Poll: Do You Think We'll Get A Nintendo Direct Next Week?

Yes, the eShop maintenance, combined with it being time for the next Mario Kart 8 booster pack wave and the first line-up of N64 games coming to an end indicates something is coming next week.

Hoping for GBA games to come to NSO. Would love to play Kuru Kuru Kuruin on Switch (for first time in over 20 years) 😍 Always remember this beautiful music:

Question : What do you hope Nintendo will showcase?

Me : More 3rd party kids games on multi consoles !

Endless Ocean 3 and Giftpia Remastered please! 😃

I just want new Bayo 3 info. Waited 4 years for one trailer and now we have nothing for 9 months.. Nintendo said that it will come out in this year so i hope we will get something very soon?!

No Breath 2 please. I'll wait till I buy it.

There’s been a June Direct every year since 2018. So, yes?!

Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes remake or failing that, a remaster or other legacy Metal Gear to arrive on Switch. Nintendo buys Konami?

I don’t think it will happen. Maybe a partner showcase at best.

Who else would do a Day-1 buy for an Excite Truck / Bots game?

Metal Gear Solid 4, Split Second Racing, Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, Wind Waker HD, Starfox 64 HD, Pilotwings 64 HD, Capcoms Alien Vs Predator……the list is endless!

All I ever want from these events is: New IP, New IP, New IP!
Please, stay original and innovative Nintendo!

I think first or second week of July would make more sense since that would be 2-3 weeks after FEW:TH and 2-3 weeks before XC3

For once can you just do a yes/no poll? You ask a yes or no question and offer 16 answers. 😂

I think we'll get something 2d. Mario or Zelda.

I'm for realistic wants: And I want my second Mario kart wave! 😂😁

I'd love a new Wario 2d platformer and Rhythm Heaven Megamix.

@Moonsorrow999 not everything is a yes/no situation, it’s natural to hedge your bets

Silksong and more Pokémon.

Glover!!!!!!!
I’m just hoping for something odd and unexpected, like a new Mystical Ninja game

Give me Wave Race 64 you cowards!

Almost half of respondents get their hopes too high around rumours haha

@WhiteUmbrella Konami were phenomenal in the 16 bit era. Can’t see any kind of acquisition,especially as they don’t have too many valuable IPs (a lot of their best 16 bit games we’re movie/cartoon tie ins) but would love to see a new game in the Sparkster / Rocket Knight series and a new Goeman game.

You never know with Nintendo, but I think the time is right. Personally hoping for some Bayonetta news and maybe something brand new. Feels like it's been a while since Nintendo surprised us with a new IP.

What I DON'T want is 40 minutes of BOTW2 footage. Game is coming, we're all going to buy it. I'd rather not spend the next six months being inundated with details about it.

@JasmineDragon agreed. I’d be happy to see any of Nintendo’s slept on IPs get a new game..

Yeaaaaaaah?? Maybe, honestly I have no idea.

Signs point to yes even outside of rumours so I'm inclined to say yes, but I'm not going to 'expect' one unless it's absolutely confirmed.

@Andy77mk
You are adorable if you think Nintendo follows some pattern or can be easily predicted

Personally at a direct I would love to see Rouge Legacy 2 announced for the Switch. It makes no sense it didn't get released at launch on the system

While I’m not expecting a direct this week, I think there’s a really good chance. I would love to see a couple big first-party IP reveals but I think it would mainly be about updates of pre-existing games and services. Mario + Rabbids, Bayonetta 3, Splatoon 3, maybe a snippet of Xenoblade 3, Advance Wars, new Mario Kart tracks, more N64 titles, and maybe a new NSO console if we’re lucky.

Any big new reveal like a 3D Mario, new DK game, or something similar would be insane.

Why is there no option for "No, the next one will be in September as usual?". I don't think it's retired, but it ain't coming in July either.

