Nintendo Just Casually Dropped HUGE Confirmations On Us

Nintendo just confirmed the existence of their next system and the next major Direct in a tweet, because of course they did.
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[@Chillaxorita]

"Hi, Miyamoto here. We are finishing development on an interdimensional warp pipe that will take you to the Super Mario World in real life. More details will be shown in a Nintendo Direct presentation tomorrow at 6:00 AM PDT/9:00 AM EST."

[@jeremyzapsmash]

...some day in the next decade

[@-redde-]

hey cory, miyamoto here

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

About time. I remember when they first announced they were building real warp pipes in Nintendo Power like 20 years ago.

[@SuperWiiBros08]

Most casual Nintendo announcement

[@bertbready]

@@SuperWiiBros08real

[@theotherjared9824]

That tweet got ahead of all rumors. A new console is coming, a direct is in june, and the new console will not be featured in it. Immediately tempering expectations.

[@paperluigi6132]

Despite that, come June, we’ll know who doesn’t know how to read.

[@druidt8949]

​@@paperluigi6132 And which content creators have assumptions about their audience

[@BoxoSpoons]

It’s not too surprising they’re handling it like this. Even people like Eurogamer were corroborating the report that it was going to come out this year until around late February, so there’s a good chance we’re in the middle of a period that was meant to be filled out with Switch 2 news.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

They really don't even want you to think differently than they want you to. But I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth

[@edibertocolon]

At least they are honest about the direct coming up and how they will not talk about the switch 2. That alone will save many like me from even having to waste a second watching it.

[@skitsschist11]

That tweet has the energy of the FBI declassifying a document that says "yeah that conspiracy theory was completely correct and we lied about it"

[@ItApproaches]

Basically anything any three letter organization claims or tells the people is false, is in fact, true.

[@joshuagoforth1658]

@@ItApproachespretty much yeah 😅😂

[@kolbra4170]

This got me giggling

[@skeleton608]

New system coming direct in June?

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

It's wild to me how often that's happened

[@thenpc8400]

“Furukawa here, grabbing Taco Bell, also the switch 2 drops tomorrow.”

[@SweaterSwagg]

Taco Bell fell off so freaking bad. L Furukawa

[@cloud9296]

😂

[@BexIn4k]

"This is Miyamoto. Please look forward to Super Mario Iliad, releasing next week. Get at me, Furukawa."

[@matthewberry8516]

Can't wait for Super Mario Aeneid

[@mykeyboardismelting6856]

@@matthewberry8516 Super Mario Caesar next

[@dr.whippersnatch7200]

Super Luigi Beowulf

[@CyberDrewan]

Super Mario Battle of Thermopylae

[@davidthecommenter]

⁠@@mykeyboardismelting6856Et tu, Bowser?

[@kclem7]

I think they were clearly trying to avoid the fallout of hosting another direct without announcing the new system. They had to give us something.

[@Timohtep]

I agree, and I appreciate it immensely tbh

[@kclem7]

​@@Timohtep completely agree!

[@hunterkeps9058]

I agree, but it's a shame because the last few consoles weren't announced during Directs, they had their own presentations. So there shouldn't be fallout but ya know there's gonna be

[@shantaehalf-geniehero4318]

@@hunterkeps9058the last one was the new 3ds XL, it’s honestly good they stopped & changed things up.

[@Lionsnap1]

Nah they have to announce something to keep their investors happy with their meeting coming up My bad the investors meeting happened yesterday but still he announced it before that so probably still true

[@ApapaneNui]

Nintendo: We've got a Direct in June, and a new console is on the way. However, *we won't reveal the console at the June Direct.* Please temper your expectations and wait for further details. June Direct Live-chat: *This tweet can't stop me because I can't read!*

[@csjcsj2906]

...but ironically can type!

[@roboticjanitor3332]

Direct live chats are always so, SO awful.

[@MegaDarkness5000]

I honestly don't know why NOA keeps the live chat for the direct.

[@meikoluvv]

live chats are the most annoying mfs ever. Especially during smash era, omfg

[@chris_wizzudz]

Direct Live-chats are either "WHERE SMASH", "WHERE SILKSONG", or "WHERE SWITCH 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO". I have to turn it off so I don't have to deal with the noise.

