24th February 2023, 7:58 PM
So, right now, Nintendo still doesn't have any Mario games announced for 2023. Nothing. If this continues, this would be the first year in quite some time without any Mario-related titles. There is the moving coming soonish, but that's not a videogame...
Last year they had a few Mario games, but fewer than in most recent years before it. It was a little odd.
Of course, the Switch in general has next to nothing announced first-party-wise after Zelda in May. And Nintendo is skipping E3 this summer, since they say they have nothing to show. That's kind of odd.
We know that there have been rumors about a Switch II for years, but it keeps getting pushed back farther and farther, probably because of covid-related parts shortages and price increases. I think that if not for covid a new Switch would be out by now, but, it's not. I'm okay with this, the Switch games I play mostly run fine, but clearly as far as game development goes something has changed at Nintendo given the absence of game announcements or an E3 showing to announce major stuff for this holiday.
The question is, what's going on? Are they just working on stuff they don't want to announce yet? Are most first party titles after Zelda delayed until whenever Nintendo's next console releases, but that's not ready yet due to parts delays, and that's the main problem? I'm fine with the Switch continuing on, but they'd need to release games for it for that to happen... so yeah, it's odd.
Of course, Nintendo knows that they have never followed up a hit console with a system more successful than their previous system, so they've got to be feeling some pressure, they've got to get this right. But still, something odd is going on and I wonder how long it will be until we know exactly what Nintendo's plans are.
Last year they had a few Mario games, but fewer than in most recent years before it. It was a little odd.
Of course, the Switch in general has next to nothing announced first-party-wise after Zelda in May. And Nintendo is skipping E3 this summer, since they say they have nothing to show. That's kind of odd.
We know that there have been rumors about a Switch II for years, but it keeps getting pushed back farther and farther, probably because of covid-related parts shortages and price increases. I think that if not for covid a new Switch would be out by now, but, it's not. I'm okay with this, the Switch games I play mostly run fine, but clearly as far as game development goes something has changed at Nintendo given the absence of game announcements or an E3 showing to announce major stuff for this holiday.
The question is, what's going on? Are they just working on stuff they don't want to announce yet? Are most first party titles after Zelda delayed until whenever Nintendo's next console releases, but that's not ready yet due to parts delays, and that's the main problem? I'm fine with the Switch continuing on, but they'd need to release games for it for that to happen... so yeah, it's odd.
Of course, Nintendo knows that they have never followed up a hit console with a system more successful than their previous system, so they've got to be feeling some pressure, they've got to get this right. But still, something odd is going on and I wonder how long it will be until we know exactly what Nintendo's plans are.
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