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Wyrdness on 22 January 2018
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Kai_Mao said:
Wyrdness said:

The world being round doesn't make sense to some people but guess what the reality is so put your money where your mouth is I'll bet you Pokemon, Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing will move units for Switch, loser has to change their avatar image to a crow and admit being wrong in their sig.

Fact is we're not talking about you alone we're talking the overall market and the overall market were jumping to buy those games

I’m not sure about Fire Emblem moving consoles because even though it’s showing great success the last few years, it’s still relatively small as a franchise in terms of fanbase. Still, it can do really well and hopefully it can continue the great run that started back in Awakening.

Animal Crossing can do really well on Switch. New Leaf did a great job on 3DS and has attracted females onto the system, especially in Japan. The female audience has some really good potential, especially since the Switch has already established that young adult demographic that it has aimed at for the majority of its marketing since it was officially revealed.

As for Pokémon, unless you’ve been hiding under Stonehenge, you should know what Pokémon is. Pokémon is still super popular and it’s mainline games have garnered consistent success throughout the years even after the phenomenon somewhat died down in the early 2000s. Yes, Yokai Watch has stolen some of its thunder in Japan but even that series is suffering from fatigue. Yes, Ultra Sun and Moon won’t sell as well as the original Sun and Moon but it’s somewhat expected for enhanced third versions on what could be the last big year for the 7-year old 3DS. There’s been demand for Pokémon to take the mainline series on a home console for the first time for years and now we await for that first teaser. Whether it will continue its formula while making big updates to the gameplay or create an overhaul, Pokemon Switch will be (and already is) greatly anticipated.

Both Awakening and Fates moved a good amount of 3DS' on their launch, Nintendo classes FE as a big franchise as a result, both these games sold 2m each which puts its userbase above the likes of Metroid and many JRPGs that aren't FF or DQ.