Hopes:

•Kid Icarus Uprising remaster
•Second wave of Mario Kart 8 DLC, including confirmation of new characters from Tour like Kamek, Birdo, Funky Kong and Pauline
•DLC for Mario Party Superstars featuring boards from the GameCube, Wii, and DS games
•More NSO games announced including Super Mario RPG, Banjo-Tooie, Smash Bros. 64, Diddy Kong Racing, and perhaps even GameBoy titles
•The rumored new Donkey Kong game
•A new 3D Mario game (preferably one that isn't a direct sequel to Odyssey)
•A Kirby 2.5D collection to celebrate the 30th anniversary (RTDL, Triple Deluxe, Robobot)
•Wind Waker HD + Twilight Princess HD 2-in-1 pack
•Ports of Yoshi's Woolly World and Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
•A new Wario Land developed by Good Feel
•A new Mario & Luigi, or a TTYD remaster
•Substantial new content coming to Switch Sports and Mario Strikers
•Metroid Prime 4 footage
•Pikmin 4
•A new Mario Baseball

Third-Party Wishes:
•Pac-Man World remastered trilogy by Namco
•Crash Twinsanity and Wrath of Cortex ports
•Another Katamari remake
•Dragon Quest VII and VIII ports
•First gameplay footage of SpongeBob: The Cosmic Shake
•Sonic Generations port for Switch (only modern platform that can't play it)
•Rayman remastered collection

Most of this obviously ain't gonna happen at the showing, but maybe someday. I've wished dozens of other Switch games into existence, and this is basically my remaining wishlist for the rest of its life cycle, lol. If I can just get like 3 or 4 of these announced this month, I'll be ecstatic.

I'm confused as to why people think a SONY person would know but then again I don't really care to look into it since Bayonetta is the only thing there of interest to me and it will come when it comes...and then I'll wait for it to go on sale.

due to the lack of info it is looking less likely a direct will happen ...

An operation game, touch screen, but it's with all the nintendo presidents bodies, dead or alive. Like Doug Bowser, Miyamoto etc

If we get a mario rabbids 2 release date then i am already happy

I also want news about advance wars but i think news about that will be sometime next year if it is not already cancelled

I'd like to see a Kirby collection/Game and Watch. Gotta continue the Kirby 30th anniversary!

June is always statistically likely for a Direct, so I'll have no particular reason not to expect it here until it's July 1 on the calendar. Do I "need" it, though? Beyond what you may all already know I crave, I mostly hoped for it to establish a No Man's Sky release and we got it regardless, so... okay, come to think of it, I'm still hoping it might be a platform for a Genshin Impact announcement (so I know when to sacrifice more of my installed Switch backlog to its estimated 10 Gb+ for the price of getting my proportional laptop and phone storage back😆), so maybe I do need a Direct after all. There might also be established release dates for Disney Speedstorm, a radar comeback for stuff like Dangerous Driving 2 and maybe more info on the in-development mammoths like Kingdom Come Deliverance.

First party, though? I've ticked Persona games and Metroid Prime Trilogy on the poll, but like I said before, the only first party announcements I'm truly holding out for are Xenoblade X, a FE Jugdral dilogy remake or a new Project X Zone game. My heart won't likely skip a beat for more Zelda content unless it stars a literal Zelda, although more finally portable ports like Twilight Princess are still welcome. And frankly, what isn't? Whatever the Direct announces will only serve to boost Switch's already epic library further yet - but even with XC3 out of the way, I still expect a tangible part of it to cover the already upcoming stuff like Splatoon 3 and Pokemon ScarVio.😆

And once again, people, how does anyone even imagine hosting a GameCube NSO bundle? The Witcher 3 and Pillars of Eternity might look like puny cloud streaming clients in comparison.🤔😅

I think at this point anyone with a functioning brain knows to ignore all the 'insiders'. So who knows..

@DeathByLasagna thats also one thing i could see happen. It wouldnt be an ordinary direct with new announcements. Why not a direct which focuses mainly on announced games like mario rabbit 2, bayonetta 3, advance wars..

A new mario game would be so awesome. As would a new DK.

A direct for the new Wave Rave MMORPG, definitely.

This is an interest situation……It feels without a direct that Nintendo are working on nothing other than Zelda, but behind the scenes it’s probably more like every studio is working hard to push out their last game on this gen/system. So we could be watching a direct filled with the last titles to arrive on the Nintendo switch (most being pencilled in for Q4 and Q1)

I think it will either be a Mini that just focuses on July to September and the big reveal will just be Mario Kart DLC or a Partner Showcase which just shows how lazy Nintendo are

@Lord,

How long do you think the current Switch has to go?, pretty sure Nintendo said /hinted, it was quite a while yet.

If anyone wants me to believe there will be a Nintendo Direct on June 29th the rumour, leak, etc needs to account for the shareholder meeting on June 29th and how Nintendo has never before held a Direct the same day as a meeting.

