Nintendo (NTDOY) remains silent about what games will launch alongside the Switch 2, but plenty of rumors highlight titles that could be

Yooka-Replayee is also slated to launch on Switch 2 (although there’s no telling if it’ll be there at launch) while a sort of Diablo-like game about catching and leveling monsters in Synth Beasts could help cover any potential Pokemon -shaped holes in the lineup.

First-party games like Mario Kart and Metroid Prime could be joined by some absolute belters from the likes of Microsoft and Atlus.

Given all of the apparent changes to the Joy-Con Controllers with the Nintendo Switch 2, such as the rumored ability to use them like a PC mouse, a true follow-up to 1-2 Switch could be a very smart way for Nintendo to introduce these new additions to the more casual side of its audience on day one.

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The biggest takeaway from the Switch 2 reveal last month was that everything about the new console is bigger. Bigger Joy-Con controllers, bigger screen, bigger Mario Kart races. And it sounds like the game cases might be bigger too.

The Switch 2 could improve on the original Switch by delivering a launch title that better demonstrates the console's many capabilities.

Looking back on the history of Nintendo's day one console releases to see how the Switch's measure up to the legacy