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Wman1996 said:

Even if we get a look at the next 3D Mario soon, I really don't see it making it out this year even during the holiday season. It's not very common for Nintendo to release two 3D platformers in a year anymore, especially not 5 months or less apart. 

3D Mario is probably coming out Q2-Q4 2026, though it could be as late as Q4 2027.

My boldest prediction is another new IP/standalone game. 

It's not very common because Nintendo has never done it before. Not themselves, anyway.

Before Kirby finally made the jump with Forgotten Land, and even then, that was HAL Laboratory, not in-house, Mario was it. That was their ONLY 3D platformer in recent memory.

Before that, the last time, (the ONLY time) a Nintendo IP had a 3D platformer was Donkey Kong, and that was 1999, and that wasn't even Nintendo themselves, that was Rare. THEY were the ones releasing multiple 3D platformers in a year, not Nintendo.

This is the first time we have gotten a 3D platformer made by Nintendo themselves that's NOT Mario since... EVER!

Unless there's a game I'm just blanking on right now, I don't think we've ever had an in-house 3D platformer made by Nintendo that WASN'T a Mario game. This is the first time that has happened. Hell, it STILL hasn't happened if you want to get technical and consider Donkey Kong a Mario character rather than his own separate thing.

So, hey, first time for everything! Especially since we still don't know what their BIG holiday title for Switch 2's first holiday season is. Legends Z-A is in October, but that's not the same as a new mainline Pokemon gen and that's also gonna be on Switch 1. It COULD be Prime 4, but I just don't think Metroid is a big enough name or title to build Switch 2's first holiday season around. There's really no other game I can think of right now that can fill that role that's ready and due for a new entry, it HAS to be 3D Mario.