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What do you want most next year?

Kirby Star Allies 9 2.09%
 
Yoshi 6 1.39%
 
Fire Emblem 52 12.06%
 
Retro's game already! 62 14.39%
 
Metroid Prime 4 118 27.38%
 
Pokémon 60 13.92%
 
Super Smash Bros. 29 6.73%
 
Animal Crossing 37 8.58%
 
Something else entirely 41 9.51%
 
see results 17 3.94%
 
Total:431
Platina on 28 October 2017

2017 had a really good launch lineup, but for 2018, I'm more interested in 3rd party content than Nintendo's

Nintendo for sure will have another solid year, but what can set the year apart is with the games not made by Nintendo



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curl-6 on 28 October 2017

I doubt we will see Pokemon Switch or Prime 4 in 2018, those are 2019 titles I reckon.

Mar1217 said:

Now, being a potential 2M+ seller is considered niche ?!

In case of Kirby, it could easily do 1M in Japan(super popular there) alone. Yoshi has been consistent in it's sales even after Wolly World on the WiiU.

There maybe not huge system sellers à la Mario but they ain't gonna make people shy away from the system either.

Yeah I wouldn't call Kirby or Yoshi niche. B-tier maybe, by Nintendo standards at least, but not niche.

Peach_buggy said:

I would guess at a Donkey Kong title next year too. Probably straddles the line between a tier 1 and tier 2 Nintendo IP but given the Switch's userbase potential i would argue this gen it will be a tier 1 franchise.

It's hard to say with DK; on the SNES it was a phemenon, with DKC1 selling over 9 million and DKC2 over 5 million. DK64 passed 5 million too despite being heavily flawed, and while he faded from relevance for a while after that, his comeback with DKC Returns on Wii passed 6 million.

After that though he slumped again, with Tropical Freeze failing to reach even 2 million.



Arminillo on 28 October 2017

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TorterraBoy on 28 October 2017

They will deliver in 2018 because all of their releases in 2016 were low quality and didnt require much time (except Pokemon Sun and Moon. And think about the releases this year...
Zelda (probably was supposed to come out in 2016
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (a port)
ARMS (used the MK8 engine)
Splatoon 2 (VERY similar to Splatoon 1 [even though I love Splatoon 2])
Pokken DX (a port)
Samus Returns (a remake using the map of Metroid II)
Mario + Rabbids (was not even Nintendo making this game, was Ubisoft)
Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (using the same map as Sun and Moon)

Most of these games probably did not take too much money and time to make, only notable time consuming games are Super Mario Odyssey and Xenoblade Chronicles 2. They must be hard at work for 2018 and 2019 games. They will deliver in 2018!



Peach_buggy on 28 October 2017

Very true but it does seem somewhat userbase related sales wise.



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curl-6 on 28 October 2017
Peach_buggy said:

Very true but it does seem somewhat userbase related sales wise.

To an extent, though Wii U's smaller base didn't stop games like Mario, Smash, and Splatoon pulling in 4 million plus.



PAOerfulone on 28 October 2017

I think they will equal or eclipse their first party output from this year in terms of quantity.
As for quality, unless Metroid Prime 4 is ready for 2018 and Fire Emblem Switch is something nobody expect or blows us out of the water, I don’t think they can top what they did this year with Breath of the Wild and Odyssey.



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Peach_buggy on 28 October 2017
curl-6 said:
Peach_buggy said:

Very true but it does seem somewhat userbase related sales wise.

To an extent, though Wii U's smaller base didn't stop games like Mario, Smash, and Splatoon pulling in 4 million plus.

True but they are all definitely "tier 1" games. If DK is in tier 1 it is somewhat close to the bottom. IMO it will sell 5m+ if hyped and marketed right and it's actually good on a userbase of 50m+. All of that is possible, it may take an age to reach 5m tho!



curl-6 on 28 October 2017
Peach_buggy said:
curl-6 said:

To an extent, though Wii U's smaller base didn't stop games like Mario, Smash, and Splatoon pulling in 4 million plus.

True but they are all definitely "tier 1" games. If DK is in tier 1 it is somewhat close to the bottom. IMO it will sell 5m+ if hyped and marketed right and it's actually good on a userbase of 50m+. All of that is possible, it may take an age to reach 5m tho!

I think a lot of TF's sales shortcomings were because it wasn't what people wanted from Retro's first HD game, especially on a system already overcrowded with mascot platformers.



Peach_buggy on 29 October 2017
curl-6 said:
Peach_buggy said:

True but they are all definitely "tier 1" games. If DK is in tier 1 it is somewhat close to the bottom. IMO it will sell 5m+ if hyped and marketed right and it's actually good on a userbase of 50m+. All of that is possible, it may take an age to reach 5m tho!

I think a lot of TF's sales shortcomings were because it wasn't what people wanted from Retro's first HD game, especially on a system already overcrowded with mascot platformers.

Didn't buy it myself but heard it was a really good game. Your explanation makes perfect sense tho.  Anything not named Mario, Smash or Splatoon struggled on the Wii u but Donkey Kong especially was way down on its normal sales expectations.