Ranking EVERY Year of Nintendo Switch Games! (2017-2024)

Nintendo Switch has had an incredible run, and we've been here for every year of it's awesome existence. It's hard to compare this incredible lineup of games, but we're going to do it, as we rank EVERY year of Nintendo Switch games, in order! Which year takes the cake, and which year is the weakest??
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[@natemenzel6026]

I LOVE this video idea. Not speculation or bait, just talking about some interesting opinions on all the stuff we have to be appreciative about

[@marlong1325]

You left out one of my favorite action/adventure games ever,Astral Chain released on August 30th 2019.

[@danielfarrugia8494]

2019 below 2020 is wild especially considering there were no directs during 2020

[@XiTSlash]

2019 de weakest? lmao wtf???

[@davidsmith8736]

Yea I would have had it higher, otherwise good list

[@XiTSlash]

@@davidsmith8736 Nah the list was trash

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

I thought 2019 was one of the strongest. It didn't have any mega games unless you want to grant that title to Sword and Shield, but Nintendo more than made up for that with its quantity and variety of really good games.

[@XiTSlash]

@@JonSmith-hk1bq 2019 was one of the strongest and it had some "mega games"; Luigi's Mansion 3, Ring Fit Adventure, and Pokemon SW/SH, all selling more than 14M copies

[@mrbrownie0162]

Yeah definitely one of the best I do not understand his opinion

[@nindieboy4194]

It's so hard to order this list. For me it's like this (worst to best): 2020, 2018, 2021, 2019, 2023, 2022, 2017. I would place 2024 probably between 2019 and 2023, but not sure yet.

[@TheBeatlesFan86]

THIS is the definitive list in gaming. Thank you switchforce. I just hope Nintendo uses this list as the official going forward

[@SnowflakeGaming1]

Interesting ranking! Made me remember a lot of games that I had almost forgotten!

[@slyfox720]

I have been on a long hiatus from gaming....but I have been a life long Nintendo fan....having the Super Famicom, NES, SNES, N64, Game cube, Wii(I actually stood in line for this console), Wii U, and the Switch OLED(just purchased)..I had the originally game boy and then I did get the 3DS...wasnt as big on hand holds.....I am excited to try Super Mario Wonder..and I am definitely getting Pikmin 4!!

[@viviorko]

Wonder was fun. You’ll like it.

[@slyfox720]

@@viviorko I am definitely looking forward to trying it...I got a 50$ target gift card, will go pick it up tomorrow!!! I actually literally just purchased the switch OLED today...lol, but I wanted to come back and research a bit more before buying any games!!

[@Reaperguy67]

@@slyfox720 when it comes to the switch, there are a lot of free games that are good. For example, apex legends, rocket league and war face are good , also I recommend overwatch 2

[@AuthenticStories]

Love when you make longer videos!!

[@chuckieg8523]

Great video thanks Zach

[@unOrigiNik]

Its been 7.

[@CorneliuszBucchanan]

Not mentioning XC2 in 2017, Astral Chain (2019), Bayo 3 (2022) and FE Engage (2023)

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

2019 as the lowest year is just strange. Three Houses, Luigi's Mansion 3, Pokemon: Sword and Shield, Astral Chain, Mario Maker 2, Yoshi's Crafted World, Ring Fit Adventure. I'll grant you, there's no home run game that year, but that's a lot of doubles and singles. I wish every year could have quality variety like 2019. Only 2017 matches it on that level. 2020, on the other hand only had three new games all year. And honestly, two of them were subpar. If you weren't an Animal Crossing fan, you were nursing your back catalog.

[@JonnyDenny1816]

3:16 this was the best pack, of super Mario 3D + bowsers fury and it was smaller stages and short. But I really enjoyed it.

[@alidashti2633]

I call 2018 the year of super smash because from the moment it was announced at march people have been waiting for it the whole year .

[@jaysfunkofavorite1571]

I own all 3 M.H game 🎮 series ..

[@filipmarkovic369]

Best games of each year for me: 2017: Mario Odyssey 2018: Super Mario Party 2019: Mario Maker 2 2020: Animal Crossing New Horizons 2021: Mario 3D World 2022: Splatoon 3 2023: Mario Wonder 2024: Mario Party Jamboree

[@XiTSlash]

lol

[@CesarLopez-gw4xu]

Trash list

[@viviorko]

12

[@Reaperguy67]

@@viviorko lol you deleted your comment because you can't even handle the truth about your comment

[@zoelindwall637]

2018 was the worst year for me .

