Games Inbox: Nintendo Switch 2 release date prediction, Monkey Island legacy, and Mega Drive Mini 2 pre-orders

metro.co.uk:

The Thursday letters page wonders why there’s no Marvel connected universe for games, as one reader tries to imagine Metroid Prime 4.

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Smoke and fire I wouldn’t say it was a smoking gun exactly, but that is some mighty suspicious information from Nintendo’s latest financials. I think simply the fact that they haven’t announced a single new game for 2023 is proof enough, though, that new hardware is coming.

Since the Switch Pro would presumably be backwards compatible, I’d assume that the reason they’re hiding the games is because it’s the full fat Switch 2. I realise the madness of predicting Nintendo but like anyone they’re sensible enough to try and repeat a good trick, so I think a May launch with Breath Of The Wild 2 is a totally reasonable guess.

If it’s not that then when? It’s still got to be 2023 or 2024 I reckon, they can’t leave it any longer than that. Not so much because the Switch is getting too outdated (although it is) but because technology has moved on so much that a Switch 2 could be a major leap forward in performance. Imagine a Nintendo hybrid console with the power of a PlayStation 4 that costs less than £300. Yes please!Korbie

All part of the plan I don’t know about a Switch 2 coming out next year but I’m willing to bet that Metroid Prime 4 has always been intended for it. They must’ve known how long it was going to take when they restarted, and what the life of the Switch was likely to be. Since the Switch has done so well they probably underestimated and were expecting the next one to be out soon anyway.

I’m really interested to see what they’ll do with it and whether they’ll have a Zelda style open world or something that maintains