{"id":19183,"date":"2025-06-18T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/beyond-mario-kart-world-what-else-is-worth-playing-on-nintendo-switch-2\/"},"modified":"2025-06-18T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T06:37:19","slug":"beyond-mario-kart-world-what-else-is-worth-playing-on-nintendo-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/beyond-mario-kart-world-what-else-is-worth-playing-on-nintendo-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has slept on new games for its new handheld but clockwork-puzzle murder missions, an RPG reborn and a beefed-up Yakuza 0 are the highlights from other developers<\/p>\n<p>The Nintendo Switch 2 certainly makes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jun\/10\/nintendo-switch-2-review-more-than-good-enough\">strong first impression,<\/a> but once that gadget limerence begins to fade, it\u2019s down to the games to stave off any creeping buyer\u2019s remorse. We all know that Mario Kart World is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jun\/10\/mario-kart-world-review-a-riotous-road-trip-for-every-player\">undoubtedly a multiplayer masterpiece<\/a>, and original Switch games from Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet\/Violet to Zelda have been updated to look amazing on the new console, but there\u2019s otherwise a severe lack of Nintendo-made launch games for the Switch (beyond the \u00a38 tech demo, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour).<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, other developers have stepped in to fill the gap, releasing a bunch of updated versions of games that have been out on other consoles for a while. What should you pick up when you\u2019re tired of Mario Kart World?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2025\/jun\/18\/mario-kart-world-nintendo-switch-2-yakuza-0\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4a0b88e6c44d26cfe983f5796adc032968dc8788\/0_116_1200_960\/master\/1200.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b8900dddfa4a0ee474d363b79c1759f0\" title=\"Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?\" \/>Nintendo has slept on new games for its new handheld but clockwork-puzzle murder missions, an RPG reborn and a beefed-up Yakuza 0 are the highlights from other developers<br \/>\nThe Nintendo Switch 2 certainly makes a strong first impression, but once that gadget limerence begins to fade, it\u2019s down to the games to stave off any creeping buyer\u2019s remorse. We all know that Mario Kart World is undoubtedly a multiplayer masterpiece, and original Switch games from Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet\/Violet to Zelda have been updated to look amazing on the new console, but there\u2019s otherwise a severe lack of Nintendo-made launch games for the Switch (beyond the \u00a38 tech demo, Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour).<br \/>\nThankfully, other developers have stepped in to fill the gap, releasing a bunch of updated versions of games that have been out on other consoles for a while. What should you pick up when you\u2019re tired of Mario Kart World? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has slept on new games for its new handheld but clockwork-puzzle murder missions, an RPG reborn and a beefed-up Yakuza 0 are the highlights from other developers The Nintendo Switch 2 certainly makes a strong first impression, but once that gadget limerence begins to fade, it\u2019s down to the games to stave off any &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/18\/beyond-mario-kart-world-what-else-is-worth-playing-on-nintendo-switch-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beyond Mario Kart World: what else is worth playing on Nintendo Switch 2?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19183"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}