/jump), not much action, no AI for enemies, enemies waiting you kill them, find the "stars" let the game alive)

Replay Value (children): 7 (repeat the same 10 - 15 levels they can play alone)

Replay value (adults): 3 (one time only and never more, 30 short stages, a few post-game short mini missions 10 - 12 hours of gameplay)

@Itsashame Both controllers, GameCube and Xbox, have analog triggers with 256 levels of pressure (values ​​between 0 - 255 + 1).

It's possible to play on Steam with both controllers (Steam is compatible with all Xbox, Nintendo, and PlayStation controllers).

There is professional software available to configure expensive and professional systems like Fanatec, SiMagic, Moza, Asetek etc., but it's also possible to calibrate controllers to synchronize whether there are real "point-to-point" effects on these controllers, or if there are only real effects after a point interval.

In analog trigger precision tests, the GameCube controller didn't reach 6, and the Xbox controller didn't reach 60.

@Itsashame game cube analog is only 3-4 levels in.pratice. terrible for racing games.

I play Grid Legends on Steam
I paid $15 for deluxe version (including ALL DLC) and Xbox controller has 50+ pression levels for acceleration and brake.

But now i have a simcube cockpit with 2 sets of motion+...the best thing in this world

I´ve never played any Animal Crossing.

I know nothing about this game.

Is this like "the sims"?

Me:
TOTAL: 213 hours played
GAMES PLAYED: 37

1.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 64 hours
2. Rogue Legacy 2: 27 hours
3. Super Mario 3D World: 21 hours

My Wife:
TOTAL: 258 hours played
GAMES PLAYED: 14

1.Binding of Isaac Repentance: 160 hours
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 65 hours
3. Super Mario 3D World: 14 hours

My 2 years old Daughter (she is 3 years old only in december - 18):
TOTAL: 520 hours played
GAMES PLAYED: 40

1.Super Mario 3D World: 307 hours
2. Mario Odyssey: 80 hours
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 29 hours

My daughter first year playing,...so little and she finished alone: Super Mario 3d World, Mario Odyssey and Princess Peach Showtime, all the games when she was 2 years old!!

FAVORITE GAMES:
Me: Mario Odyssey
Wife: Binding of Isaac Repentance
Daughter: Mario Odyssey

@Pillowpants Thank you! My wife says that if she doesn't achieve all the accomplishments in this game in this lifetime, they will be the inheritance for our kids. She’s going to write an emotional letter giving them the mission to finish what she didn’t LOL.

She has over 780 hours in this game on her Steam account. So....almost 2000 hours (switch + steam)! She played throughout both entire pregnancies.

This year I’m going to play co-op with her! That was my New Year’s promise!

Nintendo Switch - 2025

Me:
TOTAL: 213 hours played
GAMES PLAYED: 37

1.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 64 hours
2. Rogue Legacy 2: 27 hours
3. Super Mario 3D World: 21 hours

My Wife:
TOTAL: 258 hours played
GAMES PLAYED: 14

1.Binding of Isaac Repentance: 160 hours
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 65 hours
3. Super Mario 3D World: 14 hours

My 2 years old Daughter (she is 3 years old only in december - 18):
TOTAL: 520 hours played
GAMES PLAYED: 40

1.Super Mario 3D World: 307 hours
2. Mario Odyssey: 80 hours
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 29 hours

I played for the first time July - 2021, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
My Wife played for the first time September - 2021, Horizon Chase
My daughter played for the first time June - 2025, Super Mario 3D World

My daughter first year playing,...so little and she finished alone: Super Mario 3d World, Mario Odyssey and Princess Peach Showtime, all the games when she was 2 years old!!

IN 5 YEARS playing Nintendo Switch, the most played games are:

1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 346 hours
2. World of Solitaire: 77 hours
3. Clubhouse Games 51: 63 hours
4. Super Smash Bros Ultimate: 61 hours
5. Brotato: 61 hours

My Wife:

1. Binding of Isaac Repentance: 1102 hours
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: 380 hours
3. Smash Bros Ultimate: 41 hours
4. Mario Party Superstars: 39 hours
5. Horizon Chase Turbo: 30 hours

Nice!!!

@KevinP i paid $24 for Red Dead Redemption 2 on steam. I will never pay 60-70-80 for a game.

I won't buy switch 2. Why? I don't want to pay $70...$80 or more (DLC) for a game. Never. I've never paid $60...i won't pay more than that. Never.

About sports...i only watch NFL and UFC......not soccer. Pass, sorry

I use X a lot.

I have Splatoon 3 for 3 years but this game never clicked to me. But now, 2026, i can not stop playing this game!!!

I dont know what cassette means in english, but in my language cassette is what i have between my balls LOL......cassette boy....man....is this game serious?

