Soundwave said:
I mean it's kind of hard to remove MK8 and BOTW from the Switch, they're not just normal titles.
MK8 is the best selling and most popular game on the system, BOTW is the show piece game for the system, probably the system's most iconic title (as Mario 64 is to N64, Super Mario to NES, Smash to GameCube, etc.) and one of the top sellers too.
Arguably these are the two most important games on the system.
Without them I don't even know if Nintendo could launch in March 2017 ... like what are you launching with? 1,2 Switch? The system would've 3DS-ed itself.
Switch should be ahead too just by virtue of being the only Nintendo system, NES, SNES, N64, GCN, Wii, Wii U all had to share some portion of Nintendo's software output with the portable systems too.
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BOTW is a crossgen release, something commonplace on other platforms and even from Nintendo seen way back in 2006 with Twilight Princess. It's not recycled content as it was brand new when it hit Switch.
Mario Kart 8 is really the only major 2017 title that's recycled from Wii U, and in spite of its success it is only one game. They easily could have made Mario Kart 9 instead and seen similar numbers, and none of the other top 10 games on Switch are Wii U titles.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 01 December 2022
