Rumour: The Major Switch Title This Holiday Season Could Have "Tires" In It

No 3D World, no dice.

hmm interesting e-e

Excite Truck

[givingahootaboutrumours]ARMS 2 with Bibendum as a guest character? Can't wait![/givingahootaboutrumours]

She gets all her "leaks" from a resetera thread where not only fake leakers also hang out but also it's 90% speculation.

It's 100% Star Fox Racing people!

3D World isn't coming.. instead they're going to release the 3rd in the "Super Mario 3D" series and this time it's going to include the car from Super Mario Maker 2 into some of the levels with gameplay similar to Diddy Kong Racing.

Forza Motorsport 8

As much as I would like it to be Mario Kart 9 it would not make sense with Mario Kart 8 selling so well still. It would also split the multiplayer so it just won't happen...
A new Excite Truck would be amazing, really enjoyed the Wii release..... I remember that you could add your own music tracks which was a neat addition.

I could really go for a new Mario Kart to be honest

Surely, a brand new Mario Kart isn't that far from fantasy? The "engine" of the current version is getting dated (10 years?), and the team should have been working on something.

Nothing would make sales explode more than a brand new Mario Kart at Xmas ...

I'm getting tires of these rumours.
...
Really though, let them reveal their stuff on their own terms. Don't dig for your 15 minutes of internet fame by posting 'leaks' (fake or real). It's annoying.

A new Mario Kart would be terrific as I haven't played a new once since the Wii U!

Would be pretty dumb to release a new Mario Kart when your current one is still in the top 10 chart every week, years after release. As it was never released here in Europe, I'm hoping for Excitebots!

Excite truck please.

Hopefully Nintendo's lawyers will continue to be in touch with Sabi. Clearly another selfish leaker that doesn't care about people working hard on these games getting to pick and choose when and how they want to reveal their creations to the world.

All I want now is Donkey Kong Racing with animal buddies instead of tires.

Throw enough s**t and some sticks!

People claiming Excite Truck when Excite Bots exists. It’s clearly a Donkey Kong Country game tho.

Ridge Racer Switch.

Retire.

Erase your mind. Let him in.

Ohhh come on Nintendo ... we’ve been asking for another F-zero (in the vein of GX) for a freaking decade!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrr!!!!!! 101 and F-Zero!!! Wtf Nintendo !!!

If this is true, then it could only be either Mario Kart 9 or what I personally hope Diddy Kong Racing 2. But please, if Diddy Kong Racing 2 will get a sequel, bring back Banjo and Conker as well. Without them, Diddy Kong Racing will not fill right.

Cyberpunk has a car with tires in it...

Mii games on Switch, please.

Baby Mario Kart coming this Christmas.

Now everyone is a baby!

For ages -0.75 and up!

Excite truck? Maybe?

Super Smash Kart

Mario Kart 9 makes sense this year. It will be 6 years since Mario Kart 8 launched. When considering only home console releases, 6 years is the longest we've gone between Mario Kart installments, so now is the time.

Not sure whether Mario Kart has ever really been a holiday title. Plus with 8 selling like hot cakes I’m skeptical.

Mario Kart Tour on Switch lol. The internet would burn!!

And it was just yesterday we were talking about crusin USA.

Donkey Kong country remake?

Mario Kart 9? Could it... could it be?

Sounds like excitebike

Tire?! Ha. That's easy. It's probably Ring Fit Adventure Elite. Nintendo wants to sell a harder Ring Fit, so they decided to use a tire.

Kirby Air Ride 2 baybee!

About time we got a third Excite Truck game.
Or maybe even a new F-Zero entry with tires. We would call it F-One.

I am predicting the big holiday game will be a new Mario Kart wether it's 9 or a new Double Dash, I doubt it Breath of the Wild sequel that is a game for next year or an Odyssey 2 that has 0 evidence that is in development

Could be Cruisn?
Probably Mario kart tho.
Or how about super racin' bros?

