Merry Switchmas
The last game shown at the Switch's launch presentation, but the first game Nintendo announced for “NX” at E3 2016
What is Breath of the Wild? ["The Legend of Zelda" optional]
The Switch's best selling game was also the best selling game on the Wii U, just made more Deluxe
What is Mario Kart 8?
"The Citizen Kane of video games" which got a Switch remaster in February 2023, but its trilogy was rumored as far back as 2018
What is Metroid Prime?
Joy Mech Fight and Urban Champion represent polar opposites of quality in the fighting genre for this system's Switch Online library
What is the NES? [Also accept: Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo]
Toss a coin (or several) to the port of this 2015 epic which was one of two known games to need a 32GB card for its physical release
What is The Witcher 3?
(The other big cart game was Tears of the Kingdom.)A sports game served as this publisher dipping a toe into the water following the collapse of an “unprecedented partnership”
What is Electronic Arts?
"New Funky Mode" was the chief addition when this Retro-developed platformer landed in 2018, to the point it was on the box
What is Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze?
This beloved horror-tinged side scroller dropped at E3 2018, and its "Silksong" follow-up was playable at E3 2019, but we still tap the sign for it
What is Hollow Knight?
Despite also releasing on Xbox, the Switch's N64 library is the only way you can play this classic first person shooter online
What is GoldenEye?
Panic Button was responsible for porting two recent games in this oft-cloned franchise to Switch in 2017 and 2020
What is Doom?
Translators threw in the towel when this No More Heroes series lead went way off script during the presentation
Who is Goichi Suda/Suda51?
You might have forgotten that this Wii U launch title hit Switch with its DLC in 2019, but it's one of the ten best selling games on the platform as of March 31, 2025
What is New Super Mario Bros. U?
The "Pocket Edition" of this long-running series's 15th numbered entry led to almost every non-MMO that existed at the Switch's launch coming out
What is Final Fantasy?
(The only numbered games missing are 11, 13, and 14)
In 2010, a 25th anniversary was observed by releasing this Super Nintendo game on a disc; the 35th anniversary saw it added to the SNES library
What is Super Mario All-Stars?
Among the things brought to Switch by this developer: Rock 'n Roll Racing, Atari Lynx games, Bombliss, and Crystalis
What is Digital Eclipse?
"Project Octopath Traveler" was the first game in this line that has been used for both original games and remakes by Square Enix
What is HD-2D?
The first game in this combat focused spinoff series released on Switch in 2018 as technically a rescue from both the Wii U and the 3DS
What is Hyrule Warriors?
Mario, Pac-Man, and F-Zero all received variants of this February 2019-launched Switch Online benefit
What is Tetris 99?
As of May 2025, the only system that has a "Mature" library in North America and an "18+" library in Japan
What is the N64?
Platinum Games had an up-and-down 2022 on Switch, but this action RPG originally released in 2017 held up shockingly well when made portable
What is Nier: Automata?
The fifth game in this mature monster collection series was the last game shown in the presentation to release, nearly five years later in November 2021
What is Shin Megami Tensei?
The final first party release pre-Switch 2 was the 10th anniversary rescue of this RPG that added new playable characters and some cliffhanger resolution
What is Xenoblade Chronicles X?
When this polytheistic roguelike went 1.0 in September 2020, it made its console debut as a Switch shadow drop
What is Hades?
When two games in this series were added to the GBA library, "internal link cable support" was used to facilitate data carryover from the original to the sequel
What is Golden Sun?
Even the Satellaview peripheral got some preservation on Switch between F-Zero tracks and this text adventure that bridged to a game EGM overrated
What is Radical Dreamers?