Arcade classics collection TAITO Milestones 3 will launch for Switch in November in Japan and this winter worldwide, publishers TAITO and ININ Games, and developer Hamster Corporation announced.
07.05.2024 - 14:39 / digitaltrends.com / Shuntaro Furukawa / Tomas Franzese / Nintendo
Nintendo has finally confirmed two important things that people were speculating about. First off, we learned that another Nintendo Direct showcase will be taking place this June. More importantly, Nintendo finally confirmed that it is working on a Nintendo Switch successor and said we’d learn more about it within this fiscal year.
This all came from a statement by President Shuntaro Furukawa on Nintendo’s corporate X (formerly Twitter) account. “We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015,” the post confirms. “We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.”
The simple confirmation of another Nintendo console is a big deal, as the Japanese gaming giant had not commented on that at all until now. That hasn’t stopped a flurry of rumors about the platform, which has become colloquially become known as Nintendo Switch 2, including made-up release windows from AI companies. The most widely believed reports right now suggest that the Nintendo’s Switch successor will launch sometime in spring 2025, which doesn’t conflict with Ninntedo’s promise to talk about the hardware by the end of the fiscal year (March 2025). As Furukawa’s statement says, though, don’t expect the announcement to be a major part of the next Nintendo Direct.
RelatedThat Nintendo Direct will be taking place this June, we’ve learned. A more specific date and time has not been shared yet. It’s a presentation that the Nintendo Switch sorely needs, though, as the system does not have a concrete game release lineup following Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD this June. Hopefully, we learn more about games like Metroid Prime 4 or Pokemon Legends Z-A there.
Regardless of what’s shown off, this is a very exciting day for Nintendo fans. By this time next year, we’ll be fully aware of what the follow-up to the Nintendo Switch is, and might even be playing on it.
Arcade classics collection TAITO Milestones 3 will launch for Switch in November in Japan and this winter worldwide, publishers TAITO and ININ Games, and developer Hamster Corporation announced.
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Nintendo has revealed that fans can expect an announcement about the upcoming Switch successor, or Switch 2 as it has come to be known, sometime before the end of the current fiscal year. Rumors about the next iteration of the Nintendo Switch have been swirling for the past couple of years, which is understandable considering that the company’s unique hybrid console originally launched in 2017. Even upon its release, the Switch was considered to be one generation behind the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, and many gamers have been waiting for Nintendo to release hardware that could compete graphically and technically with ninth-generation consoles.