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2024 feeling dry asf already. If we don't get a general nintendo direct in april like the rumors said then that's going be sooo bad.
…Does a partner showcase still count as a direct? Otherwise my Hi Fi Rush prediction isn’t gonna net me full points…
This was actually really difficult because this is a prediction thread for Nintendo releases, and most of what I could think of were things that I expect in a Switch 2 sizzle reel that will release in 2025 and beyond or third party releases.
I may update this depending on what Order.RSS says, if anything. Or disappear for months on end, idk.
I heard lots of remakes so I stand by a F-Zero GX remake this year
Switch 2 will be released in the first half of 2024
No Metroid Prime 4
Mario 64 remake
Bonus points: Kirbys Dream Course remake
If any of these feel too vague or obvious let me know and I would be glad to spice them up.
1 To build off the hype of the successful release of the Mario Movie, Nintendo will announce a new Mario game to be released by the end of the year.
2 During the Direct in February, Goldeneye will be shadow dropped on Switch and Xbox.
3 At E3 the first DLC will be shown for Splatoon 3. It will be part of the online expansion pack
4 Metroid Prime 4 will not be released in 2023
5 Nintendo will announce the Wii Shopping Channel is completely shutting down. It will be no longer possible to redownload purchased software.
6 There will be no Switch Pro or Switch successor released in 2023
- Hardware -No new switch hardware is released in 2023, other than special editions
- Movie - The Super Mario Bros. Movie is well received by critics, with a MetaCritic average >75, the user score is less than the critics score.
- Announced Game - Pikmin 4 is released in summer 2023 and has some cool use of joy-cons
- Announced Game - Metroid Prime 4 - we get a trailer and release window of 2024
- New Game - A new game from GoodFeel that is not a Yoshi game
- New Game - A new Mario game that combines 2D and 3D mario
- New Game - A new party game from ND cube
- New Game - A Switch port of Kid Icarus Uprising from 3DS
- New Game - A new Donkey Kong game (focus is on mine cart levels)
- NSO - Adds DLC for a game and a new (portable) platform e.g. GameBoy
- There will be a brand new Mario game released. (Bet you part of the reason for the delay in the film was to coincide with a new game)
- Nintendo Switch Online continues the trend of offering DLC to major games as an incentive
- Advance Wars Remake actually releases this year
- Prime 4 is acknowledged and even shown with more than a new title screen, but does not release this year
- New Fire Emblem project is announced; most likely another remake
- Something Animal Crossing related is announced but not something fans were hoping for
- Nintendo releases a racing game that is not Mario Kart or Mario Kart DLC
- Release of a fan favorite game is teased in some cryptic manner and not actually announced or released this year (think like the weird comments about Pikmin 4, but for a series that isn't Zelda, Mario, or Pokemon)
- We get another hardware revision that is not the Super Switch Pro
- New Monster Hunter is announced for non-tendo consoles/PC
1. No Switch successor will be released in 2023
2. A new 2D Mario game will be revealed
3. A new 2D Zelda will be revealed
4. A DLC expansion for Pokemon SV will come out
5. The rumored new Donkey Kong platformer will finally be revealed. Not going to predict if it'll be 2D or 3D though since I think it could go either way.
6. Kid Icarus Uprising HD remaster announced
7. Regular Gameboy and Gameboy Color get added to basic NSO, while Gameboy Advanced title will be part of the Expansion Pack.
8. The Metroid Prime 1 HD remaster is finally announced
9. An HD remaster of F-Zero GX will be announced
10. A new Wario Land from Good Feel will be announced
- Nintendo will be asked about but will not release a Switch successor.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will have DLC.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom's DLC will not be included in Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pass.
- Game Boy app will be added to Nintendo Switch Online, probably in the Expansion Pass because y'all aren't getting two generations of Pokémon for $20 a year.
- Nintendo won't add that Japan-only Satelliview Mario Excitebike game to the SNES app in Nintendo Switch Online.
- Nintendo will release some ports/remasters to pad the Switch lineup.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie will not have a tie-in game. Nintendo knows better than to release new Mario game a month before a new Zelda.
- Nintendo will not release a Nintendo 64 Classic Edition.
- Nintendo won't port any games to the Playdate.
- Nintendo won't release another new mainline Pokémon game this year.
1. I predict that Nintendo will not release a new 2D Metroid this year.
2. I predict that Nintendo will not release a new Paper Mario game this year.
3. I predict that Nintendo will not release Mother 3 in the west this year.
4. I predict that Nintendo will not release a new F-Zero game this year.
5. I predict that Nintendo will not release a new Ice Climbers game this year.
6. I predict that Nintendo will not release a new Game and Watch system this year.
7. I predict that Nintendo will not re-hire Reggie Fils-Aime as NOA president this year.
8. I predict that Nintendo will not buy Sega this year.
9. I predict that Nintendo will not not have a direct this year.
10. I predict that Nintendo will not not not not not hire NotKhushrenada as their new chief of Social Media
- Nintendo will publish a virtual card game (in the vein of Heartstone, or Marvel Snap). It becomes a fairly big deal for a month or two, so they begin producing physical cards, but by the time those release interest will have died down.
- NSO+ will add the following games: Hybrid Heaven (N64), and Crusader of Centy (Genesis), but will not add any new systems like Gameboy.
- Advance Wars Re-Bootcamp will remain unreleased. We will see some credible reporting indicating NoA had contracted WayForward to also produce a remake of the 3rd and 4th games, but have canned the project.
