October 2nd, Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2
October 16th, Pokemon Legends ZA
November 6th, Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment
November 20th, Kirby Air Riders
December 4th, Metroid Prime 4 Beyond

Quick summary of my Anticipation

Super Mario Galaxy 1 + 2: Galaxy 2 finally in HD and playable without the Wii-mote, enough said. 9/10

Pokemon  Legends ZA: Not interested, ugly flat buildings with textures for windows and doors. 3/10

Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment: Looks and runs good but it has Dynasty Warriors combat. 6/10

Kirby Air Riders: Don't know, hopefully a demo is released to experience the gameplay. 5/10

Metroid Prime 4 Beyond: My most wanted game of the Switch/Switch 2 era. 10/10

From a sales point of view, it's good. The game with the biggest sales potential is cross-gen, but that isn't a big issue. Five releases in three months is also an above average number for holiday quarters.

From a personal point of view, it's good. I'll be buying three of these games. One in each month and the release dates are perfectly paced, so that I can comfortably finish a game before moving on to the next.

First/Second Party:

Metroid: A
Kirby: C
Pokemon: C
Age of Imprisonment: D


Third Party I can think of (new games only):

Octopath Traveler 0: A
Hades 2: A
Borderlands 4: B (it will come 1 month later but still a new game not a late port)
Little Nightmares III: B




Overall: B - Decent

Edit: Octopath 0 will be played on Switch 1, unless I manage to buy Switch 2 before it comes out. Hades 2 I'll be playing on PC, and Little Nightmares on PC as well. I'm getting Metroid for sure on Switch 2, my BF maybe wants to buy Pokemon for himself, Borderlands we are playing on PS5

Between Okay to Decent.

I already have Legends ZA pre-ordered

Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 I'll be getting sometime later, maybe end of the year.

The rest (Metroid, Kirby Air Rides, etc) I'll get it sometime in the future, no rush.

Decent to good.
It does not compare to Switch's last 2 and a half or so months of 2017 giving us Super Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. And then there was a small game like Snipperclips Plus and third-party games (though I don't think we can count those).
Now to be fair, if you only care about one or neither of the games I mentioned, this End of 2025 is probably better for you than the end of 2017.

I think it's quite good.

Commercially, only Pokémon is gonna be a 10-million-plus megaton, but stuff like Kirby and Metroid and Hyrule Warriors should still sell several million each and help keep existing users happy while strengthening the platform's overall library and therefore its value proposition.

On a personal level, Pokémon's not my cup of tea, but I am very excited for both Prime 4 and Air Riders.

I feel like the poll needs more options. It’s definitely a bit above “Decent,” but I would never call it “Great” without a mega-hitter like Mario Wonder or BotW.

Agreed with this, an option for "good" in between "great" and "decent" would fit the bill.

Sales-wise, it's a solid line-up mainly because a new Pokemon entry is included.

From a personal standpoint, Nintendo's first and second-party line-up is on the weak side. I'll classify it as "okay". The only game out of the five highlighted in the OP that I'll buy for sure is Metroid Prime 4, though the re-release of Super Mario Galaxy 1+2 holds some secondary appeal to me as a low priority. The others I'm pretty sure to skip.

What I'm more interested in overall is the strong indie library due out for the Switch 2 this fall. Hades II is due out in six days and I will definitely get the Switch 2 version as a priority purchase! I'm also very interested in Mina the Hollower and Ball x Pit in particular. Expanding beyond the fall, Glaciered is actually the Switch 2 title I'm most interested in at the moment. The system's indie line-up is its real strength to me. It's looking incredibly strong!