[alienreborn]

Relevant: https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/index.html

Nintendo Direct focused on Switch 2: Apr 2nd.

Looks like joy-cons will have 'mouse-like' functionality and there's a 'C' on right joy-con but its functionality is not reveled. New Mario Kart showcased would probably be one of the first exclusives.

[basfo]

That was a new mario kart? it looked like mario kart 8 to me.

[arnaudsm]

A few details are quite different from 8, notably the boost and character animations, it's definitely a new game.

Marketing will be difficult, MK8 already peaked graphically and has 96 tracks, and will still work on Switch 2. I hope they'll find real selling points for MK9.

[elaus]

There are 24 starting positions visible while MK8 only supported 12-player races.

[ErneX]

Donkey Kong has a new design, it’s definitely the new game.

[mcphage]

That's not one of the gazillion Mario Kart 8 tracks.

[chomp]

Karts look different from 8

[manojlds]

Leaks say C is Campus, equal to the PS share button.

[wodenokoto]

I was honestly a bit disappointed this wasn't revealed in a Nintendo Direct.

"Nintendo Direct: New games in 2025" would have been the perfect setup for a "and one more thing"-moment.

[bogwog]

> "and one more thing"-moment

That's so cliche and cringe nowadays, but the reason they didn't wait to do that is probably because of all the leaks. The specs, the name, photos of the console and internal components all leaked. Even the fan renders people were making turned out to be pretty damn accurate (https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/1i008os/nin...)