so many games... too little time.... we cannot complain this time about the lack of games... but haters are gonna hate.... possibly too many games now!!! ahahahah

Well, I'll definitely be getting Super Mario Odyssey. As for Xenoblade 2, I don't think I'll get it just yet, as I still don't have Xenoblade or Xenoblade X. I'm curious as to how well they'll sell, though.

XB2 is self-contained storywise so you don't need to have played the original or X to follow along.

But yes, it will be interesting to see how XB2 sells, considering the prior 2 games released on systems that were on their deathbeds while XB2 is arriving in the Switch's vigorous youth.

I know that it has its own story, yet I generally prefer playing franchises in chronological order

I'm still amazed by the fact that Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is coming this year. Is this the same Nintendo that had trouble getting anything out in time for the Wii U?

The 35 days gap between Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 doesn't worry me as much as the fact that I still haven't completed X despite a playtime that's closing in on 200 hours. I've yet to touch Breath of the Wild and I also want to replay Skyrim once the Switch version arrives. Ugh...

In Xenoblade's case, that would be a wise decision. X is not a beginner-friendly game in the slightest and can feel very overwhelming even for those who've played Xenoblade Chronicles.

as a sony fan i must admut nintendo makes it alright at the moment, but hope that sony will me suprise with the tgs conference in 5 days

Xenoblade C.2 is not an open world RPG tho. That's actually why they are calling it Xenoblade Chronicle 2 and not X.
The game will feature very big and large areas but it will be like chapters based on the interview, gameplay videos and information they gave so far.

Also, both are different kind of RPG so I think it will be more than okay :)

Well I would say that open world vs linear is a bit of a sliding scale.  This is probably most comparable to Dragon Age Inquisition.  So not quite open world but only a few steps removed.  And they've also said the game will retain a lot of the exploration aspects of X.

But I think the big thing is they are very different RPGs.  I think there's a much greater chance of people buying both due to the handful of areas they overlap rather than people buying one over the other.