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TheMisterManGuy said:

They're exceptions, not rules.

They prove you wrong, calling them exceptions based on nothing doesn't change that. All of Nintendo's biggest franchises were hits right out the gate, Mario/Zelda/Pokemon/Smash/Animal Crossing/Splatoon/etc. so it's wrong to even call them that.