[@Marlotix]

The announcement was made in the middle of Nintendo's quarterly investors meeting last night, and then subsequently tweeted out. That's what happened with the Zelda movie as well. It wasn't as random and out of the blue as people think. In this case, they _had_ to bring it up because this was their end-of-fiscal-year report and they had to share their plans for the next fiscal year to investors.

[@Antasma1]

So if they were making an official statement in some shape or form, they may as well do it themselves

[@SuperZaiyan9]

To be fair, this is an extremely Nintendo thing to do

[@yololthepikminenjoyer]

these 70 something year old japanese men running the company are having too much fun

[@ausgod538]

Its really not a Nintendo thing, they just did it because it as their earnings call.

[@hododod246]

@@yololthepikminenjoyer he is 52. Younger than both Jim and Phil

[@nintendowolf]

To be fair Japan is a different time zone

[@jumentoqueanima]

Yeah.

[@gabegarriga9876]

"hey everyone we are having a baby bye..... and the next time we get together we won't talk about it"

[@ItApproaches]

I see nothing wrong with that. Having a baby isn't special, it's been done literally an unknowable amount of times. I'd be like why the hell you telling me? I don't f-ing care, why you coming to me for validation of doing what every damn species ever has done? Man humans are so damn basic and dumb.

[@butt_elf]

😂😂😂

[@hdjir]

Tears of the Kingdom fr

[@Alpha-oo8]

I recon this is more a “we need to please investors” move. Like announcing the direct this early, probably announced to reassure investors that, yes, there are actually games releasing after June. You know what shareholders are like

[@destineerrush2632]

Agreed. This announcement isn't for consumers, it's for investors and shareholders who are getting restless and skittish about Nintendo's ambiguity surrounding their next-gen hardware plans. There was probably too much pressure to let another fiscal year pass without solid plans being confirmed.

[@bmeht]

I mean he used the phrase "fiscal year" that says it all about the intended audience 🤣

[@chillstoneblakeblast3172]

Well yes. Nintendo has not gotten much investments as of late and while they can pay a lot in their own pockets to make games, I think they really want some of that Black Rock cut like many devs are getting, although I hope the games don't get affected at a cost.n

[@lalehiandeity1649]

Shareholders are like squirrels that have been provisioned. 🐿️ 🧛‍♀️

[@waldoc2829]

Almost definitely, this was on the same day as their investor report dropped

[@gregvs.theworld451]

Arlo's theory of Nintendo having cheeky fun by dropping massive announcements casually and nonchalantly reminds me of that one Tumblr post where someone said if they woke up in the body of Taylor Swift, they'd get on Instagram live, take some rips off a bong live to Taylor's fans, and just watch the comments.

[@PunishedDad]

Thats an awful specific fantasy Would he use taylors own bong?

[@nhbons783]

​@@PunishedDad... What would you expect, them to use Obama's bong? Why the fuck wouldn't they use the one presumably in the house they are in?

[@PunishedDad]

@@nhbons783 maybe shes bprrowing one from a friend you dont know smh

[@alexarmendariz9900]

I love the idea that all the major people at Nintendo have access to their Twitter account and can just make these announcements whenever they feel like it lol

[@mr.smart75]

*Furukawa wakes up* “Alright time to drop another announcement I guess”

[@Pebphiz]

@@mr.smart75 "I've come to make an announcement..." -- Furukawa

[@mr.j3rs3y]

“I hope that much like Reggie, your bodies are indeed ready” - Furukawa

[@DisableYT]

The Twitter feud is all fun an games until Miyamoto tweets "Pikmin 5 is very close to completion."

[@darcidious99]

"Oh hey we're going to be having a june direct talking about games in the latter half of 2024!... Oh yeah and I guess we're also gonna talk about the next console eventually, no big deal or anything".

[@vrismylife7501]

Yup nothing to see here…..

[@yololthepikminenjoyer]

rhythm heaven games tend to release around the end of their system lifespans

[@jumentoqueanima]

Lmao.

[@jumentoqueanima]

​@@yololthepikminenjoyer Would be cool! And please localize Yo-Kai Watch 4!!!!!!!

[@HimekoIzayoi]

I mean, I already expect the new console to come out early next year.

[@stuartbarron7117]

I appreciate that you didn't title this something like "Nintendo Confirms Switch 2" like everyone else seems to be doing. No, Nintendo didn't say anything about it being a Switch 2 specifically, they just said it was a new console.

