Topic: All-Encompassing E3 2018 Thread

These leaks make E3 feel diminished. Like each company should do Directs instead and E3 replaced by a PAX type event.

@ThanosReXXX haha yeah exactly. Another point I just thought about all these people looking for instant Twitter fame as a "trusted leaker" or "industry insider" doesn't help keeping things under wraps either. I do think it takes away some of the magic of E3 the event itself, but one positive is instead of getting a mammoth amount of info in a week its now spread over a month and have more time to pick and choose what to pay attention to when actual show starts.

@redd214 Yeah, I guess it has become something of a sport, almost. From their point of view I kinda understand, as in that we would also be on a natural high if we would find out some big secret, or at least thought we did, but what I really can't understand is that these leakers don't seem to get that they're actually only a bunch of buzz killers, because the actual leaks destroy any and all surprises for the actual target audience.

Much like that partial page leak for the Switch. It is already all but confirmed by several media that it's actually real, so that part has already gone to the sharks, where any possible surprises were concerned...

My E3 prediction list.

Switch gets at least 6 new games
3DS gets 2 or 3 new games
A brief Aces trailer.
We see Fortnite officially announced, possibly releases after the Direct.
We get news on Odyssey DLC.
A Metroid Prime 4 teaser
Pokémon Let’s Go trailer, with a few story details.
We get a big blowout of Smash news, with at least 3 newcomers announced.
Bayonetta 3 trailer
Fire Emblem teaser
Undertale release date.
Yoshi gameplay trailer.

I think I've got everything up to date in the OP. Let me know if anything is missing/wrong!

There's also this graphic.

@Octane @Haru17 Great stuff - thanks a bunch! Much appreciated

@Octane
So the Nintendo Direct will be on 12 June during E3 Event 2018 ?

@Anti-Matter Yes, 23:00 (or 11:00 pm) for you I think.

Really excited that we'll probably get more Xenoblade 2 details in less than 8 days. I'm ready for Bringer of Chaos, Challenge mode, extra story content and whatever other extras there are for the rest of the year.

I expect my top 3 most played Switch games by the end of the year will be Xenoblade 2, Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition and Splatoon 2.

One more thing, and this is more of a hope than anything. Please let there be a new Arkham game. Those are some of my favorite games, and would be amazing on Switch. I know Arkham Knight was the finale, but I don’t see a reason they wouldn’t throw in another prequel. Arkham Knight left a bit to be desired, so this is one of my major hopes. Although if the rumors are to be believed, we should be getting a Superman game from Rocksteady, so that’s something.

Nintendo tend to like to keep Zelda ticking over, so I wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't something soon. Maybe a Skyward Sword port, or a non-main game of some sort.

On average, there has been at least one game a year since 2000. No surprise if we're getting something smaller this year, or maybe a bigger game next year.

I'd love it if we got another top-down Zelda for Switch. A Link Between Worlds is one of my favourite Zelda games.

I'd love to see a return of the wallsticking mechanic as well, it's such a clever idea.

The problem with LBW is that devs always make depth lame in top down levels, and the progression and interesting puzzles were basically removed.

If they do a handheld Zelda again I really hope they don't try to BOTW-ize it. There should really be a series for people that -don't- want everything to be needlessly open for the sake of it

Yeah, like 3D Zelda games with a singleplayer story campaign or something XD. Remember those?

Sadly we'll probably -only- be able to remember them for the foreseeable future.

Oh, Pikmin 4. Tuesday Morning. Do it, Miyamoto.

Thanks game industry.

@MisterPi Yeah, we'll look back and miss when Fi would tell us our Wii Remotes were running low.