What Nintendo titles are AAA?

[GuyDuke]

RolStoppable said:

GoOnKid said:

The term 'AAA' needs to be defined first. Everyone uses it differently. But forget about it, we already tried that, it won't work. We will never find a consensus. AAA is just a meaningless word that's supposed to express high value. But as value is subjective, everybody will have a different opinion. For example, some would rate God of War as AAA, while I rather see a derivative of earlier games that brought nothing new to the table. On the other hand I would rate Mario as AAA, while others would feel like it's the same old same old. So, if we could have a common understanding of the term, we may find an answer to your question. But we can't.

AAA refers to high development and marketing budget. The quality of the games doesn't matter. Since the quality is irrelevant, the importance of AAA is artificial.

On topic: This year for Switch they are Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Odyssey.

I'm not quite sure Splatoon 2 fits that critera though. Splatoon's development isn't expansive, as it took less than half what Mario Odyssey or BotW needed for completion and release. Nintendo is indeed marketing it intensively, as Splatoon possess immense selling power, so critera 2 is ok. I would categorize it as AA, in the end.

@OP: That is a very good question to debate. I'd say Zelda, 3D Mario, Smash Bros and Xenoblade are the top tier Nintendo intellectual properties.