Happy 5th Birthday Switch! (Your Top Fives)

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5 years into the Switch's life and I find this to be a pretty difficult feat. There have been so many experiences on the Switch that have been my favorite game at the moment, but probably couldn't be considered a top 5 or even top 10 title. To me the Switch is the sum of all those moments and trying to break those apart doesn't do the console or its library justice. Now the same can easily be said for any console, especially anything from Sony or Microsoft these past few generations, but since I went all digital on Switch I've just played more games. I haven't been afraid to try out little games at the magical $1.99 price point. I won't be including those games here, but they've been a ton of fun. The pendulum between realistic gaming and cartoony gaming has finally hit a balance point where all of us get exactly what we want, with so much left over in our backlogs.

But anyway, enough of that. Here's my top 5s.

Top 5 Switch Games
1. Breath of the Wild
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4. Metroid Dread
5 Rocket League

Top 5 Indie Games
1. Hollow Knight
2. Steamworld Dig 2
3. Stardew Valley
4. Short Hike
5. Astroneer (even though I'm currently stuck in a game ending bug. The amount of game I played and truly enjoyed is pretty amazing.)

Top 5 Multiplayer
1. Rocket League
2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
4. Smash Bros Ultimate
5. Rocket League (I know I cheated, but Rocket League is my go to for competitive multiplayer and it is a jealous mistress)

Thanks, everyone for sharing your lists. I'm pretty proud of Nintendo and their success with the Switch, as I know so many of us are here, for sticking to their guns and continuing to make great games and ecosystems for magical experiences. Even in Nintendo's off years they always managed to make some of the greatest games of each generation, and it feels so good that this time they managed to have amazing success while staying true to the core gaming experience. Nothing has been lost this go around, unless you're a graphics purist who wants Nintendo to return to the Gamecube era of being on the cutting edge of technology. For myself, though, the Switch is absolutely good enough, if not downright amazing.