The top 10 best-selling Switch games were shaken up by 2022's Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, which has been climbing the ranks alongside 2023's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. The best-selling Switch game is unlikely to ever be dethroned, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe consistently sitting at the top of the console's software sales chart.

We’re getting toward the end of the year, a time for big game releases, catching up on older ones, and treating yourself to indulgent purchases as the holiday frenzy approaches. Here’s one of my favorite ways to save on new Nintendo Switch games, a deal so good I’m surprised the infamously stingy Mario maker is still running it.

It’s recently been announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be backwards compatible with current-generation hardware. Here are three reasons why this had to happen.

Nintendo has announced that games for the Switch will be playable on its next gaming console. Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said on Wednesday that the company had decided it would be “optimal” to include backwards compatibility in the successor to the Switch given its enormous popularity.

September's The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom sold 2.58 million copies, while other recent releases like Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door sold 1.94 million copies and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD sold 1.57 million units.

Nintendo will allow current Switch games to be played on the hit console’s successor, as it looks to drum up excitement among its current user base.