So far I've only seen people say Direct on the 29th but I've never seen people say - despite the historical fact they've never done that before.🤷

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/meeting/index.html

Nintendo's aloof-ness with their Directs has really gotten old for me.

edit: @rjejr, above, makes a good point.

@steventonysmith Rogue Legacy 2 would be up there with Silksong on my wishlist.

Lol Bayonetta isn't dropping this year because Platinum are trolls, that idiot in charge is a well known high level troll. If it does, It'll literally drop on the 31st of December.

Thats if it drops, just wait and see. I personally doubt it will, I'm putting my money on next year.

I just want that Twilight Princess port already (I never had a Wii U and misplaced my Wii). ^^'

There will be no Direct. Nintendo has been silently releasing trailers and the Xenoblade Chronicles direct of last week.

I don't think we'll see a regular Direct before September.

I think the evidence for a potential Direct this coming week is fairly strong. Only time will tell for sure! Depending on when the next one airs, I may need to go on media blackout....

I would prefer the wind waker or twilight princess switch ports or both in one pack preferably as they are the only Zelda games I haven’t played.I’ve never had a wii u and was too young to get the original GameCube games

I would love for there to be a Nintendo Direct, however, if there isn't one, it won't be the end of the world either.

Nintendo loves to leave us hanging at the edge of the cliff just waiting for us to fall to our deaths, so I'm going to say nah, no Direct this month or next.

Not happening anytime soon, but Sonic Mania 2 plz

I just hope that Silksong will be at the next Nintendo direct, it seems likely. Also, does anybody know if team Cherry will release a blog post about the Xbox trailer? They should release one this week…

at the same time I’m ok if there is not a direct for a while

@PeteW same here

Probably not gonna happen but I would love a new f-zero and maybe a new first party game series

I hope so, dying to know when I'll be playing Bayonetta 3. Will for sure stop anything I will be playing just to play momma Bayo <3

There's a ton I think we'd all want announced! For me, I want that rumored Metroid Prime Trilogy and GBA games (GBA was a golden age for RPG's). But another thing I really want to see Nintendo do? Tomodachi Life for Switch. It was such a quirky, fun, ingenious game on 3DS, and I (and especially my daughters) would love to see a follow up on the Switch.

Sparks of hope was hinting at Super Mario galaxy 3 release. Galaxy 3 will have full version of galaxy 2. Oh and pikmin 4

I think there will be a Direct but it'll be a Partner Showcase, 3rd party support in July onwards is limited (you have the odd game like the Klonoa collection and Live a Live but not much in general).

I'd guess it would feature stuff like a Bayonetta 3 release date (technically a 3rd party game), the Persona games announced at the Xbox Showcase, Batman, maybe a shadow drop or release date for Silksong, more Rare games for NSO Expansion Pack, etc.

@bones
How is Sparks of Hope hinting at Galaxy 3? Because it takes place in space?

"What do you hope Nintendo will showcase?" (All the answer choices) is such a wildly different question than "What do you think Nintendo will realistically showcase?" (None of the answer choices)

Royal Persona 5 Portable Golden, please. I’d take that over anything else, I reckon. Although I’d love to see anything on Metroid Dread Prime 4: Samus Goes Away Again

Will not happen next week. And most likely it will be full of surprises. Patience, young Padawans.

GameCube for NSO is never happening. We didn’t even get GC VC ganes. Super Mario Sunshine had to have the controls modified just to get it working on Switch.

If they put GC on NSO, you would most likely have to use GC controllers for the analog shoulder buttons. It just isn’t likely to happen.

I want Mario Paint for SNES NSO!

@Tandy255
They will sell the mouse and mousepad as an NSO exclusive and do nothing to prevent bots from buying every last one of them lol

Gamecube games could easily work on the Switch , if NSO has gotten N64 games working (which had the worse controls of any video game system in my opinon) the Gamecube isn't that hard. The problem a lot of N64 and Gamecube fans don't understand is that the N64 and Gamecube were both failures. Nintendo does not often like to revisit their failures, so don't hold you breath in 20 years for a mini Wii U. And NSO will never have Virtual Boy on it

Codename Steam 2!
Ever Oasis & Kid Icarus Uprising switch remakes!!
Nintendos sleep tracking gizmo gets resurrected!!!

Ummmm, but yes... Persona would be nice.

Pikmin 4 anyone? I think it's time

We literally just had a full direct in February, and the first-party release calendar is extremely filled out the rest of the year. So I maintain we don't need one, no.

