If you're on the hunt for the best Nintendo Switch games, we've broken down the very best, from the gorgeous world in Zelda to the family fun in Mario Party.

1. The Legend Of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

It’s hard to follow up a masterpiece with something just as incredible, but if anyone can do it, it’s Nintendo. Tears of the Kingdom is the best sandbox adventure game on the market, let alone just the Switch, with a mind-bogglingly big world of dungeons, shrines, and quests to adventure. There are new powers too, with an emphasis on creation, with Link capable of creating vehicles with ultrahand capable of making vehicles, with fuse allows the invention of new weapons.

Picking up after the events of Breath Of The Wild, Tears of the Kingdom sees Link and Zelda separated once more, as a long-dormant evil revives and spreads across Hyrule. As Link, it’s your job to regain your power, find the princess, and return peace to the land once more.

For a bit of guidance getting around Hyrule’s heavy overhaul, check out our guides to Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom gleeoks, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom koroks, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shrines, and Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom depths. Or, if you’re still thinking it over, see if our Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review can convince you.

2. Super Mario Odyssey

Not content with simply releasing the most ground-breaking Zelda game in 2017, Nintendo outdid themselves and also gave us what is not only one of the best Mario games on Switch but one of the plumber’s best outings ever. Returning to the ‘sandbox’ style of the world seen in Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Odyssey has our mate with the mustached exploring huge levels to find hidden challenges and earn the literal hundreds of Power Moons needed to power his hat-shaped ship, The Odyssey, and rescue peach.

The difference here is that Mario can copy the abilities of almost any enemy in the game. No, he hasn’t been taking lessons from Kirby, but instead made friends with a hat with magical abilities. Cappy allows Mario to possess enemies, NPCs, and even random objects, giving him skills and moves unlike anything before. With so many fun ways to move and so many things to do (with a selection of Super Mario Odyssey amiibo available to enhance the game), Mario’s latest adventure should keep children happy for weeks.

3. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Remember when Animal Crossing was a niche Gamecube game? The one with the weird villagers and wobbling gyroids. Well, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has now sold over 30 million units on Nintendo Switch, and it became a phenomenon that inspired countless games like Animal Crossing on Switch, and a wealth of Animal Crossing plushies and toys. Through some serendipitous timing, and a truck full of new ways to customize not just your house, but your island, the series took the world by storm.

New Horizons looks absolutely gorgeous in shiny HD. The villagers are cuter than ever, bugs can be seen wandering around, and the atmosphere provided by the gorgeous night sky is untouchable. This fantastic game also received a hefty update and some paid DLC.

4. Astral Chain

Platinum knows how to make action games like Gordon Ramsey knows how to shout at people and cook things. It’s an art form at this point and they always deliver. Astral Chain is a console exclusive for Nintendo Switch and shows Platinum flexing its action muscles in some interesting ways, while providing possibly the best graphics on the system to date.

You play as Akira, a cop in a future-noir city who must use monsters known as Legion as weapons. The Legion are bound to you by the Astral Chain, and you can attack not only by yourself and with your Legion, but also by combining your attacks with the chain itself. Part detective story, all bonkers, Astral Chain is an incredible action game stuffed with style, and any action fan owes it to themselves to give it a try.

5. Fire Emblem: Three Houses

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