Nintendo has revised its hardware forecast down yet again as sales of the Switch and its games came in “below expectations.” For the first nine months of the current financial year, sales from Nintendo’s dedicated game console business decreased by 31.

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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.

There’s a lot we still don’t know about the Switch 2, but one sure bet is that it will sell like bonkers when it first launches. If there are any initial shortages whatsoever, scalpers will be looking to flip the new console on eBay and other sites for hundreds over the asking price.

Recent years have shown that the demand for new consoles can often make them hard to come by, but Nintendo plans to circumvent any issues.

One analyst has claimed Nintendo may have "overestimated" the Switch's popularity this late into the life cycle, as fans have been waiting for Switch 2

Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy 2, and Metroid Prime 2 and 3 would be great launch games for Switch 2.