I believe in Nate, we will get a Banjo game for all platforms. Switch 1-2 included.
Metroid Prime 4 and Silksong being in the same Direct would make it an all-timer Direct just based on that alone.
XBLA remasters are relative old games (2008/2009) and are just plain HD up res ports. I'm talking about a full grounded remake with a massive graphics overhaul like Crash/Spyro games with a +13/14 years of difference between the old XLBA remasters.
While I definitely would see the appeal of remakes, I think at that point, I would prefer to just have a brand new Banjo-Kazooie game, a proper platformer.
RE4 remake makes significant changes to the original and has a far higher commercial potential than Banjo remakes. If the comparison is the Crash/Spyro remakes, then you're mostly looking at the same game with a facelift.
I don't think Team Cherry is either
With Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard sitting on the couch playing it.
Yessss
welcome to 2021
No, what I'm saying is Nintendo have preferred ways of working on remakes, not that they'd never touch 90s DK. I'd definitely say it looks extremely unlikely they'd remake DK64, given there's no internal advocate at the company apart from maybe Miyamoto, and given the brains behind the games at Rare have moved on to other things. Maybe Nintendo would entertain a pitch from ex-Rare staff at a different studio, which is possibly how Another Code ended up with a remake. If anything, Another Code is sort-of a good example here: the original team is unavailable but key staff are still around at another company and Nintendo own the IP. That's the situation DK is in, except it's much higher profile as an IP, and Nintendo also have easier avenues for a re-release if they want.
To clarify, I'm not saying there's currently a DK64 Remake in the works. I even argued the opposite.
I just want it to be somewhere. The Direct, Microsoft's showcase, SGF, a random tweet on an uneventful Monday....
Sure, but my argument here would be that Another Code and smaller IP are likelier to get remakes rather than brand new entries, whereas DK is much more likely - as a proven and iconic IP - to get the resources and investment for a new entry without needing a remake to re-establish it. DK is automatically worth the higher investment and risk, even if the treatment of the series this decade has been odd to say the least.
I will agree that the DK series doesn't need a soft re-introduction. But consider the fact that they completely remade Mario vs Donkey recently. I don't really feel like that was necessary, they could have just done a new game in that series and it would have sold just as good and probably even better.
Fwiw, I can see all of these games get announced, with only Prime 4 being slated for 2025. As for Switch 2, I definitely expect it to come out in March at the earliest.
I feel like between all those events, its gonna happen in June lol. The wait will be over soon(hopefully lol)
I consider it every day.
unless miyamoto flipped the tables and the project is back to prototype phase
Miyamoto is the greatest video game designer of all time but I think he sometimes holds Nintendo back these days
I kinda figured it was the case that they just focused resources on a Switch 2 Zelda when TotK planted a couple of noticeable details that would work as a DLC story like BotW had, that they just didn't elaborate on, and then just announced that there wouldn't be any DLC.
If we’re just talking ‘80s run:
If Nintendo wants to break that PS2 sales record, they should bring back those UK ads they had in the DS era where random D-list British celebrities would pretend to be really into Dragon Quest IX or Brain Training. I need to see the bloke from Repair Shop play Another Code like my life depends on it.
Yes, I think they would. I don't think they particularly care to be associated with SGF so I think they'll just plan their event around it. Probably sometime between it and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. They don't want to crowd their announcements with other events I would imagine, at least now that E3 is done.
SGF is on the 7th, so any time after that is fair game. I don't think anyone was expecting it during the first week of June anyways. I'm kinda hoping for the 19th personally, it's the day after I get back from Toronto so I can watch it while getting over my jetlag.I'm somewhat late to talking about this but I had been thinking: Would Nintendo really push the Direct to the second half of June to not be associated with SGF? I do think it's a genuine concern, but I don't really think it's a super big deal. Geoff and his official channels will likely post about it no matter what and, out of the major showcases between the big three, I feel like the Nintendo Directs are the ones that have the largest reach to the point that a good amount of the audience that is watching isn't as knowledgeable about SGF that it wouldn't make a difference.
I could be wrong obviously and, as I mentioned, it may be a concern. Alongside this, doing it in the third week of June last year did seem to work well for them so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case again. To me, I guess it also depends if there is a shadowdrop in the Direct. I feel like no matter what, the last week of the month is probably out of question since the Thursday Luigi's Mansion 2 HD will be out and by the Wednesday U.S. Time, people would already be playing. I also do think if there is a shadowdrop, they might not want to do it a week before the Direct just because maybe that's a little too close, especially if it's MP2 and/or(?) MP3 since those likely are to do with the marketing of MP4. I do kind of feel like this makes, at least in my mind which probably isn't correct, the 12th or 13th the most likely!
We'll probably start to hear rumblings after TTYD releases this week though so I'm excited!! Speculation season is truly almost upon us!!!
I think Nintendo doesn't particularly want their show associated with Keighley/SGF, but more broadly I think they want to be reasonably sure they'll be commanding the headlines rather than sharing a stage with other companies' news dumpsI'm somewhat late to talking about this but I had been thinking: Would Nintendo really push the Direct to the second half of June to not be associated with SGF? I do think it's a genuine concern, but I don't really think it's a super big deal. Geoff and his official channels will likely post about it no matter what and, out of the major showcases between the big three, I feel like the Nintendo Directs are the ones that have the largest reach to the point that a good amount of the audience that is watching isn't as knowledgeable about SGF that it wouldn't make a difference.
I could be wrong obviously and, as I mentioned, it may be a concern. Alongside this, doing it in the third week of June last year did seem to work well for them so I wouldn't be surprised if that's the case again. To me, I guess it also depends if there is a shadowdrop in the Direct. I feel like no matter what, the last week of the month is probably out of question since the Thursday Luigi's Mansion 2 HD will be out and by the Wednesday U.S. Time, people would already be playing. I also do think if there is a shadowdrop, they might not want to do it a week before the Direct just because maybe that's a little too close, especially if it's MP2 and/or(?) MP3 since those likely are to do with the marketing of MP4. I do kind of feel like this makes, at least in my mind which probably isn't correct, the 12th or 13th the most likely!
We'll probably start to hear rumblings after TTYD releases this week though so I'm excited!! Speculation season is truly almost upon us!!!
It's mostly a joke request because how a decent number of people find new horizon to be a step back from new leaf
Not that I think it's going to happen, but I don't think it would sabotage an entry on a new system. Say Luigi's Mansion 4 releases next year for the Switch 2, I don't think Luigi's Mansion 2 HD would affect those sales either.
I do think Animal Crossing is a bit of a different situation, because it's a game that you are meant to play for a long time, at least a year or more.
When did Nate say this?
Didn't he also say it was in very early development and many years away?
lol Nate didn't say this, I just said I believe in Nate there, that's all. He just said a Banjo game was greenlit, nothing more.
Whenever I think about Paper Zelda, I feel immense joy because there's so much potential in there. Then I feel tremendous sadness because I know it'll never happen.
