@CaleBoi25 Personally I don’t think Metroid Prime 4 could be a launch game. Or at least, the big launch game. It wouldn’t be a huge seller compared to say Mario or Pokemon.
It could either be one of the last Switch games or a cross-gen game but likely not at launch.
Based on how it has been done before, I think the Switch successor will launch similarly as previous consoles. Most consoles release with a. A Mario or Zelda game (such as Super Mario 64, Twilight Princess, Super Mario 64 DS, Breath of the Wild, New Super Mario Bros U) b. An experimental game/new IP/multiplayer- based (such as Wii Sports, Nintendo Land, 1-2 Switch!)
So if I were to guess, I’d say we’ll get a 3D Mario as our big launch title and other game is a new multiplayer IP, possibly similar to Wii Sports or Wii Party.
For Metroid, I could see it being cross gen but a few months after the console’s release, or just a Switch game this year.
Thing is, Metroid Prime 4 is still slated for Nintendo Switch in the recent Financial Report. So swansong or cross gen title imo
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@Bolt_Strike Unlike previous years when there's been a June general Direct, there's absolutely nothing confirmed for the 2nd half of the year right now.
2023 had Pikmin 4, Pokemon DLC and Mario Kart DLC
2021 had Skyward Sword HD, BDSP and Smash DLC
2019 had almost the entire lineup mapped out in February
2018 had Captain Toad, Smash Ultimate and XC2 DLC (Pokemon Let's Go got announced in late May)
2017 had almost the entire lineup mapped out in January
Even that unannounced Nintendo World Championships game which got a ESRB rating, there's no guarantee that's 2nd half. Could be a shadow drop over the coming days, could be a shadow drop in the June Direct.
Opens with new Kirby 2D platformer. follows the Return To Dreamland Deluxe gameplay style and art direction very closely. Releases Early 2025.
DecaPolice, Little Nightmares 3, Sonic & Shadow Generations, Inazuma Eleven, Fantasy Life i, Hollow Knight Silksong, Epic Mickey Rebrushed, The Plucky Squire, Ys X, One Piece Odyssey, etc. will all get new trailers and release dates
New Splatoon Splatfest and something small for it, will be pretty underwhelming
Rhythm Heaven Megamix Port with some quirky name and a couple new minigames added. Releases Early August. Demo out Immediately after the direct
Mario Party Spin-off. Everyone will find it bad at first since it's different but it will just be mediocre. Gonna have some weird board building mechanic where you collect spaces to place around the board. Releases October
Super Smash Bros. for NSO
Ace Attorney 7 teaser trailer Releases 2025
Remake for Shadow The Hedgehog coming October
NO Pokemon, NO Zelda and NO Fire Emblem. That will be saved for either the overlapping period on the switch or early switch 2
That Nintendo World Championships game will be shown for a minute and shadowdropped. Basically NES Remix with a bigger focus on online leaderboards.
Direct will end with Prime 2 + 3 ports and a full trailer for Metroid Prime 4, releasing Nov / Dec 2024
@zlobnicazelda thought I was the only one on this earth who wants that 🤣. I'd like an indie team to handle it though since I don't think it would be a massive undertaking. Maybe sabotage, yacht club games, or inti creates.
Edit:I totally misread your comment. I somehow read it as zelda 2 remake lol. Either way, I stand by my comment.
I don't like Zelda II because it looks like Super Mario 2D. I prefer playing from top down like Link's awakening. But I wouldn't mind remake of first Zelda or ALTTP. But I really want remakes of Oracles and Phantom Hourglass&Spirit Tracks. If Nintendo will not announce any Zelda game in this year i will be super dissapointed. I'm annoyed of many Mario and Luigi remakes while there were zero Zelda games in 2022 and 2024.
@Blooper987 I REALLLLLY hope Kirby isn't the next casual 2d platformer. We need another yoshi game. I loved crafted world and woolly world. They're so visually appealing to look at too.
@NintendoByNature Recent Yoshi games have been developed by Good Feel and they just recently released Mameda no Bakeru and Princess Peach Showtime. I doubt they were also developing a Yoshi game at the same time. Unless it's not developed by Good Feel.
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@DjinnFighter@Novamii good points. I just feel like we're due for yoshi. We've had Kirby after Kirby On switch this generation. Yoshi needs an outing in the near future.
@NintendoByNature I think we’ll get a Yoshi game somewhat early into the next consoles lifespan (around 2-3 years in). Normally Yoshi is the 2D platformer that plays it safe while incorporating a little spin on the existing formula to differentiate it and we’ve already had that on the Switch with Crafted World, and Yoshi rarely if ever double dips on a single console. HAL normally sneaks a Kirby game into the very end of a consoles lifespan, plus we haven’t had a Kirby game in over a year so it seems fitting for a somewhat smaller scope Kirby game to release soonish. I fully expect them to keep making 3D Kirby games too tho but that’s also something I expect to be on the next console.
Maybe instead of Yoshi and Kirby I could see a Donkey Kong, or heaven forbid something like ZipLash but Kirby seems to be the safest guess currently
Ok wait scrap everything I said, Woolly World remake I could see happen and would be pretty awesome. Would make sense with a more remake / port heavy final year
@Blooper987 I actually think fire emblem is decently likely for this year. There have been rumors about another fire emblem remake like Echoes for a while now, and it's the perfect size game for an end of system year. It's big enough to be a high end release but not big enough to distract from the switch 2.
@Sigran102 I do believe the Geneology remake exists and is gonna come out sometime within the next year, it just isn’t in my Direct predictions. I was debating swapping Kirby with that but FE feels more like a Spring 2025 release either as a Switch 1 title that runs better on Switch 2 or as a final game to hold people over before a Summer 2025 Switch 2 launch, depending on if the console releases March or later
I could 100% see it starting the direct tho since most Fire Emblem games seem to start them lately
Plus some Zelda remaster/remake/port. And some metroid, likely Prime 2 or 2/3.
Those are my top 3 predictions, not counting Nintendo World Championship since we might get that earlier.
I would go 50/50 with random Kirby game.
If we trust their word that this is only Switch 1 games (I'm not sure I do) then they shouldn't tease 3D Mario. In which case I have zero clue what their final announcement would be. In theory could be a cross-gen game like Prime 4. Or... yet another Mario franchise remake. Or.... Link to the Past remake? 😝 Imagine if they did that; everyone would go berserk.
The thing I want which is probably even less likely is Super Mario Land 2 remake.
@Grumblevolcano That really is an insane amount of Mario recently.
@Blooper987 I've always thought of dk and Mario as the more "hardcore" platformer even though as of late they're more easier to play through. Then I've thought of Kirby and Yoshi as the casual platformers where they should be flip flopping releases. Instead I feel like it's been non stop Kirby since 2018.
@NintendoByNature Kirby is a 2nd party IP with it's own team (HAL Laboratory) and nearly exclusively works on Kirby games. Occasionally other studios help with games as well (some are co-developed by Nintendo, Kirby's Epic Yarn is by Good-Feel). This keeps a constant flow of Kirby games releasing.
Kirby is one of Nintendo's most popular IPs, so it makes sense that HAL and Nintendo would want to cash out on it. Kirby games have pretty deep lore/canon and can get pretty creepy at certain parts of the games (mostly the mainline games), which often makes them end up being rated E10+. I've had a lot harder of a time with Kirby games' side content than I do with 2D Mario games. I'd say Kirby is deeper than both DK and Mario (Those are my 3 favorite 2D game series btw), especially knowing who Kirby seemingly is implied to be...
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