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This doesn't strike me as very likely. This sort of thing gets said a lot about right wing jerks; fans say they "must not have understood" "must be a mistake". Rarely is this actually the case.

I get why there could be some doubt/confusion about the tweet, I just feel like it's a lot different from the typical "right wing jerk" because I doubt those kinds of people would remove their like from a tweet like that at all.
 
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...They could be removing likes in response to the backlash. Meaning "oops sorry I got caught"

Some "allies" see every explanation except the most obvious. Some see support as a transaction that can be offset as if buying an indulgence, some think support is just putting something in your Twitter handle. There's all types, but in the end our experiences are disregarded as far off, remote possibilities.
 
Also like.. I kinda get wanting really hope your hero turns out to be just mistaken, like, this situation happens a lot. But rarely has there ever been an instance where it's was really just a mistake, sadly. They often hide it or double down.

It's just hard to trust some people after so many times... Doesn't help this isn't even the first time I've heard he isn't really great.
 
I thought so too, but the person said David definitely did so as well.


you can google this:

Special guests joined the Donkey Kong stream​

US Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined in on the stream after numerous requests for her to do so on Twitter. As well as one of the US’s biggest political rising stars, Brewis was also joined by Doom co-creator John Romero, Chelsea Manning and game composer Grant Kirkhope, who voiced the titular gorilla in Donkey Kong 64.

edit: apparently there were more guests (Contrapoints, Mara Wilson, Jim Sterling)
the only mention of Wise in the old Era thread is that Harris (hbomberguy) said "Kirkhope is better than Wise" at some point.

if you really want to research to make sure, the entire stream is archived here:
 
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The hope is always there that it is a mistake. It's important not to be blinded by it. If he is a piece of shit, all I want is for him to change or fuck off.

I still like his tracks, but I'm not gonna praise the man if he's gonna be a piece of shit.

At least Grant's a better person.
 
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I know that was back when Jon was still in GameGrumps and before the milkshake duck tweets. I remember the stream they did back then.

I meant that from what I remember, he was still friends more recently after the controversy.
 
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Return to Dream Land Deluxe credits:


Seems to have been primarily Vanpool, with HAL devs in the lead positions.

Edit: Spoilers for an 11 year old game.
 
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Return to Dream Land Deluxe

Seems to have been primarily Vanpool, with HAL devs in the lead positions.
Can you put the video into a spoiler tag please? there may be people who have not played the original.
 
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HAL Producers:
  • Tadashi Kamitake - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022), Kirby’s Dream Buffet (2022), Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
  • Hiroyuki Hayashi - Kirby Battle Royale (2017)
  • Yasuhiro Mukae - BOXBOY + BOXGIRL! (2019)
  • Yoshiya Taniguchi - Part Time UFO (Switch) (2020)
  • Nobuyuki Okada - Kirby 30th Anniversary Music Fest. (2022)

HAL Line Producers:
  • Yoshihiro Nagata - Kirby’s Dream Buffet (2022)
  • Isao Takahashi - Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023) (also Assistant Producer on BOXBOY! series)

HAL Project Managers:
  • Ayaka Seno - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022), Kirby‘s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
  • Tetsuya Mochizuki - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022), Kirby‘s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
  • Atsuko Yamashita - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (2022), Kirby‘s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
  • Yoshiki Suzuki - Kirby‘s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
  • Yu Kanai - Kirby‘s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (2023)
  • Kazuyuki Nakamura - BOXYBOY + BOXGIRL! (2019), Kirby’s Dream Buffet (2022)
  • Kaori Ishizaka - Kirby’s Dream Buffet (2022)
  • Kojiro Ooki - Part Time UFO (Switch) (2020)
  • Eitaro Nakamura (?) - Part Time UFO (Mobile) (2018)
  • Teruyuki Gunji (?) - Picross 3D (2015), Pasocom Mini (2017)

I think Line Producers only started appearing with Dream Buffet. Seeing as HAL has brought on a lot of new Project Managers recently, the Line Producers are probably overseeing certain titles/series. Nagata will probably be credited as one again in the next mainline Kirby game since Dream Buffet was primarily worked on by Forgotten Land staff.

Also, with HAL having more staff on Deluxe than I expected and with the comments made in the Ask the Developer interview for Forgotten Land, I wouldn’t be shocked if 2D Kirby continues as a collaboration between HAL and Vanpool.
 
