Best port is Portal collection. It is flawless.

You may have noticed Batman: Arkham Knight on Switch is not mentioned among the bad Switch ports. This is because the game has to be playable in order for somebody to review it and decide it's a bad port.

Doom 2016 on Switch was how I beat the title. Sue me.

The Switch port of Ori and the Will of the Wisps is a miracle, and arguably more technically impressive than the other versions

We need a proper release of KH on Switch not that crappy cloud version

I’m still astounded that Nier: Automata works so well on switch. Yes it’s a 2017 game but the fact it’s so buttery smooth is crazy, 30 fps and stuttering in one super small area sure, but it runs amazingly

Scott must not have seen the hype P5R got when it was finally announced for Switch, not to mention the constant begging for it in the span of years.

I'm surprised to hear Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 wasn't brought up. It's probably my favorite third party game on the system because it feels just as good to play it on Switch as it is to play on other consoles.

I wonder if we'll get some last crazy ports announced tomorrow

The Borderlands 2 switch port was alright, but then they updated it which caused it to LITERALLY be unplayable for a couple months which was insane.

I beat both Doom 2016 and Eternal on switch, many times playing in handheld mode. It was fun, but I'm not 100% sure if it was worth the carpal tunnel syndrome

Fun fact: Dragon Quest 11 got a 3DS port. It's amazing with it's pixel graphics mode but sadly never got released outside of Japan

Persona 5 is genuinely an impressive port however there are some environments in that game that have the “switch Vaseline” on them (Leblanc at night is a good example) and it’s pretty obvious but still a good port.

Bloodstained Ritual of the Night has no right to play so bad on Switch...

Something that's funny. The iPad port of SpongeBob looks and runs better than the switch port . And I don't mean modern iPad. I mean a first gen iPad air lil

I remember they messed up the pricing for Alan Wake on Switch for a little bit. I think it was in Mexico. The game was basically around $1.

I’ve been watching News Wave for about three or four years now, it’s nice to finally learn that the man’s name is Jon

The day that I saw that I could play the next Legend of Zelda game AND Skyrim on the same system as a handheld, I was sold.

these collaborations are delightful

Alien Isolation is the only title I know that looks better than on PS4. This is mainly due the better antialiasing that is clean, where PS4 is noisy.

I think what makes a bad port on Switch is a game on Switch that *should* be running great and look good, but it just doesn't somehow. I think that even that something like MK1 that is rough in areas, but is obviously punching above it's weight ten-fold for the system it's on. Something like WWE 2K18 and Alan Wake Remastered are games that should be running and looking just fine but just look awful because they didn't think about how to properly downscale it to Switch

Nintendo making the Wii a non-HD console really did put them a generation backwards to their competitors, and quite a few of these switch ports really convey that.

For the longest time Doom 2016 and Eternal were the definitive console versions for me just because of gyro aiming. Now there is Steam Deck, which has extra buttons, gyro and can also run those games at 60fps with much better graphics, but those Switch ports are still absolutely fantastic. That’s how I managed to beat Eternal on Nightmare, something that would be near impossible for me without gyro on other consoles.

I’m surprised they didn’t try to port Fallout 4 or any of the Fallout games along with the show. It would’ve been a gold mind, the show was so popular

2 games that just makes absolutely no sense that they aren't on Switch are Yakuza 0 and Kiwami, both games that were on PS3 in Japan so it would be totally possible to get them on Switch at a stable framerate and they would sell great, but since RGG thinks mature games aren't appropiate for Switch they won't do it. I'm not even sure they will make them for Switch 2 at this point.

Just got Red Dead Redemption on a switch sale, that certainly holds its own

Doom 2016 was unbelievable. I got it at launch and it fully got me into the series. I've beaten every game multiple times now and own all of them on Switch. Mortal Kombat 11 was also an insane port, but the file size was a detriment for me. But, running at 60fps, and being far better than MK1 since it was only made for PS4/Xone, I played that shit in Calculus class with my friends and even my teacher. It was a fantastic version of MK on the go. Nier Automata is flawless. If you account for stability it can even be better than Xbox One or PS4. Especially even compared to Bayonetta 3's good-but-not-fantastic frame stability, fog, and resolution, it's the Switch's definitive hack and slash. Lastly, Alien Isolation is also fully better than any other console version. Graphically, considering anti aliasing it actually looks the best. Same graphical fidelity, lower resolution but better image quality with anti-aliasing actually having less jagged visuals than other systems. Doom Eternal is a miracle port. I think it is better than 2016 considering how much more it does with iD Tech, especially compared to the improvements to image quality over Wolfenstein II (which is decent on Switch). As someone who beat it several times on PC it is absolutely the full, great experience if you don't have another way to play it, or if you want it handheld. Lastly, the only port I didn't love was Witcher 3, but maybe I didn't like the game. I give it major props for the graphical update letting you basically implement different settings changes, and ESPECIALLY for using a 32GB card. But, especially considering it ran on Xbox One, I think it could have been better Lastly, Bloodstained on Switch was bad, then good, then an update in late 2022/2023 broke the game. Maybe it works again, but I literally could not boot it up in over 2 years. Portal 1/2, Diablo 2/3, and the Crash Bandicoot games are also great.

