Something for NSO, if this happens prob most likely some third party title for N64. There's one in particular that would probably make people not complain about the Direct post-direct
What I expect to see:
Fall Guys tier ports i.e. poorly done versions of games that are a bit "meh" tier in the first place
Something that will make @Anti-Matter happy but will make the rest of this forum groan
Something I'd be hyped about if not for the fact that I have it on Steam already
Some JRPG or something that goes down well with some but is super meh-tier for me
Expectations set low and I can't be too disappointed
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For starters, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle sold 8 million copies.
You are right that appeal for games like Xenoblade is more limited (but that also means 3 outselling 2 will be easier to achieve since 2 never had ridiculously strong legs that 3 needs to contend with).
As for your overall point, if we look at past history, previous same platform sequels on Nintendo hardware always struggled to outsell their predecessors because most Nintendo platforms see substantial if not outright massive declines in sales and player engagement once they reach their 5th/6th year on the market. This is clearly not the case with the Switch, which is why Nintendo is probably a lot more confident in releasing same platform sequels such as Xenoblade 3 and Splatoon 3.
First post here. I come bearing an interesting discovery.
It seems as though it is very likely that a property associated with Kenichiro Takaki will be announced during the direct, most likely either a Senran Kagura game or info about the "Project GAMM" game he's working on, though it could also be a port of Granblue Fantasy Versus or something else he's worked on.
I have a habit of checking up on his twitter every now and then, particularly right after these directs get announced on the off chance that he may tip something off by retweeting these announcements, since some devs have done that before. Prior times that I've checked he's never bothered retweeting these announcements. This time he did, however, and both the Japanese and English announcements to boot. So I've got feeling that at least one of the announcements will be a game associated with him.
IMO, ranking in order from most likely to least likely:
Port collection of previous Senran Kagura Games
7EVEN announced for Switch
Project GAMM
Port of some other game he's worked on
I rank Project GAMM as less likely because I just think it makes more sense to intend that to be a multiplat game, given that it's being developed an RPG in the vein of the older NES/SNES era gameplay-wise and thus isn't likely to be too taxing to develop across different systems. While I rank a Senran related announcement higher partly because there's still a few more months of the series' 10th anniversary, but mostly due to the simple fact that it's a Marvelous owned IP.
Most people haven't seemed to notice the fact creep up on them, but in recent years Marvelous has become one of Nintendo's most active third-party partners and have been pumping out a ridiculous number of titles lately. Multiple Story of Seasons games, multiple Rune Factory games, Sakuna, of Rice and Ruin, No More Heroes 3, Daemon X Machina and a sequel currently in development, that zombie harvesting game, etc. It makes sense given Tencent's investment in Marvelous and the fact that Tencent is the main distributor for Nintendo's consoles in China. Even if it isn't Senran Kagura related I'd still expect at least one Marvelous project to crop up in the direct.
Only head-scratcher is in the event 7EVEN has been picked back up then who is going to be directing and developing it, since Takaki is no longer with Marvelous. I have a sneaking suspicion that whatever contract Takaki had set up allows him some degree of veto power over how the IP is used in event of his separation, sort of like how we barely see any new Mega Man or Metal Gear games after the departures of Inafune/Kojima respectively. Though there a still a few developers I can think of that Takaki is on good terms with whom he would trust to handle the IP with care. Particularly one very popular developer who himself has at one point professed a fetish for "the chest".
Well, we'll see what happens in a little less than ten hours.
Considering my preference for third party games rather than first party games on Switch, my expectations for this Direct are higher than lukewarm. There are simply too games that have yet to make their way to the Switch and/or known games that need release dates.
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Ace Attorney Sequel Trilogy (Apollo Justice, Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice. Throw in Investigations whilst you're at it and maaaaaaaaybe even Ghost Trick if we're polite)
Mario + Rabbids info (I loved the first game and we've seen nothing on this for the last two years. I'm going insane)
Another indie/Nintendo crossover (Cadence of Hyrule was so dam interesting man, I want more games like it. Give me a Mario spin-off made by the creators of Celeste, or a Metroid game by Team Cherry and I'd be more than satisfied)
Another retro collection (there's so many at this point that I wouldn't even know where to begin but I'll take a shot in the dark and say something with Final Fantasy)
What I expect:
Something Square Enix (I would be SHOCKED if they don't have a presence at this event)
A trailer for Monster Hunter Sunbreak (considering how close it is to coming out, I could see them chucking in a quick 1 minute trailer promoting it)
Something unexpected (don't lie to yourself: they always do it)
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Not bad Nintendo, not bad! Lots of great stuff! Mainly ports, but it's gonna open a lot of news games up to Nintendo-centric audiences. I didn't even know they could make NieR: Automata run on Switch!
I'm definitely buying all three Persona games though. Even 5.
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