With its bigger screen, deeper blacks, richer colours, sharper pixels, and sturdier kickstand, the Switch OLED is a tasty piece of hardware—and undoubtedly the best way to experience Nintendo's hybrid console in handheld mode. But it is a sideways upgrade, and an expensive one at that, so I get why some people are still on the fence about buying one. Earlier this year, having taken a gamble on a Switch OLED myself and quickly falling in love with it, I wrote about a few standout games in my library that I think justify the upgrade. But I couldn't stop there. Here are even more games that look sublime on that deliciously crispy display.
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This sublime revival of the world's most famous puzzle game is an incredible showcase for the new display. As you drop blocks and clear lines, the screen explodes with wild, psychedelic imagery. Your senses are bombarded by coloured bubbles, windswept sand dunes, leaping dolphins, and trippy geometric shapes folding in on themselves—all accompanied by some wonderfully dreamy music. This combined with the explosions of sizzling particle effects that fill the screen make this one of the best games to play on the Switch OLED.
Hapless buccaneer Guybrush Threepwood is back, and this time he's brought a bold new art style with him. Return to Monkey Island is a gorgeous looking game, with stylish characters, expressive animations, richly detailed backgrounds, and vibrant, zingy colours that burst from the screen. Whether it's the eerie glow of LeChuck's ghostly galleon or a Caribbean island bathed in atmospheric moonlight, every lovingly illustrated frame of this point-and-click adventure comes alive on the new Switch. It's one of the
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