Today Marks Seven Years Since The Nintendo Switch Reveal Showcase
gameranx.comWe know it’ll make you feel old, but join us on a journey to seven years ago. The year was 2017; there was no global pandemic or even a hint of it, and the only “dying thing” out there was Nintendo. Allegedly, that is. You see, the disgraceful run of the Wii U had stained many people’s beliefs in The Big N and whether they could “bounce back from such failure.” Even diehards were wondering if the next system, whatever it may be, could save the company. A small preview for the Nintendo Switch had been done months earlier on Jimmy Fallon. But on January 12th, 2017, the showcase reveal of the Switch came, and the world was never the same.
Nintendo had never truly done an event like this, and they made sure to make it count. Not only did they show off fully what the Nintendo Switch could do, but they announced its release date of March 3rd, its big launch title of Breath of the Wild, opened up pre-orders that night, and, if that wasn’t enough, highlighted some of the games that would be coming in the following months and years.
As the tweet below highlights, Nintendo announced numerous 1st and 3rd party titles for the Switch on that night, all of which were hits in one form or another. Some of them would even become the best-sellers that the system ever saw, and that was just 2017!
Happy 7th anniversary to the Switch Reveal Showcase!
Looking back now, it's impressive just how many future hits they showed off:
– Super Mario Odyssey
– Zelda: Breath of the Wild
– Splatoon 2
– Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
– Xenoblade Chronicles 2
– Octopath Traveler
– Shin Megami… pic.twitter.com/dXmZ1Z5Fc7
Arguably, the biggest thing was that the Switch would make console gaming truly portable. You could play AAA titles on the go, no matter where you were. That
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