Nintendo's latest video game console is off to a killer start.
The barely three-month-old Nintendo Switch remains sold out everywhere. Its main launch game, "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," is heralded as one of the best games ever made. And Nintendo has a huge new Mario game, "Super Mario Odyssey," in the works that is scheduled for launch this holiday.
Between this year's Switch games and what we found out recently about 2018's Switch lineup, it looks as if Nintendo is finally delivering on its long-held promise to release a steady cadence of games from its biggest franchises. Heck, Nintendo just announced a full-on new Pokémon game for the Switch. That's an outright first for Pokémon, a series forever tied to Nintendo's handheld consoles.
We've put together a comprehensive list of what's coming to the Switch in 2017 and what to expect for 2018 — follow that below:
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2017: A new "Super Mario," a sequel to "Splatoon," a Pokémon spin-off, and a new series for Mario.
For a launch year, the Switch is getting a mess of fantastic games. Nintendo started with the showstopper in "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild," which launched alongside the Switch in March.
"Zelda" was quickly followed by an updated rerelease of "Mario Kart 8"— arguably the best "Mario Kart" game ever made — and an entirely new entry in "Arms.""Minecraft" launched soon after, and Nintendo even allowed the Switch version of "Minecraft" to play nice with the Xbox One, PC, mobile, and VR versions of the game. If you're playing the game on one of those platforms, you're also playing with people on the Switch!
And that's just through to now (June 2017) — much more is coming in the back half of 2017 and next year.
At this point, we know much of Nintendo's plan for the rest of 2017. While several games are launching for the Switch leading up to this holiday season, the heavy among them is "Super Mario Odyssey." It's a gorgeous new Mario game along the lines of "Super Mario 64" and "Super Mario Sunshine." It's scheduled for launch on October 27.
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Before "Super Mario Odyssey" arrives this October, Nintendo's summer plans are dedicated to "Splatoon 2"— a sequel to the delightful shooter that debuted on Nintendo's failed Wii U console. It arrives on July 21.
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