The Switch is already home to many classic games. It started with Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and since then we've seen fantastic titles like Mario Tennis Aces, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, Splatoon 2, and the superlative Super Mario Odyssey.

Controllers: While the Joy-Con that come with your Switch are terrific for what they are, they are no substitute for a fully-featured “normal” controller. There are lots of options out there, but none work better than the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller. It’s not only the best controller for the Switch, but it’s one of the best console controllers in general. The Nintendo Switch is a remarkably ambitious, clever game system concept that manages to live up to its promise of convenient switching between home console and gaming handheld. The Joy-Cons are smart, modular controllers that let the system work in a variety of ways, and the Switch itself has enough graphical power to run the best-looking Zelda and Mario games yet. The sheer number of options you have for playing are impressive, and even with the relatively weak battery life, just the ability to take the system anywhere without worrying about wires is one of the most useful additions we've seen to a home game system yet. It's become a staple of my daily commute. Currently, you can't copy or transfer your save files unless you have Nintendo Switch Online, and even then the cloud save function doesn't work on some games. This is frustrating, since you still can't simply put your saves on a USB drive in case something happens to your Switch (which is possible if you use it primarily as handheld system). Should You Make the Switch? If you’re dedicated to gaming on the go, there’s a Nintendo Switch bundle for that too. The Nintendo Switch Lite is compact, lightweight and just right for taking out and about. Whether you’re playing outside, travelling, or joining in with friends and family playing on a flagship Nintendo Switch console, the Nintendo Switch Lite has handheld gaming covered. Some of the most significant overall game releases of the past few years are Nintendo-owned franchises that it develops and publishes. They are only playable on a Nintendo Switch (and, in some cases, the Wii U).The included Joy-Con wrist straps are simple plastic rails that slide over each Joy-Con, providing a wrist strap to keep it secure and placing larger, easier-to-press mechanical shoulder buttons over the tiny ones on the naked controller. The details and draw distance in Breath of the Wild far outshine those of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, and the game features more impressive models and textures. The graphics stutter slightly in large outdoor scenes with lots of individually modeled waving grass, but generally it's very smooth. The Joy-Con grip is a plastic shell you can insert the two Joy-Cons into to use them as a conventional gamepad. With the Joy-Cons attached, it feels like a slightly lighter, smaller version of the standard Xbox controller. The grip has four light tunnels for each attached Joy-Con to indicate their connection status (the status lights on the rails of each Joy-Con shines through the tunnels to the front of the grip). Mario Kart 8: Deluxe — The best-selling Switch title and part of a franchise that’s a cultural phenomenon.

While Nintendo still hasn't announced any Virtual Console for the Switch, Nintendo Switch Online lets you play several dozen of NES and Super NES games in their own system library apps on the Switch. The selection isn't close to the Virtual Console on the 3DS and Wii U, but Nintendo adds a few new games every few months, and some excellent classics are on there. The Nintendo Switch Games However, there are still quite a few problems related to the Switch console. Below are a few of the biggest ones for which you should be on the lookout:

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The digital eShop currently offers a good handful of compelling independent titles and a surprising number of Neo Geo classics released by the Hamster Corporation as the ACA Neo Geo series. Lots of good older games have also been released separately by Nintendo and other publishers as full Switch ports, including Bayonetta 2, Lumines Remastered, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Okami HD, and The World Ends With You: Final Remix. Indie games are well-represented, with ports of Inside, Night In The Woods, Stardew Valley, Undertail, and dozens of other acclaimed titles. Gameplay Nintendo Labo — A kit that allows you to create physical gadgets out of cardboard, encouraging children to gain interest in STEM fields. The Switch is equipped with a 6-inch, 720p capacitive touch screen, the most advanced ever put on a Nintendo device. The 3DS' screen only shows a 400-by-240 picture (per eye, for the handheld's 3D effect), which means the Switch's 1,280-by-720 screen has nine times as many pixels. It's a bright, sharp screen, with excellent colors even when viewing it off-angle. It isn't as crisp or as high-res as the 1080p and Quad HD screens of many modern smartphones and tablets, but for a Nintendo gaming device, it's very impressive. Power: When you’re on the go, you don’t want your Switch to die on you in the middle of playing. You should own a good power bank to keep your console topped up. We have a great list of the best power banks.