If you listen closely, it feels like you can hear the jingle of plastic and metal for Nintendo’s next console as its manufactured and assembled in faraway factories. You can almost sense its launch lineup coming into focus as the company’s developers prepare to put their finishing touches on whimsical new experiments.

As the reveal and subsequent arrival of the Nintendo Switch 2 draws ever closer, information about what games will be made available on it is becoming more prevalent. Granted, official information about the Switch 2 is still remarkably sparse, with ...