I don't agree, Super Mario Bros Wonder is a continuation of collab between EPD10 and EPD8, Super Mario RPG appears to be developed by Grezzo and the princess peach game looks like it is being developed by Good Feel.
I mean, everyone and their uncle is convinced a Superman game simply cannot exist where both stakes are high while also being fun. I beg to differ, but I do believe it needs to be a company that has the resources and team members to capitalize on a game that focuses almost exclusively on gameplay more than story, and doesn't need to rush to tie into a movie/TV show.We are here at the start of Week 4 for the Direct Speculation thread where September finally begins and things have heated up in a big way as we are staring down the Super Mario Wonder Direct today! Sadly I won't be able to join y'all watching Mario live, but I'm super excited to see what will be revealed there and I will be adding the archive to the OP ultimately for easy access! Of course the big news here as we begin Week 4 is that any of the next three weeks of this thread could very well be our last! If we get word from insiders and leakers that we are on the eve of a Direct announcement, the second big thread event will kick off the night before so please look forward to that! But for now, a quick update on the other big thread event as we do have our first challenger with their prediction coming up for the LEGENDARY SPECULATOR CHALLENGE! If you are #teamfirstweek please lend @smoothies your energy as they are putting both their avatar and title on the line in predicting a Direct announcement on Tuesday September 5th at 6:00 AM for a Direct that will air on Wednesday September 6th at 6:00 AM (US West Coast time). I am prepared to hand out avatars for all 14 challengers, but I do hope at least one of you will win! One last announcement for the thread before moving on to our Week 4 weekly question, is that we will be getting a new poll sometime tomorrow on Friday my time so you have at least 24 hours to get your last votes in or shuffle them around.
Ok and now it's finally time for the next weekly question! With TGS approaching quickly, this question feels right to drop now!
Week 4 – What anime or licensed game would you like to see announced at the next Direct?
I'll pick two here myself, I'd love to see a Bocchi The Rock themed rhythm game (paired with a season 2 anime announcement!) and a new Star Wars Rouge Squadron game or a collection of the old ones. I'd forever like to see of course a new Magia Record console JRPG too haha. Maybe the new Madoka movie will increase the chances lol. Excited to see what y'all pick
One dayOne day I will see this appear (fan-made obviouslycredit to u/Jack0Bear who posted this on the r/NintendoSwitch subreddit. Not sure if they made this originally but this is where I found it)
That game has the best chance now to get not only a re-release and the justice it deserves to be seen as a classic, but also a chance to bring back the planned final boss sequence against General Scales that we all deserved but had to be cut for development timelines.
I was just talking with a friend of mine last night about how she's hunting down a copy of Gundam Wing: Endless Duel for SNES, and with that fresh in my mind I'd love a new 2D Gundam fighting game.
okay this sounds rad as hell
preeetttyy sure he was making a joke about this:
Sakurai's channel is wrapping up?? Huh?
This list is so weird. It doesn't have all of the OG 8 since Kirby and Yoshi aren't there, but it does have the OG unlockables. No Marth or Pit, but it's got Famicom ROB, Wolf, and Terry. A lot of 90s characters, but then there's Rosalina, Olimar, and Bayonetta. Also most of the Pokémon are there
The Pokemon Gameboy games are coming to NSO; the reason RBYGSC were taking so long is because they were retrofitting them with amiibo compatibility
I want to B E L I E V E
He hasn't announced anything about it, last week he put up a new introduction video for the channel using footage from videos uploaded over the past year or so
Yoshi hasn't been restocked in a long time for some reason, and Pokemon tend to be restocked only for Smash (Pokemon games don't have Amiibo functionality except I think Pokken DX). They stocked the Pokemon Smash line for Sephiroth and Kazuya.
Confirmed
no, Nintendo will do this video before the septembre Direct
I could see Nintendo Selects finally showing up in the Switch's 7th year, especially if Switch 2 is due to drop soon.
I think they could make the (deep breath) “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Switch Online Plus Expansion Pack Fighters Pass,“ for NSO+EP subs that just has Pyra/Mythra, Piranha Plant, Byleth and Min-Min. Like a lil sampler of the DLC that they wouldn’t need to pay out the nose for.
Actually yeah, that would be pretty smart. Gets around the licensing restrictions and keeps people engaged just enough if they haven't shelled out for the DLC yet
Especially because at this point Piranha Plant is only available on his own, he’s not in either pass, so this would give folks a way who don’t want to buy him (he’s not the most enticing character to most people, I’m sure) a way to fill out their roster.
