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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT3| Nintendo Direct Speculation Trilogy HD
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It is fascinating how this thread goes from "Just makes sense" to "rumor" to "virtually confirmed" without any source.
I have no idea where people take the confidence from to predict MK9 any time soon with the way MK8DX has been performing but I'm open to be proven wrong.
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I'm expecting "Mario Kart 9" to jump to full Nintendo Kart with all the changes that implies, but I also expect the team to put out one last big content expansion for Mario Kart 8 next year before leaving it behind.
I gave up on that. granted, teh game is selling amazingly well, so when they do it doesn't matter all that much, but I don't think it's coming anymore
Nah. No DLC is happening. That ship has long since sailed. Either there's a new game coming or nothing at all.
Yeah I agree. Going 3 years of radio silence followed by a DLC expansion doesn't make sense when DLC for most video games always sells best the closer to the game's launch it is. Back on the Wii U, all of MK8's major DLC was done in the first year.
Y'all are forgetting about the most random DLC in recent memory: Captain Toad Treasure Tracker DLC exists.
If that can get DLC, so can MK8.
Captain Toad got DLC less than a year after the game came out which is standard for 1st party games. It makes just as much sense to assume an Odyssey expansion is coming 2.5 years after that game's release as it does a MK8D expansion 3 years after its release, which is none at all.
It's the one that makes most sense, I think. Especially if BotW2 and Odyssey2 come out by 2021.
Captain Toad was a port, so it's different in that way. And Odyssey is likely to get a sequel on the Switch, and has a very small online community. MK8 is still alive and well, not likely to get a sequel for at least three or four years and that will be on another platform.
Mario Kart and Splatoon make the most sense for a next gen launch game. Pair one of them with an experimental Wii Sports/1-2 Switch type game and that would be a typical Nintendo console launch.
Switch 2 won't be released until 2022, so there's plenty of time to another Mario and a new Zelda be developed after Mario odissey 2 and zelda botw 2.
I could see MK8DX being the only MK on Switch, even without any DLC. But what the heck is the MK team working on since ARMS? Surely it's not just a sequel to ARMS or MK9? That would be too early I think.
If Switch 2 launches in 2022 there most definitely wouldn't be enough time.
Being a port doesn't change things. Pokken was a port and got DLC. MK8D was also a port and got DLC updates even if it was just BotW Link and Labo support.
The problem is the business model of developing premium DLC after a game was unsupported for years and its players moved on.
His most talkative sources seem to come from EA and Ubisoft. He doesn't have many Japanese sources in general.
I'm still gambling on Metroid Prime 4 being a launch title. Splatoon 3 can wait a little bit longer. especially if they do a spinoff in the meantime
Yeah that seems to be case which is a bummer because I would gladly take a few tidbits here and there. 👀
That was a good 8 months after release. MK8DX has been out two and a half years. Not even close to the same situation.
I want Nintendo Kart, and I'd gladly take another Arms also but i gotta be realstic.
Mario Kart was a victim of bad timing. If Wii U had a longer life then we would have gotten a new game. Sucks that a port of a game from 2014 may be our only MK game this generation but that's how it is.
Mario Kart was a victim of bad timing. If Wii U had a longer life then we would have gotten a new game. Sucks that a port of a game from 2014 may be our only MK game this generation but that's how it is.
That's the thing with MK. It would make sense to make a new one in 1-2 years but it keeps selling so good. I wouldn't be surprised if they did start developing a new one but decided to keep it for later.
So in this case a dlc wouldn't be bad idea. Then again, why do a dlc when the game keeps selling like that on auto pilot.
So to sum up my thoughts, they have no reason to do dlc now, any development resources and ideas for that could go in the next one, and the next one won't come any time soon since the one we have keep selling. And that's why I give some credibility to the rumors talking about a new racing game based on a different Nintendo ip.
2 year dev cycles aren't really a thing anymore, especially for 3D Mario and 3D Zelda.
I can see Mario Kart getting DLC but only GaaS style in order to give Nintendo Switch Online another boost. Adding events on a regular basis with additional cart parts or adding in costumes a bit Mario kart tour style etc etc.
Also last year we got Tetris 99 and its still being widely supported and was seemingly a big success. Do we think we are due another similar addition to NSO this year?
Also last year we got Tetris 99 and its still being widely supported and was seemingly a big success. Do we think we are due another similar addition to NSO this year?
want me to make some up for you?So no News or legit Rumors / Leaks for a upcoming Nintendo Direct?...
Nah I'm good... just red all the BS 4Chan Leaks.. so I'm good atm;)
Why would there be at this point?So no News or legit Rumors / Leaks for a upcoming Nintendo Direct?...
You guys are right.
So does that mean we aren't getting a new switch in 2022 or we are getting a new switch in 2022 without a new Mario and a new Zelda?
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Guys, Mario Kart 9 already released this summer! Why must you disrespect our Gatcha-based Overlord just because it doesn't have a proper 9 in the title?
I think Switch 2 will be 2023, but not because developing a new Zelda after releasing BOTW2 in 2020 (hypothetically) takes at three years or more. Rather, it's because the plan was always to make the current Switch last 6 years or so.
I seriously doubt that mk9 will have more of even as many tracks and characters than MK8. They don't need a smash Bros kart. I believe they'll try something a little more ambitious than that. At least they should. More of the same is boring, if the only appeal is driving with pit or solid snake.
Regarding mk9 coming soon, I believe it will because when such project would have been greenlit (early 2017, as arms was probably done by April), they had no idea that MK8 would sell so fucking good. The switch was at the beginning of its life and while it started well, it had everything to prove; hence why they announced things like mp4/bayo3 so early. They may decide to sit for another year on mk9, but I'm pretty sure it's their next game. My bet remains FY2020.
Regarding mk9 coming soon, I believe it will because when such project would have been greenlit (early 2017, as arms was probably done by April), they had no idea that MK8 would sell so fucking good. The switch was at the beginning of its life and while it started well, it had everything to prove; hence why they announced things like mp4/bayo3 so early. They may decide to sit for another year on mk9, but I'm pretty sure it's their next game. My bet remains FY2020.
TGA was the Direct. See you next year!So no News or legit Rumors / Leaks for a upcoming Nintendo Direct?...
Yep, but in my opinion it won't be sequel to ARMS. Excited to find out which game genre are they working with.
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