For some time now, there have been concerns about what Nintendo has planned for the Switch in the immediate future. After Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition arrives at the end of this month, there's Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics in June, followed by some DLC for Pokémon Sword and Shield and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
There's no need to worry, according to Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa. At the company's recent investor's Q&A, he mentioned how the Japanese video game giant had other games planned for this period but said it had become "increasingly difficult" to follow the current schedule due to the current restrictions in place.
For our forecast, we have games that are scheduled to release during this period other than what’s been announced. However, many workers at Nintendo and our partners are working from home during this time. Considering the working environments between home and office are quite different, it could become increasingly difficult to release our games in line with our current schedule if the situation is prolonged. As things currently stand, we’re forecasting as if we’ll be able to release our games according to schedule.
We already know about projects like Metroid Prime 4, and the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but what do you think we could see released this year? Perhaps we might finally see something like Bayonetta 3 or how about the rumoured Super Mario remasters? Share your own thoughts below.
[source nintendo.co.jp, via nintendoeverything.com]
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Just give me a HD galaxy 1 and 2 remake and I’ll be happy to wait for the others
That's a relief, now we just have to wait.
It's probably just sm64. Mother might be possible, though, given the mother anniversary stuff.
more games are coming... nah that can't be right
some internet comment said otherwise
Hopefully we still get the mario stuff and something pikmin.
If we got the rumoured Mario games, the metroid prime trilogy and maybe pikmin 3, I would be very happy and wouldn't mind waiting until 2021 for BOTW 2 and Metroid Prime 4.
Nintendo should do a direct or at least a collection of trailers if they can't make a direct now because of the pandemic.
I am feeling some more Mario games for Nintendo fans, and Bayonetta 3 as the big October release (the witch is back), but that could get pushed to November/December depending on Platinum and their other projects.
Phew... And here I thought we'd never see any new games on Switch ever again.
It's difficult to say now what impact the virus will have on release windows for games. I regard this more as a PR statement for game journalists to calm down in their articles claiming Nintendo will have "basically nothing else" for the rest of the year. I'm optimistic, but we should still temper our expectations.
Just throw us the MP trilogy that's been ready since 2017 and a few more NSO retro games.
Looking at the recent XBox presentation, there is a logic to not announcing dull half done games too early, and not explaining how they actually play.
Guessing Ninty plan on putting their best finished titles closest to Christmas, working back to September. I wouldn’t hold out much hope for anything in July and August however.
@echoplex you say that like it's been proven
I hope they have a good Chibi-Robo! game lined up for Switch.
Well, that's good... but what are they?
It’s time for Olimar to come out of retirement. Come on little fella. We miss you!
Did anyone honestly think otherwise? I'm just hoping we do get a June direct to let us know what they are.
At least this means that we will get announcements sooner or later.
You'd think the Mini Direct would've satisfied the burning drought, but it was really only like sucking half of a lime to help us reach the June Oasis.
This seems to be pervasive across the industry, not just to Nintendo; the most recent Inside Xbox seems to have been underwhelming for fans (I can’t speak to it myself, I’m solely a Nintendo player these days), and Sony has announced next to nothing about PS5. I’m content to know that Nintendo has more up its sleeves, and not feel particularly entitled to demand more than that.
How nice it would be to see more NES and SNES titles. We dream...
@HenryKissinger personal comment You evil evil man. But your comment is valid, and I agree.
I wasn’t worried. I hope the Mario anniversary is something special
They could clearly do a release drop of the Shield ported titles digitally without too much effort.
Other then that, I think we'll wait a while for new stuff. Its not just getting the games in the can its the marketing side/qc that's also been disrupted, with the QC stuff and testing probably the bigger headache.
Stuff might be sat semi finished but just waiting for the final efforts, games are worked on in some form during and beyond release now. If your teams can't work they can't patch potentially game breaking bugs, especially, once its in a large group of peoples hands doing something that wasn't envisioned.
