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Nintendo offered up a series of exclusive Nintendo Switch titles this year, but nothing could top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the game fans have been waiting for since, well, forever. Including every single character from the history of Smash was a bold move, as was announcing the addition of Metroid mainstay Ridley into the fold, complete with amiibo.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses looks like the first core Fire Emblem series for Switch, and exactly what we’ve been hoping to see since 2007’s Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn landed on the Wii. Meanwhile, Super Mario Party brings Mario Party back to its roots on Switch, with some interesting ways to set up special levels for various mini-games while utilizing multiple systems.
We got a look at the upcoming Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee games, which Nintendo already spent quite a while on with their own special presentation earlier in the year, but that certainly didn’t diminish our excitement for the first Pokemon games to come to the Switch.
Mecha combat lovers got a taste of some cel-shaded action with Daemon x Machina from Marvelous, complete with mechs designed by Shoji Kawamori of Macross fame, and this buffet of exclusives felt just right for fans looking for more to play on their Switch. A heaping helping of ports helped pull things together, but overall this was a strong showing on Nintendo’s part, even if for another year in a row we’re devoid of Animal Crossing on Switch. It’s still a hideous oversight, but we can forgive Nintendo since we’re getting more Smash, after all.