@Yoshi3 The ending of this game is incredible, and at the same time it raises questions. The DLC answers these questions, and goes back to each character's past to explain all the "whys". I paid $8 on Steam, so it was worth it.

@Yoshi3 DLC is only story-heavy and difficult battles. No RPG elements. Dialogue - lot of battles - lot of dialogue - lot of battles......its automatic.

Difficult battles.

I like. But not everyone.

@Yoshi3 i have 170 hours of Persona 3 Reload on Steam, and I still have more 9 achievements to do ( i will play again, new game +, this january to max out ll links). This game is huge! Do everyting Elizabeth put to do. 100%. It will be important. Do not forget it! The end of this game is epic!

• Super Mario Wonder: online for the first time.
• Mario Golf Super Rush: adventure mode, desert speed golf. Speed Golf is wonderful. Thank you, Nintendo.
• Splatoon 3: i am the worst splatoon player ever.

I am playing right now on my Legion Go 2. Perfect game.

No matter how much the media tries to excite the consumer with exciting words and widespread praise of Nintendo and its brands, the issue is simple: price. The rest doesn't matter.

There is a limit to building added value.

Steam Store is a Monster today. But in 2036...2040..Steam Will be a TITAN

Game cube analog triggers are poor....only 3-5 levels in pratice. Xbox controller has 60+ levels. So much better for racing games.

Its bad you need to buuy another controller to have what everyone else has by default, but worse.

I have this game on Steam and its amazing. I have a stellar simcube cockpit.

No more Zelda on the list. But The Witcher 3 is always there. Legendary game!

I have 3 new Switch games:

Super Mario Wonder: playing with my wife and daughter (3 years Old, but she finished Mario 3d World, Bowser's Fury and Mario Odyssey alone when she was 2)

Princess Peach Showtime: playing with my daughter in turns

New Mario Bros U Deluxe playing Alone

I know no one like New Mario Bros U Deluxe, but i like It more than Mario Wonder. More classic, more difficult jumps and Old gameplay. I like It more. Wonder is Nice too. Great multiplayer game. I've never played any "New Mario" before It.

I am also playing Mario Golf Super Rush. I really love this game so much!

@LuigiBlood good to know it

My daughter is three since this 18, december.

With only two years Old:

She finished, Alone, Super Mario 3D World, including the extra Islands (but not the last secret Island).

She has, playing Alone, 188 moons on Odyssey.

And Mario Wonder she plays Peach only. And for strange reasons, Thais game IS more difficult to her but not so much. She is fighting browser.

She prefers Odyssey, bowsers fury and 3d World than wonder

I cannot imagine play this game with lack of analogue triggers for racing games on Nintendo Switch 1/2.

I play this game on PC and this game is analogue trigger - heavy!

The worst way to play this game = nintendo controllers without analogue triggers.

• Mega Man 11 : Difficult game, but interesting
• Super Mario Wonder : Easy game, but interesting. Not the best, not the worst.
• Super Mario Odyssey : the best Switch game by far. 239 moons and going...

@TerribleTerabytes English is not my primary language. And I didn't understand anything you wrote.

Kirby Air Riders 2 = only 18 tracks for $70?
Big NO for me

On Switch:

• Splatoon 3 (I am playing story mode and DLC Side Order. I am terrible playing this game, but love it anyway)

On Steam:

• Mortal Kombat 1: online matches with my friends

I won´t buy Mario Kart World. Never. I played. I did not like it.This Sonic is so much fun! This time, my money is on Sonic Racing.

Best game, by far. Expedition 33 is a masterpiece.

Mario Kart World is trash. Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is far better.

MKW is my biggest disappoint. MK8 deluxe is my favorite Switch-1 game.

Expedition 33 is the best game this year, BY FAR.

On Switch 1 / Switch 2: Cyberpunk 2077, BY FAR.

Switch:

• Splatoon 3: learning how to play this game properly. I have only 10 hours playing this game. Mostly the DLC Side Order.

Steam:
Grid Autosport: i need 4 achievements more

Nintendo Switch:

• Super Mario Odyssey (180 moons), I am fighting Bowser on the moon.

Steam:

• Grid Autosport, online matches with my friends.

Too expensive for only 18 courses.

Super Mario Kart (SNES) = 20 tracks.

2025 Kirby Air Riders 2 = 9 (new) + 9 (reused) tracks, for $70 !?!?

BIG NO

1. Fatal Fury City of the Wolves (steam): trying to beat 100-fights survival achievement

2. Fire Emblem Engage (switch 1): chapter 3 only

3. Loop Hero (steam): maybe more 3 - 4 achievements this weekend

4. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch 1): i have this game since 2023 but i'm playing only now in 2025. Nice game.

Please, ACTIVISION games!
Please: ACHIEVEMENTS for each atari game
Please: Online Rankings