To me, 2017 wasn't as amazing for the Switch looking back

[DonFerrari]

Vodacixi said:

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

In North America the Gamecube had Luigi's Mansion, Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Monkey Ball, Pikmin, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Super Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil REmake, Animal Crossing, Star Fox Adventures, Super Monkey Ball 2, Mario Party 4, Resident Evil 0, AND Metroid Prime (actually released on the one year anniversary in NA) as exclusives. It had third parties like Crazy Taxi, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, The Simpsons Road Rage, Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Pac-Man World 2, Spiderman, TimeSplitters 2, Medal of Honor: Frontline, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, and a lot of sports games, many of which were critically acclaimed (SSX Tricky, Tony Hawk etc). 

Even the limited ass library of the Nintendo 64 wasn't too shabby in it's first year - Super Mario 64, Pilotwings 64, Wave Race 64, Killer Instinct Gold, Mario Kart 64, Star Fox 64, Goldeneye 007, Cruisin' USA, Blast Corps, and had third parties like Doom 64, Hexen, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. 

The Switch is not that out of the norm honestly. People seem to forget that great first years are kind of a given for Nintendo home consoles. Not saying it isn't the best year in console history, but if it is it's realistically not by that large of a margin. 

I mean... if you want to mention mid tier games too like Star Fox Adventure, Wave Race, Mario Party 4 and Resident Evil 0, let's add to the Switch: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, ARMS, Mario x Rabbids and Fire Emblem Warriors... heck, if you count Super Monkey Ball and Wave Race for the Gamecube, let's put FAST RMX and Snipperclips on the Switch list too xD

As for third party releases... The Simpsons Road Gage? Gauntlet Dark Legacy? Spiderman? Really? For the love of God, those game were mediocre at best. Road Gage is absolute trash. As for the Switch... DOOM, Skyrim, Rocket League, Super Bomberman R, Disgea 5, LEGO City Undercover, Sonic Mania, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2... plus all the indies in the world, plus the sports games.

All that being said... I may have gone to far saying "any console". I agree that Gamecube and N64 had a great first year. But at least you'll agree that those happened 18 to 23 years ago. How good PS2, Xbox, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PS4 and Xbox One were on their first year? Not even close to what those consoles and the Wii had. The Switch absolutely blow away any recent console's first year.

I should save this for when people comparing PS4 and Switch sales first year try and say PS4 had a very strong lineup.