The 10 Best Metroidvanias for Nintendo Switch – SwitchArcade Special Edition
The list train does not stop today, friends. Previous SwitchArcade Special Editions have brought you our favorite fighting games, our favorite 3D platformers, and our favorite JRPGs on the Switch. This time around we’re looking at a genre that has absolutely exploded in popularity over the last five or so years: the Metroidvania. Yes, that genre label is contentious but it’s helpful in as much as you probably know what I mean when I use it. Just in case, a little clarification: a Metroidvania is a non-linear platformer where your character earns new abilities, skills, or items over the course of the game that help them progress past previously insurmountable obstacles. Like a Zelda game, but from the side-view. In no particular order, here are our picks for the best of the bunch. Hollow Knight ($14.99)
There are some games which had I failed to include on this list would surely have had people howling. Hollow Knight is probably the biggest of that bunch. Many people consider this game to be among the very best in the genre’s entire history, rubbing elbows with the likes of Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night. It’s a massive, sprawling game that takes sensible cues from the Dark Souls games, adding an element of risk and danger that isn’t always present in this genre. The play mechanics are sound, but the game’s biggest strength is in how thoroughly it pulls you into its mysterious world. An incredible triumph by any meas...
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