Thread 725409348

Had a Switch for a few years now that I got for indie games and for the novelty of handheld ports of stuff from years ago like Final Fantasy, Resident Evil etc. But since I grew up a Sega/Playstation/PC kid I don't have any attachment to the traditional Tendie games and wonder if I haven't been making the most of this thing and playing the games it was actually designed for. Mario and Kirby and Yoshi and Donkey Kong, stuff like that? What are the Switch essentials? Not Zelda though, tried Breath of the Wild and didn't like it at all.

Ive asked which games to get a bunch of times and the tendies always ignore it because there are no games worth getting for the switch 2 (be it switch 1 versions or 2) and the pokemon games arent even worth talking about

>>725409348 (OP)
>indie games
>handheld ports
Should've bought a Steam Deck unironically if that's what you want to play.
I own a Switch 2 but I specifically bought it for Tendie games and other console exclusives. Everything else is on the Steam Deck.

There's a fuckton of games and it's hard to recommend any if you don't narrow it down a bit. I could fill up multiple posts with just Mario games and people would gloss over them because nobody likes textwalls, even formatted ones.

>>725410159
>mario games
isnt that all the switch has and turnbased slop

>>725410241
No, retard.

>>725409348 (OP)
Metroid Dread
DKC Returns + Tropical Freeze if you didn't play the originals

>>725409693
Actually I did have a Gameboy Color as a kid and played Yellow and Silver, but I don't have any interest in Pokemon as an adult. I always assumed Nintendo were just making platformers for kids so I never bothered but I'm in my 30s now and am starting to think I might have missed out on some recent classics or something just through sheer ignorance. This thing is basically a Balatro/Hades/Darkest Dungeon machine to me now, but there must be something amongst the Nintendo mascot games worth playing?

>>725410395
so yes

>>725410591
>No
>d-d-does that mean yes????
How many times were you dropped on the head as a baby?

>>725410674
dont see you listing games to prove me wrong

>>725409849
Yeah mebbe, but I have this now and feel like I should make the most of it.
>>725410159
What's a good Mario game for an oldfag who never played them as a kid?
>>725410539
Guess I could familiarise myself with the Ape. My brother in law likes the new one apparently but I'm not buying a Switch 2.

>>725410760
>There's a fuckton of games and it's hard to recommend any if you don't narrow it down a bit.

>>725410921
what are some games like skyrim, what are some games like valheim, what are some games like minecraft, what are some games like cyberpunk?

>>725410881
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury is a good one, it used to be a Wii U title but got ported over and updated with a side mode that's kind of a pseudo-open world. It's more fun than it sounds.

Odyssey is a good stock Switch game. Fun platformer, some fun tunes.

Wonder goes back to its roots as a 2D platformer, with some remixed segments cause they wanted to mess around with the format. A lot of levels are easy, the postgame bonus levels are harder.

Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door is a really good turn-based RPG. A classic, updated from its original Gamecube release.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the bread and butter for racing games on Switch. It enjoyed such domination that it started as a Wii U title and even today reigns over Mario Kart World, which suffers its own issues.

>>725410921
>>725411014

>>725411014
>what are some games like skyrim
A first/third person 3D adventure game in a fantasy setting? Best you'll get is Breath of the Wild. Bethesda games tend to only resemble themselves.

>what are some games like valheim, what are some games like minecraft
I'm gonna combine these together in the "crafting" category. Check out Dragon Quest Builders.

>what are some games like cyberpunk?
A first person shooter where you explore a cybernetic city? Nothing really like it on Switch.

>>725411240
Cool, thanks. This gives me somewhere to start from. The first thing I did was just type "Mario" into the store and there's so damn much I have no idea what's what. Wonder and Bowser's Fury look like modern versions of what Mario is in my mind so I'll try them, dunno why he's a cat in that one but whatever. I'm guessing Odyssey is more like the one on the N64 was like?
Mario Kart doesn't really interest me as I don't do multiplayer.

>>725411931
so nothing exists, like i said its just mario and mario and jrpgs
cyberpunk just means a first person looter shooter rpg with an open world or elements of it
bethesda means open world rpg with lots of free form do whatever you want

so basically nintendo: platformers intended for age 3. and lots of text games.

>>725411943
>Wonder and Bowser's Fury look like modern versions of what Mario is in my mind so I'll try them, dunno why he's a cat in that one but whatever.
Some old Mario games would have powerups where you put on a suit and you get that animal's abilities until you get hit. Like Mario puts on a frog suit and he's suddenly a damn good swimmer. Same thing with Cat Mario there. Get the cat suit, you can climb walls and slash shit and stuff.

