It’s an accessible game with easy-to-understand rules, but it will regularly surprise you.

It is also consistently charming, as Captain Toad (and Toadette) light up the screen with beaming smiles and chirps of success as they hunt down golden treasures. Treasure Tracker is a puzzle-adventure game that’s relaxing at times and confounding at others, thanks to Nintendo’s smart, sometimes devilish level designs. Now available on Switch, one of Nintendo’s most underappreciated projects is getting the audience it deserves. Unfortunately, it too was doomed on the Wii U. Nintendo later expanded that idea into a full game, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker. They were wonderful little puzzle boxes in which players guided the waddling Toad through diorama-like levels to collect stars. When Nintendo released Super Mario 3D World on Wii U - you know, the console that barely anybody owned - the game maker included a handful of experimental levels starring perennial Mario sidekick Toad. Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker If you’re looking for recommendations that expand beyond 2018, check out our essentials page for the all-time best Nintendo Switch games. Related, we’ve nixed the numbers from this because, out of the context of the top 50, the rankings lose their value. That’s why we’ve included a bit on what makes each one special: so you can find the best games of 2018 for you. Ultimately, we recommend all of these games.

13, because we feel its recent seasons were the first great game of 2018.ĭon’t worry too much about the ranking. For example, Fortnite Battle Royale is included, ranked No. Because many games change from update to update, let alone year to year, we will include previously available games that receive a significant update within the year or become available on a platform that substantially impacts how that game is experienced. You may notice the inclusion of games that were either fully released or made available in Early Access prior to 2018. Īnd as for the inclusion of games like Hollow Knight which technically first came out prior to 2018, well, what we said in the top 50 post holds true here as well: Of those, five are exclusive to Nintendo: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Tennis Aces, Octopath Traveler, Nintendo Labo, Pokémon Let’s Go, Eevee!/Pikachu!, and of course, Super Smash Bros. Out of our top 50 picks, 20 can be played on the Nintendo Switch. But we know it’s a pretty long list, so here are the picks that can be played on Nintendo Switch - especially useful for long commutes and even longer flights to and from home for the holidays. The countdown is over and we’ve solidified our list for the top 50 games of 2018, which covers the gamut of big-name blockbusters and small-team triumphs.

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