[@hunterkeps9058]

I reckon people're just calling it that because it's super likely the next console will have backwards compatibility with the Switch (Confirmed to have the same online subscription), and because saying 'Switch 2' is easier than saying 'The next Nintendo Console'

[@magicalkorok]

The president also said it will be similar to the switch in a reply. Something like "keep the switches design in mind"

[@RyuuSix]

Switch 3 confirmed

[@javen9693]

Switch U

[@theAstarrr]

@@hunterkeps9058Arlo's older theory of the Switch becoming Nintendo's iPhone or Xbox, just reusing it but numbering the systems, perhaps with random cool things with each new system, seems fairly feasible. The Switch 2, 3, 4, sounds doable. ESPECIALLY if they have full backwards compatibility all the way. They'll sell tons if that happens.

[@tcsghost6984]

You gotta keep in mind announcements like this are for the investors, not the fans. That's why they were so specific, they don't want investors getting worried that Nintendo isn't doing anything, especially when the next direct doesn't talk about the future system.

[@lucasgeorg1214]

I once saw someone say that 2024 is just a giant unskippable ad, and I think he was completely right lmao

[@Moonshine449]

For real. Anything worth well, anything is coming out next year. This year is just filler

[@zacharymccoy7091]

This was the most Nintendo way they could have made a huge announcement like this.

[@Ray_2112]

Was it really huge? I mean we all expected them to announce a new console for the last 2-3 years already and they didn't even tell anything, just that they will announce it until next March...nothing that we didn't expect anyways.

[@piotr78]

​@@Ray_2112i don't see it being huge either

[@MidwestArtMan]

Yes, we have a new console. No, we're not showing it to you. Good day.

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Understood.

[@godzilla154]

News so big it had to be on the main channel

[@_rando_d]

This feels like it'll be an ongoing gag huh? "News so big it was on the main" Bombshells

[@willpoweramv]

​@UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloydwtf is wrong with you?

[@mindofone]

@@willpoweramvit’s a bot

[@Star_LITE_dupe]

I didn't even notice this wasn't TopicArlo lol whoops

[@despeinado340]

I'm puzzled as to how its codename hasn't leaked. No NX, Projet Café, Revolution, Dolphin or anything of the sort

[@dannyboots]

Thank you for including Project Café

[@Ray_2112]

It was for the better I think...the NX rumours were so annoying back then, seems like having a name made people make up rumors even more than usual.

[@emjay_blng]

Maybe the code name is „Switch 2“ and we‘ve already have been using it all the time.

[@despeinado340]

@@Ray_2112 I myself find "Switch 2" more annoying and presumptuous than NX was.

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

They havent named it yet

[@andrewg.3281]

"Hi, Miyamoto here. For the past 7 I've been working with John Hammond on Isla Nublar to turn the place into Yoshi's island with real life Yoshis. More information will be released by the end of this pokemon generation."

[@denycast]

Oh my... Real life yoshis❤️

[@randocalzone8772]

They better get Phil Tippett as their Dinosaur Supervisor

[@Envy_May]

"Rather than a tourist attraction, we intended to make this as a service to be used by families to have their children delivered across large distances."

[@Finkster5]

Cut to a giant Yoshi stepping on a big truck with Jeff Goldblum in it.

[@TheDuzx]

I just want them to call the new consome " The Successor to the Switch". I just want that to be the official name printed on all the marketing and packaging.

[@siraaron4462]

Something I'm confused about that nobody seems to be talking about, the march 2015 announcement Fukuhara mentioned wasn't an unveiling it was a comment in tenelse shareholder meeting like "yeah the Wii u didn't work but we have something even better planned, promise!" The switch itself didn't come out for two more years after that? It's interesting framing to say the least, why not talk about the *reveal* of the switch if this upcoming announcement is a reveal?

[@Graphomite]

*Koizumi:* "Furuwaka-san, the Direct was paced around a _surprise_ reveal. Why would you tweet that?" *Furuwaka:* "Miyamoto got to tweet stuff." *Miyamoto:* "heh." *Aonuma:* "That wasn't funny."

[@Graphomite]

Miyamoto tweets: _'The live action Donkey Kong movie is slated for 2027, and will feature a real gorilla.'_ Furuwaka tweets: _'Nintendo's next home console's controllers will retain our planned obsilescence design philosophy.'_

[@Poweranimals]

To me it was Nintendo’s way of saying “Fine! There’s a new system coming and it won’t be announced anytime soon so stop asking!”

