Nintendo Provides A Look At Switch's Games Line-Up For 2023

I COMPLETELY FORGOT THEY SAID PIKMIN 4 IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR

2027 IT IS

May 12th is going to be the equivalent of Christmas morning for me. Been looking forward to TOTK releasing for a long time.

Fire Emblem
Pikmin
Zelda
If nothing else comes out this year I'm all set, 2022 was shocking on the Switch.
Here's to 2023 and the new console!

Fire Emblem and Zelda for me! But I have to admit I REALLY want AEW Fight Forever, too.

The games that I have interest about from the list above:

1. Fae Farm
2. Story of Seasons A Wonderful Life
3. Kirby Return to Dreamland Deluxe

Fire Emblem Engage will dominant the year for me!
Of course I’ll get TOTK but also interested in Octo 2, MDA Rain Code, and SpongeBob.

Pikmin 4 will be great as well but I have a feeling it won’t be out this year.

Zelda and kirby are the only ones that pick my interest right now, other than that it looks a little empty, a Pokemon game and another Mario are a given but right know it seems that a Direct is needed

Dang no Metroid Prime? Or new Mario?

Looking forward to the Persona ports and, of course, Zelda!

Oh my god so many of these games look so good

Good year so far and even more will be announced at the annual February Direct.

If we can get Pikmin 4 we can surely get Metroid Prime 4 too right? Right!? ... Please Nintendo.

I’d be far more excited for Persona 3 and 4 had they been given a physical release so I’ll be reluctantly passing on them.

Why am I not that excited anymore for a 30fps open world sequel that seems to recycle a lot of assets? If I wait this long for a Zelda game I’d like it to be an all new vision. My worst gaming fear is that they’ll make a third game set in this world and we won’t get a truly new Zelda for another 10 years or so.

As a fan of racing games I feel left out, And no the Booster course pass doesn't count for a game that's been out for 9 years at this point...

Without Zelda this looks pathetic. They really need that new hardware if this is it...Zelda could carry the new console into the holidays where they release Metroid Prime Remake/4

Glad the UK didn’t bother to mention Disney Speedstorm after it took up space in the February Direct last year for a summer release and it still doesn’t even have a date. Probably release on PS and Xbox first w/ a later release on Switch.😝

Zelda and Pikmin are day 1 unless Switch 2 gets announced and I wait for the port.

So we got TotK and... um....

TotK will consume my life come May 12th. Bring on the Octoroks.

@PinderSchloss 30 fps is more than fine, my dude. While I agree that 60fps is great I truly have no issue playing 30fps games.

@Hayter What? You mean Fatal Frame IV remaster I think

@PinderSchloss I agree with everything you said, except the 30fps, I don’t care about fps. Just give me a true Zelda experience. Release TotK and be done with this type of Zelda.

The complete absence of Advance Wars is disturbing honestly. Hope they didn't quietly cancel that.

Ok the 30fps isn’t the worst part, but look at Botw running on an emulator at 60fps and tell me that wouldn’t enhance the experience I’ve just been a bit spoiled by PS5 now

Ye.... I want too many of these and more 😅
Zelda and Silksong though ... Those are the 'I'm ill and can't go to work' games!

I feel like a bad Nintendo fan only really being excited for Zelda haha. Already way too many Fire Emblems, Pikmins, and Metroids on the backlog for me to look at what’s next with each of those.

Eventho i still dont like the main character design for the fire emblem game, but i have to say, they got me. I want that game!
Fire emblem and zelda.

Seems a bit odd you can’t order Tears of a kingdom from Amazon in the UK at the moment. Also no special addition ? It’s out in 5 months 😮

Needs another big AAA towards the end of the year and maybe a remaster fill in.
My dream towards the end of the year.
Metroid 4 or first one full remaster.
New big AAA platform game Mario or DK.

Any year with both mainline Zelda & Pikmin games is a dream for me personally.

And... GoldenEye when?

Pikmin4… I am so excited for that game

Except for BOTW2 extremely dire after February so far

Looks like my wallet will be safe after FE comes out. At least until May rolls around.

Whatever happened to goldeneye it seems to have been quietly forgotten about 🙁

Decent start. Obviously there's a lot more to be announced!

Oh, and inject Zelda TotK straight into my veins please.

