Nintendo Direct broadcasts have become something of a fixture of the industry. They're now the company's default way of…
  • cities@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    is there supposed to be a link to something here? i’m not seeing it, could be the app

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I knew it this whole time. Nintendo purposely delayed Metroid Prime 4 to make it a launch title for their next console to force people to buy that one instead.

  • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Ubisoft mentioned in some recent interview that Nintendo recommended they don’t release Mario+Rabbids: Sparks of Hope on Switch, and hold it for the next version of console. It’s better to release one game from each series on a console.

    Which suggests that next 3D Mario, and Mario Kart would be on next console, but then they released two Xenoblade and two Zelda on one console, so don’t know how strict they are about all this.

    Thing is, you never know with Nintendo, we may call the direct “sunset slate”, but we have 3 first party games in this year. Zelda, Pikmin and 2D Mario. Doesn’t look like Nintendo is slowing down, but let’s see.

      • slimerancher@lemmy.worldMEnglish
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        1 year ago

        There’s no doubt next console version is in R&D, question is, when are they going to release it.

        With all the rumours of Switch Pro, even from some respectable insiders, it seems there was plan of Switch Pro but it was cancelled. So, they are definitely working on next console, but when and how they release them is still a question.

        Personally, I am excited for next iteration, and afraid that Nintendo might step away from Switch design for some other gimmick.

  • deejay4am@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nintendo will probably start talking about its new hardware over the summer, or by autumn at the latest.

    (If my information is accurate) Didn’t Nintendo say on an investor call that they wouldn’t be announcing any new hardware until at least Q1 2024? So, by fiscal year that would be April of 2024 correct?

    • OmniGlitcher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Small caveat, they specified “releasing” rather than “announcing”. Otherwise yes, the 1st of April 2024 is supposedly the earliest we could see something released, assuming Nintendo didn’t lie to their investors or nothing got muddled up in translation.

      I suppose this does leave room for an announcement pre-2024/4/1, but I wouldn’t count on it personally.

  • TAG@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I feel like there is always a rumor that Nintendo is just about to announce a system refresh or new System, even when they have just announced a system refresh or new system. It is not unheard of for Nintendo to have a drought of AAA games. I would take this article with a grain of salt.

    • Fondots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I have a theory that the intended to do it in 2020-/2021, but COVID chip shortages and such threw a wrench into their plans, they already had their hands on the OLED panels they planned to use for them, but couldn’t get whatever they needed for the rest of the upgrade, so they came out with the OLED to use them up because they decided by the time things normalized and they could ramp up production on the refresh it would’ve been to late in the switch lifecycle to be worth it since they were already kind of pushing it to begin with.

        • Grangle1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          The game Fire Emblem Engage was complete in 2021 and was originally slated to be released that year as a 30th anniversary game for the franchise, but according to sources at Intelligent Systems its release was delayed two years because of COVID related issues, which if the game was done and just sitting on the shelf, I would imagine had to do with supply chain complications. If a game can be delayed that long by those issues, it wouldn’t be too hard to believe that console upgrades could be slowed by that too.

      • Fireproofjeans@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Not to mention that, assuming they’re just using a more modern nvidia SOC, it’ll be pretty easy to make it backwards compatible as it’s pretty much designed to be backwards compatible as-is.

        The switch’s successor will just be able to handle more modern games better and remove existing performance issues. And maybe have a 1080p screen.

      • DarkWasp@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Wasn’t the Wii U backwards compatible as well? That and the name didn’t seem to help it at all.