Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explains that games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are impossible without Switch 2.
From Mario Kart World to Fast Fusion, here's every Switch 2 racing game you can play at launch.
First game I downloaded was Fast Racing Fusion... wow. What an upgrade from RMX. I will go buy MK World later.
Mario Kart World gets version 1.1.0 update in time for launch on Nintendo Switch 2, and you can check out the patch notes.
TSA writes: Mario Kart World is inevitably going to be the Switch 2's biggest game, and we've played hours of Grand Prix, Knockout Tour, open world and multiplayer.
'“[The] hardware processing performance [of Nintendo Switch 2] has become necessary for software developers to realize one of Nintendo’s most important goals: proposing new ways to play,” the president said in a translated comment.'
So I guess by that definition, Metroid Prime 4, which is cross-gen, isn't a new way to play.
While we're on the subject, open world racing games aren't remotely new either.
Out of topic....
I heard a rumor that Arc System Works are working on a Switch 2 exclusive game codename "Watari". And it will use Unreal Engine 5.4 with expected release date of November 2025. Cool if its true.
We hear this every single generation with every single platform 😆
"Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa explains that games like Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza are impossible without Switch 2."
Isn't this the most obvious comment? Of course it isn't possible on the Switch 1, it was made for the Switch 2
The particle system of DK bananza alone would never work on a switch so yeah I can see what they are saying here.
Of course these games would work on competitors consoles but they are making direct parallels to Nintendo hardware they are hardly going to come out even acknowledge the existence of another platform.
In addition this is like that generic line that every platform holder gives us before the launch of a new system