The Nintendo Switch is an odd little anomaly of a console. It doesn't have a whole lot in common with its predecessors, the Wii U and 3DS, but at the same time, it's sort of a combination of the two — and it has even less in common with Sony and Microsoft's powerful consoles.
All of that adds up to the Switch's library of games being a little unusual — Nintendo's hybrid console has enough of a userbase that popular AAA games might get ported over, but it's fiddly enough to put games on that a lot of indies don't bother, even if the game would be a guaranteed success.
And so, we've compiled a bunch of games that may or may not be on Switch — some that seem obvious, some that seem surprising. Can you get them all right?
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21/24
Overwatch was a tricky choice, Kate.
How about a physical-only list next? Mistover, Forgotten Anne, Jump Force, Minecraft Story Mode, etc. There are many more of course.
I scored 14/24 just by clicking "no" on almost everything Only ones I knew for sure was Sunshine and Witcher.
Weird that eshop is mentioned in the tagline and score section, when Super Mario Sunshine is not on the eshop...
"Is Xenoblade Chronicles X on Switch?"
Why do you have to hurt my feelings like this?
That was fun. Thanks for the Alien Isolation tip.
22/24
1) I confused Secrets of Monkey Island for Return To Monkey Island
2) Yes I am going to argue that Abe’s Oddysee and Oddworld New and Tasty are different games.
19/24
@MarioLinkSamus Alien Isolation is epic! The best game I played last year.
17/24! Not bad! Some of these were very tricky, so yea, I think a 71% is pretty good.
15/24, should be 16/24 because calling new'n tasty Abe's Oddysee is just blatantly false, I can accept the Overwatch trick question but not that one. Just like how I can't say that Resident Evil 1 is on the switch just because the Remake is in it, completely different experiences.
@KateGray You should make a quiz one of your weekly articles like the What are you playing this weekend article on a Saturday.
Missed the Overwatch gotcha and Bioshock only. Fun quiz
22/24. You got me with Overwatch. I was unsure about Alien: Isolation and got it wrong. In hindsight, I should've gotten it right. Other than that, I was pretty confident in all of my answers.
18/24. Not too shabby though I feel cheated out of the trick questions, would’ve been 20/24 then.
It feels like cheating having Super Mario Sunshine being correct whilst Overwatch isn't correct when they are both delisted and technically Sunshine wasn't released as a separate game.
20/24
The overwatch one was mean and unfair IMO.
Otherwise it would be 21/24.
EDIT: also I wasn’t crazy for my abe’s odyssey answer. Like @munchlax said, 2 different games.
@Magician 19/24
I got caught out on Overwatch to. Control was memorable because it was cloud only. There’s so much available now, I can’t think of any particular recent release I’d like to see.
On the retro front(16-bit era), Mortal Kombat hasn’t made an appearance yet. Compared to other franchises where games have been released on multiple collections. Sonic 2, Street Fighter etc.
23/24. That Overwatch question was loaded… I should have known…
Well Kate this was fun! You should do more!
20/24. Busted fair'n'square on Abe's Odyssey (I have a good few Oddworld's mixed up in my head without playing them), Her Story (which I must have confused for something else like She Sees Red) and Control (blame my cloud bias😅), but Overwatch was an OH COME ON moment indeed. And really now, until I actually try to download Overwatch 2 (which is a rather big if since I'm lukewarm towards the genre and whatever itches I may get for it have been covered by Paladins)...
😎😎😎😜😜😜
Overall, I second the demand for more eShop quizzes like these, though.
Abe's Odyssee thing was stupid. It's not on Switch. New 'n' Tasty is on Switch. It's still a different game. And even that picture is from Odyssee, not from New 'n' Tasty.
Curse you and your trick questions. Abe's Oddysee is not the same thing as New n Tasty! But the Overwatch one, well... That was smart, I have to give you that.
Cloud games do not count as anything...The cloud is dead to me.
@DJDM true! If Overwatch is a "no" then Super Mario 3D All-Stars also has to be a "no"...
17/24. Not too bad, much better than the PushSquare quizzes. And a couple I clicked the wrong answer by mistake.
Super Mario Sunshine is on Switch but I can't seem to find it.
@CartoonDan Agreed. Cloud games are not on the platform or console at all.
Is overwatch on switch?
No, it was taken off the eshop.
Is super mario sunshine on switch?
Ha, it got taken off the eshop too, you won't get me twice!... wait, this one is still considered on switch, even though you can't buy it anymore? I'm out!
That aside, always enjoy these quizes.
