5 best hack and slash games on Nintendo Switch

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Modern consoles, including Nintendo Switch, have a small but decent number of character action games. But what is a character action game? They're games with a focus on fast-paced, often over-the-top combat. They're also known as spectacle fighters. More commonly, they're just called "hack and slash" games.

For how popular and acclaimed they can be, character action games are pretty niche. This isn't as big a market as people might think. Despite that, there's enough of a mix of underrated, popular, older and newer titles on Nintendo's popular console for fans craving some heated action on the go.

So here are the five best character action or hack & slash games on Nintendo's little portable.

Perhaps the biggest new Nintendo IP since 2015's Splatoon, Astral Chain spices up Nintendo's first-party catalog with something aimed more towards core gamers. Released in 2019 as a Switch exclusive, the game takes place in a cyberpunk setting.

Players play as a member of the Neuron Police Task Force, which aims to protect civilians from interdimensional creatures called Chimeras. For this purpose, they use modified, friendly Chimeras of their own called Legions.

This is where the core gameplay loop comes in. Players control both the protagonist and their Legion simultaneously. This indeed adds to the level of learning curve not present in games of this type, but once it clicks, there's no going back.

For example, players can tangle up enemies using the chain link that binds the Legion and its master together. There are different Legions to command and swap on the fly, each with various utilities in and out of combat.

Players will also explore the megacity called Ark, collect resources and engage in sidequests. It's fundamentally more of a