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There was lots of wowing over the Wii U early on "unprecidented support" from EA got Nintendo fans into a tizzy, then COD: Black Ops 2 being announced was a megaton, then Bayonetta 2 in collaboration with Sega was a huge deal. 

This is an actual gif from summer 2012, prior to the Wii U's launch:

This is just laughably embarrassing to look back on now. 

To be honest the Wii U third party support from Western devs was not that bad. COD, Assassin's Creed, Batman Arkham, FIFA, Madden NFL, and NBA 2K represented probably 6 of the top 8 third party IP in the business at the time and it had other stuff like Zombi U, Rayman, Deux Ex, Need for Speed too. The problem was a lot of these devs bailed after about 1-2 years of support. 

I think Switch will be missing some of those listed above. Probably no COD or Madden NFL at launch I'm thinking (EA has said only one game, and that probably means FIFA, that also means no Battlefront, no Star Wars, no NHL, no Need For Speed, no Mass Effect). 

My guesses are basically

YES for Switch:

Skyrim, NBA2K17, Dragon Quest XI, Sonic, Just Dance, FIFA 2017, Monster Hunter XX, Batman: Arkham Knight port, Resident Evil 7, Kingdom Hearts 3, Tekken 7, Metal Gear Solid V port, Minecraft. 

NO for Switch

Red Dead Revolver 2, Call of Duty, NHL 2017, Battlefield, Mass Effect, GTA VI, Star Wars Battlefront, Need For Speed, The Witcher 3. 

Maybe not exactly like that, but I think for every "big" IP the Switch gets, there will be one missing.