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Zippy6 on 04 November 2021
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PAOerfulone said:
Zippy6 said:

Yes absolutely, BOTW catapulted the Switch. It was a cross-gen game. I'm not saying line-up isn't important, but I think the shear amount of content that Nintendo apparently need to get ready for Day One is being overstated here. Like you say BOTW was the only big game day-one for Switch.

The insinuation that because Nintendo has a strong 2022 lineup it's impossible for them to get ready for a Console launching in Nov 2013 and do the same as they did with the Switch and support it over the next 8+ months with a steady stream of titles is silly. 

They only need one big title to launch it is it really impossible to see something like this because they have 4 games launching in 2022?:

Mario Kart 9 - Holiday 2023
Pokemon (Switch + Switch 2(BC)) - Holiday 2023
Some other title (Paper Mario? Fire Emblem? Xenoblade? DKC?) - Feb-March 2024
Super Mario Odyssey 2 - Summer 2024
- more steady releases etc.

They can easily have a short lull in releases in the first 10 months of 2013 and then be ready to punch out some games over the next 12 months to launch a system.

Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, and the next 3D Mario could just as easily come out for the Switch next year.

Yes they could, just as easily for Switch 1, Switch 2 or cross-gen. Any of them. But as you say could be ready for 2023 which means they could be used to launch a new system in 2023 if Nintendo chose to. Nintendo can get big games ready for Nov 2023 and throughout 2024 to support a new system launch.

PAOerfulone said:

When has Pokemon EVER released at launch? Even Black/White, which you'd think would be the PERFECT launch title for the 3DS, was still a DS exclusive despite the fact that the 3DS was already out. And GOD KNOWS the 3DS desperately needed a game like that right out of the gate. 

Yes that's why I put (Switch + Switch 2 (BC)), as in backwards compatible so you can play it on either.

I don't really have a lot to say about the rest of your post because I agree with the majority of what you said.