 Welcome back to the Nintendo Prime and today we have to talk about a new rumor. Well, sort of new, it technically began in November, but it got very little coverage because the originating source on this rumor, who is a very well-respected journalist who runs one of the most respected video game websites in the world. Well, it's not just video games, it's mostly video games. Said something back in November that got ignored because it was mostly in replies to sub-tweets, but then another journalist brought it up today and look, we got to talk about how after Zelda tears of the kingdom, Nintendo supposedly has no other major games coming to Switch because they're preparing to release their next generation hardware. Before we do that though, I'm going to tell you guys about today's sponsor. So let's go out there and talk about why we're talking about this. First off, it was brought up by Andy Robinson at Video Game Chronicles today, so that is one reason why it's being talked about. Andy Robinson put out a tweet that basically was saying that from what he's heard, there isn't going to be another big game slated for Switch after Tears of the Kingdom, and we should hear about new hardware by 2024. So that suggests, hey, we might hear about the hardware in 2024, but by 2024 it kind of feels like we hear about this new hardware at some point in 2023, which means Nintendo would be sort of punting on the holiday next year, but doing so in a way similar to the Switch where they are hyping up a brand new platform with a bunch of killer software. So that's if we won't see big games next year, they just won't be for Switch. Now, this is whatever Andy Robinson as in the past talked about like the Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HG coming, and like any other insider, not everything ends up happening, but what's interesting is that he's not the only one because in doing research on this discovered that Christopher Dring, the head of Game Industry.biz, was actually talking about this in replies to sub tweets back in November. I believe on November 17th, and here's what he said. He heard that after Tears of the Kingdom, and these are from developer sources at Nintendo, that there's no other major game being developer Switch specifically. And yes, he does know that Pikmin 4 is not considered a major game, which makes sense. It's not like a system selling type of game as much as I actually really enjoy it. Christopher Dring does know that this doesn't mean Nintendo won't have any games after obviously Zelda, there could be remasters and remakes of old big games and stuff like this, but no new Mario or Donkey Kong or anything like that. He did say that a new Metroid obviously Metroid Prime 4, a new Mario and new Donkey Kong are coming, but they won't be for Switch. They will be for this next platform, which is very interesting. That does suggest that Nintendo is going to do a stark abandonment of the old platform instead of doing this cross gen stuff that PlayStation and Xbox have done for a couple of years. Doesn't mean there won't be backwards compatibility, does mean that these would be next gen exclusive games at least. So yeah, he said back in November and people didn't really notice it because it was a sub-tweet reply. Look, I don't know what's going to happen, right? Nobody, I mean I shouldn't say nobody else. Maybe Christopher Dring and Andy Robinson do know because they have actual sources at Nintendo. I don't know anything. I can't verify any of this. We just did a podcast episode last night predicting some things and obviously this would go against some of those predictions, right? There was a Donkey Kong game predicted, Mario predicted, Metroid Prime 4 predicted for next year and all of those games would obviously start in 2024. This also suggests that I think the next generation platform, if these rumors are true, would be coming out in early 2024. This also would tell you that Switch Pro isn't going to be a thing and instead Nintendo is going to move on to their next generation hardware, which would credit John Lineman for being right on the opinions that he gave on his podcast based on developers he's talked to. So this is all really shaping up to be this interesting amalgamism of information that if this is all true that we kind of have a roadmap for Nintendo here. Now this doesn't mean there won't be new software announced for Switch next year. It's just they're not going to be the big system sellers. This could mean a new Pokemon game isn't going to arrive next year either and instead they're going to focus on DLC for Scarlet and Violet. We also know that the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC runs through the end of next year. So I guess you can sort of see where maybe next year is it for Switch. It is the swan song, but the actual definitive final big selling game is going to be Zelda, which I find interesting because we've talked how it feels weird to think Zelda tiers of the kingdom would be abandoned as the final game to come out. I also feel like they're going to find a way to double dip and release, re-release it in 4K on the next system or something. I don't know. Also they could have full backwards compatibility and all Switch games could have 4K upscaling for all I know. Look, this is going to be very interesting to monitor. I obviously think this is going to limit the sales of tiers of the kingdom, borrowing some sort of interesting combo that they could do with the next generation system. Whatever, I'm surprised they're not going to launch it alongside Zelda or around the time Zelda is coming out. At least according to them, maybe it will be a cross-generation platform game. Maybe. I guess he says we'll see the new hardware announced and talked about by 2024. Well, if it's announced in early 2023 and launches alongside Zelda, I guess that would fit the buy 2024 definition. That also would mean the systems launch you to 2023. Look, I don't know guys. This is total speculation territory and there's so much I kind of want to say about this. But I feel like we're going to have a live stream tonight where this is probably going to be the lead topic and we'll talk at length about this. We'll take callers and deal with all of that. All I want to say for this moment now is this. I am excited for tiers of the kingdom and everything else that happens around it's just going to kind of be a bonus. I don't know what's going on. These rumors are painting. I'm not going to say a bleak future, but at least showing that Nintendo knows they're at the end of Switch and sort of a roadmap that some point next year we're seeing the new system and some point early 2024 or sooner we're going to actually be playing it. I'm just delivering the news, guys. I didn't make this stuff up. You saw the tweets on screen. It is what it is and I don't know what it is. That's the fun part about rumors. You guys are going to be your thoughts on this down in the comments below. I am Nathan DeRobo Jantz from Nintendo Prime and I'll catch you in the next video.