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Wyrdness on 10 July 2023
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NintendoPie said:
Wyrdness said:

I don't see it releasing in 2024 at all tbh maybe an announcement late in the year but the earliest is March 2025 imo, this time round I think a 3D Mario will launch with the system as the is no chance Zelda would be ready by then with MK9 shortly after and a selection of catch up third party titles that didn't release on the Switch for example Elden Ring GOTY, REmake titles etc... I think Metroid Prime 4 is now a Switch 2 game at this point and could be one of the holiday titles with a possibility of the next Xenoblade in the holidays like before.

i see them either announcing it Q1 of next year for a holiday release or maybe a little later for a march 2025 release. i doubt nintendo would want to ride a declining wave of hardware sales for much longer. better to "quit" while you're ahead.

when i mentioned zelda, i meant another developer working on it like how grezzo(?) worked on link's awakening. 

i agree about metroid prime 4 which leads me into...

Torpoleon said:

I don't see why Prime 4 should be a Switch 2 title. Metroid is not a system seller and would be better off being released on a massive install base first.

i think nintendo wants to blow metroid up like how zelda blew up with BotW. i feel like they'll treat it as a graphical showcase for the switch 2 and that may be part of the reason the project was moved from the switch to next-gen, in order to facilitate better graphics. it's very possible they can make metroid a much bigger series if they want to.

They have a monopoly on one side of the market in portables they can ride the wave for much longer than usual because the is no viable alternative.