Topic: Launch games: What do you want?

Hi folks,

What are your expectations or wishful thinking for new Switch 2 games in its launch period (1st year)?

My current list is:

• Mario Kart 9/10
• Metroid Prime 4 (cross-gen)
• Super Mario 3D
• Donkey Kong 3D platformer
• Zelda Wind Waker HD remaster
• Zelda Tears of the Kingdom remaster
• Announcement of Zelda Ocarina of Time remake with BotW design
• Animal Crossing
• A weird party game
• Remasters of a few Xbox games
• FF7 Remake and Rebirth
• Kingdom Hearts Ultra Deluxe 3.14159 Sora is Back Edition (all games included)
• Resident Evil 2/3/4/7/Village

BG3...we can get it right? FF series.....to current. Zelda open World...or Get Genshin Impact on Physical. I've put off Genshin off for so long since playing when it was available for PC. I don't want to be stuck on my Desktop with my GPU becoming a Heater. This is one game I want so badly to go Switch 2 now. So I can enjoy it again.

@RenanKJ
ARMS 2 !!! 🥊

I am not sure if I'll get the Switch 2 right when it comes out or close to its release, but when I get it, I'd want to have the next Mario Kart, Super Mario (especially if it's a 3D platformer), Zelda, and Animal Crossing games. As for my expectations, I'm sure Mario Kart will be a launch title since it was the first game that was shown off in the reveal trailer, and some kind of party game along the lines of 1-2 Switch or Nintendo Land... preferably if it's the latter.

• Mario Kart 9
• new 3D Super Mario platformer
• Metroid Prime 4
• Kid Icarus: Uprising HD
• new F-Zero
• new 3D Kirby
• new Star Fox
• new Musou based on Nintendo IP
• gen 10 Pokémon that doesn't look and run like *****

... I think that'll do.

I don't know what I want, but what we're going to get is Odyssey 2 on launch day, followed by Twilight Princess in the fall, then Metroid Prime 4 this holiday.

I’m just really hoping they stopped supporting New Horizons after only a year and a half because that’s when they started working on the next Animal Crossing. This year would be a dream come true, and I don’t think it’s totally outside of the realm of possibility either. A huge part of moving from New Leaf to New Horizons was making EVERYTHING HD. Every character model, every piece of furniture, every fish, and so on. I’m hoping they used some of the work done on New Horizons to give themselves a head start on the next game so that they can hopefully focus on making an experience as content-packed as New Leaf but also on getting it to us more quickly than usual. November 2021 - Whatever 2025 is definitely a bit short, but I still think there’s a chance we see it this year.

A mouse game like Mario Paint could be free.

Nintendogs.

Mother 1+2+3: HD-2D collection, finally bringing all three games together in one package for the fir-

Exclusive to Japan you say?

(Chucks new Switch 2 out the window)

Wind waker remaster
Twilight princess remaster
Kid Icarus anything
Xenoblade Chronicles 4
Xenoblade Chronicles X2
Splatoon 4 (or at least some paid content for 3)
Hades II

Every game that didn't make it's way to OG Switch.

I'm dying for a brand new re-invention of Starfox.

Something that falls between Starfox 64 and the Ubisoft game "Starlink" (which actually features Fox as a playable protagonist, in the Switch version at least). Take the best elements of those 2 games, and perhaps incorporate some kind of base building infrastructure - akin to NMS or even Starfield.

But basically a really wide scope space adventure game, with gunplay dog fights in space alongside rewarding exploration / ship customisation etc.

A Yoshi or a Kirby game. Or a new 3d Mario. I don't think that will be at launch though, as I think Mario Kart will be the killer launch title for them. I imagine it would follow late this year though.

@Mana_Knight I think we’ll see that rumoured planet robobot

@Xenoblade-Fan Hoping so ! Though I know that will probably be Switch, not Switch 2, but whichever is good.

When it comes to first party games, I don't really have a specific wishlist. I just want Nintendo to have some good variety in their lineup as I usually prefer their more niche offerings like Metroid, Xenoblade, etc. I do like Zelda but I'm not expecting a new game for that series at launch. Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD ports would be welcomed but I wonder if they'd even re-release those if we get GameCube VC with NSO on Switch 2? Metroid Prime 2 and 3 before or after Prime 4 would be nice too.

However, there are some third party games I'd like to see ported:

KINGDOM HEARTS - HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX (must be a native port or I don't care)
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON
Metaphor Refantazio
Persona 3: Reload
Tales of Arise
Balder's Gate 3
Fields of Mistria
Bleach: Rebirth of Souls

What I really want: Mario Maker 3 and a new Animal Crossing. However that seems very unlikely to be year one.

I'll happily take FF7 Remake and a 3D Mario game, just not quite my first choice.

I like my third parties on Xbox, so my list would be something like:

Wave Race.

A new F-Zero game, with some tracks from previous entries.

Super Mario 3D game in line with Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, I mean, more platforming and less... Odyssey.

Donkey Kong 3D game.

Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask remakes, but heck, not like BotW, but like the Wii U demo.

A new Zelda 3D game like the Wii U demo.

Pikmin 5, hard like 1 and 2.

A new Snowboarding game.