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Why it mattered

The comeback that fit in a coat pocket

After the Wii U, Nintendo needed the Switch to work, and it launched in March 2017 with one idea — a tablet that clicks into a dock — and one game, Breath of the Wild, that most people would have bought a console for anyway. Within a year it had Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Xenoblade 2. Within eight it had out-sold every home console Nintendo ever made, and the little gray cards had become the default way Japanese publishers put a physical game on a shelf in America.

The Switch has a remarkable physical library: Nintendo favorites alongside limited-run indie releases, Japanese RPGs, visual novels, and unusual collector editions.

Explore the selections below

Fast facts

ReleasedMarch 3, 2017 (worldwide, same day)
Launch price$299.99 at North American launch.
MediaNintendo Switch game card (flash, up to 32 GB)
Units soldOver 156 million worldwide (June 2026)
Best sellerMario Kart 8 Deluxe — over 71 million copies (June 2026)
Did you know?The Switch launched worldwide on March 3, 2017 with roughly ten games, and one of them was The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The other launch title people remember is 1-2-Switch, the milking-and-quick-draw party game, which Nintendo sold separately at $49.99 rather than packing it in — a Nintendo console with no game in the box, which the Wii and Wii U Deluxe had spoiled people out of expecting.
Did you know?Switch game cards are coated in denatonium benzoate, one of the most bitter substances known, so that a small child who puts one in their mouth spits it straight out. Nintendo confirmed it after launch. It is harmless, it does not wear off, and it is the reason every second person who has handled a Switch card has a story about licking one.
Did you know?The Switch is region-free — a European or Japanese card boots on an American console and, if the game has the language, plays in English. That is why PAL prints turn up on our shelf: they are the same game in a case with a PEGI rating on it. Downloadable content is tied to the eShop region that matches the card, which is the one catch worth knowing.
Did you know?A Switch card is read-only and holds no save: your progress lives on the console, not the game. A used card therefore arrives with nobody's save on it, and there is no battery inside to die, which is one of the reasons "loose" Switch cards are a safer buy than a loose cartridge from any earlier Nintendo system.
Did you know?Super Mario 3D All-Stars — Mario 64, Sunshine and Galaxy on one card — went on sale in September 2020 and Nintendo said from the start that it would stop making it on March 31, 2021. It did. Sealed copies climbed within weeks, and it remains the clearest case of a modern Nintendo game whose price is set by a deliberately short print.
Did you know?Not every Nintendo Switch retail release includes a physical game card. Some editions contain a download code instead. At Coolection, code-only games are sold exclusively as new, sealed products—we don't classify opened code-only packages as Complete in Box. Any bonus download codes included with pre-owned physical games should not be assumed redeemable.
Did you know?Boutique publishers — Limited Run Games, Super Rare Games, Strictly Limited and others — built a business on the Switch by printing physical editions of digital-only indies in runs of a few thousand, sold in pre-order windows of a few weeks. It is why a card for a $15 download can sell for three times that: the print run was the product.
Did you know?Nintendo never ran a budget reprint line on the Switch — no Nintendo Selects, no Player's Choice — and its own games mostly stayed at $59.99 for the console's entire life. Third parties discounted; Nintendo did not. It is the main reason used first-party Switch cards hold their value better than almost any other current-generation game.

Find your next Switch game

Start with a familiar favorite, explore a theme, or browse by what’s included.

Counts are listings in stock — the same game can appear more than once in different packaging.

Nintendo's own

Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Metroid Dread, Metroid Prime 4, Super Mario 3D All-Stars, Splatoon, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Xenoblade — the first-party run that sold 150 million consoles.

POKÉMON ACROSS THE SWITCH GENERATIONS

From Let's Go and Sword & Shield to Legends: Arceus, Scarlet & Violet, and beyond—Pokémon found a new home on Switch.

