"It's always a big year when a new console launches, and 2025 saw a much-anticipated one: Nintendo Switch 2. After bouncing around between radically different concept launches through its last few generations, Nintendo delivered a more iterative follow-up with the Switch 2, but that's because it had a formula that worked. Many of 2025's best Switch games are available on both Switch and Switch 2, so in choosing the year's best exclusives for the platforms, we considered games from both generations."
"The return of Metroid Prime with a long-anticipated fourth installment was a highlight of this year's Nintendo lineup and put a bow on the first calendar year of the Nintendo Switch 2. The return of Samus is a beautiful exploration adventure that captures what makes the series so special, and why fans have been on the edge of their seats since it was first teased almost a decade ago."
Nintendo released the Switch 2 in 2025 as an iterative successor that retained the core Switch formula. Many top 2025 games are available on both Switch and Switch 2, so the year's notable exclusives were chosen from titles across both hardware generations with PC ports acceptable. The resulting list of five exclusives includes several first-party Nintendo productions and two standout non-Nintendo releases: a high-quality sequel and an experimental independent title. Metroid Prime 4 returns Samus in a visually rich exploration on Viewros, where the extinct Lamorn sought a savior and left echoes that found Samus to preserve their knowledge and culture.
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