So it's fair to say then that Nintendo published games are by far more important when it comes to game sales for the Nintendo platform then? That Kirby had and has fairly little competition when it comes to vying for the attention of Switch owners who already have last year's big evergreen titles and want another Nintendo game? Because that was basically the gist of my prior argument.

For the love of...

Can we get ONE effing month where the thread doesn't go to utter shit?!

Metal Gear Survive now costs $ 15. Very sad.

What you failed to mention was all of Nintendo's major IPs released thus far on Switch have sold at a faster pace than their predecessors. So it's not surprising Kirby is selling at fast pace as well. 

That's great. I am in no means saying that Nintendo's mainstays (plus recent addition Splatoon) aren't doing amazing on the Switch. I think Nintendo did a phenomenal job in 2017 when it came to their releases. Easily the best lineup of core games in the first year of a console's lifespan that I can recall.

Likely just needs a restock and then it'll balloon back up.

Since I know it will be big at launch, I'm more interested in seeing how much it can stockpile before release.  The amount of time it stays at 1 in hourly before launch, and its position in yearly before release, will be telling.

Maybe this thread could help you: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=231643&page=1#

It's only as far as VGC is in terms of software, but otherwise very complete

What i said is 100% true, the BULK (same exact word you used) of best selling PS/XB games are either shooters or sports games.

NES, GB, SNES, GBA, DS, Wii & 3DS all had a lot of strong selling non-Nintendo games, just because the top Nintendo games typically sell better does not mean they dont exist.

Like i said in my last post, your original claim holds no value since you insist on changing the topic.

You originally said that Kirby is doing so well because its the only worthwhile Switch game in the last 3-6 months which is simply a false statement because Switch has recieved a large number of critically/commercially successful games in that time frame.

What commercially successful game has the Switch had that released in 2018? DQ Builders flopped mightily. AoT 2 is far below the first game's sales. Bayo 1+2's arguably the years best performer before Kirby, no? And that did... middling, at best, would you say?