I know I'll probably get flamed as a nostalgic purist for this, but I just need to know if anyone else felt weirdly empty after finishing the Water Temple in the new remake. My girlfriend only ever played BotW and TotK, so I spent literally the whole week hyping up how brutal this dungeon was going to be. Told her all about getting lost for days and missing one dumb key under a floating block.

She finally got there last night and... she cleared the entire thing in like half an hour. I'm not even exaggerating. Because the Iron Boots are mapped straight to the D-pad now and a bunch of the walls got turned into those see-through grate things or whatever you call them, she didn't get turned around once. Even the water level switches basically point themselves out. i just sat on the couch holding my mug feeling like an old man yelling at clouds.

Before anyone says it, yes, opening the pause menu fifty times on N64 was terrible design and I'm glad they fixed that part. Still, feel a little disapointed that a whole rite of passage just vanished? Maybe I'm overthinking a 28 year old dungeon, idk, it just didnt hit the same watching her stroll out of there without a single guide.

hi all,

my little niece just got a switch 2 for her birthday and I am putting together a list of games I think she might enjoy. her dad was a game dev in a past life and very into gaming (we took her to pax this year and had a blast), and her mom getting intrigued, so some chances to co-op would go far!

her switch came with wii sports resort, plus we bought her MKW and I gave her my copy of let's go pikachu.

her gaming experience is limited. her and her dad play minecraft together on the computer occasionally but he does most of the legwork.

we played let's go pikachu together at my house with me tagging in as player 2. it was a little challenging for her but not fully impossible - she can be a bit of a perfectionist and the seafoam caverns and the E4 stressed her out enough that I had to finish it for her. she is a pretty strong reader and she was able to read 90% of the dialogue out loud to me correctly while she played (her idea, not mine).

but overall she is new to gaming and needed a lot of guidance from me to keep going in our let's go pikachu run. so it would be nice to find her some games she can play 100% by herself and feel accomplished in as well.

outside of gaming she loves dance, gymnastics, singing/theater, reading and arts and crafts - lots of rainbow loom and that type of thing, drawing her clothes, not big into puzzles.

she did not enjoy super smash bros at my house. we would probably not re-buy minecraft on switch.

this is the list I have so far:

• ACNH - I think this will be tricky for her but dad can assist

• princess peach showtime - she loves peach, 'nuff said. I don't know how she'll do with platformers though

• untitled goose game - really one for the fam to play together, plus it's just funny as heck

• pokemon pokopia - I believe her parents are going to get it for Christmas. we demo'd it at PAX and she enjoyed it!

• DK bananza - nostalgia pick for her mom, I haven't played it so I dunno if she'll like it

• super mario odyssey

• maybe luigi's mansion 3?

all I know is JRPGs and farm sims so I deeply appreciate your recommendations in advance, especially if they touch on her interests!

I am new to having a Switch as we inherited from some Fried’s who got the Switch 2. We played through Mario Odyssey and before that link to the past, ocarina of time, Mario 3D, new super Mario brothers and some older Mario games.

She’s starting to want to play. She’s a little uncoordinated but smart. We were at a friend’s place and they had sack boy for The playstation and she and I played with her having infinite lives and she was having a blast.

So I’m looking for some good coop games that play well on the joycons where she can have no fail state in case she loses/dies a bunch.

I’m pretty inexperienced with the switch library and platformers and platformers or other types of local coop games aren’t what I generally gravitate to while I play games on my own but they are fun with the kiddo. I’m open to suggestions. Thanks in advance.

(And yes I’ve goggled but it’s hard to tell recommendations and whether it’s good for her age specifically and whether they have a no fail option. Aggregate list sites aren’t the most useful sometimes)

Hello! My sister recently lost use of her right hand , hopefully temporarily due to a brain cancer procedure, as well as speech set backs. So it has been devastating but her video games are something that make her so happy and would help during this time. I’m doing some deep diving today.

Do you know about any solutions? I know there are some one handed lefty controllers where you can plug in both joy cons, but they don’t look very comfortable. I found some nice ones for the switch 1 but not the switch 2.

I am also considering the fact that you can hook up some non switch 2 controllers to the switch 2. So if I could find a controller for disabled gamers, that is also a potential option.

Thank you so much. I can’t stand to see her cry anymore from losing her video games.

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• FAQ #5 - Is Nintendo Switch Online worth it? Which plan do you have?

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Trying to setup the hdr properly,I'm playing on a Aoc mini led monitor that does not support hgig but does indeed support full hdr. When adjusting peak brightness via the sun images both suns seem to disappear around the same time.

Anyone have this issues? Anyone using a Aoc mini led? If so let's talk.

My switch 2 thumbgrips have begun peeling, and I'm not sure what to do. Can I just superglue them back on? I can't really buy new ones, as I am peak poverty right now, and do not have a means to buy them online. (IE: no card).

