#SPOILER ALERT for a fan theory that probably won't be true lol

[knittingwithhighlighters]

Putting a fan theory here for posterity’s sake, but....

...I wonder if the Switch 2 might be released next year? It’ll be about 6 years since the first one came out (as of March of 2023), and I don’t know. Nintendo has been keeping a lot under wraps--but then, that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.

What we DO know is that the new Zelda game is coming out in May, and it’s a big, expansive game that’s the sequel to Breath of the Wild. Breath of the Wild was considered a “main” Zelda title, and it looks like Tears of the Kingdom will be too..and each generation of consoles since the N64 has one “main” Zelda title on it (Ocarina of Time, The Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, Breath of the Wild). (Sidenote, note that Wii U doesn’t have its own Zelda game like this. And while we’re on the subject of the Wii U, I hope the next console also lets you download the Netflix app too, that would be pretty cool). I don’t know. Apparently some people are theorizing that it might be released sooner than we think, and for example they were talking about how Nintendo was spending a lot more on raw materials. An article The Nikkei has said in that they won’t release a new console in the fiscal year that ends in March 2023 (although it’s not clear if the journalist was asserting that, or if Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa said that himself). Either way, I can totally see them going for a November/December 2023 release. Consoles sell better in the holiday season--especially since Sony and Microsoft are definitely not releasing main consoles this winter--and this makes sense for Nintendo especially, since a lot of content is aimed at kids, who are going to want new games to play at Christmas. This is just me rambling, naturally--but I’m putting out there, in case I’m right. And if I’m right, if there IS a new Nintendo console release in winter of next year...then I would expect a new Smash game too. Especially since that would make 5 years since SSBU launched, and Nintendo has said that there will be no new DLC Smash characters, with the last one release in October of last year. I guess what I’m saying is...well, for me this is a possibility. And it’s nice to be right on fan theories, so I’m putting this out there for posterity’s sake. I guess only time well tell :)