Nintendo Quarterly Sales Update: Switch at 150.86m shipped, Mario Party Jamboree at 6.17m

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killer7 said:

PAOerfulone said:

It's very much like how in 2015-16 when Breath of the Wild was still only known as 'Zelda Wii U' and we knew next to nothing about the game other than it was in development for Wii U and it was open-world.

By this point, the Switch was still only known as 'NX'. And everyone and their grandmother assumed they were going to pull another 'Twilight Princess' where they release 'Zelda Wii U' on both Wii U AND NX. I even recall the Nintendo Direct in Nov 2015 where Reggie kept repeating "New Zelda for Wii U... for Wii U... for Wii U," and it was pointed out by multiple people "You didn't say it WASN'T for NX, Reggie!"

Sure enough, look what happened.

Either Pokemon or Prime 4 is going to be cross-gen. I'm sure of it. They're just waiting until that Switch 2 Direct on April 2nd to officially announce it. I'm leaning towards Metroid Prime 4 because that game I think benefits the most of getting an enhanced Switch 2 version and to be the game that serves as the definitive tech demo/demonstration of Switch 2's leap over Switch 1.
Pokemon will likely remain Switch 1 exclusive just because of how Game Freak and Pokemon Co. are stubborn with moving on to next gen hardware. (Black/White 2 released on the DS in 2012; Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon released on the 3DS in 2017. And they likely want to give Switch 1 one last true major exclusive before moving on to Switch 2.

Wich makes me think Pokémon Gen 10 will be cross gen when it launches (likley) in November 2026.

Not happening. Not with Gen 10 anyway.

Game Freak may take longer than most to move on to next gen, but when they DO jump in with the next generations, it's all in.

X/Y on the 3DS in 2013; Let's Go and Sw/Sh on the Switch in 2018 and 2019.

I do think a cross-gen Pokemon game is coming, but it's not gonna be either Legends Z-A or Gen 10.

Once we get to that Pokemon Presents at the end of the month, I think we get 3 major things:

1) Trailer and footage of Legends Z-A - Switch 1 exclusive, releasing in Q2/Q3 2025.

2) Announcement that Pokemon Gen 10 currently in development exclusively for Gen 2.

3) Pokemon Black/White remakes releasing cross-gen for Switch 1 and Switch 2, releasing in Holiday 2025.