[@Jigglypuff0064]

Furukawa actually just sent out a casual tweet confirming what we have been anticipating for years and thought we wouldn’t notice

[@Ray_2112]

It's not like they never did a new console after the last...what else was to be expected? 😅

[@jackystarboi3152]

Investors meeting, that's why

[@SmallHappyOtter]

@@Ray_2112the person who posted said the word anticipating which implies they knew what was going to happen

[@minecrafter3448]

I think it’s worth bringing up that shintoru furakawa did in fact confirming it’s a second switch during the investor’s meeting

[@AdventuresAwait123]

This

[@titanic_monarch796]

wait, what did he actually say?

[@AdventuresAwait123]

@@titanic_monarch796 someone basically asked if it's going to be a new form factor and Furukawa said it would be accurate to refer to it as the next switch. That's a rough paraphrase. I believe around the clock covered it

[@superwooper5210]

​@@titanic_monarch796Someone asked if it was more like the switch or something brand new he said it was like the next model of switch, iirc

[@titanic_monarch796]

@@AdventuresAwait123 if it really is just another minor hardware revision i'm going to explode

[@cartilagehead6326]

“Hi, Miyamoto here. We’ve spent the last several years perfecting a system that will enable you to kiss Toad right on the mouth.”

[@dimensiondetective]

I imagine the next surprise competitor in Nintendo’s civil war of major twitter announcements will be from Yoshio Sakamoto: “Metroid Prime 4...still does not have date, but there will be a Metroid movie releasing alongside the sequel to Metroid Dread.”

[@icenovice]

The devil on Nintendo's shoulder: Hey, you should definitely- Nintendo: Already on it bro

[@patrickshaw411]

I love how the tweet is very matter of fact and shoots down speculation. Like, revealing it at the June Direct. They know how the fans work.

[@Artista_Frustrado]

the only thing missing from that Nintendo tweet was a photo of Furukawa & Harada wearing the "don't ask me for sh*t" t-shirt

[@amateraceon5202]

I’ve just resigned myself to waiting and expecting nothing regarding the Switch 2 for no long that once they announce an actual presentation date I’ll be absolutely shell shocked

[@supernuper12]

I literally woke up at 4:00 am for NO reason, only to check my phone to see that tweet and realize I had woken up for a damn good reason 😈😈😈

[@snichelsticks8653]

I just didn't sleep last night. i got lucky too!

[@majinblu1353]

omg hi nuper

[@supernuper12]

@@majinblu1353 wait theres NO WAY

[@MedalionDS9]

There was an update on this story that the Switch successor will be another Switch, they are keeping the same form factor and basic concept... this was asked of Furukawa and he said this.

[@Moonshine449]

Tbh I don’t see a reason to change up their formula. It’s great as a home console, and a portable. Now around all that’s left is improving its power.

[@SirFlopsy]

Miyamoto next month: "Oh, by the way, we are working on Super Mario RPG: The Millennium Gateway."

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

A switch 2 isn’t a surprise. It’s the fact he literally gave us correct expectations for the direct. Turned the direct into “the last badge”.

[@Jalex0021]

04:28 Furukawa was actually asked if the new console is brand new or something else during a financial call. He responded by saying that “Switch next model is the appropriate way to describe it”. This was widely reported in the last 24 hrs, so we pretty much know now that it will be another hybrid AKA 'The Switch 2'👍

[@Jalex0021]

If people want a source for this info, Nintendo Everything did an article about it and Kit and Krysta also mention it in their last video.

[@RJS2003]

By the way, I'm pretty sure this is definitely the earliest we've ever had a Direct announcement, right? A whole MONTH in advance!

[@arandompersonontheinternet5730]

I can’t say I’m suprised they dropped it in yet another casual tweet

[@danhigg]

fwiw, the Japanese fiscal year is April 1 to March 31

[@somari8591]

It's just so weird that we just know theres a direct coming next month. Like everyone already figured because we have the direct season patterns down but we were so used to them being formally announced like days beforehand. I genuinely have no clue what they're going to announce for this one so i have the most minimal of expectations. I kinda hope the last "one more thing" announcement for the Switch era is Metroid Prime 4, especially since they can announce it and then make "Also available on Switch 2 with enhanced performance" a major announcement during the successor showcase.

[@InstaFiz]

Y'all think Metroid Prime 4 will be a launch title for the next system at this point?