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2023 Development Update - Final EPD Games for Switch or Next Gen Hardware Launch Window

Pikmin 4 - EPD Production Group No.10 (Kyoto)
  • The idea that EPD is internally developing Pikmin 4 was definitely not something I would have bet on (we could be proven wrong last minute and find it was completely outsourced). But it does seem that Yuji Kando and team have had several ideas and prototypes that have finally become a public product. I would say this is EPD's last effort and probably pushed its development because of cross-promotion of the Pikmin Bloom app (ughh) and trying one last time with its biggest most active user base ever on the Switch.
    • Key Staff: Pikmin team
    • Project: Pikmin 4 (Summer 2023)

The Legend of Zelda: TotK - EPD Production Group No.03 (Kyoto)
  • Not much needs to said about this game other than it has been completed.
    • Key Staff: Zelda BOTW team
    • Project: The Legend of Zelda: TotK (Spring 2023)

3D Project - EPD Production Group No.08 (Tokyo)
  • The main staff associated with Super Mario Odyssey has mostly stayed intact and has not had a major release since the game's release in 2017. There was a miniscule DLC effort and some small staff side project collaborations on a few ports - but nothing that accounted for any major resources from the core production team. Additionally Nintendo hired for a new 3D project specifically for this production unit. Needless to add how the Super Mario Bros. film's release this Spring and the momentum of the new theme parks, would be a likely reason for some major Mario title to release sometime this year.
    • Key Staff: Mario Odyssey Team, New recruits
    • Project: Odyssey sequel or new 3D Mario for Switch or next hardware. ~ Fall 2023-Summer 2024?

2D Project - EPD Production Group No.08 (Tokyo)
  • This is where things get interesting. Miyamoto and Koizumi have mentioned how their aim has been to have more projects come out of the Tokyo R&D group. While the staff has managed to run side projects (NES Remix, Flipnote) and ports (DK Jungle Beat Wii) alongside their main 3D Mario projects - they have not had two major original works at the same time. This is where their hiatus, team's relocation to a new facility, and the recruitment for a new 2D action game in Tokyo - potentially signal the development unit's expansion towards two main projects. Speculation could easily rationalize how this mysterious 2D game could be a new Donkey game given the team's history with the IP, and the potential resurgence to the masses that the original Nintendo smash IP can attain through the film and theme park's exposure.
    • Key Staff: some Mario Odyssey team?, New recruits
    • Project: 2D Donkey Kong game? (~Fall 2023 - Summer 2024?)

2D Project - EPD Production Group No.10 (Kyoto)
  • Similar to how important a 3D Mario follow up in the near future is, so can a more accessible 2D multiplayer Mario game. The hope would be that this iteration somehow manages to look and feel fresh to fans who may feel burnout from the NSMB franchise. Not a secret that Nintendo opened a public recruitment campaign for this game.
    • Key Staff: NSMB team
    • Project: NSMB Sequel or new take on 2D Multiplayer Mario (~Fall 2023-Summer 2024?)
New 1 2 Switch - EPD Production Group No.04 (Kyoto)
  • The follow up to the quirky casual 1 2 Switch seems to be sitting on the shelf. Is it in danger of not being released? Seems odd that the title would just sit given some of the obviously niche titles EPD Production Group No.04 decided to release.
    • Key Staff: 1 2 Switch staff
    • Project: New 1 2 Switch (Summer 2023? - Canceled?)

Tomodachi Collection 3 / Rhytm Tengoku - EPD Production Group No.07 (Kyoto)
  • Status of the development team is nebulous considering they were mainly involved in the development of smart device projects like Miitomo and Dr. Mario World. Their most recent output has mainly been a supervisory production duty over MAGES remake of Famicom Detective Club, and a co-planning/sound contribution to the externally developed Metroid Dread. The group has also relinquished the WarioWare IP to Tanabe, and it is entirely possible that Rhythm Heaven gets sent over to Kawamoto. Tomodachi Collection, their most successful IP, has to be in development somewhere.. right?
    • Key Staff: Yoshio Sakmoto, Toru Osawa, Takehiko Hosokawa, Ryutaro Takahashi
    • IPs: Metroid, Tomodachi, Rhythm Heaven?
    • Project: Possibly a Tomodachi game in the future, possibly a Rhythm Heaven project inside or outside the group. (Summer 2023? - Dreams?)
 
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Personally I think the 2D Mario will be single player with a multiplayer option
 
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2023 Development Update - Final EPD Games for Switch or Next Gen Hardware Launch Window

Pikmin 4 - EPD Production Group No.10 (Kyoto)
  • The idea that EPD is internally developing Pikmin 4 was definitely not something I would have bet on (we could be proven wrong last minute and find it was completely outsourced). But it does seem that Yuji Kando and team have had several ideas and prototypes that have finally become a public product. I would say this is EPD's last effort and probably pushed its development because of cross-promotion of the Pikmin Bloom app (ughh) and trying one last time with its biggest most active user base ever on the Switch.
    • Key Staff: Pikmin team
    • Project: Pikmin 4 (Summer 2023)

The Legend of Zelda: TotK - EPD Production Group No.03 (Kyoto)
  • Not much needs to said about this game other than it has been completed.
    • Key Staff: Zelda BOTW team
    • Project: The Legend of Zelda: TotK (Spring 2023)

3D Project - EPD Production Group No.08 (Tokyo)
  • The main staff associated with Super Mario Odyssey has mostly stayed intact and has not had a major release since the game's release in 2017. There was a miniscule DLC effort and some small staff side project collaborations on a few ports - but nothing that accounted for any major resources from the core production team. Additionally Nintendo hired for a new 3D project specifically for this production unit. Needless to add how the Super Mario Bros. film's release this Spring and the momentum of the new theme parks, would be a likely reason for some major Mario title to release sometime this year.
    • Key Staff: Mario Odyssey Team, New recruits
    • Project: Odyssey sequel or new 3D Mario for Switch or next hardware. ~ Fall 2023-Summer 2024?