@ottospooky Double Dash was winter 2003. I had a fantastic Christmas with my mates that year!!! No issue with Nintendo making Mario Kart a holiday title again. My first memories of playing Super Mario Kart were at a Christmas party at a friend's house too.

People who actually don’t care about rumors aren’t posting in this article, they’re not here

reality: It has no tires.
-"See? I told you it MAY HAVE tires!"
reality: I'm getting tired of this.
-"There it is!"

Whatever reality turns out to be, I rather just wait and be surprised during a Direct. You know, that thing we're all waiting for to inevitably happen pretty soon, or at least SHOULD.

@Shiryu Excite Truck was one of my most anticipated Wii games as soon as I played a demo at a pre-launch event. Excite Bots didn't even make it to Europe, I had to hack my Wii (well, I acually did so for Project Zero (Fatal Frame) 4) and import a copy of it. Fantastic game though.

@Rodan2000 I prefer "even a broken clock is right twice a day"

@Shambo Same here, had no choice but to softmod my Wii and import the game form the US. I decided to do it to my (still working almost daily!) Wii because friends picked up Tatsunoko vs. Capcom * and *The Sky Crawlers well over one year before both games got official western release confirmation.

Mario Kart Maker

Excite truck/bots were ok but I’d rather have excitebike I think. I’d even like to see that wii reboot it had but I don’t see any of that series being a big holiday hitter. Mario kart would be tho and I’d love that but it’d be weird as Nintendo never has had two big kart releases on one console. Tho 8 is really is just a rerelease.

Well, there has to be a Mario Kart 9 at some point. Otherwise the Switch would be the first Nintendo system without an exclusive entry since the beginning of the series, and not counting the Virtual Boy and the Game Boy Color.

GTA5 confirmed 🤪 It will be published by Nintendo itself

I'll just sit here for another 17 years then...

It's not Mario Kart. MK8D is still selling incredibly well, I doubt Nintendo would release a new game when the current one is at the top of the charts.

Mario Kart 9 has to happen sometime in the Switch life span, or else break the tradition of a new Kart game every generation since Super Mario Kart. And personally I'm all for it, since I already played 8 to death on the WiiU and won't ever be getting Deluxe for Switch.
As for it being a new F-Zero, I don't think it's impossible to happen, but definitely not as a "major holiday release".

@TheAwesomeBowser 3D world has tires in it.

I could see more dlc for mk8d, which I world prefer tbh. I just can't see mk9 coming out with the current one being so dominant and good. I've been playing 8 since the wiiu and it's still fun to play, just need some new tracks and a new more fleshed out single player mode imo.

Seems too soon for MK9 really.

Getting sick of seeing all these rumours pop up to be honest. Would rather everything just be a pleasant surprise when Nintendo actually makes the announcements.

(This is @BenAV 's post. I fully agree and that's why I copy pasted it.)

Nice to know Zelda is being developed with the PRO Model in mind.

Cruisn could be cool! Maybe something like Beetle Adventure Racing? But without the beetle? Or something like a new Extreme-G game! But i want something without tires.... 1080 Snowboarding.... or maybe EA would port SSX?

@fafonio If you type Grrrrr and that many exclamation marks because you're that annoyed about your favourite game series not being announced it's time to go outside for a while.

Nintendo know their markets a lot more than you or I

Rumors aren't news. That's all I'm going to say here.

The simplest way to put down rumours is to release a Direct.

It could be Diddy Kong racing

DONKEY KONG!!!!!!!! Omg yes!!!!!

Diddy Kong Racing revival?

With Nintendo and Microsoft having a good friendship, surly it would not be in the realms of impossibility to get the rights to use the Rare owned characters into a Nintendo (Or 2nd/3rd party developer) made sequel or even remake, right?

@Cathousemaster yes but they sold like 3 million of MK8 the past quarter, release a new one will kill the current one sales, which is very stupid move to something that sell so many units

They should keep a small team to keep improving the game while the team that build it should move to new project

It'll be a new franchise, and the star is Michelin Man.

I'd be happy with any Excite related game.

