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    • Now that we have confirmation of a June Direct, the question then becomes "What are they going to show there?" This will almost certainly be the last Direct focused on the current Switch model.  So I reckon they're gonna look to go out on a good note here. Wasting Metroid Prime 4 on the current Switch would be a stupid move, but if it is going to still happen for the existing Switch 1; this is the game's last chance of being announced for Switch 1.  If it doesn't appear here, then it's a guaranteed launch window title for Switch 2; and it'll probably be exclusive and not a cross-generational release. Now, I think it's safe to say that the majority of the Switch 1's lineup is gonna be made up of Wii U ports and Wii/3DS HD remasters/remakes, we all know this, has been the case for around a year now.  But I do think we're gonna get a small handful of new games and we already know about Nintendo World Championships, but I propose that we could also be looking at a new Mario Party game too. ND Cube usually put out one game every 1-1.5 years and the last game they worked on was Everybody 1,2,Switch as a co-development with EPD (Their last solo game being Mario Party Superstars in 2021), so I reckon they'd be due another release come November this year.  We have had late-life Mario Party releases a few times before (7, Advance, 9 and Top 100 all spring to mind immediately) and it's basically a guaranteed 7+ million seller by this point.  So I reckon it'd fit the bill nicely. HAL are also due to pump out one more Kirby game (their last release being Kirby & The Forgotten Land in 2022 - KRTDdx was made by Vanpool; before being shut down that same year... perhaps their staff were absorbed by HAL and IS?).  You all know that every Nintendo console has to close out with an incredibly late Kirby game, it's basically law at this point.  So I'm gonna bet on a Kirby game either at the end of this year, or start of 2025. Naturally, we also have Level 5's upcoming games that are due eventually too.  Not unlikely that they'll show up here again with new trailers and (hopefully!) release dates. Add on a spattering of ports/remasters/remakes (Metroid Prime 2 & 3, Zelda TP HD/TWW HD seem like shoe-ins at least) and you've got yourself a solid console closing Direct I reckon  
    • I figured they would at least mention the Switch 2 today so glad they didn't disappoint on that front. Probably the same sort of cycle as the original Switch, reveal in the Autumn and release in Spring. Very interested to see what games they announce in the June direct, could Prime 4 finally make an appearance? Good to see Princess Peach: Showtime shift over a million copies. Shame we didn't get numbers for Another Code but it was to be expected really.  Interesting that if they hit their sales target for the next fiscal year they would surpass the DS and be getting very close to PS2's total 
    • Wonder if the people who got refunded are just going to buy the game again... They must have known that adding the PSN requirement would then restrict what countries it would be available in though.
    • Bring on the Nintendo Cinematic Universe 😜  Seriously though this is great news. We all hoped it would be a good fan service film and it certainly was received well by most. 
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