Yeah, I'd have preferred a date well in advance; it'd make it easier to organise work around watching the Direct.
I'm not so sure on what to expect from EPD in 2023. Some of that depends on whether they ship anything else after Sports and Splatoon 3 this year, but we know of four projects in development after those two:
- Zelda (EPD 3)
- EPD 10 2D game (hiring October 2019)
- EPD 8 3D game (hiring October 2019)
- EPD 8 2D game (hiring August 2020)
Given EPD 4 and 5 are shipping games this year, and given we don't know what the status of EPD 7 is (are they still internal and external production, or external only?), I feel like those above are the next set of EPD games to come. They might all end up being 2023 titles, though I'm hoping for one of the mystery titles to be late 2022.
Tomodachi I think definitely happens on Switch, one way or another; I'm just doubting it being 2023 given what else is going on at EPD.