Kimishima expects Switch sales to reach Wii levels

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IcaroRibeiro said:

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I own more than 50 "normal" games on Wii and I never found playing with the Wiimote to be awful. If anything, I enjoyed it more than a standard controller thanks to additions like pointer aiming and gesture-based motion.

This is simply untrue.

A huge proportion of Nintendo's first party titles on Switch use motion, including many later in the system's life, from BOTW/TOTK to Splatoon 2/3 to Luigi's Mansion 3 to Metroid Prime to Mario Party to Pikmin.

Then there's third party additions; Monster Hunter Rise, Doom 2016/Eternal, Skyrim, Fortnite, Overwatch, Paladins, No More Heroes, Wolfenstein, Crysis 1-3, Resident Evil series, Sniper Elite series, the list goes on and on.

None of those games have a design centered around motion controls—that's what I'm saying. Mario Odyssey kind of tried to make use of several skills that rely on motion controls, but I feel the developers couldn't create challenges or levels that actually required dedicated use of them (maybe they tried but eventually gave up). I had no issue beating the game without using motion controls, and I actually found the game easier when sticking to the standard control scheme

You can turn off motion controls in almost every other game on the list and keep playing just fine. Though I'd argue that the best setup for Fortnite, Overwatch, and Paladins is keyboard and mouse, since their analog stick controls are just too bad for competitive shooters

I believe Splatoon 2 and 3 are the only games on the list that are really designed with the expectation that you'll use gyro aiming. The others function basically the same with the feature turned off, and often function better with this feature off

Motion controls are the default way to play in most first party Switch games that have them.

And something being optional doesn't mean anything, 60fps is optional in most PS5 games yet its still one of the system's key features.

As to whether the games function better with or without them, that's purely a matter of opinion. Many people prefer gyro aiming.