What if…. Smash F2P?
Yeah I know that as far as the overall lineup goes, it's nothing particularly huge. What gets me is he went from "nothing after Zelda" to people calling him on that and suddenly it was "I meant nothing big after Zelda" to "2D Mario doesn't count as big so I'm still right," and in between all that I saw people and publications (before the June Direct) saying they were excited to see what games Nintendo had and Dring would comment or quote tweet them with "Nope" and "Nothing's coming" and stuff like that. Like he didn't just say "I heard there's a light H2" and leave it at that, he's been actively trying to push people into believing this position he dug his heels in on.
With the return of the NSO Game Vouchers, I doubt a budget/lower-priced line would ever make a return. That said, let’s posit they did bring the line back.
I was going to make a joke about changing your date to September 12th, but if Nintendo truly only released the Wonder Direct to get ahead of its appearance at Nintendo Live, then I believe there's a small chance there could actually be a Direct announced for 9/6 lol.
Holy shit
Yeah I know that as far as the overall lineup goes, it's nothing particularly huge. What gets me is he went from "nothing after Zelda" to people calling him on that and suddenly it was "I meant nothing big after Zelda" to "2D Mario doesn't count as big so I'm still right," and in between all that I saw people and publications (before the June Direct) saying they were excited to see what games Nintendo had and Dring would comment or quote tweet them with "Nope" and "Nothing's coming" and stuff like that. Like he didn't just say "I heard there's a light H2" and leave it at that, he's been actively trying to push people into believing this position he dug his heels in on.
From the very beginning when he first posted the "no games post-Zelda" thing, I was asking how he could be so confident in knowing Nintendo's inner workings that he'd actually be aware they weren't working on games. And now I'm wondering how he can be so confident in knowing Nintendo's inner workings that he can comment on what "level" of team is working on the next main Mario game, thus giving him the insight to comment on its quality, size, and sales potential after just one trailer. It just seems like incredible arrogance to me, coupled with wanting people online to see him as some sort of authority.
Even though I'll admit the rest of the year probably doesn't look like much to people who aren't Mario fans. But that'd be like me saying H2 2019 had nothing big because I'm not a Pokémon fan.
Anyway sorry
the pyoro tweet like makes me confident for a 13th direct and a 11/12th annoucment tbh
Definitely the 12th in that case, I don't see NoA announcing a Direct on 9/11
For me there's no doubt stuff like Detective Pikachu and a second WarioWare can reasonably be seen as the 'light' part of the line up. They're even lower priced releases to boot, and the overall line up (right now) lacks the franchise variety we normally see. The comparison to 2019 doesn't hold up for me, because you had two new IP, Zelda, Fire Emblem, and Luigi's Mansion 3 as well as Pokemon that year. But that's to be expected because 2019 was the third 'second half' of the Switch's life and this is the seventh.Holy shit
Yeah I know that as far as the overall lineup goes, it's nothing particularly huge. What gets me is he went from "nothing after Zelda" to people calling him on that and suddenly it was "I meant nothing big after Zelda" to "2D Mario doesn't count as big so I'm still right," and in between all that I saw people and publications (before the June Direct) saying they were excited to see what games Nintendo had and Dring would comment or quote tweet them with "Nope" and "Nothing's coming" and stuff like that. Like he didn't just say "I heard there's a light H2" and leave it at that, he's been actively trying to push people into believing this position he dug his heels in on.
From the very beginning when he first posted the "no games post-Zelda" thing, I was asking how he could be so confident in knowing Nintendo's inner workings that he'd actually be aware they weren't working on games. And now I'm wondering how he can be so confident in knowing Nintendo's inner workings that he can comment on what "level" of team is working on the next main Mario game, thus giving him the insight to comment on its quality, size, and sales potential after just one trailer. It just seems like incredible arrogance to me, coupled with wanting people online to see him as some sort of authority.
Even though I'll admit the rest of the year probably doesn't look like much to people who aren't Mario fans. But that'd be like me saying H2 2019 had nothing big because I'm not a Pokémon fan.
Anyway sorry
They actually did exactly that back in 2017:
Cause wonder was going to be a end of life game for the Switch from the start so they probably were given as much time as they could if Dev started a while ago. I feel with 3d mario they really want it to be around launch window for Switch 2 so most likely will have a deadline
Which frees up Camelot to be working on Golden Sun.
