Until this E3 presentation comes out, I won't know if Nintendo's 2018 will be amazing, or disappointing. All we have confirmed so far for this year is Octopath, and Fire Emblem. Sure, the ports are nice, but new games are the lifeblood of a platform. IMO you need 4-5 new games on your platform a year or you are not doing well.

Hopefully the Animal Crossing rumors are true, and hopefully Smash winds up being at least a deluxe edition of Smash 4. That would at least put them at four games, one being a port of an evergreen title. Then we have Pillars of Eternity II coming to the system, so if that isn't delayed they should be good.

But I could just as easily see Nintendo having just ports and Smash 4, which would make 2018 a real stinker. Octopath could wind up getting poor reviews/sales, and Fire Emblem/Pillars could get delayed.

I don't think Nintendo sees it this way though. They probably think that Smash/Zelda/Odyssey/Kart will sell the system no matter how few games come out for it. And they are right in the short term. But if people ever get that same "No games to play" feel that Wii U had, it's over for Nintendo in the long term.

You forget about Yoshi (since the previous E3, the game has definitely become much prettier) and Mario Tennis (Mario Tennis will probably getting free DLC and events like Splatoon and ARMS). And Nintendo mention about few big third party titles. Switch will have another good year. That for sure.

I think you are alone on believing 2017 E3 was a letdown.

The game i want to see most at e3 is skyward sword hd and that's not a joke. I love linear zelda games and with standard controls or an option for it plus a 1080p resolution would make it my favourite zelda game.

Fire Emblem, Yoshi and Smash Bros are all confirmed for 2018. release.

Right, but Smash is likely a port. When's the last time a Yoshi game got above 79 average review scores? 

Isn't it too soon for another Zelda remake? Breath of the Wild is still selling gangbusters, so there's no need to release an HD release of SS this soon, unlike with Twilight Princess HD, when they desperately needed games for the WiiU to pad out the library until the NX was released.

Actualy Smash is probably new game, there are couple things point its new game not port, and Nintendo would not focus E3 around port Wii U. Who cares if Yoshi will have metascore above 79, Yoshi's Woolly World is very good game and has 78 metascore, game is developed buy Good Feel same that made Kirby's Epic Yarn and Yoshi's Woolly World so most likly game will again be quite good.

Hard to tell if Smash is a port since, for the most part, the ports that were announced like DKC: TF, Hyrule Warriors, Pokken, and MK8D, they’ve shown pretty much everything. With the latest Smash teaser, all they showed was that Inklings are confirmed, Link is based on his BoTW form, and the game will release in 2018. No gameplay or confirmed new features or even the same roster. That’s not how Nintendo usually announced their ports, Deluxe or simple ports.

Don't know about that, but doesn't really matter.

I'm just giving my opinion.