Now that Super Mario Odyssey is a hit, it’s time for Nintendo to dish out Virtual Console

Nintendo did a fabulous job marketing the Nintendo Switch in 2017, sticking to a healthy stream of games that lead into one of the most anticipated titles of the year, Super Mario Odyssey. That game is now out, and Nintendo’s gamble has paid off in full. The Nintendo Switch is flying off shelves faster than Nintendo can stock it, and the handheld console also sports the two best-reviewed games of 2017 in Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Clearly, the Nintendo Switch is the console to beat this holiday season, and it hasn’t even lived up to its full potential just yet. That’s what 2018 is going to be for.

In its path to releasing Super Mario Odyssey into the holiday market, Nintendo showed hints of brilliance in areas that it often exceeds at outside of its primary franchises. With Arms, it showed it can create a new series that can resonate with both old and new fans, and Splatoon 2 proved that its younger squad of developers has the gumption to follow up a fan-favorite with a solid sophomore hit.

The Switch also displays areas in which Nintendo is improving in the ever-evolving modern market around it. The surprise hit of the year, Mario + Rabbids: Battle Kingdom, emerged from the company’s evolving cooperation with third-party publishers and willingness to allow other AAA developers to have access to its beloved franchises. Indie games, too, have contributed heavily to the success of the Nintendo Switch, with favorites like Shovel Knight, Stardew Valley, and even niche games like Kamiko scoring extra praise, mostly thanks to the Switch’s accessibility and portability.

Nintendo has already dethroned the PS Vita as indie gaming’s “go to” handheld platform, and the gap between the two consoles will only expand as the Vita’s technology ages.

So, with both the completion of a vastly successful 2017 marketing push and signals of improvement from Nintendo, it’s time for the company to finally excel in one area that it has often fallen short: Virtual Console. The Nintendo Switch is the perfect console for classic gaming, and Nintendo has a handful of new options like portability and subscription based-services that were not available during its first few attempts at a retro gaming platform.

Nintendo is swimming in profits, has become the apple of gamers’ eyes again, and it owns a clean slate heading into 2018. That means it has the perfect chance to finally get this right. But what exactly should Virtual Console on the Nintendo Switch be?

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/11/05/now-that-super-mario-odyssey-is-a-hit-its-time-for-nintendo-to-dish-out-virtual-console/