Topic: What will Nintendo release in 2023?

[Order.RSS]

Welcome to the 2023 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!
Previous threads: 2020, 2021, 2022.



I will try to update this thread with all the major Nintendo releases of the year.

2023 Games/Software
- Fire Emblem: Engage January 20th, 2023.
- Metroid Prime Remastered February 8th (digital) / March 3rd (physical), 2023.
- Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe February 24th 2023.
- Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon March 17th 2023.
- Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp April 21st, 2023.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom May 12th 2023.
- Pikmin 4 July 21st 2023.
- Pokémon Sleep July 2023.
 
2023 Hardware/Major merch
- amiibo: Sephiroth. January 13th 2023.
- amiibo: Kazuya. January 13th 2023.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie April 7th, 2023.
- Switch OLED - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom edition April 28th.
- amiibo: Link (Tears of the Kingdom) May 12th 2023.
- amiibo: Pyra. July 21st.
- amiibo: Mythra. July 21st.
- amiibo: Noah. 2023.
- amiibo: Mio. 2023.

2023 DLC (paid/free/demos)
- Fire Emblem: Engage - Expansion Pass: Wave 1 January 20th, 2023.
- Fire Emblem: Engage - Expansion Pass: Wave 2 February 8th, 2023.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 3 February 16th, 2023. (Prior date: April).
- Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Wave 3 March 7th, 2023.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass: Wave 4 March 9th, 2023.
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 4 April 25th.
- Splatoon 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 1 Spring 2023.
- Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - Expansion Pass: The Teal Mask Fall 2023.
- Pokémon Scarlet/Violet - Expansion Pass: The Indigo Disk Winter 2023.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass: Wave 5 2023.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Pass: Wave 6 2023.

2023 Nintendo Switch Online / Services / Mobile
- Game Trial: Uno January 24th - 29th.
- Game Trial: Snipperclips January 27th - February 3rd (PAL only).
- Game Trial: Katamari Damacy REROLL February 20th - 26th.
- Game Trial: FIFA 23 Legacy Edition March 20th - 26th.
- Sunset: 3DS & Wii U eShop closures March 26th.
- Games added to NSO Retro apps:

• Goldeneye 007 N64. January 27th.
• Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare GBC. February 8th. NA+PAL only.
• Game & Watch Gallery 3 GBC. February 8th.
• Gargoyle's Quest GB. February 8th.
• Kirby's Dream Land GB. February 8th.
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX GBC. February 8th.
• Metroid II: Return of Samus GB. February 8th.
• Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins GB. February 8th.
• Tetris GB. February 8th.
• Wario Land 3 GBC. February 8th.
• Yakuman Mahjong GB. February 8th. JP only.
• Kuru Kuru Kururin GBA. February 8th.
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap GBA. February 8th.
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga GBA. February 8th.
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit GBA. February 8th.
• Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 GBA. February 8th.
• WarioWare Inc.: Mega Microgames! GBA. February 8th.
• Metroid Fusion GBA. March 9th.
• BurgerTime Deluxe GB. March 15th.
• Kirby's Dream Land 2 GB. March 15th.
• Side Pocket SNES. March 15th.
• Xevious NES. March 15th.
• Pokémon Stadium N64. April 12th, 2023.
• Flicky Genesis. April 18th.
• Pulseman Genesis. April 18th.
• Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition Genesis. April 18th.
• Kid Chameleon Genesis. April 18th.
• Super Mario Advance GBA. May 26th.
• Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 GBA. May 26th.
• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 GBA. May 26th.
• The Frog For Whom The Bell Tolls GB. TBA. JP only.
• Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble GBC. TBA.
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages GBC. TBA.
• The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons GBA. TBA.
• Pokémon Trading Card Game GBC. TBA.
• F-Zero: Maximum Velocity GBA. TBA.
• Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade GBA. TBA. JP only.
• Fire Emblem GBA. TBA.
• Golden Sun GBA. TBA.
• Kirby and the Amazing Mirror GBA. TBA.
• 1080 Snowboarding N64. 2023.
• Excitebike 64 N64. 2023.
• Harvest Moon 64 N64. 2023. JP only.
• Mario Party 3 N64. 2023.
• Pokémon Stadium 2 N64. 2023.

