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1. Galaxy 2
2. Bowser's Fury
3. Super Mario World
4. Mario 64
5. Mario Bros 3 / Mario Land 2

Super Mario 64 will always win the nostalgia hit for me though. I was 11 and it was the most magical game imaginable.

I've still got a ton of Silksong to play...

Where is the Prime 2: Echoes announcement? 😰

I'm not into sports games, but something about that basketball game intrigues me.

Anything Switch 1 related. I'd especially like a port of Kid Icarus Uprising, Link Between Worlds, or Samus Returns.

@Citrus_Architect Yes, I think that's what I enjoy most about it. The game has gotten me to experience so many genres and creative experiments that I wouldn't have otherwise. Even if I don't love most of them individually... the overall experience of curiosity and sampling is really cool.

Difficulty seems mostly good so far, but I would be happy with a system like Elden Ring where you autosave right before a boss. The runbacks don't add anything positive to the experience.

On the one hand, I have found UFO 50 enjoyable. On the other hand, I think the whole concept of "it's not 50 minigames, it's 50 bangers" is way overblown. At least for me, most of the games are novelties to try for 10 minutes. Only a small handful of games have actually been anything satisfying. But I'm okay with that.

Silksong will likely be my answer for at least a few months.

As a Switch owner, I can say absolutely nothing is tempting me to upgrade to Switch 2. DK Bananza looks like the only really good game, and even that is a game I wouldn't feel compelled to buy even if I did own a Switch 2.

Hollow Knight was $15, from an unknown developer, and was an incredible success. Why? Because if developers make a high quality game, lots of people will buy it. If you sell 1 million copies of a game for $10, that's $10 million!
Sure, you have to subtract a big chunk for development costs, publishing, and advertising. Those things are expensive! But even so, I think developers need to focus on making incredible games instead of just "good enough" games. "Good enough" games might only sell 50,000 copies and that's the real reason the price has to be higher.

Bet you can't guess what I'm playing 🤪

@Max_the_German Oh that's right! First Horizon launched in the shadow of Botw and the second Horizon launched in the shadow of Elden Ring.

As a Hollow Knight nut, I very much approve of this article helping me not overlook something. I'm going to look into Fling to the Finish for sure. Mandragora and Splatterbot also look to have potential.

I used to own this on N64 and can honestly say I've rarely hated a game so much. I owned exactly 64 games on N64 and this is probably in the bottom 3. 😄

Some people REALLY like it though, but I could never come to grips with the controls (at least not well enough for how challenging the game was).

Most hyped release ever for me personally. But I've gotten so used to waiting... it still doesn't feel real that I'll be playing this in a couple days. I almost got attached to this game being a mythical "someday."

Or if you're a Kickstart backer, then it's FREE! 💪💪💪

I'm nostalgic for the NA version but the European version is a work of art.

I enjoyed this game and its sequel WAY more than I expected. Definitely the best if you're playing it with some friends or your kids. Its a great social game since everyone can get in on trying to find the anomalies.

The next game from this team looks really interesting as well.

I bought Gimmick 1&2. I'm excited to play both of them.

We'll have a September Direct announcing a December release date for Prime 4.
Prime 2 & 3 will shadow drop in September after that Direct.

@DennyCrane Honestly, I felt that way after my first playthrough of Hollow Knight. It felt much too bloated and I got to a point where I was just ready to be done with it.

Somehow, though, it was on my second playthrough when I focused on actually exploring every nook and cranny and collecting everything and beating everything... that's when the game clicked for me and I actually came to appreciate its massive size.

@GCBB
Fair enough 😅

@LastFootnote
Thankfully, most games on UFO 50 don't really appeal to me. So I'm just focused on the ones I do like. So far that is Pingolf, Warptank, Pilot Quest, Mooncat, and Campanella. I still have about half of them left to try though 🙃

I definitely understand people liking SotN so much. I'm probably unjustly harsh on it because it was such a disappointment for me. It's not a bad game... it just didn't meet my personal expectations, and a lot of that was all the hype that surrounds the game.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant
I played both Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night just a few years after they came out. They were some of the first Metroidvania games I ever played.

Super Metroid I do enjoy and have replayed several times. I certainly think that at the time of release it was one of the greatest games ever made. I just think it's overhyped as the pinnacle of the genre considering I think it has been far surpassed many times over (including by its own franchise).

