KLXVER said:
curl-6 said:
With a good supply of games though, there is something for just about everyone. This was the case for 2017. The Q1-2 lineup announced so far simply doesn't offer enough big new games. If you don't love Kirby, Mario Tennis, or re-releases/indies, there's simply nothing on offer.
And even totally disregarding my own tastes, none of the games they have announced thus far are system sellers, which is an issue as going 6 months without a system seller isn't good for a platform's sales momentum.
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Well if you don't like Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Xenoblade or Mario Kart, there wasn't any big reason to get the Switch in 2017 either... Maybe Kirby was what you were waiting for. Maybe Mario Tennis is what you wanted. Who knows? Cant have big system sellers every month or two. Also we don't know every game that's coming to the Switch in the first 6 months. I don't think this Direct was everything that's coming. I would rather have several good smaller games than a big game or two in half a year anyway.
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Indeed, this is true. This Direct technically only covered the first five months of the year. It’s easy to forget, but ahead of the system’s launch people weren’t exactly head-over-heels over games announced for the Switch’s first five months. The big launch game was a port of a Wii U game. The second big Nintendo game was a port of a three-year old Wii U game. The third big game was a weird-looking barebones motion-controlled springy-armed boxing title. The fourth game was a Splatoon 2, which basically looked like Splatoon 1. We didn’t even know about Rabbids yet.
If you didn’t find Arms appealing and didn’t want to play stuff you could just as easily play on the Wii U (and in the case of one of those games, you already have)? You’ve got no reason to play anything on the Switch until Splatoon 2 comes out in July. And lord help you if you don’t care for online multiplayer, because as fun as Splatoon 2’s campaign can be it’s not worth $60.
Switch didn’t really kick into high gear until the fall.
And system sellers are indeed a rare thing. The Switch (arguably) having so many in 2017 was unusual, and thanks in part to Nintendo’s ability to port BotW and MK8 over to the system.