Maybe I'm misunderstanding your wording, but Nintendo did not put out all their biggest series this year. Animal Crossing, Pokemon (which you later acknowledge making this more silly), an original Mario Kart, and 2D Mario are still available, plus Zelda and Odyssey are undoubtedly going to see sequels. No way it'd suddenly dry up considering they have so many unused series and are actually getting semi-decent third party support. And you can't just have big name games but with months of nothingness inbetween. The smaller titles are very much necessary for keeping hype n momentum.

Nintendo had to bring a lot of the big guns the first year because they couldn't afford a slow start after the Wii U, but now that they've gotten great momentum they don't have to have 4 huge guns every year, just 2 or even 1 can suffice as long as there are plenty of other games releasing each year.

A step down from this year is hardly unworkable as long as they don't step down to a point the years big holiday release is a HD version of Kirby's Air Ride. 

I gave an example of how much first party support wavered in Year 2 of 3DS, despite Nintendo not launching most of their big flagship franchises in Year 1. My fear is to see that happen again, even though they have a lot left to tap into. I seriously doubt Pokemon will see the light of day in 2018, as the last core title is about to be launched.

This is not a scenario of ''I believe next year will be a disaster because launch year has been strong''. It is more about me expressing my apprehension as Year 2 is fast approaching and I want the momentum to keep on going. At least having 2 or 3 ''big guns'' in Q1-Q2. But those are my silly apprehensions because I care.

That joke is about a month too late. There seems to have been very little in the way of stock issues since the last 10 days of September. Except maybe Japan where demand is just kinda ludicrous. 

Anyway, Nintendo has several first, second, and third party exclusives already announced for 2018.  Looking at how they handled this year, I expect they are playing with their cards close to the vest.

That's a weird way to say "coming out on December 1st". I think you're lost. The release is worldwide too.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your wording, but Nintendo did not put out all their biggest series this year. Animal Crossing, Pokemon (which you later acknowledge making this more silly), an original Mario Kart, and 2D Mario are still available, plus Zelda and Odyssey are undoubtedly going to see sequels. No way it'd suddenly dry up considering they have so many unused series and are actually getting semi-decent third party support. And you can't just have big name games but with months of nothingness inbetween. The smaller titles are very much necessary for keeping hype n momentum.

Nintendo had to bring a lot of the big guns the first year because they couldn't afford a slow start after the Wii U, but now that they've gotten great momentum they don't have to have 4 huge guns every year, just 2 or even 1 can suffice as long as there are plenty of other games releasing each year.

No... it's 12th of January in europe.