39 of the best Nintendo Switch games – CNET

Gorogoa is unlike any video game you’ve ever played. 
With incredible level design and flawlessly tuned precision platforming, Celeste is one of the best games of its type ever released. It’s smart, charming and dense with content.
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Splatoon 2 is very similar to the first Splatoon. It’s barely a sequel in the traditional sense but, much like Mario Kart 8, that doesn’t make it any less essential. 

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You know when you’re playing a video game and you’re like, “Man, this story is really interesting and well written…

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Among Us is one of the most popular games in the world right now. While the Nintendo Switch might not be the ideal platform, I’d argue it’s the best way for kids to play. There’s no chance of them coming across audio chats with teenagers swearing at one another, plus the chat is censored.  See Gamespot’s Among Us review.It makes sense. Calling Thumper a “rhythm” game just doesn’t cut it. It’s more than that. It’s just a pure, visceral experience that connects music to action in the most compelling ways. It’s brutal. It’s earth-shaking and just flat-out cool. See GameSpot’s Thumper review.Are you ready for some video game buzzwords?

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Why? Part of it is the combat — which is fluid, weighty and tactile — but its evolving storyline, which ties the idea of constant death into Hades’ narrative, really pushes it over the edge. This is a rogue-like that people who don’t like rogue-likes can enjoy. See Gamepot’s Hades review.
It’s a puzzle game… I guess. But it’s really a game about exploring a strange universe in ways you can’t really predict. 

Which sounds like a completely bizarre proposition, but Cadence of Hyrule works! It really works. And you should play the hell out of it. See GameSpot’s Cadence of Hyrule review.

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Then they drop Sonic Mania. A game that takes everything good about Sonic, preserves it, and then updates it perfectly in a seamless modern interpretation that has no right being this good. See GameSpot’s Sonic Mania review.

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Dear lord, this game is a stone-cold classic. Play it now. See GameSpot’s Hollow Knight review.Baba Is You is a puzzle game that will break every part of your brain. It’s a puzzle game that forces you to literally rewrite the rules of the game in order to complete tasks.

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If that sounds complicated it’s because it is complicated. In a good way.
Dark Souls isn’t perfect on the Nintendo Switch and, at this point, you could make a strong argument the best version is the remastered version on the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X. That being said, you can’t play either of those on the toilet.
Arms is a motion-controlled game that’s like boxing. Except you have big stretchy robot arms and everyone has special powers. Obviously.
That’s not to mention the endless replay value that comes with the insane user-created levels. Check Super Mario Maker 2 out for sure. See GameSpot’s Super Mario Maker 2 review.