We need at least Metroid Prime trilogy, I can wait for 4 if they polish it- and even prefer to get it on new Nintendo Hardware so it looks at least on par with ps4 pro graphics. I would be happy for more ports- still no idea why old games like Mass Effect, Batman Arkham games, Vanquish... are not on Switch- most of those were on the Wii U, and these are all ps3 games!!!! Also we need more GameCube titles! F Zero GX, Eternal Darkness, Viewtiful Joe, AND ZELDA'S, AND LITTLE DREAM: MGS Twin Snakes:)

Just Zelda for me this year so far

The games for 2023 announced so far. We haven't seen a Nintendo Direct yet. (will come next month, I'm guessing) Also I'm very exited for Fire Emblem, Zelda, Octopath Traveler 2 and Pikmin.

@PinderSchloss the worst part is it will be undoubtedly sub 30 fps lots of the time.

2023 is looking REALLY good!
Can't wait for the January/February Direct for more games, but so far the first half is looking great. Mainly interested in Zelda, Fire Emblem, Pikmin 4, Octopath Traveler 2, and also Sea of Stars, Eiyuden Chronicles and Hollow Knight Silksong! That is not counting games from other platforms such as Star Wars Jedi 2, Diablo 4 or Starfield... What a year is coming.

No Mario: The Movie: The Game? Shame...

@Gs69 "Coming Soon" in the September Direct (Although the Japan version of the same Direct said "2023").

(I think someone needs to have a quiet word in Nintendo's ear regarding the definition of "Coming Soon")

Well Fire Emblem should keep me occupied for at least a month, Rain Code and Cereza Origins are potentials depending on reviews with Persona 4 to fall back on.
Add in a likely Silk Song release (Microsoft included it in their coming in next 12 months over the summer) and I should be very sated before Zelda sweeps everything else aside ❤️

@uptownsoul

When have they not had a big fall game? That won’t be Pikmin 4; they know it’s not big enough.

Also, they’re not going to announce a bunch of new stuff without a Direct.

Zelda and Fire Emblem is enough for me. Don't have that much money to spend on games these days.

@sixrings I’m glad you said it

Nintendo claims to be all about the fun, but a smooth frame rate is so much more immersive and therefore fun to explore.

Tears of the kingdom and Fire emblem engage looks fun. I think Tears of the kingdom looks like Link between world 3d. You can go which dungeon you want from 7 dungeons. The colours from the hair from the characters looks cool in Fire emblem engage. I want to check that game. Looks awesome. Is a demo available for Fire emblem engage right now? Will there be a demo for Tears of the kingdom? Will Zelda die in this Zelda game? I have still many questions about the Tears of the kingdom. Is there file selection menu with 3 files? Is there real Zelda music? How is the story? Is Ganondorf in this game? Is Twinrova in this game? How can we fly with that thing at the trailer? Is there music instrument? Who is that person in the first and the second trailer is that really Ganondorf? I think Ganondorf is really strong person. Yuga and the person from the Skyward sword not Demise there are not strong like Ganondorf. I think Ganondorf is stronger than Demise to. I think 1 dungeon will be in underground and it looks like Majora's mask. One dungeon will be in the sky. Dungeon will be in Forest, Fire, Water, Desert, Sky, Shadow and underground. 7 dungeons.

TotK alone makes it a big year but I would really like some Mario game to scratch that itch as well.

I would love a surprise drop of a new Mario game around the time of the movie. It seems like the movie and the theme parks have some overlap - a new open-world-ish Mario like Bowsers Fury with access to the mushroom kingdom from the movie poster would one of the few kinds of corporate synergy I could get behind. Unlikely, but a guy can dream.

Why does it seem like some people think this reveals the entire line-up for this year? Do they have no idea how business works?

Zelda, Pikmin and Silksong. That’s all I need this year!

Zelda and Bayonetta, that's it for me, hoping for more announcements in the March Direct

@nocdaes yeah it seems like forever even Microsoft have not mentioned anything and it’s meant to be coming to game pass I’ve kinda given up on it

@Pigeon Of course I will. It’s my favourite franchise But it makes me long all the more for what it could be

I’m interested in like 3 of the games listed here so this year is kinda mid for me personally, could be worse tho, at least it isn’t the horrific dripfeed of 2020.

