Nintendo intends to maintain a steady stream of releases for Switch

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guiduc said:

This was my primary concern as I saw this year being packed-in with the biggest first party IPs Nintendo could offer - Zelda, Mario Kart, Splatoon and Mario.

They launched with all guns blazing and now I fear they might dry up or rely on low-tier software to sell their console. Pokemon hasn't seen the light of day and Metroid, let's be a little honest here, is nowhere near a system mover.

I recall the 3DS' year 2, after they went all out with 3D Land and MK7.

Those were the biggest releases: Kid Icarus Uprising, Resident Evil: Revelations, New Super Mario Bros. 2, Kingdom Hearts 3D and Paper Mario. And... yup. Nintendo better take full advantage of merging their businesses.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your wording, but Nintendo did not put out all their biggest series this year. Animal Crossing, Pokemon (which you later acknowledge making this more silly), an original Mario Kart, and 2D Mario are still available, plus Zelda and Odyssey are undoubtedly going to see sequels. No way it'd suddenly dry up considering they have so many unused series and are actually getting semi-decent third party support. And you can't just have big name games but with months of nothingness inbetween. The smaller titles are very much necessary for keeping hype n momentum.

Nintendo had to bring a lot of the big guns the first year because they couldn't afford a slow start after the Wii U, but now that they've gotten great momentum they don't have to have 4 huge guns every year, just 2 or even 1 can suffice as long as there are plenty of other games releasing each year.