StarTopic [Spoilers Allowed] Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST8| Press Your (Nintendo Direct) Luck! [Read Staff Post]

[Dark Cloud]

Nate didn’t say no Metroid Prime 4 in this direct lol

 

[prizna]

Nate didn’t say no Metroid Prime 4 in this direct lol

Where are people even getting this from?

 

[Barely Able]

Makes sense. Metroid Prime 4 deserves a launch simultaneously on Switch and Switch 2 next year. I can’t wait to see its first reveal at the Switch 2 reveal

I’m on this page too. If it is cross platform. Show it in the best light and also generate interest for the new system. With console sales up in the air across the board, go out firing on all cylinders.

 

[Ylork]

Nate didn’t say no Metroid Prime 4 in this direct lol

Yes.

he's just speculating on the release year of MP4

Yes. I understand that too

 

[Hocot8]

Where are people even getting this from?

cause people are dooming over a little opinion. The fami special.

Thankfully for Nate it's Friday so he can have a little henny after he reads the last page.

 

[Brazil]

Android 18!! (I'm not sure if it means what I think it does but hey!)

For the love of God please see this post in case anyone’s trying to infer two separate meanings from this.

You truly cannot ever play around, hahaha.

 

[Dark Cloud]

For the love of God please see this post in case anyone’s trying to infer two separate meanings from this.

You truly cannot ever play around, hahaha.

Nintendo Directs are NO JOKE…gaha

 

[Luggage]

Reminder that we got a Pokemon Teaser/Trailer with only “2025” slapped on the end back in February.

Prime 4 can be a 2025 game and still appear at this Direct.

And for the love of all that is holy, I sure hope that it does appear.

 

[soundchaser]

This thread is giving me whiplash.

 

[Hocot8]

For the love of God please see this post in case anyone’s trying to infer two separate meanings from this.

You truly cannot ever play around, hahaha.

okay so now you have to prepare to be blamed for not knowing how people would read your tweet lmao.

 

[Lugia667]

where did he post about 2d zelda and dk being there btw?

 

[sml5621]

Metroid Prime Remastered Remake LFG

 

[Andre3333456]

New Big Brain Academy game? Nah, that won't happen at all.

 

[Hocot8]

Reminder that we got a Pokemon Teaser/Trailer with only “2025” slapped on the end back in February.

Prime 4 can be a 2025 game and still appear at this Direct.

And for the love of all that is holy, I sure hope that it does appear.

agreed. If it's shown it is the last thing.

 

[Ibrahim]

 

[Thunder84]

I’m not expecting to see much if anything in the way of 2025 games. Maybe a remaster dated for early 2025 along the lines of Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, but that’s about it.

I’m checking my expectations at it focusing entirely on Switch 1 software (no cross-gen), a Pokemon Presents in August confirming Legends Z-A as an early 2024 release (pre-Switch 2 release), and no official noise for Switch 2 software otherwise.

Then for the Switch 2, January announcement, March showcase, May launch.

 

[Dark Cloud]

where did he post about 2d zelda and dk being there btw?

He never did post that.

 

[indospot]

agreed. If it's shown it is the last thing.

I think it will be somewhere in the middle of the show, personally. If it came out this year I could see it being an opener or closer but if it's 2025, I don't think they'll do that just yet. I can see a Pikmin 4-style reveal now and a proper full trailer as an opener for the February show next year (or September)

 

[LuckyNumber69]

If Prime 4 isn't this year then yeah realistically 2D Zelda and DK are their only major games they could have in the chamber (I'm using "major" as, like, selling 3 million or more). Or maybe this will be a quieter year for Nintendo. All we can do now is wait.

• Mario Party could happen, which would be a massive game obviously.
• The FE4 remake could also easily sell 3m+ as long as it looks good, appeals to the mainstream FE audience, and gets decent marketing.
• Uhhhhh... new Tomodachi Life? idk lol

That's a few more options for "major" games, at least.