Announced projects without dates/beyond 2023
- Cruis'n Blast - Multiplayer & DLC TBA. (Nintendo owned IP).
- Detective Pikachu TBA. Previous date: 2020.
- Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Wave 4 2023?
- Metroid Prime 4 TBA. Announced June 2017/January 2019.
- Pokémon Trading Card Game Live TBA. In beta since February 2022.
- Splatoon 3 - Expansion Pass: Wave 2 "In the future"

2023 Directs
- Nintendo Direct February 8th.
- Pokémon Presents February 27th.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie Direct March 9th.
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Mr. Aonuma gameplay demo March 28th.
- Indie World April 19th.

[Order.RSS]

Rules/suggestions:

• You may submit between 1 and 10 predictions for the year.
• If you write your predictions in numbered list/bullet point format that’d be helpful, but it's not required.
• You get 1 point for being right, half a point for being half-right.
• You have until the first Direct of the year (probably in January of early February latest) to submit predictions. Obviously we can continue speculation afterwards, but it won't net you any tasty points.
• No points for guessing stuff we already know! See what we already know… in the post above!

Look at all these winners, that could be you by this time next year! Invest now!

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[/list]

[Mop it up]

I haven't yet thought about what could possibly release this year, so I'll have to do some research to figure out some probabilities. Last time, six of my guesses were right in some way, which is definitely the best I've done for something like this! I've a feeling I'll be back to tanking for this one though...

[Lemonade]

Predictions? Ok

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


Thats all I can think of for now

[M.K.Ultra]

Here are my predictions for 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

[ThePerm]

The biggest two reasons why there isn't a new console yet is because Switch is doing well, and there are supply chain issues right now. And maybe the pattern got lost in the executive changeover.

NES(Famicom) and SNES -  7 years, 4 months, 6 days
SNES and N64 - 5 years, 7 months, 2 days
N64 and GCN -  5 years, 2 months, 22 days
GCN and Wii -  5 years, 2 months, 5 days
Wii and Wii U -  5 years, 11 months, 30 days
Wii U and Switch -  4 years, 3 months, 13 days

Switch to now -  5 years, 9 months, 16 days

This is the longest iteration of hardware ever. Nintendo could have had a successful pattern changeover and released it on March 17th of 2023 after announcing it in October like they did with the Switch.

I should look into how they do handhelds though.

[Stratos]

• 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

[ThePerm]

Prime 4 is turning into Duke Nukem Forever

[Luigi Dude]

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.

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

Prime 4 is turning into Duke Nukem Forever

Not exactly.  The original developer was Bandai Namco who screwed things up so badly, the entire project had to be rebooted from scratch.  Retro themselves have been working on the game since late 2018/early 2019, which is only 4 years now.  The game will probably be out in 2024 which would give it a 5 year development cycle from Retro which is pretty normal from some of the more ambitious 3D games Nintendo releases.

The only reason I didn't predict a Prime 4 trailer this year is because part of my does wonder if the game might have been moved to the Switch successor.  The Switch successor is probably coming out in the 2nd half of 2024, so if Prime 4 has been moved to it, we won't see any trailers until early 2024.

[Adrock]

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.

That said, I may adjust these predictions before the next Nintendo Direct if the rules are clarified, or just futz off for another couple months.

• 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.

[Anti-KÒ»ushrenada]

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

THAT'S TOO MANY KHUSHRENADAS! WHAT KIND OF SICK JOKE IS THIS?!

[Pro-Khushrenada]

Really? Personally, I think that list could use even more Khushrenadas.

[Khushrenada]

Heh. Safe Khushrenada really seems to have made an impact on this prediction game. Everyone wants those sweet prediction points and, as the saying goes, if you can't beat them then join them. My continued dominance of all forum games has everyone joining in copying my strategy.

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. If 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.

