Switch's Best Year
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- 2024 is going to make us look real silly
Support GVG on Patreon!
/ gvgaming
Check out our merch!
the-official-g...
Follow GVG on Twitter:
• / gvgofficial
• / joncomms
• / bitnerd_
• / ashpaulsen
• / stevembowling
• / meruleaf_
• / evernightstudio
GVG has really improved its productivity in the last few weeks. Keep it up, guys!
Ever since the wiglett video 😩💕
That dragon Quest Builders 2 love!
I personally feel so far, 2023 may be a strong contender for the best year. Aside from Everybody 1-2 Switch (which even then, isn’t really as bad as leakers claimed), virtually every new title has been fantastic.
Tears Of The Kingdom and Pikmin 4 being the obvious big hitters so far. But we also got other worth noting like Fire Emblem Engage and Bayonetta Origins. The remakes and remasters have been solid as well with Kirby Return To Dreamland Deluxe, Metroid Prime Remastered, Advance Wars Reboot Camp, and Pikmin 1 + 2. And I think the next few games that will be coming out soon will be great with Detective Pikachu Returns, Warioware: Shake It, and especially both Super Mario Bros Wonder and Super Mario RPG.
If 2023 is going to be one the Switch's final years before the next big Nintendo console, it's a near-perfect one to end off on.
I agree.
Also ALL of the incredible Mariokart DLC, which there has been a ton of 👍.
Couldn’t agree more.
The Switch has had such a consistently strong lineup, probably the most out of any Nintendo consoles, that you could honestly make a case for multiple years being its best. 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and even this year so far had so many amazing games released for the console that they’re all worthy of praise in their own right. And even their weaker years like 2018 and 2020 still several gems to come from them, like Octopath Traveler, Smash Ultimate, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity.
When it’s all said and done, it’ll come down to 2017 vs 2023
Especially since both years had massive Zelda and Mario games
Sometimes I get busy with work and life and miss your vids. When I finally get time to watch some more I realise how much joy you bring to the world. Thanks legends.
2017 will always be the best year in my heart. Basically every month had a big first party release with tons of great indies and third party games.
Just for the Switch, 2017 was already pretty great. Looking back at it in terms of the larger gaming sphere... it just knocks everything else out of the park!
2017 was Nintendo’s best year in their gaming history, it’s up their with 2005 Sony.
Though 2001 is the GOAT year of gaming.
I choose 2023 over 2017, look:
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Octopath Traveller 2
- Bayonetta Origins
- Metroid Prime Remastered
- Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe
- Advance Wars 1+2
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
-Tears of the Kingdom
- Pikmin 1 + 2 HD
- Master Detective Raincode
- Pikmin 4
- Baiten Kaitos 1+2 HD
- Detective Pikachu 2
- Super Mario Bros Wonder
- Warioware Move it!
- Super Mario RPG Remake
What a stellar year with one big game EVERY mounth of the year, there's no other year that consistent !
this year has already been insane and the fact that there's still so much more to come says a lot about how this year has been going, kirby's return to dreamland deluxe, The legend of zelda tears of the kingdom, pikmin 4 with ports of pikmin's 1 and 2, gameboy, gameboy color, and gameboy advance finally being added, METROID PRIME REMASTERED and that's on top of what's still to come with super mario bros wonder, the final wave of mario kart 8 deluxe's booster course pass, Wario ware move it, and SUPER MARIO RPG REBUILT FROM THE GROUND UP!!! and that's not even mentioning 3rd party games coming out too, this is genuinely one of if not the most stacked years for nintendo releases and that is saying a LOT
Man ill never forget that discussion where Jon casually predicted the final fantasy releases
I remember that!!!!
Honestly, the Switch has been so strong that it's felt like every year has been a best year. I might be bias though! Love these discussions guys!
I thought 2018 sucked as a non-Smash fan
2019 had like a bad Pokemon game
2020...
