MK9 has to be a launch title for the next platform the is no way they'll decide to disrupt MK8's sales, I'm certain MK9 will be the launch title for the Switch successor at this point. The is no point even trying to figure it out at this point the game is just in the same bracket as GTA and Minecraft where unless the is a massive screw up they'll just keep selling, was it in 2019 where it was reported MKWii added another 1m to its sales? Imagine MK8 doing that after this powerhouse run.

Mario Editor it´s another genre.

Mario 3d = exploration

Mario 2d = action plataform.

The switch will receive the new AAA 2d Mario Action platform? We see. 

Agreed. No problem with the story-driven game, but the main Zelda be about exploring a dangerous world with a shitty sword it´s a good premise for me.

Aonuma maybe tries to make another IP with his ideas and not contaminate Zelda with puzzles with one solution anywhere. 

They may do cross-gen with the B-C tier titles that come out around that time as a way to ease the transition from Switch to Switch 2. 

But for the S-A tier titles like Mario Kart 9, those are going to be Switch 2 exclusive because they still need those kind of games to sell that system right out of the gate.

???

Skyward Sword is bound to 3 million units wherever it goes. But those Metroid Dread sales are dayum.

Little disappointed in Wario Ware and Pokemon Snap sales. They're respectable, but they likely won't wind up as the best selling games of their franchises. I guess not every game can get the Switch boost :(.

I think BOTW was a different case. A very small number of people owned BOTW, so if they wanted to get it, they would have to buy the new system. Same with Mario Kart 8 and all the other cross gen titles. I don't think the situation would have been the same if the Wii U had been wildly successful.

On the other hand, PS5 and XBoxSx basically have only cross gen titles and they're doing alright, so who knows. 

At any rate, Mario Kart 9 not being a launch title for the next machine, even if it's crossgen, at this point would be insanity, particularly if BOTW2 and Spla3n winds up launching in 2022 as planned.

Tbh we can't really go by the WiiU to NS as a reference because few people would own the former's versions due to the 13m WW userbase, BOTW was really only released cross gen for the same reason TP was and that was to give a struggling platform a decent send off while launching a new platform to put the issues behind them, the games moved from WiiU to NS are clearly done because it's more Nintendo felt they had far more sales potential that was severely cut by the platform's woes and they were right going by the sales of the games they have brought over especially as NS has sold more hardware than WiiU has sold software, the games being ported are very much as good as being exclusive for the NS.

NS to its successor will be a different situation it will be Nintendo wanting the new platform to get out the gates so it's going to be more a 3DS and Switch situation where the NS will have some B/C tier games released to phase it out that in turn would likely be playable on the successor via the hinted BC feature while the successor gets the huge line up.

You must not forget that for New Pokémon Snap the Japan sales are not counted in the total, which are over 300k physical and likely over 400k total.

Well, so much for all that nonsense about $60 being too much for a 2D Metroid; it's only 80k off being the highest selling game in the series, in less than 3 months.

4m lifetime isn't off the table, really goes to show the built up demand for a new entry, plus the Switch boost. And the fact it's a freaking fantastic game.