The State of Nintendo series on the Switch by January 2024 (more info in the comments)
The State of Nintendo series on the Switch by January 2024 (more info in the comments)
by MighyMeme
38 Comments
MighyMeme
Inspired by u/AnyDockers420 and u/cchouk posts from 2022.
Info about the image:
•There must be at least 2 games to be considered a series. So games like Eternal Darkness and Captain Rainbow don’t count.
•I only counted series that didn’t start on the Switch.
•The “Sports” series are games like Wii Sports and Nintendo Switch Sports.
•Nintendo Switch Sports and F-Zero 99 are new games in their series.
•Only having a remake or remastered of its only game doesn’t make it a series; so games like Captain Toad, Miitopia, and Pokken don’t count.
•New Super Mario Bros is part of the mainline Super Mario series. If I considered it a separate series, then i would’ve had to count Mario Galaxy and Mario 3D Land/World as their own separate series.
•Puzzle League had a minigame in Animal Crossing New Leaf Welcome Amiibo, but i don’t think i should consider that a new game in the series.
•I didn’t know how to add Wii Fit and Ring Fit. Ring Fit isn’t really a spiritual successor; It’s more like a spin-off. But if i added the Wii Fit series as inactive since the Wii U, people would’ve been confused. I ended up not adding them to see what you guys thought about those games.
That’s about it. If I miss any series or you have any tips on how to improve this, please tell me!
aliaswyvernspur
What I wouldn’t give for a new NES Remix, with an SNES Remix added in. Also, new StarTropics when? Hell, remake the original with Link’s Awakening remaster graphics.
foxhound012
Custom robo, my beloved
One day I’ll see you again in a modern console
**huffs copium**
myjumboeggs
God, how badly I want a new Pokemon pinball
illchips
Seriously, though.. What’s up with Mario Baseball?
Scdsco
Does F-Zero 99 count as a fully new game? I’d say it’s more like a rerelease of the original F-Zero. Also, Mario Kart technically got a new game with Mario Kart Live. Otherwise this is interesting to visualize. Itself crazy that there hasn’t been a new DK game considering every past Nintendo console has had one.
Parishyo
A new pokemon pinball is all i want
fadehime
I want Wario World 2 with playable Waluigi in the game
tweetthebirdy
Tomodachi Life…
ginencoke
We’re definitely getting a new Tomodachi game next direct, right? Right??
BrodyMC83
I feel like Metroid Prime should be in the second group. Depending on how hopeful you are for MP4.
miss3dog114
Pokemon Pinball is so sick. One of my favorite GameBoy games ever and I’m so devastated I haven’t been able to find my cartridge for it.
EvilAbdy
There was a star tropics in 2011?!
Drelochz
would NSO virtual console games count as re-releases?
toruitas
Golden Sun, EarthBound, and another 1080 please!
tameimpalakid
Great diagram. My biggest wishes for a brand new title on Super Switch that missed the switch window are:
– Mario Kart (pretty much a guarantee)
– Donkey Kong Country
– Rhythm Heaven
– Mario Baseball
– ExciteTruck / ExciteBots Trick Racing sequel
MyMouthisCancerous
It’s crazy how Metroid went from being one of Nintendo’s lowest priority franchises during the majority of the Wii U and 3DS generation to suddenly getting two remakes and a new 2D entry within 5 years on top of presumably the other Prime remasters and Prime 4. It’s not to the level of the early-mid 2000’s yet which was like easily the golden age for that series, but it’s nice seeing Samus getting love outside the Smash realm again. Even within Smash it was great seeing Dark Samus and Ridley get promoted to fighter status finally
AngryAncestor
Absolutely insane for DK to not have a new game in 7 years
insertusernamehere51
Some of these series disappearances are really surprising
Like, not getting any new Doshin the Giant is not surprising, but Rhythm Heaven? Pushmo? even Style Savvy? These series had pretty consistent releases that seemed to do well enough, then suddenly stopped
Even Starfy, had five games released in the span of 7 years, the latest one apparently the best selling one, then just… stopped
FireFunBun
I would kill a man for a new tomodachi life
ProperPizza
There’s an argument to be made for Star Fox getting an installment on the Switch – Starlink. However, I don’t personally feel this counts as a true Star Fox instalment since it was also released on the PS4 and Xbox without the Star Fox cast being present at all. They were more like console-exclusive DLC.
