Nintendo Switch Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary Today

Written by Brandon Hofer on March 03, 2018

News: Nintendo has had an incredible first year with some great highlights and much more to come over the next few years.

One year ago today the Nintendo Switch was released with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild among other titles. It has been a great year for Nintendo as the Switch is the fastest selling console in U.S. history and there are no signs of it slowing down anytime soon. They accomplished this impressive feat a number of ways, one of the being the hybrid nature of the console. It is pretty amazing being able to play The Legend of Zelda on my big television at home but then being able to undock the system and continue my game on the go.

Some of the highlights for the Nintendo Switch over the past year include:

March 2017

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild launched alongside Nintendo Switch on March 3, with the adventure continuing later in the year with the release of two DLC packs, Trial of the Sword and the Champions Ballad. The game went on to receive a score of 97 on Metacritic, as well as numerous Game of the Year awards.

April 2017

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gave fans the ability to bring the game with them everywhere to play with friends and family for the ultimate kart-racing bragging rights.

June 2017

To kick off the summer, Nintendo released ARMS, a unique fighting game starring an eclectic roster of characters overflowing with personality. With fast-paced single- and multiplayer modes, fans could face each other in battles anytime, anywhere.

July 2017

Splatoon 2 inked its way onto the system with new modes, characters, weapons and ways to splat their friends in local and online multiplayer modes. Since launch, a continuous rollout of free new content has released for the game, making it more fun than ever to splat friends and family on the go or at home.

August 2017

One of the biggest third-party games of the year was Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. The strategic adventure-RPG combined the wacky world of the Rabbids with the iconic Super Mario franchise, resulting in an epic quest for all ages.

October 2017

Super Mario Odyssey launched in October, earning a score of 97 on Metacritic. In this massive sandbox-style game, Mario uses fun new hat-based abilities like cap throw, cap jump and capture with his new partner Cappy. These new abilities define his new adventure and provide a fresh take on the classic Super Mario formula. A fun new online competitive mode called Luigi’s Balloon World was recently added through a free update.

December 2017

To close out 2017, Nintendo launched a sequel to the original Xenoblade Chronicles RPG series, Xenoblade Chronicles 2. This sprawling game offers players a deep battle system to master, giant worlds to explore and an endearing cast of characters to meet.

There were obviously many more games that were released on the Switch but those are some nice highlights. What do you hope to see in 2018? Maybe Metroid Prime 4? Or another Animal Crossing? What would you like to see?