An attempt to reviveE3wasrecently confirmed to have fallen flat. E3’s demise is, in part, down to studios doing their own thing, somethingNintendotried out via Nintendo Live in Japan last year. Clearly the event was successful as Nintendo has revealed the in-person experience will return in 2023, and this time Seattle will be its host.“Announcing #NintendoLive 2023, an in-person event for fans of all ages that will take place in Seattle this September,” Nintendo revealed. “ExperienceNintendo Switchgameplay, live stage performances, tournaments, photo ops, and more.” So on the one hand a lot of information, certainly enough to get Nintendo fans to flock to Seattle later this year, but rather cleverly not a lot of specifics.RELATED:Tears Of The Kingdom Is Just Garry’s Mod Meets BOTW And I Can’t WaitThat’s likely due to Nintendo’s plans afterTears of the Kingdombeing somewhat under wraps right now. It was previously reported thatNintendo wasn’t too bothered about attending E3since it has a pretty quiet second half of 2023 ahead.Pikmin 4is currently slated to launch in July, but after that, Nintendo hasn’t revealed what exactly it has planned. There’s not even a newPokemongame to look forward to as the series' big launch at the end of the year will beScarlet & Violet’s Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC.
Nintendo probably has something up its sleeve though, if not quite a few things. It also doesn’t tend to reveal full details about a project until it’s right around the corner. The vague rundown of what there will be for attendees to do at Nintendo Live will be enough to get plenty of people there across the weekend. They don’t need to be told if it will be the first chance people get to play Nintendo’s nextMariogame, something Shigeru Miyamoto saidpeople will need to tune into further Directs for news ofwhen speaking aboutThe Super Mario Bros. Movierecently.
While Nintendo Live might simply be a place where fans can go to compete in tournaments and have their photo taken with Luigi, it may also be the stage Nintendo uses to officially announce what will replace the Switch. Even though it has been six years since Nintendo’s newest console launched, it still seems wild that it might soon be replaced by a newer model. Rumors regarding when that might happen have been swirling for a while, the latest being thatwhatever’s next will fall somewhere between a Switch Pro and a Switch 2.
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