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Title: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on January 01, 2022, 01:48:18 PM
Welcome to the 2022 predictions thread, where you can win points and eternal glory!
How it works: please post 1-10 Nintendo related things you think will occur this year, that's it!

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I will try to update this thread with all the major Nintendo releases of the year, just like last year (https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=66289.0).
Barring unforeseen catastrophe (very unlikely in today's world!) we can then once again tally everyone’s points (https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=66289.msg979300#msg979300) by the end so we can discover who the true Futurologist of our board is.

You can predict anything you want in this thread (please don’t manifest another plague though), but if you wanna COMPETE for those highly desirable POINTS, please humor me and follow these Rules/suggestions:

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What we already know:

2022 Games/Software
- Pokémon Legends: Arceus January 28th 2022.
- Triangle Strategy March 4th. (Nintendo publishing).
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land March 25th.
- Nintendo Switch Sports April 29th.
- Mario Strikers: Battle League Football June 10th.
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes June 24th.
- Live-A-Live July 22nd. (Nintendo publishing).
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 July 29th.
- Kirby's Dream Buffet August 17th.
- Splatoon 3 September 9th.
- Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope October 20th.
- Bayonetta 3 October 28th.
- Pokémon Violet November 18th.
- Pokémon Scarlet November 18th.
 
2022 Hardware/Major merch
- amiibo: Min-Min. April 29th.
- amiibo: Malzeno, Canye Malzeno Palamute & Felyne Malzeno Palico. June 30th.
- Pro Controller - Monster Hunter Rise June 30th.
- Switch OLED - Splatoon 3 edition August 26th.
- amiibo: Minecraft Steve & Minecraft Alex. September 9th.
- Switch OLED - Pokémon Scarlet/Violet edition November 4th.
- amiibo: Inkling (Yellow), Octoling (Blue) & Smallfry. November 11th.

2022 DLC (paid/free/demos)
- Metroid Dread - 1st Update Rookie Mode, Dread Mode. February 9th.
- Nintendo Switch Sports - Online Play Test February 19th-20th.
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Live - Beta February 22nd. Canada only.
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Demo March 3rd.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 1 March 18th.
- Metroid Dread - 2nd Update Boss Rush. April 2022.
- Mario Strikers: Battle League - First Kick demo May 28th.
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes - demo June 8th.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 1 July 29th.
- Mario Strikers: Battle League - 1st Free Update July 21st.
- Nintendo Switch Sports - Free Summer Update July 29th.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 2 August 4th.
- Splatoon 3 - Testfire August 27th.
- Mario Strikers: Battle League - 2nd Free Update September 2022.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Expansion Pass - Wave 2 October 13th.
- Nintendo Switch Sports - Golf Update November 28th.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 3 December 7th.
- Mario Strikers: Battle League - 3rd Free Update December 13th.

2022 Nintendo Switch Online / Services / Mobile
- Free trial: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker January 13th - 20th. NA region
- Free trial: Terraria January 26th - February 1st. PAL region.
- Free trial: Ultimate Chicken Horse February 9th - 15th. PAL region.
- Free trial: Monster Hunter Rise March 11th - 17th.
- Free trial: Dragon Quest Builders 2 April 20th - April 26th.
- Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion added to NSO Expansion Pak. April 22nd.
- Free trial: Buddy Mission BOND April 28th - May 5th. JP only.
- Free trial: Spelunky 2 May 25th - 31st. PAL only.
- Free trial: Stardew Valley June 13th - 19th. JP & PAL only.
- Free trial: Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle July 4th - 10th.
- Free trial: MLB The Show '22 July 15th - 21st.
- Free trial: Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana August 18th - 24th. PAL only.
- Free trial: Pokkén Tournament DX August 18th - 31st. NA only.
- Free trial: River City Girls December 6th - 12th.
- Discontinued: Dragalia Lost November 29th.
- Games added to NSO Retro apps:
Announced projects without dates/beyond 2022
- Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp TBA. Previous date: April 8th 2022.
- amiibo: Sephiroth. January 13th 2023.
- amiibo: Kazuya. January 13th 2023.
- amiibo: Pyra. 2023.
- amiibo: Mythra. 2023.
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon March 17th 2023.
- Cruis'n Blast - Multiplayer & DLC TBA.
- Detective Pikachu TBA. Previous date: 2020.
- Fire Emblem: Engage January 20th, 2023.
- Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Wave 1 January 20th, 2023.
- Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Wave 2 2023?
- Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Wave 3 2023?
- Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Wave 4 2023?
- Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe February 24th 2023.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom May 12th 2023.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 4 2023.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 5 2023.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass - Wave 6 2023.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie April 7th, 2023.
- Metroid Prime 4 TBA. Announced June 2017/January 2019.
- Pikmin 4 2023.
- Pokémon Sleep TBA. Previous date: 2020.
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Live TBA. In beta since February 2022.
- Splatoon 3 - Expansion TBA.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 3 April 30th, 2023.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 4 latest by 31st December, 2023.

2022 Directs
- Nintendo Direct February 9th.
- Pokémon Presents February 27th.
- Indie World May 11th.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct June 22nd.
- Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase June 28th.
- Pokémon Presents August 3rd.
- Splatoon 3 Direct August 10th.
- Nintendo Treehouse: Live August 25th.
- Nintendo Direct September 13th.
- Indie World November 9th.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on January 01, 2022, 03:40:19 PM
I need to just keep my predictions short, trying to put too much keeps costing me points in previous years.

1.  Metroid Prime 4 will finally have a reveal trailer, but then be listed as a 2023 release.

2.  A remake of a previous Fire Emblem game will be released later this year. 

3.  The rumored Toyko EAD Donkey Kong game will come out later this year.

4.  Xenoblade 3 will be announced but will have a 2023 release date.

5.  The rumors now say there was never a Metroid Prime Trilogy HD but instead Retro has been remastering the first Metroid Prime.  There seems to be enough smoke coming from this that I'll say Metroid Prime 1 will be coming to the Switch this year.  Whether it's considered a remake or remaster, Switch owners will at least get to play the first Prime game this year.

6.  Pikmin 4 will finally be revealed.

7.  Good Feel will make a new Wario Land game again.

8.  A new 2D Zelda using the Links Awakening remake engine will be revealed, but will have a 2013 release date.

9.  A new 2D Mario will be revealed this year and will be their big Spring 2013 game.  Nintendo is probably hoping the Mario movie at the end of this year will be a huge hit, and will want the first new 2D Mario in a decade to come out shortly after in March of 2013.

