Nintendo will be present at Gamescom 2025, having skipped the event last year.
The company confirmed it would be returning to the annual German event, which is the highest attended gaming convention in the world, in a post on social media.
“Mark your calendar in red: Nintendo will be back at @gamescom in 2025,” Nintendo’s German X account announced, adding it is “[looking] forward to welcoming you to Cologne from August 20th to 24th!”
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Yes, Gamescom will be held in August, which – as I’m sure you’re aware – is after Nintendo Switch 2 releases. So, with that in mind, what can those attending the convention expect to see from the Mario maker?
Well, Nintendo hasn’t shared specifics. However, two of Nintendo’s biggest first party games Mario Kart World and Donkey Kong Bananza will have already been released by the time Gamescom comes around, though it seems likely these will be available for players to demo while in Cologne.
“Yes, everyone might have been expecting Mario, but Bananza’s brawny obliteration is far better suited to his one-time enemy,” our former EIC Tom Phillips wrote after going hands-on with Donkey Kong Bananza.
Rot im Kalender anstreichen: Nintendo ist 2025 wieder auf der @gamescom. Wir freuen uns, euch vom 20. bis 24. August in Köln begrüßen zu dürfen! pic.twitter.com/8B3ibgOyBu
— Nintendo DE (@NintendoDE) May 19, 2025
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Meanwhile, other games coming to the Switch successor have also been available to try out at other events including Metroid Prime 4, so it again seems fair to assume it will be playable at Nintendo’s Gamescom booth. Maybe we will hear a firm release date around then, as well.