You teased me with ODYSSEY. NOW JUST GIVE ME MY DAMN SM64 REMAKE!!! AND AN UNREAL PORT OF OCARINA OF TIME!!!!!. ANNNND, WHILE YOU ARE AT IT.... F-ZERO GX HD. Thank you.... I will go sit down now.
sigh Just for once I wish people give the Nintendo games the credit and respect they deserve...
Now would be a good time to add N64 games to NSO, to help soften the blow.
I know this won't be a popular view, but alongside MP4 I'd like to see Samus Returns on Switch plus... Metroid Other M and Federation force. It would work well with gyro for the Wii remote but it could also have an option to skip cutscenes or voice-over, for those who didn't like it. If they wanted, they could re-edit to make Samus silent like in the Prime games and cut out the PTSD scene people complain about. Personally, I was fine with the original game as it was and I think it would be great to play Other M in handheld mode. It was actually my favorite game on Wii, I know people are vocal about things they perceive as flaws but I think the game is great. Federation Force was fun but there were so few people online and it was too hard for me to complete solo. I liked what I managed to play, just wish I could complete it solo.
Another free-to-play Kirby game and a remaster of Pokemon Conquest? Kid Icarus Uprising 2 and Golden Sun IV? Donkey Kong Space War and Tony Hawk’s F-Zero?
My one question is... with a June Direct becoming less and less likely, HOW are they going to be announced?
Of course they have more coming, I doubt Xenoblade and Pokémon DLC would cover their usual summer release schedule.
Pikmin, SMT V and Bayonetta news would be great but I'm happy with Animal Crossing and Xenoblade for the next month or two
@Kimyonaakuma In these times, even a simple "more games will be announced" statement is needed, even if it was obvious.
My "low-expectation" prediction for the rest of 2020:
July - A WiiU game port
August - Shin Megami Tensei V
September - A new NSO multiplayer original game
September - GB/GBA games for NSO
October - Bayonetta 3
November - Metroid Prime Trilogy
December - Super Mario All-Stars 2 (Mario 3D remasters)
@awaltzforvenus In the case of Sony and Microsoft, I think that's more because they have new SKUs releasing this year.
But I don't see it as a problem for Nintendo because third parties are filling the void and Nintendo always do just enough to keep us hooked.
@DeusX Solid predictions, although I think there'll be Galaxy 1 & 2 (possibly with a SM64 remaster?) in a single pack and an SM3DW remaster sold separately.
There was practically no chance of BotW2 or Metroid being released this year even without lockdown anyway so they do not come as a shock. I was hoping for some news on Splatoon 3. I don't even care about delays as long as the finished products is of high quality. Look at Animal Crossing, that was delayed and people complained. Did it affect the sales when eventually released? More delays means I have more time to clear some backlog.
Good for them. Glad they’re prioritizing work flexibility and safety over tight scheduling. The second half of this year might be shallow compared to others, but considering the circumstances, that’s okay with me. Excited for whenever Nintendo is able to reveal what we’re getting later this year, even if we have to wait until July or August to find out
I’m beginning to wonder if we’ll ever get to see Bayonetta 3, no news, no artwork, no screenshots not even a synopsis. I sincerely have my doubts after the guy from platinum trolled us with those non-announcements earlier in the year.
Make sense... This is completely understandable. Although, if Nintendo had a massive 2020 release schedule, they would be able to steal a lot of the "Thunder" from the new consoles releasing towards the end of year. That being said, Animal Crossing has already clinched GOTY, in my opinion. I don't play it, but I'm very excited for it's current and future success.
Other than that, I am keeping my expectations LOW... Maybe one surprise 1st Party announcement, of the port/remake variety, for this year. Anything else will be 3rd Party, in my opinion.
I had already given up hope for Bayonetta 3 in 2020. I'm sorry but statements that game development is progressing "nicely" or "as planned" don't really mean much to me. It's redundant, game development is supposed to progress... Right? I have my suspicions that something is up. I honestly thought that BOTW 2 had a much better shot at releasing this year, before the Pandemic.
