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Switch 2 Tutorial Game Welcome Tour Costs $10, Nintendo Explains Why It's Not a Free Console Pack-In - IGN (www.ign.com)
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[โ€“] MimicJar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To be fair the Switch launched with Zelda Breath of the Wild, which is arguably the best Zelda game and possibly the best game on the Switch.

So even with only a single title, the Switch had a strong launch title.

Now for Switch 2 they're launching with Mario Kart. Now I know Mario Kart is the top selling Switch game, so it sounds like a good launch title, but I'm less confident.

I know Nintendo hasn't made a new Mario Kart game in 10+ years, just updated the existing Mario Kart 8, and I'm sure it'll be fun, but I think Mario Kart is too casual of a game, I think it sells systems eventually, but not so much on launch.

[โ€“] jacksilver@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Well technically BOTW released on the WiiU and switch, so pseudo launch title (although no one had the WiiU).

That being said Mario Kart tends to do a lot better than zelda games (especially given BOTW is actually a sales outlier for Zelda games).

Its not a bad game to release with. Plus you can tell by the other games release dates that they're really just building up to the holiday season.