10.  Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD will either be announced in the next few months and be out by June, or they won't come out until at least second half of 2023.  Breath of the Wild 2 will be Nintendo's big holiday title but they don't want to risk any thing similar taking attention away, so if they don't come out at least 6 months before Breath of the Wild 2, it'll be 6 months after.  This is the same reason I believe the rumored Xenoblade 3 will be a 2023 release, since I doubt Nintendo wants another one of their open world games taking any attention from Zelda and if Xenoblade 3 was going to come out in the first half of this year it would have probably been announced by now.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: TOPHATANT123 on January 01, 2022, 06:10:00 PM
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on January 02, 2022, 10:17:00 AM
Don't have a lot of great ideas this year, but here's what I got:
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: M.K.Ultra on January 02, 2022, 01:12:55 PM
Here we go 2022
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Evan_B on January 11, 2022, 09:50:03 PM
8.  A new 2D Zelda using the Links Awakening remake engine will be revealed, but will have a 2013 release date.

9.  A new 2D Mario will be revealed this year and will be their big Spring 2013 game.  Nintendo is probably hoping the Mario movie at the end of this year will be a huge hit, and will want the first new 2D Mario in a decade to come out shortly after in March of 2013.
Damn, I didn't know this was the year Nintendo releases time travel.

Breath of the Wild 2 is 2022. It happens. The world is changed for the better.
Xenoblade 3 is announced for 2023.
Metroid Prime gets a trailer but no release year/date. Make us suffer.
Some stupid platformer gets made that is very milquetoast.
Nintendo experiments with roguelike design, or at the very least, Pokemon releases a Rumble game using the mechanics.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on January 11, 2022, 10:12:41 PM
Aw, ****. Here we go again.

Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on January 12, 2022, 09:23:06 AM
Kirby and the Forgotten Land just got its release date: March 25th. Might mean Bungle has the first miss of the year if they make the release date.  ;)
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Adrock on January 18, 2022, 07:36:06 PM
I didn't play last year. I was poking around the forums so I'll throw my hat in:
EDIT: clarified #9. Also, I wanted to add a prediction not about a release (outside of the numbered list): Nintendo will acknowledge a Switch successor then release no other information. Waiting out the chip shortages before committing to new hardware seems like a more Nintendo thing to do.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Evan_B on January 21, 2022, 12:50:31 AM
This is the second time I’ve heard someone speculate that the Bayonetta in the Bayonetta 3 trailer is not Bayonetta. I mean, I’m sure that Platinum could make this happen with their crack team of expert writers, but I cannot fathom how anyone could come to this conclusion based on a reveal trailer. Care to enlighten me?
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Adrock on January 21, 2022, 02:29:50 AM
This is the second time I’ve heard someone speculate that the Bayonetta in the Bayonetta 3 trailer is not Bayonetta. I mean, I’m sure that Platinum could make this happen with their crack team of expert writers, but I cannot fathom how anyone could come to this conclusion based on a reveal trailer. Care to enlighten me?
I take no credit for the fan theory. I’m not for or against it nor particularly attached to it, but if we’re just futzing around in a predications thread, this one isn’t that far-fetched.
That’s what I remember. I think there are other things, but I’ll leave that to you to look up if you’re interested. It’s a little weird to recast now when Taylor has given no indication that she didn’t want to portray the character anymore. Recasting happens all the time for a variety of reasons. However, in voiceover roles, casting different actors is often used to distinguish between different characters that should have the same/similar voice such as twins or alternate versions of a character.

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Title: LAST CALL!
Post by: Order.RSS on February 08, 2022, 09:35:50 AM
With the announcement of a new Direct tomorrow (http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/59600/nintendo-direct-to-air-february-9), the window for submitting predictions is closing fast!

As of this post you have roughly 31 hours left to post 1 to 10 wild predictions, before the crushing specter of reality will dash our hopes and dreams.

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Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: MrGlubGlub on February 08, 2022, 10:05:59 AM
Here's my predictions purely for the first half of 2022 aka the Nintendo Direct for feb 2022

1) F-Zero
2) Kirby 99 style game
3) Mario Odyssey 2
4) Zelda 2 remake
5) Content updates to Mario Kart Live, Pokemon Arceus
6) More weird cloud ports of games too intense for Switches hardware.
7) BOTW 2 release date
8) Kirby Game and Watch
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: pokepal148 on February 08, 2022, 06:30:04 PM
I'm going to predict that we'll see a remake of the second set of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games this year. The Pokémon Company is blatantly milking nostalgia from that era of the series and those games did get some references in BDSP as well.

Oh and BOTW2 will be delayed to 2023
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 09, 2022, 02:08:17 PM
I almost didn't make it in, so time to rush through some predictions and post them when I can! I think I'll recycle some from last time which may have a higher chance happening this year.

-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 will release this year! Probably in November. "Oh, so you're spouting that nonsense again."

-Some sort of new Fire Emblem game will be announced this year, but may not be for release this year. "Yeah and it'll probably still be for you filthy casuals."

-Possibly in celebration of its 30th anniversary, some sort of new Mario Kart release will be announced. "This is at least the 30th time you've said something stupid."

-Super Mario Odyssey 2 baybee it's still gonna happen you'll see! "Do you enjoy embarrassing yourself?"

-We'll finally see footage of Metroid Prime 4 but still no release window, or maybe a vague 2023. "A vaguely sane prediction."

-Some sort of new game as an NSO exclusive (like Tetris and Pac-Man 99), possibly needing the expansion to play. "Your mind needs expansion."

-Crazy guess: something Star Fox-related will be announced. "Cocky little freak."

-Monolith Soft will announced a new game. Probably Xenoblade, but may not be called "Xenoblade Chronicles 3."

-Another HD port of a Wii game, no guesses as to what it could be though. "Wii Port"

-No new Switch models or a successor will be released nor announced this year. "A shortage of brains too it seems."

-Call of Duty finally comes to Switch in some form or another. "Heh heh, heh heh, you said doody, heh heh."

-At least one more port of a Wii U game, could even be the Xenoblade game mentioned earlier with Xenoblade X. "X is such a cool letter."

-At least one more apology for Joy-Con drift. "Your mind is clearing drifting."

-Game Boy added to NSO expansion at the end of the year, no GBC functionality. "I'm colorblind anyway."

-Microsoft finds a way to buy Nintendo, probably for $100 billion. USD, so whatever that is in yen. "You heard it here first folks!"

-Mop it up wins the award for "lamest poster ever" on the NWR forums. "Finally an accurate prediction."
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 09, 2022, 04:02:43 PM
Oh yeah, I guess if the pattern holds, Next Level Games is due for a new game soon eh? I'll boldly state that they're working on a new Donkey Kong game!

