My read on “by 2024” is “by the start of 2024” meaning by the time we enter 2024, Nintendo will have said something about (maybe even released) new hardware.
Nintendo gave us botw Wii U, even though you could definitely have argued for canning that version.
Ah yeah I didn't read that correctly. So he expects them to talk about it before 2024.
I understand and appreciate that, no worries.
I think they may talk about games like Animal Crossing, pokémon, Smash, Mario Kart etc.
Metroid is still a niche franchise. Prime 4 hitting even 5 mil would be pretty good, all things considered, and a new record for the series. As much as I'd prefer MP4 to be exclusive to the new hardware (not out of a desire to exclude folks, but simply to see it be the best it can be), I don't at all think Nintendo would be up for sacrificing the massive install base of the current Switch.
This feels like a repeat of the Wii to Wii U transition and the exact opposite of what Iwata said in investor briefings in 2014-2015.
Since the new content of DF, it is true that quite a few users (who were not recurring in the thread) have entered to intoxicate the conversation.
So I think the pro was canceled in the first half of 2021, but it might have been intended for a 2022 release, it was just scrapped around that time.
Better, BOTW HD
Depends on the products (phones and tvs do sometimes), but if its a nvidia product (new shield) then they will have to argue for its benefits to the old one.
quiet period is the default for Nintendo. insiders tend to know very little until games are close to reveal. I can't recall any Nintendo game/hardware that was known very early from NIntendo sources
We do?
I think it's a bit early to say they are winding things down, but there is a lot of DLC indeed, and the last Xenoblade DLC had a stand alone retail release, so I expect at least one of that type this year.
Yes, have faith.
2D Mario is big, but it's not a system seller or a game that people will get super hyped for. I think that's probably the only decent sized title we get after Zelda.
I, you, ReddDread, and others have politely (some perhaps not so politely) asked him to clarify his contradictory statements to put an end to the debate and confusion, and he has steadfastly refused to do so.
Perhaps or maybe it makes sense if you take what Andy Robinson and Dring are saying about the 2023 lineup. I just think they are being very disrespectful to Pikmin 4 lmao
Well I believe Nate when he says there is a remake for a Fire Emblem game. FE has become very important to Nintendo and it's not Mario big but it's pretty decent sized lol. And ofc Pikmin 4. If big means Mario, Zelda, and the sort then it's a nothing burger statement and I'm inclined to lead with that lol. Nobody should get bent out of shape over it.
I would say a big chance we are making wrong conclusions. But I would not say SMD had the info.
That's what I see 2023 looking like. Good feel could also put a game out as they are due. Metroid Prime HD would be a good October game.
0% because SMD never had any info in the first place. we have from the horse's mouth a chip being tested from nintendo. if it's different than expectations, that's because something changes
Rumor mill has it that a planned Nintendo Switch refresh was canned. The specifics of said device are largely unknown, but some speculate that it wasn't Drake, since that hardware seems to still be getting updates as of fairly recent. What that leaves us with is the question of whether a hardware might still launch in 2023, and when exactly this refresh was canned.
bayonetta origins is a new game
I really hope I'm not being read this way. I don't know that Drake is coming in 1st half 2023. Because of some things I keep mentioning, I do believe it is coming with Zelda, but if it misses Zelda, it won't be next year.
Huh, no? Even back to the Wii presentation, that's clearly a copout from Iwata's part for simply releasing a disappointing, gimmicky system. One of the reasons that Wii U failed was precisely because it was too underpowered to realistically compete with the other two home consoles in the home console space, it couldn't run the third parties that PS4 and XOne could. I don't think those "new" ways of gameplay were anything serious after the Wii, the Gamepad flopped and Switch ditched its gimmicks related to HD rumble and all. There's no interest in pursuing them anymore, per see (only if giving you a stationary TV output was crazy enough for you).
I'm just listing examples. I don't expect anything big outside of 2D Mario in H2 (Pikmin is great but I wouldn't exactly call it big). We'll get a couple of ports, some smaller titles like Mario Sluggers, and a ton of DLC. If Nintendo really does plan on releasing Switch 2 in 2024, then a big 2023 is unnecessary. Save some titles for the next system.
I said some smaller titles AND ports. Bayonetta Origins is a smaller title.
It's definitely going to be a DLC heavy year. NDCube is also due for a party game I believe. Don't know if they'll dip into the Mario Party well. I predicted an Animal Crossing party game in that predictions thread.
The only one that comes to mind is 3D All Stars which supposedly started development in February/March 2020 and was leaked by the end of March
Objectively a Wii with a pizza oven attached would be better, but it would not make a good product. People didn't care about the new gameplay interface option, so what we were left with was a 2012 machine capable of playing ports from 2005 hardware, at higher price, that didn't make much use of the control setup that made its predecessor notable.
