Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Took some time out to make another bingo card for today's Direct!

Got a few wildcards among some safe bets (along with some oddball predictions here and there) so it'll be exciting to see what comes to pass from this (FOR THE LOVE OF DOC LOUIS GIVE ME PUNCH OUT PLEASE)

@Fizza
Nintendogs game on Switch will be 0% chance as there will be Little Friends: Puppy Island as the "Nintendogs" game on Switch by 3rd party developer.

I would like to see ARMS 2 get announced for another Boxing game by Nintendo.

And for Dancing game, gimme Dance Dance Revolution.

So the SNES remake.

My money is on a Fire Emblem remake but Earthbound is my dream as it's the best way of keeping the games going without Shigesato Itoi making a new one and with no Shigesato Itoi there's no point. Still rather have Mother 3 though.

There's also Star Fox which basically gets remade all the time anyway plus Metroid and Zelda seem possible too.

@Bolt_Strike Oh, ok. rip that theory

Also, Im going to put an end to this "2D mario doesn't sell well" argument:
1. New Super Mario bros u deluxe (port that adds only 2 new characters) - 15.41m copies.
3d world + bowsers fury (better game and better port) - 11.38m copies.

2. Before odyssey, 3d marios hadn't yet broken the 20m copy barrier, something 2d marios had done multiple times.

3. The Mario Makers restrict your inputs (e.g. enemies) and thus potential levels, so should be considered a different series.

@Anti-Matter Who said it had to be for Switch?

T-minus three hours and counting....

@chapuH I don't think the argument is that 2D Mario doesn't sell well (it does sell well), rather about whether 2D Mario is suitable to be a launch title for hardware anymore.

So some ideas for SNES game remakes, some serious some less so:

Super Mario RPG: Others have suggested it and, frankly, it seems like the most obvious choice. Substantial enough to still be a decently priced title and well regarded enough to draw a significant level of interest

F-Zero: Easy fan service and broad appeal. I'm not entirely sure how a "remake" of F-Zero would work, I mean why not just make an entirely new F-Zero at that point, but it could still be good

Link to the Past: Link's Awakening started as an attempt to port LttP to the GB and we got a remake of Awakening. So Link to the Past seems like a fairly obvious next step. Personally I'd rather a new Zelda entirely or, if they were to do a remake, go with the Oracle games. But this could obviously work

Super Punch Out: I mean, I could see it happening and it kinda happened already on the Wii. But if they were to do this I'm not entirely sure it would be described as a "SNES remake" by a leaker. Surely the NES title is better known, no?

UniRally: Somehow Nintendo got Rockstar and Pixar to play ball ...... also hell just froze over.... Seriously though, I can't understate how hyped I'd be even if they just dropped this on NSO. Never happening, obviously, but one can dream

Super Tennis:

@skywake I'm a bit surprised you didn't mention Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War as a potential candidate; rumours have been swirling about that one getting a remake since before Engage's release.

T-minus one hour and counting...

I would love A Link to the Past remade in that 2D-HD style…..it’s like a pop up storybook and I’m obsessed with it.

I heard a rumour about Mario RPG being remade in 2D-HD and I’ve never played that one so I’m here for it.

But I’m also eager to hear about a new Mario 2D game, it’s long overdue.

……as is a release date for Gunbrella! It looks ridiculous and therefore epic. Gimme!

Also why do I have a divisional meeting at the same time as the Direct? I need to take this up with HR……

Happy Nintendo Direct day y'all

I'm happy to see UniRally hasn't been forgotten. I'd be over the moon for it to be on NSO but there's a better chance of a cow jumping over the moon😢

Man this would be so awesome. So many people believe it’s either Chrono Trigger or Super Mario RPG, but if Genealogy Echoes shows up instead, 80% of the viewers will probably break something, 15% will be “ok, that’s cool.” And then the 5% will be the hardcore fire emblem fan base jumping for joy. It would be so great!

@TheBigBlue I'm fully expecting it to be FE4. If it's something else, I don't want to be disappointed.

check out the Nintendo Direct focused on the games releasing on the Switch on the second half of the year.

Immediate reaction. 11/10

I love how out there some of these games are. Outstanding Direct.