Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Hope all the employees are staying safe. I don't mind waiting if it means no one gets sick. Though I know eventually they'll have to give information, whether to us or investors

So Nintendo is letting employees work from home. How can you run Nintendo from home?

@DannyBoi Nintendo of America. They don't make any games. They do translations, and a bunch of marketing and advertising (among other things). Most of that can be done from a computer, anywhere.

@Octane So Nintendo can be run from home. Can games be developed from homs?

Nintendo of Japan I am assuming are still working? Japan seems to be going into a bit of lock down with the way schools etc have been closed. It’s interesting also that Bungie have sent all their staff to work from home. Wonder how that works.

Ok so I'm fairly convinced it's happening this coming week so here are my realistic predictions of what we're getting. (Obviously my wildest hopes would be a bit more imaginative)

-Long 10 minute Xenoblade Trailer that acts as a kind of mini-direct for the game. Explains it as if it's a completely new game for newcomers. Announces release date of May.

-Super Mario 3D World Definitive Edition. Pretty straight direct port of the Wii U game, but adds a completely new world to the game in order to try and get second-time buyers interested. Announce release date of June/July.

-Bayonetta 3 gameplay reveal trailer. Very advanced graphics. Platinum's biggest game ever, incorporates more exploration elements. Announces 2020 release, exact date will be given at E3 (and will end up releasing around October/September time)

-New Paper Mario RPG in the style of Thousand Year Door. Same visuals as Colour Splash though, which looked incredible! Announces 2020 release date, exact date will be given at E3 and will be November/December)

-Metroid Prime Trilogy HD: They've used the delay for Prime 4 to further polish this and update things like the textures. Will get a 2020 release and will also get an exact date given at E3, will also be November/December.

-Second short teaser trailer for Breath of the Wild 2. Will get proper announcement at E3 and will end up being March 2021 release.

@Dezzy No Pikmin 4? BANNED!

@Dezzy You think Nintendo would bother adding a new world to 3D World? I don’t think they’ll do that, they know it’ll sell because there’s millions who never owned the Wii U so it’s an easy port for easy money. Why spend resources on something they don’t need.

The longer this goes the more I believe they will sell metroid prime games individually versus as a trilogy. What motivation do they have to release the games in a bundle. Nintendo fans are starving for games and they would pay full price for a metroid prime HD version. Then 8 months later part 2 comes out at again full price. And then another 8 months later 3. Theoretically 4 might be ready not long after that. The only reason to bundle them is to win good will. They are still selling the switch like hot cakes. They already have the good will. Sure Sony and or Microsoft would bundle but that's not how Nintendo does things.

I’m not expecting anything Metroid Prime related this year. I think anything related to the trilogy to be 2021 with Retro’s Prime 4 to be 2022.

@sixrings While it is true that Nintendo has problem with bundling remasters that would be bundled by any other company (WWHD and TPHD come to mind), Metroid Prime Trilogy is not a fantasy, but actually a product already released on the Wii U. It would make absolutely no sense for Nintendo to turn around and start releasing it in pieces when the whole thing was complete on the previous system.

@Octane

Sorry I still haven't played a Pikmin game, so I just don't think about it. I'll try Pikmin 3 at some point, cos it's super cheap.

@FragRed

Well quite a few of their ports have added new stuff, so I'm just being optimistic. It was one of the best-selling games on the Wii U, so a lot of people have already played it.
Adding new stuff would make people like me consider rebuying it. Otherwise, there's no way I'd bother. I'm fine with the Wii U version.

If they actually redid the textures and improved the graphics, I think that would be fine. But if they're just straight upscaled ports, then I think they'll sell all 3 together because they wouldn't justify a full price retail sale otherwise. The fact that Prime Trilogy was already a thing on the Wii is why I assumed it'd be done as a trilogy.

@Dezzy True, MK8 Deluxe did change the battle mode and add all the DLC as part of the package. And Treasure Tracker had some new stages. I was thinking of how little they did with New Super Mario Bros U DX or whatever it’s called. There really seemed bare bones changes and it still sold well. I just assumed because it’s Mario, it’s an easy sell no matter what.

I personally just want a new Odyssey to release this year. It’ll have been 3 years so plenty of time now they have an engine with assets they can build off.

@Dezzy Blasphemy! Get on it real quick!

@FragRed

They did add the Super Luigi U to the game don't forget. Which was frankly the best part of it. Only about half of the people had bought that on the Wii U.

@Dezzy Oh God I totally forgot about that. They desperately need to go back to the drawing board with 2D Mario. But I doubt they will. The New series sells too well.

Looking at the Wii U ports, we got in terms of extra and changed contents:

• BotW - Labo VR support
• MK8 Deluxe - Extra characters and vehicle parts, battle arenas, 1 item changed to 2 items
• Pokken DX - Extra character, new content added later as DLC
• Bayonetta 1+2 - Same as Wii U
• DKC Tropical Freeze - Easy mode in the form of Funky Kong
• Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition - Added the extra content and balancing from 3DS version, 2 new outfits
• Captain Toad Treasure Tracker - Replaced 3D World levels with Odyssey levels, new content added later as DLC, Labo VR support
• NSMBU Deluxe - Easy mode in the form of Toadette/Peachette
• Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore - Extra Side Story
• Wonderful 101 Remastered - Luka's First and Second Missions available as DLC (Kickstarter succeeded with those 2 DLC goals)

So the general approach with Wii U ports is have everything available that was in the Wii U version including DLC and either add an easy mode or extra content. So I think for future Wii U ports if we get them we'll get this content:

• 3D World - Add in Toadette/Peachette as an easy mode, also 3D World save file unlocking the 3D World courses from the Wii U version of Captain Toad in the Switch version of Captain Toad.
• Pikmin 3 - DLC stages from the Wii U version in the base game, maybe some extra stages too.
• XCX - Similar to Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition so any cut content restored and I'd guess also adding in the simulator that allows Elma to travel to the Land of Challenge from XC2 and an extra story segment that continues on from the Wii U version's ending.
• Yoshi's Woolly World - Adds the extra content from the 3DS version
• Zelda HD remasters - Identical to Wii U versions
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse - Easy mode added
• Paper Mario Color Splash - Pit of 100 trials type challenge added
• Star Fox Zero + Guard - Adds planets from 64 that weren't in Zero (e.g. Macbeth)

@Grumblevolcano

Star Fox Zero required 2 screens to play remember. Almost no chance they'll port it. They'd have to completely remake the game to adjust to 1 screen.

@Dezzy Well I did say if they got ported. 3D World, Pikmin 3, Zelda HD remasters and XCX feel like the main likely ones with Zelda HD remasters dependent on BotW 2's release date and XCX is probably a few years out because of XC Definitive Edition.