2021 had Metroid ig
2018 was an absolute barren wasteland of new content. I was regretting my Switch purchase at that point. They did bring it back after that though, no year since has been nearly as dry.
@@internetguy7319as a smash fan 2018 was pretty weak
I agree, since launch it always felt that I had some great games to play and others to look forward to.
But in the first two years, my Switch was a BotW/Monster Hunter Generations machine basically. So maybe the fact that I was so absorved in some games helped too.
@@Froge0 for Splatoon fans 2018 was pretty good until the NSO paywall came.
I agree on 2021. It was a great year, definitely my favorite. Specially for both Metroid Dread and NEO Twewy, which are comeback games for 2 of my absolutely favorite series, that I couldn't even hope would end up as amazing as they were. Like those 2 are straight up in my Top 25 games of all time or so. And then you add stuff like Great Ace Attorney, NMH3, Bowser's Fury, Monster Hunter Rise, Eastward or the re-release of Scott Pilgrim's game (FINALLY), and yeah, no year wins against that one for me on the Switch's lifespan
2021 was the one for me too. Just like you guys said, it was a year full of games that felt impossible, sequels and re-releases we thought we'd never get. A sequel to TWEWY?? No fking way. Great Ace Attorney was infamous among Ace Attorney fans for being so out of reach. And Metroid *5*!! *19 years* after Metroid 4! I'll never forget that moment for the rest of my life, and what an amazing Metroid game it turned out to be.
The switch library is insane. The switch has given me the biggest library of games i've had on a console ever, and biggest since the mega drive.
I think it’s great you all mentioned Iwata and the work he put into the Switch so it could be successful. Great stuff guys
Antlers great video you guys! My personal favorite year HAS to be 2023! Not just for Nintendo video games but for other experiences too!
Honestly I’d call it THE YEAR OF MARIO given how much Mario content we got! Be it more adventures in the galactic world of Mario Rabbids, or new activities out in the real world, it’s been amazing!
- Lego Mario Sets Wave 6 (Janurary)
- Super Nintendo World (February)
- The Tower of Doom (March)
- Booster Pass Wave 4 (March)
- The Super Mario Bros Movie (April)
- The Last Spark Hunter (June)
- Booster Pass Wave 5 (June)
- Lego Donkey Kong Sets (August)
- Rayman in the Phantom Show (August)
- Super Mario Bros Wonder (October)
- WarioWare Move It! (November)
- Super Mario RPG (November)
- Booster Pass Wave 6 (Winter 2023)
Absolutely the BEST year to be a Mario fan! Bar None!
I would personally wager to say that 2017 was still the best year for the Switch, but I can also make a huge argument for this year taking the crown as the peak of the Switch.
Gotta say, I'm happy to see the 2021 love, I also think is my favorite year of the Switch since as you said, while it didn't have many big heavy hitters, it had so much variety from Switch and so many interesting games, sometimes it's also important to see the mid sized or smaller games, no console's lineup is full without them, and we saw plenty of that from Nintendo and with lots of variety, plus solid third party and indie support with both older games as well as new games like Rise, SMTV, NMH3, Ace Attorney, Bravely Default 2 or Stories 2.
However I thought I was the only one thinking that because I remember writing this in a forum and everyone said they thought it was a terrible year because it didn't have any heavy hitters like Mario or Zelda, and then also I remember Scott the Woz saying it was an underhwelming year with basically nothing but ports of old games from third parties.
Great discussion! So many good shoutouts like Daemon X Machina & Harvestella.
2021 and 2019 would also be my picks, but this year has also been impressive :D
I feel like Derrick is making a very strong claim. 2022 was amazing too. Well, every year was great, I never regretted having my system
Sora got in smash in 2021. Derrick is CLEARING this debate LOL
I think for 2021 we also had Sora for smash. It was an impossible character to add.
2023 has been greatest year for all gaming. Just stellar release one after another.
