Nintendo's next-gen console is expected to launch in the second half of 2024, according to recent reports.
The Pokemon Company will reveal new information on upcoming Pokemon releases in a 35-minute presentation next week.
The Switch-exclusive strategy title topped the weekly Japanese physical charts again, with total sales now exceeding 500,000 units.
Its total global box office revenues sit at $1.349 billion, making it the highest-grossing film based on a game, and the second-highest grossing animated film of all time.
The widely acclaimed open world title accounts for roughly half of all first party software sales for Nintendo during the quarter.
Nintendo sold 3.91 million units of the Switch during the current fiscal year's first quarter, which is up 13.9% from what it managed last year.
Meanwhile, Animal Crossing: New Horizons stands at 42.79 million units sold, while Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has risen to 31.77 million units.
It will allegedly be another hybrid console, use cartridges for physical media, and launch with an LCD screen rather than an OLED one.
Metroid Dread developer MercurySteam's CEO Enric Álvarez says the Switch title has sold over "three point something million" copies.
MercurySteam CEO Enric Álvarez is reluctant to talk about whether the studio is working with Nintendo on another Metroid game.
Datamining of mobile title Pokemon Masters EX after a recent update suggests The Pokemon Company has a presentation scheduled for early next month.
The sequel to 2013's Pikmin 3 is available now worldwide on Nintendo Switch and sees players venturing to rescue the Rescue Corps.
Pikmin 4 enjoys the series' biggest launch in Japan to date, and has also already outsold Final Fantasy 16.
Developed by Capcom for Game Boy Color in 2001, both titles are now available to play on Switch for all NSO subscribers.
Pikmin 4 continues to exhibit why Nintendo's strategy series deserves way more love and attention that it gets.
Maxis's The Sims 4 Horse Ranch was the only other debut for the week ending July 22nd and managed to chart in third place.
The long-awaited strategy title has debuted on top of the weekly UK retail charts with a solid physical opening, it seems.
Venture to a new planet to save the Rescue Corp members, command Pikmin, engage in Night Expeditions and Dandori Battles and more.
"I spent a long time mulling over how we could convey these points as 'interesting' rather than 'difficult,'" the legendary Nintendo designer says.
Square Enix's Final Fantasy 16 has left the top ten, dropping from fourth to eleventh, with sales falling by 39 percent.
