I don't think this was mentioned before? Mind, it is NoA, not Nintendo Japan.
VentureBeat said:GamesBeat: For the rest of the year, what's the big message? Obviously Mario, but is there anything else?
Charlie Scibetta: Games. If you want to be able to play games and not have a dry spell between any of the big launches, we think Nintendo Switch is a good place to be. We have a nice drumbeat of first and third party. You'll never have to wait long.
Just as you get through a game and you're starting to put your head up, put the periscope out to see what else is out there, hopefully we'll have something right there for you. We've announced a nice lineup through this year, and next year we have some big games coming with Metroid 4. 2018 will be around Metroid, Kirby, Yoshi, new Pokemon game has been announced. We feel good about the lineup for this year and beyond.
Source: https://venturebeat.com/2017/06/21/...ch-owners-happy-with-mario-and-more/view-all/GamesBeat: That cadence, that drumbeat, was that a very deliberate thing? To say, we're putting out a new platform, people should have a games reason to buy our system, you don't want to have these dry spells. That was a deliberate choice?
Charlie Scibetta: It was. We said that at launch. People were saying, why aren't there more games at launch? We said, we think we have a good amount at launch, but this is not the end of it. There will be great games coming every month for the rest of the year. We think that's a better way to do it than to front load it all on day one and then have three months where nothing comes out.