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Sold my PS4 copy of this to get a Switch version. I played through it already on PS4 but I just prefer playing games on Switch at this point. That said, I have noticed a difference. The colors look kind of drab in this version and the game is not as bright as on PS4. I don’t regret changing though cause i’d rather play this on the go.

I’ll get it just for Darius Gaiden.

A busy weekend, but hopefully i’ll carve out a little time for continuing Yoku’s Island Express and Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn

I think a lot of folks on this thread are completely discounting how successful the Wii U ports have been on Switch. Most people didn’t own Wii U, so those really add to the amount of must have titles released for Switch this year.

Honestly, the pre-E3 rumor mill is what did Nintendo in this year. People were expecting to see so many rumored games that when it didn’t happen, people couldn’t help but be disappointed. Plus, us die hard fans have the unrealistic expectation that every 1st party IP must be represented every year. I’ll take a lackluster E3 over not having directs throughout the year. With Sony and Microsoft, there won’t be any more big announcements until this time next year.

I’m still hoping they will release Cyber Lip at some point.

No one ever mentions Riptide Renegade GP! Even though it’s a very well done Waverace alternative and in my view, the best racing experience on the system outside of Mario Kart.

This is merely a visual representation of Nintendo during the Wii U era.

A lot of Runner 3, a good amount of Mario Tennis Aces despite being terrible at it, and a little Bloodstained Curse of the Moon. Maybe a sprinkle of Gotcha Racing 2

Mummy Demastered and Riptide Renegade GP. If you like Wave Race, you owe it to yourself to try Riptide. It’s highly addictive!

Trying to beat the final boss race on Riptide Renegade GP, playing some rounds of Pinball FX 3, and starting Gear Club Unlimited

I think in the past, VC games took away too much from the sales of current games, and Nintendo just doesn’t think it’s worth the risk anymore.

Hoping to get closer to completion in Kirby Star Allies and Riptide Renegade GP, the latter of which has hit a wall in difficulty i’m not sure i’ll be able to overcome....

Awaiting reviews for Raging Justice!

My thing is....with so many games out there to play, if I beat it (get to the end credits) I move on to the next game. Therefore, achievements mean little to me. Only in rare cases do I feel the need to comb over every corner in a game. I have to really love a game to do that.

Y’all should know by now it’s coming to Switch, and Nintendo wants to be the one to announce it when they’re good and ready!

Collecting star bits using the right analog stick, while simultaneously platforming with the buttons above and left analog stick sounds overly cumbersome to me.

New Kirby and started Super Lucky’s Tale on XBox One. The latter reminds me a lot of Super Mario 3D-World, which is a good thing.

Kirby Star Allies, Sonic Forces (ugh), and Forza Horizon 3 on XBox

Between this, Mario’s nipples, and shirtless hunky King Dedede, one can’t help but wonder if there’s something in the water at Nintendo of Japan..... Maybe the new younger guard making games there are a bit sexually frustrated?

Celeste, Pac Man Championship Edition 2, Picross S, and Cuphead. Might even start Sonic Forces.

Maybe this is the Rainway app at work?

1.Golf Story
2.Sonic Mania
3.Rocket League
4.Wonder Boy
5.Fast RMX
6.Pinball FX 3
7.Picross S
8.Riptide
9.Blaster Master Zero
10.Shovel Knight Treasure Trove

I don’t really get the hype for Celeste. The story is decemt so far (I’m on Chapter 4) but the gameplay is a bit too maddening for me and the graphics aren’t anything to write home about. Maybe i’m just not into these Super Meat Boy type of platformers.

My top ten Switch games of the first year:

10.Picross S
(my first experience with Picross, and i’m hooked)
9.Steamworld Dig 2
8.Doom
7.Rocket League
6.Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5.Sonic Mania
4.Golf Story
3.Super Mario Odyssey
2.Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
1.Zelda Breath of the Wild

My list is a testament of the sheer variety of quality games that I don’t think any system has ever matched in year one (or at least since Super Nintendo). There are a few other excellent titles I sank a lot of time into that didn’t make my top ten, like Arms and Puyo Puyo Tetris. I didn’t go into being a Switch owner with the expectation it would become my favorite system since the NES, but here we are.....

Had my fill of Luigi’s Balloon World. Probably won’t go back to it now that i’ve bought every costume though. Finally beat Golf Story. Started Pac Man Champion Edition 2+, and continued progress on Picross S and Cuphead for XBox One.

