When Nintendo first unveiled the Switch 2 via a short teaser video in January, it felt the need to include a few seconds of footage of exactly one new video game running on the console: a new Mario Kart. This will be, numerically speaking, the ninth one, but it's very possible Nintendo calls it something other than Mario Kart 9.

The Nintendo Switch era revitalized Nintendo after the Wii U's failure, leading to better games and a larger fanbase. Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Splatoon 3, and the Xenoblade Chronicles series were all successful additions to the Switch library.

The Mario-maker offered a sneak peek of its highly anticipated new console in January after a series of leaks, but the official detailed unveiling is set to take place Wednesday.