Reddit gives credit to this youtuber, that in the past has leaked some Nintendo things including Metroid Dread https://twitter.com/NWeedle/status/1266833951898906632?s=20 Translation "Leak Express: New Metroid 2D for Switch could be "Metroid Dread" It would be the sequel to Fusion. This game...
    • Fanfpkd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Take my money.

      I just hope that the next console is backward compatible with the Switch, so I can play all of the games I have bought from the eShop. I wouldn’t even mind a sort of hybrid model where the games play exactly as they are on switch, and developers could release optional updates to take advantage of the new hardware

    • generalpotato@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      1 year ago

      If this was true, I wouldn’t even be mad. The jank in some games is really starting to show particularly when you switch (heh) from a current gen console running at 4K to a 1080p display res on the Switch and then the game’s res is further brought down to maintain a solid frame rate in docked mode. It’s time for a beefed up Switch.

    • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’d bet against this - seems like a very not-Nintendo move.

      The closest I can think of might have been delaying BOTW for so long so it could go from being Wii U-exclusive to a dual release helping to launch the Switch. But as much as Nintendo loves remaking games, I don’t think they’d launch a new console with a remake of the most recent Zelda game.

      I’d bet on the new console launching with a 1-2 punch of both Mario Kart 9, and a brand new main series Zelda or Mario game.

      • 🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        With how weird the new Mario game is, I swore that it was going to end with a Switch 2 announcement. Even in the direct they never mention that the game will be on Switch (though the standalone trailer does).

        • zkfcfbzr@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Did they mention anything about its release timeline? It may not be out of the question that it’s a dual release if it’s far enough out. Though launching with a 2D Mario game would seem a bit ballsy to me

      • 13zero@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        I think that a new Zelda is years away, but the Switch’s successor will come out next year or early 2025 at the latest.

        I do expect Mario Kart 9 and a new 3D Mario at launch.

        I think they’ll release a Tears of the Kingdom “Deluxe” a few months later (similar to what they did with Mario Kart 8 on the Switch). Enough people want a higher-res TotK that it’s worth making, but banking on an upscaled port as a launch title isn’t something they’d do.