I'm struggling to think of what Nintendo could be working on for this year (other than remasters).
New Kirby game? Mario odyssey 2? Paper Mario?
Most franchises only get one release per console and we've had that expect for Metroid
Super mario remasters? Oh god please don't no more ports and remasters this gen it's just too LAZY. We need new games, not games we've played before or played on other consoles.
Oh please, home office wields great results, they’re trying to shift blame for having a slow year...
@Alexface paper mario, f-zero, mario& luigi, 2D wario, wario ware, mario golf and all other sports, golden sun, advance wars, pikmin, star fox, etc.
Now they’re into the hybrid scene there’s tons of franchises they haven’t released yet
I'm thinking a port of Mario 3d world and odyseey 2 are most likely. And wind waker or twilight princess hd since they seem to be determined to release a Zelda title every year
In other news the sky is blue.
Nintendo - "We like to surprise our fans.'
Nintendo fans - 'Oh no! We don't know what they have planned. That must mean nothing. WAAAGH!'
...good job people.
Seriously, 'game company announces they are making more games.' is doing the rounds these days? I am in the wrong job haha Surely, the take on this is how Nintendo are working with the safeguarding procedures and carrying on...as normally as they can.
They'll release when they'll release. It's as simple as that for us consumers. Let Nintendo worry about making the games as good as they can make them before releasing them. I'm just glad they're doing what they can to keep their workers safe rather than force them to come to work because "muh deadlines".
Personally I'm not short on games to play anyway.
That’s cool. I’m honestly more excited for the reveal than the actual games right now — I have a crazy backlog of games to finish, not to mention Xenoblade coming out soon, plus Luigi’s Mansion 3, which I haven’t picked up yet. So yeah, even if there’s a delay, not a big issue.
@Khalic Agreed, I Love working from home 💯
Although, I don't think that it's necessarily shifting blame. Even if Nintendo had already anticipated a "slow" 2nd half of the year, with the current Pandemic things have changed. Why rush now, and why not take your time?
I don't work in the industry, but from a business standpoint I would imagine that the normal development process will be significantly slowed down all across the board (i.e. Shipping, Quality Control, Marketing etc..). Retailers, competitors and 3rd Parties will all be moving at a much slower pace now.
now this is what I call exciting news!
@Khalic Working on an excel spreadsheet over VPN is much simpler than working with gigs of data going up and down all day.
As a Nintendo fan, I am used to the philosophy of taking their time as opposed to the Silicon Valley approach of “screw everything and ship it already, better to apologize than to explain.” Let them take their time for quality and safety.
And here I am just waiting for them to reveal Super Mario Sunshine for the Switch.
> Mario 3D Collection
> Mario 3D World DX
> Pikmin 3 DX
> Paper Mario
@westman98 Add Odyssey 2 to that and I’m a happy camper! 😀
@hobbitgamer software devs don’t work on excel sheets, we have tons of tools and resources to work that don’t require physical presence. Give it a month or two and things should be going just as smoothly as before...
@the4seer i’ve been working from home for a while. It took me a few weeks to get the hang of it but now I’m considerably more effective than in the the office.
Yeah I might be biased for working as software dev... but it sounds like VPs giving excuses.
Y'know guys... I've been moaning about a KH port for a long time, but here's food for thought - how about a Kirby Super Star-esque package in the vein of Super Mario All-Stars combining the 3D Kirby games with the Star Allies engine and including the 3DS-enhanced, standalone versions of the minigames? Think about it: Kirby's Return to Dreamland/Adventure Wii with Scope Shot and Ninja Dojo, Kirby Triple Deluxe with Kirby Fighters Deluxe, Dededetour! and Dedede's Drum Dash Deluxe, Kirby Planet Robobot with a Gem Apples-free Super Kirby Clash, Kirby's Blowout Blast and Meta Knightmare Returns, and to cap it all off... The Arena, combining bosses from across three games.
Given this is mostly asking too much on my part, I guess Nintendo could also go the extra mile and charge that extra 10 that's usually for the more expensive first-party or AAA third-party titles such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild. Here's my two cents anyway.
