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 is set to catapult its long-awaited Switch 2 games console into the teeth of a global trade war, betting a reshaped supply chain can help it overcome the impact of US tariffs and that a built-up machine can match the runaway success of its predecessor.