I love how Scott's office looks like my Psych Dr's office did in the late eighties, early 90s.

I don't know where Scott was during P5R release but I saw a lot of people actually caring about this game specially since the deck wasn't released yet so you had the definitive version of P5 on the go,not a bad port, weird that they lower the resolution below 720p but runs really well overall,I finished this 100% and had a blast

Red Dead and Metroid Prime look great on the Switch.

These Spawnwave and Scott vids are like my favorite stuff you do

I never was able to get into The Witcher 3, but I found that I progressed much further on Switch than on the Xbox version. I think that portability really helped with that.

the boys are back in town!

I hate that Capcom didn't think of porting Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Ultra Street Fighter 4 and Street Fighter X Tekken to the Switch.

I hope you keep doing collabs. This is great.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion on Switch looks and runs surprisingly well. Even through the game is still a psp game at its core, it still looks very good by modern standards. Some of the gameplay and cutscenes even look like they could be FF7 Remake or Rebirth gameplay as well.

switch more like swiss cheese am i right

That was a bit of an abrupt ending

❗️My Timestamps: 12:49 Further proof ONLY the 'Woz' character is colourblind and NOT Scott himself. 18:50 I FORGOT I had 'Grid: Autosport' until it was mentioned in this Video 😅 20:53 'The Outer Worlds' is my favourite Switch game, as of Tuesday 18th June 2024.

The Switch port of the Spyro Reignited Trilogy deserves a mention. It only contained the first game on cartridge and everything else required a 10gb download patch. Crash 4 on switch still ran okay but the Activision logo lags like crazy when booting it up

Witcher and Skyrim are really good for what the switch is.

About THQ, americans arent really familiar with this series, but they also remastered the first 2 gothic games for switch and they're really good. Physically they're exclusive to europe tho I think cuz the series is super popular in eastern Europe, especially Poland. But it didnt ever really take off over there. Still I do recommend it

im glad people are recognizing the insanely good switch ports put here tbh, shoutout to panic button games for their amazing doom and doom eternal ports and moon studios for fucking KILLING it with their ori ports

These videos where you bring another creator friend on to talk about random topics are my favorite. It’s the closest we have to a Scott the Woz Podcast aka Wozcast. When you talked to Jon from GVG (formerly Nintendo Life) about PSP and handhelds that was a great episode. I put these on to start the day or to unwind at night. With the solo videos on Stash I only sometimes watch and it’s usually on a sleep playlist though I do enjoy them also. Basically what Im saying is I want more videos like these and happy to see them continue coming.

2 of my favorite youtubers, I love when y’all collab

I am actually experiencing Persona 5 for the first time through the Switch port.

Imagine if tomorrow there's 10 ports announced and 9 are cloud versions (the other one runs worse than putting a GBC cartridge in a Game Boy)

One of the weirdly good ones is 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. That game barely runs on PS4, but the Switch port is damn near flawless.

As someone who never really cared for a remaster, I'm more than happy with the Red Dead Redemption port on Switch. Runs just as well as I remember it on my PS3 as a kid, if not better. Two other ports that I like are No Man's Sky and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. While they have their share of bugs and/or framerate and resolution issues (more so in Bloodstained's case), they're not personal annoyances that keep from my experience of the game. Having said that, I can understand others' complaints.

I don't know about you guys but I'm excited to see Scott collaborate with Jon from Spawn Wave. IMO, Scott the Woz and Spawn Wave are two of the best video game channels on KZfaq. Thank you, Jon. Thank you, Scott.