(Yeah I know it's only supposed to be ten predictions, the ones after my first ten are just for fun.)
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: pokepal148 on February 09, 2022, 04:33:26 PM
I really need a list of wild predictions that will never come true to dole out every year.
Title: SUBMISSIONS CLOSED
Post by: Order.RSS on February 09, 2022, 05:43:49 PM
With the Direct happening roughly uhhhhh, now? I'm closing submissions.

Feel free to predict all sorts of shenanigans, but know they won't count for the crypto NFT points i'm handing out in December.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 05:45:11 PM
Last year, I predicted there would be a new Kirby game and I was right. I was so happy that I just seemed to be nailing prediction after prediction. But then when the time came to tally, I got no points for Kirby and some other predictions because the Kirby game didn’t release in 2021. I was just trying to predict what might be revealed that year which hadn’t been previously announced but was robbed of victory by some technicality of the thread being about what would release.

I wasn’t sure I was even going to bother with doing predictions this year since clearly the fix was in to keep your old pal, Big K, from winning yet another forum prediction victory. I guess my correctly predicting the date when the Switch would first be revealed has made a lot of people jealous of my prognostication abilities and so now they’re trying to come up excuses to discredit me.

Yet, if I walk away then that just let’s the haters win. So, I guess it’s time to lay down the law once and for all over who’s the best prognosticator. I’ll show you how to be claim victory with Safe predictions. I’ll take you on with some bolder predictions. And I’ll show you true predicting madness. In the end, some form of Khushrenada will be victorious.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 05:47:38 PM
Safe Khushrenada

1.   Nintendo will finally talk about the Switch Successor, their next gaming system, and when it will launch.

2.   Games will be shown for the Switch Successor including Mario Kart 9 with BotW2 also to release on it.

3.   Earthbound will finally be released for the Switch SNES Online app.

4.   Nintendo will release three non-Smash (or Monster Hunter) Amiibo figures for the year.

5.   More DLC will be available for free to those with the Online Expansion + subscription.

6.   A spinoff Pokemon game will revealed and released this year.

7.   Metroid Prime 4 footage will finally be shown.

8.   A new Xenoblade game will be revealed.

9.   A Fire Emblem game will be revealed.

10.   There will be a new Mario platformer game released this year.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 05:52:17 PM
Bold Khushrenada

1. Game Freak reveals and releases a non-Pokemon IP game.

2. Two new Nintendo IP’s are revealed with one released this year.

3. Ring Fit Adventure gets some DLC content.

4. Another non-Nintendo System is added to the Expansion + subscription

5. Goldeneye 64 is released on the Switch N64 app with online multiplayer.

6. Ever Oasis gets a Switch port.

7. Style Savvy has a game released on the Switch.

8. A new Donkey Kong game is revealed.

9. Super Mario Strikers gets a new entry.

10. A Mario RPG is revealed for the Switch.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 05:55:12 PM
Madness Khushrenada

1. Pikmin 4 is revealed and released.

2. SNES Remix (a sequel to the NES Remix games) is released.

3. A Zelda Mobile game is announced.

4. A Star Fox game is released this year.

5. Fortune Street gets a new entry for the Switch.

6. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is re-released.

7. Ice Climbers get a new game.

8. The Switch successor has a second screen on the controllers

9. Chibi-Robo returns from the grave and has a game release on the eShop

10. F-Zero Demolition Derby (a sort of Battle Royale)
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 05:56:22 PM
With the Direct happening roughly uhhhhh, now? I'm closing submissions.

Feel free to predict all sorts of shenanigans, but know they won't count for the crypto NFT points i'm handing out in December.

Quit trying to find loopholes to deny my predicting talents. The Direct starts in 5 minutes. I made the deadline!  >:(
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on February 09, 2022, 07:21:34 PM
Breath of the Wild 2 will be Nintendo's big holiday title but they don't want to risk any thing similar taking attention away, so if they don't come out at least 6 months before Breath of the Wild 2, it'll be 6 months after.  This is the same reason I believe the rumored Xenoblade 3 will be a 2023 release, since I doubt Nintendo wants another one of their open world games taking any attention from Zelda and if Xenoblade 3 was going to come out in the first half of this year it would have probably been announced by now.

I know we can't get points anymore but I don't think Breath of the Wild 2 is coming out this year anymore.  If Xenoblade 3 is in September, I kind of have a hard time seeing Nintendo releasing Zelda just 2 months later.  With Xenoblade 2 selling over 2 million and showing huge growth from the previous games, Nintendo probably has hopes of the third game continuing this trend.  Even if Xenoblade 3 has great reviews and word of mouth, Breath of the Wild 2 will completely destroy all that come November.  Any talk of an open world experience on Switch will be all Zelda during the holiday and beyond, killing any legs Xenoblade 3 might have had.

My guess is the rumored Donkey Kong will probably be Nintendo's big holiday game now.  This way Xenoblade 3 will have the holiday season to itself for Switch owners wanting a massive open world experience.  Breath of the Wild 2 is probably a March 2023 title now, to celebrate the 6 year anniversary of the original.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Evan_B on February 09, 2022, 08:42:08 PM
Did Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade 2 not come out in the same year? Am I misremembering things?

There's not necessarily a great deal of crossover between these fanbases.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 08:53:33 PM
With the Direct happening roughly uhhhhh, now? I'm closing submissions.

Feel free to predict all sorts of shenanigans, but know they won't count for the crypto NFT points i'm handing out in December.

Quit trying to find loopholes to deny my predicting talents. The Direct starts in 5 minutes. I made the deadline!  >:(

Dang it! I did not meet the deadline. For some reason, I thought the Direct started an hour later than it did. Urgh. Here I was typing away all blissfully unaware that it was already on. What's worse is I was already right about a bunch of stuff. (And I could have done better! I was going to say there would a spiritual successor to Wii Sports in my Bold Khushrenada picks but decided to go with Style Savvy instead!) What a mess!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 09, 2022, 09:13:35 PM
Did Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade 2 not come out in the same year? Am I misremembering things?

There's not necessarily a great deal of crossover between these fanbases.

They did but there was a pretty big gap between them. BotW in March 2017. XC2 in December 2017.


I think the announcement that there will be all this DLC for Mario Kart 8 is the bigger sign that Nintendo isn't going to do anything about a Switch successor for another couple year. Unless this DLC pack somehow works with Mario Kart 9, it seems like Nintendo is content to just keep selling the Switch for another couple years. And frankly, this Direct didn't look like a console that was winding down. There's still a lot of games getting ported to it even now and it continues to look like the system that can keep offering a lot of gaming experiences of past and present to make any gamer happy. Maybe not the FPS crowd still as a lot of those big name shooters have still stuff with the HD Twins but most other genres are getting well represented here.

