Thanks to the best Nintendo Switch games, brilliant experiences are also usefully portable. In fact, the team here at GamesRadar+ has been in love with this handheld hybrid for seven years now, and we’ve played just about every title that the platform has to offer. That’s made pulling a list of the 25 best Nintendo Switch games together pretty tricky, but we are confident there’s something for everyone here. Whether you’re after excellent Switch exclusives or just looking for a little indie game to tide you over while you’re waiting for one of the upcoming Switch games on the horizon for this year, we’ve got you covered. We’ve also made this list of the best Switch games as varied as possible to make sure you get the complete handheld experience, whether you’re a JRPG fan or a collector of all the best Mario games.You’re sure to find your next gaming obsession down below, so get your Joy-Cons ready and keep reading: here are the very best Nintendo Switch games that you can pl…
Hotly anticipated JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is just weeks away from release, and now Atlus sub-developer Studio Zero is partnering with publisher Shueisha for a manga that ties into the world and story of the game.Announced at Tokyo Game Show’s World Metaphor Summit before hitting official Studio Zero social media, the manga will be created by Yōichi Amano, known for his work on Akaboshi: Ibun Suikoden and Ana no Mujina. It’s not yet known exactly what the story of the manga will be or how it will tie into the world of Metaphor: ReFantazio, which centers on a fantasy kingdom that must find a way to crown a new king after the previous monarch’s assassination. Through it all, the game’s protagonist and his companions must also work to break the curse that has befallen the kingdom’s true heir apparent. “This is a story of how people must find unity to elect a new king. Our story takes place in The United Kingdom of Euchronia, where the assassination of the king brings chaos and…
The main character of Star Wars Outlaws is Kay Vess, an original scoundrel created by Ubisoft Massive for its open-world crime romp across a galaxy far, far away. She’s cunning and capable, and has a cute pet called Nix, but that won’t get you far in the merciless world of Star Wars Outlaws – so she’s got a lot to learn if she’s to hit big amongst the various criminal syndicates and the carnage of the galactic war. Here’s a primer on Kay Vess to help you understand who the main character of Star Wars Outlaws is.Star Wars Outlaws main character explained In Star Wars Outlaws, you play as Kay Vess, a young woman and thief who dreams of escaping her dangerous life to live free in the galaxy. Humberly González, who you may know from TV shows like Ginny and Georgia, Nurses, and In The Dark, provides the voice and performance for Kay. She even did some voice work on Ubisoft’s previous titles Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Far Cry 6.Star Wars Outlaws guidesStar Wars Outlaws Wanted l…
World of Warcraft and League of Legends MMO veteran Greg ‘Ghostcrawler’ Street says that it’s a “mistake” to let players power level their way to the level cap.In a recent tweet, Street, who spent nearly six years at Blizzard as lead systems designer on WoW before leaving for Riot where he’d spend two years heading up the LoL MMO, revealed his thoughts on letting players speed to the endgame.”Someone asked me if it’s a mistake to streamline the leveling experience and let players get to the endgame,” Street said. “My answer is yes.” That leveling experience, Street suggests, is something “we all fell in love with” and is what gets players “invested” in their favorite MMOS. “I think getting to level cap should be an accomplishment, not a blip,” he continues.”The endgame is very very important and a lot of MMOS fail because they have a good leveling experience and a lame endgame,” Street says, promising that his new MMO project, known as Ghost, “won’t forsake” the endgame. “But I also th…
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom almost had a very different name, but Nintendo was worried it would be a massive spoiler.As part of the new Tears of the Kingdom artbook, series producer Eiji Aonuma explained that one of the front-running names for Tears of the Kingdom would have let an important detail about the game’s narrative “slip.”This article contains story spoilers for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.Aonuma (as translated by Nintendo Everything) explains that “one of the candidates for the title that made it to the end was ‘Tears of the Dragon’.” That title had its pitfalls, however: “Letting slip the Light Dragon is Zelda would have been a problem,” he notes.”It would be a bad idea to have the keyword ‘Dragon’ in the title,” Aonuma explains, pointing out that Nintendo had already started leaning away from putting dragon patterns in the game’s logo. “But nothing else good was coming to mind,” he says, “and we were running out of development time.”Nintendo “we…