 

[Gamer_G]

so it's an opinion rather than him outright "deconfirming" it.

I think less conclusion jumping is needed lol.

I mean I’d assume it’s more informed speculation than anything. Part of me believing this year would be it was Nate’s claims that it was ready to go and would only be moved out of the year for strategic reasons, so, well… maybe the latter has come to pass

 

[Pillydillsy]

How is it that the direct we knew the furthest in advance is the one we have the least idea on it terms of date, time, what’s gonna be there, anything

 

[Wockio]

With Metroid pushed to next year I'm feeling Pokemon remakes more than ever

 

[3dsboss]

For the love of God please see this post in case anyone’s trying to infer two separate meanings from this.

You truly cannot ever play around, hahaha.

Ahh, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean any ill-will!! I think I just got a little too excited when I saw that! I edited the post the reflect that!

I'm really sorry again!!

 

[Kartina]

A repeat of the “fucking donkey kong” meltdown would be absolutely hilarious.

 

[Phendrift]

I think that it's in Nintendo's best interests to show Prime 4 when the release is imminent (i.e same year)

I’m not really sure I agree.

If Prime 4 is cross-gen, which I’m guessing it is at this point, I don’t really see a benefit in waiting to re-reveal it in the Switch 2 presentation or something.

If they reveal it now, it’s got the spotlight to itself. And there’s no reason to really not to - the game is a known quantity that we’ve been waiting an agonizingly long time for. If they wait, then it’s just another game in the lineup alongside juggernauts like 3D Mario, Mario Kart, whatever else Nintendo has ready for the launch.

Then they can show an enhanced version closer to release, or if they really wanna get crazy, reveal it in this upcoming direct with a tagline “coming to Nintendo Switch and the next generation of Nintendo Switch” and kickstart the next gen hype with a game that we’ve already known was coming for the past 7 years while still saving the stuff we don’t know about for a next gen blowout presentation.

 

[indospot]

With Metroid pushed to next year I'm feeling Pokemon remakes more than ever

Nah, no main series Pokémon this year (fingers crossed)

 

[Ylork]

I think it will be somewhere in the middle of the show, personally. If it came out this year I could see it being an opener or closer but if it's 2025, I don't think they'll do that just yet. I can see a Pikmin 4-style reveal now and a proper full trailer as an opener for the February show next year (or September)

Metroid Dread has been in the middle and it released in October....

 

[chocolate_supra]

This thread is giving me whiplash.

This thread is not quite my tempo

 

[indospot]

Metroid Dread has been in the middle and it released in October....

I agree that it could still be in the middle even if it's out this year.

 

[9-Volt]

There are devs with games that I believe will be featured in there that haven't been talked to about the Switch 2.

That's crazy, man, hahaha.

I mean, do they need to? Not everyone will be lucky enough to be among the first batch to get Switch successor devkits. Just like Switch 1, most of them go after the first official reveal of the console.

But that's nothing to worry about, there should be enough time for third party devs to have a intensely crowded launch window. We're anticipating a much smoother and easier porting process.

 

[switchum]

With Metroid pushed to next year I'm feeling Pokemon remakes more than ever

2024 won’t have a mainline Pokémon release

 

[HockeyBird]

At this point, it's pretty obvious that some people just want to live in a state of panic at all times and just look for any reason, no matter how innocuous, to put them in that state.

 

[Lugia667]

He never did post that.

oh...

 

[Pillydillsy]

This thread is not quite my tempo

This thread is like a song that goes on for thirty minutes and switches tempo and key signature on a whim. Oh, and the main melody is played on a kazoo

 

[Drybones2015]

oh god

"They abandoned Metroid for fucking Donkey Kong"

 

[Hocot8]

I mean I’d assume it’s more informed speculation than anything. Part of me believing this year would be it was Nate’s claims that it was ready to go and would only be moved out of the year for strategic reasons, so, well… maybe the latter has come to pass

you know what they say about assuming, right haha? Nah I get it. His opinion is likely informed but still it's best to not make the assumption. We see how people react. Just quote what he says rather than editorializing is all I was saying.