Splatoon 3 will be this summer for Switch, XC3 is this fall for Switch. MK8 is getting content into 2023. There will now be a second Fire Emblem Warriors game on the system. Rather than being saved for a new system's library, franchises are starting to do laps on the system. The big question is still whether BotW2 will be released on the Switch or if it will be saved for a successor. If it is released on Switch then I don't think there's a Switch 2 until 2024. The other big indicator would be Mario especially if a 3D Platformer were released this year close to around the time of the Mario movie. Again, I think that would put to rest the notion of Switch 2 until a couple years down the road unless Nintendo feels they have a BotW equivalent piece of software that would get a successor selling without needing to hold back Mario or Zelda. DS went about 6 years and 4 months or so before the 3DS came out. 3DS went 6 years before Switch came out. It continued for another year before sales on software really dropped. If Nintendo is thinking the Switch is a handheld and are going for 6 that years again then that puts us at 2023 but maybe they feel they can go 7, or possibly 8, years on this thing before they need to upgrade the power on it.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on February 09, 2022, 10:06:01 PM
The big question is still whether BotW2 will be released on the Switch or if it will be saved for a successor. If it is released on Switch then I don't think there's a Switch 2 until 2024. The other big indicator would be Mario especially if a 3D Platformer were released this year close to around the time of the Mario movie. Again, I think that would put to rest the notion of Switch 2 until a couple years down the road unless Nintendo feels they have a BotW equivalent piece of software that would get a successor selling without needing to hold back Mario or Zelda. DS went about 6 years and 4 months or so before the 3DS came out. 3DS went 6 years before Switch came out. It continued for another year before sales on software really dropped. If Nintendo is thinking the Switch is a handheld and are going for 6 that years again then that puts us at 2023 but maybe they feel they can go 7, or possibly 8, years on this thing before they need to upgrade the power on it.

The Switch is on track to be Nintendo's most successful system of all time.  Nobody should be surprised if it has a longer lifespan then previous systems.  The system is about to turn 5 years old and still has yet to receive a price cut.  Breath of the Wild 2 is coming out on the Switch since it'll have close to 130 million units sold, and Breath of the Wild one will have sold over 30 million by March 2023. 

Switch successor isn't coming until early 2024 at the soonest.  Even if Breath of the Wild 2 gets delayed that long, they'll still be a Switch version since Nintendo isn't going to sit on an almost guaranteed 20 million plus seller.  Unless the game ended up needing more powerful hardware to run what they want to do, but if that's the case Nintendo would have announced a Prime 4 style delay to explain why we wont see the game for several years.  Showing that trailer like they did at E3 last year pretty much guaranteed they'll release this on Switch.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on February 10, 2022, 03:50:19 AM
Did Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade 2 not come out in the same year? Am I misremembering things?

There's not necessarily a great deal of crossover between these fanbases.

Yes, they released in March and December 2017 respectively. We can perhaps assume BOTW was done earlier and held back a bit for the Switch launch, since it seemed mostly done world wise at E3 2016.
So the gap for MonolithSoft likely was a bit longer than 9 months.

I had expected to see MonolithSoft as co-developers on Pokémon Arceus Legends, but there's just minor support staff overlap.
So through a combination of re-use from both BOTW and XC:DE/Future Connected, I think it's feasible to see both BOTE 2 and XC3 in the same calendar year.

A Zelda delay to March 2023 would not surprise me, but the last few years Nintendo hasn't delayed a whole lot of games after slapping a release window on them.
Most recent delay I can think of were Advance Wars Rebootcamp, but prior to that... some Smash DLC? (Not counting Bayo 3 or Prime 4 since neither had ever indicated release windows).
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on February 10, 2022, 07:36:12 PM
Even the Smash DLC was more of a COVID delay, no?
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on February 11, 2022, 06:13:27 AM
Yeah absolutely. Oh maybe the biggest recent delay was Animal Crossing, actually? That got pushed from holiday 2019 to March 2020, right?

Anyway, ever since... I'd say Paper Mario Origami Prince they've seemingly gotten steadily more cagey with attaching release windows, and it seems like they'll have games basically done before even mentioning release dates by now.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on February 11, 2022, 03:02:12 PM
Yeah, the Switch really hasn't seen that many delays surrounding major titles. It's actually kind of refreshing to not see things constantly pushed back, but it's also a little nerve-wracking to keep wondering "when?".
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: ThePerm on February 11, 2022, 04:23:09 PM
It's weird that Animal Crossing is popular. It's a good thing, but I remember when the game seemed obscure. But I guess the first one did sell a million copies. Now I walk into Walmart and there is Animal Crossing Monopoly.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on February 13, 2022, 12:21:15 PM
Anyway, ever since... I'd say Paper Mario Origami Prince they've seemingly gotten steadily more cagey with attaching release windows, and it seems like they'll have games basically done before even mentioning release dates by now.

Most of that is because of Covid making it trickier to plan ahead.  We know Japanese companies in general weren't very well prepared for letting employees work from home, and I'd imagine a company as secretive as Nintendo was even less so.  It's kind of hard to give a solid release date, if there's a chance one of your major team members test positive and cant work for 2 weeks.

It's weird that Animal Crossing is popular. It's a good thing, but I remember when the game seemed obscure. But I guess the first one did sell a million copies. Now I walk into Walmart and there is Animal Crossing Monopoly.

The first Animal Crossing was held back by being a late N64 game that never left Japan, and the second one was a Gamecube game, which also explains a lot.  Of course the N64 game sold over 500k which was really good for late N64 games in the Japanese market, and the Gamecube game did over 2 million worldwide which was really good for a Gamecube game, especially something that was pretty much a new IP in the West.

But when it finally got put on a popular system, the DS, that's when things took off.  Wild World on the DS sold over 11 million copies and New Leaf on the 3DS did close to 13 million.  The crazy thing is just how much it's exploded on the Switch.  New Horizons is already at 37 million copies and growing, which is literally one of the craziest growth in gaming history. 

Of course the even crazier thing is Animal Crossing isn't the only series experiencing this kind of growth, Zelda isn't that far behind.  Before Breath of the Wild, the best selling Zelda was Twilight Princess which was over 8 million if you combined the Wii and Gamecube versions.  Now Breath of the Wild is over 27 million if you combine the Switch and Wii U versions.  Zelda is going to go from a series that could never break the 10 million barrier, to one that will break the 30 million one.

