Earlier this year, I argued that the Nintendo Switch still has plenty of life left in it, despite ostensibly being on the way out for whatever comes next. Looking at the list of upcoming first-party titles might not instill the same confidence in others – as of writing, we're looking at Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition as the only ones with confirmed release dates – but my position remains the same. Still, it does feel like the rest of this calendar year is an opportunity for Nintendo to really send the Switch out with a bang and prepare us for what's to come during the Summer Game Fest 2024 schedule.
When it comes to the companies that still do both games hardware and software, Nintendo is by far the most difficult to pin down to any sort of meaningful predictions or timeline. While leaks and rumors about all three do occasionally happen, ones about Nintendo that are even remotely believable are few and far between. Thankfully, rather than leaving me in the unenviable position of trying to make something out of nothing, Nintendo has essentially confirmed its plans for the foreseeable future by acknowledging that the successor to the Nintendo Switch really is on the horizon – though it won't be seen during a confirmed Nintendo Direct this June.
