10 Best Nintendo Switch Exclusives Of 2019

10. The Legend Of Zelda: Link's Awakening

If you want to consider New Super Mario Bros U an honourable mention, you can, as including a WiiU port when there were so many fresh games this year seemed against the spirit of the list. Link's Awakening though, as a 'proper' remake of a classic Zelda game, does make the cut.

There's definitely a cynical viewpoint to be taken over remakes of old games, but when it's done so lovingly, as Link's Awakening was, it never feels like a cash grab. When it's sandwiched between Breath Of The Wild 1 and 2, it's hard to argue that remakes stifle creativity too.

Link's Awakening managed to reinvent the pixelated appearance of the original without tilting too close to modern design which might have surrendered the classic aesthetic. The whole game is gorgeous, playing out like plastic toys in a living diorama.

Every inch of the original has been lovingly recreated and then built upon in a fresh way. For Zelda veterans, it retained that sense of nostalgia while simultaneously offering up a new experience. It was perhaps a little short, especially after we'd been spoiled by Breath Of The Wild, but the world was so fun to just exist in, if only briefly.