In other words, *give us a new Star Fox, Nintendo*. Even if it’s Star Fox Adventures 2, please bring the boys back
Sugarcane98
I’d love to see a new Pokémon Ranger game, but I’m afraid that spin-off series lived and died with the DS. I simply can’t see how you would play that without a touchscreen + stylus.
YesBut-AlsoNo
I just want Tomodachi Life 2
gate_of_steiner85
Seeing Another Code on Switch gives me hope that we’ll get a Hotel Dusk remake/remaster one day.
kodiaktfc
Does make you think. How have we not seen a new Star Fox?
mist3rdragon
It’s funny that Mario Kart technically doesn’t have an original game for the Switch when 8 Deluxe’s DLC is so extensive that it pretty much could have been an entire game in itself.
PkKirby876
The Switch has the opportunity to be the first system since the GameCube to include new titles for all 4 Mario Sports series. We haven’t gotten a new Mario Baseball game in over 15 years. Baseball fever is at an all time high in Japan thanks to the emergence of Shohei Ohtani and their World Baseball Classic victory over the United States. Namco, the company behind the previous two games, has a division that solely focuses on Nintendo games. Mario Baseball has seen a resurgence in popularity with YT Channels like Dinger City, Chiz, and Quak bringing in thousands of views per video.
Not bringing back Mario Baseball would be incredibly stupid. I can’t predict that it will happen, but it just makes so much sense for them to do it. If it doesn’t come out this year, idk if it ever will. If that’s the case, I’ll stick to playing Superstar Baseball online.
thedancer234
nobody is mentioning endless ocean but omg the amount of hours I played the Wii version is astronomical. Still hoping they make another one at some point 🤞🏻
_Welk_
God how I want a remake and/or sequel for the Golden Sun series
Minkymink
I need another Rhythm Heaven game 🥺 I never had the Wii version so the last I had was on the DS
Messiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
We are due for a Rhythm Heaven!
CasualSweaters
Give me a Donkey Kong 64 sequel you cowards!
Hacker76589
RELEASE PUNCHOUT PLEEAAAAASSSEEEEE
Alpaxino33
Don’t fool yourselves, any remake/remaster of the dissapeared games since 2011 would be great… But a re-launch of the GOLSEN SUN IP would be a banger!!
ewitscullen
I don’t understand why they don’t just port Tomodachi Life, it’s very popular and a lot of people want it on the switch
tarheel343
If Nintendo ever figures out how online gaming works, Kirby Air Ride as a live service game would be a smash hit imo
Charlie_Wolfgang_
Golden Sun and Wario Land are the ones that hurt the most.
MeanBird88
The lack of Donkey Kong games saddens me given their very obvious popularity and following since their SNES games. Tropical Freeze is very good too! The king of swing definitely needs more love.
38 Comments
Inspired by u/AnyDockers420 and u/cchouk posts from 2022.
Info about the image:
•There must be at least 2 games to be considered a series. So games like Eternal Darkness and Captain Rainbow don’t count.
•I only counted series that didn’t start on the Switch.
•The “Sports” series are games like Wii Sports and Nintendo Switch Sports.
•Nintendo Switch Sports and F-Zero 99 are new games in their series.
•Only having a remake or remastered of its only game doesn’t make it a series; so games like Captain Toad, Miitopia, and Pokken don’t count.
•New Super Mario Bros is part of the mainline Super Mario series. If I considered it a separate series, then i would’ve had to count Mario Galaxy and Mario 3D Land/World as their own separate series.
•Puzzle League had a minigame in Animal Crossing New Leaf Welcome Amiibo, but i don’t think i should consider that a new game in the series.
•I didn’t know how to add Wii Fit and Ring Fit. Ring Fit isn’t really a spiritual successor; It’s more like a spin-off. But if i added the Wii Fit series as inactive since the Wii U, people would’ve been confused. I ended up not adding them to see what you guys thought about those games.
That’s about it. If I miss any series or you have any tips on how to improve this, please tell me!
What I wouldn’t give for a new NES Remix, with an SNES Remix added in. Also, new StarTropics when? Hell, remake the original with Link’s Awakening remaster graphics.
Custom robo, my beloved
One day I’ll see you again in a modern console
**huffs copium**
God, how badly I want a new Pokemon pinball
Seriously, though.. What’s up with Mario Baseball?
Does F-Zero 99 count as a fully new game? I’d say it’s more like a rerelease of the original F-Zero. Also, Mario Kart technically got a new game with Mario Kart Live. Otherwise this is interesting to visualize. Itself crazy that there hasn’t been a new DK game considering every past Nintendo console has had one.
