Best positive surprise of the Switch

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Best positive surprise means the least expected great game to me, so I'll say Pikmin 4. Why?

Because Pikmin 3 on the Wii U was a letdown despite being a good game. It was rather short and lacked good ideas for new features. Part of it may have been that the game had to be rushed out due to the Wii U's software situation in 2013. But whatever the case, it did me make not buy Pikmin 4.

I played the game not too long after release because I could borrow it from my brother (yes, physical copies make it this easy) and was very pleasantly surprised by how Nintendo had adjusted the formula. They took all the good things from the first three games and made them better, plus Otchin is a real winner. Not only as a partner with different abilities, but also because he can be leveled up. This raised the motivation (!) so much for me that I really enjoyed the game throughout despite a bunch of the caves being very reminiscent of Pikmin 2 layouts. I suppose it helped that they removed almost all the annoyances of Pikmin 2's caves (enemies and hazards suddenly dropping in). All kinds of missions along the way to get small rewards on a regular basis while working towards the grand goal were a nice addition too.