>I'm guessing Odyssey is more like the one on the N64 was like?
Yep, it's a 3D platformer/exploration game, like Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine. If you've never played them Galaxy and Galaxy 2 are now on Switch as well, they're 3D games except set in space and the game plays around with gravity and orbiting and stuff.

>>725409348 (OP)
https://vsrecommendedgames.miraheze.org/wiki/Switch

>>725409348 (OP)
Whay are some games you enjoy currently?

>>725412217
Sure, if you want to narrow your definition to "Mario" and "things that aren't Mario" like a fucking retard.

There's also
>WarioWare Get it Together!, Gold, and Move it!, fast-paced micro-games
>Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Echoes of Wisdom, Cadence of Hyrule, Hyrule Warriors, Age of Calamity, Age of Imprisonment
>Metroid Dread, Prime Remastered, Prime 4 eventually
>Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, Sword & Shield, Scarlet & Violet, Legends Arceus, Legends Z-A, Pokemon New Snap
>Xenoblade Chronicles 1, 2, 3, plus DLCs
>Fire Emblem Three Houses, Engage, Warriors, Warriors: Three Hopes
>Splatoon 2 and 3
>Smash Bros Ultimate
>Rhythm Heaven Groove
>Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
>ARMS
>Bayonetta 1, 2, 3
>Astral Chain
>Luigi's Mansion 3

>>725409348 (OP)
>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
>Super Smash Bros Ultimate
>Super Mario Party
Party games that you could put a ton of time in playing by yourself/online, but are best if you can play them with friends
>Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Extremely casual social sim series, with a heavy emphasis on decoration, customization and collecting things (eg. catching fish and bugs). Notable for progressing in real time.
>Super Mario Odyssey
>Super Mario Bros. Wonder
The latest 3D and 2D Mario platformers. I don't personally care for Mario games that much, but Odyssey is widely acclaimed by people who do like them, and Wonder is probably my favorite 2D Mario I've played, it's very creative and polished.
>Pokémon
It's Pokémon. I'm a big fan, but you probably don't have any interest, and their performance on the Switch makes them a hard sell. If you were to consider trying it again, I honestly think it would probably be best to wait for Gen 10 coming out on the Switch 2 around this time next year.
>Ring Fit Adventure
This is a really creative one, think Wii Fit but it's an actual RPG game.
>Splatoon 3
Fun and stylish fast-paced third-person shooter. A lot more depth than it might seem on the surface and maybe a bit of a learning curve if you're not familiar with gyro controls.
>Fire Emblem: Three Houses
>Fire Emblem: Engage
Tactical RPGs famously featuring (optional) permadeath. Your party is a cast of characters you interact with in story and command on a grid map in battle. I personally think Engage is better and less ugly, but it might be a harder sell for a newcomer since it's kind of a fanservice game celebrating the series.
>Metroid Dread
The first 2D Metroid in almost 20 years and it lives up to its legacy, an excellent Metroidvania.
>Xenoblade Chronicles series
Open-world action RPGs developed by MonolithSoft.
>Bayonetta series
Combo action games developed by Platinum
>Shin Megami Tensei V (Vengeance)
Latest in the classic RPG series by Atlus

>>725412850
>Warioware
slop
>Warriors
slop
>Metroid
worst slop ever better indie games out there
>Pokemon
LMAO gamefreak cant make a game for shit
>Xenoblade
shitty jrpgs
>Fire emblem
shitty jrpgs
>Splatoon
shitty multiplayer games for kids
>Smash bros
lol last good one was melee
>Rhythm
slop
>Tomodachi
slop
>ARMS
LOL SLOP
>Bayonetta
can just play these elsewhere
>Astral
LOL the graphics are insane for a nintendo 64 game
>Luigis Mansion
collectathon slop

>>725412503
On the Switch? Vampire Survivors, Stardew Valley, Balatro, Darkest Dungeon, Valkyria Chronicles, but like some other anon pointed out, I could and probably should have got a Steamdeck for all that kind of stuff. Otherwise it's more the novelty of having all the Tomb Raiders and Metal Gear Solids and whatnot on a handheld.
On PC I like Imsims and retro/boomer shooters but the Switch isn't really for those, I'm looking to try the stuff I've totally ignored. Is picrel any good? Should I bother with 2 first?

>>725413095
>if I say my favorite meme word enough surely I'll win!

Nintendo has a first party sweat shop for every genre of video game but none of them have pupillary light reflex simulations and chin fuzz so I guess it doesn't count

>>725412479
This is helpful, thanks.

>>725414141
weird how none of these games ever come up when people discuss nintendo or even on the big nintendo youtube channels like beatemups, its all mario mario mario zelda pokemon and sloptroid