If you really want to have your mind blown, before the Switch, Mario and Pokemon were considered Nintendo's biggest franchises with the best selling Mario being the original at 40 million and the best selling Pokemon being the original Red/Blue/Green at 31 million.  By the time the Switch lifespan is over, Animal Crossing New Horizon will have sold over 40 million, surpassing the original Super Mario Bros and Breath of the Wild will have sold over 31 million, surpassing the original Pokemon.  Of course Mario will still keep his crown since Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is at 43 million, and will easily cross the 50 million mark by the time the Switch is dead.  Hell, the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if that game reaches the 60 million mark or beyond.  It already has a crazy attachment rate of over 40% of the Switch 103 million userbase.  If the Switch crosses the 150 million barrier, then it's very possible Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will hit those numbers.

Of course Pokemon is no slouch either since Sword and Shield just recently surpassed the original release of Gold and Silver and is now the 2nd best selling game in it's franchise at close to 24 million.  Mario Odyssey is at 23 million which is still over 10 million more then the previous best selling 3D Mario, the 1st Galaxy game did with close to 13 million.  We also can't forget Smash Bros Ultimate which is at 27 million itself and will cross the 30 million mark in the near future as well.

This is what I mean by the Switch being on a whole different level then previous Nintendo systems.  Nintendo games have always been popular, but when put on a system that doesn't have any of the glaring issues the previous Nintendo system have had, it's become an unstoppable monster.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: M.K.Ultra on February 14, 2022, 02:16:17 PM
I have one more prediction to toss into the ether, knowing it is too late to count, but just hoping it happens. I think it is time for Capcom to release another Mega Man collection. I think Legends or Battle Network would be great collections on Switch. I have played, and own, all the Legends games so I would prefer Battle Network. They are on the Wii U e-Shop and I picked up the first one, but I doubt I will get them all there.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 15, 2022, 01:32:42 PM
But if they do a Mega Man Legends collection, they could include the unreleased Legends 3 (though I forget how complete it was before being canned).
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: M.K.Ultra on February 15, 2022, 03:09:33 PM
But if they do a Mega Man Legends collection, they could include the unreleased Legends 3 (though I forget how complete it was before being canned).
I think it was pretty complete but in a Star Fox 2 situation, where it still looked like a PS1 game and PS2 was out. Of course, the originals look bad so I don't think people would mind. Yes, If Legends 3 was fair game, I reverse my decision. You hear me Capcom?
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: pokepal148 on February 15, 2022, 03:11:42 PM
Has BOTW2 been delayed yet?
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Evan_B on February 15, 2022, 03:42:33 PM
Y’all are wild.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 15, 2022, 04:35:41 PM
Y’all are wild.

Wild in what way? Good predictions? Bad predictions? Liking Paper Mario Color Splash? We need elaboration.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 21, 2022, 12:53:17 PM
I just realised that if the current pattern holds, the next generation of Pokémon games is due this November. That's what I should have predicted! No one else did so, even. I guess there are numerous circumstances why that may be delayed this time though, including how Legends might factor in.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on February 21, 2022, 01:43:15 PM
I just realised that if the current pattern holds, the next generation of Pokémon games is due this November. That's what I should have predicted! No one else did so, even. I guess there are numerous circumstances why that may be delayed this time though, including how Legends might factor in.

With Pokémon Day approaching, the announcement or initial tease should be soon. There's a SwSh announcement coming tomorrow according to Serebii (https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1495639901756395522?s=20&t=md0EyS162H7WgvA2h5HZdA), so the DLC might've been a stronger bet. That and the launch of Arceus really make it tough to expect Gen 9.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 27, 2022, 01:31:29 PM
I just realised that if the current pattern holds, the next generation of Pokémon games is due this November. That's what I should have predicted!
Aw fubblegrotten, now I really wish this were part of my "official" predictions! Especially since no one else did.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on February 27, 2022, 05:11:51 PM
Well with the new Pokemon also being open-world, I guess Nintendo doesn't have a problem releasing 2 major open-world titles later this year.  So I was wrong about Nintendo not wanting to releasing Breath of the Wild 2 right after Xenoblade 3, since they're releasing an open-world Pokemon right after instead.

Of course now it becomes, will they release 3 open-world titles that close to each other?  Xenoblade is aimed at an older audience then Pokemon, so there's less overlap, but Zelda kind of draws the line between both franchises.  Plus Breath of the Wild has made Zelda the bigger franchise, with Breath of the Wild selling better then Pokemon Sword and Shield.  Breath of the Wild 2 hype is going go overshadow both games, which is already pretty crazy when a new Pokemon generation is already big enough to carry a holiday season on its own.

So with a new Pokemon gen coming later this year, even if it being open-world hurts some of my argument for Zelda not coming out this year, it also brings with it a whole new reason why Breath of the Wild 2 is likely to be a Spring 2023 game as well.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 27, 2022, 08:10:09 PM
I wish I'd known about this before I went and predicted that BotW2 would release this year! I agree it's looking less and less likely the more we see about the upcoming releases. I guess you never know though, crazy things can happen...
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on February 28, 2022, 10:12:20 AM
At this point even if Breath of the Wild 2 is a 2023 title, does it even matter?  We're not even at E3 yet which normally announces some new games for the second half as well.  2022 is looking to be one of the most packed years in Nintendo history.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 28, 2022, 01:16:07 PM
Yes it matters! If BotW2 doesn't release this year, then it means I will be w.... wr... w-w-w-wr.... WRONG!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 28, 2022, 01:39:46 PM
Yes it matters! If BotW2 doesn't release this year, then it means I will be w.... wr... w-w-w-wr.... WRONG!

aka almost correct.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 28, 2022, 02:43:29 PM
I wish I'd known about this before I went and predicted that BotW2 would release this year! I agree it's looking less and less likely the more we see about the upcoming releases. I guess you never know though, crazy things can happen...