2021 will always be the best year for me, because it was the year dreams came true. Like there's some Nintendo games, no matter how good, you just expect them. But 2021 went against that and gave me so much that I wanted but didn't think I'd get. Between good Mario Party with online, Metroid Dread, New Pokemon Snap, Neo:The World Ends With You and both Great Ace Attorney 1 and 2 and Famicom Detective Club being localized, it was a miracle of a year.
2019.
FE3H, Astral Chain, Mario Maker 2, Links Awakening, Luigi's Mansion 3, Peak Smash DLC, Dragon Quest 11.
Damn, 2019 really was peak. It seems like every other year is just a non-stop banger year for Switch: 2017, 2019, 2021 and now 2023 are all great.
Honestly the switch has been on a roll since 2021, high quality releases after releases, at a constant pace, no other console will ever come near it and it's not stopping anytime soon
Always glad to hear praise for octopath traveler 2. I was looking forward to nothing but totk this year, and yet, octopath 2 just blew me away and has stuck with me way harder. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about it. The characters, the world design, the combat, THE MUSIC, the improved gameplay flow, its just perfect. Truly deserves to be in the conversation for game of the year.
I only played the demo but I remember the music being some of the best I've ever heard in a video game. I'll definitely get the full game eventually just didn't have the time yet for another 100+ hour game after TotK
@@fishyperil2153 it's a really easy game to just play in short bursts imo. I would play for like 1 to 3 hours at first but gradually get more absorbed. It's pretty easy breezy as far as RPGs go, and you always have a choice of what you feel like doing
It's a really good game I finished but too little was new. I would have liked more new thing, not the identical classes. I still recommend it to every jrpg fan
@@napoleonfeanor fair! I'd love to see different classes in octopath 3
I wasn't expecting such a huge improvement in Octopath 2. I wasn't a big fan of the first one. Gameplay was great, but the characters tended to be hit or miss and saddled with standalone stories that also had the same track record, wrapped up in an endgame plot that came practically out of nowhere to forcefully connect everything. After adoring Bravely Default and Second, it came as a sort of letdown. Octopath 2 took everything good from the first game and improved on it, and did a significantly better job in the story department. Octopath 2 is a game I would whole heartedly recommend to any RPG fan.
I got the Switch in December 2019 after a long break from gaming, and I've been having a blast and expanding my games catalogue ever since! So far, for me every year has been fantastic, but that's also because I've been trying to catch up in addition to enjoying new games coming out 😂 I've definitely lost track of release dates (also the pandemic years are all blurred together 😬).
Still, the best year is gonna be next year when the new Professor Layton game comes out (fingers crossed) 😁
It was a great, wholesome podcast to listen to while preparing my dinners for the freezer to warm up next week. I'm glad to have listened, I got back into the magic of handheld gaming on the bus to work/home like I did with my GBA/DS in middle and high school. The switch is amazing as it's so easy to pick up and play, or dock to my monitor for a console experience. As an adult I told myself gaming sessions are only fun in long periods of time, but I forgot how many of my gaming experiences happened during short gameplay sessions commuting with family, or playing a little before going to school or going to bed. I'm having a blast with Link's Awakening after having beaten Mario Odyssey and Bug Fables.
I also love how a lot of games offer text options in multiple languages, it's helped me get some practice with Spanish in more fun ways, along with the joy cons being able to hook onto any Bluetooth devices, I've been able to play switch games on the treadmill; or connect them to my tablet to map it to turn pages on button presses to help stay in shape while still enjoying my free time.
Shout-out to Derek for bringing up Famicom Detective Club
As of now I'd go
2022
2017
2021
2019
2018
2020
2023 is stacking up to take the top spot.
It's hard to think of a year where the switch was lacking (it even thrived in 2020), but if I had to pick a best year...
