Topic: What will Nintendo release in 2022?

[nickmitch]

• Detective Pikachu finally comes out. I think this year offers the most room for that game to breathe. With Legends Arceus out soon, I don't think we get Gen IX this year, so it's that or Johto re-remakes. And I think Detective Pikachu 2 is more likely. The other option is DLC for SwSh or Legends.

Welp, already got my first wrong guess out of the way.[/list]

[Khushrenada]

I had to scramble to get in my predictions on time before the Direct hit, so I didn't have much time to think and plan everything out.

Yeah yeah, I know you're going to argue that "Maybe you should have been visiting the forums all this time and you could have seen this topic and had plenty of time to plan out your responses" and blah blah blah FINE WHATEVER you win again Khushrenada!

aka almost correct.

I mean, I'll always take a win especially one so freely given but this thread clearly shows the evidence that I also left my predictions to the last minute to the point that I was posting them while the Direct was happening. I wasn't sure I was going to post any predictions this year but then when the Direct was announced and Steef started making the "Last Call" rounds, I started working out wild and tame predictions and then began adding, deleting and organizing all the stuff I was coming up with in a word document on my computer before finally posting them at what I thought was just before the deadline.

Guess I should have been typing up my responses during all this time since I had seen this topic and clearly had plenty of time to plan out my responses instead of trying to get other people to post the forums and blah blah blah FINE WHATEVER you screwed me over again, Mop it up!!

[Evan_B]

Thanks for contributing all your negative energy into this thread, everyone. You normalized Aonuma relaying BotW2 and now you got your wish. I hope you’re happy.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

Damn it.

[Mop it up]

Thanks for contributing all your negative energy into this thread, everyone. You normalized Aonuma relaying BotW2 and now you got your wish. I hope you’re happy.

Don't blame me, I boldly predicted that BotW2 would release this year!

[nickmitch]

Thanks for contributing all your negative energy into this thread, everyone. You normalized Aonuma relaying BotW2 and now you got your wish. I hope you’re happy.

Don't blame me, I boldly predicted that BotW2 would release this year!

Same!

Though I probably jinxed it.

[Adrock]

Splatoon 3 will be released in the Summer.

Splatoon 3 Tags In September 9



Give me those meaningless internet points.

[Bungle4]

Kirby is delayed to Summer 2022, Splatoon 3 is delayed to 2023

[Mop it up]

I guess I should really start going for easy predictions like those, but it's just so boring!

[nickmitch]

2. Splatoon 3 is delayed to 2023. I think the game is due for a delay.

Welp, that's two wrong predictions down. Hopefully, I'm just getting all the wrongs ones out of the way early.

[Adrock]

A new Mario game will be released in December to coincide with the movie. It will have nothing to do with the movie.

Mario Movie Delayed To 2023



A new Mario game is still feasible in December as I don’t believe Nintendo has a major title slated for late 2022 since Zelda got delayed. I’m losing points for adding the “to coincide with the movie“ qualifier.

[Bungle4]

So is there no E3 direct this year? Obviously there is no E3, but you know, a summer direct in that same time frame. Is there one scheduled that I don't know about?

[Order.RSS]

So is there no E3 direct this year? Obviously there is no E3, but you know, a summer direct in that same time frame. Is there one scheduled that I don't know about?

There have been some rumblings about a possible Direct on June 15th, but nothing announced so far. May have been mostly wishful thinking. I still expect them to roll out some announcements soon, but with Mario Strikers and Fire Emblem Warriors 2 they have 2 big releases already this month, so it might behoove them to hold back announcements a little longer?

That said if they have no new announcements for this year, but can maybe manage to space the current ones out, it's still quite a solid slate. Really only August, October, and December have nothing planned yet. Bayo 3 seems like a natural fit for Halloween imo, Xenoblade 3 is very late in July so basically covers August, and maybe Mario + Rabbids 2 could be their holiday title.

[Luigi Dude]

We got a big Direct in February which is pretty consistent with previous years so I imagine something is coming soon in June.  E3 being canceled shouldn't really effect the usual June Direct, since Nintendo stopped doing the in person shows in favor of the Direct for many years now.

It just wont be called the E3 Direct this year, but the content and purpose will pretty much be the same.  I don't see why they'd go back to having a big Direct in February again, only to not do anything in June. 

[pokepal148]

I could see the not-e3 direct slip into very early July though just to give it some space from the absolute clusterfuck of news going on atm.

[nickmitch]

Honestly, I need some Nintendo news to balance the other news out a bit.