@Anti-Matter The one that had BotW 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 5, Animal Crossing New Horizons 2, Splatoon 6, and Persona 5 Switch. Can't believe you missed it man, it was wild.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
Nintendo, pimpin' Metroid Dread really hard. I like it. The only reason Dread doesn't become the best selling 2D Metroid (2.73m) would be if fans don't show up. Nintendo themselves have done everything they could to promote the game.
Switch Physical Collection - 1,537 games (as of December 22nd, 2025)
Switch 2 Physical Collection - 4 games (as of December 8th, 2025)
Dread is absolutely going to be the best selling 2D Metroid the way I see things. Not only is the Switch the most successful console to have a new 2D Metroid, but it's the first new 2D Metroid to release in a world where internet use is mainstream. Metroid is and has always been a niche franchise, but I think word-of-mouth through the internet will definitely give the series a boost.
Plus Metroidvania has become a very popular genre in the past few years, amazingly in a market that has been severely lacking in the "Metroid" component. I'm sure that will have some influence as well.
@damien33ad The big "Christmas game" is pokemon and Shin Megami Tensei V. They're not going to announce a new game for this Christmas, given that they'd only have 2 months to hype it up afterwards.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
@VoidofLight To be fair with Nintendo, weirder things have happened. They may have a game which they were planning to announce and release at a later date but actually developed ahead of time.
Not saying it would be as big as a Zelda or Mario, but I have a feeling they have another game for around Christmas planned nonetheless. All just mindless speculation without a proper Direct, though.
I really hope we do get one this month, ahead of the OLED Switch releasing to incentivise people to buy one even if they've owned a previous version of the system before.
@Varkster Eh, with the OLED I can't see them doing much to make people want to buy it if they already own it. Especially with the model seemingly being a replacement for the original in a way. The main attraction is the OLED screen, which will be nice for some people who want it, but if you already own a switch, there's really no need.
It's not like they'll make games which only play on the OLED. They'll only look sharper in handheld I'm pretty sure, or pop more in handheld rather.
"It is fate. Many have tried, yet none have ever managed to escape it's flow."
OLED edition looks nice.
I want another Switch machine to create 2nd island for ACNH.
One island was not enough for me and i can dive into hundred hours gameplay again for sculpting my 2nd island with my chosen villagers.
@Varkster I feel if there is another 1st party game to be announced for this year it'll be a digital only title in a similar kind of way to how in 2019 and 2020 there were Kirby digital shadow drops in September (former was a Direct shadow drop).
On the physical front I could see Smash getting a repackaged physical version with all the DLC. As maintaining the Ultimate roster for the next Smash game would be impossible and no content is coming after the next fighter I'd imagine they'd want to preserve that legacy.
@VoidofLight What I meant is making people invested in the Switch again that may have lost or sold the system in the past who would want to get one again if some big name titles are released.
I already lost 2 switches (1 was robbed) and I'm waiting for the OLED to buy one, I imagine I'm not the only one.
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