2D Project - EPD Production Group No.08 (Tokyo)
  • This is where things get interesting. Miyamoto and Koizumi have mentioned how their aim has been to have more projects come out of the Tokyo R&D group. While the staff has managed to run side projects (NES Remix, Flipnote) and ports (DK Jungle Beat Wii) alongside their main 3D Mario projects - they have not had two major original works at the same time. This is where their hiatus, team's relocation to a new facility, and the recruitment for a new 2D action game in Tokyo - potentially signal the development unit's expansion towards two main projects. Speculation could easily rationalize how this mysterious 2D game could be a new Donkey game given the team's history with the IP, and the potential resurgence to the masses that the original Nintendo smash IP can attain through the film and theme park's exposure.
    • Key Staff: some Mario Odyssey team?, New recruits
    • Project: 2D Donkey Kong game? (~Fall 2023 - Summer 2024?)

2D Project - EPD Production Group No.10 (Kyoto)
  • Similar to how important a 3D Mario follow up in the near future is, so can a more accessible 2D multiplayer Mario game. The hope would be that this iteration somehow manages to look and feel fresh to fans who may feel burnout from the NSMB franchise. Not a secret that Nintendo opened a public recruitment campaign for this game.
    • Key Staff: NSMB team
    • Project: NSMB Sequel or new take on 2D Multiplayer Mario (~Fall 2023-Summer 2024?)
New 1 2 Switch - EPD Production Group No.04 (Kyoto)
  • The follow up to the quirky casual 1 2 Switch seems to be sitting on the shelf. Is it in danger of not being released? Seems odd that the title would just sit given some of the obviously niche titles EPD Production Group No.04 decided to release.
    • Key Staff: 1 2 Switch staff
    • Project: New 1 2 Switch (Summer 2023? - Canceled?)

Tomodachi Collection 3 / Rhytm Tengoku - EPD Production Group No.07 (Kyoto)
  • Status of the development team is nebulous considering they were mainly involved in the development of smart device projects like Miitomo and Dr. Mario World. Their most recent output has mainly been a supervisory production duty over MAGES remake of Famicom Detective Club, and a co-planning/sound contribution to the externally developed Metroid Dread. The group has also relinquished the WarioWare IP to Tanabe, and it is entirely possible that Rhythm Heaven gets sent over to Kawamoto. Tomodachi Collection, their most successful IP, has to be in development somewhere.. right?
    • Key Staff: Yoshio Sakmoto, Toru Osawa, Takehiko Hosokawa, Ryutaro Takahashi
    • IPs: Metroid, Tomodachi, Rhythm Heaven?
    • Project: Possibly a Tomodachi game in the future, possibly a Rhythm Heaven project inside or outside the group. (Summer 2023? - Dreams?)
My guess is one out of EPD 8's 2D game (pls DK), 2D Mario, or Tomodachi is a holiday season release this year. I'd guess at EPD4 and perhaps NdCube also getting some lower priced releases out later this year to help flesh out the line up, and Metroid Prime 4 coming in October as the 'core' enthusiast release. Throw in a new eShop release from HAL while we're at it.

Personally leaning towards 2D Mario later this year. 3D Mario I would say is the perfect launch title for new hardware. It's a critical darling, it has mass appeal, and it might be a good testing ground for what's possible with new Nintendo hardware.
 
2023 Development Update - Final EPD Games for Switch or Next Gen Hardware Launch Window

Pikmin 4 - EPD Production Group No.10 (Kyoto)
  • The idea that EPD is internally developing Pikmin 4 was definitely not something I would have bet on (we could be proven wrong last minute and find it was completely outsourced). But it does seem that Yuji Kando and team have had several ideas and prototypes that have finally become a public product. I would say this is EPD's last effort and probably pushed its development because of cross-promotion of the Pikmin Bloom app (ughh) and trying one last time with its biggest most active user base ever on the Switch.
    • Key Staff: Pikmin team
    • Project: Pikmin 4 (Summer 2023)

The Legend of Zelda: TotK - EPD Production Group No.03 (Kyoto)
  • Not much needs to said about this game other than it has been completed.
    • Key Staff: Zelda BOTW team
    • Project: The Legend of Zelda: TotK (Spring 2023)

3D Project - EPD Production Group No.08 (Tokyo)
  • The main staff associated with Super Mario Odyssey has mostly stayed intact and has not had a major release since the game's release in 2017. There was a miniscule DLC effort and some small staff side project collaborations on a few ports - but nothing that accounted for any major resources from the core production team. Additionally Nintendo hired for a new 3D project specifically for this production unit. Needless to add how the Super Mario Bros. film's release this Spring and the momentum of the new theme parks, would be a likely reason for some major Mario title to release sometime this year.
    • Key Staff: Mario Odyssey Team, New recruits
    • Project: Odyssey sequel or new 3D Mario for Switch or next hardware. ~ Fall 2023-Summer 2024?