I still think that it was 2017: start launch year gave us some of the best games Nintendo's ever produced in a long time😎
Nothing tops 2017. Dangerous standard for Nintendo console for its first year
I honestly think 2021 was the best year. Yes, even better than 2017. As Derrick mentions in the video 2021 didn't have a game that changed the industry as a whole but what it did bring was banger after banger (BDSP aside).
I love the Harvestella shoutout, although I played it on Steam for better frame rate, resolution, and loading times.
+1 for Dragon Quest Builders 2 being underrated. Some of my absolute best Switch memories were with that game.
0:35 I love how they say if you want to join their Live Audience then use their Patron as if Patron functions as a Time Machine. Especially considering that these are recorded well in advance to posting meaning that even if you did then there is no way that you could join the topic of THAT specific video discussion if you felt like it.
I think this goes to show how great the Switch is. Almost every year is filled with so many great releases.
I have a PS5 and we barely get that many games a year. You'd honestly be fine with just a PS4.
I agree with Ash. 2022 all the way, baby!
It's tough to choose between 2017 and 2022 for me. Might have to give the slight edge to 2022 but XC2 and BOTW two of my favorite games of all time. I don't think the Switch has ever had a "bad" year in my opinion and I've consistently bought games on the console each year. 2021 might ironically be the weakest year personally, but it had two awesome indie releases in Crys Tales & Ori and the Will of the Wisps and Dread was a stellar game. 2020 felt like a drought (especially since I'm not an Animal Crossing fan) but XC1 DE and Hyrule Warriors Age of Calamity carried that year hard.
This year is the best because we got the best open world game ever made and one of the best strategy games ever made.
The Switch also has the best library of any console ever made imo
The Switch console library bodies every other console so much and people don't even think about it. It's just fact
Totk and Pikmin 4 instantly make 2023 my fav
2023 has been a banger
While it was a game on 2018, I feel 2019 was the Switch's best year, as that was when we all had Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and that game (especially after its following DLC years) really brought gaming and gamers from all walks of life together. Add onto that that it was basically the result of Iwata's (Rest in peace) final request to Sakurai and its just the start to something truly amazing.
To me, I’d either choose 2017 or 2023. They r both good. Granted, there were multiple good years.
lol at my household there's no debate. 2019 wins on every level. my favorite game that i still cant put down is Wargroove, which came out in early 2019. ive finished both campaigns, unlocked all secret characters (including the useless king) and created multiple maps that me and my family enjoy. currently working on making my very own campaign! me and my family love wargroove more than zelda, mario, smash or any other game that came out so far. we're so excited for wargroove 2 !!
my little brother and I absolutly love luigis mansion, which was also 2019. we also loved Brothers A Tale of Two Sons, which was ported in 2019. i played as the little brother. the end plottwist made me cry.
Deltarune series started that year too, which we love so much
other games that came out that year
Celeste
Deadly Prem
The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince
Unravel Two
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Gris
Tales of Vesperia
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney Trilogy
Wilmot's Warehouse
The Legend of Zelda Link's Awakening
Evoland 1 and 2 (1 is one of my favorite games!)
Scott the woz be like: "not so fast gamers"
2018, 2019, and 2021 for me. This year most likely too!
Agree with Ash - 2022 is the best.
13:17 MTX suck in general, but they weren't that bad in CTR. Nothing was actually locked behind a paywall like in other games. I wouldn't say the game was "ruined" because of it. It's such a great game still.
Switch eShop's MyNintendo Gold point system kinda allows you to get MTX for free if you have enough points.
32:45 oof, not even gonna mention Gamexplain by name.
Gotta go with 2017 because I think the Switch is one of the few consoles in history to have an amazing first year. Even if we take Zelda and Mario out, which is hard, stuff like Arms, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, Snipperclips, and even shockers like Skyrim on Switch.
