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Discussion According to @Brazil podcast 'X do Controle' Nintendo Switch 2 will release in march 2025 - Summary updated [Eurogamer is corroborating]

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Marce-chan said:
Come on guys, I think we're better than this. We all trust insiders but ONLY when the information given pleases us? It sucks to wait until early 2025, but it can very well happen. Delays happen. Nintendo isn't releasing this thing without a killer lineup.

If 3D Mario isn't ready for launch late 2024 or Mario Kart isn't ready to come in the first 3 months or so, they aren't releasing it.

Remember, 2016 was an absolute dire year for Wii U and for 3DS outside of Pokémon Sun and Moon(which Switch might have an equivalent in Black/White remakes or Legends 2), and they still delayed Switch from holiday 2016 to March 2017.

And thank God they did!! Had BotW not been delayed for a second time and Switch delayed as well, we'd have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the launch title(since that's what was ready by late 2016) and months of nothing until ARMS and Splatoon 2 came, and the other certain blockbuster wouldn't come until the holiday season with Odyssey.

Everyone was happy with a potential March reveal, everyone was trustful with Direct date and being a Partner, but now we disregard information because... It's not what we want to hear??

Of course, it can happen that things change and either the games being developed targeting early 2025 end up coming after the hardware and the console still comes this holiday, but we'd have to wait and see anyways.
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If 3D Mario and Mario Kart 9 aren't ready at this point then Nintendo is kind of a mess internally. They've had since 2017 and 2014 lol.
 
BGBW said:
I've got plenty of Switch games I still need to play so I'm not exactly in a rush for new hardware myself.
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Same. Though it'd be nice to be able to play TotK, FE Warriors 2 or Bayo 3 with either more stable performance or, in TotK's case mostly, cleared up visuals, ngl.
Still, I've got at least a dozen other games to entertain me until then.
 
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Hardware rumors seem to be a little funky, a la Switch Pro. I guess I'll just wait to see if we get that Switch 2 reveal next month first before worrying about this new rumor surfacing.

If we get the Switch 2 reveal next month, I'm assuming we'll also get a release date/window, which shouldn't be more than a couple/few months after the announcement. If we don't get anything from Nintendo, then I'll start to worry we won't see this till Q1 2025.
 
Meh. Whether it's November 2024 or March 2025 won't really make a difference. I think March seems pretty smart actually. Worked well last time.
 
Eurogamer corroborating?

Did no one read the article? They're basically sourcing Brazil, and say that while they had heard some talk neither of their sources were sure enough for them to consider reporting on it.

From what I get everyone (Eurogamer, VGC) sourced Brazil, while unable to actually corroborating with their own sources.

This whole situation is a shitshow. Though no offense to Brazil, not blaming you in any way.
 
ammonite said:


He suggests he's heard about the console itself, but nobody is confident in it.
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Yes Nintendo had launch success in March, but a delay also means they lose more Switch momentum while sales continue to decline, plus their big holiday title gets replaced with something else, so no, looking at the big picture, I would say it doesn't make sense.
 
MMXZero said:
This isn't happening due to the mistakes made with the 3DS. Nintendo would also kill any sales potential the current system has for 12 months leading up to the new console.
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What?

The 3DS' disappointing financial performance was caused by

1. Apple simply taking most of Nintendo's casual audience from the DS.
2. The 3DS was more expensive to manufacture than optimal because of the 3D screen and consumers didn't care about 3D.
3. The 3DS struggled to get western third-party games due to various factors
4. The 3DS' launch lineup was horrible
5. Nintendo didn't have enough developers to consistently make new big games for the 3DS (as they had to make WiiU games as well and the WiiU games were usually Nintendo's main focus)

The 3DS reveal scheduling was fine.
 
Bonejack said:
Eurogamer corroborating?

Did no one read the article? They're basically sourcing Brazil, and say that while they had heard some talk neither of their sources were sure enough for them to consider reporting on it.

From what I get everyone (Eurogamer, VGC) sourced Brazil, while unable to actually corroborating with their own sources.

This whole situation is a shitshow. Though no offense to Brazil, not blaming you in any way.
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It's funny how Eurogamer and VGC writes about the rumor and then say that they have heard something similar but have not been able to corroborate it lol.
They are supposed to be journalists.
 
Either way, it's not like I can do much about it! So, I'm just going to sit and wait!

That said, I do wonder if the thing heard Grubb supposedly heard about a rollout for Prime 4 starting in May(?) may help mitigate things a bit. Metroid to help carry the Switch's last solo holiday season, along with some designated remakes of Pokeymans and Holy Wars?

...I could see it.
 
This makes me think the T239 truly might not be the Switch 2's final form assuming this information is true.

If it is then I expect no shortages at launch and a strong software line up.
 
Mario Kart Next is probably the most important game Nintendo has ever made other than BotW and Super Mario Bros so delaying it and rebooting it constantly to make sure that it's both fresh and deep and nostalgic and approachable and has massive amounts of content would make sense.

You don't want to release a game like Mortal Kombat 1 where fans are just like "... Yeah, I hate the few new additions, not buying this one."

