I've owned every Nintendo console since N64 launched back in 96. And for 21 years I sat through each generation feeling the same frustration every time. NINTENDO WHERE ARE THE GAMES???? Software always came out at a crawl on Nintendo platforms. But.... Eventually games came out, and each Nintendo system had a good library of 20 solid titles. Until 2012. Wii U was it. That was the first Nintendo console that I genuinely regretted getting.
Why? Because it didn't have enough games to justify its existence. Even with remasters, the number of non-Indie/non-ported Wii U games scoring over 80 on MC/OC was under 15. And Wii U tanked hard, because of this lack of games.
So what do I expect from Switch? I expect at minimum 4-5 non-Indie/non-port games scoring over 80 on MC/OC a year. The bad news is that Nintendo has yet to release a single game like that this year so far. The good news? Those games can all drop in the second half of the year, and Nintendo will still be good. Here's what we can expect for games that potentially meet my criteria...
Animal Crossing Switch
Poke'mon Switch
Yoshi (50/50 shot at being 80+ Meta)
Fire Emblem
Octopath Traveler
No More Heroes 3 (Unlikely to be 80+ Meta, but there's a chance)
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Pillars of Eternity II (Same year release = not a port)
Mario Tennis Aces (Another 50/50 shot at getting over 80 on aggregate sites.)
So all we really need is four out of these nine games to deliver. After that we have some nice icing on the cake such as...
Smash 4 port (Or maybe even Smash 5!)
Ys VIII port
Dark Souls portable edition
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