[@stanleygagner]

Maybe it will be like Twilight Princess or Breath of the Wild. They might want to hold off on releasing it to make sure there is something good for switch 2 on release, but so much development work has been done during the switch era that I bet it could still run on the original.

[@ItApproaches]

No. It's still confirmed to be 100% for Switch. It's been in the product testing phase for a damn year now. They are waiting for Prime 2 ad 3 Remastered to come out first. They aren't going Prime 1 Remaster then jumping to 4. With backwards compatibility all four Primes will be playable on the new system anyway.

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@ItApproaches Where is this "confirmed" info coming from?

[@darrenmacqueen9884]

@@stanleygagner I'm hoping it'll be a next gen exclusive. We really don't know what's been going on with Metroid Prime 4 or how much development time it got on the Switch. It could very well have switched development over to the next console long ago. And it's important to note that in the case of Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild, the two consoles they released on were basically identical in terms of hardware power. So it releasing on both makes sense. I'm expecting a jump in power this time. So if development shifted to it, they would want to make sure it doesn't look outdated compared to the games it releases with. Especially since the Metroid Prime games were always among the best looking games on their consoles.

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

Metroid prime 4 was canceled outright back in December. Apparently the trailer they showed looked just so awful that they just scrapped thr project entirely

[@miguelgcgamer9878]

A more recent tweet suggest that the successor is more of a "next model" type of switch

[@sergioflores7172]

I see that happening kinda like 3DS and New 3DS. 2DS and New 2DS

[@hmon661]

@@sergioflores7172 imagine they bring back the 3D screen and slider LOL

[@lpfan4491]

@@hmon661 Plz, that would actually be so huge for me personally, lmao.

[@verygoodfreelancer]

switch U

[@hmon661]

@@lpfan4491 me too, imagine Metroid Prime 4 on a new 3D screen

[@magolor2706]

I can't believe the only info-leaking competition that could possibly be more confident and reliable that Pyoro can have is literally the president of Nintendo himself

[@theruoc147]

This amount of transparency is so refreshing and I hope we see it a bit more often

[@stevenmattrell3448]

"The Switch 2 is canon guys." - Furukawa (probably)

[@bolladragon]

I just love the concept that Furukawa decided to troll us in the middle of the night but still used the driest corporate speak possible

[@Jje261YT]

I love you Arlo

[@Jje261YT]

@UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloyd 20 people have liked the tweet UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloyd 20 people care

[@slendii366]

@UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloydI care

[@noahsryan]

It does remind me of how they casually dropped that the NX was coming

[@anonymoussaid9970]

3:50 my brother did this THIS YEAR and he didn’t even announce it, his finance mentioned it so it showed up on his Facebook page

[@Kouvre]

I don't think the Switch 2 marketing strategy is going to be anything like the Switch 1 marketing strategy for a glaringly obvious reason: The Switch had to be the answer to the unmitigated disaster that was the WiiU. They're following up on a success this time, and they don't want to screw it up like they did when they set out to replace the Wii.

[@PaperMarioBros]

Excited for the Switch U to drop 🔥

[@slendii366]

If it’s seriously called this I’ll laugh

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

Excited for it to fail and shitendo goes out of business

[@slendii366]

@@technobladeleakedclips1827 you’re gonna be disappointed then…

[@thatmlguy9889]

My biggest hope is that they will make it clear that this is a successor and not just an add on like the Wii U.

[@westonmeyer3110]

They already did

[@thatmlguy9889]

@@westonmeyer3110 I'm more so talking about major marketing and the system'a name

[@slendii366]

I think Nintendo learned their lesson with that mistake

[@technobladeleakedclips1827]

If they actually go with "switch attach" they are doomed to repeat the wii us failures

[@slendii366]

@@technobladeleakedclips1827 if they call it simply “Nintendo Attach” then that issue is mitigated.

[@venturerweegee64]

*WHAT* . HOW AM I JUST NOW HEARING OF THIS?!? Thank you for helping keeping us up to date!

[@LouisDesitter]

The image of Miyamoto watching this video with fake glasses and a fake moustache, rubbing his hands devilishly is hilarious to me.

[@azerim2039]

I would guess that they don't want people to get extremly dissappinted with each Nintendo direct not being Switch 2 related so they just wanted to say "there will be a Direct, but not Switch 2 related" but they had to acknowledge the existance of Switch 2 to do so.

