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Norion on 13 June 2026
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firebush03 said:
Norion said:

The dismissive attitude towards the line-up is certainly over the top though the lack of any megatons this year is a notable negative so it basically comes down to that it's looking increasingly likely the Switch 2 will only have one megaton release a full two years in while the Switch 1 had a few when it turned two years old. It looks likely it'll get multiple next year though so business wise spreading it out that way will end up working out really well since the Switch 2 will need a big first party push next year to prevent sales momentum from declining notably.

I do question what you would consider “megaton”.

Judging off OoT Remake’s Twitter stats (it having received more likes than any Tweet regarding major releases such as Tears of the Kingdom and Smash Ultimate), I think it’s fairly safe to assume this could be viewed as a megaton release. Furthermore, look at Pokopia and Switch Sports Resort— two games that will absolutely enter 10M territory. That’s three games just this year alone. And last year had MKWorld and DKBananza (as well as Legends Z-A though cross gen… meanwhile there was no way to play Pokémon on NS1 prior to November 2018).

Compare that to Switch 1’s biggest hitters from first year-and-a-half (BotW, SMOdyssey, Splatoon 2), and you won’t find much of a difference.

Those are significant releases for sure but aren't 3D Mario, Smash, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart etc level unless the Ocarina remake does as well as the last two 3D Zelda games. I wouldn't consider Bananza that level either though it's still significant. I was considering BotW, Odyssey and Smash Ultimate the few megatons for the Switch 1's first couple years while the Switch 2 looks like it'll just get MKW so the lack of truly huge hype inducing releases will be a big factor in the current negativity and MKW's reception being sorta mixed also doesn't help with that. Again though the negative attitude is definitely over the top and should go away if 2027 is as good as it looks like it should be.