Switch 2 games were weird in 2025, and that’s what made it great

Following up a console like the Nintendo Switch isn’t easy. Expectations were high coming off of a historic period of Nintendo history that saw the company rebound with style after the Wii U’s struggles in the mid 2010s. The Switch gave us a gaming device that changed the way we play, but it also gave us all-time classic exclusives like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. You couldn’t blame anyone for being skeptical that lightning could strike twice for Nintendo. Better hardware would only be half the battle; the Switch 2 would need the games too if the console was going to be deemed a worthy successor.