[@mr.smart75]

Nintendo just casually putting a literal bombshell of a tweet like it’s just another casual Tuesday.

[@aws-107]

Ever since I saw the tweet this morning I’ve been waiting for the arlo discussion on it

[@Snowofthewild]

I just love hearing what you have to say about anything Nintendo, even if it's news I already know about. It's like just chilling with a friend talking about stuff you like (maybe a little para-social of me but eh, who needs friends when you have Zelda)

[@Vex_736]

What has me slightly concerned is that it's hinted it might be a new MODEL, not a new system it's self.

[@rmsgrey]

What I've heard is that this was probably prompted by the upcoming investor call - since they a) have to make the contents of that public, and b) have to tell investors if they're working on something for this fiscal year if they want it to count, they would have to make the new Switch public then, and announcing it this way means they can tailor the public announcement to temper expectations without having to spend too much time on it during the investor call.

[@JaredTakesTime]

Nintendo and the entire gaming industry: "Oh, you took a day off Arlo? HERE'S SOME WORK FOR YA PAL."

[@seajay632]

​@UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloydAnd yet here you are trying to get people to watch you by shitting on a clearly superior KZbinr. 🤣🤣

[@olivierhawkins9410]

I hope they'll keep it simple and name it Nintendo Switch 2 but most importantly have backwards compatibility.

[@b8conbear330]

I hope they don’t name it that because that doesn’t really sound good. I think they will name it something else besides “2” tho because “Wii” “Wii U” “Ds” “3Ds”

[@MorganTiller]

Super Switch

[@ItApproaches]

It's going to be called Switch Attach, I bet $100 on it. That survey and the whole magnetic joycons makes it seem that leaked survey was true.

[@wvminecraftkid]

@@ItApproaches It won’t be the switch attach. They did a similar thing with Wii/wii u and look how that turned out. People were confused and thought the Wii U was an accessory for the Wii… I’m personally hoping it’s called the Super Nintendo Switch, but that could also be confusing because dum dums might think it’s a pro model

[@CelesticCF]

@@ItApproaches That sounds way too confusing, as if it's an accessory rather than a new console.

[@SetsuneW]

"There will be a Direct this June, with no mention of the Switch successor. *But right before it will be a different Direct that totally reveals it! Wildcard, mother-* "

[@SolidNeodark]

It was refreshing to get news in such a transparent and honest way.

[@ralamations2061]

i like to imagine miyamoto and furikawa are having a bet to see who can announce the most insane things on twitter and not get fired first

[@mr.smart75]

💀

[@RaysNintendoTalk17]

It was insane!!! Roll out of bed and immediately ran to make a video about it. Nintendo are the kings of left field and it’s so exciting

[@Foervraengd]

My bets the new name will be “Switch UP”

[@Funball18]

I love the idea of the entire next console and all of its features gradually being revealed one tweet by one tweet. Not because that’s the best thing that could happen. No, it would just be the funniest.

[@DakkaNah2619]

How did we get more clear information from Nintendo than Silksong?

[@lavamonkey1143]

Was literally just thinking where was the Arlo take and here we are

[@deku812]

Arlo, the next year will be fantastic. i love your speculation/anticipation content when it comes to upcoming Nintendo consoles. found your channel when you were posting videos about the NX. Keep it up.

[@B0ssguy]

they very obviously announced the june direct now with those specifications along with the main point of the announcement of the switch successor so when the june directs comes people aren't expecting it to have switch 2 news and be disappointed

[@jojonono2679]

I was a nay sayer myself. Guess I'm eating crow pie.

[@xSuperFryx]

How bro it’s literally been 7 years 😭

[@ardenenglish8736]

Thanks for working overtime Arlo!

[@Ray_2112]

I mean it's not like we all didn't expect them to announce a console very soon...how else should they tell that it will be announced sometime in the next time? With an extra song? A dance number? Directs also get only announced with a tweet. They sometimes have those videos where they say something for 2 minutes, but I guess it wasn't worth it for those 3 sentences they had to say.

[@DarkWizardFoxo]

honestly I really love when they do this just shadow dropping some of the coolest stuff, and realistically I would imagine that Nintendo either gives us a September direct where they physically reveal the console and it comes out during the Christmas season or they will have a January direct and release it in March it would be quite funny if they released the switches successor on the day the switch got released.

