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Subject: 2019 Gaming Predictions Mon 31 Dec 2018 - 16:53
I'm open to humorous subtitle suggestions. The usual: bung up what you think will happen in 2019 in the world of gaming, then look back at your foolish hopes and laugh, laugh, laugh.
Nintendo
The Smash Bros. Ultimate season pass contains at least one more character who's never seen the light of day properly on a Nintendo platform. Balladeer turns puce just thinking about it. Also, it contains an indie character of some sort. They're fun to play as.
One of the SSBU characters' games is brought to Switch. No more than one, mind.
Daemon x Machina is good, but not quite as good as I'm hoping. Measured 'objectively' by a score in the 80s on Metacritic.
Yoshi's Crafty World doesn't manage to hit the same heights. Measured 'objectively' by a 65-79 score on Metacritic.
We finally see Metroid Prime 4. It has disappointing voice-acted NPCs in it. It's also delayed until 2020.
Pokémon Gen. 8 links into Let's Go! in a big way. Trumpets the connectivity on the box or something. It introduces new Megas. Balladeer turns puce again.
One and only one of the following announced at E3: Star Fox, F-Zero, 2D Mario, Paper Mario, Waluigi's Great Adventure.
Switch redesign announced. It's smaller, but has no power drop: more a redesign than a new version.
SNES games announced for Switch Online. N64 games are not.
Nintendo finally stop pretending to support the 3DS. No first or second-party games in the last three months of the year, or a formal notice.
Nontendo
Continues to fade into irrelevance against the GLORIOUS SWITCH.
Please do submit forumite ones as well, those were the best bits.
Hah, jokes on you, I don't have any hopes or dreams to be crushed by reality! Only half-joking
Nintendo:
-Pokemon gen 8 to exist, possible late-year release -Fire Emblem Three Houses to somehow have a decent localisation despite Treehouse being involved -Zelda rumours begin to float around, but nothing concrete beyond "we're working on a new game". Internet to explode anyway. -Some old IP to get a new game, but for it to not be F-Zero because god forbid they make a futuristic racer without any gimmicks -Switch to get a handheld SKU -3DS to continue to get releases to the bafflement of even myself.
Microsoft:
-Continue to become irrelevant as the PS4 and a PC do the exact same job far better
Sony:
-Censorship woes to begin impacting Japanese companies making games for the PS4, Nintendo to begin seeing a slight increase in third party support as a result. -Something something generic zombie game 102 and 103 to be shown off again, continue to be vaporware -Generic shootybang games galore as usual -New Tales game, releasing early 2020 in the west.
To be fair about Joker there've been rumours for a while of a new version of Persona 5 being in the works, and the smart money is it releasing on the Switch. So odds are you'll get to see Joker in action in his own game if you choose before the year is out.
JayMoyles Galactic Nova
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I'll do some predictions this year - 10 for Ninty and 5 each for the rest.
Nintendo
1) Sora to be announced for Smash alongside ports of the Kingdom Hearts series for Switch 2) Metroid Prime 4 to be delayed to 2020 3) Animal Crossing will be this year's big autumn release 4) Pokémon will be the big winter game 5) And I guess that leaves Fire Emblem as the summer game 6) Spring? Fuck knows. Yoshi? 7) SNES games will not be added to the Switch Online offerings Skyward Sword Remastered to be revealed 9) New 2D Zelda game to be announced 10) New Nintendo IP to be shown off too
Sony
1) FFVII Remake to finally get a release date, 2020 naturally 2) Horizon Zero Dawn 2 to be announced 3) Bloodborne 2 (or the spiritual successor at the very least) to be revealed 4) PS5 announcement at PSX this year, and it'll be disappointing 5) Death Stranding will get a release date. 2020, natch
Microsoft
1) Xbox Two or whatever announced this year - backwards compatible out of the box and a heavy push on on-demand games services like Game Pass 2) Microsoft will show off at least six exclusives from their new studios to tempt people to pick up their new console 3) New Rare platformer 4) The Outer Worlds to get exclusive content on Xbox by way of Obsidian being first party now 5) Despite all this, Microsoft will still struggle compared to Sony in 2019
Other
1) Valve still won't bother announcing a new game 2) New Ace Attorney to be revealed 3) Harry Potter action RPG thing to be released in the autumn 4) Shadow of Tsushima will win the majority of GOTY awards 5) Mother 3 will... not be announced for the West. You've beat the optimism out of me, Nintendo.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Nintendo 1. E3 Booth to based on one game which is likely Animal Crossing 2. Some sort of Zelda game to keep the one game per year since about 2010 Yep Link's Awakening 3. Level-5 Character in SMASH 4. Koei Tecmo Character in SMASH 5. Some sort of partnership with MS likely Banjo in SMASH 6. New Switch like DSi, New 3DS, PS4 Pro, One X 7. Something else comes to NSO that isn't an NES game I think Tetris 99 has to count as it's only on NSO 8. Wii U port (Not NSMBU) to 3DS or Switch 9. A GameCube game get's HD'd 10. Ubisoft exclusive thing
PlayStation 1. Two PSX like events (I think one will be June time either before or after E3) 2. PS5 will be shown at the later PSX to launch in 2020 3. New Uncharted game not from Naughty Dog announced 4. Bluepoint announces their new game 5. MediEvil is not good (It never was that good, yes I will buy it) eg less than 70 on Metacritic 6. Days Gone is actually good eg 75+ on Metacritic but no one really cares that much about (Yes I will get it) 7. Guerrilla shows of the other game (not HZD2) which will likely be part of the PS5 showcase 8. Only one of the Big Three comes out in 2019 with Death Stranding to be the most likely 9. Death Stranding to be really divisive on Metacritic so either critic's give it 90+ but Users 3's or the other way around with things like you love Kojima or you don't get Kojima 10. PS4 passes 100m sold and may even pass the Wii & PS1
