Rate Nintendo Switch's 2020 in terms of 1st party game output

[Wman1996]

HigHurtenflurst said:

Leynos said:
I flirted with an F but seeing how they brought over Tokyo Mirage Sessions, something I was begging for, and a remake of Xenoblade plus brought back the Bionis Shoulder Map.That alone gives it a passing grade to me. Hyrule Warriors is next month. So I give it a C. 2019 was just so fucking ace and A++++ that 2020 feels pretty shitty comparison until you look a little deeper. It's nowhere near 2019 but it's not 2005 Gamecube either. Better than 2008 Wii which was a drought year for it.

2008 Wii was a drought year?

I count 4 important games:
MKWii, SSBB, Wii Fit, Animal Crossing City Folk.

2 Less important:
Wario land Shake It, Wii Music

Then 2 decent region specific games depending on where you are:
In America there was Endless Ocean & Mario Super Sluggers
In Europe there was Fire Emblem, Batallion Wars, , Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, DisasterDoC & Wii Chess

2008 wasn't much of a drought year in first or third-party, just too much of a front-loaded one. So basically the opposite of Nintendo's problem of back-ending most of their best titles to the second half or final quarter of a year.

Nintendo released two mega-hitters, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Mario Kart Wii within a month of each other. That led to E3 2008 sucking for Nintendo, because there wasn't much to get excited for in the immediate future. 

Given how this year has been for Nintendo it's technically possible that we could get a great first half of 2021, and then really no first-party games at all until November. But who knows? I still think the first half of 2021 will be pretty light, and we'll get better stuff in the second half.