2017 was the best year for games since 2013
My favorite Nintendo Switch game of each year:
2017:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild slightly surpassing Super Mario Odyssey
2018:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
2019:
Fire Emblem Three Houses
2020:
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity
2021:
Monster Hunter Rise
2022:
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes slightly surpassing Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
2023:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Despite how some games runs, the awful Joy Con Drift and other questionable choices that Nintendo has done, I believed the Switch is Nintendo's best home console since the SNES and I guess best handheld system since the DS. It has an great library of games ( both first & third party games ), they have all the variety of genre that u can play, having plenty of good ports, remake or remastered of games and many more. While it has it's up & down, there's still plenty of things that never lost touch and there is more games heading that can lead to good things.
I think the "best year" depends a ton on how many games you play a year. I think in 2017, I played two games on Switch, Zelda and Mario. It was pretty flipping sweet. This year, I finished Xenoblade 3, played through the entirety of Bayonetta 3 and Nier Automata, and now I've been playing Tears of the Kingdom since the day it came out. So TOTK is literally the only game that came out on 2023 I've played. And who knows how many more months or years it will carry me. And I can confidently say, 2023 is the best year for switch, with 2017 being my second place.
Best games for the rest of the years: Octopath Traveler (2018), Fire Emblem Three Houses (2019), Paper Mario The Origami King (2020), Metroid Dread (2021), Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022). Xenoblade 3 is probably a better game than Kirby, but I played it well into 2023 because it's enormous and it's not gonna dethrone TOTK.
This debate is about which Switch year had the best releases. On an individual level, it doesn't matter because each person might try games much later on.
The weird thing with 2023 being such a strong contender for best year is combining it with the rumors of the switch successor coming next year leaves it with few potential titles to be there for its launch, besides some surprise we wouldnt see coming, its basically just a 3D Mario game that is due for a new title.
Mario Kart is also way due for passing the torch to a new entry. If both a new 3D Mario and a new Mario Kart come out on the successor's year 1, that would already be a banger release. And its also basically guaranteed that Metroid Prime 4 will at least be cross gen simultaneous release, so there's that. Who knows what else, Nintendo usually tries to do some new IP when they release a new console too.
@@Nk3ATR Mario kart slipped my mind since they are still releasing DLC, but it is definitely a possibility, I would really like to see a new one
@@Nk3ATRif Switch 2 launches in Q4 2024, then the next Mario Kart will come out in Spring 2024 like what Mario Kart Wii and 8 Wii U did by releasing 1.5 years after launch.
Can't believe y'all entirely forgot Ring Fit Adventure for 2019 :p
The Switch has so many fantastic years honestly. 2021 is probably the best though 2023 might just take it
GVG: 2024 is going to make us silly.
Me: Doesn't it always?
2022 is my favourite, so many good rpgs
But you guys! You've forgot to mention another banger of a title in 2017 for Switch, even though it's multiplatform.
Sonic Forces! 😄 (Crickets Chirping)
All jokes aside, at least Sonic Mania made that year bearable for Sonic fans and Mania Plus in 2018! I also want to give a shout-out to Team Sonic Racing. Even though it's the weaker entry to the Sonic&SEGA All-Stars Racing genre, at least it was something to enjoy after the exhausting of Mario Kart 8 DX.
It's between 2022 and 2023 for me rn. We've had so many good games for them both
2019 for three houses and Guh-Huh & Busta-Wolf in smash no question
The amount of “damage” Fire Emblem Fates caused is dramatically over exaggerated. It still sold fairly well and is still popular enough that many of the characters have multiple variants in Heroes and have won the CYL polls. The haters were just VERY vocal
Thing is that it was impossible to see comments about the game on Reddit, TH-cam FE channels or anything really, it really seemed no one of the hardcore fanbase liked it, outside of the ones that enjoyed Conquest gameplay and were able to ignore the story.
I'm glad people aren't just going with "my favourite game released in this year so this was the best year"
Switch has just the best selection of games period.
While nothing will ever top 1998 as the best year for gaming imo, 2023 is getting up there.
actually thinking about it, youre right 2021 has some of the best games for switch!
