These next few months will be a little slower with the lack of 1st Party titles in July, August, and September. Although, July does have an exclusive title with Octopath Traveler. But once October hits is when I think it will begin to pick up considerably.
I think Super Mario Party will do better numbers than most people will expect. Don't glance over this one, fellas. It's a return to the classic styled formula on the N64 and GameCube, something we haven't gotten since Mario Party 8, a game that came out over a decade ago and something fans have wanted ever since then. No more stupid cars or anything like that, it's the good-old, original Mario Party everyone knows and... loves???
This game is going to do big numbers with both the kids who want a good Mario game to play together and adults who grew up with the originals, and the fact that it's on the Switch and can be played anywhere. Granted, not as numbers at nearly the same level as Pokemon or Smash Bros., but I think it's going to have the best launch out of any Mario Party game to date and eventually become the best selling game in the series.
So, the three-way combo of Super Mario Party, Pokemon LGP/E, and Smash Bros. Ultimate, supported by all the 3rd party games coming out between now and the rest of the year should be enough to help Nintendo reach that 20 million goal.
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