We're going to get so, so many "WHY WON'T YOU DIE!!??" memes in the near future every time a Nintendo game gets announced both for Switch 1 and Switch 2... I feel tired just thinking about it.
I feel like I'm fairly alone in this opinion, but I don't care for hardware. I just want to play as many games as possible. So I'd be happy to not have to buy new hardware for the first couple of years after the new console's launch.
It would certainly be nice to see another brand new Capcom game on Switch, that's for sure. And an AA7 reveal during the next Direct could certainly work; remind people about the Apollo Justice Trilogy and then segway into the new announcement.
GBA is probably getting the next couple of NSO expansion pack updates since we still have two games on the roadmap.
Oh yeah, I totally agree that the desire for Prime 4 to be some kind of visually impressive launch showcase game is a big part of the speculation surrounding this game. That said, I also think an equally big desire for this game is for it to blow up in sales (e.g. people suggesting insane 10m+ sales predictions) and not be quote-unquote "wasted" on Switch 1. So that leads to people overhyping the game, in addition to even some occasional copium about how a game announced six and a half years ago as a Switch exclusive is suddenly gonna be a Switch 2 exclusive instead.
Bugger. Yeah, unfortunately that sounds about right. Pity, though; Monster Hunter Rise showed what Capcom can achieve on the Switch with a decent budget and I was looking forward to them giving RE the same treatment.
Nate said no such title ever existed. As of now, Capcom has never done any Switch development since 2021's Monster Hunter Stories 2, it kinda sounds to me that the mid budget gaming is no longer their thing. I'm eagerly awaiting them to prove me false and release AA7 next year.
As someone who just replayed a whole bunch of GameCube games, that library is criminally undertapped so far for remakes, remasters, and rereleases. Every game I replayed I kept asking myself why hasn’t this game been rereleased in 20 some years (except Tales of Symphonia which is why has every rerelease been so crummy and inferior lol). Would love to see Rogue Squadron, F-Zero GX, Mario Golf, and Kirby’s Air Ride return especially.
She deserves her time on the spotlight, but for marketing sake, I presume Phoenix will be the main brand, but it'll be her full game.
Is it possible that Capcom was pretty early with getting Switch 2 dev kits and they see more value in moving dev efforts directly to the next Nintendo platform? Rise was extremely successful on Switch alone, I doubt they're just going to stop there with Nintendo, but I could see them wanting a stronger baseline for their games.
I really want an Athena Cykes led game! Phoenix can be there too and I expect them to split time, but Apollo needs a break for at least one game.
You'll get a new mobile game and you'll like itCapcom is just saving their Nintendo chips for the Breath of Fire revival
When was it not that time? lol
in the weeks and months were it does not make sense to speculate about a Direct when we've just had one like half of September, the months of October, November and most of December
I played through the first two games on NSO this year. I grew up with Breath of Fire 1, but had never played it start to finish before myself so that was kind of cool to revisit even if it was a bit basic. Breath of Fire II I had never really seen, encountered, or heard about. It was definitely a better playing game all around, but the most memorable thing about it was this very weird obsession with toilets across the game. It’s so prevalent, it’s super distracting from everything else it does lol.Capcom is just saving their Nintendo chips for the Breath of Fire revival
Wait, when did he say that? The last thing I remember from him was right after Outrage got canceled, but he talked about RE Switch as a title that very much existed and work done on it with the possibility of it being delayed and/or shifted to the Switch 4k that people expected at the time.
One of the era general threads but it'd be near impossible to find that there. I'm not aware of any further comments from him if he made on this board. Maybe he'll drop on this thread to give more details about it but let's not tag anyone here.
Even before the remaster, the old Prime games look fantastic to this day. I agree however it comes out the game is going to look incredible.
Chibi Robo, Custom Robo, Battalion Wars, Doshin, Star Fox x2, eternal darkness, geist, etc. etc.
Oh I'm not forgetting that, in fact it's why I'm expecting it to be a graphical showcase on 2 Switch 2 Furious. Not exclusive but definitely a game to show off the new system and say "lookie what this thing can do!!"
Either of those would fit, but I still think they're holding Prime 4 for Switch 2 footage. If DK is a thing coming to Switch this year, that'd work very well - same with Fire Emblem Geneology. Beyond that... not sure. Maybe they steal an announcement from Pokemon Day so that they have something bigger-ish to announce.
I'd expect Fire Emblem 4 remake or something on that level that's not yet announced from one of the studios that could be due (Grezzo?). I'm personally thinking that Metroid Prime 4 could close it out but is just as likely, maybe more so, to open the show. I don't really expect a huge new Switch exclusive this year on the level of TOTK or Super Mario Bros. Wonder, so I'm not expecting a DK game for Switch unless Nintendo has lower expectations for it. I'm open to being wrong.
I mostly wanna see the Switch successor and what it is capable of. I am particularly interested in what the third parties do with it given the overwhelming success of Switch 1. From Nintendo's side, I think a mainline 3D Mario game is a given at launch, but I am more curious on what the other launch window titles are. I am interested in what Pokemon has in store for next year, specially on what they can accomplish with the new console.
Honestly it could fit and it would be a good reveal, but I believe they will focus on porting the Miles Edgeworth titles before announcing brand-new games in the series.
I think Metroid Prime 4 ends it and they open with either DK or Fire Emblem Remake. I expect the direct to be on January and to be the last Switch general direct. In terms of timeline, I am predicting it will be:
There's not going to be another general direct before the Switch 2 presentation. Pokemon yeah. If they wait till March we just have to wait until then.
Figured I'll get my guesses in: The Direct will air on the 17th of January. The Switch 2 will be revealed on the 25th of February.We had a lot of wild fun predicting the Direct date in The Legendary Speculator Challenge last thread, but this time I want to open up the guessing game to as many people as possible! The Great Direct Date Guess Event is a badge challenge with two badges up for grabs! It’s very simple to participate, either reply to this post or AT message me in a post and tell me what dates you believe the Nintendo Direct will air and the Switch 2 will be announced in Pacific Time. If you do not reply or AT message me, I will not consider it an official entry. The deadline to enter is December 31st at 11:59 PM Pacific Time and you'll know I have accepted your prediction when I Yeah! your post. At that point I will screencap your answer and ultimately compile a chart in the OP to track participants, so make sure you’ve been added to it by January 4th. You do not have to predict both the Direct and the Switch 2 dates if you don’t want to, but there are no downsides to doing both. For The Great Direct Date Guess Event, you only need the dates to be clear (ie Wednesday January 3rd or Thursday February 4th), so you do not have to worry at all about predicting the time further otherwise.
If you believe an event would air or be announced at midnight Pacific time, for the purposes of proper guessing please put the second of the two days involved. For example, if you believe the Switch 2 will be announced at midnight between Tuesday January 2nd and Wednesday January 3rd Pacific Time, please put your guess down for January 3rd.
@Aurc is helping with creating the awesome badges for this event and we have one design ready to share right now! Winners of predicting the Direct air date will get the Direct Date Champion Badge!
Winners of predicting the Switch 2 Public Announcement Date will get the Switch 2 Date Legend Badge! (This includes a video, tweet, press release etc.) Like the Switch 2 itself, it is still being diligently worked on behind the scenes, but once the design is ready, I will share it in the thread and update this post! Thanks again Aurc for all of your help
So yes, please make sure to get your guesses in by December 31st at 11:59 PM Pacific Time! Have fun Fami!
