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Kai_Mao on 21 August 2022
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I guess it depends on what you define as stale. Not everyone will think that way. For me, it’s hard for me to think of this year for Nintendo as stale. Pokémon Legends Arceus and Kirby and the Forgotten Land are certainly different from their usual mainline predecessors.

Splatoon 3 may sound stale for some, but with Splatoon 2 not having much fanfare for two years or so and with new additions, QoL changes, and changes in the online structure (Nintendo using their new in house online structure that MHR is using), this should give a boost to the Splatoon community.

Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes gives Three Houses fans (and FE fans in general) at least one more chance to interact with the beloved cast of Fodlan.

Xenoblade 3 closes the saga that started with Xenoblade 1 and apparently a lot of people really like this game.

Mario Strikers Battle League apparently has its issues (don’t have the game yet), but it works fine gameplay wise and it’s nice to see it back after people waiting for a new game since the Wii days. Same with Switch Sports (though it’s last entry was Wii Sports Club on Wii U).

Soon we’ll have Pokemon Scarlet/Violet and Bayonetta 3. A JRPG game that seeks to take the next step into open world and a long awaited, and almost impossible, sequel to a niche, but beloved, action series.

I think what threw people off was that Nintendo pretty much showed the majority of their lineup back in February 2022. So it would’ve been hard to repeat the same games on a general summer direct unless they were ready to talk about games coming in 2023, which apparently they aren’t yet. Unfortunately things happen. Advance Wars reboot was supposed to release in April but got delayed indefinitely due to circumstances outside of Nintendo’s control. BOTW 2 got delayed to Spring 2023. Not much we can do.

Regardless, Nintendo has been busy this year. They publish more games almost annually than any other publisher (including the other first party devs). I didn’t even mention games like Live A Live, which apparently they had a hand in influencing Square Enix to remake the game in HD2D, or the MK8D DLC.