2018 Videogame Preview: Nintendo Switch

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – January 16, 2018

In the gallery above, find details on 20 of the most-anticipated games for the Nintendo Switch that are expected to be released during 2018. Our list includes only those games with confirmed release dates and games that seem more likely than not to come out this year. Visit our 2018 Preview section for previews for additional gaming platforms later this week (as well as film, TV, and music previews).

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untitled Yoshi game

Release date: tbd

The first new Yoshi game in three years (since the Wii U's Yoshi's Woolly World) is also the dinosaur's first appearance on the Switch. Coming from the same developers who made that previous installment, the still-untitled new game will be another side-scrolling platformer, with a (literal) twist: you'll be able to flip the papercraft-style world around to peek behind the seemingly two-dimensional environments. Expect a two-player local co-op mode in addition to single-player gameplay. Early footage suggests a cute and clever release with some nifty graphics.

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