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Kai_Mao on 22 December 2023
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Slownenberg said:

Obviously 3D Mario. Nintendo knows they need to launch systems with either mainline Mario mainline Zelda.

So day 1 is gonna be 3D Mario along with some little casual game.

I'd expect next Mario Kart to be 1-2 months after launch like how they did with the Switch. So like if Switch 2 launches in September or October then MK would be the November holiday game.

Metroid Prime 4 I think we'll see at some point in 2025.

Next mainline Pokemon game will be holiday 2025. But I could see a side Pokemon game hitting both Switch and Switch 2 for the 2024 holidays to join 3D Mario and Mario Kart as the system sellers in the launch period. Like another Poke Legends game.

I could see a new DK game at some point in 2025 but not launch period.

Smash is obviously not going to be until late in the generation as we have several interviews from Nintendo that make it clear they haven't even figured out what they are gonna do for the next Smash game, so development of that game hasn't even started yet.

Launch day: 3D Mario, casual game

Launch period: MK, maybe cross gen side Pokemon game

2025: Metroid Prime 4, DK, mainline Pokemon

I think Prime 4 has a shot at 2024. The problem is that we're just getting hints of the possibility of it being shown soon.

Zelda may be interesting considering there are hints of a potential remake coming soon. How soon and how true it is, we'll see.

Smash is hard to predict. However, Sakurai has been teasing the possibilities of the next Smash game and his YouTube video output has been slowing down recently. So he may be in the process of developing/planning his next project.