In honor of “Star Wars Day,” as May 4th has come to be known, we're republishing our reader-ranked list of all Star Wars games on Switch and other Nintendo consoles. As we say in the UK, “May 4th is over”, wait a minute…
release of Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker Back in 2019, Star Wars as we had known it for the previous 40 or so years may have been “over,” but all it really did was bring the Skywalker family and nine films together. It was just a ribbon on a cinematic story. This story began in 1977. After all, Star Wars never really goes away.
In addition to all movies available in 4K on the streaming platform Disney+, you can also watch shows like: the mandalorian, boba fett book, obi wan, Ahsoka, and tons of other TV projects, not to mention new trilogies, spin-off movies, games, and more. Yes, that galaxy far, far away will come towards you beyond all media. length Time to come.
The series also has a storied history when it comes to video games, and there are plenty of Star Wars games available to play on the Switch.Let's take a look back at the recent past All Star Wars games on Nintendo systems In the West, we are ranked from worst to best by you, dear readers.
To keep things organized, we've decided that when the same game is released on multiple platforms, other entries will mention the lesser of the two (always the portable version). Remember, The ranked list below is maintained by user ratings for each game in our database. This means that the order is dynamic and can change in real time, even after publication. To rate the games listed below out of 10, logged-in Nintendo Life users can tap Star to assign a personal rating, then refresh the page to see if changes are reflected. Just check.
Come join us on a journey through the galaxy—Oh, you know the rest.We start from the bottom, so the force do not have Powerful in many of these…
attack of the clones and Revenge of the SithSo, take control of an angry young Skywalker in this boring action game. Considering the platform used, the game looks and sounds fine. However, beyond that, it's boring, repetitive, and very slow. Anakin, you are breaking our hearts.
With decent animation and audio (especially considering the system) and boring, finicky platforming, Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles unfortunately falls into the usual pattern of portable Star Wars games. . It's not as hate-filled as some, and it's a little faster paced than New Droid Army, but it's a similar story. Perhaps developer HotGen tried to faithfully recreate this excitement. phantom menacetrade dispute, in this case job done. Some might say we can't stand the non-canon blue lightsaber wielded by Mace Windu on the cover, but we were too bored to care.
Yoda is a beloved character, but you have to remember that this game came before we saw him wield a lightsaber in arguably the best scene. attack of the clones. Despite the name, Yoda's story sees him take control of Luke's Skywalker on a top-down adventure in which he uses his laser sword to cut a snake in half.how bad can it be that Nare? …
It turned out to be really pretty bad. “Calm down” is way too generous, and the whole game is technically embarrassing. It's tempting to blame the hardware, but when you watch Link wake up, you can see what was causing it.This is Link's awakening That's not it. Pudu, plain and simple.
If you've only ever played Star Wars games on the Game Boy, you deserve sympathy. The retro Nintendo Portable had many benefits, but a high midichlorian count wasn't one of them.
Flight of the Falcon has Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon (two of the coolest people in the Star Wars universe) on the cover, and it tarnishes their good name. , one of the worst Star Wars games ever.Like all bad Star Wars games, the iconography tricks you into thinking “oh, that can't be” that The conclusion of our review sums it up perfectly: “Flight of the Falcon is a very bad game, so you shouldn't play it. No matter how cool the screenshots look or how promising the premise sounds, the Force is not in any way , please keep in mind that it does not come with this game.
Mr. Han, Ma Boogieyou deserve better.
Perhaps fittingly, the weakest movie in this story also happens to be one of the weakest Star Wars games of all time. Normally, I would caution a statement like this with “probably.” Episode II Some parts are unavoidable (apart from Mace Windu's overall badmouthing and Yoda's biting at the end – we remember liking it a lot).
The GBA tie-in game is a gritty side-scrolling beat-em-up that lacks the artistic polish that brings even the dullest Star Wars games. Sure, it's rough, rough, and irritating.
If you thought the GBA's isometric adventures were too hard on the eyes, The Adventures of Obi-Wan brings that style of gaming back to the console generation's “Adventure” set. It takes place at the same time as the events of Episode 1. terriblejust ugly and completely pedestrian.
This is really unfortunate. Ironically, Aspyr did a great job remastering the visuals for both games, and it was fun to see the results. But the reality is that these games often feel old, are extremely buggy, and have hit-or-miss online play. This should have been a slam dunk. In fact, playing Star Wars: Battlefront Classic Collection left me feeling sad. If Aspyr can fix a number of technical issues (and updates will come gradually), it might be worth bringing this to Switch someday. But until that happens, playing this will make you want to go home and rethink your life.
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, a relatively mediocre 8-bit platformer in which you play as a young Skywalker and fight in various locations throughout the film, couldn't be more average. For kids desperate to play as the hero Luke, it was a decent filler, but nothing more.
A Game Boy version also exists, but if you want to play the best movie of this story in video game form, you're much better off with the 16-bit “Super” version. In fact, LucasArts said he didn't even care about 8-bit. return of the jedi — The developers simply skipped a generation and started fresh with Super Star Wars on the SNES.
Ubisoft's side-scrolling game Star Wars Trilogy: Apprentice of the Force was certainly impressive. It uses the same engine as the console version of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, and features smooth animation and his 3D-style character model. In 2004 we were given a chance to relive the original trilogy anew, but the bland gameplay once again ruined the original trilogy. Completely vanilla and not overwhelming at all, but it could have been much worse.
Another Ubisoft entry, Star Wars: Lethal Alliance, featured a Twi'lek named Rianna on the cover. This is the most exciting thing about this third-person shooter. The story, which replaces lightsabers with blasters, features characters old and new (Kyle Katarn also appears) and includes the theft of previous Death Star plans. rogue one We arrived to wipe the cannon clean. Touchscreen pranks are mandatory, so DSit's not terrible at all, just common.
Star Wars deserves better, doesn't it?
Angry Birds — Remember? This Star Wars crossover was also released on Wii and 3DS. This mash-up comedy may not be to everyone's taste, but it's still a fun little pastime. Although it suffered from being extremely expensive on consoles, Angry Birds' core gameplay is as fun as ever, save for the introduction of his pig-faced TIE fighters. What's not to like?
