Great detective work there.

Well, it doesn’t show it on my pc. In fact hardly any of those are there.

https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/

None of those. Not one. I’ll take a screen shot sometime. But, when I open, the 3rd highest I see is Baldurs Gate, Elden Ring and I can’t remember the others. Tomorrow, I’ll take a screen shot. You’ll see what I see. I wish I saw those. I’ve even brought up top games and no Switch whatsoever I think.

Is Ocarina of Time playable on Switch? SM Galaxy? I guess the Wii games didn’t carryover, huh?

There's a cart with Galaxy Super Mario 3D All Stars, but it's out of print and Ocarina of Time should be with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion pack.

Sweet about OoT. Too bad about Galaxy. But, I have Ocarina of Time on a playable GameCube too, but I’m sure better on Switch.

Or, you know, you could play ONE OF THE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF SWITCH GAMES YOU JUST BOUGHT ALREADY AND HAVEN'T PLAYED A MINUTE OF YET

Just asking. No need to jump down my throat. I just want the best of the best as I really like this console.

If you're looking on the Metacritic homepage, it defaults to showing the best PS5 games of all time.



You can click on "Nintendo Switch" to see those specific games, where Super Mario Odyssey is #2 :



Decker's link is the best to see the ranking across all consoles and PC.

It's actually not, if you consider the official ports. The 3DS remaster is better than the emulation on GC or Switch.

Comparison of versions:

One thing to keep in mind that for non limited games (like the aforementioned Galaxy): they will be available for a long long time digitally. Like there's no rush to get these games before they sell out or anything. I know you know this but really consider that. And the longer you wait (if you're not going to play it) the more likely there will be a deeper sale.

I could have sworn Galaxy or Super Mario 3D All-Stars were not on the Nintendo store.
**edit** just checked the store and they are no where to be found. the only thing that comes up is Super Mario 3D Worlds with Bowser's Fury.

Galaxy and Super Mario 3d all stars were only available physically and digitally for a limited time. They’re now out of print and the only way you can get them is to pay the scalper price online for a physical copy.

The digital version was a limited time deal too. You can only access it if you bought it before 3/31/2021:

https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew...on-march-31st/

Like lwhy? said, the only way to get it now is to by a second hand physical copy.

That's why I said non limited games (like the aforementioned Galaxy, which was limited and was advertised as such). The FOMO just shouldn't exist if you're buying digital and you have no time to play it anyway for every other game out there.

To be fair, fujishig's phrasing was a bit awkward:

One way to read it is that Galaxy is one of the "non limited" games.

A possibly better phrasing is:

Agreed I could have phrased it better but Galaxy is like one of the only limited games... ah whatever, hopefully the point still stands. If a game is limited, get it if you have FOMO.

Why were those limited anyway? It's not like Nintendo lost the rights. Was it just to create FOMO?

I'd say yes.

That's literally the only reason to make something limited that can be sold digitally.

well, thanks for the answers and clarification of those answers. I appreciate you all. I do see used carts, one looked especially pristine, on eBay, for like $40. would love to play and finally finish SM64 and Sunshine. Never got around to finishing them on N64 and GameCube respectively. And, Galaxy, which I never played, is especially enticing with those scores.

It was a released in celebration of 35th Anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. Series (1985-2020). It was the second highest selling Nintendo game of 2020 behind Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

My kids love playing it. I got it just so I could play Super Mario Sunshine (it's one of my faves regardless of how others think).

Be careful and read the listings closely. You don't want to end up with a bootleg. The cheapest I've seen is about $75 on ebay when searching for Super Mario 3D All Stars.

There's a number of eBay sellers listing the Japanese version, Super Mario 3D Collection. The pricing seems to be about the same, but it looks like Japan had more copies. From what I can find, this version plays fine on a US Switch, and is essentially the same multilingual cart sold worldwide.

I found a CD keys site that is selling an online Nintendo account the game was pre-purchased on. This is an interesting work-around to the fact that the digital codes are no longer for sale, and will no longer activate even if you had one. You add the account to your Switch and then download the game using the Family Sharing feature.