Eurogamer heard that Mario Switch will be ready for console launch

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Nuvendil said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah, another underwhelming entry like 3D World won't get them off to a good start, but if it's more along the lines of the series greats (64 and Galaxy) it could be a strong launch title. Not as strong as Breath of the Wild would have been, but better than NSMBU/Nintendoland.

Well there is the fact that their launch isn't tied to the Holidays so if Zelda misses by only a small window, occupying the May window Nintendo has used recently every year, it won't be a massive failure.  In other cases where launch coincides with Holidays, missin by a few months would plant the game squarely in the January and February wasteland.  IF the new Mario is a true Launch title, I could see Zelda occupying that May slot for breathing room.  Though I am MORE interested on what will come in alongside those major pillars.

It does worry me that not having BotW as a launch title could seriously hurt Switch. Wii U and GCN lacked compelling killer apps at launch, and they never really recovered. Meanwhile, every Nintendo console with at least one killer launch title (NES, SNES, N64, Wii) did at least moderately well.