Nintendo Will Win 2018 With Smash Ultimate and Pokemon

Nintendo Will Win 2018 With Smash Ultimate and Pokemon - Although this has been a strong year in gaming, Smash Ultimate and Pokemon will net Nintendo 2018

[michellelynn0976]

Easily. Don't forget Super Mario Party.

[naruga]

this is for laughs ...Nintendo with its lame underpowered gadget (which i ve purchased by the way) is going for another Wii U fail ...just ported games from previous generation and only 2-3 ip games

[Shiken]

You are both high. Nintendo is killing it, even in a slow year. In no way however can they beat PS4 with the heavy hitters they have this holiday.

X1 sure, but taking 2018 overall? No...

[Sono421]

uhhh whoever wrote this is high to consider the Let's Go pokemon games to be hype... they are literally the old games but with 3DS upresed models with pokemon GO gimmicks thrown in to bring in the GO casuals. It's beyond underwhelming and this coming from a huge pokemon fan who even still buys the cards.. AND even just got a happy meal at mcdonalds to get the card that comes with it. The truly hype pokemon game comes out next year, and i'm even still reserving judgement on that as the latest pokemon games hold your hand so much it might as well play itself.

[FloydianAndroid]

Are you seriously gonna throw Mario party in with god of war, red dead 2, and Forza Horizon 4?

[michellelynn0976]

That's my view yes. Don't tell me wjat to do got it?

[FloydianAndroid]

@michellelynn ummm I didn’t tell you to do anything I asked a question thanks

[Sm00thNinja]

Hmmm... I'd like to agree but Sony had God of War, Spiderman, Red Dead Redemption and I'm sure I'm missing some titles. All multi-million sellers. Smash and Pokemon will be huge but Spiderman, God of War and Red Dead huge? For fans Nintendo is knocking it out the park. Myself included can't wait for Pokemon Let's Go especally.... But. I forgot CoD, Battlefield V soon, Fallout 76. All missing the Switch.

Winning 2018? That's a tall claim. Killing it for fans? Absolutely

[michellelynn0976]

Uh yes. Smash will be huge and so will Pokemon Let's Go. Smash is already the most pre ordered game of the year. On a single console that is.

[Sm00thNinja]

Uh where did I disagree with either of those statements. PlayStation had 3 megahits that have already topped charts. Maybe if both those games launched earlier this year? PlayStation has killed it this year too. 2 games won't change that fact one launching in December.

You're obviously a HUGE Nintendo fan outside looking in.... As big as those games are to ME AS WELL. They're simply not going toe to toe with Sony's already established library this year. Again... Had they launched earlier in the year different story. Longevity wise Smash and Pokemon crush Sony's single player offers. So what are we talking about sales numbers? Or just head to head game offerings for this year

[michellelynn0976]

No it's not. I am talking sales, it has gotten off to such a great start and when the free DLC comes out, people will like it a lot better. But, the 2 biggest releases this year are RDR and Smash. Pokemon could come in 3rd.

[-Foxtrot]

Pokemon GO looks pretty bad let’s be honest...it looks nice style wise but it’s a dumbed down GO style remake of Yellow no one wanted

A full on expanded Pokemon Yellow Remake yes...but not what we are getting with the GO crap.

[michellelynn0976]

You just said it above. And, Smash is on pace to be one of the fastest selling games of all time. And RDR is not a Sony game. Dang, so it's 2 to 2. Also, people forget Mario Party which sold 1.5 million pretty quickly.

[Sm00thNinja]

Super Mario Party isn't critically acclaimed as highly. It's sitting at a 76 meta. RDR was marketed on Sony's console and I'm sure has already sold 2+ million out of the gate. I'd love to revisit this at the end of the year no use arguing about the future. My guess is both games are multi-million sellers and end the Switch off on a good note. Does Switch win the holiday season? Probably who doesn't have a PS4 at this point!

I'd love to see Pokemon Let's Go and Smash sales compared to Spiderman and God of War.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Yet Spider-Man and gow are in the top 5 for best selling games of the year so how you discount them has 2 of the biggest releases this year is mind boggling. I know you’re a huge Nintendo fan I’ve seen enough of your out there comments to determine that but don’t be a fanboy or no one will take your seriously

[UCForce]

But that isn’t enough. Nintendo only have two months left this year. If they won, that would take 12 months to win. Nintendo Third Party is decent but not good enough. They still missing some major third party games and upcoming one like Red Dead Redemption 2, Resident Evil 2 remake, a Metro Exodus and others as well. From what I understand, Nintendo have lack of third party marketing deal and their online is way more backward than PS4 and Xbox One. I’m sure Super Smash Bro Ultimate and Pokemon Lets Go will sell extremely well this year, but they need more than that.

You are Nintendo fangirl which is obvious. I’m just saying. Don’t get overconfident.

[doggo84]

You're fighting a losing battle

[ChasingTheSun]

You oughta to quit, you cant convince anyone but maybe kids that smash bro's, pokemon, mario party are in the same league as spiderman, GOW. its ignorant to even thing that. But youre paid in some way too schill nintendo to all sites so it is expected. Maybe 20 years ago those 3 tired out games would be big, but in 2018 its reaching.

[Blastoise]

I knew what website this was as soon as I read the title.

Last time it was "2017 is the year of Nintendo" and "Nintendo has won 2017".

I wonder who will win 2019... 🙄

[EddieNX]

Who cares if they win anything. We can guarantee that they're going to be very successful during the holidays, and Nintendo being successful means better Nintendo games In the future. That's what really matters, who cares if they sell more or less than other companies?

[ConsoleFanboy]

Kings of holiday sales.

[badz149]

LOL NO!

