Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Nobody makes an accessible fighting game like Smash Bros.
Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Isle of Armor
Pokémon’s first foray into downloadable content is unsurprisingly inconsistent.
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Game Freak has done with Sword and Shield what it always does: stumble through the most addicting gameplay formula in history.
Metroid: Samus Returns
I can’t believe how much I missed this style of gameplay.
DK: King of Swing
DK: King of Swing is one of the most frustrating premises I can imagine.
Star Fox Command
Star Fox Command is by no means a low-effort game, but it is misguided beyond belief.
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Minish Cap is simply a pretty good installment with some room for improvement.
Metroid Dread
Dread mostly takes existing franchise hallmarks and alters all of them slightly with only minor flaws, so the end product is consistently solid but unexceptional.
Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition
Button mashing in Hyrule Warriors doesn’t just grind the standard combat into a fine paste; it devours all of the adjacent mechanics.
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
The Deluxe rerelease adds so many improvements to Pikmin 3’s improvements that I’m confident in calling it at least better than the first game.