@BlackKnight93 what do you mean. Which Nintendo games didn’t get the credit. Why are you always crying
As others (and I) have noted, this seems very industrywide, not just Nintendo-specific. That Xbox stream was okay, at best. "Okay" streams for next-gen gameplay are normally not acceptable, but I think most people understand what's happening right now.
On the topic of the article. We go through this part every year, just Nintendo normally doesn't tell us things will get delayed beforehand, and they are this year. We didn't know for sure ACNH was getting delayed until E3 last year. I am sure we'll figure everything out as the release schedule fills out.
Also, aren't Deadly Premonition 2 and Catherine coming to Switch in July? That could have been the plan for major release already, for all we know. Yeah, August is a wash, but there's always September and later...
@FargusPelagius with coronovirus I don’t know when Bayonetta 3 is going to be released but if it’s October I’ll be stoked!
@Rodan2000 whenever Bayonetta 3 is released I reckon it’s going to be a cracker of a game because it’s probably the final instalment in the series.
@Alexface Things change. Switch’s sales momentum is historical. They’ll be keen to keep that going once we’re on the other side of lockdown. BotW 2 might be just the first of several.
Does anybody really think the games we know about are the only things Nintendo plans to release? Or that they have no contingency plans for when games don't get finished on schedule? It's not like Nintendo just got into this business.
Granted, this is not a normal year, and there are bound to be extra delays and things that don't work out as planned. But it's pretty much guaranteed that Nintendo haven't shown us all their cards yet.
@Khalic That was my point, that software development isn't just using typical Microsoft office like some folks seem to think.
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
Paper Mario
Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Super Mario Sunshine
Super Mario 3D World
Bayonetta 3
Pikmin 3
Pikmin 4
Konami's 2nd Castlevania Collection
Hollow Knight: Silksong
Super Meat Boy Forever
Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Mass Effect Trilogy
Alan Wake
Battletoads
Phantasy Star Online 2
Mother 3
@Khalic
“ Give it a month or two and things should be going just as smoothly as before...”
Er, right. So even if that’s the case by then thy will have suffered substantial disruption, which leads to delays.
Of course they’ve got more games. They just haven’t announced them yet.
"scheduled"
@charlieonholiday Bayonetta 3 has been actively developed for 3 years, the same time frame the previous games were. Also last year Kamiya had an interview where he said he had lots of ideas for Bayonetta 4. It'll be a solid action game with some great combat and set pieces, one I am looking forward to.
Nintendo hurry up! We Nintendo fans need our full priced HD remakes of old Ninty games!
That’s all we need. Perhaps you can add 10 more dollars like you did with Donkey Kong for making more monies?
I’m kinda done at the minute. I was enjoying ACNH and looking forward to Xenoblade in a few weeks but having lost my ACNH save twice in a week due to some unacknowledged corruption error that needs fixing ASAP that I can’t even rectify with cloud backups 🤬🤬🤬
Excellent! Glad to hear more to come in an air of "...tune in next week, when our faithful heroes will find themselves...." Also, take this as a bit positive proof that some of the suits at Nintendo do listen to the grapevine of the vibe in the player base.
Maybe we'll finally get Pikmin 4
@Friendly true, but other than Paper Mario and mario golf most of those are a bit dead right now (although I would love to see them revived).
I'm sure I remember reading that Pikmin 4 was being worked on years ago so that will probably happen.
Star fox I feel like Nintendo Don't know what to do with it. It always feels a bit like a reluctant/half assed release
@FargusPelagius actually it's probably been in development for longer than 3 years.
I would venture to guess that it was in development at least 6 months before the Switch was released as that's about when Hardware manufacturers give Dev kits to developers.
Considering they announced it in 2017 and We haven't actually heard any substantial news since 2017. Aside from vague posts about "it's going well"
I wouldn't be surprised if Astral Chain was meant to be Bayonetta, project probably changed, as many projects do from start to end, sometimes becoming entirely different games than the developers had planned. Considering Astral Chain came out of nowhere.
