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Mario Kart 8 and Skyrim for Nintendo Switch appeared in the lists of EB Games

The Australian chain store EB Games has added to its list two games not yet confirmed for Nintendo Switch: it is Mario Kart 8 and The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim Special Edition, both in the catalog with a lot of cover and housing, the latter apparently in red color.


The online pages of EB Games, chain store specializing in video games, have revealed some interesting news on the lineup of Nintendo Switch. In recent hours have in fact appeared the price list for the new Nintendo console, the pack-shot of two unconfirmed titles: Mario Kart 8 Switch and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Put online by mistake, it was almost immediately removed, but someone managed to take a screenshot before they got disappeared from circulation, as shown in the tweet below.

The cover of Mario Kart 8 Switch in particular reveals the presence of new content including the Battle Mode, 24 extra tracks and ten new characters than the version for Wii U. In the list The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has also made its appearance, the latter, however, already officially announced, although it is still without a release date.

The titles of the three pages show a generic “2017” as a launch window, without further details.

Mario Kart 8 has already been published on the Wii U on May 28, 2014 in Japan, the next day in the US and two days later in Europe. Skyrim, however, has a less recent history: originally arrived on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011, and was revived in its Special Edition on 28 October, with a substantial list of improvements.