But bring back RC Pro Am

Aww yeah! Fire Emblem kart, but all of the characters have the same stats!

Going to make a guess that forza horrizons will be switch bound!. We need a direct and the fact that the new smash 5th charter date hasn't been reveled means, we are going to get one soon. Everyone says febuary 13th but what if nintendo does it on febuary the 20th to through everyone of guard.

Nintendo RUSH, make it happen

I already have Mario Kart on my Switch. I'd rather get Diddy Kong Racing! That game rocks!

I’ll believe MK9 when I see it. I’d be very surprised if that was their big release given how well the current one is still selling.

@syrupdash Ruled out too, as you only ever get a vehicle with ONE tire in that game. ;D

Nintendo has nothing to lose by releasing it in Q4.

It's a guaranteed system seller, has the potential to be the best outing yet (If World Tour is anything to go by, with the return of past items and characters) and given that all the heavy work was already completed for MK8D during the Wii U days, they'll have had plenty of resources dedicated to it.

I'm not saying Nintendo needs to release it, but they've more than made their money from MK8D. My guess would be that they'll put the former title in a 'Selects' line and release a new game under a 'Ultimate' moniker, a la Smash Bros.

@Xylnox Here we see my favourite strongman and fellow vegan Patrick Baboumian playing Tired Fit Adventure:

And here, we see him already testing the third part of the trilogy-to-be, Tired Fit Adventure: Reinventing the Wheel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DATcKgfBSOE

They should just release a new DLC for MK8 with new tracks and characters

Would like a mario kart that somehow keeps all the tracks and features of mk8, but includes all previous mario kart tracks, much like the latest Smash Bros did. In addition to including all previous tracks, MK9 also includes about 20 to 24 new tracks, along with new racers and karts. Dream big.

Pre-ordered... This will make my life complete.

Honestly, Wii U port or not, MK8D is one of the best looking, optimised, native resolution titles on the system – it's a port that looks better that most natively developed games (with the exception of Luigi's Mansion 3 maybe). Even Mario Odyssey has a few rough (or blurry) edges.

So I just can't see a new Mario Kart for Switch being worthwhile – for what it does it's practically the perfect Mario Kart for this hardware generation in terms of Technical achievement by the devs.

HOWEVER Gameplay-wise it could offer significantly more for the single player – Story Modes and Mission Modes. But all this could be DLC - and should be already since single player for a title of this magnitude was embarrassing barebones.

If it is a new Mario Kart I'll be disappointed with Nintendo devs spending time on a gap that's already been filled on Switch. There are new IPs and other significant existing IPs that are missing that they could focus on.

So I'm hoping this is not true.

@Shambo Wow, that's really cool. . If that was part of the game only a small number of people could play it. Hehe

Also it could be more cryptic – there are tires in other Nintendo games – like Donkey Kong Country.

Maybe a new Donkey Kong Country 3D Platformer with Retro Studio's magic touch. That would be more interesting that 2 Mario Karts on the same system.

Since exactly when did the internet first launch? These rumours are starting to get utterly ridiculous. Why can't everyone that produces these leaks suffer a cease and desist??? These problems would not happen. Getting really sick and tired from hearing the same word 'rumour' (rumor, for us in the States) over and over again.

They really should save MK9 for the Switch's successor in my book. I know 8 is technically 5 1/2 years old now, but only a handful of those who bought it on Switch also had it on Wii U. And 8 still sells ridiculously well. I know Nintendo needs to pump out content for their console, but you don't want to over-saturate certain franchises. Keeping certain ones to one per generation like MK has served Nintendo well to keep things fresh. But imo it's also why it's important for them to dip back into franchises like Star Fox or F-Zero to be able to round out their yearly release calendar.

Rumors and leaks, they never end
They just go on and on, my friends!

My body is ready.

Diddy Kong Racing!
Excitebike!
Excitetruck!
Excitebots!

I’m excited!

Stop giving these fake leakers the attention they don't deserve

@Godlike_Virus Fiend?

