Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT4| The Sequel to OT3 is Now in Development.

Kcannon · Jan 20, 2020

Lintemuth-Studios said:
If MK9 was in development and Nintendo decided to can it because of MK8 sales, I'd be pissed. That's no reason to cancel development, let the team finish it. And, no, they're not going to sit on a finished game for three years, because that would mean that they wouldn't have anything for this generation.

I'm not talking about cancelling, but rather putting it to the side so they explore additional ideas for other IPs or even potential improvements.

In any case, it's a weird situation since we're used to the MK team working on two simultaneous platforms, so a game each 3 years was always a given due to each platform requiring its own MK.

Magic-Man · Jan 20, 2020

It would be hilarious if we got a Direct announcement tomorrow, after all this chaos and people giving up on the January dream.

AuthenticM · Jan 20, 2020

Was Mario Kart Tour made by the core team behind Mario Kart and Arms?

babycakin · Jan 20, 2020

Neoxon said:
I mean, didn't most of us expect Nintendo to wait until next-gen if they do another ARMS game?

This is what I was thinking. ARMS can be an entry per generation, kinda like a la Mario Kart, Splatoon etc.

Neoxon · Jan 20, 2020

babycakin said:
This is what I was thinking. ARMS can be an entry per generation, kinda like a la Mario Kart, Splatoon etc.

Yeah, that's what I figured most of us expected. The Yabuki Squad is probably doing either a new IP or working on another pre-existing IP right now.

Kcannon · Jan 20, 2020

AuthenticM said:
Was Mario Kart Tour made by the core team behind Mario Kart and Arms?

We don't know. There are no credits.

But I think it's likely since FE Heroes does have many of IS staff working in it. No way in hell is DeNa doing it alone.

Dark Cloud · Jan 20, 2020

Obsonet said:
It seems pretty Salmon Run focused, in salmon run you are harvesting their eggs and it's like a cry for help, the lifesaver thing in the water is from salmon run, it's salmons holding the 2020 with salmon eggs in it.
Like there's so many references to that mode it has to be something to do with it or salmonids.

I played Salmon Run a lot. It's a great mode. I wonder if there is a spin-off it's about Grizzco and exploring the lore of that? I don't recall the story behind them.

Phendrift said:
Maybe Splatoon spin-off is a possible RPG that fits with what Emily is saying?

Don't get me hyped!

Zippo said:
It's definitely not ARMS, that's for certain. Nintendo seems to have zero interest in continuing it.

Not too surprising. I think the Mario Kart team is bringing back and old IP like F-Zero or Diddy Kong Racing

ILikeFeet · Jan 20, 2020

BY2K said:
See you at 9AM EST, bitches!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I don't know shit.

jokes on you I have class at that time! I'll miss any announcement regardless!

Magic-Man · Jan 20, 2020

Kcannon said:
I'm not talking about cancelling, but rather putting it to the side so they explore additional ideas for other IPs or even potential improvements.

In any case, it's a weird situation since we're used to the MK team working on two simultaneous platforms, so a game each 3 years was always a given due to each platform requiring its own MK.

I still don't like that idea, tbh. Game development is troubled enough.

God, it must sound like I'm an entitled fanboy who only wants Mario Kart lol. I could honestly care less, I want to see a new multiplayer IP from that division. Or F-Zero/Diddy Kong Racing, I don't really care. As long as it's not NintenDOGS or something of that nature, then I'd be mad. But Mario Kart seems like the logical option here.

Clov · Jan 20, 2020

ILikeFeet said:
it'll be a harem visual novel with multiple waifus to chose from. including the cabbit you see there

I knew I shouldn't have used that Monkey's Paw!

JershJopstin · Jan 20, 2020

Is everyone just expecting a Splatoon spinoff because a sequel would be a little redundant right now, or is there an actual credible rumor? It seems odd that this thread has zeroed in on that IP specifically unless I missed something.

criteriondog · Jan 20, 2020

WestEgg said:
Yep, we're so close to the announcement of a brand new Animal Crossing Direct!

I would love that!

Trevelyan · Jan 20, 2020

JershJopstin said:
Is everyone just expecting a Splatoon spinoff because a sequel would be a little redundant right now, or is there an actual credible rumor? It seems odd that this thread has zeroed in on that IP specifically unless I missed something.

I think a lot of us are expecting a spin-off of some sort.

srtrestre · Jan 20, 2020

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when ~~September~~ January ends

Dark Cloud · Jan 20, 2020

JershJopstin said:
Is everyone just expecting a Splatoon spinoff because a sequel would be a little redundant right now, or is there an actual credible rumor? It seems odd that this thread has zeroed in on that IP specifically unless I missed something.

