The Switch is still putting out banger titles despite obviously showing its age. But some of these souls weren’t as lucky as others. Lemme know if you picked up any of these three titles at any point:
**[Bayonetta Origins](https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/03/japanese-charts-bayonetta-origins-makes-a-lukewarm-debut):** Launched this past March to decent reviews but next to no sales data tracked. It apparently sold just over 6,000 units in Japan within its first week, but that time was still dominated by Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and the Resident Evil 4 Remake. But this one not selling as well kinda makes sense, you’d have to be really into Bayonetta already to even consider picking this one up. I don’t think this will damage Nintendo’s relationship with Platinum, especially with Bayonetta 3 still doing well. I picked up my copy at the same time as Advance Wars, which we’ll touch on later.
**[Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope](https://nintendoeverything.com/ubisoft-says-mario-rabbids-sparks-of-hope-underperformed/):** Launching back in October of last year, I can only assume this was because many people actually took the mantra of “don’t buy any Ubisoft-published games within the first few months” to heart. Nowadays you can get brand new physical copies for around half price online, and the third and final DLC pack featuring Rayman is scheduled to launch this week. This might put Nintendo’s relationship with Ubisoft on more shaky ground, but not enough to stop supporting Nintendo’s consoles in the near future. But I don’t expect another Mario Rabbids game for good long while. As for me, I picked it up day 1 alongside my Switch copies of Persona 5 Royal and Bayonetta 3. So yeah, good time for third parties on Switch last October.
**Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp:** Launching one month after Bayonetta Origins, this release was absolutely devoured by hype for the Xenoblade 3 DLC, Zelda, and Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection. It reportedly sold 400K in its first week but I can’t find a source to corroborate those findings. Either way as of these latest financials, it hasn’t hit a million yet in this recent quarter, with it instead being dominated by Mario Kart and Zelda. And I’m sure the big year-long delay due to “recent world events” didn’t help. This might put the franchise back in comatose for the next 15 years, which I’m really hoping isn’t the case. I picked up my copy day 1 and got a good ways in before getting distracted by Xenoblade, but now I’m back on and just wrapped up the first campaign.
Edit: Okay I’m a fucking idiot. Apparently the 400K thing for Advance Wars was a shitpost all along. I knew it sounded too good to be true lmao.