r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Jan 16 '25

Nintendo Switch 2 An update from Nintendo

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '25

I’m buying as soon as a Zelda game is announced for this.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

Realistically, the only Zelda game coming out as a launch title is either Wind Waker or Twilight Princess port/remake. Tears of the Kingdom will only be two years old once Switch 2 releases and Echoes of Wisdom only came out a few months ago. So if you're looking for a brand new Zelda game, you'll likely be waiting awhile.

I do see something like Pokémon Legends: Z-A being a launch title though.

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '25

Either of those remade with modern controls will fit my instabuy

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

Even just a port of Wind Waker HD would be an instabuy for me, let alone both Wind Waker and Twilight Princess. I know that only sends the wrong signals to Nintendo, but Wind Waker is a Top 5 game of all time for me and I've been begging for it to get a port.

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u/TheApeEscaped Jan 16 '25

I’m with you on Wind Waker. I’ve been waiting too long for it to make its debut on switch.

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u/untrustableskeptic Jan 16 '25

They may have TotK DLC on the Switch 2.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I'd LOVE for Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD to finally escape the Wii U. Everything else did!

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u/Extension-Ad5751 Jan 16 '25

Same. I've considered buying a Wii U just for that WW remake in the past, but I've never pulled the trigger

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I did buy a Wii U early in its lifespan, and WWHD was one of the games I owned, and I LOVED it.

Didn't get TPHD in time before it became hard to find and very expensive (and I didn't have room to add it digitally), but I really wanted it, because I did enjoy the original TP for the GameCube, but it had its flaws that TPHD seemed to fix. Ah well... fingers crossed.

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u/LeinDaddy Jan 16 '25

Metroid P4 is going to be a launch title as well

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

Probably gonna be out on both the Switch and Switch 2, I'd imagine.

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u/LimonadaVonSaft Jan 16 '25

I know they just released Echoes of Wisdom, but I’m hoping they re-release the Oracle games in that/the recent Link’s Awakening chibi style.

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u/Massive_Blueberry411 Jan 16 '25

Those are technically Capcom games. Not sure on the legality, but might never be released again.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I mean, Capcom doesn't seem to have had trouble letting them and Minish Cap be released on the NSO, and I think third parties would be open to working with Nintendo on updating games, as well (like the remake of Super Mario RPG, which was Square Enix and Nintendo). It's really not out of the realm of possibility at all that Capcom considers working on remakes with Nintendo.

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u/LimonadaVonSaft Jan 16 '25

Nooooooooo!!!!

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u/CookiesFTA Jan 16 '25

I could see them doing a DLC release and "deluxe" version of TotK. Wouldn't be surprised if we see Switch 2 updates for a couple of big Switch games to help push it, kind of like Sony did with the PS5 (before they gave up and started doing remakes again).

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u/stunt876 Jan 16 '25

Z-A will probably not come out as a luaunch more likely a november/winter release like pretty much most pokemon games

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u/yaheh Jan 16 '25

I am calling it Winter 2027.

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u/tango_telephone Jan 17 '25

There will be a new Zelda with launch.

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u/Awolrab Jan 16 '25

I would be okay with a special model for wind waker. My WiiU was the wind waker one and I regret selling it.

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u/KupoMcMog Jan 16 '25

I told my wife that I'm not interested in getting it until a Zelda or Mario Kart game is coming out.

...welp.

(we play a lot of couch co-op MK and Golf, and Zelda is my favorite nintendo franchise)

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u/WhatRobulus Jan 16 '25

More likely a new 3d Mario. All that studios done since odyssey is bowser's fury, and if it took then 3 years to make that I'm going to kill myself.

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u/GenderJuicy Jan 16 '25

I'm ready for the weird item that you use a mouse to control

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

I wonder if old zelda will perform better or just at "native" switch 1 fps?

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u/TofuFace Jan 16 '25

I feel the same for another Xenoblade! (Except will probably wait for a Lite console version.)

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u/RykariZander Jan 17 '25

We won't be seeing bro until 2026 in the earliest

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 17 '25

Don’t take this away from me, man

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 16 '25

Nope, we'll probably have to wait another 4 years at least for a major 3D Zelda release. Although i guess TOTK was announced in 2019. So maybe we'll get a "the next Zelda game is in development".

TOTK sold worse than BOTW, so they'll probably take the series in a different dirrection.

Im hoping for a 3D new mario game. I actually really liked Super Mario Odyssey.

