Gadgetory

the switch had been out for almost a year now in that time they've amassed a great library of games now of course some of these are the big first party titles we all know like Zelda and Mario but another thing that's been going on is there's a lot of awesome games that originally on playstation xbox pc and phones that have made their way over to the system at ports and some of them you may have heard of some of them maybe not either way if you've never played them before there has never been a better time to play them than now on the switch first on the list is a game that really needs no introduction it's been a huge hit since it came out back in 2015 and that's rocket League combining cars and soccer to create this really insane multiplayer game where you have teams of three going against each other even though it always seems like there's really only one guy in each team that knows what they're doing but either way it ends up being fun for everyone now if you like playing your switch and dock mode a lot you might be wondering whether or not this is really worth it because honestly compared to other systems all you're getting is lower resolution and sometimes frame dips but that's not why rocket league is amazing on the switch the reason it's amazing is because handheld 60 frames cross play the fact that you can just have a switch in your hands playing rocket League portably on the go and you never worry about not having that much competition to choose from because the switch version of the game supports cross play with Xbox one and PC users so you're always gonna be able to find a match and you're always gonna have fun players to go up against next up on the list is enter the gungeon a top-down roguelike shooter that just like rocket League has been on a bunch of systems before but the switch is its first foray into handhelds which make an absolute perfect fit for it and honestly it makes me wonder why we don't have more roguelikes on the system yet because it works so well for the genre I mean the entire idea is that you're just doing the same thing over and over and over again but with the randomized elements trying to do your best to get as far as you can and being able to do that on the go where you can just make attempts whenever and wherever you like it's just so fun and on to the fact the game does have local two-player support and you can do that portably as well thanks to switches unique design and there's just been no better way to experience this game till now now before we move on to the next item on this list I want to address one elephant the room and that's the fact that Skyrim is not on this list now don't get me wrong being able to play Skyrim on-the-go is awesome but it loses out just to the fact that on the switch you will never be able to experience this moving on to number 3 is another game that I have probably talked about way too much on this channel but doesn't change the fact that you should absolutely play this on the switch if you haven't yet and that's shovel knight shovel knight is an amazing love letter to the 2d platforming genre not just cuz it does a good job of paying tribute to the conventions of it but because in and of itself it's just one of the best games to execute the formula and it's not just one game but three so far with a fourth one on the way in 2018 now as for why it's best to play on the switch well not only did the ability to play it handheld on the go you do co-op on the go as well and it's pretty obvious Nintendo loves the game because well it has its own amiibo with three more coming two fourth up is one of my absolute favorite indie games from 2016 if you missed out on it last year or the year before now is the time to play on the switch and that's awesome free oxen-free is essentially a point-and-click adventure that is an ode to the 80s as plot line pulls very heavily from the themes of teen and horror films of the time only the synth soundtrack that is honestly one of my absolute favorite soundtracks to come out of gaming it's best experienced playing in a nice dark room where nice and cozy and while the game has been evade available portably before via phones the screen size never really did the game justice like you would get from say a ps4 or PC so the switch is giving you that perfectly happy medium rare able to play portably with a larger screen or if you want to hook it up to your TV docked you can do that too either way it makes for an excellent experience next on the list is a game that originally released on PC earlier in 2017 and didn't really get a ton of attention until it found its true home on the switch and that's blossom tales now the reason why blossom Tales finds its home on the switch is because it is an unashamed clone and tribute to Legend of Zelda a link to the past some of the game is not at all shy about constantly alluding to while you're playing it and while the core experience is very obviously the same idea where you're wandering going into dungeons collecting gear getting collectibles finding hidden walls and all that good stuff it's not afraid to make a few of its own unique twists to it one of the most interesting is the fact that the whole game is told from the point of view of an old man telling a story to two kids who actually dictate some parts of the plot here and there like which kind of monsters you encounter when you go to a village that's under attack while it may be a clone it ultimately does a great job of accomplishing the same kind of feeling while taking a few of its own individual risks and if you love the Zelda franchise especially the 2d ones this is a game you do not want to miss out on