check out how the amazing music of Monster Hunter Rise is made
The music is incredible. If they don't at least nominate this game for Sountrack of the Year, we're dealing with blatant corruption or willfull ignorance.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@JaxonH@Magician great lists everyone. I may work on some of my asian physical releases wishlist since shipping is free on play asia this month, but if I do I’m pretty much on lock down financially until BF.
As a gamer this is a good problem to have. But there goes my whole “spend less money on games” resolution. Lol.
Taiko is good for the soul, Hoisa!
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I'm a Dream Fighter. Perfume is Love, Perfume is Life.
So, I’m browsing the best selling GameCube, Wii and 3DS games, seeing which ones already have entries released on Switch, trying to get a feel for the next few highest selling games in the list that haven’t yet seen a new entry on Switch. But they’re all pretty much covered.
Unless Nintendo goes back to Wii casual games, which I doubt. So Wii Play, Wii Fit, Wii Sports, Nintendogs, etc are all off the table (though I would LOVE a Switch Sports, I really would). What does that leave, then?
Basically Mario Strikers, Metroid Prime (which, we have MP4 on the way, but I still think this leaves room for the trilogy), Pikmin, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Kid Icarus, Wario Land, Rhythm Heaven and F-Zero. And if we consider IP that are likely to get a second entry, Fire Emblem, Kirby, Xenoblade Chronicles and another Mario is almost certainly in the cards.
But which of these will we see? I doubt F-Zero. And Kid Icarus is unlikely too. Even Star Fox is a long shot, given the performance of Zero. Wario Land, that one I’m unsure about. Mario Strikers, on the other hand, is almost certainly a lock. A new DK is already rumored from the leak, Pikmin 4 was confirmed like 27 years ago, Rhythm Heaven is likely in the tail end of the generation, a new project from Monolith Soft has been underway for years, and Fire Emblem, Kirby and Mario are a given.
This gives us an idea for what to expect to be announced for 2022. Even if they don’t necessarily release in 2022, we can at least expect an announcement for several of these IP. The question is, will we see a wildcard, and if so, what? A new 2D Metroid wasn’t expected (it was rumored, but before the leak nobody actually thought it would happen). Advance Wars was definitely not expected. What curveballs will 2022 bring?
It’s feasible we see all the above before the generation is over (eh hem, excluding F-Zero, Star Fox and Kid Icarus- those are truly improbable, as unfortunate as that may be). Either Nintendo is going to have to dig deep to fill the lineup for another 4 years, or, they’re going to have to start giving more IP two entries per generations, doing more spin-offs, doing more new IP, doing more remasters and remakes, or a combination of all the above.
@Link-Hero
I was always going to buy it, simply because I’ve never played more than the first few hours, and an HD version that’s also handheld is the way to go if I’m gonna play. But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping for such improvements. I’m glad they addressed a lot of the minutia.
I’d like to remind everyone before MH Stories 2 releases next Friday, that despite the amiibo selling out at GameStop instantly, you can import all 3 from Japan for around the same cost it would have been from GameStop.
Also, the Monster Hunter Creator’s Models for Fatalis and the Palamute/Cohoot are both up for preorder on Amazon Japan. Look how massive Fatalis is compared to normal creator’s models, such as the Rathalos beside it.
I imagine in 2023 we'll see another Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, another top down Zelda, and whatever Next Level Games is working on now. Probably a port of Yoshi's Woolly World too. Toss in Metroid Prime 4 and you've got half the year covered already
@JaxonH I think 2022 be 2017-esque, something like:
January - Pokemon Legends Arceus
February/March - Zelda Wii U ports
April - Next Kirby
May/June - Splatoon 3
July - Project Triangle Strategy
August - Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
September - a new Fire Emblem Warriors (Age of Calamity type game set in the world of Three Houses)
October - DK
November - BotW 2
December - Monolith Soft Medieval ARPG
Then 2023 ending up being a 2018/2020 type year where there's a large focus on ports/remasters/remakes surrounding 1 gigantic new game which I think would be a new 3D Mario.
@JaxonH I wouldn't count Star Fox out yet. After the strong positive reaction to the Starlink crossover, and how much better the Switch version sold as a result, there's a chance Nintendo took note.
I mean, if we could get a Starlink spiritual successor with the Star Fox IP and no toys, I'd be super interested. That game had too much potential to die in one due to the choice of toys to life.
Edit: looked it up, based on the sales numbers that we do have, 80% of sales were on Switch despite it being on all three platforms.
I’d also have to think that Monoliths “medieval” ARPG won’t launch right on top of Botw2. People can argue whether Botw is an RPG (my take is that it is - albeit a light one) but from a pure concept and marketing perspective I think the two games would be too similar.
A Fire Emblem Warriors game in the 3H universe is a fantastic idea.
I tend to think that Pokémon legends might yet slip into Autumn.
Either way 2022 looks fairly strong though. Few consoles in their 6th year have a line up that’s still firing like the Switch seems poised to.