I knew that if the cycle continued that this would be the year for the next generation of Pokemon and thought about it when making my predictions but I decided that with both Diamond and Pearl and Arceus launching so close together, along with my expectation that Switch 2 is possibly spring 2023, I really thought they might finally buck their trend and wait to release them next year. Not to mention that they are developing for an HD console now and Sword/Shield seemed like a bit of a struggle along with possible delays and setbacks from Covid which seemed to slow Nintendo's output for awhile. I expected there'd still be some kind of Pokemon game put out which is why I went with a spin-off title prediction. I guess there is just no stopping the Pokemon train!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on February 28, 2022, 03:43:02 PM
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!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on February 28, 2022, 08:37:38 PM
  • 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]
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Khushrenada on February 28, 2022, 09:26:37 PM
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!!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Evan_B on March 29, 2022, 02:06:10 PM
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.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on March 29, 2022, 03:53:39 PM
Damn it.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on March 29, 2022, 07:04:50 PM
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!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on March 30, 2022, 05:39:57 PM
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.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Adrock on April 22, 2022, 02:06:07 PM
Splatoon 3 will be released in the Summer.
Splatoon 3 Tags In September 9 (https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=68441.0)

(https://i.ibb.co/XCCVWNC/894388-CB-416-D-4-BD7-8-B9-D-E99-CEB8-BDD29.jpg)

Give me those meaningless internet points.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: M.K.Ultra on April 22, 2022, 02:46:14 PM
Kirby is delayed to Summer 2022, Splatoon 3 is delayed to 2023
:(
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on April 22, 2022, 08:19:51 PM
I guess I should really start going for easy predictions like those, but it's just so boring!
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on April 23, 2022, 11:54:02 PM
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.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Adrock on April 26, 2022, 12:32:30 PM
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 (https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/60311/mario-movie-delayed-to-2023)

(https://i.ibb.co/18fkkD2/B9880-BFD-5-C89-492-F-9-F57-EB0-BF60-A037-C.jpg)

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.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: M.K.Ultra on June 11, 2022, 10:55:49 AM
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?
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on June 11, 2022, 12:48:40 PM
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.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Luigi Dude on June 12, 2022, 12:02:12 AM
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. 

Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: pokepal148 on June 12, 2022, 07:09:01 PM
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.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: nickmitch on June 16, 2022, 05:04:00 AM
Honestly, I need some Nintendo news to balance the other news out a bit.
Title: 2022's Best Predictors!
Post by: Order.RSS on January 01, 2023, 11:41:25 AM
All right folks, this is it, time to distribute Eternal Glory. Let's find out whose crystal balls were the least foggy this year!

First up is Luigi Dude. After scoring 5th and 7th, will this be the year of the Dude?
1.  Metroid Prime 4 will finally have a reveal trailer, but then be listed as a 2023 release.
2.  A remake of a previous Fire Emblem game will be released later this year. 
3.  The rumored Toyko EAD Donkey Kong game will come out later this year.
4.  Xenoblade 3 will be announced but will have a 2023 release date.
5.  The rumors now say there was never a Metroid Prime Trilogy HD but instead Retro has been remastering the first Metroid Prime.  There seems to be enough smoke coming from this that I'll say Metroid Prime 1 will be coming to the Switch this year.  Whether it's considered a remake or remaster, Switch owners will at least get to play the first Prime game this year.
6.  Pikmin 4 will finally be revealed.
7.  Good Feel will make a new Wario Land game again.
8.  A new 2D Zelda using the Links Awakening remake engine will be revealed, but will have a 2013 release date.
9.  A new 2D Mario will be revealed this year and will be their big Spring 2013 game.  Nintendo is probably hoping the Mario movie at the end of this year will be a huge hit, and will want the first new 2D Mario in a decade to come out shortly after in March of 2013.
10.  Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD will either be announced in the next few months and be out by June, or they won't come out until at least second half of 2023.  Breath of the Wild 2 will be Nintendo's big holiday title but they don't want to risk any thing similar taking attention away, so if they don't come out at least 6 months before Breath of the Wild 2, it'll be 6 months after.  This is the same reason I believe the rumored Xenoblade 3 will be a 2023 release, since I doubt Nintendo wants another one of their open world games taking any attention from Zelda and if Xenoblade 3 was going to come out in the first half of this year it would have probably been announced by now.
Total: 1½ points. Lot of ambitious calls, Fire Emblem is an unfortunate one with it being both a new game but also remixing elements from past titles. The Mario Movie delay also threw a spanner in the works, and it's very unlucky you went big on Zelda during the one year they break their "a Zelda product releases annually" cycle.

Next up is the sophomore effort from TOPHATANT123,
  • The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 is NOT coming out this year. It's been moved back to the launch of the Switch 2
  • Speaking of the Switch 2, it's going to be announced at E3, with one of its features being backwards compatibility.
  • Metroid Dread gets a DLC expansion, again, I don't play it either.
  • Xenoblade 3 gets announced and released, it's got a whole new art style for the characters, different from 1, X & 2.
  • A brand new Fire Emblem releases, not a remake. Releases in the 2nd half of the year, after E3.
  • A port with new content for NES Remix.
  • I want to try and guess some new IPs with these next few. So let's go with an Intelligent Systems developed puzzle game with multiplayer.
  • Under represented genres on Switch? Let's say Nintendo put out an eShop only, 2D platformer roguelike game.
  • Nintendo release some internally developed visual novel, beautiful art style. The phrase "passion project" is used in the marketing material. Doesn't chart once on the US eShop monthly listings.
  • Lastly let's say some cool rhythm game that's a new franchise, not Rhythm Heaven or Band Brothers or Donkey Konga or something.
TOTAL: 2½ points Bit of a safe year for Nintendo, with mostly iterative releases, so that really hinders your score.

Up next is, well, myself:
Don't have a lot of great ideas this year, but here's what I got:
  • Nintendo will port one first-party GameCube or Wii game to mobile, charge $40 for it, and be flabbergasted when it doesn't sell.
  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night gets ported to Switch, but something significant is wrong with it. Could be technical performance, or maybe it's always-online, or has weird microtransactions, idk.
  • Splatoon 3 releases in Summer and becomes a Really Big Deal. It gets some kind of professional league in Japan.
  • NSO N64 adds the following games: Lode Runner 3-D, Tetrisphere, and Hybrid Heaven.
  • People will hope for a new Mario game alongside the movie, but Mario+Rabbids 2 gets that holiday spot instead.
  • A new Kingdom Hearts spin-off is announced exclusively for Switch.
  • Netflix Game Studios publishes a Squid Game themed battle royale thing on Switch/mobile/other platforms.
  • Bandai-Namco resurrects Lost Reavers and somehow gets Nintendo to sign off on adding various character skins. I'm thinking Captain Falcon and Princess Zelda maybe?
  • Koei-Techmo announces Fatal Frame 6 for Halloween 2023, Nintendo's involvement remains unclear.
  • Hollow Knight Silksong is announced as a timed Xbox Game Pass exclusive, Nintendo fans riot on Twitter.
TOTAL: 1 point, oof. Was pretty close with my Mario + Rabbids 2 prediction but missed by a month, and also the movie got delayed. Ditto on Hollow Knight, but went too specific.