@MarioLinkSamus Alien Isolation runs superbly well on Switch, even in handheld mode on a Switch Lite. I’ve played it on both Switch and Xbox series X and though the latter is far more powerful and upscales the Xbox One version, the Switch version is remarkably good. Along with Doom (2016) it shows how with the right developers they can get games to run that have no right looking and playing as well as they do on the Switch.
@Purgatorium @Takoda Sunshine was digitally delisted, but physical copies exist.
If you want to argue that New & Tasty counts, then you shouldn't use a screenshot of the original game specifically.
Vampire survivor should be.
I was 100% until the Overwatch trick... then I stopped caring.
Super Mario sunshine isn’t on the Eshop anymore though
19. A lot of games that I couldn't care less about tripped me up. Fun quiz though.
12/24 is a pass. Congrats to me.
24/24 Almost got me with Overwatch and tbh Abe’s Oddysee was a 50/50. Been watching the eShop like a hawk since the beginning and I try to keep up with PC releases as well. So, good quiz.
But why you gotta hurt us with Xenoblade X though?
21/24. Overwatch was a really tricky one... Confused Yosshi's Crafted World with Wooly World. And Abe's Oddysee... Well, there is no Switch port of the game. Only reimagined remake. So, even if talking about technologies... Technically, game is still not on Switch.
What's about the games that should be on Switch, well... Fighting games! As much as possible! Ports of all PS2 and PS3 fighting games! Ports of all Sega Saturn and Dreamcast fighting games! Just give me the entire fighting games library on Switch! Excluding bad ones, of course. There is no need in enhanced ports of Eternal Champions duology, for example. And Bikini Karate Babes trilogy(!)...
Oh, and quiz is good. But... I NEED MORE QUESTIONS! NEXT TIME, 50 QUESTIONS, AT LEAST, PLEASE!
17-24 and I do not care about the eShop at all
22/24 I wish Chrono Trigger was on the Switch. I'd even settle for an HD 2D remake.
Abes Odyssee and New N Tasty are two different games , one is the original and the other is a remake so I call foul on that question.
21 for me. Is goldeneye on switch? Well . . . . Xxx
18/24 (+2) Nope, I would argue Overwatch is on Switch as much as it's on anything else, in that it was ported and fully playable using the system's hardware, and I'd argue the opposite for Control. I answered both of those knowing which answer you wanted, so I'm still counting it. Judging by the description and other comments, I should also be complaining about Oddworld, but I'll admit I was mostly guessing on that one anyway.
22/24, but counting it as 24 'coz Kate done gone and cheated with the Overwatch and Oddworld questions!
p.s. Just to be clear, I am just joshing. Also... more quizzes, please!
This was surprisingly difficult.
A more appropriate and challenging quiz would be "Which of these not-ready-for-mobile garbage "Nindie" games aren't among the thousands on the eShop (with dozens more added every week)?".
By the way, I'm not saying all Nindie titles are bad (there are quite a few very good Indie games on the eShop), but there's such an obscene glut of trash stuff to navigate through that it makes the Wii's "mountain of shovelware" look tiny by comparison. It's really a huge blight on Nintendo's approach to digital sales on the Switch.
20/24
Overwatch was on Switch. That it doesn't function anymore is beside the point.
And yes, the Oddworld question isn't fair. A remake under a different name isn't the same thing as the original release.
I'll take the L on the other two I got wrong. The Monkey Island question was tricky, but perfectly fair.
20/24
Didn’t think this was unfair at all. Couple that I got wrong: Overwatch like many, FTL and Genshin Impact I just had no idea what the hell they were, and I tripped up on the Monkey Island.
21/24
Got burned by Overwatch. Missed FTL and Secret of Monkey Island.
20/24. Should be 21 with the Oddworld trick. Its like asking if Lumines 1 is on switch (it's not by the way). Then I missed Overwatch, as most people probably did, Alien Isolation, and control.
12/24? Do I even own that console. On my defence, it's been one tiring week.
No one can own Overwatch any more* - they pushed out Overwatch 2 as an update to Overwatch.
*ok if you have never took you Switch online since before they updated it I guess, lol
I still find it immensely....well, puzzling (heh) that the original Monkey Island games aren't on Switch when the latest (and the conclusion to the story at that) is. I really hope they come at some point because MAN would I kill to see the birth of classic point-and-click adventure games on a portable console (Steam Deck not withstanding).
As for my score then, I ended up with 19-24. Got caught out by a few lapses in judgement and some absolutely diabolical trick questions (YOU KNEW DAMN WELL WHAT YOU WERE DOING WITH THAT OVERWATCH ONE) but otherwise I'm pretty pleased in regards to my eShop knowledge.
It also reminded me that I need to go grab Grim Fandango at some point so that's always nice
15/24. I thought I would ace this, but no.