[@LegendXRonin]

Did you forget Xenoblade Chronicles 1??? 😭 another reason 2017 was great

[@brandondiaz9657]

I have the right to say, "If there was ever a year for the Switch, it would be 2022 or 2023," as that was the year that their biggest award winners came out via Splatoon 3, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Mario and Rabbids: Sparks of Hope, Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4, and Mario Wonder.

[@Merciless_Zero]

Pokémon sword and shield was probably one of the biggest disappointment announcements alongside bdsp and SV. Legends arceus was meh (not bad but not out of this world) LGPE was ironically a criminally underrated Pokémon game but yeah far from being the best.

[@viviorko]

Hilarious. They are all in the top 15 in sales.

[@JonnyDenny1816]

@@viviorkomaybe needs + 4 more that be something. By the way you are my best buddy.

[@zoelindwall637]

@@viviorko I beat Pokémon sword and shield really quickly .

[@viviorko]

@@zoelindwall637 I think the story is geared for everyone but a lot of people play for competitive, shiny hunting and collecting. There are KZbinrs that still play that invite players for legendary shiny Pokemon too.

[@AnthonySmith-bj9mo]

hi SwitchForce

[@WWMITX]

the way he pronounced Ho-Oh 🎃🎃

[@JonnyDenny1816]

Some Games be fun to play, to try.😊

[@Merciless_Zero]

I think 2019 and 2020 was the worst year for the switch because we barely got any games. Fire emblem three houses however was the only franchise that redeemed 2019 for me personally lol.

[@JonnyDenny1816]

@@Merciless_Zeromaybe.

[@HammerOfThong]

YOOOOOOO!!!!

[@viviorko]

Yo

[@HammerOfThong]

@@viviorko yooooooooo

[@akang3817]

To me is 2017 is best years of nintendo switch

[@NormansWorldMovies]

2

[@nick6990]

You’re not getting anything for it

[@Reaperguy67]

Pointless comment number

[@viviorko]

Evening Norman. What was your favorite year?

[@NormansWorldMovies]

@@nick6990 I don't care and I've said this a thousand times

[@NormansWorldMovies]

@@viviorko I don't know. I think 2024 was the weirdest year in my life.

[@renh_frz]

I know it is just his opinion but man, putting 2019 and 2021 low for having sw/sh and bdsp being "disappointments" and then 2018 higher with the let's go games 😂 nobody says those are bad for being remakes, it's because of the "pokémon go" gameplay

[@JackPirateCat]

Your voice sounds different?

[@MichaelMegale364]

My ranking 2017 2023 2019 2022 2021 2018 2020

[@MichaelMegale364]

2024 is dependent on how good Mario and Luigi and Zelda is

[@NormansWorldMovies]

60 views, 60 FPS

[@FTChomp9980]

Its Joe Over!

[@ronanlewis6119]

What are your thoughts on Joe Biden exiting the presidential race?

[@dgarf29]

He sucks, and so does Kamala. whelp we all knew in 2019 that this would happen. Can more accurately have predicted that, than switch leaks.

[@WWMITX]

Ness for office 🎉🎉

[@SwitchGamer84]

Who cares?

[@WWMITX]

@@SwitchGamer84 Not you I see

[@SwitchGamer84]

@@WWMITX how does it have anything to do with the ranking of the years of the Nintendo switch?

[@squishy1970]

:)

[@xavierkrantz1098]

I think 2022 was the weakest one

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

I very much disagree. After consecutive drought years in 2020 and 2021, Nintendo finally got back on track in 2022 and released a lot of quality software.

[@xavierkrantz1098]

@@JonSmith-hk1bq 2021 in my opinion was the better year because that when I started ti take switch game collecting more seriously

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

@@xavierkrantz1098 That sounds like a very personalized reason to rate the year highly.

[@xavierkrantz1098]

@@JonSmith-hk1bq Plus alot of my favorite games came out of that year, Mario Party Superstars, that one's actually really fun., WarioWare get it together , MAN, Big Brian Academy Brain vs Brain, that was a surprise,

[@JonSmith-hk1bq]

@@xavierkrantz1098 Fair enough I suppose. But that's a lot of microgames you're touting.