It's annoying that this person says "Now I have absolutely no skepticism. Be hype." Like seriously there are so many rumors that don't get confirmed, what makes this person think that I should get hyped and then disappointed if he's wrong? Why does he think he has any credibility to this even if he predicted something right in the past?

Stopped caring for leaks and rumors a while ago. With age you learn, that you get things when they're ready. Done.

It's definitely Uniracers.

@BenAV Agreed. It's Feburary and have almost no idea what coming this year besides Animal Crossing. Nintendo please get your things together!

@PorllM I guess that’s what happens when you visit Nintendolife at 5am when you’re drunk ...It’s ironic because I was outside having fun.

Either way, I don’t agree. They said the same thing about Metroid. And look where we are now with that franchise.

Also, I’m not the only one who asks for a new F-Zero.

And last time I checked, games like Fast Neo Racing have been successful for years. So your point is moot.

Mario kart is selling like hotcakes. I doubt well see mk9 on switch. Or it could be anhuge dlc. Like 12 new courses and 8 characters

It’s gonna be Race with Ryan 2

Sabi is not a reliable leaker at all.

The only time Sabi has gotten anything correct is when he/she came in contact with people who had access to sensitive E3 2019 documents, and thus started leaking them.

Diddy Kong Racing 2

If it’s the ‘big’ Christmas game, it 100% isn’t Excitebikes/truck/bots or F-Zero because they’re big franchises. As much as I’d bloody love them.

Would be nice if it’s an original racer. A Diddy Kong sequel or something completely left field. Star Fox maybe.

Nintendo’s line-up for the year is looking pretty dull. Surely that Direct better be on its way

two words: Garfield Kart

Breath of the Wild 2 and/or Mario Odyssey 2 are the only big candidates I can think as Nintendo's big 2020 holiday game. Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and Animal Crossing are once-per-generation titles, and Pokemon is taking a year off due to the Expansion Pass.

Super Mario Party 2 could also be a holiday 2020 title, but it would serve better to complement the actual big holiday 2020 game(s) much like how Super Mario Party 1 complemented Pokemon Let's Go/Smash Bros Ultimate back in 2018.

I'm sure we're all hoping for a new Mario Kart entry, myself very much included, but it wouldn't surprise me if the wheels are some obscure piece of some other title.

Desperately hoping for Big Rigs Over the Road Racing 😉

Happy with a new mario kart, happier still if they spelt it tyres...

I'm saying it right now, its gonna be Mario Kart 9. Nintendo needs something big this holiday season to keep the Switch from being overshadowed by the Xbox Series X and PS5's launches.

Rumor is, Microsoft is pulling out the big guns with the Xbox Series X and making sure the next Halo is a launch game.

Mario Kart is popular, would get tons of hype, and let's face it, Switch owners are hungry for the next entry in the series.

Plus, let's face reality, Nintendo has already played most of their big cards this generation. Zelda, Mario, Pokemon, Smash Bros, all those have come out already.

A Breath of the Wild Sequel will do well, but won't match the hype of Mario Kart 9.

I'm calling it right now, Mario Kart 9 is the big Nintendo game of 2019, and its coming out during the holidays to counter Sony and Microsoft.

Makes sense, would love a new Wario kart

Even with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe still selling, I wouldn't discount Mario Kart 9 being in the pipeline sooner rather than later. I mean, it's not like it isn't gonna sell. People who already bought Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are most likely gonna buy it, provided it's well made and offers something new. And people who planned on buying Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will most likely buy the newer game instead.

You know it might not be Mario Kart 9 or a new ExciteTruck, for all we know it could be a new Stunt Race FX sequel.

I may lmao if "tires" means "new Donkey Kong Country". The original game used tires as "springs" to boost jump height.

The Switch has to get its own Mario Kart sometime. I personally can't wait...

@retro_player_22 A new Excite game would be amazing. Excite Bots was possibly my favorite game for the Wii and I was really disappointed when the series didn't get a follow up on the U. Unfortunately, Nintendo seems to have very little interest in things not wearing the name of their biggest franchises these days, so I'm not that hopeful.