Personally I I could less, I wanted Bayonetta game for the longest time but I during my time with the Switch, my love for Hack and Slash games has waned. And I have too many games especially hack and slash games, which there are plenty of.
They announced it way too early imo.
What about a new Pikmin game? Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for the Switch? A new Monster Hunter game? An authentic American football game? More Star Wars games?
Nintendo never reveals their full hand but every time people start panicking and complaining.
And this time leeway has to be given because of the pandemic.
They should have close to being ready
Bayo 3 & Zelda probably 2021 and 2022
Prime 4 probably 2023
In other words, the sky is blue.
It's obvious why they've been fairly mum on new releases right now. They don't want to set a solid date for a game with the day-to-day life changes due to the current global situation. That puts a lot of undue pressure on personnel, extra pressure not needed right now.
@alexybubble mother anniversary has already passed by. Nintendo doesnt care about mother. They never have
@AlexSora89 by Kh do you mean kingdom hearts? Ir kirby
I'm assuming "current period" = 2nd quarter.
I've been dying for a Kingdom Hearts ports. I've never played Kingdom Hearts.
@nickwpearce yeah if its gonna be hard to finish up new games for this year they could easily release an HD Metroid Prime Trilogy, Super Mario World 3D port, something like an HD Mario Galaxy collection, HD Wind Waker port. I myself would pick up all of those except World. Just giving us a bunch of ports/collections people want plus just like one new game like Pikmin or Bayonetta or something would be a good second half of the year considering everything. I figure Zelda will be next year, Prime 4 2021/2022. And sorry but Switch already has Mario Kart, you're gonna have to wait for Switch 2 launch for MK9.
@Razer yeah along with announcing No more heroes 3 and Metroid Prime 4 (which won an E3 lmao) far too soon. I said 3 years because that is the minimum, they'd been in pre production for over a year before work proper began (again at least). Kamiya mentioned Bayo 4 because the Pre production for that is already in the pipeline.
And for Astral chain, some of the ideas would certainly come from the Bayo series production concepts, also it will have come from a Wii U concept, one player on TV screen, one on gamepad controlling legion on the touch screen to "help" the main player. Fairly certain it evolved from that gameplay premise then altered to fit more with the joy con.
My guess for the rest of the year for Nintendo system exclusives on Switch is something like:
May - Xenoblade
June - 51 Clubhouse Games, Smash DLC, Isle of Armor DLC
July - Deadly Premonition 2
August - Bravely Default II
September - Eshop title, GBA for NSO
October - No More Heroes III, Pikmin 3
November - Super Mario 3D World, Crown Tundra DLC
December - Smash DLC
Also Animal Crossing updates releasing throughout the year.
@MrGawain Well put
Everyone is asking for ports. SM64, Galaxy 1 and 2, FZero, Paper Mario, Metroid Prime Trilogy, etc...
And we all know how dreadful this current generation of Nintendo fans are at waiting
@sanderev they have no need to. They literally can't make Switch consoles fast enough as it is, the shortages in the UK have been since the end of December! Software sales are incredibly strong too.
It's a small but vocal group 'demanding' a Direct but really they have no pressing commercial or marketing need to do one until much later in the year.
I'm sorry, but this sounds a bit like "damage control" to me on Nintendo's part. As much as I love the company and my Switch, if they were still planning things as if they were "on schedule" then Nintendo WOULD have something planned for the usual E3 time-frame reveals, as it appears many other companies are doing. Or Nintendo would have said SOMETHING else by now about anything coming in the later half of the year. As it stands, the last big real game by Nintendo (not talking about third-party companies here...just Nintendo) is really Xenoblade Chronicles. DLC for Pokemon is nice, but it and Clubhouse Games aren't exactly huge, big-name, first-party releases. I think what concerns Switch owners about Nintendo is that they have been pretty much totally silent since the last mini-Direct. NO usual Spring direct, no word from the company on what they have cooking...heck, we consumers I think would be happy even knowing WHAT games they DID have planned for release this year but that might be getting pushed back due to the current work environment, much like the way Animal Crossing got pushed back. We want to know SOMETHING rather than just a big, black, gaping hole for the rest of the years information, after June. Nintendo's PR department started off the Switch GREAT...and kept it going...until this year. Even news of delays would be GOOD news, because it would be ANY news. I think that's the frustration with Nintendo right now....they aren't saying ANYTHING.