2D Project - EPD Production Group No.08 (Tokyo)
  • This is where things get interesting. Miyamoto and Koizumi have mentioned how their aim has been to have more projects come out of the Tokyo R&D group. While the staff has managed to run side projects (NES Remix, Flipnote) and ports (DK Jungle Beat Wii) alongside their main 3D Mario projects - they have not had two major original works at the same time. This is where their hiatus, team's relocation to a new facility, and the recruitment for a new 2D action game in Tokyo - potentially signal the development unit's expansion towards two main projects. Speculation could easily rationalize how this mysterious 2D game could be a new Donkey game given the team's history with the IP, and the potential resurgence to the masses that the original Nintendo smash IP can attain through the film and theme park's exposure.
    • Key Staff: some Mario Odyssey team?, New recruits
    • Project: 2D Donkey Kong game? (~Fall 2023 - Summer 2024?)

2D Project - EPD Production Group No.10 (Kyoto)
  • Similar to how important a 3D Mario follow up in the near future is, so can a more accessible 2D multiplayer Mario game. The hope would be that this iteration somehow manages to look and feel fresh to fans who may feel burnout from the NSMB franchise. Not a secret that Nintendo opened a public recruitment campaign for this game.
    • Key Staff: NSMB team
    • Project: NSMB Sequel or new take on 2D Multiplayer Mario (~Fall 2023-Summer 2024?)
New 1 2 Switch - EPD Production Group No.04 (Kyoto)
  • The follow up to the quirky casual 1 2 Switch seems to be sitting on the shelf. Is it in danger of not being released? Seems odd that the title would just sit given some of the obviously niche titles EPD Production Group No.04 decided to release.
    • Key Staff: 1 2 Switch staff
    • Project: New 1 2 Switch (Summer 2023? - Canceled?)

Tomodachi Collection 3 / Rhytm Tengoku - EPD Production Group No.07 (Kyoto)
  • Status of the development team is nebulous considering they were mainly involved in the development of smart device projects like Miitomo and Dr. Mario World. Their most recent output has mainly been a supervisory production duty over MAGES remake of Famicom Detective Club, and a co-planning/sound contribution to the externally developed Metroid Dread. The group has also relinquished the WarioWare IP to Tanabe, and it is entirely possible that Rhythm Heaven gets sent over to Kawamoto. Tomodachi Collection, their most successful IP, has to be in development somewhere.. right?
    • Key Staff: Yoshio Sakmoto, Toru Osawa, Takehiko Hosokawa, Ryutaro Takahashi
    • IPs: Metroid, Tomodachi, Rhythm Heaven?
    • Project: Possibly a Tomodachi game in the future, possibly a Rhythm Heaven project inside or outside the group. (Summer 2023? - Dreams?)
Good post.
I would add EPD9 to this list with their next project likely targetting Summer - Fall 2024. New Mario Kart will be launch title window for new hardware (5-6 months).
 
Good post.
I would add EPD9 to this list with their next project likely targetting Summer - Fall 2024. New Mario Kart will be launch title window for new hardware (5-6 months).

Mario Kart is a difficult one to assess. If we are talking about a brand new original game, I can't see it launching in 2024. I think it's also hard to be sure of what direction the next game is taking. The safest bet would be to make 10 an ultimate game and just add more stages and characters.
 
Mario Kart is a difficult one to assess. If we are talking about a brand new original game, I can't see it launching in 2024. I think it's also hard to be sure of what direction the next game is taking. The safest bet would be to make 10 an ultimate game and just add more stages and characters.
yea I don't see a new MK launching too soon after they just will have wrapped the bonus course pass for 8D

now 2ARMS however ... praying to gaming jesus
 
Mario Kart is a difficult one to assess. If we are talking about a brand new original game, I can't see it launching in 2024. I think it's also hard to be sure of what direction the next game is taking. The safest bet would be to make 10 an ultimate game and just add more stages and characters.
I think the next Mario Kart in launch window is crucial since no other online focused game would be ready at that time, not even brand new Splatoon. 8 Deluxe launching a month after Switch launched definitely helped with the success of the Switch. Late 2024 release is not that unreal since the next project likely started in 2019 after MK leads were done with Tour, but we don't know how much resources Booster Course Pass takes. I agree with the direction part, it's hard to guess but I feel like there will be that "one major focus" just like gliders were in 7 or anti-gravity was in 8, it's safe to say that they will be supporting that game for a while, just like they are doing with Splatoon.
 
