• slimerancher@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    Ubisoft mentioned in some recent interview that Nintendo recommended they don’t release Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on Switch, and hold it for the next version of console. It’s better to release one game from each series on a console.

    Which suggests that next 3D Mario, and Mario Kart would be on next console, but then they released two Xenoblade and two Zelda on one console, so don’t know how strict they are about all this.

    Thing is, you never know with Nintendo, we may call the direct “sunset slate”, but we have 3 first party games in this year. Zelda, Pikmin and 2D Mario. Doesn’t look like Nintendo is slowing down, but let’s see.

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      1 year ago

      I think the release of TotK on switch is them preparing to double dip, a la GTA5 or BotW to some degree. I bet they wait for TotK sales to slump before they launch a new console and potentially a switch 2 version of TotK.

      And I’m ready for a new Mario kart. Super bored of 8, mainly because I beat it all on Wii U, then again on switch. So by the time dlc came out I was meh on it. What I really want out of a MK9 is a double dash mode. DD is my favorite MK game of all time. I think at least adding it as a game mode makes perfect sense and is my dream feature!

      • slimerancher@lemmy.worldM
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        1 year ago

        There’s no doubt next console version is in R&D, question is, when are they going to release it.

        With all the rumours of Switch Pro, even from some respectable insiders, it seems there was plan of Switch Pro but it was cancelled. So, they are definitely working on next console, but when and how they release them is still a question.

        Personally, I am excited for next iteration, and afraid that Nintendo might step away from Switch design for some other gimmick.

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          1 year ago

          Phew, Switch was 2 years between announcement and release, roughly 18 months between WiiU announce and Release, Similar to the Wii.

          So If I had to guess, they’ll either Announce in the September Nintendo Direct, or the one following, start of 2024

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            1 year ago

            I’d put money on 2024 at the earliest. Don’t want to ruin a holiday game sales season by basically giving customers a reason not to buy stuff this holiday and save for the fancy new console. Announcing early 2024 will allow people to still do that saving over the year (assuming a holiday 2024 launch) while not potentially sabotaging this year’s sales.