Earlier this 12 months, Nintendo lastly caved underneath the overwhelming weight of buyer and shareholder expectations and introduced that the successor to the Swap could be revealed “inside this fiscal 12 months”, aka earlier than the tip of March 2025.
For a lot of, it marked the start of an thrilling new chapter in gaming. Though followers (together with us) have undoubtedly been speculating as to what Nintendo’s next-generation {hardware} is perhaps for fairly a while now, listening to an official affirmation from the agency that, sure, it is actual and it is on the best way, offers our ongoing hypothesizing some extent of validity.
Additionally, we’re undecided about you, however for us, it initiated a shift in mindset when it got here to our emotions on the present Swap {hardware}. Over the previous few years, whereas we have definitely felt excited on the prospect of a next-gen system, we have additionally been fairly content material to stay with the Swap for the foreseeable future; emotions undoubtedly bolstered by the distinctive software program lineup. Final 12 months alone was a banner 12 months for the console with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise, and although we’re within the latter half of 2024, we nonetheless have some extra huge hitters to return.
Now that Nintendo has lastly acknowledged the successor, it is like a swap (heh!) had been flicked in our heads, and we discover ourselves our present consoles with a way of 1 door closing and one other about to open – “You’ve got finished good, child, it is time to relaxation now”, y’know?
So we might like to know, expensive readers, if you happen to’re prepared to maneuver on from the Swap. Did you, like us, mentally begin writing your Swap’s obituary as soon as Nintendo acknowledged its successor, or are you continue to working your method by means of an absurd backlog? Forged your vote within the beneath polls and depart a remark along with your ideas on the matter.
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