Game News Nintendo Switch: The 12 best console games following 5 years of existence
March 3, 2022 marked the 5th anniversary of the hybrid console imagined by Nintendo. The Switch has since conquered hearts since it is the best-selling console of the Japanese firm. On the occasion of this anniversary, the editorial staff of JV offers you a retrospective on the games that marked the Nintendo Switch with a hot iron.
Summary
- Animal Crossing : New Horizons
- Fire Emblem : Three Houses
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- Metroid Dread
- Monster Hunter Rise
- Octopath Traveler
- Splatoon 2
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Animal Crossing : New Horizons
To start this selection, what better than Animal Crossing : New Horizons ? The app brings us back to the adorable world of Animal Crossing where you just have to take care of your vegetable garden, the inhabitants of your island, fish, make your house even more beautiful and give your avatar the style that suits you. . The game was released on March 20, 2020 and was THE Switch game during the long period of confinement. Animal Crossing New Horizons is a real breath of fresh air allowing you to spend a moment as sweet as it is pleasant.
Fire Emblem : Three Houses
The first pictures of Fire Emblem : Three Houses come to us from E3 2018. Since then, Nintendo’s Tactical-RPG has come a long way so that its sixteenth episode arrives on our Switches during the summer of 2019. This episode immerses us in the skin of Byleth, a character who has no memory of his past and who finds himself raised by a talented mercenary. Following the rescue of three descendants of influential dynasties, you find yourself embroiled in a major political conflict. You will need to resolve this conflict as your memory slowly returns.
Luigi’s Mansion 3
In October 2019, it was time to get out your ghost vacuum and venture into a haunted mansion. Six years following the second opus, Mario’s fearful brother returns in a flagship game, Luigi’s Mansion 3. In this app, the plumber in the green cap must return to face his deepest fears in the company of his ghost vacuum cleaner. After an invitation to stay at the Hotel du Repos Eternel with Mario, Peach and the Toads, the latter fall into a finely crafted ambush by the unpredictable Amber Brusquade who helps King Boo get revenge on Luigi. The cowardly plumber then goes to the rescue of his friends, but not without fear.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
How to make a selection of the most striking games of the Switch without mentioning its best-selling game? With nearly 43.35 million sales recorded until 2021, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is a staple of Nintendo’s hybrid console. Bringing together most of the publisher’s flagship characters in frenzied races, this episode offers no less than 32 circuits and, soon, 48 new tracks which are arriving gradually with the recently announced DLC. Bringing together young and old, families and friends, Mario Kart since its first opus in 1992 on Super Nintendo has always been able to achieve unanimity and bring together a large number of people in front of the consoles of the Japanese firm.
Metroid Dread
New episode of the cult Metroid license, Metroid Dread immerses us in the skin of Samus and her famous armor in a game returning to the original formula of the saga. In this nostalgia-filled episode, you must travel to planet ZDR as strange transmissions indicate the presence of X-parasites which were supposed to have been missing for 20 years, the date of the events of Metroid Fusion. So you discover that the robotic unit sent before you has turned into a killing machine. You are then tasked with finding out what is going on on the hostile planet ZDR.
Monster Hunter Rise
Capcom’s famous Action-RPG saga Monster Hunter also marked the Switch with an essential episode. Thereby, Monster Hunter Rise was released in March 2021 with its new region inspired by feudal Japan which is notably inhabited by the monstrous Magnamalo. An episode particularly rich in novelties for your hunting parties with for example the Filoptere, a tool allowing you to perform aerial maneuvers, or the Chumsky, a canine companion who can serve as your mount. It is high time to embark on the exploration of this unknown region and discover the monsters that inhabit it.
Octopath Traveler
Octopath Traveler is a 2D J-RPG published by Square Enix. In the latter, you have the choice between 8 characters who will each have a different story and progress towards their own objective. This title invites you to dive into a medieval-fantasy universe and enjoy a combat system already encountered in the studio’s previous production, namely Bravely Default. A software marked by its diorama graphics and a neat sound environment that will have seduced both fans of the genre and neophytes.
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Splatoon 2
Splatoon is a recent license for Nintendo. With a first episode arriving on Wii U, the success met Splatoon 2 ensures continuity for the young saga which turns out to be one of the last “big news” from the Japanese firm. This second opus takes up the basics of the first and parachutes your character into the middle of a colorful battlefield. During these battles, which are strongly reminiscent of paintball, your character can transform into a squid to hide or even recharge in paint. Splatoon 2 offers a colorful world and many fun and competitive game modes.
Super Mario Odyssey
How to make a list of the best games of a Nintendo console without quoting the character representing the firm? Super Mario Odyssey obviously might not be forgotten. The game is a real revival for the most famous plumber in the world. Princess Peach having been kidnapped once once more, you board the Odyssey, a spaceship traveling from planet to planet. The particularity of this episode comes from Cappy, a living cap that accompanies our plumber. The latter wishes to find her sister captured, too, by Bowser. Cappy then allows Mario to take control of enemies when he throws her at them. Super Mario Odyssey gives pride of place to exploration during an adventure during which you are more free than ever.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros is the saga of fighting games in the Nintendo universe. The Last Named Episode Super Smash Bros. Ultimate displays a remarkable roster of characters. Figures like Sephiroth from Final Fantasy or Steve from Minecraft we end up joining the battle for improbable crossovers. This ultimate opus therefore brings together the biggest cast ever seen for a unique fighting game since the objective in Smash Bros is none other than to eject your opponent off the field. For this, the more our attacks hit our opponent and the more his percentage of being expelled increases to finally leave the ring. Your objective then is simple… to be the last one standing in the field no matter what.
The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild
The Legend of Zelda : Breath of the Wild is the launch game for the Nintendo Switch and certainly also the one that has influenced the video game world the most over the past five years. The classic Zelda formula is completely revamped with the aim of providing an open-world experience in the famous region of Hyrule. Thus, you embody the cult character of Link with the aim of defeating the scourge Ganon and thus restoring peace. This Zelda offers a huge playground that you can explore at your leisure once morest a backdrop of amnesia beating the protagonist… Link.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is a J-RPG that offers us a universe made of clouds and whose last human survivors have built cities on the backs of immense celestial creatures. Alas, those colossal monsters called Titans are starting to run out of steam. Rex, the character you play, then meets Pyra. The latter tells him the legend of Elysium, a paradise where all humans might live peacefully. This utopia would be at the highest point of the gigantic World Tree and would be the place where resides the Architect, creator of this world. Rex therefore sets off in search of Elysium with Pyra to support him.
By Milius_MWriting jeuxvideo.com
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