The Wii knew how to deal with this issue.

There was a 2nd Mario Galaxy game.

Switch just needs a Mario Oddessey 2, and a new Mario Kart 9 game.

Add some filler, by doing some quick ports/remasters, of say Galaxy I & II = done.

In fact, go to the Nintendo store page and itvis clearly listed for a December 1 release date

https://m.store.nintendo.co.uk/nintendo-switch-game/xenoblade-chronicles-2-fan-pack/11568732.html

Course it does, I just forgot to list it. Man if we don't get a port this year we'll probably not even see a Smash game on Switch until 2020.

Ok, if theres an official statement then i stand corrected. They say 12th of january on my usual gaming store, so i incurred in the mistake.

It's a weird date, not sure where it came from or why it is still popping up.

I suspect a lot of unnanounced games will start popping up especially with the 3DS support slowly dwindling. My expectation:

- Animal Crossing
- Mario Party
- Fire Emblem
- Donkey Kong
- Kirby
- Yoshi

Probably a few of these:

- Mario Maker 2/NSMB Switch
- Metroid
- Smash (new or port)
- Pikmin 4
- More switch ports

Those four are already announced.

But yea, so many people when thinking of new games only think of console devs and what they are doing.

I'm very curious to see what many of the 3DS devs do.

Yeah was just listing all the games but I don't think Pokemon will release next year and I'm only hopeful about MEtroid because they didn't release one on the Wii U which probably gives them a 1-2 years of development already

I'm curious to see how Level 5 adapt their games to the Switch. Primarily Yokai Watch.

Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Animal Crossing, and now, Splatoon, are what I classify as 'A' tier franchises. Fire Emblem, Kirby, and Yoshi by comparison are nowhere near as big, anticipated, or sell as much as those 5, so yes, I consider them 'B' Tier franchises. If Fire Emblem is over them, then I guess Kirby and Yoshi are 'C' tier franchises, but I consider them above that.
The reason why I say Smash is the 'S' Tier franchise, is because it is clearly Nintendo's most hyped and anticipated one, and it's the crossover of all of their franchises, plus some big 3rd parties. It's Nintendo's Avengers/Justice League.

And while the Switch may not need Smash in 2018, it would certainly help boost the momentum substantially than if it didn't have it.
2017 had Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, and 3 Mario games - One of them being Odyssey. That's going to be a VERY tough act to follow.
2018 having Animal Crossing (what I believe will be their big 2018 title) and Yoshi, Kirby, Fire Emblem, AND Smash Bros. to support it would be a solid lineup that would continue and boost the momemtum 2017 gave them, leading to a incredibly strong place for Switch sales to be once 2019 rolls in and Pokemon shows up, most likely.

And I never said anything about development time for past Smash Bros. games being long, if you paid attention to my first comment, you would have known that the main reason they took so long is because Sakurai and Nintendo waited and took a break in between each game. And as I stated earlier, I doubt that was liable to change now, especially since the Switch is doing just fine without Smash 5 at the moment. And like I said, since they approach every new Smash Bros. with a "Can you top what you just did" mentality, rest assured Smash 5 will take just a tad longer to complete than any game that came before it, to say the least.