Brilliant. This is the kind of game thinking I should have already been considering. I bestow upon you the rank of "Nintendo Insider". You'll be able to go far with those "not" predictions.

[NotΚhushrenada]

I make the following predictions:

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.


I like this not predicting. No one is better than me at not knowing what is going on. (Although I must confess that my last prediction may be a bit unfair as I feel I have some inside information on that one.)

[Captain Khushrenada]

This thread has turned into a @$!#%#^ joke.

[M.K.Ultra]

"Nintendo won't release a Star Tropics remake developed by Platinum Games"

Personally, I would pre-order the special edition day 1. Make it happen Platinum.

[Stratos]

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.

Don't feel too bad, I forgot to make ANY predictions last year so really blew my lifetime score.

[Order.RSS]

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.

Yeah, I'm hoping people will just post things they actually expect or want to happen. The points are just an afterthought for fun, not the actual goal here. Maybe we should count interesting predictions differently as opposed to punishing people for them since they didn't 100% pan out.

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 don't mind predicting things which won't happen, but would prefer if those went against general expectations (e.g.: "Nintendo will not publish a Zelda game this year" is an interesting prediction, as opposed to near-certainties for easy points like "they probably won't sell Mario to Xbox").

For now I have a simple solution: Not-Khushrenada will be paid out in Not-Points this year, done.

[Order.RSS]

As for my own predictions, here's what I got:

• 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.

[nickmitch]

If there's still time I'll drop mine:

• 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.

[Lemonade]

2 During the Direct in February, Goldeneye will be shadow dropped on Switch and Xbox.

This released sooner than I expected.

In the February Direct that was just announced, I think they will probably announce a date for Advance Wars 1+2
They will probably announce a game we havent seen before.

[Order.RSS]

RED ALERT
RED ALERT

A new Nintendo Direct approaches!

This means you have until TOMORROW to get your 2023 predictions in. Submissions posted after the Direct starts will not be eligible for valuable Insider Leaker points.

Who will win the title of Uncle At Nintendo? We'll find out soon...

[Mop it up]

Yikes! It feels like every year, I say that I'm not gonna wait until the last minute to get these in, and yet here we are...!

-The new Zelda will release this year.
This may no longer be a bold prediction, but it's gonna happen this year I can feel it...

-No new hardware will be released or announced.
No revisions, no successors. I think I'll go ahead and double down on this one.

-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...

-A new 2D platformer from Good Feel will be announced, and it will not be another Yoshi game.
It's been a few years since they last put out a game, so they seem due. I think it won't be Yoshi again, but not sure what it might be. Maybe Wario Land?

-A new Mario Baseball game will release in the spring or summer.
Every previous sport has been covered so far, I believe, so now we're due for this.

-Advance Wars 1+2 will release this year and its date will be announced in tomorrow's Direct.
I decided to be recklessly bold with that specific add-on.

-DLC expansion for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet will be announced, will release in two packs a few months apart.
I'm simply guessing the DLC will follow a similar pattern to Sword 'n Shield.
.
-Game Boy announced for NSO+.
I don't actually think this will happen, but am struggling to think of things I think may happen.

-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.

-At least one more port or remaster of a Wii or Wii U game.
I haven't thought of any more specific guesses, so I'll add this more vague one just to reach ten.

[Khushrenada]

Alright. The moment you've all been waiting for. The man who just can't stop correctly predicting things. I mean, just check out this gem from last year:

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 … In the end, some form of Khushrenada will be victorious.

I correctly predicted the outcome of that thread even though I didn't seem to get credit for that prediction of winning. 


Hmmm, this thread feels quieter than years past. Perhaps its because this time around people really don’t know what Nintendo might do as the long life of the Switch has made it harder to know whether they will keep riding this train or bring it to an end. Or perhaps it is because everyone was waiting for the master prognosticator, your pal, Big K, to put his cards on the table so that everyone can than copy and crib from them to try and scrounge a few correct predictions for their own gain.

[Khushrenada]

Look out! He’s back to ruin all your fun and claim prediction domination two years in a row! It’s…..

Safe Khushrenada

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).