 Today we're going to be talking more stuff about Nintendo Switch 2 or, well, also Nintendo Switch in general. In fact, today we're going to go over Nintendo's sort of plan for transitioning into the next generation. How long are they going to be supporting Nintendo Switch for? And that's because Shintaro Furukawa actually did an interview, finally an interview with an actual publication out in Japan where he was asked the hard questions about, hey, what the hell is going on with Switch 2? What are we doing with this transition, etc., etc., etc.? Now, he's not going to give full comments at the moment on certain stuff. What we need to remember is we're talking about a platform that hasn't been unveiled, so it's not as if he's going to go into deep diving details on Nintendo Switch 2. So if you're looking for that sort of information, that's not what this is. We need to wait till the system is actually unveiled. He'll probably even have similar, if not a little bit, additional information at the November 7th investors meeting. But even then, guys, you've got to remember, he's going to be very coy and you have to sort of read between the lines. That being said, before we dive into this, I want to remind you that we are on a road to 150,000 subscribers. That is our goal to get there by the end of this year. Seems pretty far-fetched at this point, but you never know. So I'd appreciate if you would subscribe to the channel if you're enjoying the content and you want to get all the latest on Nintendo Switch 2 and obviously Nintendo news in general. And yes, folks, I would love it if you drop a like on the video and go ahead and hit that bell icon to be notified of all future uploads. Alright, so he did an interview with Nikkei and here's how we came upon these exact translations because the Nikkei article is behind a paywall that I tried to get to, but I can't quite get to it. There's a video game Chronicles article and a bunch of other articles out there, but no one's giving like the full context except for Nintendo Universal. So what Nintendo Universal did, and this is a credit to Necro Philippe Lima, the owner of the site. He actually took a huge section of the interview and translated it into Portuguese. So we're able to then take the Portuguese translations, use AI, you know, Google to translate it into English, and that's where this came from. So it's been double translated, just so you're aware, although Portuguese does translate to English pretty well. Alright, let's just dive right into what was said without further ado, and you guys can go ahead and give me your thoughts on this. So Nikkei says, how will you apply the spirit of originality to the Switch's successor? So there you go. A direct question about the next generation Switch. Furukawa says, I can't talk about the specific topic. We are constantly researching and developing hardware. But for the fiscal year ending March of 2024, our focus is on expanding the Nintendo Switch business, the biggest obstacle at any time, not just limited to the next console, is knowing whether we can deliver something that customers really want. So obviously that does apply to the next console, but not limited to the next console. And what you sort of get in here is that, hey, at least this fiscal year, the plan, you know, sales wise is to focus on the Nintendo Switch that would pretty much suggest that the Nintendo Switch 2 is not going to be releasing in March of 2024, which isn't too big of a shocker. We mostly got that March date from Gamescom, and we're still not even sure what that March date means. It could literally be when they're going to unveil the new system. I guess that could still be a thing because yeah, the focus won't be for this fiscal year. That would then be an announcement for the following fiscal year. What he does talk about the following fiscal year. So Nikkei goes on to ask him, can the Switch's life cycle be extended further? Farakawa says we are still working on Nintendo Switch software for the fiscal year ending March of 2025. The momentum will be sustained to continue to expand the Switch business. In the fiscal year ending March 2024, we will keep up the Zelda momentum and move into the holiday selling season. In terms of hardware, we will maximize demand not only for new purchases, but also for second units and replacements, which is pretty much what he said earlier this year as well that he realizes they're getting to replacement territory and selling that second and third Switch in a home. What I do find fascinating in this however, as he mentions, obviously they're going to continue to support Nintendo Switch through March of 2025. Now, what's interesting is I've seen a lot of headlines out there being like, oh, Nintendo's going to be releasing new Switch games in 2025. This means Switch 2 isn't coming until like the end of 2025. That's not what he said. He said fiscal year ending 2025, which is March of 2025. And we already know that Nintendo Switch is getting support because guess what? Not only a thousand year door just blanket the announced for 2024 for Nintendo Switch, we know that Luigi's Mansion Darkmoon HD, which is heading to Nintendo Switch, is happening in summer of next year. That would be the following fiscal year. So the news he gave here is just saying we're still going to release games for Nintendo Switch in the next fiscal year. What's interesting is he didn't say we're going to continue to support the Nintendo Switch with games for years. In the past when talking about the Switch Pro or any other sort of potential new hardware stuff, he's always iterated that they're going to continue to support the Nintendo Switch for years to come. Instead he's like, yeah, we're going to support it through fiscal year of 2025. Did he just put a timetable for how long they plan to support Switch? And