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StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST8| Press Your (Nintendo Direct) Luck!

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April is the perfect month for Nintendo to hold a Nintendo Direct, because there are no releases. No big releases from PlayStation or Xbox, too....

In short, all the spotlight will be on them :)
 
I'll be more than pleased with an HD remaster of Radiant Dawn as opposed to a remake. The only things I want them to add are QoL features like the option to skip the enemy phase and speed up battle animations (and since they added those to the FE 1 port I am 100% sure that any kind of future re-releases of past titles will have them as well, even if it's just a port) and some supports (like 1 or 2 for every character, go for all killer no filler).

As for Path of Radiance, my dream is a remake in the same vein as Persona 3 Reload: something that mainly updates the graphics, animations, and gameplay but doesn't change the story that much, only adding events and scenes to flesh out what's already there. I am sure in the event of a more high-effort remake, IS will feel the urge to add some new characters, but considering that out of all the new faces they introduced across the 3 remakes they already made only Berkut from SoV was a worthwhile addition in my opinion, I hope they don't bother.

Obviously, the unlocalized titles should take precedence over the Tellius duology, and I realistically don't expect them to do more than emulated port hybrids for those games, but I can dream.
 
Metroid Prime 4: Extinction from a couple days ago seemed plausible. Not that it's a real leak but it's a rare fake leak title that could actually happen.
 
Emerim said:
Another fake direct from 4chan, seems that people are hungry for a real direct soon lol

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Multiple things that stand out is:

Fire Emblem doesn't have the "Echoes" name that everyone has assumed will be Nintendo's way of marketing FE remakes.

The Metroid Prime remasters should have a similar name to the first one.

The obvious one to me is the amount of Scamco games that are listed. They normally only have 1 maybe 2 games that get featured. This person listed 4 for whatever reason.

There are others, but those stood out after a quick glance.
 
Xorhan said:
I'll be more than pleased with an HD remaster of Radiant Dawn as opposed to a remake. The only things I want them to add are QoL features like the option to skip the enemy phase and speed up battle animations (and since they added those to the FE 1 port I am 100% sure that any kind of future re-releases of past titles will have them as well, even if it's just a port) and some supports (like 1 or 2 for every character, go for all killer no filler).

As for Path of Radiance, my dream is a remake in the same vein as Persona 3 Reload: something that mainly updates the graphics, animations, and gameplay but doesn't change the story that much, only adding events and scenes to flesh out what's already there. I am sure in the event of a more high-effort remake, IS will feel the urge to add some new characters, but considering that out of all the new faces they introduced across the 3 remakes they already made only Berkut from SoV was a worthwhile addition in my opinion, I hope they don't bother.

Obviously, the unlocalized titles should take precedence over the Tellius duology, and I realistically don't expect them to do more than emulated port hybrids for those games, but I can dream.
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There's almost no way they remake 1 Tellius game and remaster the other. If you're remaking one, especially if it adds new characters, you're remaking both.
 
lol @ that Ace Attorney title. At this point, I think Capcom has fumbled between getting a new director for the franchise and trying to figure out where to take the series and story after SoJ, so I doubt there’s anything concrete about AA7

I think a HD Remaster of the Edgeworth games is more probable. Even Great Ace Attorney 3
 
Bullwine85 said:
That FE title is just begging for Castlevania jokes
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Honestly I’d jive with holy whip bearers just to add another weapon type in an already messy multi-trilemma, but it’d be better served in a new game anyways
Also Fire Emblem Bloodlines has just that right type of energy

MMXZero said:
Fire Emblem doesn't have the "Echoes" name that everyone has assumed will be Nintendo's way of marketing FE remakes.
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Considering how Engage and Heroes takes Echoes as the name (Shadows of Valentia is the subtitle to match with もうひとりの英雄王, Emblem of Echoes, World of Echoes etc) to represent Gaiden/Valentia, I’m inclined to say that I wouldn’t really expect Echoes as an ongoing reference for remakes (and we can’t make a pattern out of a single instance anyways)
 
BassForever said:
There's almost no way they remake 1 Tellius game and remaster the other. If you're remaking one, especially if it adds new characters, you're remaking both
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Yeah, I acknowledge that it would not make sense to do it that way. My idea was to outline the baseline of what I would be okay with for both games in the event of them being re-released in any form. At the end of my comment, I specified that my realistic expectations for both are ports anyway.
 
