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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT|
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I doubt we'll see Sword and Shield in a non-E3 Direct. Pokemon Company is almost certainly going to drip feed info out until the games release, a la Sun and Moon.
You don't need to wait for a Direct for Pokémon news. The Pokémon Company will almost certainly be dropping YouTube videos with new information every couple of weeks, like they did with Sun and Moon.
I wouldn't go that far, though- Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and the Let's Go games were all featured on non-E3 Directs.
Banjo & Mario at the World Cup
Edit: Some slightly more serious suggestions.
-Fable of Zelda
-Gears of Advance Wars or Halo Advance Wars
-Great Sea of Thieves
-Forza Excite
-Forza Zero
-Guest characters in KI and Smash
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So to summarize...
Cuphead: Announced
Super Lucky's Tale: Leaked
Ori: Coming according to insiders
Halo: Heavily hinted at
Forza, Gears, Rare Replay: Rumoured?
Cuphead: Announced
Super Lucky's Tale: Leaked
Ori: Coming according to insiders
Halo: Heavily hinted at
Forza, Gears, Rare Replay: Rumoured?
Check out the stuff "leaked" for the last direct. Everything was wrong, including outlandish stuff like Starfox Grand Prix releasing in Spring.
Like just with a quick check:
Unless I'm missing the context nothing in that post said any of these things would be revealed in a Direct. And as we now know the Starfox info came from Vergeben who is now a lot less trustworthy, but before the Direct there was reason to put a bit of trust into things he said.
I'm not saying all of these things will happen but I don't think AC and Erdrick not being in the Direct means this stuff is necessarily wrong.
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Yeah in Wabi's defense, he just said that Erdrick would be revealed "soon" and that was it.
I think we'll be getting a Smash specific Direct in April that lays out the 3.0 update, and there will be a teaser for Erdrick at the end of it.
I think we'll be getting a Smash specific Direct in April that lays out the 3.0 update, and there will be a teaser for Erdrick at the end of it.
I wonder...did something get pulled from the Indies presentation? They've been so good lately about being slightly longer than the announced runtime, so it feels weird that it was a full five minutes shorter than advertised.
I just wanted to point out the Starfox stuff but for the other things:
Can someone link me to a reference for people talking about a second digital-only Zelda being released this year? Didn't we have a thread for that stuff? I can't find it.
I just wanted to point out the Starfox stuff but for the other things:
Well to be fair 99% doesn't mean they guarantee those will happen, but yeah those predictions were not accurate. Though what's wrong with claiming Mario Maker 2 is the game meant to push online subs? And what's wrong with claiming AC is releasing over 6 months away?
Think it was after Links Awakening's reveal where some were saying there's another Zelda coming.
Can't remember the thread tho. Might even this one
Guess I can say whatever I want as long as I say it "only" has 99% chance of happening.
The dude never leaked anything aside from publishing online a trailer one of their friends got through NDA breaking. I'm just trying to understand why are people posting each of his tweets here despite that he knows as much as the common era user. Even worse, practically everything they tangibly hinted at ended up wrong (MM2 being revealed at E3, LM3 being shown in the Direct, Starfox GP releasing in spring, DxM & LM3 being highlights in the direct).
Don't get me wrong, I'm not blindly believing everything they say, I'm just pointing out that the first thing you posted is certainly not proof that their Direct predictions were wrong. The second one definitely was proof that some things were were wrong though, yes.
It seems like they get info from various sources who also share their info elsewhere (like Vergeben) so at the end this person is only as trustworthy as their sources.
We still don't have a solid rumor for Halo. Jeuxvideo said "Halo, Gears and Forza" while our King Zell didn't specify any game. At least Jeuxvideo was specific about Rare.
Honestly king zell is the one thing throwing me for a loop here. If it hadn't been for him and his "Mario on Playstation" comment, I'd just dismiss this whole thing as nonsensical rumors, especially since Cuphead technically isn't owned by Microsoft.
But I don't know, if its not Halo, then what really could amount to "Mario on Playstation"? And if Halo does make it to Switch, then it would stand to reason that Rare Replay or at least some of its games would be brought over as well.
EDIT: For prosperity, this is Wabi's source for Rare Replay (and I guess MCC) coming to Switch.
But I don't know, if its not Halo, then what really could amount to "Mario on Playstation"? And if Halo does make it to Switch, then it would stand to reason that Rare Replay or at least some of its games would be brought over as well.