is that timetable much shorter than people expected? And why would it be so short? Could it be that something new is already released? We'll get to that in a moment. There are one other question that he does talk about, or I want to highlight that was highlighted by Nintendo Universal. And it says, why are you increasing the number of in-house developers? Because they are, they're actually hiring a bunch of in-house developers right now. Furukawa says game development is becoming more sophisticated. The development resource required for single software continue to increase. So it is essential to strengthen the development organization. More than simply increasing the number of employees, we must be able to develop software that meets Nintendo's expectations. To this end, we decided that instead of allocating resources outside the company, it is necessary to reinforce our internal development resources, which have a deep understanding in the creative DNA and Nintendo brand. We do not reject the use of M&A, which is mergers and acquisitions. However, if an organization that does not understand Nintendo's creative approach is brought into the fold, it may not produce the expected results. On the other hand, for companies with a similar development approach, we can form various partnerships with them, not just limited to mergers and acquisitions. So obviously, we're just talking about their expanding the teams. Why would they need to make their development teams even larger? They clearly had no problem during the switch era. Well, they have a brand new system coming out that people are going to have bigger and bigger expectations for. Games are taking longer to make. They want to shorten that time by hiring more people and strengthening their internal teams. I honestly think all of this is really pointing towards Nintendo Switch 2, right? Expanding teams because game development is getting more expensive. And you know what? We need bigger teams to do these bigger things on new hardware. Cool. Hey, we're going to continue to support the Nintendo Switch with software in fiscal year of 25, which shows March of, well, I'm sorry, actually goes April of 2024 through March of 2025. So if you're just looking at that from a logical perspective, he's only promising one more fiscal year of actual software support for Nintendo Switch. Yeah, and we already knew that was happening. We already knew that was happening because Luigi's mansion comes out next summer. So we already knew that we're releasing games on Switch still next fiscal year. Most of that fiscal year takes place in 2024. He's not promising years of support ahead for Switch. So it's very obvious that they are transitioning, and this seems to be the plan. At some point next year, they're releasing a brand new system, and they're going to end releasing new software or at least planning to release new software probably by the end of next fiscal year. And that's crazy to think. A lot of people thought we'd get at least two years of support. And it looks like it might be a harder transition than some people may have envisioned. But Nintendo, if they're hitting the ground running and Nintendo Switch 2 happens to be backwards compatible, there might not be as much reason to keep releasing software on there. I know we could talk about, but the install base and by the way, there'll still be third party games coming in indie games. I won't be like there's no new games releasing on Nintendo Switch. I just don't know there's going to be like this giant cross gen game plan from Nintendo like PlayStation does. I didn't it's going to be more of a harder switch than people might be expecting. But it also could work in their favor so long as they have enough units available to purchase and obviously have the software lined up to back it up. And you know what, Nintendo hasn't been releasing a ton of in-house developed games lately, Tears of the Kingdom, Fire Emblem, and Fire Emblems by Intelligent Systems, which isn't even their studio. So again, they haven't released a ton of in-house developed games lately, meaning that there is probably a lot of games like 3D Mario and such being banked up for that next system. So I don't know guys, you let me know you think about this down in the comments below. I obviously think if you read between the lines here, he's skirting around the next generation system news by saying, Hey, we can't talk about that platform right now. I mean, he literally says, you know, when asked, I can't talk about the specific topic like, Hey, you know, how are you going to keep the spirit of originality with the Switch's successor? I can't really talk about that right now. That means there's something to talk about. Okay, can we be, for everyone out there that's like, Oh, Nintendo hasn't confirmed this thing even exists. Yada, yada, yada. He was asked directly about it. And he didn't deny that it exists. He just said, I can't talk about it right now. Like, he's doing what he's supposed to do. The system hasn't been announced. So he's being asked about something that everybody knows is real in the industry, all Nikkei and everyone. We all know this thing is real. And he's just like, we haven't announced it. We can't talk about this. But we're not saying it's not real. We just can't talk about it. So guys, it's clearly coming. And you know what? I'm starting to think next summer might indeed be a very, very good launch period for this supposed new system. But we'll see. Nintendo's going to have their own internal game plan for when they think it's best to launch Nintendo Switch 2. I want to thank you all for being here. It's been a lot of fun to make this video. We might have another video for you today before our live stream tonight. If not, it's been fun seeing you, and I'll catch you in the next thing, video, stream, whatever.