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The biggest problem with that list is how Nintendo would actually do headlines. If I remember correclty, their spotlights are usually new games, and the last game in a headline block is usually bigger than the first one.
 
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I have to assume that we'll start to hear some whispers and rumors again within the next few weeks - GDC is happening next week and will have a lot of developers and media around and talking about things even if a lot is just whispers, Princess Peach will be out next week, and the end of the fiscal year is in just over two weeks.
 
SammyJ9 said:
I have to assume that we'll start to hear some whispers and rumors again within the next few weeks - GDC is happening next week and will have a lot of developers and media around and talking about things even if a lot is just whispers, Princess Peach will be out next week, and the end of the fiscal year is in just over two weeks.
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Nate will hear whispers for a new month.
 
PenguinLegg said:
That’s why 1-10 should get remade. Awakening onwards is when most people started playing Fire Emblem. For them remakes of 1-10 would be new games.
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What if instead of remaking unpopular games, they made popular new games with new stories and mechanics and maps.

Fire Emblem 10 is a great game.

It sold 500k copies as a launch window title on the Nintendo Wii and nearly killed the franchise.

It was given a pretty strong opportunity and people didn't buy it and remaking it would take 4+ years, just make new games and throw those titles on the GameCube emulator.
 
Emerim said:
Another fake direct from 4chan, seems that people are hungry for a real direct soon lol

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Lmao at a GBA NSO update releasing Wario Land 4 before Maximum Velocity, I wouldn't even be surprised if that just actually happened anyways.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
What if instead of remaking unpopular games, they made popular new games with new stories and mechanics and maps.

Fire Emblem 10 is a great game.

It sold 500k copies as a launch window title on the Nintendo Wii and nearly killed the franchise.

It was given a pretty strong opportunity and people didn't buy it and remaking it would take 4+ years, just make new games and throw those titles on the GameCube emulator.
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FE10 also had bad timing and relatively poor marketing going against it.

* Direct sequel to FE9 on the GameCube, which also sold relatively poorly.

* A more "hardcore" title on a system that was targeted more towards casual gamers, hence Gamespot absurdly taking points off in their review for "Lack of motion controls and Mii integration". Then again it was Gamespot.

* Also factoring into poor reviews (at least here in North America), was NoA's localization. While it did improve many aspects, one massive oversight was renaming the Japanese difficulties of "Normal/Hard/Maniac" to "Easy/Normal/Hard" without changing any of the difficulties themselves. Reviewers went with localized Normal mode not knowing they were jumping straight into the Japanese Hard mode.

* To top it all off, in North America, it released within a week prior to Super Mario Galaxy.

Personally I also don't feel a remake would be necessary for FE9/10, but more an HD remaster with QoL improvements. Maybe even better voice acting as the original voice acting is a meme within the community.



PenguinLegg said:
That’s why 1-10 should get remade. Awakening onwards is when most people started playing Fire Emblem. For them remakes of 1-10 would be new games.
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I mean, FE1-3 have already been remade, granted one of those remakes also never came out in Japan. If for some reason Switch 2 had DS games available for NSO I could easily see FE11 being put on there.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
What if instead of remaking unpopular games, they made popular new games with new stories and mechanics and maps.

Fire Emblem 10 is a great game.

It sold 500k copies as a launch window title on the Nintendo Wii and nearly killed the franchise.

It was given a pretty strong opportunity and people didn't buy it and remaking it would take 4+ years, just make new games and throw those titles on the GameCube emulator.
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I agree that the Tellius games don’t need much more than a remaster and some UI fixes, but are you suggesting the rest of the games were also unpopular? 1-6 were only released in Japan, so of course they’re not going to have sold as well as a modern counterpart sold globally. They’re also, you know, 15+ year old games. It’s not fair to compare the sales of an SNES game to that of Switch game when the entire industry has changed.

I’ve been of the opinion for a while that 1-6 should get remakes to allow those games to find new audiences, maybe FE7 just because it ties in with FE6, and then either port or remaster the rest until it’s been literal decades and there’s some new leap in hardware capabilities.
 
