@TheFrenchiestFry With this large SMT push from Atlus in Japan, it makes me think if Microsoft returns to backwards compatibility (the last games were added to backwards compatibility in June 2019) as part of the Xbox 20th anniversary celebrations they may add SMT Nine.
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The hilarity is that if you look at the official Zelda timeline, Breath of the Wild is way, way, way off, tens of thousands of years after any other games. Its not even linked to any others
So yeah. Zelda got rebooted. In 2017.
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BotW has sold in excess of 20 million copies, which WAY, WAY surpasses any other release in the series.
Clearly the last gasp of a dying franchise, sinking into irrelevance as Nintendo bows out of the hardware race they've thrived in for almost 40 years now and rolls out the red carpet for the mighty Switch Deck.
Zelda franchise as a whole I definitely don't see going away however traditional mainline Zelda I think probably will outside of ports, remasters, remakes. So like for the Switch onwards, mainline Zelda ends up being:
Traditional Top Down Zelda
The Legend of Zelda (NSO)
Zelda II (NSO)
A Link to the Past (NSO)
Link's Awakening (Remake)
Oracle of Ages/Seasons (Remake)
Minish Cap (Remake)
Four Swords/Four Swords Adventure (NSO incentive)
Phantom Hourglass (Remake)
Spirit Tracks (Remake)
A Link Between Worlds (HD Remaster)
Triforce Heroes (HD Remaster bundled with ALBW)
Traditional 3D Zelda
Ocarina of Time (HD Remaster of 3DS Remaster, if the case bundled with MM)
Majora's Mask (HD Remaster of 3DS Remaster, if the case bundled with OoT)
Wind Waker (Wii U port)
Twilight Princess (Wii U port)
Skyward Sword (HD remaster)
New Zelda
BotW (Wii U port)
BotW 2
BotW 3
BotW 4
...etc.
Where the gap between each new mainline game is 5-6 years. Note that BotW 3, BotW 4, etc. I don't necessarily mean direct sequels but rather they all have the open world nature of BotW.
@Grumblevolcano I'm not so sure Atlus is behind the SMT push exactly. I'm wondering if Nintendo handling worldwide publishing and localization duties for SMT V was part of a deal that also involved SMT coming to NSO. Nintendo needs every game it can get it's hands on to make the service appealing, itd have been a nice small bargaining chip to throw them in.
...now if we can just get them in the west, they're already officially translated.
Edit: Re:Zelda, I highly doubt we won't get a new 2D Zelda at some point before the end of the Switch's successor's lifespan. Personally, my money is on Grezzo developing an original game that acts as a successor to the Flagstaff titles.
@link3710 Nintendo is actually publishing the game in Europe, which is going to end up being incredibly beneficial for that region given how Europe usually gets the short end of the stick in regards to having to wait an even longer period of time for the games beyond the NA launch given Atlus' lack of a European publishing firm
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@link3710 For SMTV, the big push is from Nintendo. The other games I think are an Atlus push as Atlus didn't have to remaster Nocturne or allow any Megami Tensei games on NSO in Japan.
@TheFrenchiestFry Yeah lol, that's what I was saying. They're publishing the game in one region
@Grumblevolcano There's no proof either way if SMT on NSO and SMT III has anything to do with SMT V's publishing by Nintendo in Europe. All I was saying is I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo was more involved in the negotiations that led to this... If Nintendo is localizing and publishing, I highly doubt they aren't getting anything in return after all (even besides the publishing fees).
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