Yep Switch line-up doesn't look so hot at all. It looks almost crowded already with the 1 first party game per month formula but considering that most of these games are ports, that we still haven't confirmation that Smash is not one of them and NSMB seems like a very likely thing already that doesn't leave a lot of room for new, exciting and as a result really strong system sellers for the rest of the year. Even if it is an enhanced port Smash should do well but beyond that it seems that it will really depend on Pokemon making it this year and also possibly Labo having legs and being some kind of phenomenon. But eh, just release Switch Mini for the holidays and everything should be right sales-wise. As a Switch owner though that year looks absolutely dreadful for sure.
What are you talking about? I would grant you this argument for H1 (though more for Q1 than Q2), but H2 has a very strong lineup that consists of mostly new games:
Taiko (this was confirmed to be a new game, not a port of the PS4 game from last year)
Fire Emblem
Octopath
Smash (all signs have pointed towards it being a new game)
Yokai Watch
Inazuma Eleven
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Yoshi
The games listed above are major sellers (except maybe Octopath, but probably still 100k+), and this is just what's currently confirmed ( less than a third through the year). If there is another big game coming this year, like Pokémon or Animal Crossing, then H2 is absolutely stacked. Labo is a wildcard, and we'll see what they achieve with it. However, even if Labo doesn't do well and no Pokémon or Animal Crossing comes out, the system has a very strong lineup in its second half of the year.
There has been too many rumors from credible sources to not consider it likely imo. And honestly seeing how Nintendo seems absolutely shameless with WiiU ports this year, I don't think that would be that surprising at all.
There really haven't been, though. There's that ehoavash guy or whatever who refuses to be verified, and then Emily said it could be true based purely on what she heard about many ports coming (which could just be for H1, mind you: H1 has a lot of ports with Bayonetta, Hyrule Warriors, DK Tropical Freeze and probably more I'm forgetting. Nothing about this strikes as making it a very likely thing.