The main issue isn’t about there being no worthwhile exclusives. But Nintendo has a reputation of people buying them because they like playing Nintendo games, and Nintendo itself has not really released much notable software on the Switch compared to every past console. Switch does have games, some are exclusives, there’s reasons to own and enjoy the system, and no one here is really saying otherwise. What we’re disappointed in and confused about is a strong lack of actual Nintendo content that is unique for the Switch and not a port, not an HD makeover on an otherwise DS or 3DS game (that would otherwise have sold for $40-50 max, not $60).
Would I buy a Switch for SMTV, MH:Rise, Bayonetta, Astral Chain, etc? Sure, but that’s Sega, Capcom, and Platinum, not Nintendo, complicated rights ownership and publishing duties aside. For the same reason that 2K/Rockstar “owns” Max Payne, but it’s not their game, it’s Remedy’s. The criticism here isn’t if other parties are making good games for Switch, the criticism is what Nintendo is, or rather isn’t doing. Most of the list of Switch exclusives remains a list of basically HD 3DS games, and really low effort, small games. Top quality “indie” scale games would be welcome if they were also indie scale prices. But they’re charging full console prices for “indie” scale games, many of which are themselves of dubious quality (the Camelot games especially, that half hearted Kirby game, etc. ) Even on the 3DS games like Triforce Heroes and Federation Force were decidedly “B” tier games that didn’t live up to the library’s best, but we’re lead to believe Mario Tennis and Mario Golf are “A” tier games on Switch.
To take that page 8 list of Original Titles:
ARMS (Big game)
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Big game)
Splatoon 2 (Directly built onto the WiiU game. And half the content was added after launch. A common Nintendo theme. Funny, EA, Ubi, and CDPR get lambasted for that practice.We’ll count it. )
Fire Emblem Warriors (Tecmo-Koei, and a Warriors game, to boot. Not Nintendo output. Filler.)
Super Mario Odyssey (Big game)
Kirby Star Allies (This would barely be a footnote for 3DS at $50 let alone Switch.)
Mario Tennis Aces (This is barely a footnote for any platform and inferior to prior entries. Also Camelot, not Nintendo.)
Super Mario Party (It’s a long running series, we can count it, problems aside.)
Smash Ultimate (Best of its series, we’ll include it as big game, but it’s Sora/HAL, not Nintendo.)
Yoshi’s Crafted World ( I adore the game, but it’s an HD 3DS game, and steps back from Wooly …….
Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/nintendo-switch/why_the_switch_disappointed_me?start=180