Okami Haundo
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I know. They just have a bad rep after how many often there were long patches without big games on the Wii-U. I think it'd be smart for them to directly address that and give a few early teases to reassure people they learned and this time will be different. If they release most their big franchise games (Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Kart, Pokémon) and they mostly take 3+ years to develop that gives me personal concern they'll blow their wad upfront to build hype and then run out of ammo in 2018 and 2019. Not saying they will, just saying the onus is on them to communicate why it won't be that way.
Nintendo has plenty of IP that they can leverage in 2018-2019 outside of those mentioned above. They have:
- Star Fox
- Metroid
- Kirby
- Fire Emblem
- Pikmin
- Mario (2D platformer)
- Animal Crossing
- Donkey Kong
- Zelda (isometric)
- Luigi's Mansion
- Plenty of others that I haven't thought of
Between those IP, potential new an experimental games (ARMS, Captain Toad) and third party support Nintendo could very easily have a solid lineup for Switch in the coming years. It's also worth noting that releasing games like Zelda BoTW, Mario Kart, Pokemon, Smash, etc... in year one doesn't mean that everyone will buy those titles in year one. In short, I think there's little reason to worry.