{"id":72961,"date":"2025-07-18T15:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72961\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:21:09","slug":"nintendos-slow-drip-of-switch-2-games-is-a-feature-not-a-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/72961\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo\u2019s slow drip of Switch 2 games is a feature, not a bug"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Nintendo first announced the Switch 2\u2019s slate of launch titles, people were very quick to cry foul<\/a> about how few original, exclusive games the company had lined up for its latest console. There were ports from other systems and updated versions of original Switch games. But Mario Kart World<\/a> was the Switch 2\u2019s only major new exclusive title, which, for some, put a further damper on a launch that was already mired in confusion about pricing<\/a> and game key cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Back in April when Nintendo first announced all of the Switch 2 games<\/a> slated to come out through the end of 2025, you could see that the company was loosely following a monthly release schedule for its new exclusives. June would go to Mario Kart World and Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour. And Donkey Kong Bananza would drop in July amid the releases of a couple Switch 2 editions of older games. At the time, Nintendo said that Drag x Drive would debut at some point in \u201cthe summer,\u201d but it has since pegged the game to a firm August 14th release date.<\/p>\n

Currently, there\u2019s nothing on the docket for September, but the month could easily go to Kirby Air Riders, which is supposed to come out this year. And after Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A\u2019s release in October, the \u201cwinter\u201d will belong to Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (and maybe Metroid Prime 4: Beyond<\/a>, which is also due out sometime in 2025).<\/p>\n

Looking at Nintendo\u2019s roadmap for the rest of the year, it feels as if the company is trying to pace things in a way that gives people time to really sit with and enjoy its exclusives. For every hardcore gamer who prides themself on speeding through a title and being the first to uncover or unlock all of its surprises, there are far more casuals who prefer taking their time. Nintendo could have opted to flood the zone with more exclusives from the jump \u2014 a move that probably would have made the Switch 2\u2019s launch seem like a splashier beat in the console wars\u2019 twilight hours<\/a>. But by spacing things out, the company is guaranteeing that there will be a steady stream of new stuff for people to dig into, and giving people ample time to decide if they\u2019re willing to pay the games\u2019 higher prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Switch 2 is Nintendo\u2019s new flagship, which is to say it\u2019s not going away anytime soon and there will be plenty more games for it in due time. Had Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> dropped alongside Mario Kart World<\/a>, neither game would have been able to take up so much space and command attention they way they could with some distance between them. Releasing new titles at a steady pace was a major part of Nintendo\u2019s vision for the original Switch<\/a>, and that strategy paid off through the console\u2019s life cycle. Now it looks like Nintendo\u2019s sticking to its guns, and the Switch 2 will probably be better off for it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When Nintendo first announced the Switch 2\u2019s slate of launch titles, people were very quick to cry foul…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":72962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[529,171,393,394,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-72961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-analysis","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-gaming","11":"tag-nintendo","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114874920753328773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}