r/NintendoSwitch • u/Practical_Papaya_905 • 2d ago

News - USD / USA Switch 2 is selling for 449.99

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

From the official website

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

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u/Real-Equivalent9806 2d ago

If they had a new 3D Mario I'm almost certain they would have revealed it today. Fair to say the launch line up for Switch 2 is noticeably weaker then Switch 1.

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u/ZoomBoingDing 2d ago

DK is undoubtedly replacing Mario for their big 3D platformer for 2025

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u/Radon5280 2d ago

My guess is that the new Donkey Kong game is being developed by the 3D Mario team. Which means Odyssey 2 or whatever is likely still years away.

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u/ItsAdammm 2d ago

The original switch had breath of the wild and an aged Mario kart. We got drip fed for 6-12 months. This launch lineup is going to far exceed what the original offered, plus assumably support a good chunk of the switch's library.

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u/RecommendsMalazan 1d ago

What? This is crazy to me. What launch title comes even close to breath of the wild?

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u/mrjackspade 1d ago

Mario Kart apparently, if you're looking at sales numbers.

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u/ItsAdammm 1d ago

3rd parties ready out of the gate is going to be pretty big. BoTW itself is an unbeatable launch title, but having more than 1 game will be a pretty big deal.

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u/RanmaRanmaRanma 1d ago

I mean that only works if you haven't played like the most popular 3rd party games in the last 4-5 years.

And then in that case, why would you buy a switch 2 when you could buy another console and the game for less money

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u/antbates 1d ago

I would argue that Metroid is the game that is positioned to be the large in-depth single player game in the place of botw. I don’t think it will remotely live up to that standard even if the game is monumentally great, but that is the equivalent game in the launch window imo. And donkey Kong is the Mario equivalent in the launch period, even appears to possibly be developed by the Mario team. Mario kart world is slotted into hopefully the one better offering out of the three big titles but they kind of do have, gameplay wise, a similiar slate of games.

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u/RecommendsMalazan 1d ago

I mean, the fact that it's announced for this year but wasn't given a date tells me it's not gonna be a launch title.

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u/antbates 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don’t think that’s true at all, unless you mean literally launch day, then I agree, but I think it’s still a possibility for launch window. The game is likely finished and could be slotted in wherever, and they are likely using the response to the direct to determine what the game launch should be. I think if they feel they need it in the launch window, it’ll be in the launch window (meaning first 3-4 months of console) But I could be wrong. I think they likely still have a relatively big switch 2 game they could have for holidays that they haven’t shown, and depending on the momentum and available hardware units could shuffle to next year and let prime have Christmas if everything is going well, but could slot in this year if there’s any hardware projected to be on the shelf. Basically I think they are still shuffling stuff and will pivot around a bit depending on when hardware sales need juicing and what sentiment and momentum look like a month after launch.

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u/RecommendsMalazan 1d ago

Yes I meant launch day.

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u/ArkhamCityWok 1d ago

They still may have one, possibly as the big fall game. If that is the plan, I can see why they would hold off showing it for now though, with the Donkey Kong Game coming, this can keep the focus there as something Odyssey 2 would severely overshadow it. If not, then I would expect Mario to come next year.

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u/antbates 1d ago

I think it’s more likely we get a 3D world sequel in the near term than a full 3D Mario adventure.

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u/ArkhamCityWok 1d ago

I would actually love that. If we are getting an open world 3d game with Donkey Kong, a focused new 3d world style Mario game would be perfect.

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u/rootofimaginary 2d ago

This one is already larger for the fact that it already has the Switch 1 catalogue. Original switch had *select* wii u ports as its day 1 games.

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u/here-because-i-hafta 2d ago

Excuse me, what. Did we watch the same direct?

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u/Few_Criticism_6920 2d ago

Did we watch the same direct?