I see tons of games that are interesting, but the price tags are crazy. I want a game I can pour hours into and my expectations are sky high for the 100 dollar price tags. The games gotta be peak, but peak is subjective and I wonder what you all consider worth it in the Switch II library as of today.
Which Switch II games are actually worth picking up?
$500 for the console, $70-$100 per game which never go on sale, $20-$80 annual subscription for online service. All before tax.
I’m just gonna wait until there’s an emulator, assuming I’m still interested at that point.
Been playing ToTK in an emulator, 4K @ 90FPS w/ DualSense controller. Plays just fine in Eden, just have to restart the emulator ever so often when it starts to slow down. Still better than paying so much money to play it on a Switch 2.
This is after fully completing everything in BotW using the CEMU emulator @4K, 120FPS with a DualSense controller. This game plays absolutely perfect in CEMU.
My wife got her money’s worth out of Pokopia. If the idea of a Pokemon/Stardew Valley/Minecraft hybrid appeals to you, it should be worth the money. It wasn’t developed by Gamefreak so it’s actually good
Zelda Botw & especially Totk
Beating it is easy, but you can stay entertained hanging out in the world for a long time. In Totk, you can share build recipes and try a bunch of other people’s whacky inventions
Also Smash Bros but, if you don’t already know of it, it probably isn’t your jam.
Mario Kart World’s alright.
Aren’t those just switch 1 games
Yeah but now they made a console that can run it. Still full price, obviously
Donkey Kong Bananza is kind of like Super Mario Odyssey 2 and lots of fun and I had a good time with Hyrule Warriors: Age of Impriosnment.
I think Kirby Air Riders kicks ass but some people bounced off it pretty hard. If you have the ability to try the first game it’ll give you a good idea as to if you’ll like the second.
Agreed. I almost bounced off the first game, but after seeing Sakurai’s Direct for Air Riders, with a better understanding of how the game mechanics worked, I went back to Air Ride and warmed up to it. Air Riders completely won me over, especially with Road Trip. Such a seamless integration of the formula into a roguelite-esque single-player campaign!
I love that it’s going to be a bunch of people’s first experience with Kirby Plot. “Oh these silly little guys are having fun! Oh no an existential nightmare!”
I mean, game pricing isn’t solely a Switch 2 problem. They cost the same as any new game on any other platform, beside for Mario Kart, which I agree is a mistake and not a good look.
I enjoyed Bananza and Pokopia. Bananza had me wanting to keep playing the entire time and Pokopia held me for 100 hours. Depends what kind of games you like. I also enjoyed Mario Kart, but you’d probably want that and something else, like DK to split your time.
The price is a switch 2 problem because they rarely discount their games and in the event they do, they never go for under 20% off.
It seems Nintendo is getting better about this though. During the later half of the switch 1s life their first party games have gone on sale for 33% off multiple times (botw, donkey Kong Country games, Mario Kart, xenoblade and more from what I have seen). It’s just that this is only the digital versions. Physical copies? Yeah, you’re right there.
Games are still too expensive at full price though and even with 33% off it is still usually too much for me if I’m not already familiar with the franchise and know I will enjoy the game.
Me and my fiancée have been getting our money’s worth out of tomodachi and animal crossing. My fiancée isn’t much of a gamer but the controls really clicked for her and she got super into both games.
Been curious about tomodachi. Is it pretty similar to AC?
Sort of depending on what you’re wanting out of it. In both games you’re given an island to do whatever you want with that’s fully customizable and you can fill it with whatever islanders you want. Tomodachi Life doesn’t have anything like the Museum though and you don’t have any direct control over how anyone on the island acts. It’s more of like a simulator where you can watch your islanders interact, form friendships/relationships, do goofy things, and live life. You can control small things, like if you want two people to get closer you can drop them around each other to talk, but depending on what’s going on they might not do what you wanted. You can customize what people talk about and fine tune a villager’s personality and body language by leveling them and the island up.
Personally I like Tomodachi Life a lot more than Animal Crossing, especially these newer entries where all the villagers feel samey. This new one having no filter has remained funny for way longer than I thought it would.
sektori is 100% fantastic so fun
Unfortunately there just isn’t a lot of games for the Switch 2 specifically right now. A lot of games have an upgrade for the Swtich 2 like, Subnatica, Skyrim and No Man’s Sky.
