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Before the pandemic I was very confident on BotW2 being the big hitter for the holidays this year, but I'm assuming it'll be maybe a March 2021 release now (as Nintendo seems to like March as an off-holiday time for big launches: the Switch itself and AC for example). I'd love to see some sort of well known IP new game this Fall, something like Bayonetta 3 or Pikmin 4, or ideally both.

Beyond that I hope Nintendo will just pad the second half of the year with highly desired ports and HD remasters while they've got a potential lull in new releases from the effects of the pandemic. HD Metroid Prime Trilogy, HD Wind Waker ported over, HD Galaxy Collection (or All-Stars 2 or you know whatever they apparently have planned for the Mario anniversary according to the rumor), and Mario 3D World port. I think these ports/remasters and just one or two decent holiday launches would be great for the rest of the year considering the situation.

Also, they need to finally get at least N64, GB, or GBA on NSO this year. They are way behind in adding to NSO. The subscription based system is much better than the VC but I'm starting to wonder if Nintendo is gonna screw it up by not actually paying much attention to it. When NSO came out I figured by now we'd have GB, GBA, NES, SNES, and N64.

So ideal 2nd half schedule for me I'd say would be:

July: Mario World 3D port

August: Wind Waker HD port

September: Pikmin 4

October: Metroid Prime Trilogy HD

November: HD Galaxy Collection, a new Ring Fit game

December: Bayonetta 3, and hell I'll even throw in Switch Sports remake of Wii Sports + Wii Sports Resort cuz that would be awesome even tho I doubt they'll bring this to the Switch