There's no new games coming out?
The Switch arguably already has the best game library since the SNES era, and are quite likely to exceed that too.
They only have to worry about games for a single console now, so no dilution between two different platforms.
They also have third parties interested in realising games for their system again, be it ports of classics (which if done right, why not? They're arguably more suited to the Switch than anything 'current gen') or otherwise.
There's also a wealth of indie games available and still coming out on Switch.
The games will come. They always do.
Very Very Unrealistic Predictions
June: New Fighter Reveal
July: Arms Character Releases
August: MP4 Gameplay
September: Mario Month
October: DLC for Smash
November: Mother 3 Remake
December: DLC Reveal
The amount of ports for the Switch is staggering. I own all of Nintendo's main consoles, but I'm seriously doubting whether I'm buying the follow-up to the switch as the amount of proper new Nintendo titles for someone who's owned previous generations is mind-bogglingly low. Which means I can enjoy a good stream of new titles (for me) on the follow-up to the Switch's follow-up probably. Bit like the people with a Switch who haven't owned a Wii U.
I bet, but then, they should give us a little glimpse at least... I don't understand this huge silence.
@ukaskew They don't need to right now. Which is exactly the reason why they NEED to right NOW. In 6 months time the PS5 / XBOX Series X will be ALL over the news and people will hold off of buying current gen consoles if there is nothing new to offer.
Nintendo needs a killing hit this holiday season.
Wish Iwata were still alive. There would definitely not be droughts like this.
@ObsidianEleven
“ The Switch arguably already has the best game library since the SNES era, and are quite likely to exceed that too.”
Agreed. Over thirty brand new Nintendo games in only 3 years. Better third party support than any Nintendo system since the Wii, possibly the SNES. A superb Retro selection. No wonder it’s so popular.
@Don
Haha good one 😁😉
New games or just more ports, shovelware and remakes?
@sanderev I don't understand where people mistakenly got this idea that they can't make a direct because of the pandemic. This is a silly misunderstanding. It's not like literally putting the direct together is any remote kind of challenge. It's that they don't have any content they're ready and willing to show, because progress has been slowed by the pandemic. It doesn't matter if it's a simpler collection of trailers. They're not ready to show any trailers.
@StevenG Nintendo doesn't make shovelware, remakes are still new games. And ports are great. So.. doesn't really matter.
@Don Can't tell if this is supposed to be a joke or not. Nintendo was plagued with the worst droughts in their company history during Iwata's tenure. And the Switch has had the most active release schedule and constant flow of games ever seen on a Nintendo console.
@sanderev that's why I hope Mk9 comes out in November for Black Friday....
@Deltath Remakes are not new games. If you want to argue reboots are, that's fine. I didn't say reboots. I said remakes which includes remasters.
Ports are fine, but they aren't new games.
I want some new games, why is that so much to ask?
If I want to play old games, Ican just play old games.
Nintendo releases plenty of shovelware even if they didn't make it, look at any of their mobile stuff. Look at the online store.
Probably secret talks between Nintendo and Microsoft for a release of rare-replay on the switch this year. One can only hope.
@Moistnado Other M was such a conflicting game
Overall I probably liked it more than most people, but every great thing about it came with a catch.
I loved a more story focused Metroid game but the writing was pretty bad (I did find the main villain pretty interesting however).
It was cool to find out more about Samus` past, but her characterisation was weak.
The gameplay was very solid, but they made some weird design decisions (that boss fight were you had to constantly switch to first person to shot missiles made me pull my hair out).
