I couldn't agree more.Ha. The only inevitable thing here is that within 10 seconds of the direct ending everyone finally gets to transition into moaning about how disappointing the direct was.
The thing about Nintendo rumors is that they tend to be true eventually because the company is well known for remakes, remasters and re-releases and any successful Nintendo IP will always get more sequels and spin-offs.
Given the number of Wii U games that got Switch releases so far basically any Wii U exclusive coming to Switch is a convincing prediction.
Any popular GC or Wii game is a good shout for a remastered version.
To some extent the company is predictable.
Their top level IPs will ALWAYS have a sequel.
You'd have to think that behind the scenes Nintendo never lets a major IP go untouched for very long.
Probably the next installment of Zelda and Mario games went immediately into the planning stages once the recent ones wrapped up development.
Mario Kart 9 has to come along eventually and is probably well underway as we speak.
Then we can argue over whether it was the best direct ever or the worst direct ever.
yes, same here.....I remember being excited specially after September's Direct (divinity original sin 2 shadow drop and deadly premonition 2 announced, you can't beat that) and everybody at era was moaning.
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Based on the above, I think it's not unrealistic to expect an Odyssey 2 reveal in an upcoming direct for a holiday 2020 release, with more info at E3. That game has such a strong foundation, all they need to do is pull a Galaxy 2 and just make a bunch of new levels within the same framework. They have Animal Crossing to keep everyone busy for this half of the year, but nothing too big scheduled so far for the back end.
I'd also then wager BotW for Holiday 2021, since like Odyssey, they'll be using the same framework to build on and far less development time will be needed. This one's actually backed up by the teaser and the direct mention to a "BotW sequel". I'm not sure you'll actually see anything more than another teaser at this E3 though.
Metroid was scrapped and restarted so I'd be quite shocked if that thing came out any earlier than Spring 2022. Because Retro are busy with that, I doubt we'll see new DK any time soon, which is a shame.
I didn't include Kirby because they shit out Kirby games every year, and I didn't include F-Zero because it's been 16 years now. RIP
Same here currently I have no way to play the masterchief collection so here's hoping
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Interesting list there, i'm also a believer for Odyssey 2 but listening to the MinnMax podcast, they made a good point on how the direct sequel to a 3D Mario game happened in only one instance with Galaxy and Galaxy 2.
So i think the next 3D Mario game will be an evolution of Odyssey but not a direct sequel.
Also if one of the rumored Wii U ports for 2020 is Super Mario 3D World, then i don't see Nintendo releasing 2 3D Mario games in the same year on the same platform.
Anyway there's another series that people often forget because of Prime 4, and that's 2D Metroid.
This is my case for a new 2D Metroid possibly released in 2020, and i'll do it presenting a list of facts:
No. 1 - Back in 2015 MercurySteam pitched to Nintendo a new entry in the Metroid series for both Wii U and 3DS.
This was reported by LiamRobertson on Nintendo Life , as one of the devs tried to leak the game, other evidences were found later. The pitch was rumored to be rejected by Nintendo.
In 2016 MercurySteam co-founder dismissed the rumors calling them bullshit, but then at E3 2017 Nintendo revealed Metroid Samus Returns for the 3DS which was indeed developed by the spanish studio with the guidance of the legendary Yoshio Sakamoto.
Metroid Samus Returns was overall a success and Sakamoto was very happy about how development went with MercurySteam.
That means MercurySteam still has a working prototype of an HD Metroid game for Wii U which could be reworked and ported to Switch.
No. 2 - MercurySteam hasn't announced or released a video game since 2017.
They released both Metroid Samus Returns and Spacelords in September of 2017, since then only updates for their online games and not much else. The time is right for a new entry.
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No. 3 - Metroid Samus Returns teased a possible premise for a new 2D Metroid game.
No. 4 - Metroid Prime 4 development has been scrapped and restarted last year.
Meaning we won't see it for a while, Nintendo may need some form of Metroid release to fill the gap in the meantime whether is a new 2D entry or Metroid Prime Trilogy we don't know.
Now my only argument against it is that on September of last year, Sakamoto announced that he has been working with Mages on the remake of Famicom Detective Club, a japanese only release.
That said it's possible he has been working on both, after all he was Producer of Samus Returns not Director.
I swear, if they end up announcing a remaster of the God awful piece of garbage that is Xenoblade Chronicles X instead of a new game, I'll never care about them as a studio ever again.
I'm fine with re-releases of Wii U games, just not that one. I think we're just better off pretending that disappointment doesn't exist.
Pray tell.Ok, we need a special kind of insult for you. Just ... wtf ...
Obviously not in the near future. They'll re-release xenoblade chronicles this year....It would probably take a couple of years for going back to X
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I loved X's focus on exploration and wide-open world. It was different from the first game, which was straight magic, but it had a charm all its own. It really did feel like a scifi take on the core concept. XBC2 on the other hand felt like a lesser 1, and the cutscenes... the endless, painful cutscenes.
Someone isn't intelligent because they disagree with your assessment on a game? Do you realize how utterly stupid that sounds?
That was maybe an overstatement, the website doesn't say a thing about it, so maybe Takahashi is overseeing the project.
Basically they have 3 recuitment pages.
1. From the 1st production team, there is a lengthy message (the translation is in the spoiler) from Takahashi himself where he basically says that this is the team of the "selected few", the ones who have worked at Monolithsoft on Monolith games for all these years, and that's team who is likely working on the next Xenoblade installment.
2. This is the 2nd production team, we know they are working on the next Zelda entry. They started mass recruitment since March of last year.
3. It's in "Special" and it doesn't mention if this is production team 1 or 2 or maybe 3, it just says they are working on this Action RPG with the jobs listing below
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