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Kaan Serin

"This is unlike Nintendo": Former marketer thinks Mario Kart being a Switch 2 launch game isn't as ideal as OG Switch's Breath of the Wild combo

Donkey Kong in newly shared gameplay of what seems to be mario kart 9.

Two former marketing leads think it would be very "unconventional" for Nintendo to release the Switch 2 alongside the new Mario Kart game because the company usually promotes its more boundary-pushing projects as launch games, a la The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Super Mario 64.

"This is very unlike Nintendo," Krysta Yang said in a new podcast entry about the upcoming console's launch, pointing to how the publisher usually has games "like Breath of the Wild, for example, it's like this new game-breaking, genre-bending thing that's never been seen before - and that's what's gonna make you want to buy the new hardware."

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