I think the next Mario Kart in launch window is crucial since no other online focused game would be ready at that time, not even brand new Splatoon. 8 Deluxe launching a month after Switch launched definitely helped with the success of the Switch. Late 2024 release is not that unreal since the next project likely started in 2019 after MK leads were done with Tour, but we don't know how much resources Booster Course Pass takes. I agree with the direction part, it's hard to guess but I feel like there will be that "one major focus" just like gliders were in 7 or anti-gravity was in 8, it's safe to say that they will be supporting that game for a while, just like they are doing with Splatoon.
The big multiplayer games at launch will be Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. They don't need to make a new game right away when they have two under active support that can be patched.
 
https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/0...-themes-to-mario-maker-and-his-favorite-level

While many Super Mario Maker creations are the direct result of inspiration players have received from Nintendo's past creations, the tables very well may turn. With so many pleasant surprises with how creators stretch what a Mario game is capable of, Tezuka thinks it's inevitable Nintendo will be influenced in some way by the community creations. "I do think we've probably been influenced by the things we've seen people making in Super Mario Maker up to this point," he says. "But I don't know exactly what sort of concrete form that would take in the Mario games in years to come. With things like that, we'll put the game out, see the reaction from the fans, then make decisions about what we'll decide to include in games going forward."
 
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When they actually release a Mario Kart for the system, I have no doubt it will be a new one. It just isn't coming soon. Booster Course Pass wouldn't be happening if we were going to get a new Mario Kart soon.

They'd have to be idiots to not have simultaneously been prepping the new mario kart for at absolute latest year 1 of the next consoles launch.

I don't know what the saturation point for a videogame selling is, but mario kart 8 deluxe alone is already the 7th best selling game of all time (6th if you include the Wii U Version sales). They can only sell so many more copies


There's basically nothing more important that they could be working on instead of the next mario kart when it comes to software for the next console.
 
Do you think that when Development Centre Building No. 2 opens (by 2027) that Nintendo will make a whole new EPD group too?

I suspect there may be 1-2 new production groups already in existence. But I think the expansion is primarily to be able to handle all their AAA core IPs that are internally developed next-gen and beyond.
 
I suspect there may be 1-2 new production groups already in existence. But I think the expansion is primarily to be able to handle all their AAA core IPs that are internally developed next-gen and beyond.
Yeah, it's hard to get any real info on EPD Groups, especially since the last E3 presskit went out in 2019. We at least have Ask the Developer now. EPD1 now may have really be internal as pointed previously in this thread.

I do wonder if the Smart Device group lead by Konno even still exists today.
 
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but you don't need a launch window Mario Kart if you can just bundle it with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Complete Boost Edition for basically free money.

The big multiplayer games at launch will be Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. They don't need to make a new game right away when they have two under active support that can be patched.

I am going as far and say that we still won't get a new Mario Kart game, but a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Definitive Edition.

When they actually release a Mario Kart for the system, I have no doubt it will be a new one. It just isn't coming soon. Booster Course Pass wouldn't be happening if we were going to get a new Mario Kart soon.
I see the continuing sales potential of 8 Deluxe, but I also think Nintendo knows their core fan base and that they want to see a new entry after 10 years when much more advanced hardware releases. We don’t know yet what function this new Switch will have and if they want to continue the platform or make a clear cut and try to showcase new, much better looking games. Also, the team will probably have a new title ready in the next 1-2 years since the BCP is handled by a different company.

But I agree, it’s definitely odd that they keep refining and updating 8DX and this content heavy game coexisting with MK9 on the next platform would be weird. But I think they’re gonna sell 8DX till mid of next year and then publish 9 with much more single player content and a huge DLC roadmap mimicking the BCP but with a more consistent art style and original content. Mario Kart is perfect for adding content indefinitely.
 
They'd have to be idiots to not have simultaneously been prepping the new mario kart for at absolute latest year 1 of the next consoles launch.

I don't know what the saturation point for a videogame selling is, but mario kart 8 deluxe alone is already the 7th best selling game of all time (6th if you include the Wii U Version sales). They can only sell so many more copies


There's basically nothing more important that they could be working on instead of the next mario kart when it comes to software for the next console.
Mario Kart 9 is probably already in development, but BCP is very much a filler release. With BCP happening, I'd be shocked if we got a new game any earlier than late 2024, and even that doesn't seem super likely.

They'll be fine. Mario Kart isn't their only evergreen, and BCP is serving as promotion for NSO + Expansion Pack.
 
Hello Fami,
I did a little investigation that EPD 4 might be developing a Star Fox Game

EPD 4's last released game was Nintendo Switch Sports.