With that said, I'll never turn down info on new games, and even though I own and have played the games, the Persona situation is irritating enough to me that I want it to be addressed in the Direct.

My guess is still September. I hope I'm wrong.

I am cautiously optimistic.

My hopes:
Mario Odyssey 2 announcement
Bayonetta 3 coming out this year
Metrioid Prime 4 surprise drop later this year. Metroid Prime Trilogy available this month.
Actual Persona games, not some spin offs.
a huge 3rd party game (like Witcher 3) that is not cloud based, maybe Borderlands 3 Complete Edition.
Mass Effect Trilogy
NHL or Madden would be nice.

I personally don't see it happening. They've been showcasing a lot of information for big games that you'd think would be better saved for an E3-styled Direct. Without E3 being a thing this year, they aren't obligated to put anything together and may not see the point. Were I a betting man, I'd say they'll do a Splatoon thing this summer and then a maybe a general Direct in September or something?

Where on earth is Advance Wars

@Mattock1987 Question - do you think there will be a Nintendo direct this week. Either you do, or you don’t. Or you’re not sure, but if you’re not sure when why bother entering the poll?

'plans were changed.' - Twitter insiders.

Maybe if enough of us believe there is one, there will be one?

@steventonysmith yep, much the same as people who ask for a Dreamcast mini. “You gave us no support when it was out so why put us through this again?” Classic example of gamers’ comments on specialist websites mean absolutely nothing in terms of real world sales. See Eternal Darkness.

@Moonsorrow999 Answer- there’s nothing wrong with saying ‘I don’t know but it seems likely’. Not everything has to be black and white. I’m on this poll because I want to be and I’ll answer how I like, deal with it.

with E3 canceled, Nintendo felt they have no obligation to do a E3 Direct

acording to VGC, the next Nintendo Direct will be focused on third party games

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-next-nintendo-direct-will-focus-on-third-party-games-its-claimed/

To anybody thinking partner showcase, we literally just had every company announce when their game was coming to switch, so what would be the point. Take no man's sky for an example, if it were a partner showcase, we would have seen that there.

My hopes:

• Switch Sports more 10 sports
• Mario Party Superstars DLC
• Next 8 tracks Mario Kart 8 DLC
• More about Mario + Rabbids 2
• More about Advance Wars 1+2 (this game needs a mode you create maps and play against CPU, like GBA)

Nintendo needs to put more game content.
Nintendo latest games are disappointing.

I think it would have happened earlier if it was gonna be this month, there's no upcoming releases to promote now for another 4 weeks, so mid July would be my guess.

Main announcements i'd like to see are a release date for the next Mario Kart DLC, New Fire Emblem, and a release date for Advanced Wars

NSO GBA games need to come to the Switch for one particular reason:

The Minish Cap

I will continue to emphasize on the importance this game has on Breath of the Wild 2. It is far more important than Skyward Sword and it is truly an underrated game, probably the most underrated game of the franchise.

No thank you. I don't need MORE games. Unless it's a game that helps me finish my other games. That actually sounds kind of cool. OOOOHH!!!! I figured it out! Nintendo's going to announce a new WarioWare game where the minigames help you finish your backlog!

I voted New Mario Kart Tracks, moar Rabbids, and Something Else, on which I was prompted to leave a comment. I hope this satisfies that requirement.

In all seriousness, assuming that there is GBA and GC NSO on the horizon, any speculation as to whether it'll be part of the base service, the Expansion Pak, or will they make part of yet ANOTHER Expansion Pak that you have to pay extra for?

Please please please announce a new Punch Out 😩

@Rykdrew
Advanced Wars 1+2 has already announced it will have a map and scenario builder. Not only can you play again CPU but you can play online with your creations.

@steventonysmith yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssss 100% happier day. Thx!!!
Advance Wars is my favorite nintendo game!

It might just be me, but I really want Half-Life, Half-Life 2 and its episodes in a collection similar to what they did with Portal.

