Mario Kart 8 DLC could signify a longer wait for Nintendo Switch 2
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Mario Kart fans got some welcome news yesterday in the form of fresh downloadable content. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is getting 48 new tracks all based on courses from previous entries in the series. This is the first batch of new content for the game since it hit the Switch in 2017. But not all 48 courses are coming out at once. Instead, Nintendo plans to roll them out in six waves comprised of eight courses each. These waves will begin hitting Switch in March and continue through the end of 2023. And that timing is key because it’s probably the earliest that fans could expect to see a full successor to the Switch.
The dreams — or maybe they were hallucinations — of the Switch Pro are dead. Nintendo is almost certainly instead looking to launch a followup to the Switch — although that will likely be hardware that maintains the formfactor and momentum of what is now Niintendo’s best-selling home console of all time.
But with Nintendo already making plans for Switch content through the end of next year, what does that mean for Switch 2? Well, it probably indicates that the publisher is no rush to replace the original Switch.
If you don’t believe me, Nintendo president Shuntrao Furukawa himself said the console is still in its middle stages.
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“Switch is just in the middle of its lifecycle and the momentum going into this year is good,” Furukawa explained in a conference call with investors. “The Switch is ready to break a pattern of our past consoles that saw momentum weakening in their sixth year on the market and grow further.”
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