That’s like the complete opposite. They need to launch a big Mario game at the earliest because it’s the Nintendo franchise least reliant on a big install base since they’re games that go on to sell for the entirety of the platform life.
2 of them still launched with a mario game
so? what happened before doesn't necessarily mean it'll happen again. especially since there's no actual rule
I also don’t think we’re getting the next switch in march.
No point in waiting for games to stop coming to Switch to release new hardware. Especially when sales of Switch decline regardless.
I'd honestly be fine with H2 2025. Spring has way too much going on for me (multiple vacations).
GTA6 can go against GTA6. There's no reason not to believe Switch successor is getting it. It's gonna be pretty explosive launch window
They usually don’t detail anything past January in these June directs so it’s a bit too early to speculate on Switch 2 launch window IMO.
And what did he leaked regarding third party support?
Don't know, never paid attention to Midori.
So what we have here are a list of consoles that either disappointed, or launched with their other biggest franchise.
It’ll hopefully have a price cut too
My sentiments exactly. September is high time for the Switch 2 to be unveiled in order for third parties to go guns blazing with revealing what current upcoming games are also coming for the Switch 2, but I'm sure games that will be next gen exclusive will be featured in a Switch 2 focused Direct or event.
Yeah it’s 3D Mario. Nobody at Nintendo’s business group is pushing for Metroid Prime 4 to be a launch title. It’ll be Mario.
I disagree. The launch year as a whole is way more important than the launch title. Not launching with an exclusive won’t make or break the console; not following it up with exclusives will.
Hard disagree. That’s now how this business has ever worked. Metroid Prime isn’t a seller in this world. It touches smaller demographics and little for Japan. The launch game matters a lot. Metroid Prime benefits coming during the launch window hype while Mario ensures systems are sold out from the beginning.
Hard disagree from my side too. The system is gonna sell out no matter what they put at launch. They could release M.C. Horace Files his Taxes as a cross-gen game as the only launch title and the system would still sell out.
None of us know how Nintendo feels about the situation. We don’t know what they think of Metroid Prime 4 and its potential sales ceiling.
I’d be very pleasantly surprised if Switch 2 releases within the current fiscal year. That’s the big reason why I think the launch title would be Metroid and not Pokemon Legends, which I’m guessing is targeting a release within the current financial year so that they’ve got something from Pokemon.
If Pokemon was targeting this financial year, they would have just given it a release date on reveal imo
Maybe, but Arceus went without one either, just a vague window. Think they were just hedging their bets more than anything.
None of that reads to me as them saying they absolutely have to launch with an exclusive game. That just reads to me that they feel the need to maintain a steady stream of strong support after the launch. It’s all up to personal interpretation.
I'd love to know why you feel that way though because I can't see how they look at Switch and don't say "That! Do that again!"
Next Thursday 27th June Japan time. I'm hoping a shareholder will ask about Switch 2 and Nintendo will hopefully respond with the presentation date of Switch 2.
Believe it or not, Metroid Prime 4 is a new game. I highly doubt many people interested in buying a Switch at launch would be turned off by it being cross-gen.
That’s exactly why I think this is the route they’ll take. The system will sell at launch no matter what. Use that window to prop up an IP with more room for growth, and save your bigger hitters for a few months later once that initial hype starts to wind down.
