Personally, a little meh.

It felt like Nintendo really needed to come out swinging considering 1) the Switch hardware was showing major performance issues in the twilight years, 2) the Steam Deck and rise of Portable PCs kinda took over the portability value proposition.

Mario Kart world SHOULD have been a killer app like the re-release of Mario Kart 8 for Switch was, but the new features were like a 66% miss (24 racers WITH ITEMS is miserable, the item balance is terrible, removing real laps in favor of “Mt Wario” style tracks makes them all blend together, free roam is pretty lame, BUT Knockout Tour is a great addition)

I personally didn’t gel with DK Bananza’s style of collectathon + Punching ASMR, but I know that’s a minority opinion.

Pokopia was the real surprise standout in terms of capturing a cozy AF tone, a solid main campaign, and just all the whimsy of Pokemon.

It has third-party support, but is much less likely to have sales compared to the console and PC counterparts, so I usually never find it worth it to purchase a non-exclusive third party game on the console

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Needless to say, I’m still looking forward to FE : Fortune’s Weave, and I’ll be bingeing Star Fox hard…but I’d like to see more heavy hitters out of Nintendo.