In Nintendo Switch Sports data, there is unused code relating to objects from a Star Fox game.


Unused Code​

Logci_StarFoxLaserEnegyItem
Logic_StarFoxPassStraightRing
Logic_StarFoxEnemyWolfen
Logic_StarFoxLaserEnegyItem
Logic_StarFoxPassStraightRing
Logic_StarFoxTestRing


Present in Node.aidefn.byml.zs is code relating to objects from a Star Fox game.

Source:



Now that might mean nothing, but keep in mind that Super Mario 3D All-Stars had files based on Pikmin


Leftover Game Data​

Stage Names​

Inside /SystemData/MemorySystem.alsarc.zs in the launcher is a file called HeapSizeDefine.byml, which contains names for stages that don't exist, as the launcher doesn't actually have any stages. Interestingly, a good number of them mention Pikmin.

A list of these stage names is below:

TestHayakawaVrPikmin00Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin01Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin02Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin03Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin04Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin05Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin06Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin07Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin08Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin09Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour001Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour003Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour005Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour006Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour007Stage
TestMatsudaBuildHouseTest000Stage
TestKurihara0000Stage
TestHishinuma000Stage
TestHishinuma003Stage

Nintendo Switch Sports, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Pikmin 4 seem all to be running on the same LunchPack engine
Nintendo_Engine.png


In conclusion, EPD 4 may be working on a Star Fox game in the LunchPack engine.

I also want to mention that Super Mario 3D All-Stars has a lot of unused Sound Files, that don't seem to be related to 3D All-Stars, but rather another Mario title, and other Nintendo franchises.

One of them :
KariKari_Default.baatn

Karikari is an enemy from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
Karikari.png
 
Hello Fami,
I did a little investigation that EPD 4 might be developing a Star Fox Game

EPD 4's last released game was Nintendo Switch Sports.

In Nintendo Switch Sports data, there is unused code relating to objects from a Star Fox game.


Unused Code​

Logci_StarFoxLaserEnegyItem
Logic_StarFoxPassStraightRing
Logic_StarFoxEnemyWolfen
Logic_StarFoxLaserEnegyItem
Logic_StarFoxPassStraightRing
Logic_StarFoxTestRing


Present in Node.aidefn.byml.zs is code relating to objects from a Star Fox game.

Source:



Now that might mean nothing, but keep in mind that Super Mario 3D All-Stars had files based on Pikmin


Leftover Game Data​

Stage Names​

Inside /SystemData/MemorySystem.alsarc.zs in the launcher is a file called HeapSizeDefine.byml, which contains names for stages that don't exist, as the launcher doesn't actually have any stages. Interestingly, a good number of them mention Pikmin.

A list of these stage names is below:

TestHayakawaVrPikmin00Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin01Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin02Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin03Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin04Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin05Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin06Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin07Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin08Stage
TestHayakawaVrPikmin09Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour001Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour003Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour005Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour006Stage
TestHayakawaVrTour007Stage
TestMatsudaBuildHouseTest000Stage
TestKurihara0000Stage
TestHishinuma000Stage
TestHishinuma003Stage

Nintendo Switch Sports, Super Mario 3D All-Stars and Pikmin 4 seem all to be running on the same LunchPack engine
Nintendo_Engine.png


In conclusion, EPD 4 may be working on a Star Fox game in the LunchPack engine.

I also want to mention that Super Mario 3D All-Stars has a lot of unused Sound Files, that don't seem to be related to 3D All-Stars, but rather another Mario title, and other Nintendo franchises.

One of them :
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Yeah, we've known this for quite a while. But the fact that 3D All-Stars has references for Pikmin have not necesirally implied Pikmin 4 at the time (since it's obviously not made by the same group, but yes it was right in the end).

The same goes for EPD4 and Star Fox. We know from Emily that Star Fox at least had prototypes on Switch. Interesting if the EPD4 really is developing it, I would not be surprised. But to me the Star Fox is the perfect game for later years in console's lifecycle when the install base is bigger, just like Pikmin. We can all agree that at this point Star Fox is next-gen title.
 
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tbh if i were programming Nintendo games, I'd just start referring to things as Star Fox this, F-Zero that, for shits and giggles lol

Maybe they did a funny prototype thing for Switch Sports, something like say kicking the ball through the rings from Star Fox 64?
 
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But also, remember:


Star Fox has been a testing ground for Nintendo consoles, with Miyamoto using the series to put the hardware through its paces. "I work very closely with the programmer of Star Fox 64. Basically, every time we get new hardware, we do a Star Fox prototype."

Star Fox Zero began its life as one of these. "This Star Fox started out being based on a prototype we created for the Wii," he tells us. "We took that prototype and thought about what we could do with it. We came back and just said that this should be a Star Fox game."

Star Fox prototypes being referenced, existing really doesn't mean anything and can be considered a foregone conclusion at this point.
 