It is also a technical masterpiece! I have never seen a game before or since, that transitions so seamlessly between pre-rendered cutscenes and in-engine graphics.
Do we have to do a list? Let’s do a list. New games released by Nintendo on Switch:-
BOTW
12 Switch
Snipper Clips
ARMS
Splatoon 2
Mario Odyssey
Fire Emblem Warriors
Xenoblade 2
Kirby Star Allies
Sushi Striker
Mario Tennis
Xenoblade 2:Torna (possibly doesn’t count)
Super Mario Party
Pokemon Lets Go
Smash Bros Ultimate
Fitness Boxing
Yoshis Crafted World
Boxboy and Girl
Mario Maker 2
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
Fire Emblem Three Houses
Astral Chain
Links Awakening (completely remade but some may not count it)
Daemon X Machina
Ring Fit
Luigis Mansion 3
Stretchers
Pokemon Sword and Shield
Brain Training
Good Job
Animal Crossing
There’s also 4 Labo Sets, Tetris 99 and they handled publishing on Octopath Traveller, TWEWY, DQ XI S.
Total Wii U port count on top of this-8
I hope so. I just want my Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles
@sanderev Putting together a Nintendo Direct shouldnt be that difficult even during this time. As long as they get the trailers and content they need, they should be able to stitch it all together like they always do.
E3 was meant to be in June, so was never really expecting any announcements till then and I'm pretty certain, Nintendo will still do something around that period, even if it's not on the same date as the cancelled E3.
@Incarna what titles do you think Nintendo just droped? Also Metroid Prime 4 recently was completely restarted so I am not expecting it any time soon.
[ ctrl+f "duh" ]
Well then,
Let me be the first to say: uh-DUH!
Yeah, don't see what the problem is, honestly. They'll announce games when they're good and ready.
It's almost like video games, especially HD ones, takes multiple years to develop. Shocking I know.
Pikmin 4 or bust.
Both my nephew and my niece just bought a Switch, with Zelda.
I dont think its that much of a problem, people buy it more for what's already there then for what's coming. I think that it's really overestimated by the game community how much people really desire for the next gen consoles or 'the newest games' graphically.
I hear nobody talk about the next gen like they did with PS4/XB1 and before. People still play their PS4 like the next best thing, and the Switch has become a household name wether you have one or not, you know what it is.
Also you can have free to play games that still offers quality experiences like Fortnite and Warframe, so that makes buying a Switch a nice incentive, especially where they can be around 290 bucks now sometimes( besides Corona issues).
@StevenG Mobile doesn't count and if it's an eShop title from another company, that doesn't count. That's not what's being discussed here. And remakes absolutely are new games.
@FargusPelagius bring on Bayonetta 4!
@Slownenberg Why mario kart is a wii u game just like breath of the wild... we can get another unless they do splatoon 3 instead.
Zelda port is a chance but I'd say mario instead by the aussie devs tantalus...
Metroid 4 is ages away... starting from scrap and retro still working on another title... hiring leads still late last year... 2022 is early IMO.
now with corona it's likely a switch 2 title...
Hope we're at least getting a Metroid Prime Trilogy remake.
Well thank **** for that 😅
@Sanangelo89 They need to properly reveal the consoles first. Back in 2013, Sony properly revealed the PS4 in February and Microsoft revealed the XB1 in May. Meanwhile for 2020, no-one knows when Sony's revealing the PS5 and Microsoft's proper reveal of Series X is in July.
@DeusX I wouldn’t mind an HD SMT Strange Journey... I loved that oddball wreck of a SMT. My goodness.
Pikmin 4 has never been mentioned by Nintendo. I’m not sure why so many of you believe it exists.
@nickwpearce Nintendo always only does one Mario Kart per system. Doesn't matter that its a Wii U port, it is selling like a brand new Mario Kart. In fact it'll probably end up being the best selling Mario Kart ever. Zero chance another Mario Kart hits the Switch, that's been obvious for about two years now.
