20 Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2017

5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Easily one of the most storied franchises in gaming history, it fits that the second coming of SNES-level Nintendo-love should have a Mario Kart sitting alongside.

For MK8's Deluxe rework we now have full 60FPS producing the fastest and most butter-smooth gameplay yet. The roster is suitably gigantic as newcomers King Boo and Bowser Jr. sit along stalwarts Mario, Yoshi, Princess Peach and welcome inclusions from 2014's original release, Link and Rosalina.

Courses all pay tribute to a variety to different games whilst being great fun to explore and memorise, as - thanks to the Switch's free online service - a thriving online community battles it out around the clock. Gameplay-wise, Nintendo added the welcome Blue Shell-countering Super Horn so you can finally defend yourself in first place, alongside a new boost tier to really fire out of each corner at max speed.

As if it needed to be said, Nintendo only get better with age, and when those life lessons are applied to gameplay mechanics, the results are genuinely masterful.