Rumour: The Major Switch Title This Holiday Season Could Have "Tyres" In It

[Jumpin]

JWeinCom said:

Jumpin said:

Neither of those sound like a major title. One is a niche racer from a niche genre, and the other a spin-off.

I am not saying it’s a DKR game, but it’s the best theory I’ve read so far, IMO. It’s a game with potential of 10M+ given its original sold over 4.8m on the N64, and the poorly received and  limited port on DS still managed to get 1.6m. Although, I wonder what kind of hook it could have? 12 player local and up to 64 via WiFi/online? DKR was a nice distraction from Mario Kart, but only surpassed it for a short time in sales on the N64; also, while people played MK64 regularly all the way up to Mario Kart Wii, DKR did fall out of favour by the end of the PSX/N64 generation.

So, a new DKR can’t sell fully on legacy, IMO. It needs a big hook.

Whether or not they're major titles really depends on the amount of effort put into them.  At one point, a new Fire Emblem game would not have been considered a major title, but now, it is.  Same to a lesser extent for Xenoblade or Luigi's Mansion.  So, it could be a major title if someone in Nintendo sees potential and decides they want to make it the next big thing.

I can't see Kirby's Air Ride or F-Zero having the potential of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 or Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I also wouldn't consider either Xenoblade or Fire Emblem among Nintendo's major franchises; while these two games have increased sales over predecessors, they're still niche titles selling no where near Nintendo's major games. For first party games, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 only beats Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Crafted World in sales.