To all the switch lite owners, how do you feel about playing "bigger" games on it? Stuff like the xenoblade games, doom, etc. How good does it feel to play them, and is the small screen too much of an annoyance due to small text/UI and other issues?

Hello everyone! Happy Friday the 13th, please watch or play something spooky to celebrate.

I'm still having the most magical time playing Zelda Ocarina of Time Remake, it looks so good and is such a joy to play. Having fun wielding the hammer in the fire temple at the moment.

Hope you're all cozy and warm wherever you are, drinking tea, or coffee or hot chocolate, and just having a wonderful chill time with your games.

What will you be getting into this weekend?

Shivering and shaking but continuing on despite the horrors as Grace? Hanging out with Malon and the horses and cows? Collecting gold skulltula tokens to lift the creepy curse?

Let me know below!

I love borrowing games from the library (my consumption of media increased tenfold this year and have played so many amazing games this way, so don't sleep on this). I was kind of surprised to find Assassins Creed Shadows immediately available on the shelf.

I was surprised bc usually for games like that, I would have to place a reservation online (it took me 2 months to finally be able to rent Orbitals and a few weeks to rent Onimusha). So I figured since there is no cost to borrowing it, I borrowed it.

After downloading it and then getting past the initial settings screen, I realized the possible main reason why it sat on the shelf. Ubisoft is requiring you create an account to play a single player game. I didn't quite feel like giving Ubisoft the opportunity to harvest my data just to play a game I didn't really care much about.

Libraries are so important y'all. If you don't have the means to buy games outright, borrow them from the library. You don't have to waste money to try games you don't know if you're gonna like. I have stellar blade, OoT and elden ring coming up.

Hi r/NintendoSwitch! I'm Onat, co-founder of Slow Bros., a small indie studio from Cologne, Germany. Yesterday, Harold Halibut – our handmade narrative adventure about friendship and life on a city-sized spaceship stranded at the bottom of an alien ocean – launched on Nintendo Switch 2.

We first announced Harold for the original Switch back in 2018 – it took a little longer than planned (sorry!), but we're really happy we finally made it – carrying a world made of tiny handcrafted models around in your hands just feels right.

A bit about the game

• Every set, prop and puppet was physically built by hand – sculpted, painted, glued together – and then 3D-scanned into the game

• A fully voice-acted cast of oddballs living aboard the Fedora

• Nominated for Artistic Achievement at the BAFTA Games Awards 2025

• 33% launch discount until November 18: $34.99 $23.44 / €34.99 €23.44 / £31.49 £21.09 on the eShop

Who's answering

• u/DonatX – Onat Hekimoglu, co-founder, director & composer

Links

• Get it: Nintendo eShop

• Trailer: Switch 2 trailer

• Follow us: X (Harold) · X (Slow Bros.) · Instagram · YouTube · Bluesky · TikTok · Facebook

• More: Website · Slow Bros. · Press kit

Hi everybody!

It's time for Friend Request Weekend! Use this thread to exchange Friend Codes and Nintendo Accounts, find new friends and set up gaming sessions! Feel free to share local Switch subreddits as well. You can find current local/regional Switch subreddits here. If you would like to have yours added, please message the moderators.

Want to show off your Friend Code in your User Flair in this subreddit? Here's how you can do that:

• First, select a basic User Flair from the appropriate menu on your Reddit platform.

• Then, comment on this post with your Friend Code in the format: !SW-1234-5678-9000. AutoModerator will then add your Friend Code to your User Flair, and then other people will be able to see it across r/NintendoSwitch.

You can also check out /r/SwitchFCSwap for swapping Switch Friend Codes.

You can also setup a profile via our Mecha Bowser bot in our Discord server. Use the !profile edit command in the #command-central channel to get started.

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Thank you and have a great weekend!

With my friend group, we all have a switch and all play smash bros ultimate on a competitive level and will always come together every once and a while to play some smash bros. Out of convenience, I also got my own switch and realized that I can very much just as easily bring it to anyone else's house that is hosting and dock it on their tv just as seamlessly.

I've been trying to think of 5 staple games that would be perfect in a party setting: A game with a lot of replay-ability, a low skill ceiling and easy for someone to pick up the controller who's almost never played before and "minimizing downtime".

Games for example like Mario Party often has a lot of downtime, while a staple in households, I have never been able to consistently get people together on a couch and play a full session of Mario Party games.

For Mario Kart games I've been between either MK8DX because of the ease of playing with the "baby mode" settings or MKDD with it's both high skill ceiling and forced co-operation with a 2nd party, I also feel like MKDD can easily be picked up by watching people play it and coordinating taking turns on difficult parts.

Unfortunately(?) there is only 1 game I can really think of that has a firm foot in the list: Ultimate Chicken Horse and its Party Mode, being able to play a game of horse in a simple and easy to learn platformer.

