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Miyamotoo on 20 October 2017
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fatslob-:O said:
Peach_buggy said:

Even using 3 of their biggest franchises a year still gives Nintendo over 3 years before they run out of their top IP's. Also, Mario Party has the potential to be a 5+m franchise on a successful console, as does Metroid if Nintendo can create enough hype for it. After 3 years Nintendo can begin to offer sequels to the aforementioned big hitters. Also, there are collaborations, unknowns and new IP's to think of. 

If anyone has the IP's to pull it off, Nintendo has.

That JUST leaves Nintendo with 3 years if they go with that strategy, not OVER ... 

Metroid becoming a flagship is nothing more than your hopes and dreams. Metroid as a franchise is past it's prime when we consider it's popularity peaked during GC with Metroid Prime selling 2.8M units and then decreasing afterwards with the Wii ... 

Even Nintendo has a limit to how many flagships they can have or create ... 
fatslob-:O said:

With Nintendo depleting their potential rather quickly (they already used Zelda, 3D Mario, Splatoon and not to the fullest extent Mario Kart) that leaves them with Pokemon, 2D Mario, Animal Crossing, Smash Bros and those with potential to become flagships includes Tomodachi, Luigi's Mansion along with Donkey Kong ... (Nintendo will have released 4 out of their 11 biggest current franchises for Switch in it's first year!) 

With Monster Hunter and Yokai Watch not being as strong as they were, Nintendo will find themselves at an impasse with the Switch once they used all of their biggest franchises ...

 

Nintendo did release 3D Zelda, MK8D and 3D Mario in first year, but they can easily relase new 3D Zelda, new 3D Mario and new MK game in around 3 years, not to mentione they always releasing several Pokemon games per system (same will be for Switch also, at least 2 Pokemon games), add to that IPs that you mentione and other Nintendo IPs that you didnt mentione, definitely new IPs that potentially can be big (we still dont know whats Retros Games is, probably is new IP), more GC/Wii/WiiU ports/remasters, more 3rd party exclusives...and you will see that Nintendo will not have any problems maintain steady flow of good and strong games every year for Switch. I mean, look how Nintendo managed past successful systems with games and you can get picture, with fact on mind that things with Switch are and will be even more easier because Nintendo will have all resources focuse only fore one platform and not deviaded on two difrent platforms like before.

Metroid Prime is not flagship game and never had great sales, so of course it can be compared to other hevi hitters in terms of sales, but it's definitely game that can brings lots attention and hype of industry and can easily become one of most important Switch title of year, I mean just look back reactions of people when Metroid Prime 4 was announced, it was one of E3 games that was most mentione of all E3 games.