download nintendo switch into the breach

Today, it costs $180 to buy Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses, all released over a year ago.Ĭompare that to the last Steam sale, where I put together my own bundle of PC Gamer's Game of the Year winners over the last eight years for $100. Any game I already own and want to play on the Switch means buying the damn thing again, often at a higher price than on PC. Nintendo's first-party games rarely dip below 50% off, even years after release. There isn't a single Nintendo game that doesn't have an equal, or at least a decent knock-off, on PC.īut the best part? Steam games are far more affordable than Nintendo games. Pokémon has Monster Hunter Stories 2 and TemTem. Advance Wars has Wargroove, Into the Breach, and Valkyria Chronicles. Animal Crossing is covered by The Sims on PC, with indie spins on the life sim genre en route via Ooblets and Hokko Life.

Deus Ex, Prey, Cruelty Squad, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, and dozens more. The systems-driven Breath of the Wild is basically an open world expression of the immersive sim, which you can play the entire history of on PC. It costs $180 to buy Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Fire Emblem: Three Houses, all released over a year ago. There are a dozen great platformers on the PC for every Mario game, from 2D greats like Super Meat Boy and Celeste to 3D takes like A Hat in Time and Psychonauts.

Fire Emblem's tactical battles and melodrama are right there in Wildermyth and XCOM. Hollow Knight is a better Metroid game than Super Metroid. (Image credit: Worldwalker Games)Īnyone can find the essence of Nintendo's games on PC pretty readily.

The people that grew up playing Nintendo games are just making their own now.

Download nintendo switch into the breach