Former Nintendo workers Equipment Ellis and Krysta Yang have weighed in with their ideas on the following Nintendo console, together with a prediction for when it might be introduced and what the system is perhaps.
In a video outlining their predictions for 2024, each Ellis and Yang agreed of their prediction that the Change successor shall be introduced within the first half of 2024. Yang believes will probably be introduced in Q1, which runs January-March this 12 months.
Yang stated the timing of the announcement might be tied to Nintendo’s subsequent monetary 12 months, which begins on April 1, 2024. “Based mostly on {hardware} patterns from the previous, it does appear to be you need to get an official announcement out earlier than the tip of the fiscal 12 months, so you’ll be able to stay actually robust together with your shareholders,” Yang stated.
Ellis, for his half, stated he believes Nintendo administration now extra meaningfully considers its shareholders, together with what they assume and the way they really feel. He stated it is a marked change from the previous.
When will the following console be launched? Yang stated she believes will probably be revealed in June or July, with advertising ramping up in April-Could. She predicted inventory for the Change successor shall be constrained at launch, however she expects these issues to be sorted out earlier than the vacation purchasing season. Ellis stated he usually agreed with Yang’s ideas on when the console may launch, saying he believes will probably be out by September 1.
As for what the Change successor is perhaps and the enhancements it’ll supply over the present Change, Ellis stated he believes the console will really feel most just like the transition from DS to 3DS. Yang stated she thinks the console shall be related in kind issue to the Change “however with extra energy.” Each Yang and Ellis agreed the console shall be a handheld gadget that may additionally dock right into a tv just like the Change at the moment does.
Yang and Ellis additionally agreed that the following Nintendo console will help backwards compatibility. Ellis went on to say he thinks there shall be two fashions of the brand new console–one will help digital backwards compatibility by way of eShop purchases. Then, a “higher-end” model of the console can have a bodily cartridge slot for video games that solely work on the newer console, he predicted.
Ellis stated Nintendo is aware of constructing its merchandise attraction to the plenty, and providing a lower-end model for much less cash might be a approach for Nintendo to attain that. Yang didn’t agree on this prediction, although, predicting there is not going to be a number of SKUs as a result of she believes Nintendo is afraid of providing too many choices that might confuse the model and messaging.
By way of worth, Yang stated the following Nintendo console will probably launch at $400.
As for the video games, one of many predictions made within the video by Yang and Ellis is that Mario Kart 9 shall be a key launch title for the following Nintendo console. This sport has not been introduced, after all, however Nintendo making one other Mario Kart sport is just about the most secure guess anybody may make given the large success of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
In different information in regards to the subsequent Nintendo {hardware}, a online game analyst lately predicted that that the Change 2 will price $400 and have $70 video games.
In July, it was reported that Change 2 improvement kits have been already with builders, with a 2024 launch in thoughts. Digital Foundry additionally has investigated what the Change 2 {hardware} internals might supply and constructed a PC that might come near matching that energy. They discovered that Change 2 may have the ability to run Dying Stranding at 1080p at roughly 35 frames per second.
Nintendo hasn’t formally revealed a Change successor but. Nonetheless, Nintendo of America president Doug Bowser stated the goal of a brand new system could be to “shock and delight.”