Mario + Rabids isnt 1st party. Still a great game

@cornfed40: they did say "(this list includes non-1st party titles using Nintendo IPs)" at the top.

I think the 1st party and 1st party adjacent stuff has been what keeps the system afloat for me. Even though Slay the Spire is my most played Switch game, the Nintendo releases are what keep me buying new games on it. And I am perfectly fine buying 3-4 of these games every year, knowing that they are the only 3-4 games I'll buy for the console. Because I've loved most of the ones I've picked up. It does help that I have a partner that enjoys playing Nintendo's multiplayer efforts though.

I also think their recent exclusives are a lot better than those early launch window ones.

@noboners: I'm in the same boat. Nintendo puts out roughly 3-4 games each year that I am interested in, and that works for me. Also have a PC though, so I might feel different if Switch was my only platform.

That said, it is still disapointing how many old franchises are not represented. Stuff that used to struggle on Nintendo systems have been doing well on Switch, but they seem slow to realize this. I have little doubt that if they made a new F-Zero, Wave Race, Kid Icarus, Excite Vehicle of some sort, 1080, or God forbid Eternal Darkness, they would easily be the best selling games in their franchises.

I bought the Switch with the knowledge that I probably would only use it for Nintendo's first party titles and then... that kind of hasn't happened. For whatever reason, Nintendo's releases haven't really done it for me this generation. Mario Odyssey was fine, but I lost interest. Couldn't stand Breath of the WIld. Most other Nintendo titles haven't interested me enough to even check out. Can't really put my finger on why.

I use the Switch more for indies than anything else, but a lot of those games are available on other consoles as well. Portability is the main reason I pick up my Switch at all, rather than any specific titles in the catalogue.

There's some stuff missing from the list like Boxboy+Boxgirl and Fire Emblem Warriors.

I think it's hard to compare these things across generations. Games just take more resources now. Compare Sony's output in PS1 and PS2 days to PS4 and PS5. It's a lot less. Then again Nintendo consolidated development from 3DS and Wii U to Switch so you'd think they could have increased their number of games but they didn't really.

My biggest complaint is that the weirder experimental games are almost all gone. The heavy hitter franchises are there and we've even seen new IP, but where are the Pushmos and Harmoknights? I thought they would move to the Switch but they really haven't.

Speaking of which you also left off Super Mario 35. Remember when Nintendo made a Mario game and then killed it for no reason? That was fun.

@bigsocrates: I should’ve put boxboy+boxgirl, I own it. I didn’t put fire emblem warriors cuz it’s on 3DS. I know I omitted some other stuff. It’s not meant to be an exhaustive complete list. Even if it was, someone would find a way to complain about that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

I think the most annoying thing is that the price never seems to go down on the first party stuff, despite being multiple years old.

To me, it's so good as I love to respect Nintendo because it's a legendary company!

It's great. It's the best output they've had since N64. I'm counting BOTW because probably > 90% of people played that on Switch. With Mario Odyssey, it had two GOTY-worthy games in its first year, with Smash coming not long after. Not to mention Metroid Dread, Mario Maker 2, Luigi's Mansion 3, Mario+Rabbids.

I know you're specifically not counting Wii U ports, but since I missed out on Wii U, they may as well be brand-new releases for me. Pikmin 3, Tropical Freeze, 3D World are all pretty amazing.