What will Switch 2 big titles for 2025?

[javi741]

To be honest it seems odd for me that DK Bananza is a July title instead of their holiday title. I feel like if Nintendo's major holiday game was empty as it is now, they would've pushed DK as their holiday title especially if a big developer like the 3D Mario team is working on it. I don't think it would make sense for Nintendo to bank on smaller titles like Kirby Air Riders & Prime 4 as their main games. There is Pokemon Z-A, but its a Switch 1 title too and wouldn't be neccesarily a great Switch 2 system seller just cause of that since Switch 1 owners could already play it.

It almost makes me believe Nintendo does have another big title for the holidays, but at the same time I'm not sure what it could be since it seems like all of Nintendo's big developer's timelines don't match up for a big holiday game. We already know it can't be MK, and if the 3D Mario team worked on DK then it's unlikely they'll have another 3D Mario ready this holiday, Sakurai is working on Air Riders so it can't be Smash 6 either, and its only been 2 years since TOTK so I doubt the Zelda team will have a next Zelda ready this holiday.

The only big titles that I could see happening where the timeline matches up is maybe a new Animal Crossing, maybe Switch Sports 2?? Hard to say.

This could maybe be another holiday where Nintendo just depends on their huge Switch 1 & 2 backlog of games to carry them, Nintendo also seems to have much more 3rd party support this time around so I think that could help fill that gap too.