Please Nintendo, bring these titles!
Zelda Anniversary Collection of Twilight Princess and Ocarina of time 3D remaster + Majora 3D and Wind Waker.
Metroid Dread story DLC with Space Pirates- a final mission to destroy their last colony where they found advanced Chozo tech and pose a big threat.
Metroid Trilogy HD
BOTW 2 gameplay
Bayonetta 3 release date
Motion Controls for RE4
Goldeneye 64 HD remaster/ NO NSO!!!!!!
Banjo Kazoooe remaster/ no NSO
Mass Effect Trillogy
Batman Arkham Collection
new DK game
MK dlc
Astral Chain 2 trailer
new Earthbound game or remake
Oracle of Ages/Seasons remake
Metal gear collection/ or at least Twin Snakes and MGS3
new Smash Bros DLC
Xenoblade 3 gameplay
Vanquish
new Resident Evil for Switch
I would love to see some classics on Switch like Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver remaster
Dark Cloud 2 remaster
new Silent Hill
new third person shooter like Jet Force Gemini HD remake or new IP of similar style
Mario Party Superstars DLC
anything from rare- wish there was the Rare Replay collection for Switch
more adult games with awesome story- in general Switch severely lacks in terms of Third Person Shooters single player games
new Star Fox game or at least Zero
new Sin and Punishment
bring back Kid Icarus
new F Zero or at least GX remaster

TBH I don't know. I hope so but Nintendo have never held a general June direct this late in the month so I am edging towards there not being a direct this month. There wasn't a direct in June 2020. Just two Pokémon Presents. I think the inside information of a direct in June might have been misinterpreted and the Xenoblade direct last week was the direct. Nintendo will only do a direct if there is something to show. Perhaps Nintendo simply doesn't have anything in the pipeline this fall that hasn't already been announced.

I’m think we’re getting free DLC for Mario Kart and Strikers as the bare minimum. It’s time for both to be shown. I also think we might see some free DLC for Mario Party Superstars, as sales seem to be somewhat stagnating right now and a little bit more content would make this the best Mario Party experience of all time.

BOTW 2 is pretty much a given, as it’s coming out in less than a year. Likewise for Splatoon 3 and Mario+ Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.

GBA online would make sense. Nintendo is doing anything they can to add value to the Expansion Pack, and the end of N64 online would make sense.

I tried to make predictions for new games, but there isn’t anything that is really requested that hasn’t come to Switch outside of the usual bunch (although I could do with another Punch-Out once Next Level is done with Strikers). Whatever Nintendo does, it will surprise me.

Resident Evil Revelations 3 lol?

I do think that Nintendo has to do a Direct soon. But the fact that there was a Xenoblade one this week makes me uncertain if the general Direct will already be next week. Usually Nintendo likes to space these out.
But a Direct is coming. I think Nintendo will not ditch the format anytime soon.

We are getting a Xenoblade 3 direct so there wont be any mainstream one.

I predict Nintendo refunds all NSO subscriptions, accepts it was a failed experiment and announces virtual console for all retro content up to GameCube. Releases joycon version 2.0 with fixes to manufacturing and build quality.

Strikers was June
Xeno 3 is July
Splat 3 is September
Pokemon is November

Bayo 3 is 2022
Rabbids is 2022
Fire Emblem is very heavily rumoured 2022
MK8D course pack 2 and potentially 3 would fit in July and November 2022 based on a new wave every 4 months (there are 6 waves due in 2 years).

So...

What exactly do we all think can fit into 2022 alongside that lot? Not very much in my opinion.

I have low expectations on this Direct - as I'm mostly underwhelmed by the announced lineup which I expect to feature heavily.

MP4 update? Very unlikely.
BotW2 update? Quite unlikely.
DK game? Unlikely.
Wii/Wii U Port. Quite likely.
New Mario game announcement. Very likely.

I think BotW2 will be in the September direct, not in this one.

The presentation will have Doug Bowser come out and say that Directs are cancelled because you fools keep asking for one.

i saw a you tube video where nintendo itself hinted at a direct next week..

i am hoping for persona games coming to the switch and a wind waker twilight princess combo pack

With BOTW2 banished to 2023, I'm expecting at least one major game from Nintendo this holiday other than Pokemon to be announced, but I guess we'll see...

I’m not optimistic. I think they have their schedule loaded until early 2023. I’m guessing a Feb 2023 Direct will be the next general event. If we could get Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters and Silksong on Switch this year I’m good until 2023.

Classic example of gamers’ comments on specialist websites mean absolutely nothing in terms of real world sales.

@WiltonRoots Project Rainfall says Hello.

@CANOEberry Didn't they get something like 100,000 likes? So about 1,000th of the user base? The Last Story did over half a million, Xenoblade less than half a million, and Pandora's Tower did just over 300,000. An absolute geyser in a sea of 100 million plus Wii owners - almost a case of yeah we'll listen but we won't make much out of this...more polite fan service than guaranteed blockbusters. Glad for everyone who got their translations though.

