Hello, gentle readers, and welcome to the first SwitchArcade of 2019. Today is a holiday, of course, so I’m once again beaming a special edition to you from the past. This will be the last one for a while, I promise! Anyway, with the holidays behind us, we’re probably all feeling a little bit tapped out. Presents and sales make for dangerous bedfellows, and even the best of us will probably take a couple of weeks to recover. But you may still be looking to pick up a few games to fill out your holiday free time, so I’ve put together a list of games that are both cheap and good. The rule here is that the non-sale price has to be no more than five American dollars. Let’s save money by spending money!
Ninja Striker ($3.99)
This is a score attack game where the rule is basically “the floor is lava". Sometimes literally! But most of the time, you’ll want to stay airborne because that’s how you rack up the big combos and put together a massive score. There are 4 different characters and 24 stages, each of which needs to be cleared with a good score and a swift time in order to get three stars. Aside from being content-rich, it just feels really good to play. The way numbers fly all over the screen, the sound effects when you hit an enemy, and just the way you bounce from enemy to enemy like a whirling dervish of death all works to create something that will keep you tapping the buttons.
Toki Tori ($4.99)

Toki Tori reminds me of a lo...