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Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

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IceClimbers

Let's get those predictions going then! I think we'll see:

  • Kirby Planet Robobot Deluxe
  • Fire Emblem Genealogy of the Holy War remake
  • Metroid Prime 4
  • Metroid Prime 2+3 HD
  • Dragon Quest 1+2 HD2D
  • Professor Layton and the New World of Steam
  • DecaPolice

The rest is random 3rd party ports. I do NOT think we'll see:

  • Silksong (if it shows up this year it'll be at the Xbox Showcase in June)
  • Zelda WW/TP HD

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Bigmanfan

The biggest news from this direct is that pyoro is back apparently.

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FragRed

@Bigmanfan Does it? What’s he been saying?

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Blooper987

Kirby Planet Robobot Deluxe
Fire Emblem Echoes: Geneology Of The Holy War
Mario Super Sluggers On Switch
Metroid Prime 4 release date
Metroid Prime 2 Remake
Plants Vs Zombies Remake
DK64, Diddy Kong Racing, Conker, more Rare games on NSO
Ace Attorney 7
Dragon Quest 1+2 HD-2D Remake
Professor Layton, Decapolice, Yokai Watch
Sonic Racing CrossWorlds
Yoshi's Woolly World

My dream announcement is a new Rhythm Heaven but I dont really think we will see it

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Nintoz

This is simulataneously the most Nintendo and un-Nintendo thing to do and I love it. Never would I have dreamed there would be 2 big-boy directs in the space of 7 days!

I think we'll definitely see Planet Robobot and Metroid Prime 4.
If we don't see the latter then it's a sure-fire bet for next week's presentation.
Can't think of much on the 3rd party front apart from Layton and Dragon Quest.

It would be nice to see one original title from Nintendo, maybe something like Rhythm Heaven or a Mario Sports title.
I do think the Switch still deserves a few original games this year.

"It HAS to be Wind Waker!!"

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Magician

Could this be the last chance for a Dragon Quest X Offline western release?

Other than that, I am surprised this wasn't a Partner or Indie Direct.

Does Nintendo really have a half dozen or so first party games lined up for OG Switch?

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Grumblevolcano

The timing makes me think Prime 4 isn't the Direct closer but rather playing the role Pikmin 4 did in the June 2023 Direct.

My predictions are:

  • Opens with Mario Sluggers (Nintendo has that recent baseball thing going on for this year's season)
  • Around the middle of the Direct, there's a long Prime 4 segment which reveals more about the game and ends with release date (late June perhaps?) and Prime 2+3 shadow drop (physical in late April)
  • 1st party spotlights being a Kirby remake, a Fire Emblem remake, Switch Sports update, Splatoon 3 update (3rd kits), F-Zero 99 update
  • NSO presence being either the playtest game or shadow dropped Rare N64 games
  • Ends with a highly requested remaster (WWHD/TPHD if that's the 2025 Zelda game, something like F-Zero GX if BotW Remastered is the 2025 Zelda game)

On the 3rd party side of things, DQ1+2 remake and the Capcom remasters seems a safe guess but not sure what else. I don't think Silksong will be present.

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FragRed

@Bigmanfan Oh right ok. I thought he started announcing or teasing the games like he used to do. So he still doesn’t have that line of inside communication available.

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Magician

I'm glad Nintendo prefaced the Direct with "no Switch 2 news".

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SplatRay001

@Grumblevolcano don’t give me hope for third kits…

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Bluelink45

My two hopes are an FE remake or a new Ace Attorney since we have all the ports. Realistically? Third party, ports, NSO Sacred Stones.

Half-decent at Ace Attorney and horrible at strategy games, but I love them both.

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IceClimbers

Could we see Yakuza 0 get announced? RGG did say that Kiwami exceeded expectations and it would still run on Switch. Just not sure if it would be too soon or not

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ImGrenadeMan

Can we take a moment to appreciate how NL added a second countdown banner to the site for tomorrow’s direct? Idk why but that’s really amusing to me 😅

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FragRed

@ImGrenadeMan I thought they messed up the site when I first saw there was two. Took me a couple moments to realise what they’d done

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OctolingKing13

im a bit late to respond to the news, but i must say, as a nintendo fan let down by truckloads of rumours and leaks, this was a nice surprise! i think one direct to send off mr switch will be nice, its a crazy two weeks for us! okay my predictions are a bunch of third party, prime 2&3 (still not convinced prime 4 wont be on switch 2), kirby remaster, mario sports title, silksong, and im throwing in a wild card here…something mother for the anniversary. i think itll be a good one though, excited to watch it with yall 🥳🥳🥳🥳
@Grumblevolcano great predictions, man mario baseball would be epic!
also i love the extra countdown

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rallydefault

So, like... why?

What are we thinking they're using this Direct to do?

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Bigmanfan

@rallydefault Probably getting some releases to fill time until the Switch 2, since that's still probably a couple months out. Plus why not put out more Switch games? Basically everything they put out prints money.

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rallydefault

@Bigmanfan
It just feels kinda… I don’t know, sloppy? Like… weirdly sloppy from Nintendo.

What do we think is in this Direct that had to wait until 6 days before the other one? Why couldn’t this have happened at the beginning of the month to space things out a bit more?

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