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Slownenberg on 11 January 2023
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UnderwaterFunktown said:

Generally agree with you: MK9 and 3D Mario. Probably only one of them at launch though and then the other within the first 6-9 months or so. Probably also a Mario sports title in that timeframe unless Camelot is working on something else (... Golden Sun please?).

I guess they would also want some non-Mario games early on, but hard to predict what that could be. A 2D Zelda could be great and I doubt they've given up on those entirely so should happen sooner or later.

Edit: A Metroid Prime 4 cross-gen release is possible as well.

Yeah I was gonna say Luigi's Mansion 4 or Mario Party but then I was like wait that'd be four Mario (or Luigi) games. Probably gonna be a non-mario game to go along with MK9 and 3D Mario.

Definitely 2D Zelda would be great. When Switch came out I figured we'd get both a 3D (console-style) Zelda line of games as well as a 2D (handheld-style) line of games. Sadly other than the Link's Awakening remake that hasn't happened. Would love to see Nintendo show that they will still make 2D Zelda games by having one during the next-gen launch period.

And if MK9 and 3D Mario are the first two major first party games I don't think we'll be waiting 6-9 months. I think it'll be similar to the Switch launch where MK came out a month and a half or so after BotW. Like if Switch2 launches holiday 2024 I think we'd probably get MK9 on launch day in November and 3D Mario in December a couple weeks before Christmas. 6-9 months between the first two huge games would be a major drought to start the system off with. And it's not like they haven't had years to work on the next MK and 3D Mario games.

Last edited by Slownenberg - on 11 January 2023