At this moment my dreams of playing GBA and Gamecube games on Switch have gone so far down the drain that I have abandoned all hope.

With no BotW 2 I'd love new Zelda port this year. I guess since BotW 2 was supposed to be this year they didn't have anything else planned.

Though I don't really know what to anticipate here. I'd prefer an indie direct tbh.

I would love to see some more ports. Batman Arkham Collection and the 3D Fallout Games would be awesome!
Also, I hope we get a switch announcement for the persona games.

@Not_Soos that’s a great lineup! Especially kid Icarus prediction.

Let’s hope we have a direct after all

Really can't wait for that Golden Sun game by Camelot & Monolith Soft.

Silksong is all I'm asking

Well see If this comes to fruition or not.

You can only choose 3 options for utopia...
You ***** me?

4% for F-Zero?!

Guess that tells us the story of why it hasn't returned.

In other news,
I'd sacrifice a small child for Crazy Taxi.

I hope so. We should get a Direct as that's the expectation...I think new tracks for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will drop after the Direct, and I really hope we see footage of Metroid Prime 4 after Retro Studios did a tease with their twitter banner. If not for that, I wouldn't expect to see Prime 4...and then there's the Prime remake or Trilogy HD floating around. Personally, I want to see Prime Trilogy HD announced and released this year.

With all the games that hit this month (first half of the year really), plus what has been announced already, I am good personally. This has been a solid year for me, already. I will watch a direct if it happens but I am not jonesing for one.

The "it's been 84 years" meme really doesn't make sense here since we actually got a Direct this past February.

But yeah, I do think we'll get one. Mario Kart DLC wave 2 should probably be announced soon, as should the next batch of N64 games on NSO. Bayonetta 3 and Mario+Rabbids need release dates.

Windwaker Super Deluxe! with 2 new dungeons. Plus the announcement of Wind Waker 2! 😛

@johnvboy yes it’s probably got a year or two more but normally that last year has no first party releases, as the team are busy at work on launch titles for the next console. So any first party team would want to get current stuff out the door over the 2023 period.
Opinion 2 (not mine) Nintendo want to cash roll the launch of a new console with a launch line up of Metroid 4, Zelda BOTW 2, Arms 2, etc to try and capture the same launch momentum as the switch launch. Thus meaning we would see a new console in 2023.

@Clark2k excite truck, the bits was a little to over the top.

Can't even remember when the last direct was? People saying that theres enough content for the rest of the year is smoking something. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Splatoon 3 is enough first party titles for the next six months? Im definitely expecting a Bayonetta 3 release date this year, along with the Mario + Rabbids sequel also releasing this fall. I sold my Switch back in 2019 due to a lack of interest in Nintendo games that I want to play. Give me Mario + Rabbids, Metroid Prime, Zelda and Bayonetta 3 and im back in with Switch Oled! The wait for these games has been devastating, specially for Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime.

What if Nintendo does this (leaking wrong or incomplete information) on purpuse, just to blow us away with a regular direct? Or at least make a statement that insiders don’t have much information about Nintendo’s own games. Just on 3th parties.

I am also expecting a “partner” direct, just to make it less hard when they actually announce it.

For years I have been hoping a new 3D DK game would be announced. So with the rumours from last year and this year the waiting game is hard.

Nintendo will do what they want, but the directs are a marketing tool THEY'VE pushed. It's something that generates interest, and spotlight, and news to advertise their games.

If they don't see the value in it anymore, then whatever I suppose.

As I get older I'm becoming less interested in this whole secrecy thing that video game industry is built around.

I don't understand it anymore. Maybe it's because I lack patience for the dog and pony shows.

As always, I will have my hopes too high to have ALL of these happen, but these are the
likely ones:
Splat 3 news.
Bayonetta 3 release date.
GBA/Gamecube NSO games.
Spotify for Switch (please, god, please).
NETFLIX/DISNEY PLUS.
Announcement of the first few new characters in Mario Strikers.

I want Persona, Fallout 3, Mass Effect and A Sky Full of Stars.

I'm down for Astral Chain 2

@Andy77mk 2020???

New 3D Super Mario game and Pikmin 4 are my desrest hopes

@Anti-Matter Yes!!! More kids games!!!

Frankly, it would be nice. It would at least give me something, anything, to look forward to, considering all the garbage (and that's putting it kindly) going on here in America right now, especially in the last couple days.