AppleSeeds said:
I agree that the Tellius games don’t need much more than a remaster and some UI fixes, but are you suggesting the rest of the games were also unpopular? 1-6 were only released in Japan, so of course they’re not going to have sold as well as a modern counterpart sold globally. They’re also, you know, 15+ year old games. It’s not fair to compare the sales of an SNES game to that of Switch game when the entire industry has changed.

I’ve been of the opinion for a while that 1-6 should get remakes to allow those games to find new audiences, maybe FE7 just because it ties in with FE6, and then either port or remaster the rest until it’s been literal decades and there’s some new leap in hardware capabilities.
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But why not just make new games instead.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
But why not just make new games instead.
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FE4 is a BIG fan favorite, especially in Japan (outside of Japan it also has a loud fanbase but obviously nobody outside of Japan is really able to experience it legally) . It would allow them to make this game more accessable to a new audience and get old time fans in.
 
Dark Cloud said:
Because that’s not the world we live in today? Do you see how every company has to remake old games now?
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I mean, these old games are often popular and have a structure that makes them easier to develop. FE4 onward will require massive changes to flesh out the story and change A LOT of gameplay mechanics and it has no nostalgia for anyone outside of Japan. Just make a new game.
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
But why not just make new games instead.
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Instead of 6 remakes? 100%
Instead of 4? Hm. Seems as if that one has a special place for fans, and combining that and 5 since they play during the same time would make sense. A FE 6/7 remake in combination could be fine.

1 was remade in 3, on the DS and had a translates release on the switch.
No need for it. 2 was on the 3ds. 3 seems kinda stupid since it's already half a remake.

Imho: cool new ones are the way to go, some special care remakes I can see, but remaking 6 games is a bad joke, especially when the GBA one is readily available. Translate 6 instead of remaking, translate 3, and remake 4/5 as one game and that's enough. The rest can comply be ported (3ds, Wii, GC) ASD maybe somewhat remastered.

(I'm usually only for remakes if it's a true reinvention (re2 remake for example), or a game that never reached a bigger audience (Japan exclusive for example). Other then that, remaster it and put it on the eshop
 
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Ylork said:
April is the perfect month for Nintendo to hold a Nintendo Direct, because there are no releases. No big releases from PlayStation or Xbox, too....

In short, all the spotlight will be on them :)
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There really isn't much at all for the rest of this year after May/June for any company
 
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ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
What if instead of remaking unpopular games, they made popular new games with new stories and mechanics and maps.

Fire Emblem 10 is a great game.

It sold 500k copies as a launch window title on the Nintendo Wii and nearly killed the franchise.

It was given a pretty strong opportunity and people didn't buy it and remaking it would take 4+ years, just make new games and throw those titles on the GameCube emulator.
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Calling 4-10 unpopular just feels false. 4 and 6 sold really well despite being Japan only. 7 & 8 have very respectable sales numbers considering Fire Emblem is a niche franchise (even more then). 10 was a direct sequel to a Gamecube game that released the same month as Mario Galaxy. Only 5, 9, and 10 could be described as unpopular from a sales standpoint. And again, 4-6 are completely new games to the west and considering sales numbers, 9 and 10 are also new games to most people. Most of those games are also beloved by the people who have played them so I wouldn't call them unpopular.
 
It's not like getting an old game remade detracts from getting new games :v

IS has been remaking their old Fire Emblem games for a long time now, don't see them arbitrarily stopping. Though I'd prefer if they'd first tackle games that never saw a release in the west.
 
We literally got two new entries back to back, for 90% of the world a remake of Fire Emblem 4 (or 3 book 2/12, 5, and 6) is no different from a brand new game. There's no sensible argument here. FE4 has been rumored almost as long and by the same sources that rumored Engage. Engage puts a lot of emphasis on Sigurd, the mc of Fire Emblem 4. The remake is happening, it's just a matter of when it's announced and when it releases.
 
oomoepoo said:
It's not like getting an old game remade detracts from getting new games :v

