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[kubus]

Didn't see some of these titles mentioned anywhere while they're pretty big and there's also a North American Lineup thread, so.

Here's the full Japanese Nintendo Switch lineup, taken from the official website:

Launch (March 3):
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power Up Kit
I Am Setsuna
Puyo Puyo Tetris S
Disgaea 5
Super Bomberman R
Dragon Quest Heroes I & II
1-2-Switch

March:
Snipperclips
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 with Power Up Kit

April 28:
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Spring:
Minna de Waiwai! Spelunker
ARMS

Summer:
Splatoon 2

Winter:
Super Mario Odyssey

2017:
Xenoblade 2

TBD:
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
Newest title in Shin Megami Tensei series
Project Octopath Traveler
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers
NBA 2k18
BlazBlue
FIFA
Sonic Mania
Dragon Quest XI
Dragon Quest X
Fire Emblem Musou (Warriors)
Project Sonic 2017
Derby Stallion
Taiko no Tatsujin
Arcade Archives
"Tales of" series
Story of Seasons (Harvest Moon)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Minecraft

 

[Jpop]

Can't wait for Story of Seasons.

 

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Xenoblade is 2017?!?

Holy shit!
That means it's gotta be early 2018 for us, Q2 at the latest.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Those first few months are going to be dry as fuck

 

[AmaterasuOkami076]

That is a nice list. Launch day isn't great, but by the end of 2017 that will have some damn solid exclusives.

 

[Nights Owl]

Man. What a world. I can finally import Taiko no Tatsujin and just play it instead of having to mod my system. Finally.

 

[brawly]

Wii U 2

Unified library my ass.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

that is surprisingly good

 

[asagami_]

Wii U 2

Unified library my ass.

Too soon to anounce

Spoiler

Pokémon

more games.

 

[msdstc]

Yikes that is pretty dry. Looks like another reason to wait on this for myself.

 

[OricWindstar]

They botched launch day, but this thing is going to have some monster exclusives a year out.

Assuming release dates are kept.

Spoiler

so, maybe not...

 

[Oregano]

Wii U 2

Unified library my ass.

Japanese third party support is way better than Wii U. Nowhere close to 3DS though.

 

[Stilton Disco]

Wii U 2

Unified library my ass.

Sadly. It really does seem the portability is just primarily undermine Switch as above console, rather than giving it any if their handhekdsystems strengths.

 

[kubus]

Xenoblade is 2017?!?

Holy shit!
That means it's gotta be early 2018 for us, Q2 at the latest.

Actually on the NA press site it also says release in 2017.

(It was probably be delayed to 2018 anyway )

 

[Sayad]

Wii U 2

Unified library my ass.

Nintendo can't wait to end the 3DS.

 

[wildfire]

Japan has a garbage line up as well. I wonder what scraps EU will get.

Going to have to check out reviews for Dragon Quest 1 and 2. Other than Breathe of the Wiild there isn't anything I'm excited enough to buy for the first 2 months. Removal of region locking makes buying this early less painful.

 

[SporeCrawler]

Those first few months are going to be dry as fuck

As with any other console. The good thing is that the dry period will only be about half a year because Nintendo will not be handling Holiday 2017 like Summer 2013.

Also seeing how low key Mario Kart 8 was handled I could see them releasing a lot of WiiU ports (Mario Maker, Smash , Pokken etc.) to fill the gap.

Japanese third party support is way better than Wii U. Nowhere close to 3DS though.

how great was japanese third party support for 3DS in its first year?

the only notable release was Resident Evil and Street Fighter 4. combine that with the fact that nintendo had a really pisspoor 3DS launch lineup (unlike switch which has a zelda game)

 

[Cerium]

The absence of Smash is notable.

I'm assuming Smash and Pokemon are E3 reveals.

 

[Oregano]

As with any other console. The good thing is that the dry period will only be about half a year because Nintendo will not be handling Holiday 2017 like Summer 2013.

Also seeing how low key Mario Kart 8 was handled I could see them releasing a lot of WiiU ports (Mario Maker, Smash , Pokken etc.) to fill the gap.

how great was japanese third party support for 3DS in its first year?

the only notable release was Resident Evil and Street Fighter 4. combine that with the fact that nintendo had a really pisspoor 3DS launch lineup (unlike switch which has a zelda game)

3DS had Professor Layton, Dead or Alive, Ridge Racer, Kingdom Hearts and MGS3 all announced before launch. Not mindblowing but a bit better than this IMO.

 

[StayDead]

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Puyo Puyo Tetris S
Super Bomberman R

Holy shit BOMBERMAN! That's my Multiplayer sorted for launch along with Puyo Puyo Tetris and Breath of the Wild for Single Player <3333

 

[xviper]

is Zelda coming to Wii u March 3rd ?

 

[BriBri]

is Zelda coming to Wii u March 3rd ?

It's been confirmed in other regions for 3 March so I assume Japan too.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

how great was japanese third party support for 3DS in its first year?

the only notable release was Resident Evil and Street Fighter 4. combine that with the fact that nintendo had a really pisspoor 3DS launch lineup (unlike switch which has a zelda game)

Top third party year one games were Monster Hunter 3G, Inazuma Eleven Go Shine/Dark, Professor Layton and Mask of Miracle.

 

[wapplew]

I was expecting much better support from Japanese 3rd party.
Where's level 5?

 

[encephalon]

At least we get a new console Harvest Moon.

 

[Proteus IV]

Did they confirm whether it's region free?

 

[ash_ag]

Smash's absence is nothing surprising to me. There's simply no reason to rush it on the launch window. Unlike Mario Kart, which will eventually receive a proper sequel, there won't be another Smash game this generation. They will push it as the Switch Smash and release it at a time when there's no major competition from other Switch games.

 

[Oregano]

Did they confirm whether it's region free?

Yes, Kimishima made special mention of it.

 

[KrisB]

Disgaea 5! Nice to see that on another platform.

 

[Castef]

Mmmmh... can't see it doing very well in Japan...

By the way, I can assume that Monster Hunter is a Sony thing now.

 

[BriBri]

Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Snipperclips are just March at present and not 3 March. And there's the five Neo Geo games for March too. Good list though!