[@jerrylepoppin]

"How many people are actually holding out after all these years to get a switch?" Me. I am. You bet your bottom dollar that I am waiting for switch prices to plummet when the switch 2 comes out so I can get my very first Switch at the most absurdly cheap price. Is this smart or sensible? Probably not. Is it fun to cackle like I have an evil plan while people look forward to the switch 2? Yes.

[@TriforceWisdom64]

I do not claim to understand but I respect the hustle

[@sweetfeathery]

I really hope Switch 2 is going to offer physical media support.

[@Romir01x]

Omg if the switch 2 is digital only im gonna cry in a corner

[@caseysummers3437]

​@UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloyd This is either the weirdest bot post or weirdest human post I've ever read

[@ryandemboski6313]

Games are games

[@Romir01x]

@UTTPofficerRonnieMcfloyd hello mr bot, i literally have more subs than you

[@Romir01x]

@@caseysummers3437 oh they do that a lot

[@bmac6502]

Nintendo forecast 13.5 million switch sales for the fiscal year. That tells me two things: * the Switch will pass the DS by the time the successor launches, and coast past the PS2 on fumes. * they don’t expect the successor to significantly affect Switch sales this fiscal year, so they won’t talk about it until at least most of the holiday shopping is done.

[@GentleJellicent]

I feel like we're going to get a few cross-gen titles (or just one like Wii U-Switch). PLZA will probably fit that, but Prime 4 is more up in the air.

[@minecrafter3448]

This is the third most Nintendo thing Nintendo has ever done

[@Kevintendo]

Who in the under 5 minute Arlo vid club

[@jimmaury9161]

If they turn the switch into the game boy equivalent and still make a new system would be amazing way to get back to that model

[@dylanmo8180]

I love TopicArlo! Getting to hear you more is a dream!

[@TonyBorda]

Thank you for not titling this "Switch 2 confirmed!!!" like SOOO many other Nintendo KZbinrs. It's so disingenuous. All that was announced was an announcement for the SUCCESSOR to the Switch, which could literally be any kind of console. The Wii was the successor to the GameCube. The N64 the successor to the SNES. I genuinely don't understand why so many people think this is a Switch 2 confirmation, besides click bait.

[@eastymii]

I heard "switch 2" over thousands of times and they finally confirmed it

[@wariocapproductions326]

1:35 Hi, regular who goes to the Nintendo Store to go crazy here. Thanks for shouting us out!

[@notlegitkoolaid4911]

I hope they go back to the Wii style of things. Music in the menus and apps, focusing on first party games, bringing the focus back to the miis and having games where miis are always able to be used. If it’s like the switch where we are getting generic party games again it’s going to suck

[@josephleiber9879]

So if Nintendo is officially giving us a 10 month window for the ANNOUNCEMENT + at least 3-4 months window for the release following the announcement - does that mean all the leaks that Nintendo was a month away from an announcement + release were total BS to begin with? Those leaks were indicating that we’d have a Switch 2 by a month ago, but now it seems like Nintendo is giving us more than a year of hints. I always thought the leaks seemed out of character for Nintendo, but this seems like total validation and confirmation that those leakers had bad sources.

[@cortster12]

I assume all leaks are BS, and ignore them. Much better for my mental health. It's also usually correct!

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

I mean basically all Nintendo leakers are full of BS. Sure leakers in general have much better track records than they used to, but Nintendo is just locked up too tight.

[@Chiller326]

My thinking is that they're extremely erring on the side of caution by saying the announcement will be by the end of the fiscal year. The person who first leaked that the Switch 2 was delayed said today that March 2025 is still the release target, and that a reveal will happen around September/October.

[@thebarbiter4644]

This makes me pretty excited for what could be announced in JUNE (mostly coping for Twilight Princess HD, Super Mario Galaxy 2 HD, and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD)

[@ryanhodgson8676]

Ooh I do love that outro music. So much Arlo content! I'm ready for this ride!

[@DarkMetalOmega]

I'd imagine they'd like to have The Switch to go out with a bang, so let's see what will happen.

[@Purpylon]

This makes the announcement window very small. If they will release Switch games for the rest of 2024 it's unlikely that the successor will be announced before Christmas. This would mean it has to be announced in 2025 before March.

[@nonubeats9222]

Imagine a Zelda movie animated in the classic Ghibli style. Just thinking of it gives me chills.

[@chandelight59]

It's like what happened with the indie direct and the IGN xbox showcase with Silk song.