After what felt like an eternity of leaks and rumours, Nintendo just lately formally confirmed that it will be formally unveiling its next-gen console in some unspecified time in the future earlier than April 2025. With leaks claiming that the console is anticipated to launch someday in March subsequent yr, it’s clear that the present Swap is on its final legs- however that doesn’t imply Nintendo doesn’t have any extra video games primed to launch for the system.
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Yr Door’s remake launched just lately, whereas Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD is up subsequent, and it appears Nintendo has but extra remasters deliberate. As per identified Nintendo leaker PH Brazil (Through My Nintendo Information), who has beforehand been on the forefront of a number of main Nintendo-related leaks, the Japanese firm plans to launch two extra remasters for the prevailing Swap.
As per the leaker, one in all these will likely be a remaster of a GameCube recreation, whereas the opposite will likely be a remaster of a 3DS title. The place the latter is worried, we’ve had quite a few leaks of a remaster of Child Icarus: Rebellion, whereas followers would additionally prefer to see the likes of The Legend of Zelda: A Hyperlink Between Worlds and Metroid: Samus Returns (amongst others) being re-released.
As for the GameCube recreation, leaks have claimed previously that Nintendo plans to deliver Metroid Prime 2: Echoes to the Swap, whereas as ever, there’s going to be no scarcity of demand for ports of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD both.
Allegedly, each video games will launch after March 2025, which suggests they may doubtlessly delay the Swap’s lifecycle past the discharge of its successor- which might be in step with how Nintendo dealt with the 3DS after the Swap’s launch.
The corporate has confirmed that it’s set to host a Direct showcase in June, the place it will likely be speaking in regards to the video games coming to the Swap within the second half of 2024.