A new pokemon pinball is all i want
I want Wario World 2 with playable Waluigi in the game
Tomodachi Life…
We’re definitely getting a new Tomodachi game next direct, right? Right??
I feel like Metroid Prime should be in the second group. Depending on how hopeful you are for MP4.
Pokemon Pinball is so sick. One of my favorite GameBoy games ever and I’m so devastated I haven’t been able to find my cartridge for it.
There was a star tropics in 2011?!
would NSO virtual console games count as re-releases?
Golden Sun, EarthBound, and another 1080 please!
Great diagram. My biggest wishes for a brand new title on Super Switch that missed the switch window are:
– Mario Kart (pretty much a guarantee)
– Donkey Kong Country
– Rhythm Heaven
– Mario Baseball
– ExciteTruck / ExciteBots Trick Racing sequel
It’s crazy how Metroid went from being one of Nintendo’s lowest priority franchises during the majority of the Wii U and 3DS generation to suddenly getting two remakes and a new 2D entry within 5 years on top of presumably the other Prime remasters and Prime 4. It’s not to the level of the early-mid 2000’s yet which was like easily the golden age for that series, but it’s nice seeing Samus getting love outside the Smash realm again. Even within Smash it was great seeing Dark Samus and Ridley get promoted to fighter status finally
Absolutely insane for DK to not have a new game in 7 years
Some of these series disappearances are really surprising
Like, not getting any new Doshin the Giant is not surprising, but Rhythm Heaven? Pushmo? even Style Savvy? These series had pretty consistent releases that seemed to do well enough, then suddenly stopped
Even Starfy, had five games released in the span of 7 years, the latest one apparently the best selling one, then just… stopped
I would kill a man for a new tomodachi life
There’s an argument to be made for Star Fox getting an installment on the Switch – Starlink. However, I don’t personally feel this counts as a true Star Fox instalment since it was also released on the PS4 and Xbox without the Star Fox cast being present at all. They were more like console-exclusive DLC.
In other words, *give us a new Star Fox, Nintendo*. Even if it’s Star Fox Adventures 2, please bring the boys back
I’d love to see a new Pokémon Ranger game, but I’m afraid that spin-off series lived and died with the DS. I simply can’t see how you would play that without a touchscreen + stylus.
I just want Tomodachi Life 2
Seeing Another Code on Switch gives me hope that we’ll get a Hotel Dusk remake/remaster one day.
Does make you think. How have we not seen a new Star Fox?
It’s funny that Mario Kart technically doesn’t have an original game for the Switch when 8 Deluxe’s DLC is so extensive that it pretty much could have been an entire game in itself.
The Switch has the opportunity to be the first system since the GameCube to include new titles for all 4 Mario Sports series. We haven’t gotten a new Mario Baseball game in over 15 years. Baseball fever is at an all time high in Japan thanks to the emergence of Shohei Ohtani and their World Baseball Classic victory over the United States. Namco, the company behind the previous two games, has a division that solely focuses on Nintendo games. Mario Baseball has seen a resurgence in popularity with YT Channels like Dinger City, Chiz, and Quak bringing in thousands of views per video.
Not bringing back Mario Baseball would be incredibly stupid. I can’t predict that it will happen, but it just makes so much sense for them to do it. If it doesn’t come out this year, idk if it ever will. If that’s the case, I’ll stick to playing Superstar Baseball online.
nobody is mentioning endless ocean but omg the amount of hours I played the Wii version is astronomical. Still hoping they make another one at some point 🤞🏻
God how I want a remake and/or sequel for the Golden Sun series
I need another Rhythm Heaven game 🥺 I never had the Wii version so the last I had was on the DS
We are due for a Rhythm Heaven!
Give me a Donkey Kong 64 sequel you cowards!
RELEASE PUNCHOUT PLEEAAAAASSSEEEEE
Don’t fool yourselves, any remake/remaster of the dissapeared games since 2011 would be great… But a re-launch of the GOLSEN SUN IP would be a banger!!
I don’t understand why they don’t just port Tomodachi Life, it’s very popular and a lot of people want it on the switch
If Nintendo ever figures out how online gaming works, Kirby Air Ride as a live service game would be a smash hit imo
Golden Sun and Wario Land are the ones that hurt the most.
The lack of Donkey Kong games saddens me given their very obvious popularity and following since their SNES games. Tropical Freeze is very good too! The king of swing definitely needs more love.