Ahead of the hotly anticipated Switch 2 Nintendo Direct, two former employees of the company have expressed concern about Mario Kart 9's ability to convince people to upgrade to Switch 2.

Two former marketing leads think it would be very "unconventional" for Nintendo to release the Switch 2 alongside the new Mario Kart game because the company usually promotes its more boundary-pushing projects as launch games, a la The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Super Mario 64.

A new Mario Kart launch game for the Switch 2 "is very unlike Nintendo," according to former marketers; Krysta Yang and Kit Ellis say that it's "unconventional" compared to its "g

Nintendo accidentally revealed Switch 2 Edition games on its website. We don't know what they are, but we have some guesses.

Today's Direct event showed off a number of new games and had some details about how Nintendo will share news in the future

Before we get into all of that Switch 2 business, Nintendo has a 30 minute presentation covering games for its current hardware. You can watch it right here at 10AM ET. [Media:

Nintendo barely mentioned the Switch 2 during Thursday's Nintendo Direct update presentation. Instead, the show focused on new games coming to the original Switch, but thanks to backward compatibility,

Tomodachi Life and Raidou are among the new and remastered game titles people want most. Plus, every game announced at Nintendo Direct in March 2025.

Preorders opening the same day as the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct stream. Best Buy in Canada wrote in a now-removed blog post that the company will open pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 on April 2nd so that customers have the chance to secure their console early.