New Nintendo Direct. September 13th,2022

[HarMGM]

Good day to all of you, denizens of Rllmuk. It's that time of the year again. That time when (for the past six years) Nintendo decides to reveal its winter line-up from September to March next year. So get your Dekay sirens out of those mothballs and let us speculate without any basis whatsoever. 

 

Below I'll post some of my expectations in spoilers. Some of it could be true, some... not so much. But more importantly: what do you expect from this new Nintendo Direct? Wrong answers only please.

Spoiler

-Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD are heavily rumored.

-Metroid Prime seems to be getting a big ol' remaster.

-A new Fire Emblem was leaked a few months ago. Co-developed by Gust and expanding the RPG elements in accordance with a cancelled Wii FE that it seems based on.

-Expect some more NGC love this time around with even more remasters on the way. Nintendo is seemingly hellbent on getting as many series an installment on the Switch. New game, remake or otherwise.

-Game Boy platforms announced for the NSO service

Edit: IT'S HAPPENING BAYBEH.

 

 

 

 

[T Pot]

I'm just sad we didn't get Advanced Wars Remake and we probably never will.

[Sarlaccfood]

Despo for a bit of GBA action on the switch. Also that Metroid Prime remaster would be perfect for the darker nights drawing in, but it’s been due in every direct since the switch came out so I’ll believe it when I see it. 
 

 

Mainly though the thing I’m looking forward to is the surprises. There’s always loads of leftfield stuff that seems to come out of nowhere thanks to the shorter dev time on the Switch. 

[Paulando]

6 minutes ago, Sarlaccfood said:

Mainly though the thing I’m looking forward to is the surprises.

My fave is: ‘and it’s out on the eShop straight after this Direct!’

[Exit Chamber]

METROID PRIME OR WE RIOT

[Ninja Doctor]

Metroid anthology ports (not remasters): Zero Mission, Samus Returns, Super and Fusion. 
 

However £49.99 each. 

[HarMGM]

If we're getting remasters from older consoles, it would be nice if Nintendo takes the opportunity to give some games a chance that were never able to shine.

 

Chibi Robo, as in the Gamecube original, for instance.

[Sarlaccfood]

Not even page 2 and we’re at Moon on a Stick 64. 
 

May as well go ahead and call the Direct a disappointment already. 

[shirubagan]

Folders. 

[Strafe]

- Metroid Prime 4 releasing December.

- Breath of the Wild 2 locked in for end of Marches

- Switch Pro revealed

- New F Zero.

- GameCube coming to switch online, launching with Wind Waker.

- The new switch exclusive resident evil

- Pilot Wings World - the new open world MMO Pilot Wings.

 

That should cover it.

 

 

[Strafe]

7 minutes ago, shirubagan said:

Folders. 

Try and be realistic at least.

[shirubagan]

Just now, Strafe said:

Try and be realistic at least.

True. We’ve a better chance of Prime 4 info. 

[Keyboard Koala]

I mentioned it in the Switch thread: most rumours point to a September 12 Direct focusing mainly on TLoZ ie. announcement of Switch versions of Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD, and more info on Breath of the Wild pt. 2 (possibly the actual title and/or release date reveal).

 

 

Spoiler

 

[Mr Do 71]

Four player Paper Plane where each player uses only their Switch screen, they have to work together (placing each of their screens next to each other) to make sure the plane doesn’t crash into an obstacle. They can switch between vertical or horizontal (now the plane can get blown left or right, at certain points) as the plane drifts downwards leading to some frantic swapping around of the players screens.

[Mr. Gerbik]

A new Tenchu!

[LaveDisco]

It's ridiculous how people wind themselves up with hype. You're fools. Wind it back.

 

My predictions (based on hush-hush conversation with people in the know):

 

OutRun 2 and 3 double pack. You heard it hear first. 1080p, 60fps OLED wonder.

 

BotW 2 shadow drops to NSO Expansion Pack. 

 

Rhythm Tengoku Game & Watch Mini Console 

 

Rhythm Tengoku x Apple Music -  integration into Apple Music. Pluck Onion Hairs to all your favourite music. Special app allows you to stream music from your iPhone direct to your Switch (with just one cable!).

 

Paper Mario and the Two Thousand Doors - Slay the Spire x Paper Mario - following on from the success of Cadence of Hyrule, Nintendo are partnering with the Slay the Spire dev, who's building the card engine that powers Mario's attempt to climb the tower of 2000 doors. 

 

Advance Wars Reboot Camp - Democracy Edition - all funds go to support medical charities operating in the Ukraine.

 

Zookeeper 99 - the next in Nintendo's hugely successful line of Battle Royale games.

 

 DS hits the Online Service - special novelty DS frame to hold switch portrait and provides stylus. Only available online. Launch titles include Elite Beat Agents, Hotel Dusk and NSMB DS.

[Fletch]

Those all sound great but in reality I'm going to be buying Wind Waker for the 3rd time aren't I? 

[Lyrical Donut]

Robocop in Smash.

A giant Gameboy Micro.

Switch camera and colour printer accessories.

Viewtiful Joe 3.

Drill Dozer 2.

Dreamcast 2.

Boards of Canada subliminally drop a hint that their next album is on its way.

 

[LaveDisco]

8 minutes ago, Fletch said:

Those all sound great but in reality I'm going to be buying Wind Waker for the 3rd time aren't I? 

 

I wrote them as jokes, and now I'm devastated they're not real.

[SMD]

sorry, was a Direct confirmed?

[moosegrinder]

2 minutes ago, SMD said:

sorry, was a Direct confirmed?

 

Good God no. Don't let dumb shit like facts ruin a perfectly good thread.

[Keyboard Koala]

I always preferred this instead of the red siren:

 

 

[Not Thread Owner]

2 hours ago, shirubagan said:

Folders. 

It already has folders.

 

[Strafe]

I bet if someone else had posted that Dekay would have said “no, it’s got groups”

[TehStu]

I hadn't really thought of new system entries to the Switch Online sub. Have they given any indication they're going to add, say, the DS? Or perhaps the Gamecube, given you're a bit boned on a DS without the second screen.

 

I have no idea what the guts of the Switch are capable of, nor how the BC stuff works. I assume they're emulators, but in-house?

[Strafe]

They ported Mario Sunshine using an emulator so it’s possible.

 

That said, I think GameCube games represent a point where they know that if they up-rez the graphics, remaster the audio and add joycon controls and people will just buy them again at full whack.

[Stanley]

7 minutes ago, TehStu said:

I hadn't really thought of new system entries to the Switch Online sub. Have they given any indication they're going to add, say, the DS? Or perhaps the Gamecube, given you're a bit boned on a DS without the second screen.

 

I have no idea what the guts of the Switch are capable of, nor how the BC stuff works. I assume they're emulators, but in-house?

They could do DS to get people to buy two

Switch’s and an additional hinge peripheral. 

[SMD]

20 minutes ago, TehStu said:

I hadn't really thought of new system entries to the Switch Online sub. Have they given any indication they're going to add, say, the DS? Or perhaps the Gamecube, given you're a bit boned on a DS without the second screen.

 

I have no idea what the guts of the Switch are capable of, nor how the BC stuff works. I assume they're emulators, but in-house?

 

I think a GBA emulator was found a few years ago. GB and GBA is a matter of when not if.

[Paulando]

Or some official version of this for DS games:

 

[the_debaser]

Switch Lite oled. 
New Mario Kart Tour tracks. 
QOL accessories. 
Splatoon 3 splatfest details. 
Zelda BOTW2 delayed to 2025 to give people the best experience possible (depression).