Staring into the abyss of a world where Nintendo has no games scheduled for release. Edit: The Time of Darkness Has Arrived

[Norion]

Cerebralbore101 said:

Let's tally the sales totals for all these games in a year. Someone necrobump this on 9/9/2021! In fact, let's add a few more games to each year, just to make it a more accurate comparison.

2017: Mario Kart, BotW, Odyssey, Mario X Rabbids, Splatoon 2, Arms, Xenoblade 2, Pokken, 1-2 Switch

2018: Smash, Let's Go, Mario Party, Mario Tennis, Tropical Freeze, Bayo 2, Treasure Tracker, Octopath, Labo, Hyrule Warriors, Torna, Star Allies

2019: Sword/Sheild, Luigi 3, Mario Maker, Link's Awakening, Astral Chain, Yoshi's Crafted World, Dragonquest S, Fire Emblem, NSMBU Deluxe

2020: AC, All Stars, Age of Calamity, Paper Mario, Bravely Default II, Pikmin 3, Xenoblade HD, Clubhouse Games, Mystery Dungeon, Ring Fit, Mario RC Cars

And just to make it even more fun, let's hold a poll on the site on 9/9/2021. We can ask the userbase here which was the weakest year for Nintendo Switch, from a games lineup perspective. :D

Edit: Adding some games that I missed.

You forgot about Tokyo Mirage Sessions being ported in Janurary 2020 and Ring Fit came out in 2019. Looking at those lists 2020 is a step down but not by a lot I'd say. It has a similar amount of games compared to the previous years though a bit less original stuff. I think the lack of transparency made it feel a lot worse than it ended up being since normally by June we'd know the second half of the years lineup but this time it took till September. How much someone ends up enjoying Animal Crossing will probably have the most impact on their feelings towards this year.