Just in case anyone out there was worried about Nintendo's lineup of releases for 2020, you'll be pleased to know that the gaming giant has confirmed that more announcements will be coming our way throughout the rest of the year. Because of course they are.
Yesterday, we shared an infographic that shows off 20 exciting games coming to Switch in 2020, taken from an email sent out by Nintendo itself. It's actually a pretty solid list already in our opinion, but Nintendo followed the image with this unsurprising but pleasing statement:
You can look forward to announcements throughout the year, so keep your eyes peeled for more games joining this list!
While nothing has been confirmed just yet, you can probably expect to see a handful of Nintendo Direct presentations scattered throughout the year as well as other, one-off reveals. In the last couple of years we've been treated to a full Nintendo Direct by March at the latest, with 2017's first full show coming in April thanks to the Switch reveal presentation mixing things up in January of that year.
Of course, this year we've already had two series-specific Directs - Pokémon and Super Smash Bros. - but we're sure a more generalised show will be with us in due time.
Which announcements would you most like to see? Any particular franchises you'd like to return? A Switch Pro maybe? Share all in the comments below.
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Saw the thumbnail and thought Direct, only to realise it would probably be the Direct logo if it was... Nice of them to state the obvious I suppose. Hopefully 2020 is a great year.
Just announce a direct already !!!
Nintendo Direct confirmed!
...at some point throughout the year.
JUST ANNOUNCE A DIRECT!
Nonsense, we all know Nintendo went bankrupt because first absolutely no one bought Pokemon Sword and Shield due to the horrible tree textures and limited Pokedex.
Nintendo might have survived, but with the reveal of Byleth in Smash, literally every single person demanded a full refund for the game and the supreme court in Poland (Nintendo's most important market) sided with gamers demanding Nintendo return their money with interest.
As we all know, Nintendo wastes all of its money on unrestrained advertising for Fortnite, so they didn't have enough cash to refund everyone and went bankrupt.
I have it on good authority from anomomous sources in the White House that Microsoft was planning on buying out the company and repurposing all Nintendo IP for their new line of mobile titles.
I'm a random comment on the internet, so you know I wouldn't lie.
@TJWorks Wasn't a joke. My uncle works at Nintendo and he confirmed they've abandoned ship.
3rd year in I’ve stockpiled a few games from Christmas as the traditional lean period of January until May(ish). Animal Crossing is enticing, but it isn’t a game you can sit and play for a long time, not sure on double dipping on such long RPG’s either.
I would guess they’ve released the graphic and the comment to silently imply we aren’t getting a proper direct this month.
I'm really not fussed about the exact timing on the next Direct which will inevitably arrive sooner or later. Any major games they announce at this point will be released after Animal Crossing at the very least, so there's little difference between a Direct taking place now, in February or even March. The longer they wait to announce the games arriving later in the year, the shorter the actual wait for the games themselves is.
The Direct will be here 5/February, and starts us out with Metroid Prime Trilogy. After a number of other announcements which include Star Fox Assault/Adventures DX, F-Zero GBX, and a collaboration between Nintendo and Rockstar to create a multi-sports (including extreme sports) game for the Switch, the Direct will end on a Metroid 5 reveal.
There will be a Nintendo Direct....
...Soon™
The biggest surprise of the year would be to have the sequel to Breath of the Wild at the end of 2020. That would be... awesome.
There is really only one game this year. New Horizons.
The only I care about are Gamecube classic remasters like Mario’s Sunshine and Smash Football
Well duh! Ya think?
Expect multiple holidays throughout the year, with dark evenings and light to cloudy days
Super Mario 3D World port for Switch please and more Mario family amiibo for this year is 35th Anniversary remember!! We need a celebration
This just in-Water is Wet! Here’s Tom with the Weather....
Last year it was February. 2018 was a Mini in January then full Direct in March. Personally expecting one in Feb myself though they’ll probably squeeze in an Animal Crossing broadcast of some kind as well.
That said, with TMS, Brain Training, AC and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon by March 20th they may not be in a rush.
Well,obviously....no video game company goes a whole year without releasing games,suffice to say why would they state this?
That's fine and all, but how about some info now?
Windwaker hd for this year is all I want.
This can't be good for investors.
There definitely needs to be a Direct in January or February each year. Even if the announced games aren't scheduled to come out until December, it's good to let fans know they are coming. The longer the year looks slim like it does now, the longer fans get antsy and less excited. You have to give fans something to look forward to, even if it's up to 11 months away.