But also, remember:




Star Fox prototypes being referenced, existing really doesn't mean anything and can be considered a foregone conclusion at this point.

Yeah, that.

Personally I still feel like the fact that Takaya Imamura (unarguably the most important person to SF besides Miyamoto) left NIntendo in early 2021 kinda indicates to me that at the very least, there wasn't any new Star Fox game that was in active development by that point in time. Considering how much he clearly loves the series going by his Twitter account and all, I'd have to imagine he would have stuck around to see this new game finished if there really was in something in development by then.

So the best hope in that regard, is that they started development on one after he left, like somewhere later in 2021 or 2022.
 
Yeah, I really don't think Star Fox is within EPD 4's purview, given their work and role on Switch so far. It is interesting information, but it also doesn't confirm much we didn't know already: Nintendo prototype a lot of games. It's fun to have evidence of that happening with Star Fox, sure, but it doesn't necessarily point to something concrete being underway, and it certainly doesn't mean EPD4 are working on the franchise given Lunchbox is used across EPD groups.
 
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My predictions...

Nintendo EPD 1 - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC, an unannounced Gamecube/Wii remaster, planning stages for next Pokemon game

Nintendo EPD 2 - More Mario sports games

Nintendo EPD 3 - Zelda: TOTK, planning stages for next 3D Zelda, maybe they're also helping out with a new 2D Zelda now that TOTK's dev cycle is winding down

Nintendo EPD 4 - A new casual game of some sort for the Switch successor's launch

Nintendo EPD 5 - Splatoon 4, new Animal Crossing, maybe a new IP

Nintendo EPD 6 - Metroid Prime 4 assist, no idea outside of that

Nintendo EPD 7 - Next 2D Metroid

Nintendo EPD 8 - 2D game (most likely DK), new 3D Mario

Nintendo EPD 9 - Mario Kart 9

Nintendo EPD 10 - Pikmin 4, but that has to be wrapping up by now; maybe they'll make a new Star Fox

Retro Studios - Metroid Prime 4

Monolith Soft - New medieval action-RPG IP, something Xenoblade-related, and maybe they'll help out GF with their next Pokemon game

Game Freak - Next Pokemon game; expecting this one to have more time in the oven after Scarlet/Violet happened

Next Level Games - Luigi's Mansion 4, Luigi's Mansion 1 and 2 remaster

Intelligent Systems - Next Paper Mario

HAL Laboratory - New 3D Kirby

Grezzo - Either 2D Zelda or a new IP (Jet Dragon?)|

Good-Feel - Ninja action/RPG game (Osaka studio), new Wario/Yoshi (contract studio)

I also think the 3DS game Namco is remastering/remaking for Nintendo is Kid Icarus, but I could very well be wrong about that. I would like to see Murasame Castle given to Koei-Tecmo or Team Ninja.
 
I think I posted this in another thread a while back, from Starlink:

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His last two games were under Yabuki/EPD9. I don’t necessarily think a Star Fox game is actively in development, but I feel that would the most likely production group to take over the series, especially since Imamaura and (seemingly) Tadashi Sugiyama are gone.
 
My predictions...

Nintendo EPD 1 - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC, an unannounced Gamecube/Wii remaster, planning stages for next Pokemon game

Nintendo EPD 2 - More Mario sports games

Nintendo EPD 3 - Zelda: TOTK, planning stages for next 3D Zelda, maybe they're also helping out with a new 2D Zelda now that TOTK's dev cycle is winding down

Nintendo EPD 4 - A new casual game of some sort for the Switch successor's launch

Nintendo EPD 5 - Splatoon 4, new Animal Crossing, maybe a new IP

Nintendo EPD 6 - Metroid Prime 4 assist, no idea outside of that

Nintendo EPD 7 - Next 2D Metroid

Nintendo EPD 8 - 2D game (most likely DK), new 3D Mario

Nintendo EPD 9 - Mario Kart 9

Nintendo EPD 10 - Pikmin 4, but that has to be wrapping up by now; maybe they'll make a new Star Fox

Retro Studios - Metroid Prime 4

Monolith Soft - New medieval action-RPG IP, something Xenoblade-related, and maybe they'll help out GF with their next Pokemon game

Game Freak - Next Pokemon game; expecting this one to have more time in the oven after Scarlet/Violet happened

Next Level Games - Luigi's Mansion 4, Luigi's Mansion 1 and 2 remaster

Intelligent Systems - Next Paper Mario

HAL Laboratory - New 3D Kirby

Grezzo - Either 2D Zelda or a new IP (Jet Dragon?)|

Good-Feel - Ninja action/RPG game (Osaka studio), new Wario/Yoshi (contract studio)

I also think the 3DS game Namco is remastering/remaking for Nintendo is Kid Icarus, but I could very well be wrong about that. I would like to see Murasame Castle given to Koei-Tecmo or Team Ninja.
I could see Camelot working on Golden Sun as a cross generation game. To be honest I think we can take a break from Mario Sports.
 
