Nintendo Switch
eShop links: DE 🇩🇪 / MX 🇲🇽
Good games
- Moonlighter – mix of Binding of Isaac and Zelda, rogue-lite dungeon crawler with capitalist elements.
- Celeste – pixel side-scrolling platformer (Metacritic: 92)
- Ring Fit Adventure – Easy bodyweight training. Comes with a ring, keeps you fit due to gamification.
- Hades – Roguelite top-down action hack&slash, from the makers of Bastion, Transistor and Pyre.
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons – cute island simulator.
more: Opencritic best Nintendo Switch games, Metacritic best of Switch
Hardware
- 8BitDo SN30 Pro+ Bluetooth Gamepad – seems to be better than the Switch Pro Controller and can also easily be used on PC, wired or wireless.
- Nintendo Switch Pro Controller – original Nintendo gear, costs more than the 8BitDo SN30 Pro+
- Network adapter:
- Chipset AX88179 – works
- Chipset RTL8153 – doesn't work
Troubleshooting
My eShop Card Code doesn't work!
→ there is no O
(letter O) in eShop gift codes. Replace with 0
(number zero).
my Joy Con rattles when it's in the Ring Con!
If you use the Ring Fit Adventure controller ("ring con"), you may experience rattling when the controller vibrates.
If you put a bit of electrical tape on one side of the metal rail of the Ring-Con, the joycon slides in way harder but it also stops rattling. Just be sure to not put the tape over the bottom of the rail as there are some connector pins.
companion software
- flint.gg easyshare – share screenshots
further information
- r/NintendoSwitch – Subreddit
- r/tomorrow – persiflage of r/NintendoSwitch
- eShop-prices.com – worldwide eShop prices
- PSPrices – game offers and notifications for deals
Avatars
You can set an avatar for your user profile on the Switch and change the background colour.
Here's a list of all the characters you can choose as profile pictures on the Nintendo Switch (dated 2020-10):
Row | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | |
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1 | Mario (3D) | Luigi (3D) | Princess Peach (3D) | Yoshi (3D) | Donkey Kong (3D) | Bowser (3D) | Character |
Mario games | Game | ||||||
2 | Mario (2D) | Luigi (2D) | Princess Peach (2D) | Yoshi (2D) | Donkey Kong (2D) | Bowser (2D) | Character |
Mario games | Game | ||||||
3 | Super Mushroom | Fire Flower | Super Star | Yoshi Egg | ? Block | Green Shell | Character |
Mario games | Game | ||||||
4 | Mario and Cappy | Cappy | Captured Goomba | Captured Bullet Bill | Captured Moe-Eye | Captured T-Rex | Character |
Super Mario Odyssey | Game | ||||||
5 | Captain Toad (3D) | Explorer Toadette | Captain Toad (2D) | Explorer Toadette (2D) | Draggadon | Wingo | Character |
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker | Game | ||||||
6 | 3-up Moon | Toadette | Super Crown | Peachette | Super Acorn | Nabbit | Character |
Mario series | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | Mario series | Game | ||||
7 | Yoshi | Kamek | Baby Bowser | Shy Guy Cutout | Giraffe Toy | Blockafeller | Character |
Yoshi's Crafted World | Game | ||||||
8 | Hylian Crest | Master Sword | Link | Link (BotW) | Zelda | Guardian | Character |
The Legend of Zelda series | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Game | |||||
9 | Daruk | Revali | Mipha | Urbosa | Kass | Bokoblin | Character |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Game | ||||||
10 | Link | Zelda | Ganondorf | Toon Link | Toon Zelda | Toon Ganondorf | Character |
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker | Game | |||||
11 | Isabelle | Tom Nook | K.K. Slider | Timmy and Tommy | Reese | Mabel | Character |
Animal Crossing series | Game | ||||||
12 | Blathers | Celeste | Kapp'n | Lottie | Mr. Resetti | Rover | Character |
Animal Crossing series | Game | ||||||
13 | Tom Nook | Timmy and Tommy | Isabelle | Wilbur | C.J. | Flick | Character |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Game | ||||||
14 | Pink Inkling Girl | Green Inkling Boy | Yellow Inkling Girl | Purple Inkling Boy | Pink Inkling Squid | Purple Inkling Squid | Character |
Splatoon 2 | Game | ||||||
15 | Orange Inkling Girl | Blue Inkling Boy | Green Inkling Girl | Purple Inkling Boy | Callie | Marie | Character |
Splatoon | Splatoon series | Game | |||||
16 | Orange Inkling Girl (splatted by blue ink) | Orange Inkling Squid | Green Inkling Squid | Octoling Girl | Octoling Boy | Octoling Octopus | Character |
Splatoon | Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion | Game | |||||
17 | Pearl | Marina | Cap'n Cuttlefish | Judd | Li'l Judd | Sheldon | Character |
Splatoon 2 | Splatoon series | Splatoon 2 | Splatoon series | Game | |||
18 | Spring Man | Ribbon Girl | Ninjara | Master Mummy | Min Min | Mechanica | Character |
ARMS | Game | ||||||
19 | Twintelle | Byte and Barq | Kid Cobra | Helix | Max Brass | Lola Pop | Character |
ARMS | Game | ||||||
20 | Misango | Springtron | Dr. Coyle | Red Pikmin | Blue Pikmin | Yellow Pikmin | Character |
ARMS | Pikmin series | Game | |||||
21 | Fox McCloud | Arwing | Star Fox Logo | Samus | Zero Suit Samus | Screw Attack Icon | Character |
Star Fox series | Metroid series | Game | |||||
22 | Kirby | King Dedede | Meta Knight | Waddle Dee | Magolor | Kirby (with a Friend Heart) | Character |
Kirby series | Kirby Star Allies | Game | |||||
23 | Francisca | Flamberge | Zan Partizanne | Character | |||
Kirby Star Allies | Game |