I think it will be somewhere in the middle of the show, personally. If it came out this year I could see it being an opener or closer but if it's 2025, I don't think they'll do that just yet. I can see a Pikmin 4-style reveal now and a proper full trailer as an opener for the February show next year (or September)

I don't know. I think it would be the perfect final thing. Maybe they save it for september if they do a general then idk.

 

[Luggage]

I think that it's in Nintendo's best interests to show Prime 4 when the release is imminent (i.e same year)

I don’t agree with this purely out of the desire to see it in this Direct.

 

[StretchNStripes]

If Prime 4 is there but for a 2025 launch, I wonder if there would be any gameplay shown. For some previous games revealed that far out (Legends Z-A, Pikmin 4, etc.), the trailers didn’t really have anything substantial from a gameplay perspective (though I’m sure there were some that did throughout the Switch’s life, I can’t recall).

Would people be okay with seeing Prime 4 if it was just another teaser like 2017 with the added “2025” and nothing else? Of course, it could be some kind of CG teaser I suppose.

 

[Pillydillsy]

Nate: I don’t think prime 4 is this year
Fami: DK AND 2D ZELDA CONFIRMED LETS GOOOOOOOO

 

[oomoepoo]

If they don't show Prime 4 this year they might as well just cancel it.

 

[The Cornballer]

No, they did it in June.

And my point is them saying they are doing similar isn't indicative of anything. Regardless of if the Direct airs that day or not.

So are we allowed to discount anyone involved in the industry if they get something wrong?

 

[Hauke_von_Arding]

With Metroid pushed to next year I'm feeling Pokemon remakes more than ever

Nah. They would have announced them during the Pokemon presensts. Why wouldn't they have?

 

[Lugia667]

Nate: I don’t think prime 4 is this year
Fami: DK AND 2D ZELDA CONFIRMED LETS GOOOOOOOO

I thought Dark Cloud was repeating what Nate said

 

[Hocot8]

Nah. They would have announced them during the Pokemon presensts. Why wouldn't they have?

while i agree with the sentiment there is usually a presents in july, no?

 

[Brazil]

Ahh, I'm really sorry, I didn't mean any ill-will!! I think I just got a little too excited when I saw that! I edited the post the reflect that!

I'm really sorry again!!

HAHAHA, it's all good, my friend!

I mean, do they need to? Not everyone will be lucky enough to be among the first batch to get Switch successor devkits. Just like Switch 1, most of them go after the first official reveal of the console.

But that's nothing to worry about, there should be enough time for third party devs to have a intensely crowded launch window. We're anticipating a much smoother and easier porting process.

I suppose not, but frankly, back during the Wii U to Switch transition I wasn't nearly as tuned in as I am now, so the realization of how closed-off the process is is pretty daunting.

 

[P4bl0]

Nah. They would have announced them during the Pokemon presensts. Why wouldn't they have?

To not overshadow Z-A maybe ?

 

[EvilChameleon]

At this point, it's pretty obvious that some people just want to live in a state of panic at all times and just look for any reason, no matter how innocuous, to put them in that state.

Fear sells.

 

[Barely Able]

This thread is not quite my tempo

Too slow for you, obviously.

 

[goldrogerii]

while i agree with the sentiment there is usually a presents in july, no?

They've had a presentation in August since 2021. I am not sure if they've ever done one in July.

 

[indospot]

I don't know. I think it would be the perfect final thing. Maybe they save it for september if they do a general then idk.

Obviously I don't know either, but I feel like with Metroid being one of the lesser franchises in terms of popularity, the only way it could make for a strong opener or closer would be if it's getting a release soon. That's why I compared it to Pikmin 4, since that was also eagerly anticipated and from a smaller franchise.