I played a Gex port once. It was the first time pinnacle of gaming.

that doom eternal dlc with the amount of enemies and wide open spaces doesn't drop from 30 fps still is bananas 🤯🤯🤯

_Persona 5: Royal_ and _Nier: Automata_ are fantastic on Switch! The _Ori_ games are also worth mention!

This would have been a really good video to show a running list or visual with box art of all the good and bad switch ports during or at end of video. Because it’s really hard to keep it all straight from this convo. But great convo!

I want spawn wave news every morning before work lol. Quick and to the point. He’s also a swole gamer with some good tastes in games

Some of my favorite ports are Persona 5 Royal, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2, NieR automata, Doom 2016, Skyrim, Witcher 3, World War Z to name a few and my absolute biggest disappointment and worst one imo is Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 (I'm still so so SOOOOOOOOOO unbelievably heartbroken about that)

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag is really good on the Switch. It makes me wish we got Far Cry 3/ Blood Dragon.

bioshock is solid

Another Scott and Jon team up!

I remember when Sonic Forces released, there was a large contingency of Sonic fans on KZfaq & social media claiming it was BETTER than Mario Odyssey... They came out around the same time, so for some reason they decided to dredge up the ol' Mario vs Sonic "who is better!?" nonsense. It was just silly, but I'll forever associate that game with those people on the internet 😅

Some good Switch ports: Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth Complete Edition which packages two games together for the price of one and Digimon World Next 0rder which didn't add much, but a run button is always a good thing.

I actually liked the Switcher 3. Sure it’s HEAVILY compromised but its still the entire game of the Witcher 3. Plus, quality goes up during dialogues and cutscenes

The way I originally played Sonic Colors was on switch. It wasn't as bad as people say. I played it on Wii later. The Wii version is better. I wouldn't not tell someone to play Sonic Colors Ultimate.

WWE 2K18 is my guilty pleasure game. The framerate is awful obviously, but it you know what settings to use and which matches are playable you can actually have some fun with it. IDK if it runs a bit better on the OLED compared to the V1 & V2 Switch but it looks great. That's part of the problem they tried to make it look too nice I think and the performance suffered greatly for that.

I loved Black Flag on the switch, was hoping for more ubisoft titles, watch dogs 1 and 2, and some far crys would be awesome, but at this point is just waiting for the next system

I wasn’t expecting Scarlet Nexus to get a mention here but I’m so happy it did. Probably my favourite game to come out of 2021 and my favourite memories of that summer, but for some reason it got forgotten really fast. I’d love to see that game come to the Switch and maybe add motion control options for the kinetic powers to make it interesting!

Need more Jon and Scott content!

WWE 2K18 on the Nintendo Switch was really rough. I had to jailbreak my original Nintendo Switch and overclock the hardware to see if it would affect game performance (entrances don't seem to be improved much, some iffy moments still happen in matches, but there were some improvements in gameplay).

Hey this is a pretty interesting topic. Nice!

While probably not the best Switch port but shoutout to Sonic Frontiers, I played the game on PS4 and recently my sister has been playing it on Switch and I often forget it's the Switch version because despite being quite a big game it runs fairly decently on the Switch, that Wyvern boss fight on the Switch quite impressive honestly.

yay new scott's stash video

Where's my Mass Effect Trilogy dagnabbit!!!!

MK11 on Switch was a component port. Not perfect and is behind the other console and PC versions, but it works and that is what matters (it retains 60fps in combat so yeah)..... heck, I would say the MK1 port could've been the same way had it not been rushed out underbaked

I also think Prince of Persia The Lost Crown was suprisingly alright on switch, yeah, here and there there were some weak textures, and at a few points the framerate dropped a little, but overall: that was a really good port, that mostly hold the 60 fps

5:56 I completely forgot that WWE 2K18 released on the Switch. It was almost as bad as 2K20.

Persona 5 royal on the switch is a fantastic swithc port

Yall should do more stuff together chemistry on point

P5R ran amazingly. It just looked a little blurred. Nothing was super sharp but in handheld it was barely noticeable

Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice held up great on Switch

Red Dead Redemption 1, Assassin Creed 4, and Asassin creed 2 runs amazingly on switch. Yeah, they originally PS3 games (and not ps4, like most of the titles here), but damn they perfect ports. Also Sniper Elite 4 runs very well on switch.

I know it’s scott’s stash and that keeping it informal is in order, but i would really appreciate time stamps on such topics

The Switch army knife

I legit have over 400 hours on WWE2K18 on the switch, I’m not sure if it’s Stockholm syndrome but it’s enjoyable I’m just waiting on the next switch for a decent wwe game 😭

Kingdom Come Deliverance was a miracle port. Not the best graphically but holy shit smooth like butter.

