Best year of the Switch, besides 2017

[PAOerfulone]

Ooof...

Man, I REALLY had to think long and hard about this one. I even made a list of some of the Switch games that released in each year that I thought were noteworthy, and these were the ones I came up with:

2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Breath of the Wild	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Pokemon Sword/Shield	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury	Persona 5 Royal	Tears of the Kingdom
Super Mario Odyssey	Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee	Ring Fit Adventure	Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition	Skyward Sword HD	Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Super Mario Party	Luigi's Mansion	Shantae and the Seven Sirens	Persona 5 Strikers	Pokemon Legends: Arceus	Super Mario RPG Remake
Xenoblade Chronicles 2	DKC: Tropical Freeze	NSMBU Deluxe	SpongeBob SquarePants: BfBB Rehydrated	Metroid Dread	Pokemon Scarlet/Violet	Fire Emblem Engage
Sonic Mania	Mario Tennis Aces	Super Mario Maker 2	Paper Mario: The Origami King	Mario Party Superstars	Sonic Frontiers	Xenoblade 3: Future Redeemed
Splatoon 2	Kirby Star Allies	Link's Awakening	Super Mario 3D All Stars	Shin Megami Tensei V	Splatoon 3	Pikmin 4
Mario + Rabbids 1	Bayonetta 1+2	Fire Emblem: Three Houses	Pikmin 3 Deluxe	Monster Hunter Rise	Kirby and the Forgotten Land	Metroid Prime Remastered
ARMS	Nintendo Labo	Dragon Quest XI S	Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity	Bravely Default II	Nintendo Switch Sports	Octopath Traveler II
Fire Emblem Warriors	Shantae Half Genie Hero	Yoshi's Crafted World	Star Wars Jedi Knight II	Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time	Mario + Rabbids 2	Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe
Sonic Forces	Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition	Astral Chain	Ori and the Will of the Wisps	New Pokemon Snap	Bayonetta 3	Persona 4 Golden
Skyrim	Xenoblade 2: Torna	Final Fantasy X/X-2		Mario Golf Super Rush	Mario Strikers: Battle League	Persona 3 Portable
Xenoverse 2	Octopath Traveler	Team Sonic Racing		No More Heroes III	Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes	Sonic Superstars
Pokken DX	Mega Man 11	Hollow Knight		WarioWare: Get It Together!	Life is Strange: Arcadia Bay Collection	WarioWare: Move It!
Super Bomberman R	South Park: Fractured But Whole	A Hat In Time		Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl	Sonic Origins	Detective Pikachu Returns
1-2 Switch		Final Fantasy IX				Super Bomberman R 2
		Final Fantasy VII				Everybody 1-2-Switch!
						Persona 5 Tactica

If any of you guys have more suggestions, feel free to Quote and add on!

But based on this short list I put together... And lots, and I mean, LOTS of internal debating, I would have to go...

2022 > 2023* > 2017 > 2021 > 2019 > 2018 > 2020

*This is assuming none of the games listed under 2023 get delayed.

Last edited by PAOerfulone - on 28 June 2023