Whenever Nintendo says anything, people go crazy and become dramatic. What Nintendo is saying is this: There are three tiers of gamers Nintendo needs on board for Switch to sell well enough - 1) Nintendo fans 2) retro gamers / lapsed gamers who played games before but stopped playing and 3) the expanded market.
1) Is served by most games in the line-up (Smash, Fire Emblem, etc.)
2) Is served by things like Bomberman, the Street Fighter and Megaman collections, more "classic" games (2D Mario?) and things like the Nintendo online service - there is a reason that thing will let you play classic games with added online and it's Nintendo's tactic to target the lapsed gamers! Breath of the Wild sold so well because it also targeted the lapsed gamers who liked classic Nintendo but not modern Nintendo. Bomberman was a huge hit because of this as well.
3) This should have started with Labo, but I don't think Labo will sell that many consoles. Other than that games aimed at kids like Pokémon (who are young and have never played a Nintendo console before!), Animal Crossing (women) and yes, stuff like Wii Sports or 2D Mario could be released here but we'll have to find out.
All in all, it's simply not possible for Nintendo to get to 100m+ sales just by targeting the hardcore Nintendo gamer demographic. Nintendo's handhelds for example have always sold well to young kids and to more female gamers than their home consoles, which is why they always had higher sales. It's perfectly normal and absolutely the right business move.
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