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Relive the Year's Top Nintendo Gaming Moments: A recap of the 2020 blockbuster video games for the Nintendo Switch console.

Exploring notable 2020 game releases on the Nintendo SwitchTM system? Check this out! We've put together a compact collection of this year's games, and we've highlighted those that offer free demos for your testing pleasure. So, let's dive right in!

Relive the Best of 2020: Revisit some of the most acclaimed Nintendo Switch games from 2020.
Relive the Best of 2020: Revisit some of the most acclaimed Nintendo Switch games from 2020.

Relive the Year's Top Nintendo Gaming Moments: A recap of the 2020 blockbuster video games for the Nintendo Switch console.

New Releases and Collections on Nintendo Switch:

In 2020, the Nintendo Switch system saw a series of exciting new games and collections hit its digital shelves. Here are some of the highlights:

  1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons: In this relaxing island getaway, players can create their own paradise, explore, decorate, and customize their island home. The time of day and seasons match real life, offering new surprises daily.
  2. Hades: As the immortal Prince of the Underworld, players wield powers and mythic weapons to break free from the god of the dead. Permanent upgrades allow for an exciting combat and gripping story experience without needing to be a god.
  3. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity: Set 100 years before the events of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, this fast-paced action game allows players to control multiple heroes. The game offers dramatic cutscenes that reveal more about Zelda, the four Champions, the King of Hyrule, and the Calamity.
  4. Paper Mario: The Origami King: This comedy-filled adventure sees Mario and his partner, Olivia, battling evil Folded Soldiers to free Princess Peach's castle from King Olly.
  5. Super Mario 3D All-Stars: This package includes three of Mario's greatest 3D platform adventures: Super Mario 64TM, Super Mario SunshineTM, and Super Mario GalaxyTM. The digital edition will be available to purchase through March 31, 2021.
  6. Streets of Rage 4: This side-scrolling beat-'em-up series features Axel, Blaze, and Adam teaming up with the next generation of fighters to take down a rising crime empire. The game features hand-drawn visuals and an all-star ensemble of musicians.
  7. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin: In this unique game, the spoiled harvest goddess Sakuna, banished to an island overrun with demons, must rediscover her birthright as the daughter of a warrior god and harvest goddess by weathering the elements, fighting monsters, and cultivating rice.
  8. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics: This collection offers a diverse range of games from all over the world, including board games, card games, sports games, solitaires, and even a piano keyboard.
  9. The Borderlands Legendary Collection: This collection includes three games, offering three times the mayhem, drops, and action in the worlds of Borderlands, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel.
  10. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition: This critically-acclaimed RPG sees players join the fight between man and machine and wield a future-seeing blade in strategic, real-time combat.
  11. In Ori and the Will of the Wisps, the little spirit Ori must repair a broken land, heal a family, and discover his true destiny.
  12. Pikmin 3 Deluxe: Players command a crop of different types of Pikmin to strategically overcome obstacles, defeat creatures, and find food for their home planet.
  13. Streets of Rage 4 was also released, but no specific information about a game named A Short Hike could be found in the search results.

As for the physical version of Super Mario 3D All-Stars, it will continue to be shipped to retailers and available for purchase through March 31, 2021 or while supplies last. The digital edition will be available through March 31, 2021. Once the digital edition has been purchased on your Nintendo Account, it can be re-downloaded and played if deleted from your device.

Unfortunately, no specific list of games released on the original Nintendo Switch between April and September 2021 was found in the search results. The results mainly covered Switch 2 games for 2025 and beyond, not the original Switch releases from 2021.

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