Mario Kart 8 Deluze is already a hit
According to Amazon’s best-selling games of 2017 list, which updates daily, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is their to[p selling game of 2017 so far. It pulled ahead of Zelda Breath of the Wild despite only being out for one day so far. That said preorders were likely high.
If Nintendo keeps this up, they will be on the right path.