Why do Nintendo's new Switch IPs get called "failures"?

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Cobretti2 said:

KLXVER said:
Theyre seen as failures because we all know what Nintendo can do. Instead of games like Arms, 1 2 Switch and Labo, we could have gotten another timeless classic like BOTW or Mario Odyssey. Instead we got some half assed fillers for the Switch. Shame.

Exactly this point. Failure is relative to the standard Nintendo sets.

Only, Nintendo rarely has huge expectations for most of their titles. A big reason why many of their games and systems have stock shortages early on, they simply didn't expect them to catch on that fast. Sure, it makes sense for a series like Mario or Zelda to have high expectations, but with a new property, you never know what you'll get, so it's best to temper them so that you'll be surprised if they do catch on so fast.