The anime shelf

Sword Art Online, Digimon Survive, Space Adventure Cobra, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Demon Slayer, One Piece, My Hero Academia — the licensed Japanese shelf, mostly Bandai Namco, and on the Switch mostly sealed.

Visual novels and otome

Senren Banka, Illusion of Itehari, Despera Drops, Fault: Milestone One, Archetype Arcadia, Steins;Gate, Code: Realize — the reading shelf, where the Switch quietly became the place to buy a visual novel on a card.

Koei Tecmo clocks in

Atelier Ryza, Samurai Warriors 5, Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires, Fire Emblem Warriors, Persona 5 Strikers, Ninja Gaiden, Fatal Frame — the Gust alchemists and the Omega Force crowd-mowers, under one roof.

Japan's RPGs

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Disgaea, I Am Setsuna, Octopath Traveler, Xenoblade, Ys, Trails — the console where the Japanese RPG came back to a shelf, in a case, in English.

Sega

Sonic Forces, Sonic Mania, Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Superstars, Super Monkey Ball, Puyo Puyo Tetris, Sega Ages, Sega Genesis Classics, Yakuza — Sonic lives here now, and he brought the Monkey Ball with him.

Two for one

Knights of Pen & Paper. Baldur's Gate 1 & 2. Nexomon & Nexomon: Extinction. Sonic Forces + Super Monkey Ball. Two games in one case, or one game with a very long name.

PAL imports

European physical editions with distinctive packaging. Most Switch games are region-free, but language options and downloadable content may vary by region.

Small prints, big pixels

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, Blaster Master Zero, Cyber Shadow, Streets of Rage 4, The Messenger, Owlboy, Super Meat Boy, Sine Mora — the indie shelf, printed in the low thousands by people who care about box art.

Things in the dark

Little Nightmares II, Feardemic: Horror Bundle, Bye Sweet Carole, Shadow Labyrinth, Chronos, Resident Evil, Outlast — the horror shelf, and the Souls-likes that live next door because nobody else wanted them.

Ported from the PC

Baldur's Gate 1 & 2, XCOM 2 Collection, Worms Armageddon, Beholder 3, 80 Days, Divinity, Civilization VI — mouse-and-keyboard games that learned to live on a handheld, some more gracefully than others.

Saturday morning

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Ghostbusters, Star Wars, Zorro, The Karate Kid, Power Rangers, He-Man — the licensed toy-aisle shelf, thirty years on and still selling cards.

Scoreboards and finish lines

Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Team Sonic Racing, Hot Wheels Unleashed, FIFA, NBA 2K, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, WWE 2K Battlegrounds — the sports shelf, and the racing games that share its aisle.

Bring the kids

Bluey, Paw Patrol, Nicktoons & the Dice of Destiny, Little Friends: Puppy Island, Dinosaurs: Mission Dino Camp, Rabbids Party of Legends — the family shelf, where the Switch replaced the Wii and nobody noticed.

Health bars

Mortal Kombat 1, Mortal Kombat 11, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Street Fighter 30th, Dragon Ball FighterZ, BlazBlue, Guilty Gear — the fighting shelf, on a console with a d-pad shaped like four buttons.

Games that make you stand up

Ring Fit Adventure, Taiko no Tatsujin, Just Dance, Fitness Boxing, Arms, Nintendo Switch Sports, 1-2-Switch, Labo — the shelf that inherited the Wii's living room, drum controller and all.

Colon: Subtitle

Orebody: Binder's Tale. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon. Loop8: Summer of Gods. Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed. Noob: The Factionless. Nothing on the Switch was allowed out of the building without a subtitle.

Some kind of Edition

Definitive, Deluxe, Legendary, Anniversary—the Switch has an edition for everything. Some include worthwhile extras; others simply have ambitious names. Check each listing to see what's actually included.

Came with the console

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in a Not for Resale sleeve, the Animal Crossing bundle copy, Switch Sports with the leg strap — the pack-in cards, complete games in plainer clothes.

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