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There was no mention of the next console in the June Direct, as they said.
That means that there will be an announcement between July, 2024 and March, 2025.
Please keep all questions, discussion and speculation of the next Nintendo console confined to this megathread. All threads about this topic will be removed and redirected to this thread.
Please note that nothing is verified about the next Nintendo console except for the fact that it will be announced during this fiscal year. All information about its specs, name, etc. are just speculation and/or wishful thinking.
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by razorbeamz
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I think it will have a Mario game.
It’s kinda funny to see some of the reaction to Prime 4.
Half the people are saying that looks too good to be running on Switch, it’s Switch 2 footage and 100% will be cross gen. While the other half are saying that looks exactly like Prime Remastered.
Meanwhile, if you go to places like r/gaming (ew) people are saying that looks dated and nothing special or different from the trilogy. The classic gamers obessed with realistic graphics and games that play play the same.
Just speculate but why the subtitle beyond in Metroid prime 4? It seems off, switch beyond?
It will be launched next Christmas.
High chance that there will be a full 3D “GOTY-style” Zelda within 12 months of launch.
Several reasons.
– Inside sources suggest that TOTK was complete for well over a year, and only had polish time between then and launch. As they had committed to no DLC, this means that the team would have immediately started another project somewhere between end of 2021 / beginning 2022.
– While Echoes of Wisdom looks amazing, it’s obvious that it’s reusing not only assets from Link’s Awakening, but maps from Link to the Past. Combine that with the fact that a 2D Zelda takes altogether less work than a 3D Zelda, and it’s almost certain that Grezzo is making it, it seems obvious that this was not the project that most of the Zelda team was working on.
– Monolith Soft’s last game, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, launched two full years ago. No word yet on what their next project is. Monolith was instrumental in helping the Zelda team design the world of Breath of the Wild.
– Zelda is an incredible start for any console. Mario may get the masses, but Zelda attracts the core gaming audience, and it’s the core gaming audience that are willing to be early adopters of tech. The two systems in which Zelda was a launch title – the Wii and the Switch – both had phenomenal starts and broke sales records with their launch title. And Nintendo knows this.
After today’s Direct I don’t see Switch 2 being officially revealed until Jan/Feb. Unless they retread Switch in which case a soft reveal in Oct/Nov and big showcase in Jan.
I’m really hoping for a March release. Nintendo didn’t show any solid release dates after DKCR in January.
If they wait until November we’ll have to limp through another year with an 8 year old console. If it releases in spring and they have supply issues around launch, those hopefully should be resolved before the peak shopping season in November-December.
So, regarding some predictions, I got the following:
-Xenoblade Chronicles X will release in 2025 (I predicted this off the fact that the game is turning 10 next year. As for it potentially being a cross gen release, I don’t know)
-Fire Emblem 4 Remake (Honestly, there’s no telling if it’s actually true or not. It’s been rumored for so long, it still hasn’t shown up yet. So, who knows.)
-Windwaker and Twilight Princess (At this point, it’s likely coming to the next console. I’ve seen comments and the like mention how Kit and Krysta, and a few others, basically state that the games are done and Nintendo’s just sitting on them)
-Next 3D Mario and Mario Kart (2017 had both Mario Odyssey and MK8 Deluxe. At the same time, people also want a new MK game and also a new 3D Mario. I feel like we’ll get both next year, but the release months are swapped.
In 2017, the new 3D Mario came out in the Fall while MK8D released in Spring. So, maybe 2025 is where the next 3D Mario will be in the Spring while Mario Kart 9 releases in the Fall?
Either that, or the next Mario Kart comes out in 2026.)
I just want a thick(it helps with ergo and you can feel it with battery, vibration motors and a fan)psp sized, backwards compatible switch 2 micro. It’s literally my most wanted console that’s actaully possible and I’d gladly wait til the very end of the switch 2 lifecycle(while playing with a probably launch switch 2 or switch 2 lite) so they can maximize gains in efficiency. I just want a maximum portability console that can play my awesome switch library alongside my eventaul awesome switch 2 library without struggling to carry it without a bag and without bulging about to rip pockets
Just throwing it out there so I can claim I was right when it happens, TES Oblivion remaster will be a Switch 2 launch title.
Nintendo will try to replicate the switch 1 launch year, so I’m keeping that in mind. They want a new game every month to keep switch 2 in the public consciousness. They don’t need to be big games, though. Smaller games, remakes, and new/unpopular IP can be used to fill the gap between big releases.
So this is what I’m most comfortable in predicting for the switch 2 first year:
The Switch 2 will be released in spring 2025 with Metroid Prime 4 as a luch tittle. a 3D Mario game and / or Mario Kart by the time holiday shopping starts. A monolithsoft game that shows off the power of the switch 2. Pokémon Z-A during Summer and Gen 5 Remakes during Winter, Both will be cross gen titles. No new Kirby or Fire emblem game this direct leads me to believe that they are getting something during year 1. Yearly zelda release will be a remaster or a warriors game.
These are the predictions I’m less sure of. These are shot in the dark guesses.
Year 1 Animal crossing game, reusing assests from New Horizons. Another Ubisoft collaboration like Mario + Rabbits. Camelot has been MIA since 2021’s Mario Golf. My hunch says they are either the devs of brothership or they are working on a Goldensun remake. Teaser for the next big 3D Zelda during the 2025 fall direct, but will not be released until 2027 at the earliest. Next Level Game’s Luigi’s mansion 4 will be announced, though im not sure if it will be a 2025 or 2026 release. Arms 2 is a possibility, It sold pretty well for a new fighting game IP, all things considered. Remake/revival of a dormant IP, Chibi robo, Codename S.T.E.A.M, Dragalia Lost, or Ever oasis are all possible. One of those Indie games published and co-developed by Nintendo like Good Job and Sniperclips.
I have not been in the Nintendo sphere since the Wii. What do you think the chances are that with the improved hardware, Nintendo will have some crossplay titles with Xbox and PS, whether existing titles like Sea of Thieves, Hell Let Loose, Diablo 4?
Such games are not why I will purchase the next console, but would open up possibilities for anyone with more than one person in a household who likes such games who might otherwise own multiple PS or Xbox consoles.