"It's been 84 years..."?

If it ends up being a mini or partner showcase ( which it most likely won't be, the main people saying it will be are a random Spanish streamer, and a guy who has tried to predict nintendo, and has never gotten anything) I will throw bananas at my switch because no new dk game

@Not_Soos

Perfect lineup. This is my dream direct.

I hope so, but I doubt it

For the love of goodness... METROID. PRIME. FOUR.

@steventonysmith I do find 64 games difficult to return to. The GameCube, though, has much better games like Chibi Robo, Super Monkey Ball 1&2, Wind Waker, Twilight Princess, etc.

And the Wii U failed in sales numbers, but has many great games including Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, and Breath of the Wild. It is no Virtual Boy.

Having said that, I still doubt that we will ever get GameCube games on NSO. At the rate they are going, we will be lucky to get GB, GBC, and GBA games.
.

Super Mario Galaxy 3 and Banjo-Threeie. I'm not asking for much, am I?

I’ve voted with optimism. But actually expect another botw2 apology at the end

@WiltonRoots,

So many games are requested by a small number of core fans on websites, but are usually described as much more lucrative then they actually are, then fans state Nintendo do not listen when in reality many games that have poor sales historically do get the green light, Pikmin is a great example of this, even Metroid prime which is seen as a massive title by some, has never sold decent numbers, it's Wii U outing was a massive flop sales wise when you consider the install base.

@Franklin,

I would love a new F-Zero game, but not sure we will see one, again the sales of the franchise are pretty low, 2.8 million on the SNES, and 1.5 million on the Game Cube.

But as I said before Nintendo do release games that are lower sellers, Pikmin is of course a good example, however this is a Miyamoto pet project so that could have something to do with it, but I would much prefer a new F-Zero game than Pikmin 4.

@johnvboy

F-Zero with online is all we need.

I just need to know if Bayo 3 is still on track for this year. I won't get mad if it's delayed! I just need some sign of life

@Znake Maybe Tomb raider collections / the reboot trilogy

We are due news on the next wave of Mario kart dlc soon, it has been a while since the last one

@Franklin
The SNES Nintendo Switch Online FZero has online

@steventonysmith

And F-Zero X I think.

@Franklin
All NSO NES,SNES, N64 and Genesis

Pikmin 4 still exists... Right?

Nintendo-wise, I think ports of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess would go down well, in addition to the new Zelda, of course.

I'm mainly interested in Dragon Quest XII and X Offline, though, and I think a remaster of VIII for Switch would also be excellent.

Apart from that, I would love for Sega to make their coin-ops as available as Capcom and Konami have been recently, especially Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder.

@Clark2k

Absolutely! Excite vehicle games are a lot of fun!

@MetalKingShield
Considering Skyward Sword (a less than beloved Zelda game) sold well as a re-release, Twilight Princess and Windwaker would do well but Windwaker is the superior game and if it got some extra love and care and was released by itself and wasn't a simple Wii U port I would be ok with that. Twilight Princess was never my favorite

@NotArmani
You will be enjoying Metroid Prime 4 on your Switch 2, I have high doubts that we will be seeing it this generation

@Slinkoy1
I feel since Nintendo was not held to release an e3 direct they very well might do a partner Direct and show that the Persona games are coming to the Switch, may even shadow drop one of them. I think that coupled with possible a GTA V Switch Edition announcement could make many people happy. I've also said that I think either Warzone and/or Call of Duty Black Ops 1 and 2 need to come over at some point.

@AstroTheGamosian
There is already a ton to look forward to Cult of Lamb comes out soon, but here are some others:

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak - June 30th
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series - July 8th
Live A Live - July 22nd
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - July 29th
Two Point Campus - August 9th
Cult of the Lamb - August 11th
TemTem - September 6th
Splatoon 3 - September 9th
Overwatch 2 (free to play) - October 4th
No Man's Sky - October 7th
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet - November 18th

Out of that list if you can't find a few titles to enjoy, and wait patiently for more to be announced and released, you may want to get rid of your Switch

What I want most is release dates for Bayo 3 and Silksong and info on the next (proper) Fire Emblem. I'm surprised you didn't add that last one as an option. Signs of live from Kid Icarus would be great too!
Not going to expect anything from the tent pole franchises so they can surprise if they do rock up.