SotN I owned on PS1 and beat it, but I think it's pretty bottom tier for the genre. I know that's a super unpopular opinion but I've never understood the love for that game. Combat feels unsatisfying due to enemy sprites having no response or knockback, plus the map is super boring to me. It just doesn't compel me to WANT to explore every nook and cranny, which is what I look for in the genre. I feel the same about Aria of Sorrow, which I owned and beat back in the GBA days but found underwhelming.

Metroidvania games are my favorite genre and Hollow Knight is easily my favorite. Other favorites are:
Animal Well
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
Axiom Verge
Metroid Dread
Metroid Fusion
Metroid Prime 2:Echoes
Metroid Zero Mission
Ori 1 & 2
Pipistrello
Shadow Man
Teslagrad

@The_Nintendo_Pedant See, I'm the opposite. As a Metroidvania fan, I find Super Metroid and Symphony of the Night insanely overrated [particularly SotN], whereas HK I consider the definitive experience in the genre. But I suppose it's all subjective and down to what you want out from the experience.

I have beaten Hollow Knight around 7 times, so I'm set.

I'm just trying to get through UFO 50 before Silksong releases 😅

@Smithicus That's a valid perspective, but for the many fans of HK who think it's truly the pinnacle gaming experience, Silksong will be the only game we can think about playing for months.

Hollow Knight is my favorite game of all time. I was sold enough on the concept that I helped Kickstart it, which I never do.
My excitement for Silksong couldn't be greater.

Since I just finished replaying Shadow of the Colossus, now I'm in the mood to replay Praey for the Gods.
If there's time, I'll also play some more UFO 50.

How does a game with "best gameplay" lose "best Switch game?" Seriously, can someone help this make sense?

Elden Ring runs 60fps on my Steam Deck. Isn't Switch 2 more powerful? I haven't really kept up w/ specs lately.

@silver-crescent I'm curious which Metroidvania games would you put on par w/ Hollow Knight? I'm always looking for good recommendations.
For me, the only ones that come remotely close are Metroid Prime 2, Metroid Fusion, Zero Mission, Axiom Verge, and Astalon: Tears of the Earth.

From my standpoint, HK is really in a league of its own, but of course it's all up to personal taste.

Imagine what this poll will look like the week that Silksong releases. I'm hoping for 112% purchase rate 😄

@LastFootnote I don't think it's fair to hold the developers responsible for the fan base. That's like holding any music artist responsible for their terrible fans. Team Cherry had every right to be silent and keep their heads down while focused on making the game. Honestly, people could have been just as toxic even with regular updates.

I bought 4 copies. Kickstarter digital Steam copy, Steam digital copy for my brother, Switch digital, and Switch physical.

I don't normally do that but this is my favorite game of all time.

@Galaxy2IsTheGOAT With Hollow Knight they released multiple DLCs but they were free and flawlessly integrated into the base game. If they handle Silksong similarly, then we shouldn't have anything to worry about.

FYI, I just received a Kickstarter email from Team Cherry confirming that they'll be sending the original Hollow Knight supporters a free download key for Silksong.

Of course, I'll still buy the physical copy when it releases, but I'm grateful for them keeping their word to the original backers.

Just received a Kickstarter email from Team Cherry confirming that they'll be sending the original Hollow Knight supporters a free download key for Silksong.

Of course, I'll still buy the physical copy when it releases, but I'm grateful for them keeping their word to the original backers.

@wollywoo What makes you think that DLC is coming?

@larryisaman Where is the interview?

I'm so glad I bought this on Gamecube back when it released. Happy to have supported this overlooked gem.

This is one of the only games to actually make me care about the characters, dialogue, plot, etc. I'm normally a gameplay-focused gamer, but there is something really immersive about the drama of this game. It's really special.

Hoping for 60fps on Switch 1.

Kinda sucks that they're leaving Switch owners in the dust. I actually bought this game.

I'm not normally a fan of the Japanese cover art, but in the case the choice is clear.

I'm playing Alan Wake Remastered on my Switch Lite right now and it's certainly not a "visual dumpster fire" by any means.

This looks great, but I hope it doesn't have the rubber-banding and artificial events of Cruis'n Blast. I loved that game until I started realizing how it was constructed and then the cracks started to show.

This game could not have been a bigger surprise for me. I avoided it for several years because the Toad levels on 3D World didn't impress me.
When I finally bought the game earlier this year (just on a whim to try something different), I was FULLY hooked. One of the best games on Switch for sure.

@Freek You may be the first person I've found in 25 years who also liked Tonic Trouble 😄 That game gets criticized a lot, but I really enjoyed it back in the N64 days. Never could get into Rayman 2 (which is supposedly the far superior game) but I was fully hooked on Tonic Trouble.