Prediction: There's going to be a Metroid Prime 4 Direct on either the 25th or 26th of November. I know for many it seems hopeless, but I'm not giving up. Nintendo has probably not yet released a direct in order to keep the focus on Kirby Air Riders, so we have a small window for a Direct only after Air Riders' launch.
As for why I think they'll make a Direct at all, it comes down to 2 things: 1) Clarification of the gameplay loop as it pertains to Vi-O-La and 2) Details on the in-game functionality of the MP4 amiibo, since they sure love talking about amiibo in these directs (the amiibo is the stronger rationale for Nintendo, I think). Outside of that, they can fill a Direct with plenty of information. Ideally the info would be all new, but as they've demonstrated with the Mario Kart World Direct, they can easily fill it with mostly old news if necessary (a sad scenario, but better than no Direct at all).
"well it appears I am upside down. what ever will I do?"
I think most of the info is stuff we'll get in the media previews on Friday. I honestly don't believe we'll get a Direct for Prime 4 now, but we'll get an overview trailer at some point.
I'm still on copium that Prime 2+3 will drop on the eShop this month.
We are way past the point that such would be plausible. Pretty much any point in November, a person who bought the collection would run an extreme risk of still being playing those games ( or even just one of them! ) by the time Prime 4 dropped. . . and thus be less likely to actually buy Prime 4.
( Remember: However fast you think it would take to finish Prime 2 and 3? Almost certainly much faster than the actual average person would take to play them. )
@FishyS That was solely the physical version. Digital Pikmin 1+2 was June 21st 2023, Pikmin 4 was July 21st 2023 and physical Pikmin 1+2 was September 22nd 2023.
Pikmin is like Nintendo's favorite child. The games always get ported to new hardware and it's never entirely skipped a generation.
In contrast, everything else seems very hit and miss. Even some very popular Mario and Zelda games are still missing from the Switch lineup. In that context, I don't think we can be too surprised that a strategy for re-releasing the Metroid Prime games hasn't formed.
I think I'm already done to watch Nintendo Direct as almost every 3rd party games (even 1st party games) for Switch 2 are game key card.
Nintendo Switch 2 become more and more unappealing to me with this current situation.
Sony had that State of Play Japan event and Xbox is rumoured to have a Partner Preview event (Xbox's equivalent of Partner Showcase) in November which makes me think about the Direct situation.
Nintendo usually has an Indie World in November/December but I wonder if there ends up being a double Direct this time considering the setup the last 2 times Indie World happened. August 2024 was Indie World + Partner Showcase and in July/August 2025 there was Partner Showcase followed by Indie World a week later.
@Grumblevolcano When do you think it would be? We already have a different direct this week and next week is Air Riders release. Last week of November? Or after Prime 4? I had kind of assumed the last week of November would focus on a Prime 4 advertising blitz.
@FishyS I'm torn on when. Normal timing would suggest the week after the Game Awards (e.g. December 16th) and give some more spotlight to Switch 2 if the Game Awards has very little Switch 2 presence like the previous 2 Geoff events. But the week beginning December 1st is big for 3rd party support between Marvel Cosmic Invasion, AC Shadows, Octopath 0 and the Switch 2 Edition of Sonic Racing CrossWorlds so if a double Direct perhaps something like November 25th/26th would be more fitting.
As for Prime 4, it honestly feels like an Age of Imprisonment type scenario. We know we're getting previews on the 14th and I could see overview trailer that day as well but it feels like general marketing is going to more tame.
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