Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

[Wman1996]

Shaunodon said:

Wman1996 said:

No confirmation yet if Mario Kart will be a launch title. But it's all but confirmed. It would be really strange to show it as the first Switch 2 title if it's not there at launch. 

3D Mario still seems really likely this year, and I'm betting on a reveal during the Direct. I don't think it will be there at launch, though. Mario Kart is the bigger game in terms of sales and 3D Mario can be spread out a bit. 

It depends if you mean launch or just the general launch window.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe didn't release until a month after the Switch and still became it's bestselling game. Mario Kart 9 could come out months after the Switch 2 and will still be a massive system-seller.

It would be strange though if they had this many years to develop a new game and it still wasn't ready by the launch of their new system. Unless they had some other reason to delay it's release, like wanting to showcase a different title for Switch 2's launch.

I was getting caught in semantics, I guess. Even on the off chance it's not a launch title, it will very much be a launch window title available 3 months or so after launch. Maybe 6 months at most.