{"id":3147,"date":"2025-07-28T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:12:57","slug":"games-inbox-is-there-a-secret-nintendo-switch-2-christmas-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/games-inbox-is-there-a-secret-nintendo-switch-2-christmas-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is there a secret Nintendo Switch 2 Christmas game?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Monday letters page thinks Battlefield 6 could be a big hit this autumn, as one reader hopes Final Fantasy<\/a> 17 will be more like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.<\/p>\n

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Summer to winter<\/strong>
I see there\u2019s still a lot of talk about whether Nintendo has a \u2018secret\u2019 new Switch 2 game for this Christmas<\/a> but I will be absolutely shocked if they do. We\u2019re probably getting a Nintendo Direct this week<\/a>, that I can believe, but what are people expecting? Animal Crossing<\/a> or a new Mario? I don\u2019t see it.<\/p>\n

The new Mario is never going to come out straight after Donkey Kong, it\u2019s much more likely going to be left for the new movie next year. And while they might tease Animal Crossing, they\u2019re not going to release it this year, no way.<\/p>\n

Why not? Because normal people don\u2019t buy new video game consoles in the middle of the summer. Mario Kart World<\/a> and Donkey Kong Bananza<\/a> are<\/em> Nintendo\u2019s big Christmas games. They may not be secrets, but they are just about the most mass market games they have and they don\u2019t even need anything else, especially not with Metroid Prime 4 and Pok\u00e9mon Legends out this year.<\/p>\n

There might be some small game or port or something like that, but I am certain there won\u2019t be any more big new games until next year.
Taylor Moon<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the wings<\/strong>
I think people are underestimating Battlefield 6<\/a> a bit. Battlefield was huge up until Battlefield 4 and if EA hadn\u2019t messed up it could have overtaken Call Of Duty as everyone\u2019s favourite military shooter.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know if Call Of Duty is in too deep now but you don\u2019t have to overthrow it to still be a massive hit. I like what I\u2019m hearing about Battlefield 6 so far and I think it could be massive. Although it does depend what this year\u2019s Call Of Duty will be like, but if it\u2019s a dud then EA are right there able to take advantage of Activision\u2019s mistake.
Lotto<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-word of mouth<\/strong>
Would just like to agree with the Reader\u2019s Feature about Star Wars Outlaws<\/a>. It\u2019s a really great game and I feel it was victim to everyone assuming it would be bad and never bothering to find out whether it was or not. This sort of thing happens a lot, it seems to me, where a game (or movie) is killed by online word of mouth before anyone has actually played it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying the game is an all-time classic but as only a moderate Star Wars fan I had a lot of fun with it and agree it\u2019s Ubisoft\u2019s best open world game in a long time. There\u2019re some neat little improvements to the formula going on and I can only hope they at least make it into other non-Star Wars games. I would absolutely recommend it, especially if you can find it cheap.
Lomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Survival plan<\/strong>
Survival crafting games aren’t my usual fair but when there’s a neat setting at the centre I’ve been drawn in and not been disappointed, having thought both Subnautica and Grounded were fantastic.<\/p>\n

Abiotic Factor\u2019s full release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC has just been made known to me as it’s been added day one (for the 1.0 release) on both Game Pass and PS Plus Extra.<\/p>\n

The setting looks like my cup of tea and the mentions of Half-Life when reading up about it have pretty much put it to the top of my list for next game.<\/p>\n

Shame it comes out a week or so before Grounded 2 early access. I had intended to play that, but I really want to give Abiotic Factor a play so will probably wait for Grounded 2 1.0 to play that game.<\/p>\n

It’s for one to six players. I’ll probably play it solo but as is increasingly happening due to barriers between Sony and Microsoft being lowered its cross play, so don’t have to worry about starting it on PlayStation (my preferred choice) and not being able to play with my Xbox owning family members.
Simundo<\/strong><\/p>\n

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