When the Nintendo Switch launched in 2017, our expectations were high. The hybrid console instantly felt like a dream console, and the fact that it would launch with a brand new Legend of Zelda game was a good sign that Nintendo was ready to support it with high quality games. The bar was high right out the gate — and Nintendo cleared it time and time again over eight memorable years.

The Nintendo Switch era isn’t fully ending anytime soon, but it will take a backseat to the age of Switch 2 on June 2. That impending date has left us reflecting on the bounty of games we’ve gotten on the platform since 2017. Third party developers returned to Nintendo in a big way with ports that helped widen the Switch’s library, but the console’s real calling card has been its exclusives. We got Nintendo’s studios at the top of their game here, reviving a wide swath of forgotten series while giving old standbys some of their best installments ever. Zelda, Mario, Fire Emblem, and more all made the Nintendo Switch a must-own device, and that good will is sure to spill over to Switch 2.

To celebrate that history, we’re counting down our 20 favorite Switch exclusives of all time. For this list, we’ve focused on games that are available on Switch. That means no games that were ported to other consoles later and no Wii U ports (sorry,). Even with those caveats, we had an incredibly hard time narrowing the list down to 20. In fact, this list was originally going to be a top 10, but that felt impossible. You’ll see why as soon as you see the final list, which could have been cut up and rearranged in hundreds of ways depending on your tastes.