Rumor: Mario Kart and Splatoon On The Switch Are Remasters!

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teigaga said:

Intrinsic said:
Splatoon i can understand, that came out in 2015. But MK8 was a may 2014 game. So by the time the Switch is launched that would be almost 3 years.

My question is, what has nintendo been doing? it's not like they release like 4/5 games per year.

This is also true. They really should be able to have a brand new Mario Kart game next year. If the team are partially/primarily working on something new ( not mario kart), I'm not complaining. 

I assume a big reason to offer a hybrid device is so Nintendo doesnt have to make so many redundant titles and can work on new IP.

By offering Mario Kart 8.5, it increases the chances of the MK team to work on something new and the last time this team made a new IP, it sold over 20 million (Nintendogs).