There's no rumor. It's a huge IP and spinoffs have to come at some point. It's nearing Mario and Zelda tier. Also, the producer said they haven't even begun development on Splatoon 3 as of July 2019. Splatoon came off as a "one per generation" game.

Then they put this out for the new year which could possibly hint at something Splatoon related coming.

Zyrokai · Jan 20, 2020

RedDevil said:
The sequel of BotW was never really given an official date other than "is under development" so not sure if it being released this year was always a thing for Nintendo.

It has always been an internal goal for them but they didn't want to commit to it in case they couldn't meet it.

JershJopstin · Jan 20, 2020

Dark Cloud said:
There's no rumor. It's a huge IP and spinoffs have to come at some point. It's nearing Mario and Zelda tier. Also, the producer said they haven't even begun development on Splatoon 3 as of July 2019. Splatoon came off as a "one per generation" game.

Aight, so people just think the Splatoon IP is due for something and know we're not getting 3 yet.

I don't see a reason to expect anything purely because I don't see anyone who would make it.

Dark Cloud · Jan 20, 2020

JershJopstin said:
Aight, so people just think the Splatoon IP is due for something and know we're not getting 3 yet.

I don't see a reason to expect anything purely because I don't see anyone who would make it.

The Splatoon team would be making a spin-off. You might not expect it, but some of us possibly see it happening this year.

Deleted member 51691 · Jan 20, 2020

If there is a Splatoon spinoff I don't see it deviating greatly from the gameplay of Splatoon 2. Maybe it is fully single-player or has an interesting new mode but it will still be based on the core Splatoon mechanics. I don't expect Splatoon XCOM or anything like that.

JershJopstin · Jan 20, 2020

Dark Cloud said:
The Splatoon team would be making a spin-off. You might not expect it, but some of us possibly see it happening this year.

If it is happening, I'd definitely bet against it being from the Splatoon team. But that's just me.

Nintenleo · Jan 20, 2020

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But I still hope for a new Another Code

Strat · Jan 20, 2020

Dark Cloud · Jan 20, 2020

stealthyfrog said:
If there is a Splatoon spinoff I don't see it deviating greatly from the gameplay of Splatoon 2. Maybe it is fully single-player or has an interesting new mode but it will still be based on the core Splatoon mechanics. I don't expect Splatoon XCOM or anything like that.

It's really hard to say what they would do tbh in terms of genre and gameplay. It could almost be anything. I do agree the core mechanics are great and maybe they'd still use it, but spinoffs can be anything in the end. We go from 2D platformer Mario to Super Mario RPG so you never know

Nintenleo · Jan 20, 2020

Bite my lips and close my eyes
Take me away to Paradise
Some say quit or I'll go blind
There won't be a Direct until E3

RealDealRusty · Jan 20, 2020

Any updates out of today?

MayorSquirtle · Jan 20, 2020

Dark Cloud said:
The Splatoon team would be making a spin-off. You might not expect it, but some of us possibly see it happening this year.

But the Splatoon team is the Animal Crossing team, no? Which has clearly had its hands full lately.

Hentz · Jan 20, 2020

My guess is that they are making a Left 4 Dead type game using the Salmon Run idea (4 players fighting waves of enemies) featuring story-driven levels in a 'story mode', plus obviously the normal stage-based Salmon Run.

karmitt · Jan 20, 2020

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Dark Cloud said:
It's really hard to say what they would do tbh in terms of genre and gameplay. It could almost be anything. I do agree the core mechanics are great and maybe they'd still use it, but spinoffs can be anything in the end. We go from 2D platformer Mario to Super Mario RPG so you never know

I'm certain I've read that Nintendo prototypes plenty of ideas without a franchise in mind, and if they like an idea and think that it would mesh well with an existing IP, then it starts to take a different shape. Splatoon wasn't always squid kids, it evolved into that, and at some point I bet they tried to throw Mario in there.

Anyway, Splatoon is now big enough in Japan that I could see them doing a spin-off at some point down the line that branches away from the current shooter mechanics.

JaredG said:
But the Splatoon team is the Animal Crossing team, no? Which has clearly had its hands full lately.

I thought they were different teams with the same producer.

Clov · Jan 20, 2020

JershJopstin said:
Aight, so people just think the Splatoon IP is due for something and know we're not getting 3 yet.

I don't see a reason to expect anything purely because I don't see anyone who would make it.

NdCube presents: Splatoon Party

MattD · Jan 20, 2020

I'm looking forward to the inevitable Animal Crossing direct. Has to be in the next couple of weeks, right? No other possibilities exist in any universe. Assuming there is both an Animal Crossing direct and a general direct, Animal Crossing would come first for sure, and since the general direct has to be in the first half of February... that leaves no other possibilities. Animal Crossing direct within two weeks. Unless this is all wrong then something else could happen.

