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Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Games review: minor flaws can’t drag this generous package down

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Nintendo’s latest Switch release is simple – but sometimes, simplicity can be the best. Back on the Nintendo DS, a thousand years ago, I had a quiet obsession. Not Pokemon. Not Mario Kart DS, or The World Ends with You. Not even Elite Beat Agents or Ace Attorney – though I was a little obsessive …
Nintendo’s latest Switch release is simple – but sometimes, simplicity can be the best.
Back on the Nintendo DS, a thousand years ago, I had a quiet obsession. Not Pokemon. Not Mario Kart DS, or The World Ends with You. Not even Elite Beat Agents or Ace Attorney – though I was a little obsessive over those. No – I was obsessed with 42 All-Time Classics – also known in some countries as Clubhouse Games.
This little collection of games was deceptively brilliant. Classic games from around the world gathered into one package, it was a natural fit for the DS and touch-based input. Now, fifteen years after that game’s release, we’re getting a Nintendo Switch sequel: 51 Worldwide Games or Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics, depending on your territory.
This game is exactly what it says right there on the box. It is 51 games from around the world collected up into a neatly-presented package as a Switch cart or download. It’s a solid value package, but the easiest way to get a handle of what it’s about is to see some of it for yourself – so we’ve put together a video that shows off 14 of the 51 included games.
All the games are bite-sized and all are based on existing things – so the game comes with a lower retail price to match – £34.99 in the UK and $39.99 in the US, or a similar regional equivalent. The fact these games are familiar is the point, however – and they run the gamut of the different ways you might want to play on the Nintendo Switch. Before we go any further, let’s express the most important thing about this game: the 51 included games.
The 51 games included are as follows – brace yourself for a long list:
Mancala, Dots and Boxes, Yacht Dice, Four-in-a-row, Hit and Blow, Nine Men’s Morris, Hex, Draughts, Hare and Hounds, Gomoku, Dominoes, Chinese Checkers, Ludo, Backgammon, Renegade, Chess, Shogi, Mini Shogi, Hanafuda, Riichi Mahjong, Last Card, BlackJack, Texas Hold’em, President, Sevens, Speed, Matching, War, Takoyaki, Pig’s Tail, Golf, Billiards, Bowling, Darts, Carrom, Toy Tennis, Toy Football, Toy Curling, Toy Boxing, Toy Baseball, Air Hockey, Slot Cars, Fishing, Battle Tanks, Team Tanks, Shooting Gallery,6-Ball Puzzle, Sliding Puzzle, Mahjong Solitaire, Klondike Solitaire and Spider Solitaire. There’s also a little bonus, which is less a game and more of a fun toy.
If you’re a handheld player or a Switch Lite owner, the best offerings are perhaps the solo-friendly games that you can use to pass a lot of time quickly.

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