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Guys, where the hell is the Switch 2? It’s the last day of October and Nintendo still hasn’t revealed what every fan has been waiting for. Instead, we’ve gotten pretty much everything else the company can think of, from random ports of popular Wii U games to actual alarm clocks. With time running out to release new consoles in 2024, what else can the gaming giant have in store for fans?
From the mysterious leaker to the company’s own president, the signs are all there. “We will announce news about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year,” Shuntaro Furukawa tweeted in May. Technically, Nintendo’s fiscal year runs until March 31st, but oh my gosh, man! Give us a single image of the hardware, an official name, anything! Five months later, fans have survived heartbreaking hype and chatter from developers and others about upcoming announcements has reached fever pitch since the company abandoned its September Nintendo Direct. .
With all eyes on the mustachioed plumber, the console manufacturer decided to take a different course of action. Nintendo doesn’t reveal Switch 2, but announced almoa $100 device that uses video game sounds to wake you up, At least if you’re single. We received a mysterious online game test announcement Turns out it was for a weird MMO. On a random Tuesday, news broke that Nintendo had decided to abandon this niche market Wii U exclusive Xenoblade Chronicles X Ten years later, it will suddenly land on Switch next spring. More news from the company last night: Nintendo Music There is now a standalone application For smartphone listening as part of Switch Online.
It now feels like Nintendo is running out of time to actually release the Switch 2 before the end of 2024. Mario & Luigi: Brotherhood or its big holiday push to assist sales An additional 10 million Switch units will be added this year. Maybe Nintendo doesn’t care anymore because they believe that whenever a next-gen console is released, the news will bend the attention economy to its will, no matter how or when it unfolds. Or it could mean we really won’t see a Switch 2 launch before the holidays end in mid-January.
At the same time, I wouldn’t be that shocked if Nintendo announced something other than the Switch 2 now.