Including the "honourable mentions", 12 games I really want in that article. Argh!

You forgot to include the new console release in spring.

How are we supposed to have a Zelda game as a launch title for the new Switch if they take 5+ years to develop?

Oh yea ...

Still no sign of advance wars or prime 4 😕

Even after everything is fully announced by the end of 2023, TOTK is the biggest game I've been looking forward to all these 5 long years.

I really wonder if Nintendo will repeat 2017, and release a new 3D Mario at the end of this year?

@uptownsoul They still had the 3DS, so there was a Pokémon game released, as well as Paper Mario.

That's also around the time they discontinued the Wii U. Are you saying the Switch will be out of production in November of this year?

@uptownsoul This is you commenting on the rest of the year, which includes November: "Looks like Zelda will be Switch's only giant big budget exclusive of 2023".

Now you're hedging your statements by saying "may not". They haven't announced their back half of the year yet. Nintendo previously had two consoles to support, and they stopped producing one of them by the end of the 2016. It seems like a moot point given that information.

The first games look pretty standard fare for what to currently expect for the Switch. But after ToTK releases... oh wow that's where I'm looking forward to what happens. Let's only talk about games for now.
The only remaining big game I'm waiting from Nintendo is a new mainline Super Mario. Some rumours have been talking about a new 2D game but what about Odyssey's successor?
Oh and Metroid Prime 4 too. If they don't release it this year, at least finally show the first glimpse of gameplay!

There are some big games on that list. I really like what I see from Master Detective Archives: Rain Code.

@uptownsoul I’m not hoping for a thing. I don’t care if TotK is the last AAA Switch game they release this year. But I doubt it will be.

@uptownsoul some bold predictions.

I replied because, quite frankly, your original statement was based on a lot of nothing. You misinterpreted what I said, so I had to respond again. Now you’re basing more predictions off a hypothetical new product launch and saying they will have zero AAA third party games for their next console.

Anyway, I predict you’re wrong on the first account. I guess we’ll know within the next six months who is right.

Zelda will be Nintendo’s big game of the year. No Mario, or Metroid Prime 4… I even expect Pokemon will be DLC.

@uptownsoul I feel the same is happening, already past year first signs for that appeared. It’s starting to feel like 2015/2016 all over again. Successor coming and games being saved for launch

New Zelda is gonna be so good! Also very much looking forward to Pikmin. Loved 3! Also Octopath 2 hopefully will be great.

@PinderSchloss Absolutely. Been playing BOTW at 5k downscaled to 4k at solid 60fps, it's utterly stunning, like a Ghibli film.

What happened to Megaman?

I can't say I am really excited for this line up. I have been playing Breath of the Wild again lately, with Tears of the Kingdom releasing soon. Still I don't feel a lot of excitement for the sequel. If Nintendo pulls a "Majora's Mask" on Breath of the Wild with Tears of the Kingdom, they better do an amazing sequel like Marjora's Mask was.

A new Advance Wars please (not a remake).

While you're at it, F-Zero. I would accept a HD remaster of GX with added online for 30 players Nintendo.

More games will get announced as the year goes on if nothing tickles the Nintendo owner’s pickle.
Personally, I don’t really know what some of you are expecting to ‘make’ your 2023 on Switch; that’s a solid lineup of games already.
Meh, different strokes for different folks.

@uptownsoul which is obvious, because you mention the Wii U… oh wait, you didn’t.

Prime 4 may be scrapped. I have no information to back this up with, but it seems like we should have more info on the game than we do. Excited for TOTK, but after that, Nintendo’s 2023 doesn’t really excite me. Thank goodness for Spider man and Jedi Survivor

@uptownsoul "my original statement was based on the WiiU's 2016" (comment #87)

My initial response was based off your original comment, #7, pasted below in its entirety.

"Looks like Zelda will be Switch's only giant big budget exclusive of 2023"

@PinderSchloss Majoras Mask recycled a lot of Ocarina of Times assets whilst introducing its own and proving to be a very unique Zelda title in its own right. One of the best in fact.

@Scoopz Yes but that seemed to deviate a lot more. Of course we haven’t seen everything in TotK but the trailer doesn’t make it look as unique as Majora was