We F-Zero fans just keep getting crapped on.

Lol I'm so ready for the next Mario Kart. Mario Kart 8 was a masterpiece, so I can't wait for Mario Kart 9/Ultimate/Legends/whatever!

I am hoping for a new Diddy Kong Racing, or maybe a remake of the original since Rare/Microsoft seems to have a better relationship with Nintendo these days.

There are so many possible game types with tires... any game featuring a car or bike would usually have tires in it...

100% guaranteed to be a sequel to this:

Excitebike......the hype is real

Grand Theft Auto.

Reasons for no Mario Kart 9:
> It would slow the sales of Mario Kart 8 DX, which has the strongest legs of any non-bundled Nintendo game ever.
> It would split the Mario Kart community across two games.
> It would be resources that could have been spent on another game that could attract a more untapped audience.
> The Mario Kart team could spend more time to make Mario Kart 9 the best-possible game and release it as a massive system-selling launch title for the Switch 2.

Reasons for Mario Kart 9:
> The Switch would get its own unique Mario Kart game, much like every Nintendo platform from the SNES onward.
> It would be a massive 10+ million seller during the holiday season.
> Splitting the Mario Kart community "might" not matter very much since Mario Kart isn't a GAAS title with MTX/Lootboxes or constant content updates/DLC.
> The Mario Kart developers usually spends ~3 years developing each title, so waiting for the Switch 2 to launch Mario Kart 9 may seem needlessly long

If Nintendo cares more about the short-term ("We absolutely need a major holiday title"), then they will release Mario Kart 9 on Switch. If Nintendo cares more about the long-term ("We need the Switch 2 to have the best-possible launch title down the line"), then they won't release Mario Kart 9 on Switch.

@BANJO I dunno.. didn't they make a whole new Smash Bros game for the Switch when they could have ported the Wii U one ? ( I don't play those since Wii and GC) - they don't always take the shortcut to the easy money and could differentiate from 8 if there is a tweak to graphical style or more of the elements from the Arcade (GP) series are added to change the feel... Have 100 percent different courses to 8. Drop a bunch of characters and bring in some classics that were omitted and maybe even have the game ready for a deluxe launch on the next console by using higher quality assets than the Switch output resolution and lighting effects would showcase

I'm calling it now. It's a new Excite Truck.

We all ready have a well performing Mario kart so I can’t see Nintendo treading on this ones toes. But two other franchises with tires which could work would be Diddy Kong racing or excite bike. Tho both feel like minor blockbusters in comparison of what Xmas requires.

@guamyankee This. So much this. EVERY track from old games as a retro cup. There are some amazing tracks that deserve a remake, like Wario Colosseum and Mushroom Bridge from Double Dash, I mean Wario Colosseum has parts almost tailor-made for anti-gravity sections. Then you could also do things like custom GPs with every Rainbow Road oldest to newest. Mario Kart has been a smash hit since the SNES days so I think an Ultimate version is due.

@etherspin They are no doubt hard at work on the next Mario Kart and this will launch with the next upgraded Switch I would like to think. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sells so continuously well on the Switch that to release another version on the current Switch would be a poor business decision and split the userbase/multiplayer.

You also mentioned Mario Kart Arcade GP/2, a port of that on Switch really would be great. We can dream hey!!

SpinTIRES : Snowrunner

Mario Kart 9 . I hope if nintendo do realise an updated switch that it's VR compatible for Htc or Oculus so Mario Kart 9 could be played on a tv or vr headset to Mario Kart Vr title standalone separate from mario kart 9. Also the store could have loads of Vr titles.

Diddy Kong Racing
Pilot Wings

Why do people still beleive sabi he is no longer credible after byleth got announced in fact the idea that something that wont be announced until later this year and wont be released until December this year leaking this early is just rediculous.

Mariokart 9 please...though it will have a hard time competing with Crash team racing for me!

I hope it's a Stunt Race FX sequel.

