New 3D Mario Could Be Available at Launch, Nintendo Switch's First 6-8 Months Will Be "Impressive"

You might recollect that prior to the reveal of the Nintendo Switch console (previously known equally NX), insider Emily Rogers offered several rumors and leaks on the upcoming panel by Nintendo that mostly turned out to be true once the console was officially revealed two weeks ago.

Amid the titles briefly showcased in the sneak peek video, there was also a new 3D Mario game. From what nosotros've seen, the game looks rather pretty and colorful as you can meet in the 2 snapshots embedded below.

Yesterday, Emily Rogers tweeted again some interesting information on this new 3D Mario. She said she wouldn't exist surprised if the game ends up being a launch title for the Nintendo Switch, perhaps even replacing Zelda: Jiff of the Wild; not because of any bug with Zelda, but rather due to the game'southward very avant-garde evolution land. According to her, it's "practically finished".

She then added that this new 3D Mario could exist showcased at the Switch'due south scheduled January upshot. It should too characteristic a lot more exploration than 3D World & Galaxy.

Finally, Rogers commented on the panel's first-party line-upwards for the first six-eight months, stating that it's "impressive" and "completely blows away Nintendo WiiU'southward first twelvemonth".

If truthful, this could spell very good news for Nintendo because that the console already seems to have way more 3rd-political party support than the WiiU.

There's yet a lot we don't know about the Nintendo Switch, but we practise know that information technology'south going to be powered by NVIDIA Tegra technology. The specs are not publicly available still, but considering that NVIDIA mentioned a GPU " based on the same architecture as the globe's top-performing GeForce gaming graphics cards", the Switch should be powered past a Pascal-based Tegra chip.

NVIDIA also created a new API (NVN) to harness the performance inside the hardware equally well equally optimizing the custom operating system integration with the GPU to increase efficiency. Nosotros should a lot more than details on the Nintendo Switch'south launch line-up, cost and hardware in a couple months after the highly anticipated January result; until and then, stay tuned for all the latest rumors.