"FIFA" 24 got updated to frostbite, its not a copy paste BUT a ton of features were cut to make it work.

Danganronpa collection I was trying to play and the trials are so bad with button delay for the events that require timing. Inconsistent frame rates in walking areas. I heard the third game gets abysmal riddled with sound errors and occasionally going into single digit framerates. Decided later to get it on Steam Deck.

How do you think this video compares to the previous ones?

It's weird seeing videos like this. I never even touch my switch anymore, the steam deck has totally changed how i game. Between emulation,pc ports, and constant steam sales, I spend less than ever and always have something to play.

I first experienced the Metal Gear Solid franchise on Switch. I've heard some say that the Master Collection didn't live up to previous versions, but I didnt have any issues. I'm gonna start my third playthrough of MGS3 next week.

A cool part about the Witcher 3 port is that you can port your Steam/GOG save file via cloud. And get some cool stuff as well.

I bought xcom2 for my nintendo switch a couple of years ago. And man, it works and feels great, however i will never forget them for not fixing the main menu which it has some glitch at the background

Missed opportunity to mention Dark Souls: Remastered. it's easily the definitive version of the game (it uses classic stylized fire and armor effects) plus all of the enhancements of the other versions. Source that it's great: I beat the entirety of the game in handheld mode.

Doom Eternal is a port that I think is great that they got it to work, but in my experience, there were quite a few bugs and issues that brought the fun down majorly for me. Sadly, I don't have clips of them because the game was too demanding to allow clip saving on it.

Back during the Skylanders peak, the Wii version of Swap Force/Trap Team looked like absolute ass. Nice to see the tradition they started continue on the Switch

Doom 2016 on Switch was excellent. So happy they made it happen.

I wonder what these guys thoughts are on the Starlink port?

Outlast 1 and 2 are perfect on the Swtich. At least you mentioned Alien Isolation

My first time playing Skyrim was on the Switch, and it's an incredible game. The experience on the Switch has been great! Pikmin 1&2 is good, Slay the Spire is excellent, Sea of Stars is excellent. I'm sure there are many others I'm not thinking of or haven't played.

It was exclusive to the Switch until like three days ago so it’s not a port- even with that in mind, my vote for worst goes to Shin Megami Tensei V Also I really enjoy seeing Jon talk in a more candid format like this. Would definitely tune in for more collaborations

For some reason I LOVED Borderlands 2 on Vita. It was my first game in the series. Somehow its limitations are charming and at the time it was so impressive. It wasn’t until years later I saw it running at 60fps with higher detail and textures and less glitches and I was blown away by what I had been missing but oddly I didnt feel the need to upgrade. Borderlands 2 is a great game for portable play because like Skyrim you can pick up anywhere and there’s always something to do, places to go and explore, waypoints and quest trackers make it easy, you dont need the story to know what to do. Even with a game like Zelda TotK and BotW there’s a certain attention I need for puzzle solving and memorizing places that makes it just a bit too in depth for me to really enjoy on the go or for pick up and play. With those Zelda games (some of my favorite) I like playing handheld or docked AT HOME or somewhere for at least an hour. For Borderlands, Skyrim, GTA trilogy, and a handful of other games they just work perfectly for handheld and home gameplay. I’d also add Fallout 4 to that list. I’ve wished for a Fallout game on Switch since launch and unfortunately all we got was the Outer Worlds which was fun but pretty compromised on Switch especially with long and frequent load times and frame stutters/inconsistent frame rate. I hope the next Nintendo console gets Fallout games including Fallout 4 (personal favorite dont @ me) and New Vegas along with any other Fallout games. I think Fallout 4 just wouldn’t work great on Switch but their next system needs Fallout and HOPEFULLY maybe…probably not….but possibly Red Dead Redemption 2. My question is will GTA6 be able to play on Nintendo Switch 2 NATIVELY….or at all? Nintendo missing the boat on GTA6 would be a HUGE miss not just for that game but for the future of this generation - it would cement that their new console is still stuck several generations in the past and it would say to me that the Switch 2 again will not even be close to keeping up with current gen standards. It says a lot that most Nintendo fans are JUST hoping for 60fps and full 1080p POSSIBILITY of being a more regular occurrence. Ok it’s way too late and im rambling goodnight.