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StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST3| Speculate Chronicles 3

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the_marmolade said:
Not Direct Related tho think some of you might like this:
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This a legit screenshot, though, or just memes? I do like the "No one was here"... 😂

I still have some... reservations, surrounding Bloober Team (of all developers) helming a Silent Hill remake, let alone of the most beloved, iconic game in the series (and a massive standout among survival horror games in general).
 
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I read all of you everyday so I am glad to write here one of my first post...
Sorry for my poor english, I am french and I live in France...

For DK, I wonder what kind of genre this game will be...
The most logical thing is that this game will be a plateformer...Either in 2D or 3D...I would prefer a 3D game but I would love 2D DK too...
 
ika said:
I’m aware, and still this is not good since one of the main reasons for Iwata to unify their development teams was to minimise their infamous droughts that happened among other things because they had to support two different platforms.

Also, they’re been increasing their talent hiring more and more people, unifying and improving their teams and pipeline on the same building with better tools, contracting many external support studios and still they’re struggling releasing new games so they need to re-re-release games not just to icing the cake of a great lineup or covering some unexpected delay, but apparently as a main strategy. This is bad (Noah).

Keep in mind not all games needs the time and resources as a Zelda project, and even Monolith is releasing pretty big games at a very reasonable pacing. Many first party games are not that packed on content or scope and still takes too long I think.

I’m beginning to think that their problem is not the games takes too long but that they somewhat had issues on the creative department, like not knowing how to innovate o bring new ideas to their franchises so they instead decide to release the old games while thinking a few more years. Maybe the younger teams brings many pitches that won‘t get approved, or they shelf projects mid-dev after many upending of tea tables.

In any case as an old gamer that already played many times most of those rumoured games, it’s disappointing there’s a chance that in the next 12-18 months I won’t play many new games but only remasters. For a huge successful console as the Switch that apparently still has 3-4 years of support, that’s a let down. The only hope is that they could be waiting until Drake unveil to show new games… who knows. Right now the only thing I want is to get BOTW2 before any other old Zelda game.
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The thing is Nintendo also sits on a lot of games that are finished. They are also moving towards a new system it seems, meaning those old teams are working on games for the new system that may release in 2023 or 2024. Having ports and remasters from games that people really wanted helps to fill up the gaps, plus a lot of Nintendo Switch owners never touched those GameCube games. So win-win.

You are also assuming this because of unofficial information we got. We have no idea if Nate, Jeff or Emily heard about more things, but are not willing to talk about it, or they don't know. I guess it also depends on what kind of system the Switch successor will be. Will it be able to play Switch games and improve them as well? If so then you have a huge library of Switch games being upgraded for the new system.

I digress but I am not too worried about Nintendo's future line-up just because we seem to be getting more remasters. I think it is a good moment to fill up a year with both new and remastered games.
 
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Yo sorry to hear this. I wish I saw this earlier because I'm totally down. I'll be on later today.
 
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My predictions still stand

BotW 2 full reveal trailer
New Fire Emblem and/or new DK
GB/GBC/GBA? on NSO
TPHD/WWHD
Metroid Prime Remaster
 
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With nintendo doing remasters/remake with their cube games. Will nintendo approach 3rd parties to pay for remasters for 3rd party cube games like viewtiful joe, star wars rogue squadron, skies of arcadia etc?
 
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Harpoon said:
Nate commented on Spawncast that he thinks Donkey Kong is going to be announced either this next Direct or early next year. Hope either is the case!
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Uh, really. I've heard conflicting stories about a Switch Donkey Kong, so I can't wait to see what actually happens. Hopefully the rumors of EPD making it are true.
 
Dark Cloud said:
I love everyone is hearing things about the DK game now, except for me.
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I heard a DK game was being made by a third party developper earlier this gen but eventually internally cancelled lol, not like it's a truthful info or anything, more of something that was brought up in a conversation with I don't even know who anymore.

I don't specifically believe it, but I also don't much believe the monkEPD rumor anymore after some time of not being announced, so that's why I can't wait to see if something actually happens or not. In any case, there's been a lot of rumbling of a new DK game in the last few years (which makes sense with the theme park and the future film, etc. People could all have heard fake infos and it might still happen)
 
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Vantell said:
The thing is Nintendo also sits on a lot of games that are finished. They are also moving towards a new system it seems, meaning those old teams are working on games for the new system that may release in 2023 or 2024. Having ports and remasters from games that people really wanted helps to fill up the gaps, plus a lot of Nintendo Switch owners never touched those GameCube games. So win-win.

You are also assuming this because of unofficial information we got. We have no idea if Nate, Jeff or Emily heard about more things, but are not willing to talk about it, or they don't know. I guess it also depends on what kind of system the Switch successor will be. Will it be able to play Switch games and improve them as well? If so then you have a huge library of Switch games being upgraded for the new system.

I digress but I am not too worried about Nintendo's future line-up just because we seem to be getting more remasters. I think it is a good moment to fill up a year with both new and remastered games.
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As I said, fill the gaps is ok. Releasing mainly ports and only a few -and often minor- new games (it happened a few years ago) is a completely different thing, and that‘s my fear. Emily is one of the most reliable sources we got and if she thinks Nintendo is actually developing or considering most of the ports we were discussing a few pages ago, that’s doesn’t bode well for me because (to me personally) shows a misplaced focus, and I’m in for a 80-20% new games-ports ratio, but not higher.