Next up, the beating pulse of the forum and overall reigning predictions champ M.K. Ultra:
Here we go 2022
  • Breath of the Wild 2 launches in Summer 2022, Bayonetta 3 launches in Fall 2022
  • Kirby is delayed to Summer 2022, Splatoon 3 is delayed to 2023
  • A third Game in Watch is released (Metroid themed) edit 2/3/2022 Kirby themed
  • Metroid Prime 4 trailer with 2023 release window
  • Mario Paint is revived in some way
  • A new Donkey Kong game from Good Feel is announced edit: It's all mine cart levels  ;D
  • Xenoblade 3 (or X 2) is announced from Monolith Soft
  • No (non-Pokemon) mobile games are released by Nintendo in 2023
  • I will double down on last year's failed prediction for a Switch release of the Battletoads reboot
  • Nintendo will launch the first round of Nintendo Selects titles for Switch
TOTAL: 2½ points. Another strong showing from M.K. Ultra, who leaps to a shared 1st place so far. Will they hold onto it...?

Moving on to the loremaster Evan_B
Breath of the Wild 2 is 2022. It happens. The world is changed for the better.
Xenoblade 3 is announced for 2023.
Metroid Prime gets a trailer but no release year/date. Make us suffer.
Some stupid platformer gets made that is very milquetoast.
Nintendo experiments with roguelike design, or at the very least, Pokemon releases a Rumble game using the mechanics.
TOTAL: ½ point, unlucky with the Zelda and Xenoblade 3 predictions both falling the other way. Nintendo should make a roguelike, maybe that could be Star Fox's next genre change?

Let's hear from last year's shared 3rd place, 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.
  • Splatoon 3 is delayed to 2023. I think the game is due for a delay.
  • Metroid Prime 4 happens in trailer form.
  • Breath of the Wild 2 is the big holiday release.
  • We got Wario Ware last year, so the party game for 2022 is Rhythm Heaven.
  • I know there are rumors of new hardware, but I'll say no new hardware announcements this year. The Switch is doing great, and the supply chain is not. I think Nintendo would want Switch sales to peter out a little more.
  • There will be at least one HD remake of a GameCube game released on Switch this year. I think Nintendo would want to explore HD ports over putting games on NSO, and I base that opinion on absolutely nothing. I will also count this as a win if the Zelda port rumors are true.
  • Might as well dust this one off: Bayonetta 3 is the Halloween release.
  • I think there's been enough time for a new Donkey Kong game to be announced. I'm not confident enough to predict who's developing.
  • I think I want my wildcard to be either Chibi Robo or Pikmin. So, I'll go with a Chibo Robo announcement this year.
TOTAL: 2 points. Unlucky with the Chibi-Robo/Pikmin coin-flip. Pokémon gen 9 probably should have been delayed, but 10 million units sold say differently...It's also a year in which Nintendo released zero remakes/remasters (I guess Live-A-Live kinda qualifies), so that didn't help Nickmitch either. Still, a respectable haul of points!

Adrock is back from hiatus, let's see if they meant business:
  • A new Mario game will be released in December to coincide with the movie. It will have nothing to do with the movie.
  • Nintendo will acknowledge Metroid Prime 4's development without mentioning a release date then charge full price for a Metroid Prime remaster. This is very specifically not Metroid Prime Trilogy. (I’ll begrudgingly buy it anyway)
  • Nintendo will also charge full price for a remaster of Metroid: Samus Returns.
  • Splatoon 3 will be released in the Summer.
  • Bayonetta 3 will be released in October. PlatinumGames will justify Hellena Taylor not returning as as the main character because you play as Cereza even though canonically Cereza is Bayonetta. Taylor cameo at the end and to voice grunts and screams for Bayonetta as an unlockable character.
  • The follow up to Breath of the Wild will be delayed. It won't be a sequel to Breath of the Wild.
  • A multiplayer Legend of Zelda will be released for free on Nintendo Switch Online, $19.99 USD to play local/offline.
  • A bunch of Rare games will show up on Nintendo Switch Online including GoldenEye 007. There will be cross-platform online play with the inevitable Xbox Live version.
  • Some weird gimmick peripheral like Labo or Ring Fit Adventure with an accompanying game will be released. Either no one will care or everyone will.
  • I need something outlandish so something something F-Zero something, developed by the Mario Kart team.
EDIT: clarified #9. Also, I wanted to add a prediction not about a release (outside of the numbered list): Nintendo will acknowledge a Switch successor then release no other information. Waiting out the chip shortages before committing to new hardware seems like a more Nintendo thing to do.
TOTAL: 3 points, rocketing to the top of the charts so far! Will Adrock still be surpassed?

Newcomer MrGlubGlub is here to mess y'all UpUp.
Here's my predictions purely for the first half of 2022 aka the Nintendo Direct for feb 2022
1) F-Zero
2) Kirby 99 style game
3) Mario Odyssey 2
4) Zelda 2 remake
5) Content updates to Mario Kart Live, Pokemon Arceus
6) More weird cloud ports of games too intense for Switches hardware.
7) BOTW 2 release date
8) Kirby Game and Watch
TOTAL: 2 points! Very solid first showing, bit unlucky on the Mario Kart Live call when they instead spent the entire year rolling out updates for the previous Mario Kart.

I'm going to predict that we'll see a remake of the second set of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games this year. The Pokémon Company is blatantly milking nostalgia from that era of the series and those games did get some references in BDSP as well.

Oh and BOTW2 will be delayed to 2023
TOTAL: 1 point. Bit of a letdown after last year's solid 2½ points, but in fairness your hit ratio is basically 50% this year.

-The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 will release this year! Probably in November. "Oh, so you're spouting that nonsense again."
-Some sort of new Fire Emblem game will be announced this year, but may not be for release this year. "Yeah and it'll probably still be for you filthy casuals."
-Possibly in celebration of its 30th anniversary, some sort of new Mario Kart release will be announced. "This is at least the 30th time you've said something stupid."
-Super Mario Odyssey 2 baybee it's still gonna happen you'll see! "Do you enjoy embarrassing yourself?"
-We'll finally see footage of Metroid Prime 4 but still no release window, or maybe a vague 2023. "A vaguely sane prediction."
-Some sort of new game as an NSO exclusive (like Tetris and Pac-Man 99), possibly needing the expansion to play. "Your mind needs expansion."
-Crazy guess: something Star Fox-related will be announced. "Cocky little freak."
-Monolith Soft will announced a new game. Probably Xenoblade, but may not be called "Xenoblade Chronicles 3."
-Another HD port of a Wii game, no guesses as to what it could be though. "Wii Port"
-No new Switch models or a successor will be released nor announced this year. "A shortage of brains too it seems."
-Call of Duty finally comes to Switch in some form or another. "Heh heh, heh heh, you said doody, heh heh."
-At least one more port of a Wii U game, could even be the Xenoblade game mentioned earlier with Xenoblade X. "X is such a cool letter."
-At least one more apology for Joy-Con drift. "Your mind is clearing drifting."
-Game Boy added to NSO expansion at the end of the year, no GBC functionality. "I'm colorblind anyway."
-Microsoft finds a way to buy Nintendo, probably for $100 billion. USD, so whatever that is in yen. "You heard it here first folks!"
-Mop it up wins the award for "lamest poster ever" on the NWR forums. "Finally an accurate prediction."
- Oh yeah, I guess if the pattern holds, Next Level Games is due for a new game soon eh? I'll boldly state that they're working on a new Donkey Kong game!
TOTAL: 4 points! Very close with Wii Port, but Wii (s)Port(s) got a sequel instead. [EDIT: whoops forgot about Kirby, added half a point.] We did get Phil Spencer mumbling about a Calladoody Switch deal if only those pesky regulators let him complete the biggest deal in this industry ever.
Also a big whiff on MopItUp being the worst poster, that prediction was way off the mark. 