Microsoft 1. Scarlett is announced at E3 2. Scarlett to have two SKU's 3. MS will have some sort of Japanese team 4. MS will buy at least two studios 5. Gears 5 to launch in October 6. RARE allow someone to use an IP (like with Battletoads) 7. Fable is announced from Playground 8. Less than three games from the new studios come out (Doesn't count things like Outer Worlds) 9. Some sort of Japanese exclusive 10. Some sort of partnership with Nintendo likely Banjo in SMASH
Other 1. Final Fantasy XVI announced 2. Watch Dogs 3 to be the big Ubisoft end of the year game 3. Epic Games store to get a big timed exclusive Metro Exodus for a start 4. Shenmue III is bad 5. Cyberpunk 2077 to be confirmed for PS5 and Scarlett 6. THQ buys some random IP They bought Kingdom Come Deliverance and have like 80 games in development now 7. Google releases its streaming box thing 8. Red Dead Redemption 2 comes to PC 9. Marvel game announced 10. Rocksteady announce their new game
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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Hah, jokes on you, I don't have any hopes or dreams to be crushed by reality! Only half-joking...
To be fair about Joker there've been rumours for a while of a new version of Persona 5 being in the works, and the smart money is it releasing on the Switch. So odds are you'll get to see Joker in action in his own game if you choose before the year is out.
More Chibnall's Doctor Who for you in 2019, then.
I've seen the rumours, and I definitely hope they're true. That's also why I felt the need to make my Point 2 more specific!
JayMoyles wrote:
7) SNES games will not be added to the Switch Online offerings...
5) Mother 3 will... not be announced for the West. You've beat the optimism out of me, Nintendo.
Just because you've been crushed, Jay, it doesn't mean you're allowed to crush me.
masofdas wrote:
4. Shenmue III is bad
Hooray, we've all been crushed!
JayMoyles Galactic Nova
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For the SNES Online thing, I think that's going to boil down to Nintendo being a) tight-fisted and b) not really getting online, still. I just don't see it happening - I hope to be pleasantly surprised!
The_Jaster Din
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I could've swore it'd been announced as 2019. Perhaps that's me getting Nintendo and 'the Internet' mixed up again.
The_Jaster wrote:
Complains about being crushed when he writes stuff like this.
That's more me pre-crushing myself so I'm not even more crushed when it happens. 2020 seems likely, though: that's not crushing, that's just them giving the game extra time to get it right!
The_Jaster Din
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If it doesn't make it out this year for those reasons I can accept that BUT disappointing voice acted NPC's? A prediction like that will crush even the most casual Metroid fan.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Well the internet is wrong as you can all go see the financial report which looks like this
Animal Crossing 2019 Bayonetta 3 TBA Daemon X Machina 2019 Fire Emblem: Three Houses Q2 2019 Luigi's Mansion 3 2019 Metroid Prime 4 TBA New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe January 11th Pokémon RPG 2019 TOWN 2019 Yoshi's Crafted World Q1 2019
Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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If it doesn't make it out this year for those reasons I can accept that BUT disappointing voice acted NPC's? A prediction like that will crush even the most casual Metroid fan.
I just can't help recalling MP3C's abominable lot. With BotW getting voices that were okay, but nothing special, sadly I can see it happening. I hope to gracious I'm wrong.
The_Jaster Din
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The difference is it isn't really something Metroid fans ever asked for whereas Zelda fans did for a really long time, and they have now had two badly voiced acted games (MP3 and OM) so I can only hope they realised their mistakes and know Metroid doesn't need it.
JayMoyles Galactic Nova
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Skyward Sword HD is announced - everyone's excited because they forgot they didn't enjoy it that much
I can see this happening, but nope: I remember. The sky does not count as an overworld Nintendo, I don't care how literally over the world it is! Also where's my Tokyo Mirage Sessions port!?
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Skyward Sword HD is announced - everyone's excited because they forgot they didn't enjoy it that much
I can see this happening, but nope: I remember. The sky does not count as an overworld Nintendo, I don't care how literally over the world it is! Also where's my Tokyo Mirage Sessions port!?
That's because Skyward Sword deliberately doesn't have an overworld as it is a linear action-adventure game. Skyloft works well as a central hub that you periodically return to for upgrades.
I love Skyward Sword!
Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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So were Ocarina, Twilight Princess, Minish Cap... heck, even Majora was functionally linear in the way it worked, and that managed an overworld. Skyward Sword doesn't get a free pass for that, not from me anyway. Deliberately scrapping one of the better things about Zelda games does not a great Zelda game make!
I did still enjoy SS though, although I had further problems with it. The motion controls were (yes Jimbob) excellent.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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