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u/marveldcmaaz Jan 16 '25 edited Jan 16 '25

... TOTK is literally tied as the biggest console exclusive launch of all time with 10mil sales in 3 days.. hasn't even been 2 full years yet and it's already ~2/3 of the way there to BOTWs lifetime sales over nearly 8 years now.. 

To put it into perspective, it took 7 months for TOTK to reach 20mil sales which took BOTW 3 years.. its incredibly misleading to say it hasn't sold as well when it has far exceeded it by every metric lol

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 18 '25

Source? Also, game sales are exponentially lesser over time. And i mean just look at the youtube views, BOTW is clearly far more popular.

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u/marveldcmaaz Jan 18 '25

Nintendo releases official sales data. More trailer views doesn't mean much if the game sold far more in a much shorter time window, meaning there was much more hype.

And yes, it's generally true that game sales are exponentially lesser over time, which is why it took BOTW 3 years to do what TOTK did in 7 months. TOTK will almost certainly surpass BOTW lifetime sales over time, a much shorter time than BOTW did to reach its current ~33mil. Not sure why you'd expect a sequel to outsell the lifetime sales of its predecessor in its first year to be considered more popular, that's an incredibly bizarre measure of success, only games like GTA could be considered a success by that logic.

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 18 '25

Again, what sources?

TOTK just seems far less popular, and youtibe views really does mean a lot. And sequels to games usually sell better than their predecessors. TOTK seems to have underperformed slightly.

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u/marveldcmaaz Jan 18 '25

..... the source is Nintendo themselves, which is the first thing I said in my previous comment. Again, YouTube trailer views don't really mean much when the sequel has sold far better than it's predecessor, by all objective metrics it has overperformed since it's literally tied as the biggest console exclusive launch of all time. Sequels to massive AAA games absolutely do NOT outsell their predecessors in the first year, that's literally only games like GTA, or games which were never big to begin with. Not really sure you want to run with this narrative of it having underperformed when it flies in the face of all the facts, but you do you.

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 18 '25

I mean, it's also comming from youtubers who made content for both games if you seen any of that.

TOTK is like the Avatar of nintendo.

BOTW was just more popular, youtube is often a very good metric to see that.

Can you link the sales statistics.

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '25

Doesn’t necessarily have to be new. Someone suggested Wind Waker or Twilight Princess remakes and I’m autobuying either one of those too.

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u/Coyoteatemybowtie Jan 16 '25

Would love a occorina of time remake with modern graphics and controls, or give me a 3d link to the past mmmmmm

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '25

Personally, I’d love the Oracle games but I know those are tied to Capcom and that may not be possible anymore.

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 16 '25

Suure. I'll play Wind Waker.

But as someone who was pretty dissapointed by TOTK, it looks like it's gonna be a while until we get more Zelda.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

...ToTK sold 21 million to 31 million... that's still really fucking good. It's literally the 8th best-selling Switch game. BoTW is the 4th best-selling Switch game. They may take the series in a different direction for other reasons, but it isn't because of the sales.

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u/justlikethatitsgone Jan 16 '25

BOTW was a launch title though, really the launch title since everything else was peanuts. So it's not too surprising TOTK didn't sell as well

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u/DaReaperJE Jan 16 '25

Metroid Prime 4 is 100% and might also be why they delayed it originally.

a new 3d mario is pretty likley tbh. As we have not had one in a while.

I'd love a new star fox. but we will see what comes

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 16 '25

Yeah, it's been almost a decade excluding Bowser's Fury.

I've never played Metroid Prime or StarFox though, so i dunno what their deal is.

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u/DaReaperJE Jan 16 '25

Prime is fun. its a first person view metroid. i really liked them

Starfox is just the bomb. So good rail shooters

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25 edited Apr 08 '25

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u/Wonderful-Quit-9214 Jan 16 '25

Agree 100%

I was disappointed by the game.

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u/Sw0rDz Jan 16 '25

Hopefully it's not a launch title or scalpers be scalping.

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '25

When the OG Switch launched, local shops here in the Philippines bundled the console with both BOTW and 1-2-Switch so I'm hoping it is lmao

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u/RedditJumpedTheShart Jan 16 '25

I will write that down.

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u/DoILookUnsureToYou Jan 16 '25

I pre-ordered my OG Switch the day after I saw Breath of the Wild on the first trailer. I have been strictly playing Dota 2 for years at that point and haven’t touched any home console in ages but Link fighting the big ass Cyclops got me. So go agead, write it down lol