- EA revives the Medal of Honor series with an exclusive Switch game. It's a top-down tactics game, kind of like the Ghost Recon game on 3DS.
- Yokai Watch 4++ gets localized for Switch.
- Namco produces a Ridge Racer collection for all major consoles, but the Switch version gets delayed last-minute for unclear reasons.
- We'll see a Mario Sluggers sequel get announced late in the year, with a tentative release date of Q1 2024. People speculate it will be the last major Nintendo game before Switch 2.
- Around November a new entry in the Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games franchise releases, ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Someone wears a beret in the trailer since the Olympics will be in France. I'm thinking Luigi?
- Bayonetta Origins becomes a modest success with the YA crowd. A manga or graphic novel adaptation will be announced.
- Luigi's Mansion 1 gets a HD remaster which also includes the multiplayer component found on 3DS. Releases around Halloween.
- No new console announcement.
- Advanced Wars ReBootCamp is slotted into the release calendar at the last minute to fill a gap.
- Zelda:TotK-specific Direct shows off the game and previews DLC.
- Two rounds of Pokemon SV DLC.
- Detective Pikachu 2 is finally talked about again.
- Metroid happens in trailer form only.
- Rhythm Heaven comes to Switch as this year's party game.
- I'm thinking there's a non-Mario, Mushroom Kingdom resident starring game coming out soon, but announced this year.
- Two HD GameCube ports are announced this year.
- Pikmin 4 does not come out.
1. -The new Zelda will release this year.
2. -No new hardware will be released or announced.
3. -A new 3D Mario game will be the big holiday title.
There are some rumours that it will be 2D instead, hopefully I'll still get a half point if that occurs...
4 -A new 2D platformer from Good Feel will be announced, and it will not be another Yoshi game.
5.-A new Mario Baseball game will release in the spring or summer.
6. -Advance Wars 1+2 will release this year and its date will be announced in tomorrow's Direct.
7. -DLC expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will be announced, will release in two packs a few months apart.
8. -Game Boy announced for NSO+.
9. -Another Rare game gets announced for NSO N64, my money's on Diddy Kong Racing.
I phrased it this way in the hopes that I'll still get a half point if a different Rare game happens instead, such as Banjo-Tooie.
10. -At least one more port or remaster of a Wii or Wii U game.
1. Nintendo will finally talk about the Switch Successor, their next gaming system, and when it will launch.
2. One of the games shown for the Switch Successor will be a game with Mario in it.
3. Nintendo will release a special edition Switch for Tears of the Kingdom.
4. Nintendo will release (at least) three non-Smash Amiibo figures for the year.
5. Nintendo will reveal wearable Amiibo that you can get at the Univeral Studios Nintendo World.
6. More DLC will be available for free to those with the Online Expansion + subscription.
7. A spinoff Pokemon game will revealed and released this year.
8. Metroid Prime 4 footage will finally be shown.
9. A new MonolithSoft game will be revealed.
10. Nintendo will reveal another IP is being adapted to a non-gaming medium (i.e. Movie / TV series)
1. Game Freak reveals a non-Pokemon IP game. It will release either this year or early next year.
2. Two new Nintendo IP’s are revealed with one released this year.
3. Ring Fit Adventure gets some additional content.
4. Another Game Console’s (i.e. Game Boy, Game Gear, Neo Geo, etc) games are added to the Expansion + subscription.
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World gets a Switch port.
6. A new Donkey Kong game is revealed. It will be scheduled to release in 2023 or 2024.
7. A Mario RPG is revealed. It will be scheduled to release in 2023 or 2024.
8. A Pushmo game is revealed and released.
9. Square ports over more Dragon Quest games (such as 4, 5, 6) to the Switch and announces Dragon Quest 12.
10. The Mass Effect Trilogy gets ported to the Switch. EA needs some cash!
1. SNES Remix (a sequel to the NES Remix games) is released.
2. A Star Fox Mobile game is announced.
3. Fortune Street gets a new entry for the Switch.
4. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is re-released.
5. The Switch successor has a second screen on the controllers
6. Animal Crossing: Style Savvy (a mash-up). You work with the Mabel Sisters in helping create fashion for villagers and become the best boutique in town.
7. More third party talk. A Call of Duty game is revealed for the Switch (or its successor) as Microsoft tries to gain more leverage in acquiring Blizzard/Activision.
8. Even more Square madness. Square brings Terranigma to the Switch.
9. Even more third party talk. Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City get ports to the Switch (or its successor).
10. F-Zero shocks the world with a new game.
11. Everyone else’s predictions go to 10. Not Madness Khushrenada. His picks go to 11. They’re the maddest picks around. That madness also infects Square Enix and they shock the world by announcing Final Fantasy 17 will also be coming to a Nintendo system.
Jeez I screwed myself out of points last year once again by going into too much detail. Seriously, need to be brief this year to get the win.
I'm seeing some of y'all post what Nintendo won't release. Looking at the Rules/Suggestions, this is more of a general predictions thread. Since that's the case and it isn't like there are real stakes here, we can all go 10 for 10 posting what won't happen. "Nintendo won't release a Star Tropics remake developed by Platinum Games" or "Nintendo won't license Jak and Daxter from Sony and release a Switch exclusive reboot" both work and would likely be easy points.
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
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
- 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
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.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
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 dateKirby Game and Watch
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
-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!
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.
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.
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)
As for Harvest Moon 64: The Japanese SNES app also got Harvest Moon. Isn't the problem with these games now that they no longer have the rights to the Harvest Moon name outside of Japan?