Whereas Nintendo nonetheless has a couple of first-party video games like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge and Mario & Luigi: Brothership within the works for 2024, it seems Nintendo’s gamescom presence is so small that even the occasion organizer has confirmed it won’t difficulty a Finest Nintendo Swap Sport award this yr.
A gamescom spokesperson confirmed to TheGamer right this moment that it’s going to not difficulty a “Finest Nintendo Swap Sport” award as a result of the occasion organizers obtained a small variety of submissions to warrant an award at gamescom 2024.
“There have been too few submissions for the Finest Nintendo Swap class this yr,” the spokesperson confirmed to TheGamer. “The award committee, subsequently, determined to cancel the class.”
This marks the primary yr the Nintendo Swap won’t have its personal award class because the hybrid gaming system was launched in 2017. Final yr, the recipient of the Finest Swap Sport award was The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which additionally received three extra awards, together with Finest Audio and Finest Gameplay.
After all, it could come as a shock to nobody. In April, Nintendo of Europe consultant Video games Wirtschaft informed IGN sister website GamesIndustry.biz that Nintendo wouldn’t be bodily showing at gamescom 2024. This information is a part of the broader rumor mill as Nintendo begins to gear up for the subsequent {hardware} successor for the Swap, which is commonly thought to be the “Swap 2.”
Whereas Nintendo has but to disclose its subsequent gaming system endeavor correctly, the corporate does not anticipate the discharge of recent {hardware} earlier than April 2025.
gamescom 2024 is ready to kick off on August 2024 with Opening Night time Reside, which can present a ton of main information, reveals, and bulletins. For extra on gamescom 2024, try our piece, the place we predict what we are able to anticipate from this yr’s occasion and what streams are scheduled all through the week.
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