Community for stuff around the Nintendo Switch
Some games require more buttons than one of the included controllers (joycon) provide. So with the included ones that would make the game single player only. As a rule of thumb, any game where you can move in 3D requires both joycons.
Mario Kart is great. It can entertain for a long time if they like racing. The two joycons are sufficient for two players.
Here is the list of the best Switch games in general. Maybe something catches your fancy?
Technically the included controllers are enough for 2 people, but they’re quite small when used individually. I’d suggest a 2nd pair.
The charging port is in the same spot on both the OLED and original. There are probably some 3rd party docks out there that double as a stand which don’t block the screen that might work for charging while playing.
Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Mario 3D World, can’t really go wrong with multiplayer Mario games. The new Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom) is great, but single player — however it can be great fun to watch others play as well so taking turns may be fine
Zelda: do you know if the game can have two player profiles, so the boys have each their own adventure?
Yeah, you can add many profiles to the Switch and each game gets its own save per profile — the only exception to this I know of is Animal Crossing, where each profile has their own character but each Switch has 1 island shared among all profiles
That sounds great. May I ask you one more question: I've seen some things come with a 3 or 12 month online subscription; what is that for?
NSO is required for online multiplayer for things like Splatoon or Minecraft.
(Btw Minecraft is pretty terrible on switch, just don't)