@brunojenso you are certified insane. How could you not want a new Mario Kart? And then be disappointed in it? It has been six years for F's sake!!!!! Six years! Nintendo would be absolutely foolish to not release an MK on this console. It would sell 20 million copies over night.

@spurryitboi hell yes! And new characters, themes and tracks!!!!

@TheFox ExciteBots was amazing indeed

@rockodoodle I think that's a bit harsh. I think I explained myself rather well.

Tell me what you think Nintendo could (and would be likely to) add to this game - that doesn't already exist in MK8D? Serious - if I'm so insane lets hear you thoughts on how this new Switch generation Mario Kart is going to stand substantially apart from MK8D?

I bought the original Mario Kart on release - I love the series but it's not substantially changed it's formula in all that time except for the obvious improvements on a technological level and a few interesting innovations such as the Double Dash mechanic and the DS version's very fun mission modes. Even the original battle modes were not reinvented in any significant way in MK8D.

However I do love MK8D - it is the HD perfected version of the game and I just don't feel any need for a full new game in this generation. Anything else I might want CAN and SHOULD be done with DLC. More track, characters, and most importantly modes.

The only real reason I can think of for a 'New' MK on the Switch is for Nintendo to make a guaranteed obscene amount of money (as you yourself said). But I'm not sure it'll give much new from the gamers point of view - that already owns MK8D. Since your the gamer and not 'the man' I can't see where you're coming from.

So convince me why it'd be a good idea for Nintendo to work on this (from the gamers pov – NOT Nintendo's financial department) – instead of IPs that are still absent from Switch?

New Diddy Kong racing

I would prefer it when it has jet skis in it.

@brunojenso I think just new tracks and characters would be cool for gamers. But they could add a team element like Sonic. Or add a track creator. Or like Smash, create an ultimate edition with nearly all the tracks.

So, I think there is plenty to do with the franchise. And financially, this is such a no-brainer. If they don't do it, they are kissing away hundreds of millions of dollars.

'If they don't do it, they are kissing away hundreds of millions of dollars.'

I never disagreed with that. Let's see if it happens.

Cmon Excitebike!

@USWITCH64 I don't think that would have tires..

BOTW2 will be a racer

I have it on good authority that the release will be related to Mach Rider.

I already have Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U, so I would love to finally have Mario Kart 9.

Surprised no one has mentioned Pilot Wings (planes have tires after all), been way to long since Nintendo have put a new one out, would really like to see a new full fat Pilot Wings game on the Switch. PW on the N64 is one of my favourite games, the 3DS one was way to light and didn't have anywhere near enough content, was still good fun though just didn't do the series justice.

@McSwifty Pilot Wings doesn't really qualify as a major title.

@vio It could be though, it was a AAA game on the N64, if they put a lot of time and effort behind it could potentially be one of the best first party Switch games like PW is on the N64.

@LavaTwilight right there with ya

Like others, I don't see a MK9 coming out now. MK8 is practically perfect, and if they did driver and track DLC (like with Smash), most of the 22 million owners would quickly pony up the $25 to get it. So instead - what is the chance of Mario Kart Maker? That may be waaaaaay to difficult for both for programmers and gamers, and Mario Maker 2 didn't sell as planned, but it would be amazing to see if they could pull it off.

@BenAV Yah, like Miyamoto comes out and a little Pikmin pops out of his pocket (like it did many years ago) and we get actually get concrete evidence of a release....can you tell which game I'm sick of waiting for?

@Knives099 oooohhh that's smart bud. Donkey Kong has tires all over the place.

There are a few things Nintendo NEEDS to do:

1) "Excitebike" made from the ground up for the switch with the best graphics, gameplay and physics possible. It needs to be a 60fps game with Perfect Anti Aliasing (no jagged edges).

2) Release a "Mario Kart" exclusive to the switch (not a port like Mario kart 8).

3) (YOU WILL LOVE THIS):
"Eternal Darkness Sanity's Requiem" remade for the switch or atleast a remastered version with extra content added as the original was a bit short.

Trust me, now that would be a business move you cannot go wrong with.