There better be. I currently have $0 planned to spend on Nintendo first party games. Feel free to confirm BOTW2, Odyssey 2, and Bayonetta 3 as well as a few surprises worth our attention for 2020.
Wait, a computer game company are bring out some computer games, WOW what a shocker.
Well... unless you count the Wii U years, but we don't talk about that anymore
2D METROID, 2D METROID!!!! I hope the rumors are real, I neeeeeed a Metrois Fusion sequel! Need it I tell ya!!!
All I want to know is do I or do I not need to take the plunge and purchase a 2nd hand WiiU in order to play SM3DW? Am I holding out for a Switch port that will never come?
RELEASE THE METROID PRIME TRILOGY YOU COWARDS!!!!
...and any other games Nintendo seems to be sitting on that were rumored to be finished by now
Confirmed: "New Game" will be playable in Smash!
What was the point of this article exactly?
Super Mario 64 and Super Mario Sunshine HD remakes please
Both games on one cartridge in the same vain as the Crash & Spyro games.
Hmmm well when the direct happens (likely feb) I would not mind seeing golden sun collection or advance wars making an return on the switch.
An crazy hope would be to have the mysterious marasame castle ip be revived as an hack and slash game like ninja gaiden by team ninja
I just really enjoy having a new direct to watch. I even rewatch them from time to time.
Then please announce a direct.
@Heavyarms55 "MS buying Nintendo"
As long as Halo goes portable, no complaints from this guy! 😜
All joking aside, I do hope they announce one soon... February, perhaps?
Also: The DOOM Eternal port. WHERE IS IT????
@StephanDLW what was his game like?
I'm going to keep posting this until the gaming gods hear my pleas... I'd love to see the Mass Effect Trilogy announced.
"...shared an infographic that shows off 20 exciting games..."
8 of those games are old ports and 2 are Season Pass (Season Pass are now "exciting games"?)
Hopefully they announce more like Luigi Mansion 3... and less old ports most do not care about in 2020.
@MoonKnight7 I think I was so confused and disheartened by the lack of games I wanted in the infographic yesterday that @ryancraddock took pity on me and wrote this entire article just to calm my nerves. B/c I'm worth it, and I'm annoying AF.
thx Ryan
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https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/01/nintendo_reminds_us_of_20_exciting_games_coming_to_switch_in_2020_with_new_infographic
not expecting any game announcements until February
@johnvboy tbh we had the pokemon and Smash Direct already this month so if there's anything I suspect it'll be in February.
January's kind of the slow news month since a bit now and tbh it kind of make sense when you think how many people are probably still tapped out from their holidays expenses just last month.
If there was a general Direct soon I don't think Nintendo would've announced Byleth for Smash and the Three Houses story DLC last week in addition to the infographic yesterday. I think Nintendo will wait until Fighters Pass 2 character 1 is ready to be announced.
Hopefully this is not them telling us "we're not doing a Direct soon".
I've said before and I'll say it again, if a game or franchise I'm already interested in is announced in April rather than February, my interest in it won't change. Like wise for potential new games. Sure, we'd all like information immediately. But we also know how Nintendo operates at this point (for better or for worse). But then again, I do acknowledge that I don't have any other current gen consoles competing for my attention like other's might
Nintendo will need a big multiplayer IP to promote for the holiday season, so I wouldn't be a bit surprised to see Mario Kart 9 (or Nintendo Kart if the DLC for MK8 hinted at a possible future direction for the franchise).
"But MK8 is still a chart-topper" some might argue. Doesn't matter anymore; that game is half a decade old and debuted on Nintendo's previous generation of hardware, and the truth of the matter is that the reason it's sold so well for the Switch is that it's easily the best pick-up-and-play multiplayer title available three years in now (apologies to Smash, but MK is simply FAR more accessible to newcomers), and folks want SOMETHING to play together on their consoles. It may sell at seemingly a 1-to-1 ratio with the hardware, but numbers don't tell the whole story. You can't headline your holiday season in a particular category with a game most users already have (and beat long ago).
Bottom line: MK8 has served very well in its role as a cross-generational gap-filler for multiplayer representation on the Switch, but it's time for the next installment. Could it be as ambitious in its design and scope as Smash Ultimate (especially when considering Nintendo's recent trend with Season Passes)? If so, it may well be another game that will entertain players well into Nintendo's next generation of hardware (most likely via a port, of course; Nintendo kind of abandoned backwards-compatibility with the Wii U, sadly).
