Earthbound is a traditionally handheld franchise? There hasn’t even been a single installment released exclusively for the system outside of JP/Mother 3. (Also technically Nintendo doesn’t own Earthbound IIRC.)

Not sure if we’ll see Wario Land return (but man would I love to see it!), though I feel quite confident in saying Wario is on the verge of making a comeback.

And Advanced Wars is such a shame. :( I think what really killed the game was delaying it to two weeks prior to Zelda TotK. That was a game I was hotly anticipating but ended up not purchasing until it went on sale b/c I was too focused on TotK hype.

I think I heard a rumor actually of BoxBoy making a return… might be getting that mistaken for another handheld release, but I’m pretty sure ESRB leaked something for Switch 1/2.

True. My bad, I didn't pay attention to the restriction; my desire for more RPGs ultimately won out. My wish for more quality RPGs like Earthbound is just too big.

All good lol. Yeah Earthbound is easily on the top of my list of wanted revivals, though the person who owns the IP has already said he’s done unfortunately. But maybe someday.

Wario Land for sure, and there are leaks suggesting that might be happening.

I was never a handheld player but I'd be all over these two as well, Uprising looked like a blast and I did very much enjoy some of the 2D Kirby entries that made their way to consoles like Dreamland 3, Epic Yarn, Return to Dreamland, and Star Allies.

I never played Another Code, but iirc, it was made by the same people who made "Dear Me, I Was..." for the NS2, it is a short sweet game that I can recommend if you haven't played it, although not at full price tbh.

Now for handheld franchises I would like to see again, I'm thinking of stuff like Nintendogs + Cats, Style Savvy, Brain Age and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Conquest.

Advance Wars but this IP has the worst luck.

Nintendogs.
The original was a huge success. Nintendogs+Cats didn't innovate enough and came out when 3DS launched and struggled. It never clawed its way to 5 million units.
Add a bigger world outside the house (without getting too big), good graphics for Switch 2, and so on. Make the experience deeper without getting too big.

I’d love a brand-new Kid Icarus game, but I’d honestly jump at a remake. Uprising looked fantastic on the 3DS, so seeing those graphics and gameplay updated for Switch 2 would be absolutely phenomenal.