I’ll repeat that I love to revisit some masterpieces from Nintendo with a new coat of paint from time to time and one of my most anticipated games is the expected Metroid Prime HD. But that doesn’t mean that I’ll be happy if on the next Direct we get once again WW and TP and a new push back for BOTW2, to put just an example, or a port of Mario Galaxy 2 (that coincidentally is my favourite and I was pissed when it was not included on the collection) Instead of a new 2D or 3D Mario game, or a new remake of a Fire Emblem game instead of a new one. The only exception would be F-Zero GX HD because I don’t trust Nintendo doing something better anytime soon, but I also digress.

I hope Drake plans are the main issue for this lack of new games, that would put my mind at ease.
 
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NST is back with a vengeance! Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tippity Toppity Stars and Shit! will be revealed in the next Direct.
 
I think panicking about "too many ports/remasters" is silly. That complaint has been levied at the Switch almost it's entire life, and it hasn't stopped the platform from getting plenty of new experiences as well. In addition we know the quality of the ports/remasters can vary wildly from the "low effort" Funky Mode Tropical Freeze to the "high effort" significant new content Xenoblade Definitive Edition. Also as we saw in February some of the biggest Switch games of this year weren't even known about before that direct (Live a Live remake, Xenoblade 3, Fire Emblem Three Hopes, Switch Sports, Mario Strikers Battle League) so even if this September direct is more focused on ports/remasters/remakes, that doesn't mean our first direct of 2023 isn't gonna wow people with a lot of new exclusive games.

Also to clarify, "low/high effort" is not some attempt at a "lazy devs" comment, but more a means of gauging how much additional content was added on top of all the other works that's involved in the port/remaster/remake territory. For all I Funky could have been a far bigger nightmare to get working correctly in Tropical Freeze then all of the new story and character stuff made for Future Connected.
 
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yea yea i know we talked about this already but its a cool subject

NST is hiring a lot (although lots are contractors) heres hoping they will be back leading games on the switch 2. I mean yea they were the majoritary studio in bowser's fury but you know what i mean.
 
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Rareware said:
This makes no sense. Working on 3D Mario games has nothing to with whether or not their DK game is 3D or not. If that’s the direction they chose to take, then that’s what it will be.
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No. The rumor is that DK game is made at Tokyo. They had hirings for 2 projects, 2D and 3D one. 3D is new Mario game and 2D is probably DK then.
 
the_marmolade said:
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lol

"The Last of Us, Resident Evil 2/3 and God of War have over-the-shoulder cameras so we need to shoehorn one into Silent Hill 2. Fuck artistic integrity and cinematic symbolism. This is just how things be now."

I gotta say, it is funny how certain game design decisions are inherently seen as "outdated" and "backwards," in this industry, when Nintendo does them all the time and sells millions of copies whilst doing it:

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I guess having a camera that you can't move all the time makes a game 'immature' or something.
 
I don’t know if it gets announced now, but I think we’ll get a DK game in 2023. Big frontrunners for new, unannounced, not rumored 2023 games right now imo are Mario, F-Zero, Pikmin, DK, and maybe Yoshi. F-Zero might just be a remaster though, I’m 50/50.
 
Plum said:
lol

"The Last of Us, Resident Evil 2/3 and God of War have over-the-shoulder cameras so we need to shoehorn one into Silent Hill 2. Fuck artistic integrity and cinematic symbolism. This is just how things be now."

I gotta say, it is funny how certain game design decisions are inherently seen as "outdated" and "backwards," in this industry, when Nintendo does them all the time and sells millions of copies whilst doing it:

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I guess having a camera that you can't move all the time makes a game 'immature' or something.
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This just reminds me how a lot of us are still waiting for another New original Top down Zelda game.

Please Anouma
 
eh hasnt nintendo released more original content than remasters/remakes/ports so far on Switch ? I think the worry they'll switch to more remasters than new games unwarranted as of right now

(also let's not forget they have been doing remasters/ports since the SNES days so it's not ever a new trend).
 
ika said:
I’m a bit depressed that most of the talk lately is mainly about ports and if Emily says Nintendo is planning many of them it‘s a bit concerning to me. Yeah I’m not lying that I’d love to see many of those eventually (F-Zero, Metroid Prime, old Zelda games, or even Baten Kaitos and Eternal Darkness), but if the rumor is that many of those and others are the main Nintendo plan for next year and beyond… meh.

Ideally, those are perfect for slow months and to fill voids between big launchs, but not as a main course for the year plus one or two new releases. From third parties is something expected (releasing old games on Switch) at this point but I’d love a different approach from Nintendo.
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Other than the big games already announced (and a couple of unannounced ones), that's what you're going to get from now on on Switch: remasters, ports, and iterative sequels.

Pretty much every big new game and sequel is being made for the next console (with some inferior crossgen titles here and there).
 
Plum said:
lol

"The Last of Us, Resident Evil 2/3 and God of War have over-the-shoulder cameras so we need to shoehorn one into Silent Hill 2. Fuck artistic integrity and cinematic symbolism. This is just how things be now."

I gotta say, it is funny how certain game design decisions are inherently seen as "outdated" and "backwards," in this industry, when Nintendo does them all the time and sells millions of copies whilst doing it:

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I guess having a camera that you can't move all the time makes a game 'immature' or something.
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At least you’ll still be able to play the original SH2 thanks to the remaster.



…wait
 
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