No 3D Mario on Switch 2 yet seems to have short-circuited a lot of folks

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angrypoolman said:

this isnt a fair assessment at all. nobody is demanding that we get anything that you listed. the problem is nintendo padding their first party lineup with remakes.
the switch 2 quite frankly has not built up enough of a library of original titles to get away with filling the year with remakes and switch 2 edition updates. its a very simple concept, and whenever its brought up, it seems to short-circuit the brains of a lot of folks who seem to want to inject way more complexity into this issue than there needs to be.
we are annoyed because nintendo's two biggest releases for the year are remakes, not because we are "trained to have a 3d mario by now." completely unfair.

Here’s the thing though, you’re saying that their “two biggest releases for the year are remakes” that’s just factually wrong. And you seem to be deciding what’s big based on your personal preferences rather than looking at each games sales potential.

Star Fox series

Star Fox-2.99m

Star Fox 64-4.00m

Star Fox Adventures-1.82m

Star Fox Assault-less than 1m

Star Fox Command-less than 1m

Star Fox 64 3D-1.07m

Star Fox Zero-less than 1m

Mario Tennis series

Mario Tennis (N64)-2.32m

Mario Tennis (GBC)-1.18m

Mario Power Tennis-1.16m

Mario Tennis: Power Tour-less than 1m

Mario Tennis Open-1.58m

Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash-less than 1m

Mario Tennis Aces-4.50m

Yoshi Series

Yoshi’s Island (SNES)-4.12m

Yoshi’s Story-2.85m

Yoshi’s Island (GBA)-2.83m

Yoshi Topsy Turvy-less than 1m

Yoshi Touch & Go-less than 1m

Yoshi’s Island DS-3.36m

Yoshi’s New Island-2.06m

Yoshi’s Woolly World-1.57m

Yoshi’s Crafted World-3.35m

Fire Emblem series

Before Awakening-all under 1m

Awakening-2.37m

Fates-3.09m

Echoes-1.00m

Three Houses-4.12m

Engage-1.68m

Splatoon Series

Splatoon-4.95m

Splatoon 2-13.60m

Splatoon 3-11.96m

Switch Sports-18.32m

Pokopia-over 4 million

Zelda updated ports/remakes

Ocarina of Time 3D-6.44m

Majora’s Mask 3D-3.46m

Wind Waker HD-2.37m

Twilight Princess HD-1.17m

Link’s Awakening-6.63m

Skyward Sword HD-4.15m

To summarize, Nintendo currently has 8 exclusives scheduled to release this year for Switch 2

Mario Tennis, Yoshi, Star Fox & Fire Emblem are all franchises that have sold over 4 million at their best but under 1 million at their worst. Assuming that they all review favorably and since they’re not releasing on a dead/dying console, they should all sell in the 2-5 million range.

As for the other titles, Pokopia did over 4 million in a month and should be an evergreen title. Splatoon Raiders is hard to guess, will it have the same appeal as Splat 2/3 which each did over 12 million or will it be treated like a smaller, side release? Even if it has a large drop from its predecessor, Sports Resort should be a big seller. Considering how well OoT 3D & Link’s Awakening remake each sold over 6 million, a full fledged OoT remake should do even higher. All four of these titles have potential to sell 10+ million.