The Nintendo Switch 2 will indeed be announced before March 31, 2025, for a launch a priori planned during the first quarter of the current year. While waiting for the Big N to speak, speculation regarding its hardware is flooding the web. It is difficult, in this little game, to identify the most credible information from the most hazardous. Still, certain trends are emerging. This is the case for the first video games which will have the difficult task of boosting sales of the console, until the possible shortage of stocks. If Nintendo has not yet revealed any of them, given what is supposed to be released this year, and those that the Japanese giant cannot do without, we can already sketch out a first roster of titles planned for launch.
#6 Mario Kart 9
It’s a certainty, Nintendo cannot do without a new Mario Kart. Because Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is, with 64.27 million copies, the best-selling title on the Switch, and fans are waiting for a successor, eight years after its release. Especially since it was originally an improved reissue of the eighth opus in the Mario Kart series, released in 2014 on the Wii U. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was released a short month after that of the Switch, at the time in 2017. We then imagine that Nintendo would have to implement more or less the same strategy regarding its new console to explode the counters from the launch of its hit.
#5 3D Mario
It’s a tradition established since the Nintendo 64. Every new Nintendo console has its 3D Mario. After Super Mario Odyssey on Switch, many are wondering what adventure of the mustachioed plumber the studio will offer. The name that comes up the most these days is a “Mario Odyssey 2”as the first part was such a hit (with 25 million copies sold, it is well established in the top 10 most sold titles on Switch). Just like the Mario Kart license, a 3D Mario is an excellent way to quickly boost sales when the Switch 2 is released.
#4 Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Unlike the two previous titles, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was already announced, a while ago. Announced for 2025, without further details currently from Nintendo, Samus’ new epic would be the most credible game to accompany the launch of the Switch 2. First, because it has been getting a lot of attention lately, which implies availability close, then because given its graphic quality – which sometimes seems to fit with the technical capabilities of the Switch 2 – it would offer it an ideal technological showcase.
#3 Pokémon Legends: ZA
Just like Metroid Prime 4, Pokémon Legends: Z‒A is a game confirmed by Nintendo for this year. When we know that everything the little creatures touch turns into gold, the release of a new episode for the launch of the Switch 2 would undoubtedly cause a real tidal wave. Especially sinceno episode of the license was released in 2024. In short, everything indicates an upcoming launch bundle and a big stock shortage.
#2 Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition is announced for March 20. If the remaster of the title released in 2015 on Wii U seems more calibrated to accompany the last days of the Switch, an announcement from Nintendo followed by an imminent release of its younger sister could bring everything down. In any case, the game will obviously be backwards compatible, and will follow the first beginnings of the new Nintendo console.
#1 Professor Layton and the New World on Steam
Another game already announced by Nintendo, Professor Layton and the New World on Steam was revealed through several trailers. However, for some time now, Professor Layton’s new adventure has been very discreet. Still announced for this year, the game would be an excellent starter for the Switch 2, since in addition to its great popularity, it would offer a certain diversity in the first content offered on the console.
For your part, don’t hesitate to tell us which game(s) you imagine seeing arriving for the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2.
Source: hitek.fr
