Sure. Switch is going to reverse the negative trend in a big way I think.

I see Skyrim selling great on the system. I see a portable Bioshock collection making its way into the hearts and minds of the 3DS RPG fanbase. I see Assassin Creed and For Honor being the same great games away from the TV as they are on it.

I see grand revival of local multiplayer games on the Switch. You could invite several Switch friend over and play Overwatch or Destiny all together in the same room. You could play Madden at tailgate parties. Who wouldn't enjoy all that?

I can see Nintendo taking on ownership of the Turok franchise or even putting out their own western-style IP.

And for what it's worth Yooka-Laylee in a sense is western game in terms of it's style.

End of the day - Switch isn't *that* much less powerful than X1/PS4. If the market is there, the tools are there, the games will be there.

I think the problem is are people willing to pay $60 for a port that's noticably worse than the PS4/XB1 ... there is a large hardware gap there whether you want to admit it or not. 

We saw how people freaked out when the Wii U versions of COD had a few frame rate hiccups here and there but was otherwise identical to PS3/360 versions, if people thumbed their nose at those ports, I don't know how they will take to Switch multiplats. 

I'll be getting NBA 2K and probably a few other third party games early ... but like the Wii U I'm probably going to be in a small minority. 

Wii had 15 western third party games that sold over 3 million.

You mean in a big way, like they do on Sony/Microsoft consoles? Nope, never! I mean, it could maybe happen if 3rd partys make games similar to the ones Nintendo makes, or if Nintendo makes games similar to the ones third partys make, but I doubt either of those things will ever happen, which is good! We don't need 100 million colorful cartoony platformers, nor do we need 100 million gritty realistic shooters. Diversity ftw!

Well for 3rd party to sell well it will take at least 10 years.

here is why

1. Nintendo will need to make on parity hardware to make it easy for devs and cost effective.
2. The young kids today who game on Nintendo will grow up in a golden era and will not therefore have the need to get a xbox or playstation.
3. People who left already most won''t comeback it is too late to win the majority back, hence point 2.

Of course there is a chance. Even Nintendo hardcores are still gamers. The problem is marketing. The WiiU got COD, AC and Batman, but did Nintendo really do anything to try and reach its audience? No, when they advertise their console, then all their own titles gets the front seat and maybe a few third parties get a quick mention. They need to work on their pitch.

The best way to describe Nintendo's 3rd party situation is kinda like describing the making of the Star Wars trilogies. The original trilogy was made by many people who often butted heads with each other and made many executive decisions that made them successful with audiences; same goes for Nintendo and 3rd party devs. However, by the time the prequel trilogy was made George Lucas mostly only had yes-men work with him, and sure, he achieved what he wanted to achieve, however at the same time it also did not do well with audiences of the OT. Same goes for Nintendo and its 3rd party devs. It's not a perfect comparison but it's how I see it

Probably, its mostly an issue of lack of advertising and lack of games. The big western third parties are all "power this, power that, frame rate this, resolution that, anti aliasing this, realism that, empty open world this, dlc that". Which is good to be concerned about the games running well on the hardware, but they're so damn concerned about specs and being "cutting-edge", that there's nothing else (but profit $$$).

Scorpion's reveal trailer was full of people talking about nothing but power and how powerful it will be. Perhaps they should worry more optimizing games with the resources they have and not crave for more.

Nintendo isn't friendly to that mindset. Yes, they also have technical issues but they're more than "look how smoothly it runs... On PC". Their hardware isn't friendly towards that attitude either.

Western third parties could have good selling games on Nintendo platforms if they were able to develop games with other vision. Indies are doing it, Nintendo has helped many of them with promotional activities as well.

I really don't care much though, Mortal Kombat isn't likely to return to Nintendo. Twisted Metal, Siren, Wipeout are exclusives. Nothing else on the Western front that peaks my interest.

Not to be nitpicking here, but I think you're twisitng the narrative on Splatoon. He didn't request putting Mario in because he wants the devs to, but because they were kinda stuck in limbo on how to make their ink battle concept appeal and work out effectively. This allowed the team to ultimately utilize squids to drive the concept forward, which he ultimately liked because it was a great idea.

https://www.destructoid.com/miyamoto-originally-pitched-mario-for-splatoon-289229.phtml

Sorry this went a little off topic, but just wanted to clear things up. Also I never heard about Miyamoto driving the business in the 90s onward before.

Not easily, no

I really hope it does, but it's a cycle that prevents western 3rd party from releasing a lot of games for Nintendo