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Slownenberg on 11 March 2018
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LipeJJ said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
I perfectly agree. In my eyes, Nintendo released all the great, typical system-sellers titles in the first months after the Switch release (probably in order to get create hype for and boost sales of the Switch), and now there's a long period of drought.
I can honestly say that there's currently not a single announced Switch game that I am excited for. And since Zelda released for WiiU as well, the latest Mario is still the only game that even makes me want to own a Switch.

Nintendo didn’t release even 1/3 of their system sellers tho. Pokémon, Super Smash Bros., 2D Mario and Animal Crossing are all bigger games than any game Nintendo released so far, excluding MK8 Deluxe, which is a port and should get a sequel eventually (well, maybe except AC, but seeing how many series are breaking their records on Switch, I’d not be surprised if it sold 15m~20m). 

I don’t see a drought either. I’m assuming you mean exclusives, since third party and indie games and constantly releasing on the system. Feb got Bayonetta 2 + 1, March has Kirby Star Allies, April got Labo 1 and 2, May have DKCTF and Hyrule Warriors DE, June has Mario Tennis Aces and July has Captain Toad Treasure Tracker. At least 1 exclusive each month. If they’re good for a specific person, that’s another question... but there really is not a drought from any perspective. You can say you don’t like any of those games, and that’s ok.

 

Yeah I certainly wouldn't call it a drought. It's just that a MAJOR Nintendo franchise isn't hitting until Smash, presumably in the Fall. Nintendo has filled the first half of the year with a few ports of old games (bayonetta, DK, Hyrule Warriors, Toad Treasure) and a couple new ones (Kirby, Mario Tennis) as well as the Labo release which I think is more like a peripheral than a game release. With all the indie games constantly being released and some new third party games and third party ports it is by no means a draught or anything, just not a strong first half of the year. I think one more port (Mario Maker anyone??) or Yoshi hitting first half of the year would have shored it up a bit. And we have no idea what is coming from August - December other than Yoshi and Smash. Smash is obviously a HUGE release for the year. Hopefully Nintendo will have a few more AA Ninty games for the Fall and I'm sure plenty of third party games will be arriving for the holiday season.

Ideally Nintendo would release at least one MAJOR Nintendo franchise every 6 months (major as in either sales or just franchise importance and industry respect). I think of these franchises as Zelda, Mario Kart, Mario, Smash, Animal Crossing, Pokemon, Metroid, 2D Mario, and now Splatoon. In 2017 they released 3 new major franchise games plus one port, that was a huge year. So when you think about it like that it makes sense that there won't be another one until second half of 2018. But in 2019 and 2020 we're likely to get 2D Mario, AC, Pokemon and Metroid, so that's one every 6 months, plus no doubt some HD ports of older games in those franchises and a boatload of Nintendo's slightly less major franchises.

Personally I still need to play through Zelda so that'll take up the next half year probably. The only game I'll likely get that I know of right now for this year is Octopath Traveler which looks awesome, I'll probably end up getting Smash as well, and then I'm sure I'll end up picking up a few $15-$20 indie/third party games just like I did last year.