Alright, so picture this: The Nintendo Switch 2 drops, and it’s kinda shaking things up in game land, right? I mean, it’s making waves in how games are scored for this year. You know how it goes—old games getting a new coat of paint for the new console.
Take The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for example. Originally popped onto the scene in 2017. Fast forward to 2025, and bam, it’s now snagging top spots on the charts. Weird, but yeah, that’s happening.
And get this, it’s not just playable on the Switch 2. Nintendo decided, for whatever reason, to soup it up to really show off the console’s muscle. Breath of the Wild and its sequel, Tears of the Kingdom, got some nifty upgrades. Though, honestly, you gotta cough up some cash for those – Switch 2 Editions they’re calling them, or just Upgrade Packs if you got it already. But funnily enough, Breath of the Wild doesn’t even throw in all the DLC. Gotta love those little surprises.
Because this new edition hit the shelves, surprise, surprise, it’s now re-charting as one of the year’s critical darlings. It’s sharing the glory with this fresh title, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which, by the way, is an actual 2025 release. Oh yeah, and there’s Blue Prince too—another one catching all the compliments this year.
Currently, Expedition 33 shares the big 93MC score throne with Breath of the Wild itself, following behind you got Blue Prince at 92, Split Fiction at 91, and then Despelote closing the top five with an 89MC score. Amusingly, Wild’s comeback bumped The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy out of the top 20. It’s like musical chairs, but with better graphics.
So, what’s next? Well, the list’s probably gonna shuffle again when Tears of the Kingdom gets its Switch 2 makeover. This sequel’s packing a neat 94MC—so yeah, soon enough the 2023 hit is gonna take 2025’s top ranks.
If you’ve gone ahead and grabbed a Switch 2 along with those Zelda revamps, you might wanna keep our Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom guides handy. Let’s be real—memory’s a fickle thing, or maybe this is your first time! Either way, these guides are gold, trust me.
