Switch Weekly - Predicting Nintendo's 2023

Hey, Chris back in your inbox with the very first issue of Switch Weekly for 2023 — here again for another year of handy Nintendo updates for you. I really hope you've had an enjoyable Christmas break (if you celebrate), and I want to wish you a happy new year. Let's get to it.

Now, I try not to make a habit of predicting things, but I'm up for a bit of fun guess work today, so here's a few random Nintendo-themed predictions for the year ahead:

‣ Nintendo will not release a Switch successor this year;
‣ Advance Wars 1+2 gets quietly released in the summer;
‣ F-Zero will return in some way (I'd settle for a HD remaster of GX with online);
‣ Pikmin 4 releases;
‣ The Mario movie will be good, actually;
‣ A new Donkey Kong game of some variety.

I'll check back in a year to see how I did - but let's be real, they feel fairly safe. 😅 I also wouldn't be surprised to see a new Mario game show up either (to launch or be announced around the time of the movie). Also, there was something to that random 1-2 Switch report from last year, so maybe we will see something there (whether we like it or not).

Anyway, as you might expect it's a quiet week on the eShop, with only around ~15 or so games coming to the Switch over the next week. Full list is below for you as ever.

Finally, after a few requests, I've now made a Mastodon account for Switch Weekly — Those of you on the 'fediverse' can tap here if you want to give it a follow.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy the newsletter in 2023.