EDIT: For prosperity, this is Wabi's source for Rare Replay (and I guess MCC) coming to Switch.
Link's Awakening was hinted as a 3DS game, looks like it was later moved to Switch. Best decision in my opinion.
About another Zelda coming, well, it could refer to the game we saw yesterday. But there are some hints of the Breath of the Wild sequel for next year, so do not expect to see any announcement of that game soon.
Yeah I think that should be the default assumption. We had heard of an eShop only 2D Zelda game in addition to the Link's Awakening remake, and Cadence of Hyrule fits that bill perfectly.
Yeah I really don't know exactly what would fit that "Mario on Playstation" comment besides Halo. Or, far more unlikely, something from Sony on Switch.
We could see a 2020 Zelda announced at e3 honestly you never fucking know with nintendo
Skyward sword released holiday 2011
E3 2012 nothing
E3 2013 nothing
E3 2014 botw
This will be the 3rd e3 since botw released
Though I think botw dlc stuff was at e3 2017
Does this pattern actually mean anything idk
Will nintendo break precedent and the next 3d Zelda comes out within a year 0f being launched so it isn't announced until 2020 or 2021.
Skyward sword released holiday 2011
E3 2012 nothing
E3 2013 nothing
E3 2014 botw
This will be the 3rd e3 since botw released
Though I think botw dlc stuff was at e3 2017
Does this pattern actually mean anything idk
Will nintendo break precedent and the next 3d Zelda comes out within a year 0f being launched so it isn't announced until 2020 or 2021.
All these Zelda announcements makes me wonder when are we going to hear about Grezzo's new project?
Because all of it is just easily guessable stuff
They wouldn't. Nintendo doesn't need Rare to even publish DKC games
Finally some Rare Replay rumors. If I can play Banjo and Viva Pinata on my Switch I'm gonna lose it.
In fact, here's hoping we get some Killer Instinct rumors. I'd triple dip for a Switch release.
That has no substance, insiders likely assumed it was a 3DS game because of Metroid: Samus Returns on 3DS, it was always a Switch game.
Could be a while. They are a small team and no doubt the LM port ate up some of their resources for a little while.
Based on what? I mean the 3DS rumor seemed pretty legit considering it ended up coming with correct info about other games. What makes you say that it was always a Switch game?
Hopefully that means that rumored Virtual Boy Wario Land remake is also for Switch then.
Just bring back Wario Land already, Nintendo!
Because we only heard about Link's Awakening Remake last year when they said it's coming to the 3DS, the game doesn't look like it was a straight up remaster of a 3DS game, unless there were a Switch and 3DS game I believe there was never a 3DS version.
I could be wrong but saying "The game got moved from 3DS to Switch" as a fact when we don't know that is wrong.
To be fair you're talking about something that was rumored at the beginning of 2018. As a remake that's plenty of time to change over to the Switch, considering the current release date, even if they scrapped their 3DS work.
To your point though, it's certainly not something to take as fact. We'll never know unless it comes up in an interview.
I had to look up that Project Haggar since I never heard of it before. Some Mega Bloks Halo. I've definitely never seen it.
When do you think they will start promoting it more heavily? Sometime around end of May?
Always loved the new gen hype cycle with the Pokemon reveals.
That's certainly true, but I was asking how those posts prove the info was wrong, not whether this person has legit info.
That's an E3 tier reveal. I expect that game, Pikmin 4 (2020) and whatever this "Mario on PlayStation" game is to be biggest stars of the show.
"Mario on PlayStation" should be the closing game, as whatever it is, its protagonist should be Smash newcomer.
Seems oddly specificm. Tbh it will depend on dev cycles
IMHO they need to work with third parties more to secure exclusives and fill out their library.
Well, they just revealed 3 big games in the last direct. E3 will definitely top the direct, even without any Zelda games.
I meant to say E3 lol. I'm satisfied with what's coming this year, but yeah I think they'll keep working with third party devs.
I love they're giving out their IP's more it feels like. I want to see this more with bigger studios like Ubisoft Milan. Maybe there are some third party studios out there that are struggling and Nintendo could see if there's any interest.
Doesn't really fit the topic at hand that much but Brownies (former Brownie Brown devs) have announced a new fantasy RPG. Apparently they're the devs behind the Doraemon Story of Seasons game (that might actually be getting a localization) so they have Switch experience at least.
I have low expectations. They haven't revealed 3 big games at E3 in like 5 years because they spread news out in their Directs.
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