(seemingly) Tadashi Sugiyama are gone.
I don't think he is gone just yet. We've seen recently how people who were uncredited for a very long time still work at EPD. Yoshikazu Yamashita as a Senior Director on Mario Maker 1 went missing for 7 years and was Switch Sports producer (altough this one had a troubled development.) The same goes for Tomoaki Yoshinobu who also worked on Star Fox Zero (as a coordinator) and on Tank Troopers too but thanks to Ask The Developer we know that he still works at EPD, but now at EPD10. Maybe Sugiyama is the same story.
 
Also, the team will probably have a new title ready in the next 1-2 years since the BCP is handled by a different company.
hm??!
My predictions...

Nintendo EPD 1 - Pokemon Scarlet/Violet DLC, an unannounced Gamecube/Wii remaster, planning stages for next Pokemon game

Nintendo EPD 2 - More Mario sports games

Nintendo EPD 3 - Zelda: TOTK, planning stages for next 3D Zelda, maybe they're also helping out with a new 2D Zelda now that TOTK's dev cycle is winding down

Nintendo EPD 4 - A new casual game of some sort for the Switch successor's launch

Nintendo EPD 5 - Splatoon 4, new Animal Crossing, maybe a new IP

Nintendo EPD 6 - Metroid Prime 4 assist, no idea outside of that

Nintendo EPD 7 - Next 2D Metroid

Nintendo EPD 8 - 2D game (most likely DK), new 3D Mario

Nintendo EPD 9 - Mario Kart 9

Nintendo EPD 10 - Pikmin 4, but that has to be wrapping up by now; maybe they'll make a new Star Fox

Retro Studios - Metroid Prime 4

Monolith Soft - New medieval action-RPG IP, something Xenoblade-related, and maybe they'll help out GF with their next Pokemon game

Game Freak - Next Pokemon game; expecting this one to have more time in the oven after Scarlet/Violet happened

Next Level Games - Luigi's Mansion 4, Luigi's Mansion 1 and 2 remaster

Intelligent Systems - Next Paper Mario

HAL Laboratory - New 3D Kirby

Grezzo - Either 2D Zelda or a new IP (Jet Dragon?)|

Good-Feel - Ninja action/RPG game (Osaka studio), new Wario/Yoshi (contract studio)

I also think the 3DS game Namco is remastering/remaking for Nintendo is Kid Icarus, but I could very well be wrong about that. I would like to see Murasame Castle given to Koei-Tecmo or Team Ninja.
are those really predictions or just ...the usual games these groups and studios work on that are listed in the OP already :p
(also you must have missed that EPD1 isn't doing anything currently and all the external stuff moved to EPD2, such as Pokémon. we discussed this a few pages back extensively)

it's also quite depressing that you consider NLG a Luigi Mansion factory now apparently. what a waste that would be :(
 
hm??!

are those really predictions or just ...the usual games these groups and studios work on that are listed in the OP already :p
(also you must have missed that EPD1 isn't doing anything currently and all the external stuff moved to EPD2, such as Pokémon. we discussed this a few pages back extensively)
No, I missed it. I'm new to this thread.
 
No, I missed it. I'm new to this thread.
discussion roughly starts here:
 
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I don’t have a source for that but afaik there’s only a small team that does the BCP, people were speculating on Bandai, some other external group or some people inside Nintendo, maybe from the mobile team. Since all the tracks already exist and the amount of changes and graphical upgrades varies from track to track, this would make sense. Also the fact that there are so many leaks on the BCP doesn’t fit EPD.
 
I see the continuing sales potential of 8 Deluxe, but I also think Nintendo knows their core fan base and that they want to see a new entry after 10 years when much more advanced hardware releases. We don’t know yet what function this new Switch will have and if they want to continue the platform or make a clear cut and try to showcase new, much better looking games. Also, the team will probably have a new title ready in the next 1-2 years since the BCP is handled by a different company.

But I agree, it’s definitely odd that they keep refining and updating 8DX and this content heavy game coexisting with MK9 on the next platform would be weird. But I think they’re gonna sell 8DX till mid of next year and then publish 9 with much more single player content and a huge DLC roadmap mimicking the BCP but with a more consistent art style and original content. Mario Kart is perfect for adding content indefinitely.

I don't think Mario Kart 10 arrives in 1-2 years. The MK team has absolutely been working on BCP but I'm sure they have a small lead team putting together the foundation of MK10.
 
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I don’t have a source for that but afaik there’s only a small team that does the BCP, people were speculating on Bandai, some other external group or some people inside Nintendo, maybe from the mobile team. Since all the tracks already exist and the amount of changes and graphical upgrades varies from track to track, this would make sense. Also the fact that there are so many leaks on the BCP doesn’t fit EPD.
what leaks?
 


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