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Chrkeller on 15 December 2022

MK9 should borrow a lot from Diddy Kong Racing.



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HyrulianScrolls on 27 June 2024

Bumping since this has now officially come true (made this prediction way back in 2017 when Deluxe launched)



Farsala on 27 June 2024
Farsala said:

They could probably just port MK8 to Switch successor and it will sell just fine.

Nice prediction OP.

I am still thinking MK8 ultimate edition or whatever will be on Switch successor.



Norion on 27 June 2024
Farsala said:
Farsala said:

They could probably just port MK8 to Switch successor and it will sell just fine.

Nice prediction OP.

I am still thinking MK8 ultimate edition or whatever will be on Switch successor.

Nah Mario Kart is way too valuable a system seller to waste like that. MK9 releasing next year or in 2026 would sell a lot of Switch 2's and help it get off to a strong start.



hellobion2 on 27 June 2024

Mario Kart series is like call of duty but with actual quality updates.



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Wman1996 on 27 June 2024

Well done OP. 2025 is the absolute earliest Mario Kart will come out since there's virtually no chance now of it coming out December or sooner without an announcement by now.
If Nintendo has both 3D Mario and Mario Kart on launch day for Switch 2, it's Game.Set.Match. Even both in the first 6 months to a year will print money.
Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 released a month apart for 3DS in the end of 2011. They helped 3DS immensely when its first 6 months were rough.



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HyrulianScrolls on 12 July 2024

I was way off about Nintendo releasing a new F Zero on Switch though to fill the gap, womp womp



160rmf on 12 July 2024

It definitely won't release this year, but they could do a cross Gen treatment and release extra content only for the successor



 

 

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Ultrashroomz on 12 July 2024

Old Switch related predictions are always entertaining to look back on.



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ALinkInTime on 12 July 2024

Congrats on the prediction. Despite MK8 being so old, the 48 additional tracks added through the BCP help it feel fresh so many years later.