2023 has been amazing, that would have been my choice even though it hasn't finished yet. There are still games I really want to play that I haven't had a chance to yet. (I want Pikmin 1 & 2, and Metroid Prime Remaster. I've been busy with Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4)
2017 for sure
Great discussion and wow it sure reinforces my feelings of how great the Switch has been. I wish I had more time to play all these games the platform has to offer.
Derrick needs new glasses.
Loved this talk guys. Reminded me of some games I still need to play :).
Nothing beats a new smash year for me
Shame on live audience for having 2019 rank so low in the poll ;-; easily the best year for me. Dragon Quest XI S, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Super Mario Maker 2, etc. So much quality that year.
2021 was really good tho. Loved Metroid Dread and Monster Hunter Rise. Monster Hunter Stories 2 was also super slept on.
Hmm, 2019 and no mention of Witcher 3 port. It was an important port, sold about 1m copies . For me as my children wanted to play Mario (we got wii and love Galaxy) and I wanted finally to play Witcher 3 (big fan of the books, but got children when games came out and never played them) I just checked if there is Witcher and Fortnite (my biggest child request) and then it was, 3 checkmarks. So for me Witcher 3 was a system seller
....Thanks for remind me about Super Mario Bros. 35. T.T
Woulda waited to do this one until next year, but I doubt opinions will change, 2021 all the way!!
I can imagine an alternate timeline where Scarlet & Violet got delayed out of 2022 and instead Tears of the Kingdom released on time and Metroid Prime Remastered also released that year (since we pretty much known it had been ready since about 2021 from the ratings board leaks) and that would have easily put it above 2017, as is 2023 and 2022 are close second and third place contenders to 2017 that didn't quite make it
Ngl 2021's initial defense was pretty weak when most of the games listed were incredibly niche
Really loved this discussion! The Switch is an amazing console because I would argue there hasn't even been a bad year for it, though I know my tastes are varied than most gamers so there's almost always multiple releases for me in a given year. I especially love the nod towards to 2021 as the best year, which is my personal pick as well for all the reasons Derrick stated, and the only years that come close are 2022 and 2023 (mostly on the back of Metroid Prime Remastered and I guess Tears of the Kingdom). I do think a reason why 2017 is so fondly remembered, that wasn't exactly touched on by the panel, is just how well it hit its stride in terms of consistent monthly releases! The fact that it really felt like every month gave you a quality release from first party Nintendo is why it endears itself to so many people (such so that I would say it was the best year in gaming so far but that's due to both the Switch release and a variety of truly stellar releases on the other platforms)
Every year has honestly been great, some better than others, but nothing will ever top 2017 for me. Such an exciting year from start to finish
I dont think anything has topped 2017 for a few reasons. One is that I don't think anyone anticipated Nintendo to bounce back as hard as they did after how pitiful the Wii U lifecycle had been for them after 2014, and I also think the earlier years of the Switch just had the prominence of that zeitgeist factor being able to take these large console-level games and play them anywhere, and it brought third-party support that I never would've entertained seeing on a Nintendo system like Bethesda's games and stuff like L.A. Noire, which I think exposed a lot of Nintendo players to these kinds of games as well
2022? Pokémon, Sonic etc
Pokémon is sooooooo bad :/
@@HU-iv1nsthey’re still fun games under the technical issues. BDSP is the closest Switch Pokémon I’d qualify as “bad” and that’s mostly because it’s super basic for Pokémon remake standards
@@therock238360 I really didn’t like them and I think the community should be more vocal about the quality and performence of the games it’s the biggest media franchise and those games should look and play amazing anything else is just not okay :/
@@HU-iv1ns I’m not sure if you don’t like Pokémon in general or the Switch titles specifically, but Pokémon fans have been VERY vocal about the technical issues with the games, especially Scarlet and Violet. TPC have acknowledged the issues with them already, and as recently as a week or two ago. I’m paraphrasing but they basically admitted the 1-2 year release schedule doesn’t really work well with the current scope of modern Pokémon. I stand by the fact that Scarlet and Violet are great games marred by abysmal performance issues, and if it weren’t for said issues, it would probably be considered the best games in the main series
the thing that hardcore pokemon fans need to realize is that the majority of sales for the series come from those who casually play the games and also children (whose parents buy said game for them), who do not care about things that unfortunately and so the games sell well regardless of quality and performance@@HU-iv1ns
There are a few contenders, such as 2023, which I think has been an amazing year so far. However, I don't think 2017 has been beaten.
