Can new Nintendo consoles even flop?
Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Open World Zelda, HD Pokemon, 3D Mario...
These all are guaranteed system sellers.
I also don't think Nintendo will ever do a marketing disaster like the WiiU ever again. They learned from their mistakes.
Of Course it can, but now when they have only one platform for supporting and now when they learned they leson with Wii U, chances are smaller than ever that they will have floped hardware.
Wii U very is interesting example, because everything is done wrong around Wii U, going from initial reveal, name, marketing, launch, 1st year lineup, concept, price point, timing...only thing that is done good with Wii U are great games, but even that was problem because all real big and system seller games came on Wii U when Wii U already fail.
Wii U failed mainly for reasons not to do with its games. Hardware, marketing, no third party support, etc.
Mario Kart 8 is the best selling game on Switch, I don't think this has anything to do with the games themselves.
Also, DKTF is tied for my favorite game of the gen and 3D World is maybe my favorite Mario game. Though it did have some droughts later on, the actual games were a lot of fun for me.
A year after the Wii U launched we already had 3D World which imo is maybe the best Mario game. By the next year we had DKTF which is one of my favorite games of the gen, Mario Kart 8 and Smash 4 which are also a lot of fun. There was also WW HD which if it was on the Switch people would be acting like it was a brand new game. Only 2 years in and we already had some great games, I think if anything the second half of the console is when the droughts started coming.
I can't relate at all to this, since I like DKTF more than any Switch game and prefer 3D World to Odyssey. Smash Ultimate and AC NH are really good, but they're the only Switch exclusives I really like, and they came much after that "9 month" period. BotW was both a Wii U and Switch game, and Mario Kart 8 (the best selling Switch game) was a Wii U game. That basically just leaves Mario Odyssey which was a disappointment to me.
One of key reasons why Wii U failed are games, no only that Wii U didnt had system seller game for launch, but didnt had system seller game for almost hole year, and hole point about Nintendo hardware is system seller Nintendo exclusive game.
Wii U had some great games later, but point is that all those great and real system seller games come when Wii U already failed and already was widely considered for failed console in its 1st year. Huge and great games like 3D World, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon, Mario Maker, Smash Bros..all come to Wii U when they couldnt change nothing really, but things would be definitely at least little different if for instance Mario 3D World was launch title, than you have Mario Kart 8 few months after that, than Splatoon or Mario Maker...thats in same time one of main reason why Switch was hit out of gate, huge system seller game at launch, followed by other system seller games (Zelda BotW, MK8D, Splatoon 2, Odyssey).
Thats a point, Mario Kart 8D is best selling Switch game and strong system seller game despite its Wii U port, because its great game on very popular system.