Back in 1983, none other than Prince called up the Journey people to ask for their blessing for a song he was working on. He was afraid that Purple Rain sounded a bit too much like Faithfully!

....But I also got distracted Saturday morning and played a bunch of old NES games: Mario 3, Mega Man 3, TMNT 2 The Arcade Game, Ninja Gaiden, Zanac, and
Q Bert....

Playing through the campaign for Golf Story, which is great, and topping it off with a few puzzles of Picross S.

Not for me, but i’m impressed. I think this could go over well with kids under a certain age. Nintendo is just so creative.

“For kids or kids at heart”- wait, this is Nintendo we’re talking about right?

Another argument against 4K- These games on XBox One X are so freakin huge. 100 GB on average. I personally hope Nintendo stays far away from this....

I couldn’t properly control the N64 version to save my life. I never got any good at it. However, I love Avalanche on Gamecube. A brand new one would be welcomed!

@10-zx Yeah I’ve seen plenty of Wii games at Gamestop and WalMart, maybe he just wasn’t looking in the right places. I wouldn’t be surprised if they outlasted Wii U games on store shelves!

There are still people out there playing Wii (probably Just Dance fans). My cousin was asking me just last week why he can’t find Wii games anywhere. I told him the good news about Switch and to accept it in his life today!

For my money, the best home pinball games are Metroid Prime Pinball for DS, Alien Crush and Devil Crush for
Turbografx 16 and Pinball FX 3 for Switch.

Only in Japan could Wii U outsell the XBox One X!

Funny reading complaints for a 9 score for SMB. Folks this game is as classic as they come. You should be complaining it wasn’t given a 10! This game set the standard for all platformers to follow. You can’t review it on the basis of comparing it to games made 30 years later, you compare it to games of its time. I mean, I would find it ridiculous to review such a classic with a score of 6 or 7, personally.....

Will miss reading your great articles and reviews, Thomas! You are fortunate to have played an important role in the greatest Nintendo site on the Internet. Best of luck to you!

Would love it if we also got Pac Man 256!

Mario and Rabbids should be higher, I think that’s a top 5 Switch game! Other than that, good list. The Switch boasts a lot of variety of really high quality.

I really think 2017 will go down as Nintendo’s greatest year. This year included perhaps their most successful system launch to date, possibly the greatest Zelda game, one of the best Mario games, the best Mario Kart game ever, handheld game of the year in Samus Returns, fantastic strategy game and big surprise Mario and Rabbids Kingdom Battle, the excellent Splatoon 2, the wonderful Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and a solid new-ish Pokemon release. On top of that you have their best slate of indie releases ever, and some solid 3rd party hits. You just can’t top that!

Ooh! Maybe Nintendo could port the most recent arcade Cruisin game?

After years of waiting for 90s Arcade Racer (or 90s Super GP or whatever they’re calling it now), I guess this will have to do for a Nintendo arcade car racing fix. Would love to see more racing options for Switch next year.

With so many shmups on the Switch, I have to say this one actually stands out as possibly the best of the vertical ones. Definitely interested, wish it was physical.

@Alikan My wife saw video of the game and the first time she saw and heard dismemberment, she put her foot down and said she didn’t want me to bring this game into our house! I respect that, though. It’s a bit much.

Already bought digitally but would double dip on a physical version:
1.Sonic Mania
2.Shovel Knight Treasure Trove
3.Blaster Master Zero
4.Steamworld Dig 2 (Preferably the entire Steamworld Collection)
5.Fast RMX
6.Golf Story

Waited a little over an hour at Wal Mart for the midnight launch. They got 24 units in, and I was number 22. Came home and stared at the box and its contents before playing a few minutes of Yoshi's Island, Star Fox 1, Super Ghouls n Ghosts, and Donkey Kong Country. The games look and play great, and with the controllers, what is old felt new again! Love it.

Would love it if it made blue sphere easier😉 Or give people an option to practice it and the Sega CD bonus stages outside of the main game.

The parallels between this and Double Dragon 4 are obvious. Here you have a developer who wanted to make a game exactly like a game they grew up with (RBI Baseball on NES) and you have to ask how wise it is to keep everything so true to the original when those mechanics don't really age that well. And yet those of us who grew up with that are in a quandry because of our nostalgia and love for the originals. I'm actually borderline on this.

Saw 7 Switches in stores over the last two weekends here in North Carolina. It's getting easier.....