Nintendo confirms its return to Gamescom this year, presumably with a bunch
of Switch 2 games

Date:
Tue, 20 May 2025 10:01:51 +0000

Description:
Nintendo is back at Gamescom 2025 after skipping last year's event.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Nintendo
has confirmed its attendance at Gamescom 2025 The annual gaming event will take place in late August in Germany A whole bunch of Nintendo Switch 2 games are likely to be featured

Nintendo has confirmed that it will be returning to Gamescom this year. The annual event based in Cologne, Germany, is one of the largest on the gaming calendar.

And now that the Nintendo Switch 2 will be out by the time Gamescom occurs between August 20 - 24, it's something of a no-brainer for the company to be in attendance this year.

The news was confirmed by Nintendo's official German X / Twitter account . Using the website's built-in translation feature, the post reads: "Mark your calendar in red: Nintendo will be back at Gamescom in 2025. We look forward
to welcoming you to Cologne from August 20th to 24th!"

Now, if you were hoping for a rundown on what Nintendo Switch 2 games will be featured at Nintendo's booth, that unfortunately hasn't been confirmed yet. It'll likely be a round-up of the usual suspects, particularly Metroid Prime 4: Beyond if that game hasn't been released by the time Gamescom occurs. Upcoming third-party releases like Hades 2 and Borderlands 4 could also make
a potential appearance.

While I'm sure the likes of Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza will
also be playable (even though these will have launched before August), Gamescom is also a great chance to preview games ahead of their release. That has me wondering if we can expect another Nintendo Direct presentation sometime between the Switch 2's June 5 launch and Gamescom's late-August dates.

Is the news of Nintendo's attendance at Gamescom this year surprising? No,
not really. The company skipped out on last year's event, presumably because it didn't have much to showcase at the time for the aging Nintendo Switch hardware. Now that it has a fresh new console on the block, a return to Europe's largest gaming event should be a given. You might also like... Bad news if you splashed out on an expensive gaming TV, Nintendo Switch 2 will only support VRR in handheld mode Nintendo Switch 2 is forecasted to sell 100 million units by the end of 2029, according to industry analysts Full
Nintendo Switch 2 specs detailed in new report here's what you need to know



======================================================================
Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nintendo-confirms-its-return-to-gamescom-this -year-presumably-with-a-bunch-of-switch-2-games


--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64)
* Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100)