[Blu3_Berry]

No, especially since they are only in the last 2 months. What about the other 10 months? Only thing I can think of that was probably decent is Octopath Traveler but other than that, Nintendo had a pretty lacking year.

[jznrpg]

Bleh i wish something else was coming out , no interest in smash and i only played Pokémon with my son when he was 7-12 .

[Mr Marvel]

God of War, Spider-man, RDR2, AC Odyssey, MH World, DQXI and many others are laughing in your face right now.
This year has been a very weak year for Nintendo.

[TheDreamCorridor]

Detroit: Become Human
God of War
Spider-Man
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Yakuza Kiwami 2
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

Sony's exclusives smash Nintendo in 2018 just like they did in 2017.

[doggo84]

100% cant argue with that.

[oasdada]

Shadow of the colossus*

[ChasingTheSun]

You forget the critically acclaimed best and only baseball game on the market mlb the show franchise that's exclusive to sony.

Every year its the same drill with nintendo, zelda or mario and its many tired spin offs, same with xbox, forza, halo, gears, sonys the only company to take risk and create new ip's, sony win every year because they don't rely on the some old tired franchises like nintendo and xbox does.

[Dark_Knightmare2]

Read the article the author comes off as a Super Nintendo fanboy. In what world is gow not console defining especially since critics and gamers alike were calling it generation defining and Spider-Man has been huge for Sony. Throw in Detroit,mlb the show,dragon quest 11,yakuza 6,yakuza Kiwami 2 and the multiplats and it has been an incredible year for Sony and Nintendo showing up at the very end with an amazing smash brothers and so so Pokemon title isn’t going to win them 2018

[doggo84]

O this guy is a massive Sony hater as well. He would give sea of thieves GOTY ahead of GOW.

[bluefox755]

Lmao, what?

[PapaBop]

You delusional Nintendo fans do yourselves such a huge disservice. It's no wonder you're left with an online service that is a good decade behind the competition and have to faff around with your phones if you want to do something as basic as chat to people ingame.

[bluefox755]

My switch continues to gether dust. I hope SMTV doesn't take forever to come out.

[notachance]

lol okay buddy, the one console which doesn't have the record-breaking RDR2 is 'winning'

[prankster101]

Who writes rubbish like this? "Win 2018"? Pfft..

[Platformgamer]

yeah sure ahahahhahahahahha
nintenfanatics and their fake reality bending powers are hilarious

[CDbiggen]

There is no "winning" a year for one company or console. Everyone has different tastes, has a main console they play and is enjoying what they like. Topics like this just turn into a shitshow in the comments "muh console was better".

[FallenAngel1984]

Lolwut? Are we really going to just disregard all the games Switch missed out on this year because of just two games

[doggo84]

Shame that's cute. VqCulture again :D

Sony has already taken 2018 with God of war and Spiderman

[FloydianAndroid]

This has to be a joke.......call me when they figure out party chat WITHOUT having to download a phone app lol

[lellkay]

Both games will be great for sure, and i'll be picking up both day one, but PS4 is just a monster and untouchable right now.

[cyber_daemonx]

Sorry but it's already been won with GoW and Spiderman.

[Bleucrunch]

I do not think Nintendo will win with Smash Ultimate and Pokemon. Firstly, Smash Ultimate is a port from the WiiU Smash so that in of itself is not a new game, Which pokemon game are they speaking of, Let's go Pickachu?? it is not I repeat NOT the game that we Pokemon fans want. Of course folks will get it but it'll die off just like Pokemon Go (nearer to the bottom of the totem pole in the pokemon ecosystem)

I have a Switch and am currently enjoying Octopath and Megaman 11, but the switch in my opinion is a disappointment from a technology standpoint. The concept of it with its portability is awesome but lol evvvvverything else, they just went the cheap route and all they can do is port old games over and that to me is not something to market and is rather frustrating because we want new IP's that utilize the feature set of the switch (apparently that is a lot to ask)...

The first party titles are more of the same (Mario, Super Mario, Zelda), I like the switch but it is an under-powered and under teched mobile device that could have been so much more efficient. I mean in 2018 and a mobile gaming device does not have the ability to connect a bluetooth headset? One has to use an app just to communicate with another online player? Did we take those things that PSN and LIve provide for granted, or is NIntendo just that cheap and aloof???

You have to call a spade a spade, if I have a choice on the upcoming Blockbuster IP's and they all cost the same amount of money of $65 bucks, why on earth would I chose the weaker of the three consoles??? Where is the logic in that???

[KomaRising]

I don't know about winning, but after Ultimate and Let's Go release they'll do extremely well. Many people held off on a switch until a smash and this one looks to deliver the definitive smash experience. And of course Let's Go will get the casual crowd. PS4 is the dominating force this generation but Nintendo will have some major success after these two games launch.

[ChasingTheSun]

Wow, 3 cartoony tired gamed franchises that bring nothing new and are rehashes is going to win 2018, sure it will win if you're a kid. Nintendo definitely never changes, mario party 80 this, pokemon that, smash bros 400 that, nintendo's been making these franchises for the last 30 years.

[ShadowWolf712]

Here comes the entitlement.

[O-D-C]

The year wasn't off to a good start for them but Nov-Dec are solid.

[michellelynn0976]

@ChasingTheSun grow up and get a life. Mario, and Zelda are better than the overrated GOW and Spiderman. You aren't the final word, deal with it. BTW a lot of Nintendo fans are grown ups.

[michellelynn0976]

@UCForce yeah it is. Sony has nothing and they haven't hardly had anything this year. Amd for Xmas? Zero. And don't give me Red Dead, that's not a Sony game. And pot meets kettle on the fan part. Look in the mirror.