IS has been remaking their old Fire Emblem games for a long time now, don't see them arbitrarily stopping. Though I'd prefer if they'd first tackle games that never saw a release in the west.
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I'm ok with the remakes of the pre-7 titles. they're new games to 99.99% of us anyway. we're missing 5, 6, and either 3 or 12. I did finish 6 and 12 though. when these get their remakes then every FE entry will have an English release - via original or remake version
 
BassForever said:
We literally got two new entries back to back, for 90% of the world a remake of Fire Emblem 4 (or 3 book 2/12, 5, and 6) is no different from a brand new game. There's no sensible argument here. FE4 has been rumored almost as long and by the same sources that rumored Engage. Engage puts a lot of emphasis on Sigurd, the mc of Fire Emblem 4. The remake is happening, it's just a matter of when it's announced and when it releases.
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Not to mention 3 Houses took a lot of inspiration from FE4 such as the military academy (granted that was more backstory for certain FE4 characters) along with the Crest system being inspired by FE4's Holy Blood and the in-game time skip, so it wouldn't surprise me if they went back and revisited FE4 as a result to help finish Switch-era FE.
 
BassForever said:
We literally got two new entries back to back, for 90% of the world a remake of Fire Emblem 4 (or 3 book 2/12, 5, and 6) is no different from a brand new game. There's no sensible argument here. FE4 has been rumored almost as long and by the same sources that rumored Engage. Engage puts a lot of emphasis on Sigurd, the mc of Fire Emblem 4. The remake is happening, it's just a matter of when it's announced and when it releases.
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I mean, probably yes, but I just don't understand why these games are made over new games. Making a game that was so nostalgia driven in Engage (when most of the fanbase has no nostalgia for the old games...) was weird and following it up with a remake would be even weirder. I would prefer new games and I think new games would sell better as well. These games are way too dated to do an easy Dead Space style remake so it's not like it's going to save much money at this point.
 
Bullwine85 said:
Not to mention 3 Houses took a lot of inspiration from FE4, so it wouldn't surprise me if they went back and revisited FE4 as a result to help finish Switch-era FE.
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Also not to mention that 3 Houses was a ton of people's first Fire Emblem game, and a ton more got into the series thanks to Awakening. Even the pre Awakening games hold value for remakes (or enhanced remasters possibly for PoR/RD) for a good chunk of the modern audience.
 
honestly the thing that strike me as fake the most is the "Farmville Frontier", it seems like a joke about the whole "HURR DURR FARMING GAMES" thing
 
Honestly, with these leaks, it is interesting how fast all of them have caught onto the "First Party games on Thursdays now" move!
 
Emerim said:
Another fake direct from 4chan, seems that people are hungry for a real direct soon lol

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This faker really going out of their way toying with my feelings for a new Custom Robo, in a mere four months no less 😭😭😭
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
I mean, probably yes, but I just don't understand why these games are made over new games. Making a game that was so nostalgia driven in Engage (when most of the fanbase has no nostalgia for the old games...) was weird and following it up with a remake would be even weirder. I would prefer new games and I think new games would sell better as well. These games are way too dated to do an easy Dead Space style remake so it's not like it's going to save much money at this point.
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Why was it weird? They clearly stated the reason for Engage (a new game), they wanted to celebrate the anniversary and as for FE4, those games never made it outside of Japan, similar to Gaiden (Echoes: SoV). In all their history IS has done 2 remakes, why not bring those back to their new audience, the franchise is in a healthy place, so why not.
 
SirArthur said:
Why was it weird? They clearly stated the reason for Engage (a new game), they wanted to celebrate the anniversary and as for FE4, those games never made it outside of Japan, similar to Gaiden (Echoes: SoV). In all their history IS has done 2 remakes, why not bring those back to their new audience, the franchise is in a healthy place, so why not.
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I just think new games would be better and sell better, I don't get the approach of following up Fates with three straight entries that are either nostalgia driven or are remakes. Most of the audience has no nostalgia for these games. Put the old games on NSO with a translation.
 
Ah yes. The super nostalgia-driven Fire Emblem game Three Houses :v

I really don't get the hate. Engage was a celebration for the franchise as a whole and Shadows of Valentia was a new game for the majority of the audience.

Let's not pretend like they're only doing Fire Emblem remakes or that the remakes are detracting from new games, that we will definitely be getting.
 
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