One year later, can the Nintendo Switch maintain its incredible momentum?

What’s incredible is that Nintendo has only just begun to scratch the surface of what the Switch has to offer. The first year saw the company establish an audience with titles like Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. Now, it has its sights set on expanding the Switch’s services and building on its core capabilities.

One thing we should see more of this year is expanded developer support, which has thus far been healthy and enthusiastic. With titles like Doom, Bloodborne, and Stardew Valley, the console is a perfect platform for introducing casual gamers to titles they may have otherwise overlooked. That dynamic will be a crucial part of the Switch’s continued success.

And over the next several months, the console’s library is going welcome several incredible games, highlighted by Super Smash Bros., Crash Bandicoot, and South Park.

All of this momentum has been built without a proper online service or virtual console, the latter of which fans have been eagerly waiting for since day one. We won’t see either until later this year, but when they launch, they’ll open up a world of new possibilities. Frankly, it should scare the bejesus out of Sony and Microsoft.

Nintendo’s online service will give gamers the opportunity to communicate during multiplayer sessions and form online communities. The virtual console, meanwhile, will allow users to explore Nintendo’s legendary library. If the success of the NES Classic and SNES Classic are anything to go by, the virtual console will be a runaway hit.

Just imagine playing Goldeneye 007 with friends locally or online. That’s a system seller in and of itself. If Nintendo can deliver a service that offers NES, SNES, N64, and GameCube games, similar to what we’ve seen in the past, the Switch will be even harder to acquire than it already is.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/03/18/nintendo-switch-year-two/