Nintendo announced its latest financial results yesterday, and President Shuntaro Furukawa reiterated that the company will announce a successor to the Nintendo Switch by the end of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.
While Nintendo Switch sales are lower than expected, leading to a decline in stock prices, analyst Hideki Yasuda said in an interview with Reuters that Nintendo aims to grow Switch sales in line with expectations, so the Nintendo Switch will be released before the holiday season. He said it was unlikely that he would make an announcement. .
“It’s become very difficult to make announcements this year… You don’t want to distract attention from upcoming consoles during the important year-end sales season,” Yasuda said.
At almost perfect timing as I write this article, Nintendo Australia has announced that the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Nintendo Switch OLED bundle will be available on November 29, just in time for the busy shopping season. This comes on the heels of news that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold an additional 2 million copies in the previous sales period, which is just insane, and that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was bundled with an OLED model. Since this is my first time doing this, I have no doubt that this will work.
this #nintendo switch Includes bundle #MarioKart 8 deluxe and 12 months #NintendoSwitchOnlinereleased on November 29th!
Look for this bundle at My Nintendo Store and select retailers in Australia and New Zealand. pic.twitter.com/3mqJYUSAnD
— Nintendo AUNZ (@NintendoAUNZ) November 6, 2024
Even if we don’t see an announcement before the end of the year, it feels like we’re closer than ever to a Nintendo Switch 2 announcement, with a few months at the latest.