@StuTwo Between Babylon's Fall, multiple self-published titles and contradictions regarding Bayonetta 3 I think Bayonetta 3 will release after Metroid Prime 4. The contradictions are:
1. Nintendo - "We like to show things whenever we’re ready to show them, and certainly we like to show things when the developer’s ready to show them."
2. PlatinumGames - "We don’t have that much say over projects that we’re not publishing. And we understand different titles require different approaches, so we respect the publisher’s decisions."
Nintendo are saying that they won't reveal Bayonetta 3 until PlatinumGames are ready to reveal it but PlatinumGames are saying they can't reveal Bayonetta 3 because of Nintendo.
As for Pokemon, I hope if it needs extra time that it gets delayed though doubt that would happen. The past suggests TPC doesn't allow games to be delayed even if extra time is needed so Legends Arceus releasing on January 28th 2022 seems about as likely as Skyward Sword HD releasing on July 16th 2021.
December 2022 for the Monolith Soft Medival ARPG was only a guess based on the release date of XCX and XC2. If it is too similar to BotW 2 I could see a 2023 release with a port/remaster/remake taking the December 2022 slot.
@Grumblevolcano
That’s not a contradiction. A developer can be ready to show something but still not have the authority to do so, and vise versa. Ultimately it’s Nintendo‘s call as to when that happens, and that call will be made also taking into account what the developer tells them behind closed doors.
Nintendo will indeed show it when Platinum tells them it’s ready to be shown, behind closed doors. That doesn’t mean they’re going to tell reporters anything when they ask.
All Platinum is saying is, “stop asking us, it’s not our call”. That’s it. They’re not saying they’re ready to show anything but can’t, they’re saying even if we wanted to, it’s not our call, so stop asking. It’s Nintendo’s call, and Nintendo will make that call when the time is right, when Platinum themselves feels the time is right. But they’re not gonna tell you that, they’re not gonna tell you or me anything because it’s not their place to say anything.
Not that that has any relevance. The game very well may come after Prime 4, for all we know. Or, it could get revealed in spring or at e3 next year and release in August, similar to Astral Chain. Games are always MIA… until they’re not.
@Grumblevolcano I'm thinking the December slot will either be Ring Fit 2, or a major DLC pack for the first one. Get it out just in time for new years resolutions.
@Grumblevolcano I don't know - they do talk about it occasionally and acknowledge it, it's clearly a passion project for Platinum and the series is their "calling card" so to speak. They are known to spread themselves thin but I don't think that they'd prioritise other games over Bayonnetta - it's the series that the industry will always judge the health of that studio by.
I also think that they know that there's a time limit on the game if it's to be commercially successful. Nintendo will release Metroid Prime 4 to die on Switch if they have to if the Switch has already died on its feet commercially by the point its ready to release - just to honour that promise to fans (like they did with Skyward Sword on Wii and BoTW on Wii U). I don't think that Platinum can do that though with Bayonnetta - it's next year or they may have real problems selling it.
Then again - who knows?
One thing that's not been discussed recently is the idea that Nintendo might release a Mario platformer - even if it's "just" a HD port of Galaxy 2 - to tie in with the release of the animated film that's still due for release in 2022.
Pretty sure the new DK game will launch with a push from an animated DK film.
And a new Fire Emblem Echoes remake has to be coming next year. It'll have been 4 years since the release of Three Houses. Just looking at the years between Awakening, Fates and Shadows of Valentia, we're overdue.
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@Giancarlothomaz
If it was Scalebound it would have been cancelled already.
The two games are not alike in the slightest. People have to learn that just because a game is announced early, it does not mean it’s cancelled. We’ve been over this time and again. I can’t even count how many times this has happened. First it was “Dragon Quest XI S is cancelled” then it was “Shin Megami Tensei V is cancelled”, and now it’s “Bayonetta 3 is cancelled”.
No. They’ve said like six different times now, specifically, that the game is fine and they will speak when they’re ready. This is a major game in an established franchise on an incredibly successful system… you don’t just “cancel” games like that. The only reason you cancel the game is if you think it won’t sell because the platform is not successful (Wii U, Vita) or the game didn’t turn out well, usually because whoever bankrolled it wanted something the developer is not comfortable with or skilled at (Scalebound). Neither of which apply here.
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Checking back for when Metroid 3DS special edition 3DS was announced, I see they revealed it in August, with the game slated to release in September, one month later.
IF we’re getting a Metroid themed Switch or Switch Lite, I suspect it would be announced September. I hope it gets one.
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Btw, Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (English Asian physical release) is available on Play-Asia, and all orders this month get free shipping. It’s $70 but, such is the cost of importing. Anyone who does already knows the score.
Top 5 games I'm most looking forward for the rest of this year:
1. Monster Hunter Stories 2
2. Skyward Sword HD
3. Metroid Dread
4. Sonic Colours Ultimate
5. Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp
Release date does play a factor, 3-5 are months away meanwhile 1-2 are mere days away. That said MH Stories 2 would still be very high up in my top 5 even if the other games came sooner, I was already very excited for it but the demo made me even more excited.
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