{"id":2242904,"date":"2024-05-12T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nintendo-officially-announces-sequel-system-in-the-most-casual-way-possible\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T17:22:01","slug":"nintendo-officially-announces-sequel-system-in-the-most-casual-way-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nintendo-officially-announces-sequel-system-in-the-most-casual-way-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo casually drops bomb: Sequel System officially unveiled!"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnintendo-officially-announces-sequel-system-in-the-most-casual-way-possible%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2242904&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Nintendo surprises with nonchalant announcement of Switch successor. Despite \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rust-script-supervisor-sues-baldwin-i-feel-like-at-any-moment-anything-could-happen-to-me-and-to-those-that-i-care-about\/\" title=\"\u2018Rust\u2019 Script Supervisor Sues Baldwin: \u2018I Feel Like At Any Moment Anything Could Happen To Me And To Those That I Care About\u2019\">industry norms<\/a>, Nintendo&#8217;s casual reveal style stands out. Fans intrigued by \u200cPresident Furukawa&#8217;s low-key post hinting at upcoming Nintendo Direct. Firm deadline set for successor announcement by March 2025. Nintendo&#8217;s unique approach \u200bcontrasts with peers&#8217; flashy presentations. Success continues amidst minor controversies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/entertainment\/\">  Entertainment <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Nintendo Officially Announces Sequel System in the Most Casual Way Possible<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/%20\"><span>Bryan Chai<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 12, 2024 at 8:55am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Love it or despise it, you can\u2019t deny that Nintendo continues to be its own quirky self in the otherwise hyper-corporate world of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-demands-the-video-game-industry-speak-about-abortion-unless-theyre-pro-life\/\" title=\"Washington Post Demands The Video Game Industry Speak About Abortion \u2014 Unless They\u2019re Pro-Life\">video game industry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The company started back in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai, and specialized in making playing cards, after all. That 19th-century origin is a far cry from the more tech-based origins of Nintendo\u2019s peers in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-eleven-teaming-up-with-legendary-video-game-for-special-cups-you-cant-drink-out-of\/\" title=\"7-Eleven Partners with Iconic Video Game for Exclusive Collectible 'Cups\">video game space<\/a>, Sony and Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of those companies, when Nintendo\u2019s contemporaries at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tech-industry-continues-self-correct-sony-latest-company-announce-mass-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sony<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-game-industry-woes-microsoft-axes-nearly-2000-jobs-69-billion-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft<\/a> announce their next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nintendo-officially-finished-with-one-of-its-worst-systems-ever-a-wii-u-retrospective\/\" title=\"Exploring the Legacy of Nintendo's Notorious Wii U Console\">video game system<\/a>, the announcement will typically be accompanied by boisterous fanfare and a highly glamorized presentation.<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/apple-adjusts-policy-first-nintendo-emulator-goes-mainstream-good-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo<\/a> announces a system, one would assume there would be similar theatrics, and historically, that\u2019s typically been true.<\/p>\n<p>Even a Nintendo system generally considered a failure, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nintendo-officially-finished-one-worst-systems-ever-wii-u-retrospective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wii U<\/a>, received a ritzy presentation during its reveal.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nintendo Wii U Trailer (E3 2011)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4e3qaPg_keg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Given all that, it would\u2019ve been a smart guess that any official announcement about a successor to Nintendo\u2019s wildly popular and successful Switch console would get a little pomp and circumstance.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Nintendo confirmed a Switch sequel in a casual, throwaway X post from the company\u2019s president, Shuntaro Furukawa.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u4efb\u5929\u5802\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\uff08\u4f01\u696d\u5e83\u5831\u30fbIR\uff09 (@NintendoCoLtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoCoLtd\/status\/1787736518762881197?\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever owned a Nintendo video game system?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis is Furukawa, President of Nintendo,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dont-call-border-crisis-a-crisis-politico-orders-staff\/\" title=\"Don\u2019t Call Border Crisis A \u2018Crisis,\u2019 Politico Orders Staff\">post begins<\/a>. \u201cWe will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the sparsely worded nature of it, fans flocked to the X post in droves.<\/p>\n<p>The English-translated post boasts over 125,000 likes and 48,000 re-posts. And those figures pale in comparison to the original post (which was in Japanese) that garnered over 325,000 likes and a whopping 208,000 re-posts.<\/p>\n<p>While this official announcement confirming the existence of a new Nintendo system doesn\u2019t offer much, it does offer one hard deadline.<\/p>\n<p>For any announcement about a Switch successor to be made \u201cwithin this fiscal year,\u201d Furukawa basically gave his company until March 2025 to make the \u201cSwitch 2,\u201d or whatever it ends up being called, announcement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nintendo-switch-console-zelda-5edd1eeb134bbfb6ce7680c935b3bf24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo itself has been in an odd spot as of late.<\/p>\n<p>While the company has been courting some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pokemon-looking-pay-executive-200k-make-games-woke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">culture war<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nintendo-remove-cat-calling-fat-shaming-popular-mario-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">controversy<\/a> of late, the Big N has otherwise been enjoying unmitigated success in an era where Nintendo\u2019s peers are making more layoff announcements than they are games.<\/p>\n<p>Accounting for dampened expectations due to the Switch\u2019s age, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/pdf\/2024\/240507_3e.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial report<\/a> offered by Nintendo otherwise paints a rosy picture of a company in growth, featuring in-demand products across multiple mediums, including film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on our belief that the true value of entertainment lies in its uniqueness, Nintendo will strive to achieve sustainable growth and increase its corporate value by offering unique entertainment that plays to the company\u2019s strengths, continuing to adapt to the times and cherishing the spirit of creativity,\u201d Furukawa wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.jp\/ir\/en\/management\/message.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">message<\/a> to investors.<\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-44778\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/bchai\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44778\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44778\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44778\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44778\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Bryan Chai has written news and sports for The Western Journal for more than five years and has produced more than 1,300 stories. He specializes in the NBA and NFL as well as politics. He graduated with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. He is an avid fan of sports, video games, politics and debate. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Hawaii <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  Class of 2010 University of Arizona. BEAR DOWN. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  Phoenix, Arizona <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English, Korean <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Sports, Entertainment, Science\/Tech <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo introduces Sequel System casually, maintaining its quirky charm. 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