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curl-6 on 15 November 2016
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Kai_Mao said:
curl-6 said:

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.

3D Mario should be one of those killer apps like Mario 64. Then you also got Splatoon that can potentially keep at least Japan intrigued as the original game basically kept the Wii U afloat in Japan and has one of the best legs in Japan (and possibly worldwide). Switch is a new console and I'm sure there are fans of Splatoon that will buy an improved version or a sequel. Again we'll have to see since all we're going at are rumors. I'm just not in the mind set that it's Zelda or bust. It's not just about getting off to a good start, but also staying afloat with a great lineup of games that releases over the course of the year.

The question is, will Mario Switch have that system-selling wow factor that 64 and Galaxy had? Another 3D World isn't going to cut it. And I don't think a port of a game from 2015 (Splatoon) will be a killer app for a new system. If it's a sequel, then it could be.