Anniversary: 8 Years Since Nintendo Unveiled Switch, The World Awaits The Next Reveal

I'm slowly beginning to think we won't see the switch 2 this year...
I cant see them showing a trailer in November or December so we're running out of time

Any day now 😭
I’m patient

Find a romantic partner that looks at you the way she looks at the Nintendo Switch.

The hype for that original launch trailer can’t be overstated… Zelda was off the charts after getting a few (fantastic) remakes to hold us over on Wii U. Hell, even seeing Skyrim of all things gave so much hope, especially in portable mode. Honestly it made all those years as a Nintendo fan during the dark WiiU era feel like it was worth it.

I wonder what “Nintendo Karen” is up to these days.

@Uncle_Franklin Haha, word!!

Man. Breath of the Wild still looks so great. That game had a major impact. I loved the quiet moments just sitting in the world.

All I am thinking is it is such a shame we never got Super Mario Odyssey 2 or at least a second new 3D Mario on the Switch.

2025 though. Here we go!

@HatesCheese My thought is that they’ll hold off until after the holidays. A new system announced on the horizon would probably eat into current Switch sales.
I kind of hate the wait, but that’s probably the best business choice - in my opinion.
Honestly, the thing that excites me the most about the next system is the possibility of playing my currently owned games with a smoother frame rate. It hasn’t necessarily ruined my enjoyment of some games, but it’s nice having a smoother experience. I love the Switch, but other than first party games, I tend to go PS5 or Xbox for newer games.

Seeing that the next console isn’t coming until 2026 or later (they promised only a reveal before March 2025, not a launch), there’s really no reason to hurry.

Iconic trailer.

They conveyed in one 4 minute video what the Switch was entirely.

In a full E3 event Nintendo couldn't explain what the Wii U was and even after.

I still don't expect a Swtich 2 reveal until the new year as Nintendo can make a lot of money with a final push for the Switch this Christmas.

Still a rare trailer I willingly rewatch every now and then to experience the very same thrill I felt 8 years ago. And then I dive back into the hub of plentiful journeys and memories my Switch has become over these eight years to continue living all that depicted magic here and now, in spades. What a ride it's been indeed.🍻

@Euler

There is no way it isn't coming before 2026.

I still have years left in my Switch game time before I am ready or willing to upgrade. I bet there are millions in the same boat too... longer the Switch can float, the better it will be for S2!

@HatesCheese İ think the same. We will not see an announcement from the Nintendo Switch 2 in November or December. Oke maybe there is a Nintendo Direct this month and there can be an announcement from Nintendo Switch 2.

We will see.

I'm not excited about a Switch 2. I really like the Switch but I'm more into retro games these days. I've done a lot of contemplating recently, and have realized that I haven't lived a Zelda game since Minish Cap. I like A Link Between Works, but I wouldn't say I love it. Zelda was my favorite Nintendo series but it clearly hasn't impressed me in a long time. I'm pretty skeptical that I'm buying a new console anytime soon.

Remember guys, they said the Switch was in the middle of its life cycle in early 2022. 2027 will be here before you know it!

Honestly, right now I just want Nintendo to make sure Switch hits the top spot on the best selling consoles of all time list before it reveals its next console. I just want it to achieve that milestone.

we know 100% for a fact Nintendo is going to say something about their next console sometime before the end of March however that does not mean the console is going to be revealed before the end of March because Switch had a March 2017 release date set months before its reveal so we might just get a release window

8 years on and i still never see people play in any "mode" except docked and handheld. that being said its been a great couch co op system for retro and vintage games. 👍

I won tickets from Nintendolife to go to the early hands on in London. I took my brother and we had a blast, such a great time and so much anticipation from the trailers too. Thank you NL

@Euler

Mouahaha. We never wait 2026 to see the "Switch 2" avaibility !!

@dazzleshell We did get Bowser's Fury. Yes, it's a bonus game and feels more like a prototype of an open-world Mario, but what is there is very good.

People continue to refuse to accept the fact that Nintendo is not going to reveal the "Switch 2" until summer of next year (2025) or the year after (2026) and that the console will not release until 2026 or 2027 after the 10 year life cycle of the Switch 1 has been completed.

The moment I saw the trailer I knew it would be successful.

My reunion with videogames largely due to this guy. Excited for what's next.

I see no way that they reveal the next console in November-December (months with biggest sales of the year), so if isn’t revealed in the next 10 days it’s officially a 2025 announcement.

They are waiting to long to give a reveal it should be happening already. This would get Devs whom have cold feet to start supporting Switch 2.

I wonder if Karen still brings her switch along with her to roof top parties.

It's crazy that there is no news on the new console. Whoever is in the gaming news and fans in general, most certainly already have the Switch and these people are not going to be the ones shopping for a new console during Xmas.
By the trend so far, the Switch won't have great sales during the festive season so just announce it already and open the pre-order to gage the amount of consoles needed when releasing it.

After AlarmO, who needs a Switch 2?