I can't believe The Witness isn't on Switch. I played it on PS4. Such an amazing game, and perfect for Switch.
The Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee one was BS NintendoLife. You flirted the original graphics and title - THAT game isn't NOT on Switch, the remake is.
So objectively that one was utter BS. Other than that - good quiz.
Grrrr. Damn you Overwatch and Mario Sunshine (can you technically still buy this on the eshop?)
That Abe’s Odyssey question is just wrong. I really want the original and not that remake, so this is a sensitive question. Change it now! 😜
Actually the 'Her Story' one was utter BS too NintendoLife!
Either the game is on Switch, or it's not. So you didn't 'trick us', you were just plain wrong. A Spiritual Successor depends upon a game that is NOT IT, to be the spiritual successor OF. They have to be mutually exclusive. It is was the same game, how could it homage itself! Stupid NL. Stupid.
22/24. I missed the one that was wrong and Papers, Please. I love that you threw in a cloud one as another trick question. I could have sworn Papers, Please had come out recently, but I realize now why I thought that.
I got 22/24 - it's fair enough I got the Oddworld one wrong because I don't follow that series so I didn't know there was a remake. But come on, you can still play Overwatch 2 on the Switch and that's basically the same game as Overwatch 1!
Wait, so people that bought (or spent money on at least? Cant remember if its f2p but I know it definitely has microtransactions) Overwatch on Switch just have a literally unplayable husk of a game now? There's not even any singleplayer or local multiplayer?
Hoping Vampire Survivors, Trombone Champ and The Case of the Golden Idol jump to Switch soon!
22/24 I failed the trick question and I didn’t know how they wanted me to answer the Oddworld one so I got that wrong too. I answered all the others no problem with the only one to give me any pause being Grim Fandango (I forgot for a second)
18/24 LET'S GO
I love this idea for fun quizzes! They should do more these
I'm gonna be annoying here and point out that Skyward Sword isn't on Switch. Skyward Sword HD is.
19. Made some dumb mistakes.
I wanna play Skyward Sword again. Don’t care what you say, I like it.
@Purgatorium
it's not by itself, but rather a part of a collection that is cartridge only and discontinued.
you should be able to find on the second hand Market.
personally, although I like being able to play it again as my favorite 3D Mario,I don't like that they changed the way the water stream work--you can't change the pressure anymore, so it always flows with the same amount of strength.
17/24
Wind Waker(well rest of Zelda’s ) really
Need to be on switch
19/24! That overwatch question really shocked me. I don't play overwatch so I didn't even realize they shut the whole thing down! That's kinda scummy
Psh trick questions
Here's the problem though... You can still technically buy a physical digital copy of Overwatch 1.
I got 17/24. Pretty happy with that
I got 18 out of 24! Mainly got wrong on games I would never touch but nailed all the Nintendo ones. I guess it's worth it just to scroll through the eShop just 'cause. NL should do more quizzes!
23/24
The eShop is probably one of my most played “games” on the Switch. I have more than enough games to play, but sometimes I just want to look at what I don’t have. Other times, I laugh at all of the shovelware titles and their horrible descriptions.
There’s an idea: next quiz should also test us on which games are on the Switch, but every single entry has to be utter garbage.
22/24. Really thought The Witness was on Switch - obviously confused it with something else. And Overwatch, like almost everyone else. I agree that the Oddworld remake counts - it’s not like they’d put both on there, is it?
i was not thinking this time hahaha, You scored 12 out of 24
I'm shocked TLOU isn't on Switch. Upset, even.
19 out of 24...Overwatch I should have know. Abe's oddyssey is not on Switch, but its remake is.
FTL is a fantastic game and it could easily run on a console game pad. Been playing it on the steam deck and barely use the mouse controls
Got 17 but should be 18, I felt cheated lmao, overwatch 2 is basically overwatch XD. I really liked this!
20 points. All my time eyeing Deku Deals for sales paid off.
I'm just waiting for Darkest Dungeon 2 to be released on Switch. Hopefully someday.
Got wrong The Witness, Alien: Isolation (had a hunch, but didn't listen to it), FTL: Faster Than Light, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (the only one unfair in my opinion) and Control (stupid Cloud games) so 19/24, nice!
Overall good quiz, wouldn't mind seeing more in the future!
Wishing for the series ports of the FEAR games. Playing Crysis series rn and I'm getting on a kick to play old FPS games now.
18/24. Not too bad.
We were correct about Skyward's Swords controls being ported badly, though. While it was a good idea to use the right analog stick for the motion-controlled sword swings, all of the other motion controlled actions were significantly downgraded on both control schemes compared to the original Wii version as we predicted all along.
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