Which game has had you glued to Switch in portable mode the most?

[Spring-Loaded]

Games that had you like

While almost any game works in portable mode, I'm curious what games people were most enticed to specifically play them in portable mode and why, or what games did you end up playing in portable mode the most for no particular reason.

I know that Dead Cells has to be my most played game in portable mode and I just ended up getting a better feel for it than playing on the TV. The TV is usually in use for other reasons, and since the game was so engaging, it was also done by necessity.

 

[What-ok]

The new Zelda start to finish along with a certain goose game. It's been dreamy. HONK!!!

*all games played portable have been wonderful for my lifestyle.

 

[BanditoMac]

Link to the Past has been my bus commute game

 

[Kholdy]

Stardew Valley, by far.

 

[LoNe_eXiLe]

All games. I have had my switch since launch and have docked it once.

 

[affeinvasion]

Dead Cells and Crypt of the Necrodancer. Run-based games work really well for portable.

 

[stersauce]

i played a ton of into the breach and tetris 99 in portable mode

 

[ghibli99]

Everything, really.

BOTW for months on end, and right now it's FF12.

 

[LegendofLex]

All the Picross games for sure.

I also played Dandara, Kamiko, Axiom Verge, Blossom Tales, and other similarly styled games mostly in handheld mode.

 

[RoboitoAM]

Link's Awakening

It was already a handheld game. I don't use handheld mode any other time usually.

 

[Deleted member 12186]

Maybe Links Awakening but I generally have trouble with font size like in Fire Emblem TTH.

 

[neferteetee]

I play pretty much everything in portable mode but Stardew Valley and Kingdom or Kingdom New Lands the most by far.

 

[Slushimi]

Gotta be DQ11

 

[Eclipse]

I think I played Hollow Knight mostly in portable.

 

[dtamago]

pokemon lets go eevee is much better when played portable.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Stardew valley, CONSUMED ME.

I would be thinking about it at work and go straight to laying in bed and play as soon as I got home. That was a fun week

 

[Prine]

none, can't game on small screens.

 

[Puggles]

I've played almost everything in portable mode. Stardew Valley is by far my most played. I just hooked my launch switch to the TV for the first time on Sunday lol

 

[Zlug]

Except Smash, I played all my games on handheld mode 100% of the time. So the one game I played the most is Fire Emblem Three Houses.

 

[lord_of_flood]

I play a lot of games in portable mode, but the one I played the most is likely Three Houses. I spent a lot of my playtime in portable mode (and somehow the text size didn't bug me a whole lot).

 

[Bookkoo]

Im weird, stuff like DQ11 and Zelda I like playing on the big screen but games like Hollow Knight, Mana Collection, and Fire Emblem I preferred handheld

 

[Motorcycle Dork]

I switch around (pun not intended). The longest time spent would be BotW and AoT2.

 

[Kneefoil]

Not sure if I've played the Dragon Quest XI demo or Breath of Fire the most. In any case, I mostly prefer portable mode only for turn based RPGs.

 

[NeverWas]

Diablo 3 or Dead Cells. I can't play something like BotW on a portable. That's a couch and tv game.

 

[TaterTots]

I played Link's Awakening for about an hour yesterday in portable mode. That's by far the most I've used my Switch not in the dock.

 

[bit8baracus]

None so far but that might all change when I finally get the thicker joycons that look like a pro controller cut in half

 

[SirNinja]

Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD. They even ported over the Vita version's quick-heal touchscreen menu, making portable mode the ideal way to play.

 

[TheBiInBilingual]

Hollow Knight. Played that one exclusively in handheld.

edit: tested it recently, and the game is downright unplayable in docked mode to me. I logged 120 hours in that game in handheld, and am so used to the joycon. I can't play it with the Pro Controller because the directional sticks are able to move more freely on that thing. The ones on the Joycon are more 'limited' so to speak, which I have gotten used to. Split Joycon or the Joycon grip also don't feel right.

 

[@TheFriendlyBro]

VOEZ, I've probably put 100'ish hours into it and only played it on handheld.

 

[QuigleyMcShine]

Basically none. I like my TV a lot.

Though recently I've played some Kingdom Two Crowns in handheld while Netflix is on.

 

[Completely Anonymous]

Everything. Don't dock it at all ...

 

[Canucked]

I pretty much only play in handheld mode. So all of them.

 

[BigTime_2018]

Gonna copy-and-paste from a Reddit post I made.

There are three Switch games I played exclusively in handheld mode:

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Yoshi's Crafted World

Horizon Chase Turbo

Yoshi's Crafted World is such a "cozy" game that I didn't want to play it anywhere but in bed, and Horizon Chase Turbo feels like such a "handheld" game (which is not an insult) that choosing not to play it in handheld mode would've felt wrong.

I have no reason for playing Mario + Rabbids exclusively in handheld. That's just the way it turned out.

 

[Deleted member 32106]

Xenoblade 2. I play it like a music game.

 

[Zhengi]

BOTW and NBA 2K19. At the moment, I'm glued to Dragon Quest XI.

 

[DontHateTheBacon]

Slay the Spire, for sure!

 

[Spring-Loaded]

I think I'm going to get back into Dead Cells now, actually

 

[Dekuman]

Civ 6

 

[cardboardboxer]

Battle Chasers Night War was that game in 2018.

This year it's Three Houses. I haven't even seen it in docked mode.

 

[robot]

I played 180 hours of Fire Emblem mostly in portable so...probably that.

 

[spad3]

Link's Awakening & Metal Gear Goose Solid

 

[NappingRat]

Necrodancer and Necromancer of Hyrule are far superior experiences for me (with limited gaming skill) in handheld mode. I've done game mode on the TV, all video smoothing off, but the latency from controllers+HDMI is just a little bit off-putting for the Rhythm games.

I know there's an offset, but I'm not reliable enough with my button inputs to calibrate it accurately 😁!

 

[jotun?]

Mario + Rabbids while on vacation

I tried BotW handheld a couple times when I was forced to by empty joycon batteries, but I couldn't stand it. There are too many little details and things in the distance for BotW to be played on a small screen

 

[monsterboysp]

BoxBoy! + BoxGirl!

 

[Mekanos]

Smash, I guess? I play all my games portably and it's my most played game by several magnitudes (270+ hours logged while my next biggest game, Mario Odyssey, is at a puny 70 hours). I also like to pop in Mario Maker 2 here and there for a few levels.

 

[RowdyReverb]

Hollow Knight really, really had me hooked. Excellent game

 

[Mediking]

I played Mario Ody and BOTW in handheld mode all the time. Same for Splatoon but now I'm team Docked lol

 

[Richietto]

I actually ended up playing Links Awakening in handheld mode for like 90% of the playthrough.

 

[Speely]

Prolly Torchlight 2 because joy con drift affects it less for me. I've played a LOT more of other games, but this one is my go-to for portable.

I play a ton of Dead Cells and BotW and Celeste, but the drift really compromises those in portable, especially Celeste. Torchlight is a delight despite it because I can just sorta force it and it's super forgiving anyway.

 

[Deleted member 37233]

Probably Octopath Traveler, since I played BotW mostly on the TV. I played through OT in portable mode for probably 90% of my playtime.