@steventonysmith plenty to look forward to there! Not to mention, Shredders Revenge for those of us who chose to wait for the physical version, which comes out the end of July…

Windwaker hd switch

@Freddyfred eh. For someone who has it on the Switch, i’d be happy to see Wind Waker HD skip the Switch.

bruh I just want IS to put out a trailer for whatever fire emblem thing they've been working on for the past 5 or whatever years

I wouldn't mind if it focuses on older games. A new 3D Mario would be killer though. I feel like it has been a long time since a New Super Mario game and the Switch has yet to have one exclusive.

A new Kirby collection for the anniversary works be cool.

I also wouldn't mind the Wii U Zelda remasters on Switch.

Hoping now that they've put the most popular N64 titles out they start moving to the stranger ones like they did with the NES and SNES. For example - Chameleon Twist, Mischief Makers, Glover, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, etc.

Another astral chain game would be amazing, but may be soo soon. Interested to see if persona will show up

Just pray with me that Genshin Impact shows up

@Andy77mk haha

@MsMaestroon
They technically had Mario Maker 2 which is included a ton of levels from Nintendo and then an infinite amount from creators. A new every in a New Super Mario game would not go over well. After Odyssey it will be very difficult for Nintendo to make or justify another traditional 2D Mario

I know it will never happen ever but i'm praying for a new wario land game. it's all i really want from nintendo at this point. F-zero and metroid would be nice to see too though.

All I want is Yokai Watch 4. Is that too much to ask?

Weird.. more people want GBA games than a new Donkey Kong game?

1. mk 8 dlc tracks - a given but make it so u can transfer everything u have in tour over via nintendo account
2. add all virtual boy games over on 3ds as one final hoora- in my dreams
3. new 3d mario like fury

I also want to see og snes earthworm jim and bomberman hero on nso

Select only 3 answers? Bah!

@Cregglenator agree, the second game was quite good- in some aspects even better than Uncharted. But it’s a crime not having a Mass Effect on Switch- also no Vanquish? They have such a long partnership with Platinum and there is no sight of one of the most fun arcade TPS. These are all just ps3 games! Even gta v should be on switch!

@JimiVall That what I always want, and would go further and say another new piece of plastic (cardboard) gimmick with it too please.

@dew12333 Yes please! More gimmicks for the people!

@steventonysmith There's a few yeah, but most do not interest me, sorry to say. Looking at trailers for them, they do not seem like my style of game.

Plus, I'm trying to save up as much money as I can so I can pay off the entirety of my student debt and have a few thousand dollars left over as a financial buffer, so I don't have much money to spare on games at the moment.

@AstroTheGamosian
I'm just interested, what type of games do you enjoy?

No, I don't think we'll get a Direct. And yes, I just want Zelda. A new BOTW2 trailer and the release of TP and WW on Switch.

@Clyde_Radcliffe I agree but think as far as the N64 games ending, they may hold that announcement for a September Direct to give reason to resubscribe then.

@steventonysmith Mostly fantasy and sci-fi, with an emphasis on RPGs for the former and shooters for the latter. Granted, yes, there's quite a few of those that you just listed, but until I get more info on them via news sites and word of mouth, I don't want to take the plunge just yet.

Besides, most of my funds is earmarked for a massive student debt payment. By the end of summer, I'll have enough money to pay it all off (over $31,000) and have a few thousand dollars left over).

And most of my game time is being eaten up playing Genshin Impact. No joke, I've been playing it every day for the last year, and other than Metroid Dread, Skyward Sword HD, and Game Builder Garage, it's been the only game I've played in the past year.

As it is, I haven't even touched my Switch in months, because of Genshin Impact taking up most of my game time, and also the fact that I work 10-hour shifts four days out of the week (but even then, I still have other things to do on my days off). I keep meaning to, but the time gets away from me, and I only have time left for Genshin Impact.

@AstroTheGamosian
Gaming doesn't have to be expensive, many indie games are a blast. Katana Zero or Dead Cells comes to mind

@steventonysmith That's true - Mario Maker is a blast. Maybe the era for New Super Mario is over but I still think they're a blast!

@steventonysmith Even the indie stuff builds up after a while. Usually, if it's not something I really want, like Zelda, I go free-to-play. Heck, I even take advantage of the deals that the Epic Games store frequently puts on, where you can get full games for free. That's how I got GTA V, amongst others.

That's also why I play Genshin Impact, because of it's free-to-play nature. A full-on adventure RPG, with a wealth of characters (each with their own unique abilities) to choose from, and any monetization is optional? Sign me up any day.