Please, all I want is Metroid Prime Trilogy HD....please
GTA IV OR V or burn. Time for that on a Nintendo console hybrid. Need it on the go just like the Witcher 3 purchase i made.
This is the year that they should announce that rumored Metroid Trilogy. My body is waiting nintendo...
@Heavyarms55 I thought Poland was bankrupt. You are saying they aren't?
I'm very disappointed. I was hoping Nintendo would take a year off so that I can catch up on my backlog a little. Why oh WHY must they subject my wallet to more misery?! /s
ive given up hope on a janurary direct
worries me that there won’t be any kind of Direct for new games this first quarter. They put the timeline out last week. They’ve held the Pokémon Direct. I imagine there will be a March Direct, but it will be for Animal Crossing. I’m think that we will not get a Direct in February. I dare Nintendo to prove me wrong. 😉
Well, it's nice to hear at least. So far the announcements have guaranteed longevity for Smash and Pokemon, and confirmed the Mystery Dungeon remake, but otherwise, most games we know of for this year have been known for a while.
I suspect Nintendo's going to be quiet until around March, since that has both Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and Animal Crossing. The latter is going to be a sales juggernaut on its own, so I suspect that Nintendo will either wait until after a Direct to avoid potentially overshadowing it, or use a Direct to give it the spotlight and talk about a few new features... maybe an Animal Crossing Direct? We'll see.
Unless they announce the new Battletoads collaboration with Microsoft I am out! I will destroy my Switch and never gaze upon a Nintendo again. ; )
@Ludovsky,
Without a doubt, we should see a direct sometime in Feb.
Uhm, obviously.... Was anyone thinking "we have no plans to announce a single new game at any point in 2020" to be a statement or reality?
Ugh, the news in the Nintendo world has been so dry for months, I want some excitement Sounds like we aren’t getting a direct anytime soon.
@Grumblevolcano I feel similar though I'd say I still expect "a" Direct sometime in February.
However since Byleth only release proper at the end of January, I don't expect a February Direct to be shown until mid-February or even late February. Or rather... there MIGHT be one sooner than that but my own expectations are for later.
@Heavyarms55 I'm wondering why people are disliking your entirely true and unfabricated comment.
@fortius54 Oh, I know they're going to prove you wrong. They never went without a direct for first quarter.
@Pinkarray There's usually three BIG directs a year - one in Jan-March, one at E3 (June/July), and one some time from Sep-Dec.
So yeah, it's extremely likely we get one in the first quarter, even if it's in March.
@Ludovsky Based on what we know so far, I think we'll get a general Direct sometime before March 20th. I could see a situation where February is Animal Crossing Direct and another Indie World.
I think we're going to get a animal crossing exclusive direct with a smash character dlc reveal at the very end. Everything else is being saved for E3
And we were so worried there wasn't going to be any announcements...
One look at this picture says: "sleek suit dude is ready and waiting to take over as ceo and launch the switch ps6 hybrid that dooms Nintendo and sells its shares at 900 a pop while laughing at the company vaporizing into franchising its most valuable assets."
Just an observation.
@DFaceG_Rebooted To be fair, I don't like the truth either. I miss the golden days of the Wii U, when Nintendo was the unrivaled master of the industry.
@Andors The financial status of the Polish government is trivial compared to the buying power of Polish gamers, renown the world over for being the most wealthy, dedicated and skilled the world has ever seen.
Kingdom hearts 1.5 & 2.5,
Paper Mario and the thousand year door remaster,
Sonic adventure 1 & 2,
Mafia 3,
Call of duty mobile,
Left 4 dead remaster,
Now we had to wait for a Direct like we're waiting for more NES and SNES roms.
Ahhh whatever, I’ve got more than enough to get on with, I’ve got Smash that I’ve not made any leeway with, Grid and Luigi’s Mansion to finish. Plus a big pile of NES and SNES roms with the online. It’s not as if games have a sell by date.
@ImagineerNik I bet he does
@Heavyarms55 Well yes, but actually no
I would like to say this is a little over the top, but apparently some people do think there will be no games if they aren't announced within two hours of the new year, so...
@Manah Yep some people were freaking out less than a week into 2020 that we badly need a Direct. I saw it last year as well, "Nintendo's dropped the ball, they've got nothing for this year, etc..."
When they get like that I can't help but think they should take a little time off from gaming and gaming sites and chill for a bit.
Oh Nintendo! You tease!
@Pinkarray They are falling for my nefarious plan.😄
@StephanDLW hmm maybe they should remaster the other ones and just remake the 1st one.
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