Speaking of the worst poster, here's Safe Khushrenada:
Safe Khushrenada
1.   Nintendo will finally talk about the Switch Successor, their next gaming system, and when it will launch.
2.   Games will be shown for the Switch Successor including Mario Kart 9 with BotW2 also to release on it.
3.   Earthbound will finally be released for the Switch SNES Online app.
4.   Nintendo will release three non-Smash (or Monster Hunter) Amiibo figures for the year.
5.   More DLC will be available for free to those with the Online Expansion + subscription.
6.   A spinoff Pokemon game will revealed and released this year.
7.   Metroid Prime 4 footage will finally be shown.
8.   A new Xenoblade game will be revealed.
9.   A Fire Emblem game will be revealed.
10.   There will be a new Mario platformer game released this year.
TOTAL: 5 points. Big score for Safe Khushrenada, once again proving how safe and dull predictions are the way to victory.

If only we got more daring prediction from people like... Bold Khushrenada:
Bold Khushrenada
1. Game Freak reveals and releases a non-Pokemon IP game.
2. Two new Nintendo IP’s are revealed with one released this year.
3. Ring Fit Adventure gets some DLC content.
4. Another non-Nintendo System is added to the Expansion + subscription
5. Goldeneye 64 is released on the Switch N64 app with online multiplayer.
6. Ever Oasis gets a Switch port.
7. Style Savvy has a game released on the Switch.
8. A new Donkey Kong game is revealed.
9. Super Mario Strikers gets a new entry.
10. A Mario RPG is revealed for the Switch.
TOTAL: 1½ point. See, this is much more like it. Finally a respectable poster. Get out of here with those winners, 2022 was all about madness!

Speaking of Madness...
Madness Khushrenada
1. Pikmin 4 is revealed and released.
2. SNES Remix (a sequel to the NES Remix games) is released.
3. A Zelda Mobile game is announced.
4. A Star Fox game is released this year.
5. Fortune Street gets a new entry for the Switch.
6. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is re-released.
7. Ice Climbers get a new game.
8. The Switch successor has a second screen on the controllers
9. Chibi-Robo returns from the grave and has a game release on the eShop
10. F-Zero Demolition Derby (a sort of Battle Royale)
TOTAL: ½ point. Rounding out a mad year with some mad points for a mad last place. Happy new year.

Whew, that's all our entries done & dusted. Congratulations to Safe Khushrenada for the most boring victory of all, next time I'm disqualifying you for submitting late though. Big congrats to Mop It Up for another close-but-not-quite victory.

2022 LEADERBOARD:
Safe Khushrenada: 5 points [WINNER]
Mop It Up: 4 points [RUNNER-UP]
Adrock: 3 points [BRONZE MEDAL]
M.K. Ultra: 2½ points
Tophatant123: 2½ points
MrGlubGlub: 2 points
Nickmitch: 2 points
Bold Khushrenada: 1½ point
Luigi Dude: 1½ point
Pokepal148: 1 point
Order.RSS: 1 point
Evan_B: ½ point
Madness Khushrenada: ½ point

And finally, here's what the combined leaderboard of the past 3 years looks like.
Lifetime achievements ranking:
M.K. Ultra: 15 points
Nickmitch: 11½ points
Mop It Up: 9½ points
Luigi Dude: 7 points
MASB: 6 points
Khushrenada: 5½ points
Stratos: 5½ points
TopHatAnt: 5 points
Safe Khushrenada: 5 points
Order.RSS: 5 points
Insanolord: 4 points
Adrock: 3½ points
Pokepal: 3½ points
MrGlubGlub: 2 points
Oedo: 2 points
Bold Khushrenada: 1½ point
Lemonade: 1 point
Fawful: 1 point
Broodwars: ½ point
Evan_B: ½ point
Kairon: ½ point
Madness Khushrenada: ½ point
Shaymin: ½ point
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Mop it up on January 01, 2023, 01:38:49 PM
I s'pose I gotta stop putting in so many conditionals with this strict scoring system, as vague seems to be the way to go! But I won't try to argue with the tally, hee hee.

What I will mention, however, is that there was a new Wii port announced: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe! It didn't release in 2022 though, so not full credit, but I think I should get a half point for it being announced in 2022.

As always, thanks for hosting this and putting everything together, it's always fun. Looking forward to next year's.

-Call of Duty finally comes to Switch in some form or another. "Heh heh, heh heh, you said doody, heh heh."
Funnily enough, this one was kinda almost sorta true. Though the announcement was so ill-defined that I wouldn't want to count this prediction even if it were one of my "official" ones, ha ha.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Order.RSS on January 01, 2023, 06:47:35 PM
I s'pose I gotta stop putting in so many conditionals with this strict scoring system, as vague seems to be the way to go! But I won't try to argue with the tally, hee hee.

What I will mention, however, is that there was a new Wii port announced: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe! It didn't release in 2022 though, so not full credit, but I think I should get a half point for it being announced in 2022.

Shoot, forgot about Kirby. Bumped you up to 4 points and updated the overall tally too.

And yeah, like Safe Khushrenada proves, it pays to be boring and not mess up predictions by getting too specific. Bet that's why horoscopes always keep it short too. I'm not really gonna demand people make interesting predictions, but it would be more fun if they do.
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: M.K.Ultra on January 02, 2023, 12:30:46 PM
It is funny how some of these appear in most people's lists. I don't think we are copying each other, we just seem to be on the same wavelength as nintendo fans. Also, thanks for all the work involved in fact-checking these Order.RSS. Now off to make predictions for 2023...
Title: Re: What will Nintendo release in 2022?
Post by: Stratos on January 02, 2023, 04:16:35 PM
Bummer, did I forget to predict this year? Better luck this year!