Deleted member 42484 · Jan 20, 2020

Lintemuth-Studios said:
Your argument is flawed here too. ARMS didn't sell especially great, it's userbase dropped off a cliff, and most people forgot about it. A game as important as ARMS was should have to prove itself, it didn't. Thus, no sequel plans. And it's not like Nintendo is only focusing on Mario, Zelda, and Pokemon. ARMS was a thing for a reason. It didn't work.

Y'all are forgetting that ARMS was made by arguably Nintendo's most profitable developer. They want that division to have constant sellers, and ARMS isn't that.

ARMs will be back, one day.

Luigi's Mansion on GameCube didn't sell too well, and the sequels have been massive successes. It just took 12 years to let the game seep into the collective nostalgia.

Hisnameissnart · Jan 20, 2020

Clov said:
NdCube presents: Splatoon Party

*Splatoon Party: amiibo Festival

Łazy · Jan 20, 2020

Emily said:
It's a really tough call, but...I would personally say the first six months of 2020 are slightly better than the first half of 2019.

If you're into Animal Crossing and RPGs, then the first half of the year is really enjoyable.

I hope it's not just Xenoblade DE, Cold Steel 3 and Bravely.
Wonder what else is there if there's more, or am I forgetting some...

Sander VF · Jan 20, 2020

Monolithsoft said:
I hope it's not just Xenoblade DE, Cold Steel 3 and Bravely.
Wonder what else is there if there's more, or am I forgetting some...

Trials of Mana

Deleted member 8750 · Jan 20, 2020

Another Mario Kart on the Nintendo Switch feels so unnecessary to me. I don't want one.

But please give me a Splatoon Spin-off! I'll take pretty much anything.

Deleted member 51691 · Jan 20, 2020

Monolithsoft said:
I hope it's not just Xenoblade DE, Cold Steel 3 and Bravely.
Wonder what else is there if there's more, or am I forgetting some...

Sander VF said:
Trials of Mana

Outer Worlds too

Clov · Jan 20, 2020

Hisnameissnart said:
*Splatoon Party: amiibo Festival

Now we're talking! Plenty of Splatoon amiibo to use, and they could launch it with a whole new line. Perfect!

Maple · Jan 20, 2020

So yeah...a bunch of Animal Crossing stuff is leaking out it looks like, including AC joy-cons.

belairjeff · Jan 20, 2020

Maple said:
So yeah...a bunch of Animal Crossing stuff is leaking out it looks like, including AC joy-cons.

*drooling*

Castform · Jan 20, 2020

Maple said:
So yeah...a bunch of Animal Crossing stuff is leaking out it looks like, including AC joy-cons.

Any hints on where to find the leaks?

Dark Cloud · Jan 20, 2020

karmitt · Jan 20, 2020

Maple said:
So yeah...a bunch of Animal Crossing stuff is leaking out it looks like, including AC joy-cons.

Oh god where is this. They better come to AU

NeonBorealis · Jan 20, 2020

... I think those are just JoyCon sleeves. The packaging seems to indicate that.

ExoExplorer · Jan 20, 2020

The dam is breaking on Animal Crossing content. The direct dream isn't dead yet.

Maple · Jan 21, 2020

Castform said:
Any hints on where to find the leaks?

Here's the thread discussing the AC stuff.

MrMegaMill · Jan 21, 2020

Maple said:
So yeah...a bunch of Animal Crossing stuff is leaking out it looks like, including AC joy-cons.

It says シリコンカバー... They are silicon covers for the Joycons.

Kivvi · Jan 21, 2020

I still believe in a Splatoon 3, especially if we get a Switch Pro this year.
MK8D should get at least some DLC, c'mon Nintendo.

RochHoch · Jan 21, 2020

I expect nothing this week

We'll get a dedicated Animal Crossing direct at best, and the general direct dream will elude us yet again

Bobo · Jan 21, 2020

I want to believe that when I wake up tomorrow that there will be an announcement for a direct. Even if it is only about AC, that's fine. I'm eager for any news at this point. If not tomorrow, I'll concede to team February.

Zippo · Jan 21, 2020

Neoxon said:
I mean, didn't most of us expect Nintendo to wait until next-gen if they do another ARMS game?

No one knows. They'll do whatever game they want, generation or not.

Zg9 said:
You're right. I've always thought that the support of Nintendo Labo VR kit to Arms could be help the game.

I don't think that would help all that much. LABO also failed to catch on to the mainstream.

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