All I know is that I don't really take interest in Prime 4. The marketing hasn't given me a reason to care for the series at all. Dread got me to try the 2D games, but Prime 4 just hasn't sold me at all in the slightest.
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@Turbotendo if NSO Wii is coming so soon after GameCube classics then we might aswell assume Wii U classics are coming with the Service.
What games will they release on NSO Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario Galaxy 2
LoZ Skyward sword
Donkey Kong country returns
Pikmin 1
Pikmin 2
Kirby’s return to dreamland maybe even monkey ball banana blitz
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@OmnitronVariant I'm confused by the lack of Metroid marketing. I'm sure there will be a lot in late November, but I really expected a direct this week or earlier.
Perhaps this is why Nintendo doesn't normally pack in so many releases close together like they are doing right now — hard to give them all time without stepping on each other's ad space.
@FishyS Part of me wonders if the game just might not bring enough new stuff to warrant them doing an individual game Direct but on the other hand they still did one for Mario Kart World when they had basically nothing to show.
@BenAV I'd seriously have to wonder how they have not much new stuff to show when it's been nearly 20 years from the last one and the industry (and especially Nintendo) has changed significantly since the last game. There have to be new upgrades to come up with, they could come up with new gameplay modes (I'd love a sidequest system and a boss rush mode for example), there could be new QoL features. Again, a massive fumble if they have little new. How can you have not much to show after all of this time?
@1UP_MARIO I hope they aren't already planning a Wii NSO tier! I mean, I love my Wii, and I guess it is considered old now... But I feel like the current lineups need to be filled out more before they add new set of games.
@CaleBoi25 totally agree. We just got GameCube and we all thought it will come in 2016 with the Wii u eshop as gamecube could natively run on it. I feel they will save Wii for 2033 or the next system.
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I kind of wonder if Nintendo's waiting for the next phase of GTA6 marketing to pass through before the next Prime 4 news happens. Take Two's earnings call is next week (November 6th) so there might be something about GTA6 before or shortly after then.
Wii emulation isn't much more technically demanding than GameCube. If any device can do one, it can usually manage both, so I'd be fairly confident that the Switch 2 could. They might need to add a new performance mode that ups the CPU clock a bit, but that's about it.
You'd obviously need a new controller, but I'm sure that Nintendo would happily sell us a Wiimote and sensor bar package for a hundred bucks or so when the time comes.
I've a feeling that there'll be at least a couple of years of milking the GameCube first though, as well as the Virtual Boy. DS and 3DS emulation could also be a thing at some point. I'd think that Wii U is the only older system that'd definitely need to wait until the Switch 3 though.
I don't think Wii NSO is imminent but it may not be super far away either. We just got GC and I think they'll want to drip feed those titles over several years before adding a system like DS or Wii. I would guess Wii is either late this gen or early next gen assuming NSO continues into next gen (which is a whole discussion in and of itself because we don't know if next gen will be a Switch 3 or if they'll come up with something new that might necessitate a completely new subscription service).
I guess a Metroid Prime 4 direct next week is technically possible. We got a Xenoblade 3 direct two days before Three Hopes in 2022. Nintendo publishes its earnings on 11/4 though. I also wonder if the amiibo will launch on 11/6 without a trailer.
The next Switch 2 Edition is Animal Crossing New Horizons.
I am slightly baffled as to why this was a shadow drop announcement. AC is kind of a big deal so you'd think they'd have announced this in the September Direct. I mean it is a S2E show it's not THAT big but AC sold well enough that this is a Direct-worthy announcement.
@Bolt_Strike Nintendo usually saves an announcement or two for just before the November earnings report. Last year was XCX and Nintendo Music, 2023 was MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 6 and some hardware bundles, 2022 was Indie World, etc.
I'd say the weirdest thing about this announcement is that they're already promoting their January game while there's complete silence about their December game.
@Grumblevolcano None of those are new game announcements except XCX, so this is still a tad unusual. A game this big usually isn't shadow-dropped, it's usually announced in a Direct.
I'm not really sure this game is taking much away from Prime 4, it's a S2E so there's not as much new to promote. But yeah, this does come back to Nintendo promoting everything except Prime 4.
Really my larger concern is that this is another IP that feels due for a new entry and is only getting a Switch 1 port. ACNH was 5 years ago and it feels like the next game should be soon... but if we're getting a S2E of AC (which honestly this game wasn't even on my radar for S2E candidates, live service/evergreen games like this are probably better suited for new entries rather than ports of older games) that signals that the next AC game isn't until 2027 at the earliest (probably even later). And the Switch 2 desperately needs new, original entries, especially from their higher selling IPs (i.e. IPs that have sold 10+ million copies on the Switch). This is crossing another IP off the list of "new, original entries of larger IPs we could see in 2026" (and by "larger" I mean anything that sold 10+ million on the Switch) and that could seriously stall the Switch 2's momentum. Granted I'm not an AC fan so this doesn't really hurt me specifically, but there's a lot of Nintendo fans that are and a new AC game is definitely one that could sell Switch 2s to Nintendo fans that are on the fence and want to see more/better games. A S2E of ACNH isn't going to move the needle quite as much on that front.
I think the 2026 lineup will look something like this:
January - Animal Crossing New Horizons S2E
February - Mario Tennis Fever, Pokémon Champions
March - Super Mario Bros Wonder S2E
April - Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
May - Tomodachi Life Living the Dream
June - Pokémon Pokopia
July - Splatoon Raiders
August - Rhythm Heaven Groove
September - Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave
October - ???
November - Pokémon Gen 10, ???
December - N/A
I think October will end up being Luigi's Mansion 4 and the second November game will be another S2E (Switch Sports maybe?). Toss in another game or two and that's the year's lineup.
@IceClimbers There's a big, 3D Mario shaped hole in this lineup and the new 3D Mario missing 2026 would be a major miss for Switch 2 when every console has had a 3D Mario by at least the end of their second year. Hell I would rather Luigi's Mansion 4 be pushed to 2027 than 3D Mario. That's way too big an IP and system seller to wait until Year 3 or later, especially when the flagship 3D Mario is designed around new hardware features and positioned as a way to sell said features.
And I don't want to hear "oh it needs time". How much more time does it need? It's been 8 years since Odyssey. Bowser's Fury is basically a small scale tech demo and everything else is just ports. And DK Bananza is a side project and there's key staff from the Tokyo team that haven't worked on anything in years. There's a real feeling like the Tokyo team has been twiddling their thumbs for 8 years, this game should be almost ready. Where tf is it?
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