Some honorable mentions that I am debating on would be something like MKWii, unfortunately I feel as if that is the most competitive of the Mario Kart games and OverCooked 2, which I feel like would be lacking in the "variety sense", I feel as if I am greatly underestimating just how much 66 levels is(including dlc) but I would need talking into. Last honorable mention is "Jackbox games" and their party packs but I just HATE the pack system and how 12 games are around $20+ each and some are reskins of the same games.

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• Lost & Found Guide - Did you lose your Switch, or are you someone who found a Switch? Info on how to get it back!

• Tech Support Guide - Info on how you should react in case you discover a technical issue on your Switch.

• Error Code Lookup - Nintendo's Error Lookup System.

• Digital vs Physical Games - Listing the pros and cons of both formats to help you decide what will work best for you.

• Game Share Guide - Info on how you can share your digital games across multiple Nintendo Switch consoles

• Other Switch Related Subreddits

Wiki Accessory Information

• Accessories - Starter information about controllers, chargers, cables, screen protectors, cases, headsets, LAN adapters, and more.

• MicroSD cards - Some more in-depth information about MicroSD cards including what size you should get and which brands are recommended.

• Carrying Cases - An expanded list of common carrying cases available for the Switch.

Helpful Reddit Posts

• The /r/NintendoSwitch Best of 2017, Best of 2018, Best of 2019, Best of 2020, Best of 2021, Best of 2022, and Best of 2023 Award Winner Recaps - A good place to start when you're looking for a game recommendation.

• The Switch is not USB-C compliant and overdraws some USB-PD power supplies by 300% - Why you shouldn't use just any USB cable, should research portable power banks, and avoid using third-party docks or wall chargers.

• Choosing Your Nintendo Switch Charger: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding the Options - What sort of wattage you should look for in a battery bank or wall charger to get the best charging speeds.

• FAQ #1 - Should I buy a Switch now or wait?

• FAQ #2 - Which Switch should I buy?

• FAQ #3 - Which games should every Switch owner consider picking up?

• FAQ #4 - What do you consider to be the essential accessories and controllers?

• FAQ #5 - Is Nintendo Switch Online worth it? Which plan do you have?

Third Party Links

• Benson Approved USB Type-C Cables

Other Helpful Subreddits

• r/NintendoSwitchHelp - For Switch-related questions

• r/NintendoHelp - For all Nintendo-related questions

• r/ConsoleRepair - For repairing any gaming console

• r/shouldibuythisgame - For deciding which game(s) to buy (or not buy)

• r/gamingsuggestions - For suggestions on more things gaming related

• r/tipofmyjoystick - For finding that game that you forgot the name

Reminders

• We have a volunteer run #switch-help channel in our Discord server.

• Instructions and links to information about homebrew and hacking are against our rules and should take place in their relevant subreddits.

• Please be patient. Not all questions get immediate answers. If you have an urgent question about something that's gone wrong, consider other resources like Nintendo's error code lookup or help documents on the Switch.

• Make sure to follow Rule #1 of this subreddit: Remember the human, and be polite when you ask or answer questions.

This is important, okay? Life is Strange, Fire Emblem, My Time at Portia/Sandrock, Tomodachi Life, Persona 3 Portable (Aigis), Stardew Valley, Rune Factory, Story of Seasons/Harvest Moon, Boyfriend Dungeon, Fae Farm, Date Everything!, Roots of Pacha, Sun Haven, Moonstone Island, Hades I and II, Divinity: Original Sin 2, I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Celeste, Voice Love on Air, Hashihime, The Town of Nie, The Town of Nie: Iromusubi, C14 Dating, Haven, Moonlight Peaks, FLOWERS, Trap Yuri Garden, and so many more.

PLEASE, I NEED RECOMMENDATIONS! Tell me about those hidden gems, the obscure titles, the games that deserve so much more love and attention. Share anything and everything that's genuinely precious! I WANT TO DISCOVER MORE!!!

My uncle saw me playing Zelda BOTW and was super intrigued by the concept. He had lots of fun figuring out the controls (I forgot how tricky two joysticks separately controlling movement and camera view can be!). I showed him Skyrim and Witcher 3 as other examples of rpgs and he was very enthusiastic. His birthday is coming up and I’d like to get him a switch with a few games already bought for him. This man definitely has raging adhd so I’m interested to see whether this sticks.

I’m curious what people’s suggestions are for someone around his age who’s never played any video games before. I’m thinking maybe getting a variety of games that each represent a different genre, so he can dip his toe into the video game genre pool. I think he’d like puzzle games, I’m definitely going to give him Mario Kart and BOTW. He’s a history buff so maybe one of the civilization games or Assassin’s Creed? I doubt he’s the kind of person to look up how to do things. I also worry that a game without enough hand-holding will bore him too quickly to get into it. I also want to try to convince him to try It Takes Two (overcooked is for when he’s actually figured out the controls) with my aunt who’s younger. I don’t think Stardew Valley would be up his alley (I loved it).

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: thanks everyone!! Some awesome suggestions. I’m going to collate them for him, and we’re going to pick them together I think! This has been so helpful