I’m including anything only available on other Nintendo systems as exclusive for this.
I’ve got a $50 eShop card I figure I should spend before gold points go away.
I have BotW. It was alright, but it didn’t excite me enough to get TotK unless it’s on a deep discount.
I’ve also already got Mario Odyssey and Metroid Prime Remastered. I have a handful of other games but they’re not Switch exclusive afaik.
I’m mostly using my Steam deck for handheld these days, so I’d rather not get anything non-exclusive on the Switch right now.
I’d say Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom, but seems like that’s not what you’re looking for.
The Paper Mario: TTYD remake is very good. Or Animal Crossing, if you’re looking for something relaxing.
For party games, Mario Kart 8 is always fun. And of course Smash Bros Ultimate if you like that series.
I agree with these recommendations. All terrific choices!
I highly recommend the xenoblade series. 1,2, and 3 are on switch with a remake of X coming in a few months. All nintendo exclusive games well worth their cost (if you have time for a jrpg)
HOLY SHIT THEY ARE FINALLY REMAKING X???
Huge fan but I didn’t want to buy a Wii U for one game
Coming out on March 20, actually. Already pre-loaded the game!
Oooh, sweet. I knew it was soon, but couldn’t remember.
Mario vs Rabbids surprised me with how good it was. Mario Kart 8 with the expansion pass is great, especially if you have friends to play with.
Specifically Mario Rabbids Kingdom Battle. The sequel was a massive disappointment.
Never played the sequel but that is unfortunate to hear they dropped the ball after the first one
Metroid forever, did you try Metroid Dread already?
No, but it looks like there’s a demo I can try.
Highly recommended
Pikmin,
A puzzle store game with cute creatures,
One of my favorites series of all time, I think Nintendo bundles them and sells them as a pack now
Xenoblade games
My favorite indie game on switch is definitely golf story. It’s a gold based RPG with a very silly story, and fun 2-d golf games
Smash Bros Ult - I probably have played over 2k hours playing online and tournaments.
Golf Story is always a good time. It was one of those games I bought on a whim and fell in love with. Top down golf based RPG with a lot of humor and good pixel art. Have Yuzu on my Deck mainly to go back to Golf Story every once in a while.
They made a sequel called Sports Story that wasn’t nearly as fun.
The 99 series is fantastic. I loved everyone of them from Tetris 99 to F-Zero 99.
mario party superstars and the open world zelda games