Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I hope no one believes this is real

Breath of the Darkness? Seriously? They'd at least use proper grammar.

Anyways, interesting to see that this final Labo thingy turned out to be something I'm actually interested in. It does explain the seeming contradiction between the Labo site closing and the hints at a new Labo item coming out. And it even has mouse support on switch! Weird but cool.

@Slowdive “ Well, that and the absence of Twilight Princess, which was mentioned by the trustworthy editor-in-chief at VGC, Andy Robinson.”

Disproving a rumor with a unproven “leak”? Just because some head of a news site says it’s happening doesn’t mean it will. The name “Breath of the Darkness” is absolutely fake, so the “leak” mentioned is fake, but disproving any rumor because of another rumor is just kind of dumb.

Just to add, Jan is the dead spot where you don't release big games as the there's a mass of games released in Q4 for Xmas so you have plenty of competition, they'd miss out on Mums buying their kids a Xmas present, people in general spend less in Jan and then you have the New Year Sales offering even more competition. Even if they were aiming for a Dec release but it won't be ready till a month later they'd more likely released in Dec still and hope for a day one patch to be done in time or delay it an extra month or two.

Also I've not looked at the link, it seems it's like the usual rumour spam if even Slowdive isn't taking it seriously ;p

@Slowdive Yeah...not buying any of it. Zelda direct the day before E3? Terrible looking images? Three bad names in "Breath of the Darkness", "The Windwaker Return" and "Dungeon Force" (that middle one especially)?

Definite fake IMO. But that's not to say anything there is impossible.

Last year's NSO months were February, May, July, September and December so we're probably seeing the next batch of NSO games announced next week for release the week after. The gold points bonus for subscribing ends on May 10th.

just reveal metroid prime 4 and it's release date plz. i don't care about anything else.

That is a lot of crap lol

You know me. For E3 give me a SMT V release date, an RE Switch announcement, and maybe a DQX localization. Everything else is...meh, whatever. I assume BotW 2, Bayo 3, and MP 4 won't be mentioned at all.

I'd lose my mind over a PSO2: NGS localization as well, but I believe Xbox has exclusivity on that.

I feel like BotW 2 has a better chance of being mentioned than Bayo 3 or MP 4. MP 4 seems to be in development hell, and Bayo 3 is pretty much the same. BotW 2 has been confirmed to at least get some form of news this year, so e3 is probably the best bet for that.

I mean, the last thing I heard someone at Platinum talk about Bayonetta, it really sounded like they would've shown it by now if not for Nintendo wanting it shown off later. So honestly I'm kinda expecting it now.

@Slowdive I mean, they have to redo development from scratch, so it kind of is.

Don't expect Prime 4 until 2022 at the earliest. Maybe before the restart 2020 was a possibility but now? There's no way they can turn it around THAT quickly and for it to still be good. 2022, maybe even 2023 and 2024 or later.

I honestly doubt Metroid Prime 4 is a 2021 game. It's either late 2022 or Late 2023.

@Slowdive it veteran developers who were just hired to do it 5 mins ago ;p

As you’re very insistent on MP4’s development going strongly would you like to make a friendly wager on it? If it comes out on or before March 2022 I will donate €20 to a charity of your choice but if it doesn’t then you have to donate £20 to a charity of my choice.

With it restarting development completely in late 2018/early 2019, I never expected it until late 2022 at the very earliest.

That was before covid. With covid I wouldn't expect Metroid Prime 4 until late 2023 at the very earliest, and I don't expect them to show anything at all at E3 this year.

BotW2 and Bayo 3 on the other hand I absolutely believe we'll see at E3. That being said I could see them holding Bayo 3 for a September Direct or for the Game Awards simply because they can haha

@VoidofLight @Slowdive @jump No matter when MP4 comes out, what do you think the chances are that Retro Studios keep this team they have assembled together and move straight onto MP5? If I were Nintendo, that's what i'd be thinking.

I mean...to be fair, until mp4 is out, I wouldn't even considering tossing development teams into the mix for mp5, Imho of course.

I'm predicting more melee combat in the same way that Samus Returns had.

@Slowdive nice! That would be sweet.