@Chibi_Manny Nintendo announced that they will reveal the Switch successor in this FY. So they have until april of next year. And I am guessing.. a special Nintendo Direct early January. Or sooner with a teaser.

it usually takes between 6 to 9 months between reveal of a new console and when it comes out so if the rumors of it coming either late march 0r april 2025 it has to be revealed soon unless its comes out much later then anyone thinks.. like summer or fall 2025 which would make no sense..

Welp, with Jamboree out, we only have a couple release dates left, and neither is a blockbuster title. It's about time we got some sort of announcement. While I could see them pushing back the console reveal a few more months, this really feels like the right time to usher in the next generation. I wouldn't be surprised if we got a surprise trailer drop any day now.

October 2016. The month before we got an Xbox Series S. I never kept up with news back then, and I only heard about the Switch through school conversations. Looking back, however, the only game I played from this era I want to go back and replay is Lego Dimensions. It wasn't until 2019 that we got a Switch and 2023 when I gave up trend chasing and online gaming outside of Splatoon almost completely. I've probably played more games this year than the previous 13 years of my life combined, and my backlog is still full. Even so, for the first time my life, I am hyped for an unrevealed console.

@Euler @Chibi_Manny @FishyS That is likely to be incorrect; Nintendo tends to announce consoles officially about 5/6 months before release, so while it could be then it is highly improbable.

@msvt Absolutely! So many great games on Switch to still play. I don’t get why everyone is always demanding the announcement to a successor. There’s tons of things to play already.

The Switch was special from the jump! I may not have clicked with Zelda, but no other console has brought the consistent joy of the Switch. It brought me into the fold on many Nintendo IPs I’d never touched - 2D Metroid, Famicom Detective Club, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and more!
We also were fed dozens of games that I had never heard of from the 6th and 7th generation, that feel like they have new life breathed into them by the little systems form factor (Darksiders, Risen, El Shaddai, Borderlands etc!) this was foretold as soon as the teaser dropped with Skyrim!

Oh and the Indies… don’t even get me started on the indies! At least half my library of 130 games has been interesting indie projects. And I’m so happy the Switch was able to accommodate this new era of gaming, where the hottest excitement is in the hands of the fans!

I used to be have very high hype with Switch since from the first announcement in October 2016 until year 2019.
Starting year 2021, i became less and less engaged with Switch in term of 3rd party games as I keep finding bad treatment for 3rd party Switch games and it made me disappointed with current Switch hardware that I thought it already outdated compared with PS5 that boosted a lot of my 3rd party PS4 games to stable 60 fps and faster loading time.

I didn't realise you guys archived the trailer, but I'm glad you did!

@Anachronism I would consider Metroid Prime 4 and Pokemon Legends Z-A blockbuster releases personally

@TheBigK Don't cycles overlap or something? The 3DS was discontinued in 2020 and the Switch came out in that year?

You know, I never thought I'd say this as I typically sort of disdain Sony and Microsoft's boring workaday contributions to the console space, but at this point I kind of hope Nintendo goes for something a little more in line with what the Other Guys do and release a console that's more like a hardware revision than something totally new.
In my mind, the Switch is close to perfect and really all it needs is a little more power to continue to entice third parties to make games for it (not something I personally care at all about, but I understand how the business works too).

I wonder if we'll see the Switch 2 soon?

If Nintendo drop the Switch 2 for Xmas 2025, it will greatly damage PS5 Pro sales.

@HatesCheese Nintendo is crazy, if they could pull a Sega and say their new console is available today, they would.

@Buckster666 No it will not they are totally different consoles for and don't play the same games for different audiences. That is far to late and we have PS6 Pro by that time - you think Sony be waiting for Switch 2 in Holiday 2025 that's alot of NintenDoomed fandom cheering.

@GrailUK
Same here! There were many nintendoomers back then, but I had zero doubts about the Switch after seeing that trailer. I’d say the hybrid concept is Nintendo’s best gimmick ever. It just pleased me immensely to see them abandon their 2-front home console vs handheld strategy and focus all their resources on one console.

I came into the Switch party 4 years and almost 2 months after release, yet I haven’t seen the full reveal.

I didn’t get a Switch until 2023, and was quite happy with my (then new to me) PS4. But I remember watching this trailer and thinking Nintendo were on to a winner. I thought the price was too high, but clearly I don’t know anything as it’s barely had a price drop since launch and sold gangbusters!

Switch is great and all, but after seeing that trailer I bet most of us wanted to play with Karen instead.

@Teksetter Well, here's to the next 8 years hahaha-ahem...

...yeah, c'mon Nntendo!

The Switch console still costs $300, which is nuts considering how old it is, and doesn't seem to make sense if a Switch 2 is coming soon. Then again, we never got a "Selects" line of titles either. Feels bad for kids and families, tbh.

im pretty sure switch 2 will release next year will probably get a direct for it in janurary.

Nintendo Karen forever in my heart <3

Sure hope they don't announce it this fiscal year. I'm interested in the successor as much as anyone but I really want to see people lose their minds over that. No delay announcement, just letting the days creep by as everyone continues updating their expert predictions. And then they announce it one day into the new year.

