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For years, anyone looking forward to a new Nintendo game in the US could generally plan on digging in (or calling in sick) on a Friday. Be it a major release like Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom or a smaller one like Everybody 1-2 Switch, Nintendo has set the release dates for most games it publishes on Fridays. Not anymore, it seems.
With the Switch heading toward what’s reportedly the last full year as Nintendo’s current-gen console, the company has hit fast-forward, at least for its next set of games. Whereas its most recent games, including Another Code: Recollection and Mario vs. Donkey Kong, as well as its next one, Princess Peach Showtime, were all scheduled for Fridays, the recent Mario Day batch of release dates now has Nintendo-published games releasing on Thursdays (as first noticed by Knoebel).
Both Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (May 23) and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (June 27) are slated for Thursday releases. This follows suit with Endless Ocean Luminous, which had a Thursday, May 2 date revealed during February’s Nintendo Direct, though at the time, that appeared like it could have been a one-off exception for something that may not be considered a marquee Nintendo game. Even during the years-long run of Friday releases, there have been exceptions, such as Kirby’s Dream Buffet or Pikmin 1+2 launching on Wednesdays, though the latter was a surprise “out today” launch.
