Turns out Push Square had the date of the Disney and Marvel Showcase wrong. It's September 9th, not September 15th so the usual general Direct slot on that day is currently free.
Apparently a Jeff Grubb leak came out
He says week of September 12th and we're getting Windwaker + TP remasters and a Metroid Prime Trilogy remaster
If this is true it means my hunch that it was happening very early September was wrong :,(
Windwaker and Twilight Princess remasters would be great though, I'll have most of my favorite games on the same console!
I thought the latest thinking from Jeff Grubb etc was that Metroid Prime 1 was getting more of a remake than a remaster and that the other two games in the trilogy would follow at a future date?
@MarioBrickLayer The word remake suggests that some fundamental changes would be made to a game's systems, while a remaster is usually just a touch-up for the presentation or the re-inclusion of previously cut content. MP1 on Switch will probably be little more than a graphical update.
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@Magician It would be good to get definitions everyone agreed with! What I have seen from the usual commentators is that Metroid Prime 2 and 3 would end up with something similar to Skyward Sword - port + cleaned up graphics + enhanced controls. But the talk for the past 12 months has been that Metroid Prime 1 is getting more than that, maybe not a completely ground up remake but it was going to be much more than a port + minor enhancements. Either way, I'll be getting it!
"In the past, this is something I'd heard was in the works," Grubb explained, "they have things happening with that game. Now I’ve been told that their plans are to release that game this holiday - I think almost certainly to line up with the 20th anniversary in November."
As for the other currently released games in the Metroid Prime series, Grubb added that versions of Metroid Prime 2 and 3 for Switch are also "pretty much done", but will likely drop "later along the road".
However, it sounds like only Metroid Prime 1 will be getting the "big remaster treatment", with Grubb noting that while its sequels may see the likes of updated controls on Switch, they won't be getting "quite the same overhaul".
@MarioBrickLayer Much like Live A Live, Pac-Man World: Re-Pac, or Diablo II: Resurrection. MP1 is being dropped into a new game engine. Which qualifies as a remake for some folks. Not me though. Those games are still the same, just touched up. By comparison Resident Evil 2, Trials of Mana, and Link's Awakening qualify as remakes.
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Switch Physical Collection - 1,260 games (as of June 15th, 2024)
Favorite Quote: "Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age the child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies." -Edna St. Vincent Millay
@westman98 September 15th is a Thursday, the point was that I thought the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase was on September 15th during the usual general Direct time so a general Direct wouldn't happen then. But it's not the 15th, it's the 9th so the 15th is free.
I know for sure that general, Mini, and Partner Showcase Directs have never been held on Fridays, but I'm not quite as sure for game-specific Directs.
With that being said, I believe the vast majority of game-specific Directs avoid the Friday timeslot. That 2021 Animal Crossing New Horizons Direct may be one of the only exceptions.
@Grumblevolcano
Oh, I thought you were referring to a Direct on Sep 9th. The 15th is definitely possible. (Though IIRC, general Directs during the Switch era are always held on Tuesdays or Wednesdays. The 15th is also the start of TGS 2022, which would overlap with the Direct).
Yeah, if I were a gambling man, I'd say the 15th would be a good bet.
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Guys I'm losing my cool, I'm the biggest Zelda guy I know and I saw "Zelda blow-out" and kind of started freaking out. I have so many theories for Botw 2.
@westman98 The only general Directs on Tuesday in the Switch era have been the E3 ones. Early in the year (January - March) and September ones are Wednesday/Thursday.
If Disney have an event too, i'm still hoping (unrealistically!) that we get a port of the Saturday Afternoon Collection, I thought they were epic NES games.
@FroZtedFlake Metroid Prime Trilogy remaster? it wasnt a remaster/remake of Metroid Prime that was rumored to be released in novembre? is Twilight Princess/Wind Waker remaster a separate release or a double pack release? @Magician so if Nintendo plan to release a remake of Metroid Prime 1, could they include cut content such as boss battle agaist Kraid?
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