I'm hyped indeed, infact for me it could very well be better than 2017! Splatoon is my overall favorite series, but Fire Emblem, Pokemon, and Animal Crossing are in my Top 5 Nintendo series aswell. I don't actually expect Pokemon to release next year but even just seeing it will make me happy!

My prediction? For 2018, Don't go in expecting one big Nintendo fanboy wet dream (as in, expecting stuff like F-Zero, Smash, and other franchises people want to be brought back all in the same year). I feel Nintendo is going to focus more on two things next year. New IP that further demonstrate the features of the Switch, and the portability aspect. Many Nintendo higher ups from Kimishima, to Koizumi, to Takahashi have alluded to Nintendo releasing more New IP in the future that take advantage of the Switch's features, namely the Joy-Con. So look forward to more game like that. And for the portability aspect, I say this because a Kirby game this early in the Switch's life, along with a Yoshi game and Fire Emblem is something you only really see happen on handhelds, at least these days. So expect to start seeing Nintendo's traditionaly handheld francises migrate over to the Switch, including of course, Pokemon.

Basically next year, expect...

* More new IP and ideas from Nintendo
* More handheld series migrating over
* More Switch games from Nintendo overall as the 3DS tampers off.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions NEEDS a definitive edition though.

Persona began as a spin off of the ‘Shin Megami Tensei: If...’ game

they better not port smash 4, it was on 3ds and wiiu thats enough

I'd argue it's the one WiiU game that needs a Switch "GOTY" version the most. If you wanted all the Smash 4 content you needed to buy the 3DS version, the WiiU version, and a bunch of DLC. I think a single game bringing all that stuff together would be great.

I'm really excited to see what Retro has been working on, I just hope it's not anything based on multiplayer like diddy kong racing or f-zero. Nothing against those games, but they are really not my thing and Retro is probably my favourite studio working today.
Aside from that, i'm also hoping to see the next Fire Emblem and No More Herores 3, and maybe some footage of Metroid Prime 4.
Really looking forward to the January direct, but i'm also kind of afraid of being dissapointed...

You're not wrong.. Who can be excited for a lineup which hasn't been shown yet.  

I used to buy Nintendo consoles but their lineups just get and more samey to me and I'm less and less interested in the Mario, Zelda, etc. rehashes. I played Zelda on Switch and it just seemed like a more annoying open world. Mario I haven't been impressed with since N64 honestly. Just don't get where all the praise comes from. AC Origins seems like a way better open world than Zelda so far.

They're both jRPGs so it's an honest mistake ;)