Arcade/Platform
Team Sonic Racing

Can Sonic give Mario a run for his money?

Arcade/Platform
Cuphead

This run-and-gun platformer is delightful to look at but a difficult game to play.

Strategy
Wargroove

This old-school strategy contest packs engaging, turn-by-turn challenges without any of the modern war-game mess.

Arcade/Platform
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe

The latest Mario Bros. game for the Switch is actually an older title that’s now been ported to the handheld …

Arcade/Platform
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Is this game the ultimate expression of Nintendo’s fan-fave fighting franchise? Or does it ultimately have some problems?

Arcade/Platform
Battle Princess Madelyn

This retro game features battling princess and shambling ghouls. Do you want them lurching through your living room?

Horror/Suspense
Bendy and the Ink Machine

This runaway indie hit is cute on the outside but far less cuddly than it initially appears once you get …

Action/Adventure
Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu

Nintendo’s latest Pokémon game (for the Switch) hopes to capitalize on the wild success of the Pokémon Go app.

Strategy
Hasbro Game Night for Nintendo Switch

Habro and Nintendo have teamed up to offer a handheld version of not one, but three classic board games.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

It may be a new day and a new Odyssey, but it’s, frankly, the same problematic Assassin’s Creed.

Puzzle
Semblance

This whimsical platformer lets players reshape their world and bend their own puzzle solutions creatively into place.

Puzzle
The Spectrum Retreat

This puzzle-filled Portal wannabe doesn’t quite make the full jump.

Role-Playing
West of Loathing

This snarky, stick-figure Wild West game packs plenty of clever quips—and a few content burrs—in its saddlebags.

Arcade/Platform
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

This Nintendo Switch Donkey Kong update has challenges aplenty for fans of this simian franchise.

Arcade/Platform
Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Variety Kit

Nintendo’s latest effort cleverly melds old-school cardboard creativity with 21st-century gaming technology.