The huge library of titles on Nintendo Switch features tons of winter settings: here is the top 10 of the festive levels on the console
We had this in mind top 10 already for Christmas, but the binges in this period forced us to postpone the ranking of best winter and holiday scenarios on Nintendo Switch. Since in addition to the hybrid factor, the console also enjoyed the unavailability of the competition, the resulting success has led everyone to give their all. The platform now enjoys an unprecedented library, thus making it easier for us to carry out this particular skimming. Christmas may have passed, but there are still two Holidays left and, if we really have to be honest, not even you have raised the festoons.
You know well who writes to you: once again we gave ourselves rules and restrictions. In the first place, ports are not allowed of games previously released on other platforms. The first example is more or less an exception, but we’ll get to that soon. Secondly, since this is a console with so many excellent exclusives, we will try to bite the brake a little (but not too much) on Third party IP. Thirdly, if not strictly “festive”, a scenario must at least be winter to finish in the standings. Are you ready to snowball yourself in this new ranking?
Snow… and sea!
Okay, okay, we also agree that open this top 10 of the best winter and / or holiday levels on Nintendo Switch with the always excellent Sneaky Lake Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury it may seem misleading. But the huge lake (to the point that it is indistinguishable from the sea) boasts many different islands, one above all the Helix Castle. This tower, with its rotating platforms (and when ever!), Provides one of the few snow-covered spots in the titanic archipelago that Bowser Furioso occasionally enjoys putting on fire and sword. It would have been easier to choose a level outside of Bowser’s Fury, but we would have had to break our own rule!
The peak that is not at the top – top 10 winter and holiday levels on Nintendo Switch
When it comes to winter and holiday levels, it’s hard to squeeze a title like this into the Nintendo Switch top 10 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, although there is never a shortage of opportunities to play with it. After all, the Italian-Swiss youtuber Letal (sic) defined the selection of scenarios as suffering from a problem: “green and brown”. The first setting of each game is easy to elect as its embassy in the colossal crossover, giving the games themselves the task of standing out in that sense. Fortunately, however, it happens every now and then and we have some pleasant surprises The top (hypothetical) of the mountain where Ice Climber is set. And it is certainly a more pragmatic variant of the otherwise unthinkable Icicle Mountain from Melee …
Stop the presses, sprinkle on the cherry trees – top 10 winter and holiday levels on Nintendo Switch
Taking a Nintendo Switch at launch, months before His Majesty Super Mario Odyssey came out, for this scribe was a gamble given his love for platformers. To fill the void (in a grand way) was Sonic Mania, a title that is talked about too little today. After re-proposing various areas (or Zones, as the nomenclature dictates) from past titles (with the Green Hill-Chemical Plant brace taken by Generations), the fine and artisanal workmanship of the title has put us in front of as many original levels. Among these it stands out Press Garden Zone Act 2, which blends colossal rotary presses with cherry trees in bloom… in the middle of a snowfall. Breath taking!
Thrilling Chills – Top 10 Winter and Holiday Levels on Nintendo Switch
Let’s face it: but how many “mortacci yours” did we address to Eiji Aonuma when, in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild, already in the Plateau of Origins we had to deal with the cold to the sound of chillies? The mechanics of the clothing, along with the destructible weapons, may have forced some “annoying realism” into the series, but if our reward was the splendor of the northwest of Hyrule we are happy to pay this price. Or this thrill, you do. This is a blizzard in which we will be happy to get lost again in the sequel, which for now we have yet to call “Breath of the Wild 2”.
Why mount a snowman when you can create a scenario? – the top 10 winter and holiday levels on Nintendo Switch
The first Super Mario Maker on Wii U was careful to leave us a little mouth watering about certain things. Maybe that’s why the trailer for Super Mario Maker 2 he wasted no time and immediately showed us the possibility of creating slopes. However this was (and we are in the right season to say it) nothing more than the tip of the iceberg. Among the many improvements introduced, there is also more variety in terms of settings for the levels, including a snow theme with which to create many Christmas and other levels. Especially with the unreleased songs by Koji Kondo to accompany the action in the “games” previously devoid of snowy worlds!
“What is it, what is it / but what color is it” – the top 10 winter and holiday levels on Nintendo Switch
You saw the image for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, right? Imagine if the undersigned could miss a position in the standings for Kingdom Hearts. In this case we still have to limit ourselves to talking about Melody of Memory, born as (probable) sop and now promoted as a delicious appetizer for Integrum Masterpiece. Among the many songs we have Happy Holidays !, which, like his companion What a Surprise !? accompanies the panorama of the City of Christmas. We can’t wait to dive back into Santa’s country in the company of the divine Yoko Shimomura’s rearrangement.
And a happy new year – the top 10 winter and holiday levels on Nintendo Switch
We cannot concede the podium to a game where the snow falls only in one period of the year, but we must recognize such Animal Crossing: New Horizons to know how to put ourselves in the right mood. These days the arched door is available to greet a year which, hopefully, will reveal less trouble than the current one. The arrangement of furniture and decorations puts the management of the festive spirit in the hands of the player, but in general the occasions to celebrate are never lacking. Rather, mentally prepare yourself for next Easter, because the time is approaching to curse that poor fellow Ovid …
Sugar Rush is home – the top 10 winter and holiday levels on the Nintendo Switch
It goes back to the third parties, in this case for an IP put in trouble by its holder. Separating art from controversy, however, it is undeniable that from time to time Crash Bandicoot has found himself face to face with the colder climates. Let’s talk about the snowy worlds in their crudest interpretation, which normally would not deserve a place in this top (Zelda got away with it, without actually being a holiday). Precisely for this reason, therefore, it is the new track Gingerbread trip which was worth the bronze to Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. Never before (with the exception, perhaps, of Snow Bash in Crash Bash) has the marsupial been in such an overtly Christmas scenario.
Scotland mo ghràdh – the top 10 winter and holiday levels on Nintendo Switch
With the bagpipes the Game Freak staff has really indulged themselves even in the basic edition of Pokémon Sword and Shield, but the DLC has been able to properly investigate the equivalent of the geography of the Channel. In particular, the Land of the Crown and its capital Freezedale they brought Scotland back to its best, showing us a little more ambition from the critically harassed development team. We have judged (well, although perhaps “not very well”) the work of the “alternate”, ILCA, with Diamante Shining and Perla Shining; we will see how Game Freak will fare with the place where Nevepoli stands with Pokémon Legends: Arceus next month.
Ibernia
We close our top 10 for the best holiday and / or winter scenarios without even bothering to come up with an original title. Just say Ibernia, and here it is Super Mario Odyssey back to school with its masterful level design. Cold and inhospitable on the outside, but warm and welcoming in the basement: Ibernia, also known as Kingdom of the Snows, knows how to present every possible facet of the subzero setting in video games. A place like any other, in short, where you can wait for midnight to strike and welcome the new year with the cry of “Let’s-a-go!”
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