It’s clearly 2022 if you ask me, yeah it lacks the genre defining instant classic, but so do 2021 and 2019
Metroid Dread LETS GO!!
2017 was of course the best but 2019 was definitely next. The 2nd half of 2019 was non-stop releases plus the switch lite launched
I prefer 2019 personally but those are both the top 2 years.
2022 had Splatoon 3, Kirby Forgotten Land, ScaVio, Xenoblade 3, Mario Kart 8 Booster Pass, etc.
2019 because fire emblem
I like 2022 xenobalde 3 is the best game ever made! No year comes close for me! Pokémon is also my second favorite franchise and I’m always happy with the new games.
2022 would be the best year for me with Live A Live, Kirby and the Forgotten Lands, Triangle Strategy, Xenoblade 3 and Trails from Zero and half a dozen other games that are on my watch list. 2018 would be the worst year as I only bought one game that year : Octopath Traveler.
This year because totk and pikmin 4
2017 and 2022 for me. Shout out to 2019 for FE: Three Houses.
agreed
It's crazy how so many franchises got revived on the Switch too. I hope F Zero is next
Only Metroid really... Which technically came back on 3DS with Federation Force and Samus Returns (fitting title lol)
Star Fox, Punch Out, F-Zero, Kid Icarus and many other Nintendo franchise that aren't the expected Marios or Zeldas are still missing.
Maybe Pikmin? But 4 was announced so long ago that it doesn't really count.
Sparks of Hope mixed?? By who? I understand Mario Strikers, but everyone liked Sparks of Hope.
Damn guys this is a good video
Breath of the Wild and Odyssey are two of my favorite games ever, so it's just hard for anything to topple 2017 for me. MK8D, Splatoon 2, ARMS, Sonic Mania, Xenoblade 2, and Mario+Rabbids are icing on the cake.
For myself i will said that
2017: That year was a very strong for the switch it had mario odessy , zelda BOTW, mario rabbids, xenoblad chronicle 2 and so go
2018: if it wasn't for 2020 i would said that it was one of the weakest year of the switch beacause the only big thing it had was smash bros and that game launch at the END of the year beside that it had well kirby star allies (even tought it was a short game at least the updates were nice) mario rabbids dlc and i think torna dlc also
2019: for myself i will said that it was the peak of the switch it had the smash dlc annonce (joker banjo ect...) it FE three houses mario maker 2 link's awakening remaster luigi mansion 3 yoshi crafted world mario and sonic tokyo olympic games
Dragon quest 11 s port it even had the annonce of tear of the Kingdom but i doubt that count
2020: was like the worst year for the Switch for obivous reason i will said that ACNH and PMOK was a big thing ( for myself it also had the remak of XC1 and had hyrul warrior age of calamity)
2021: it was kind a weak year yes it had the end of smash dlc and i think that was the only big thing happend that year it had wariowar get it together and mittopia remak but not that big and well it had nice things like mario 3d world port and metroid dread, i will said thought that it was the year that Nintendo focus in their athors franchise though)
2022: i wil siad that it is equal with 2019 it had kirby and the forgotten land xenoblad chronicl 3 mario rabbids 2 bayonneta 3 splatoon 3 fire emblem warriors three hopes and persona 5 port
I still feel like 2017 is the best, but that may be the nostalgia talking