BAKA wrote:Switch seems to be killing it in the US (Nintendo in general, with their hardware accounting for two thirds of the marketshare for the second month in a row). I'm really curious about the second year. We've had near enough a decent release every month since launch, they can't keep that up, can they? I'm sure third parties will aid considerably this coming year. I hope VC is used to plug up any gaps, and we finally get what we've all been wanting in regards to GameCube games on the service. Nintendo really seem to be striving to give fans what they want at the moment, especially with the likes of Metroid Prime 4, I wonder if we'll finally see a proper return to form for Paper Mario.
The potential of their second year including Fire Emblem, Metroid Prime 4 and hopefully the larger console scale Pokemon many people have been hoping for is insane. I wonder what 'smaller' titles they could throw in, Captain Toad 2, Luigi's Mansion 3, etc... We already know about Kirby (or Yoshi, I forget which one is coming first). I'm crazy excited considering Nintendo's form at the moment.
Great to see month Zelda and Mario among the 5 Game Of The Year nominees. They'll probably split the vote though. I wonder if Nintendo will announce anything for the TGAs. Perhaps drop a Zelda DLC story trailer.
Nintendo have stated that they plan to keep the consistent release schedule they’ve had since the Switch’s release going next year. It’s worth noting that at the moment we don’t have any confirmed future releases from Nintendo’s internal teams. Of the titles confirmed for next year, Fire Emblem is Intelligent Systems, Yoshi is Good Feel and Pokemon is Gamefreak.
They did have a busy 2017 (6 titles on Switch by my count, 3 of which have had DLC) but you’d assume they have some big games in the pipeline for next year. Metroid Prime 4 might be an internal title but there are rumours circulating that Bandai Namco are in charge of development there which wouldn’t surprise me. Pikmin 4 is a good bet for 2018 based on past comments from Miyamoto, as is Animal Crossing with Nintendo’s approach to their mobile game strategy. Outside of that, it’s anyone guess really. Smash Bros, a 2D Mario/Mario Maker, Paper Mario, Captain Toad, Starfox, Wario Ware, Nintendoland, even a Wii Sports under a new name…I’d be surprised if we didn’t get at least one of those, even if they’ve also got a new IP/revival of an old IP in the works, as they’ve hinted at.
On top of that, you have the other developers in Nintendo’s wider stable, such as Retro (who surely must have something near completion), Next Level Games (who will be on Luigi Mansion 3 in my opinion, especially after 2’s success on 3DS), Camelot (there’s probably a Mario sports game of some kind in the works) and Grezzo (maybe a HD port of Skyward Sword). Would not be surprised to see Monster Games taking over the reigns for Donkey Kong from Retro too, after their work on the 3DS conversion of DKC Returns. Or maybe even the long rumoured Diddy Kong Racing 2, with their racing game experience. Bayonetta in some form has been hinted at by the developer too. And after Mario x Rabbids who knows who else they may have entered into partnerships with.
Obviously, a lot of the above is speculation/wishful thinking on my part but I think they’ll know they need a strong second year to follow up 2017’s success. Not to mention the fact where previously they’ve had to support a console and a handheld, they now have one device to focus on.