And yeah sure Metroid is far away, I could see holiday 2021 though, that'd be almost 3 years in development at that point. But no way it will be a Switch 2 title, because thats way wayu further away. Switch 2 is still several years away while they reset Prime 4 over a year ago which means it is well into development for the Switch at this point. They're not gonna delay it for like 2 years beyond when it's done to bring it out on Switch 2 when it was made for the Switch in the first place. Corona isn't gonna delay games by like two years, at very most they lose a few months. So maybe like you say, early 2022, instead of holiday 2021.
@idrawrobots most games have never been mentioned. In fact the only games that have been mentioned AFAIK are Bayonetta 3, Botw2, and Metroid Prime 4. The reason people believe other games are in development is because we're all pretty sure Nintendo is gonna release more than 3 more main franchise games during the last 3 or so years of the Switch's life. So yeah, obviously there are a ton of games they are working on that haven't been announced yet. Pikmin is likely one of those many games.
@Slownenberg I am 100% sure Nintendo has games up their sleeves. E3 plan’s probably start a year in advance so most definitely they were planning on having an amazing looking floor presence and yet another year of Treehouse Live.
I would like to know why so many people are sure Pikmin 4 is real after all these years.
Shin Megami Tensei V is all I want.
@alexybubble I LOVE legendy of starfy!
@RPGamer I would love another game in the same vein as Other M. I think it sold poorly, so I don't know if they would make one. I would love to see it. Same goes for a Federation force 2. The reason I want releases of these old games, is because I think Nintendo could push them out quite quickly and with less expense, so I thought it might be more likely for them to do it.
@Slownenberg
People like to make rules up but no Nintendo system has ever had a previous Generations Mario Kart ported to it. There is no rule stopping MK9 coming out on Switch. They could also do a new 2D Mario, new Donkey Kong.
@idrawrobots
It was mentioned twice by Miyamoto
I hope they have more games planned as after May its looking rather grim in terms of games
... Why are we only asking for ports and remakes...?!
@playstation_king Well I didn't get to play them so tough luck bro :^D
@RPGamer yeah, I'd buy that.
@Interneto haha well atleast if it is true then I encourage you to play them as they are all great
@RadioHedgeFund Are you making sure to have the Switch itself updated to the most recent version before doing any updates to Animal Crossing?
I heard that can cause the issue.. I also something was going wrong with SD cards but can't recall.
But omg I would be forever sad. They really should have allowed cloud saves or figured out the situation! Tough times we live in ... but losing all progress in a fav game would wreck me.
I hope Story of Seasons doesn't get delayed. (It comes out on my birthday!♡) ..and I ordered off Amazon too, so I'm more worried about them not being honest about delays.
I want my strawberry cow preorder gift darn it!!! xD
@Hel0uise Yeah, both were the most recent updates. I even tried redownloading and checking for corrupt data but nothing. I’m going to contact Nintendo customer service tomorrow and quote the sales of goods act at them in that products should work as advertised. I can provide evidence of other players who have suffered the same fate so it’s not my Switch. Hopefully I can get a refund or an eshop credit and the game scratched from my purchase list.
Let's not forget Astral Chain and Daemon X Machina were announced around May, and released in August/September last year. There may be some good things coming soon.
sigh I just really hope one of these releases is the HD Metroid Prime Trilogy.
Call me crazy, I'm actually enjoying this quiet period. It's allowed me to finish other games. Even start some games! Just last week I was thinking there's no big, new games currently scheduled, and I like that! Then I realised Nintendo obviously have one or two surprises they are sitting on. The question is, what could they be? Like others, I certainly hope one is the Metroid Prime Trilogy.
@Coach_A It hasn't really, but lots of news on this website and others have already mentioned it being either in the works or ready for release, and I believe we are beyond rumour status for that.
Not a lot of Nintendo games announced other than ones coming out in the near future? It must be the end of Nintendo!!! Or May. It's probably May. Like every May for the last 30 years.
New games are great, but I am pretty sure ACNH and Fire Emblem are going to keep me busy for months.
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