The devs also spent significant amounts of time on Arms, Mario Kart Tour, and Mario Kart 8 DLC over the last 10 years.
 
I said it in the hardware speculation and I'll say it here:

If they don't have hardware out before 2025, then they have no fucking business continuing to be a First Party because they clearly can't handle all the necessities of being a major platform holder. It's not just whether or not their hardware has been lacking, it's also the implication that their subpar handling of NSO has zero excuses.

Steam is free and yet it's a thousand times more functional than the Switch's garbage OS and NSO.
 
Zumikoi said:
It's funny how Eurogamer and VGC writes about the rumor and then say that they have heard something similar but have not been able to corroborate it lol.
They are supposed to be journalists.
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How is this not journalism? "We'd heard something similar but couldn't confirm it" is giving a pretty open and honest report of what they know.
 
it's pretty much official if vgc and eurogamer are reporting on it. i think it's good honestly, gives me time to catch up with the backlog, it also means switch will have no problem becoming the best selling game console ever :)
 
TomNookYankees said:
I said it in the hardware speculation and I'll say it here:

If they don't have hardware out before 2025, then they have no fucking business continuing to be a First Party because they clearly can't handle all the necessities of being a major platform holder. It's not just whether or not their hardware has been lacking, it's also the implication that their subpar handling of NSO has zero excuses.

Steam is free and yet it's a thousand times more functional than the Switch's garbage OS and NSO.
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is this a new pasta?
 
MMXZero said:
This isn't happening due to the mistakes made with the 3DS. Nintendo would also kill any sales potential the current system has for 12 months leading up to the new console.
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Yeah I don't believe that at all either. If it doesn't come till next March we aren't hearing about it till late this year. I'm not even convinced we'll hear about it in March even if it does come out this year
 
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TomNookYankees said:
I said it in the hardware speculation and I'll say it here:

If they don't have hardware out before 2025, then they have no fucking business continuing to be a First Party because they clearly can't handle all the necessities of being a major platform holder. It's not just whether or not their hardware has been lacking, it's also the implication that their subpar handling of NSO has zero excuses.

Steam is free and yet it's a thousand times more functional than the Switch's garbage OS and NSO.
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Their software is what keeps them not only afloat but a booming success. Everything else they do is mediocre at best (opinion). Nintendo makes some of the best games in the industry but their hardware and feature set is a very very low priority to them and then generally just ignore fans complaining about it year after year lol.
 
TomNookYankees said:
I said it in the hardware speculation and I'll say it here:

If they don't have hardware out before 2025, then they have no fucking business continuing to be a First Party because they clearly can't handle all the necessities of being a major platform holder. It's not just whether or not their hardware has been lacking, it's also the implication that their subpar handling of NSO has zero excuses.

Steam is free and yet it's a thousand times more functional than the Switch's garbage OS and NSO.
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Just imagining a world where no Directs are on the horizon and no Switch 2 news is on the horizon and their respective threads just go on forever and ever, slowly transitioning into a trickle of posts as everyone moves on to other pastures.
 
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IF this is true the supposed rumor of a march reveal is beyond dead. there is absolutely no reason to reveal a successor to a system when it's launching for 9 to 12 months later. the would never shoot themselves in the foot and kill switch sales like that.
 
TomNookYankees said:
I said it in the hardware speculation and I'll say it here:

If they don't have hardware out before 2025, then they have no fucking business continuing to be a First Party because they clearly can't handle all the necessities of being a major platform holder. It's not just whether or not their hardware has been lacking, it's also the implication that their subpar handling of NSO has zero excuses.

Steam is free and yet it's a thousand times more functional than the Switch's garbage OS and NSO.
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Their handling of NSO has been truly company destroying! You’re absolutely right. They have no right to be a first party because of their handling of NSO. Investors will be abandoning Nintendo in droves over this. I mean, how are they even legally allowed to offer that service when it doesn’t have Clu Clu Land on it! The government should step in.
 
TomNookYankees said:
I said it in the hardware speculation and I'll say it here:

If they don't have hardware out before 2025, then they have no fucking business continuing to be a First Party because they clearly can't handle all the necessities of being a major platform holder. It's not just whether or not their hardware has been lacking, it's also the implication that their subpar handling of NSO has zero excuses.

Steam is free and yet it's a thousand times more functional than the Switch's garbage OS and NSO.
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Considering Nintendo is the most profitable first party console manufacturer and their current device is the 3rd best selling gaming hardware of all time

No, that's just an awful take. They delayed because the hardware wasn't ready, you apparently want them to rush and have another half baked OS?
 
I will say something feels off about all of this. Switch is running out of games, seemingly no General Direct is coming and we are suppose to believe Switch 2 isn't coming until sometime next year? So are we just going to have a very empty and lame year for Switch and nothing more? Surely something more will be announced. Even if it's just more ports. I can't imagine Nintendo's lineup of games for Switch is coming to an end almost an entire year before Switch 2 is released. I don't know. Wish Nintendo would update us on this shit but we already know they won't and we will all be left in the dark for god knows how many weeks/months before answers are had.
 
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