@stinkyx It's hard to gauge with how much things cost these days everywhere in the world. But in real terms, the price remaining the same can be seen as a price drop.

I hope they don't reach 500usd that would kill anyone wanting to enjoy Switch 2. Maybe 450usd at the most but that better have 128gig and if 256gig storage and 12gRAM to start otherwise people will riot. We already knows it's a T239 but how much is that a 4k60fps-DLSS system is the mystery right now. And if we get a dual system GPU with part of the 4k60fps is part of the DOCK and when attached ramps up game graphics/performance to match with a cooling fan otherwise we get a Nuclear Meltdown Chornobyl style.

I miss when "Karen" referred to a delightful and fun game console commercial, instead of some kind of slur against women.

@JDCII Yeah, right? Not sure I'll ever be as engrossed as by those first steps outside the grotto (or outside the plateau) starting to explore a brand new world. I'm jealous of my old self getting to experience BotW in that place and time. Masterpiece.

People really need to understand its never gonna happen as long as switch keeps selling well,which it still is.

Other than the 3rd parties complaining do we really need a Switch 2? It can be announced in March and released later in the year.

Mostly, my current Switch is paid off, I have somewhat of a backlog, I don’t see a need to rush into possibly a $500 system.

lots of third party games have skipped switch 1 and will most likely come out for switch 2 persona 3 reloaded elden ring tales of arise resident evil 4 remake metaphor refantazio dragon dogma 2 black myth wukong visions of mana and possible the final fantasy 7 remakes that is one of the reasons we need switch 2..

@-wc- I'm either playing it docked or in tabletop using a pro controller. I don't use the JoyCon unless Im forced to.

Man, I remember the feeling I got when I first saw that trailer: I KNEW the Switch was gonna print money for Nintendo.
I wish Iwata had been here to see the hard work pay off.

The was the best thing to happen to Nintendo, the Wii U walked so the Switch could run & fix the damage.

I'll always remember how the commercial for Super Mario Odyssey tugged at me so hard I just had to get a Switch for Christmas.

Now the Switch could slow down so the Switch 2 can sprint right off to print more big bucks with maybe superior NSO+ offerings that the new beast can handle better & start the stability train all over again.

Here's to possibly 10 years to the Switch as Nintendo hinted they wanted to keep supporting the hybrid around the 10 year mark.

I'd say Switch is Nintendo's best system yet. A really cool gimmick (the ability to seamlessly move between being a home console to being a handheld), fantastic selection of 1st party games both old and new, 3rd party support has been strong and the OS is all about being able to get into the games you want to play as quick as possible.

As for Switch 2, I don't see it being revealed before late January at the earliest. February would be my guess around the usual Direct slot for that time of year.

@FishyS
The event held in January 2017 was where it was at. That was amazing.
I liked this trailer for what it was "The NX (cross) is the promise of us combining our handheld and console divisions both software and hardware wise in order to output great products while continuing the core concept of the WiiU; game with friends on the TV or on the couch."

I got up early for the reveal (7:00 am PST). Was sitting on our loveseat in the living room; all the lights off and just let it wash over me. When the kids got up I promptly showed them and we must have watched the trailer 5 to 10 times before we we were off to work/school. So much wonder and anticipation.

Pfoe 8 years already. Man i feel old.

Less than 6 months (maximum) to go!

@HatesCheese It was never going to be this year. It would have been announced before the Summer if that were the case.
Especially after the new Pokemon Legends anncouncement with a 2025 release, which made it immediately clear it was going to be the Switch 2 launch title.

At earliest we can expect a Switch 2 direct in Q1 2025, with a release by the end 2025 before the holidays.

@FishyS It worked extremely well to convey the concept of what the Switch is. So many people at the time were wondering if it even truly could be that seamless as just pulling it out of the dock to keep playing. Waiting with the longer explanation of HD rumble and infra red sensor was the right move.
However I don't expect Switch 2 to need the same thing, so I'm curious if they will.

@HatesCheese

The "fiscal year" starts in April, so they have until the end of March for that statement to be accurate. It already seemed likely that it would release sometime after April 2025, even when everyone was expecting it to be announced in September or October.

the more they wait to announce switch 2, the more the sales of switch 1 will collapse

@macaron35 Nintendo's main source of income has always been their software, which is still selling remarkably well right now by all accounts, so I doubt they'll be too concerned.

They of course promised an announcement before the end of March at the latest. With games like Echoes of Wisdom having only recently been released and likely to sell well this holiday and others like Metroid Prime 4 still on the horizon, it seems perfectly reasonable to expect a smooth transition from Switch to 'Switch 2' at this point.

The birth of the Karen meme. What a time to be alive then.

Have to say if a reveal hasn’t dropped for the 8th anniversary, it’s now unlikely until the new year. I’ve been checking in daily in hope of an announcement 🤣

Such an awesome reveal ad for the Switch. It made me want a modern console after last buying the PS1 new.