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AngryLittleAlchemist on 30 December 2018
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flashfire926 said:

Best Zelda
Tied for best 3D Mario
Best Smash Bros (going by what people say. Personally I dislike Smash)
Best Mario Tennis since GBA/Gamecube days
Best Mario Party since the Hudson Soft games
Best Mariokart
Lackluster Kirby
Lackluster Pokemon
On the whole, most of these franchises have either had one of their best games yet (Zelda, Mariokart, 3D Mario), and some have had their best entry in a long time, going towards the right direction (Mario Party, Tennis). Only Kirby has been somewhat disappointing. And I'm not worried about pokemon because the next one wont be a cash grab like the one we just had.

Cant speak to Xenoblade cause I dont play JRPGS.

Kirby isn't the only one that's patchy. While Mario Party and Mario Tennis are going in the "right" direction, the way in which they are listed above makes them sound a lot more impressive than they really are. 

For example, Mario Tennis is actually a spin off which hasn't gotten a lot of games. It didn't get an original title on Wii, it only got a port, and on DS it didn't even get a game. So it skipped an entire generation. So when you say it's the best since Gamecube and GBA, whilst you're technically correct, that's saying it's only better than 2 games in a franchise with 6 games on Metacritic and 7 original games in the entire series (have no idea why Mario Tennis on Gameboy Color isn't on Metacritic).   Of course it's probably better than GBC, GBA, hell maybe even N64, but I seem to remember a lot of disappointment in the game when it actually released, and a lot of people still prefer N64 and GC (and of course how games are received at their respective times is important).

Also Mario Party was just milked so much that it's hard to make "going on the right track" sound impressive when you already have 7 legendary Party games (although people always argue over the ranking of the first 7 but generally those are the most liked), and one somewhat liked game. Like Mario Tennis it's just kind of been in the middle of the series in terms of reception and fan appreciation. 

That being said I still expect that Switch will have one of the best Nintendo libraries, if not the best, by the end of it's life. I'm just trying to be more realistic with the offerings listed. It has simlar releases to Nintendo's front-loaded home consoles, but will most likely have the long term support of a Nintendo handheld. Mario Party and Kirby are known for having multiple games on a single console (although MP has been slowing down), so I have hope that they will make much better entries later on in the consoles life. Also maybe Tennis will get a sequel on the same console for the first time, I mean after all it used to be two games per generation. 

Last edited by AngryLittleAlchemist - on 30 December 2018