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> To be honest I find the game selection to be pretty weak. So far at least.

Early days. To be honest, there's more than enough titles to make the console worth it IMO. I have 600 games in my Steam library and I've seriously played maybe 15 of them. I'm super happy that my switch only has quality games.

And to anyone reading this, I recommend any and all of the following:

New titles: Super Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart (play it with friends!), Celeste.

Ports: Rocket League, Stardew Valley, Shovel Knight, The Binding of Isaac, Skyrim, Enter the Gungeon.




I love my Switch and Mario Kart is my favorite game on it, but it's not really new. I played the crap out of MK8 when it came out for the WiiU. Although it does have many tweaks that greatly improve the experience.

But I'd agree that it's a must-have! You can just whip it out and race a friend anywhere.


Honestly, Mario Kart 8 annoys me a little. I love the Mario Kart series but the 3D tracks are over-done in my personal opinion. I also think the more realistic scenery means some of the tracks lose their personality when compared to the more cartoony graphics of their predecessors. That said, the auto-steer and auto-accelerate feature is a godsend for when playing with my 3 year old. I cannot stress enough just how good a feature that is!!!

I mean, I am nitpicking here a little as it's still a solid title. But on balance it's not my favorite Mario Kart.

Zelda is a very different game from any of the Zelda's before it as well. I do like what Nintendo have done but I'd also love to see a more traditional Zelda released for the Switch some point in the future too.

Overall, it's all very easy me being critical when there's so many elements that can go wrong. So I think Nintendo have gotten far more right than they've gotten wrong.


I just want to throw in a recommendation for Overcooked, one of the best couch multiplayer games I've played in years. Bring it to a party with 4 controllers and you're guaranteed to have a fun time, anyone can learn to play in a minute.


That looks super fun, thank you for the recommendation :)


Damn, I had completely missed Celeste. I liked Towerfall and got stuck on Icy Tower way back.

Thanks!




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