I wish they would take the 3ds lineup more seriously. I mean.. there's a lot of great games to port over from there as well. And these games would receive a far greater graphical enhancement than wiiu games.

The one nice thing about this is it really give 3rd parties a chance to shine. It kind of forces Nintendo fans to give 3rd party games more of a chance and this could be a really good thing for Nintendo's long term future as a platform holder.

That would make sense. Rogers has multiple sources it seems, and she's said things from them before that didn't end up happening. So Nintendo could have more planed for 2018 than we think. 

It sounded like Emily knew about Labo beforehand as other posters have said, but who knows.

Forgot about SMT V and NMH. Bayonetta 3 would be awesome to release this year. But none of these games are system sellers even though, judging by their predecessors, these games will be amazing.

Yeah, I agree. While they're all amazing games, none are system sellers indeed. But I think their role is to act more like support titles. If Switch has tons of those + Animal Crossing/Smash during holidays, I think it will do well enough.

But that's the catch: 3DS games would require complete rework in most cases and that would take more time and cost more... to the point it would better to simply make a new game of the respective franchise instead of remaking it.

No More Heroes: Travis Strikes Again was confirmed for 2018, so unless it is delayed we should see it. Bayonetta 3 is uncertain but seeing how we have not seen much aside from a teaser I do suspect it will be a 2019 release, but Platinum Games is a productive studio so it could be less. As for SMTV, the director of that game said in December that the game was still in early development and that the gameplay mechanics were still not finalized, so I definitely do not expect this game for 2018.

With that being said though, Emily Rogers (one of the people that contributed to the rumours we are speaking of right now) did say the following (after the Mini-Direct):

"But there are still more third party titles that will be announced later this year from Square Enix, Ubisoft, and Bandai Namco. Some of these unannounced titles may have been rumored on the internet before -- and some unannounced titles have never been rumored at all. Trust me, there's some good stuff coming from third parties. You will be pleasantly surprised in the third party department"

"Like I said before, this is a good year for third party stuff on Switch. Full of unexpected surprises. Switch might have the best third party support since maybe GameCube".

I think it is suffice to say that more things will be announced for this year so we do not have to be reliant on just the titles you mentioned above. Of course it is important for at least some of those titles to be geared towards mainstream gamers and opposed to all of them targeting small niches.

The key gamble for this year is A) the market treats their ports as new games because few experienced them on Wii U and want to experience them here B) As an extension of point A, there is no backlash among core gamers and they remain interested in the system C) third-parties (which in most cases have not been system sellers) provide enough enticing content to keep momentum going. I feel those are some heavy gambles and I am pessimistic...but I hope I am wrong, because on a personal level, the Switch (powerful portable that easily connects to TV) has been the system I have always wanted and I want for it to succeed. I just hope Nintendo does not mess this up by taking their position for-granted.

If this should be true that would be quite disappointing on Nintendos side.

Yeah, that sounds great. I was just remind him of the already announced titles that could come in 2018. If 2018 is a third party year, then great. It's an opportunity for them to sell better and establish themselves on the platform. Hope we see some exclusive and exciting games coming.