Topic: E3 2021 Predictions!!!

@jump Demos would be nice. Even if they are small work in progress type things.

I think there's a good chance more will be shown of the BOTW sequel. No title i bet but something.
Bayonetta 3 is another real possibility. It'll be very brief no doubt. Those are the only two i think might be a sure thing. As for my hopes here goes,

N64 games added to Nintendo online. Gamecube would be nice but yeah right don't expect it.
Some sort of new mario. I think a 2-D one that is anything but Mario maker or NSMB would be cool.
A remake of Zelda 2 has been on my wish list since forever. That game needs an overhaul badly.
A new DK game. How messed up is it that there still hasn't been one on switch?
Lastly even a tiny glimpse of metroid prime 4 would be welcome.

Anything else will be filler as far as i'm concerned. I'm all for some surprises but this is covid land we are living in so don't expect much. Least of all a shiny new upgraded switch.

@Bolt_Strike Well if you look at a typical E3 Treehouse Live you have a few 1st party releases that get 1 or more segments (sometimes repeat gameplay), a few surprise announcements and a bunch of 3rd party segments which get 1 segment.

Take E3 2019 for example, you had 27 total segments:

• 9 unique 1st party segments (Super Mario Maker 2, MUA3, FE Three Houses, Astral Chain, Daemon X Machina, Link's Awakening, Luigi's Mansion 3, Sword/Shield, Animal Crossing)
• 6 segments that are for a game that has already had a segment (Luigi's Mansion 3, Super Mario Maker 2 twice, Astral Chain, Daemon X Machina, MUA3)
• 12 segments that are for 3rd party games (1 is a Nintendo collaboration, Cadence of Hyrule)

I'd guess the vast majority of the 3rd party segments were only possible because of the show floor situation, if you look at the Treehouse streams that weren't at E3 (there were some even before last year) there's very little 3rd party presence being the odd game here and there like Bakugan last year. If you take out the 3rd party stuff and streamlined the 1st party stuff by having 1 segment per game you're left with 9 segments totaling around 4.5 hours (8 segments totally around 4 hours if you choose to count Daemon X Machina as 3rd party).

Treehouse this year is 3 hours so that would mean 6 segments, yes it's less but if 2021's upcoming 1st party lineup was as massive as June - November 2019 we would've known about it in the February Direct.

Why though? Nintendo are announcing games on as short notice as 2 weeks in advance and they recently announced Game Builder Garage on a months notice. The need to announce things way in advance during coivd times doesn't seem needed.

I'm not really hyped for E3 yet. I'm sure I'll get there eventually, but with the Nintendo discussion centering on the potential hardware revision rather than the games, and the fact that I don't plan on getting a PS5eries X anytime soon (in fact, I have a comfortable backlog on PS4), there's nothing for me to get hyped about in advance. Despite really loving Zelda & having never played SS I'm not even excited for that (maybe a combination of the things I've heard about it, plus the physical control solutions sounding a bit clunky).

I'm sure some things will be shown off/announced that'll excite me once I actually see them on screen though.

@Slowdive C'mon Balan 2

Honestly I'd be more hyped for E3 if Sony was also there

I get why they aren't doing it but I've missed their presence for the last 2-3 years

Seems like Final Fantasy XVI has less of a chance of being there, since they would've put it in the headline.

Or they thought that was so obvious it didn't need saying ....? It's bound to at least get mentioned, although I'd be surprised if the game was even out next year, so that's probably why they're not making too much fuss about it!

Nintendo has basically signaled that they are mostly showcasing 2021 releases...which means I doubt BOTW2 will come up. But I bet there will be a special Zelda 35th anniversary direct later this year where they finally spill the beans on the release date (2022?!).

My predictions for some new games: 2D Donkey Kong, Wario Ware, and 2-3 old Zelda games will get ports by year-end. Smash DLC too

@cmbaum Key word "mostly". They said that last direct too, and 2022 games ended up appearing. Not to mention, we don't know if BotW 2 is a 2022 release. It could be a December 2021 game.

If it's mostly 2021-centric I'm expecting 2022 games to show up near the end of the broadcast. There will probably some 2022 third party stuff sprinkled throughout with trailers but a big first party 2022 game will probably be the Direct's "one more thing"

@VoidofLight I'm definitely taking bets on "not 2021" for BOTW2. I have to think they would have mentioned last year if a release was close (and due to COVID, timelines seem to have shifted everywhere). This being said, at the last direct they said an update was coming later this year so I know it's not TOO much longer. In fact, it's also possible there is a DEC release this year and they wait until the fall to announce it.

What with the Direct only lasting a flimsy 40 minutes, which is disappointingly short for an E3 presentation where you need to pull out all the stops (regardless of whether it's digital only or not), I'm expecting absolutely NOTHING spectacular.

On another web site, I jokingly said that it'll be 30 minutes of new Smash Bros info and footage, some new teasers of Bayonetta 3 and Breath of the Wild 2, and if we're lucky, we'll get to see the new logo for Metroid Prime 4.

Now that may be a sarcastic joke, but I'd actually not be surprised if that's going to be the gist of it, padded out with an indie teaser trailer reel.

@ThanosReXXX I don't really have any expectations. There are still countries with a Covid emergency and in the UK, it's easy to forget that. I will appreciate anything that they show. (Looking forward to Treehouse!!)

@ThanosReXXX What makes you say 40 minutes is too short? That's the same length as they've done the last couple of years, and I don't remember any Direct ever being more than 50 minutes (excluding stage presentations of course).

I have no idea what games will be but since I am a different kind of gamer so I will not waiting for BOTW2 / Metroid Prime 4 / any AAA games since I have my own Hype Train that lead to interesting obscure games land.

Other than smash announcements taking the bulk of the direct I'd consider this a successful E3 lol

I don't think I've ever disliked a game more beyond the game itself than Smash Ultimate. I wouldn't be shocked either if Ultimate got an unnecessary chunk of time during the E3 Direct to reveal and discuss one of if not two of the remaining new fighters. It would be nice to see Smash over and done with for Ultimate, but I don't think I want that at the expense of an E3 presentation. Smash is definitely going to have a decent slot at the Direct regardless. I just hope it's 10 minutes or less.

@I-U I think it would be. If the previous DLC fighters had any indication, Sakurai would make a whole separate livestream that goes more in-depth on them; that's usually sometime after their announcement trailers. I think it'll be the same case here. Just my own prediction, anyway.