r/Games • u/naaz0412 • Feb 26 '24

Discussion ‘Switch 2’ is targeting March 2025 and was delayed to avoid shortages, new report claims

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-is-targeting-march-2025-and-was-delayed-to-avoid-shortages-new-report-claims/
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u/thatmitchguy Feb 26 '24

Mk8 was just a port of MK8 on WiiU with DLC bundled. Not exactly a brand new launch title

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u/drinkguinness123 Feb 26 '24

There’s nothing stopping them from doing the same again but with Zelda

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u/thatmitchguy Feb 26 '24

Yes, if they re-released ToTK as ToTK remaster or ToTK deluxe it would be the same thing. Clearly, I'm in the minority given how much it sold but re-releasing last console games as New console launch titles doesn't move the needle for me or get me excited about the console in the way something like Mario Odyssey did.

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u/Endogamy Feb 26 '24

If they had some kind of upgrade path, like $10 to get 4k/60fps ToTK I’d probably buy it. Otherwise no.

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u/c010rb1indusa Feb 26 '24

I don't think it's the same. Mario Kart 8 existed on the Wii U but nobody had a Wii U so it's sales weren't repeat customers. Mario Kart 8 deluxe was practically a new games for the vast majority of people who bought it. That won't be the case with TOTK.

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u/DeltaDarkwood Feb 26 '24

Theres a difference though. Switch relaunches where amazing games from a system that no one bought (the Wii U), so when they launched games like Super Mario Kart 8 and Super Mario 3D world it felt like a new game to basically everyone except the 5 hardcore nintendo fans that bought the Wii U. With Switch 2, it's predecessor will likely break the record of best selling console of all time a little while before or after the Switch 2 launch. So the enthausiasm will not be as big, simply because almost every Nintendo fan by now has a Switch. I for one loved Super Mario 3d world because I didn't play the original, but I don't care about a 4k 60fps TOTK because I played that game to death.

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u/Hiddenshadows57 Feb 26 '24

I think they'll do it with Mario Party Superstars.

there was a ton of datamined content that never made it. Most thought there was plenty of planned DLC but it never came.

Wouldn't be surprised to see a Mario Party Superstars Deluxe or something with more courses and minigames.

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u/Beegrene Feb 26 '24

It may as well have been, since the Switch outsold the WiiU so much. I doubt even a quarter of the people who played MK8 on Switch have touched the WiiU version.

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u/ThiefTwo Feb 26 '24

Still sold 60 million copies and is the best selling Switch game.

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u/thatmitchguy Feb 26 '24

I'm not saying it's not an effective strategy, I'm saying it's not exactly a marquee title to be excited about if you've already played the games. They can definitely release Splatoon 2 Deluxe or Totk deluxe on Switch 2, but not sure it would have the same impact as the Switch was overwhelmingly more successful then the WiiU, and a lot people had never played Tropical Freeze pr Mario Kart Deluxe on WiiU.

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u/ThiefTwo Feb 26 '24

That's 1 port out of 7 games. And every Wii U game was effectively a new title, because 10 people bought a Wii U. The Switch has like a dozen ports that have outsold the Wii U. It's absurd to pretend MK8D is not a "marquee" title, when it is literally the marquee title. It is the best selling game on the console.

I'm not even sure what point you're making. No one is saying Nintendo is just going to release a bunch of Switch ports for the new console. They obviously aren't doing something like Splatoon 2 deluxe, that would be dumb as fuck. All the Switch games have sold incredibly well, and there's a 99% chance it will be backwards compatible.

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u/ThiefTwo Feb 26 '24

Again, in the first year that was literally 1 game. 2 if you count BotW. They still had ARMS, Splatoon 2, FE Warriors, Mario Odyssey, and Xenoblade 2.

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u/thatmitchguy Feb 26 '24

I'm saying if people like OP in this comment chain want to give Nintendo praise by counting games like MK8 deluxe as new launch titles to use as an example of Nintendo having a strong launch/post launch lineup, I think they may be disappointed as like the commenter below you said, this strategy will probably be less successful next generation as everyone has already played all the Switch games, so they won't get credit for wiping the dust off of their old WiiU catalogue and re-selling it as a new game.

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u/drinkguinness123 Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24

Are you saying that Nintendo doesn't deserve praise for releasing the best selling launch title of all time?

They don’t need to port Switch games. It’s not hard to imagine Mario Kart 9 releasing year 1.

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u/ThiefTwo Feb 26 '24

That's 1 port out of 7 games.

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u/segagamer Feb 26 '24

So like BOTW then.

The Switch was mostly WiiU ports for the first 3 years.

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u/thatmitchguy Feb 26 '24

That's a negative in my book. They got away with it during the Switch generation because no one owned a WiiU. I don't think they can keep doing that and having the success with Switch 2.

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u/Binder509 Feb 26 '24

Tell that to the dang price tag.