Our Nintendo Predictions: 2024 Version

1. Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet will obtain a number of updates all through 2023 together with DLC
   1. ✅ Yep, we had a number of updates to the sport culminating with model 3.0 and the 2nd of two DLCs that launched on Dec 14, 2023
2. Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will set new gross sales data for the Legend of Zelda sequence and for Nintendo Swap video games usually
   1. ✅ Yep, Tears of the Kingdom went on to grow to be the quickest promoting Zelda sport ever and one of many quickest promoting Swap video games of all time
3. The Pokémon Firm will showcase a brand new trailer for the Detective Pikachu 2 online game
   1. ✅ Yep, it even launched this yr as nicely! (Detective Pikachu Returns)
4. The Tremendous Mario Bros. film might be a hit regardless of some misgivings about numerous voice actor performances
   1. ✅ Sure, the Tremendous Mario Bros. film went on to move over $1 billion in gross sales
5. I do know I’ve mentioned this earlier than however I believe 2023 is the yr we’ll lastly see some information of what’s subsequent for Nintendo {hardware}. The Swap Lite launched in 2019 and the OLED mannequin launched in 2021. If we’re following the two yr cycle of {hardware} Nintendo used within the Nintendo DS period, its most profitable system ever, 2023 needs to be the yr for it.
   1. 🚫 Nope, no new {hardware} in 2023
6. Donkey Kong was revealed to have a brand new design for the Mario film. I believe this yr can be the best time to announce a brand new Donkey Kong sport.
   1. 🚫 Nope, no new DK sport sadly
7. I’ve been hoping for Metroid Prime 4 or Metroid Prime Trilogy information for awhile, I don’t assume they’ve needed to speak in regards to the trilogy till they’ve had one thing new to speak about for Metroid Prime 4. I believe that is the yr we’ll hear about each.
   1. 0.5 level, we did get Metroid Prime Remastered however nothing on the remainder of the trilogy or Metroid Prime 4
8. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom may have DLC introduced this yr, however the brand new content material might or might not launch in 2023
   1. 🚫 Nope, no DLC and nothing deliberate from what Nintendo has mentioned in an interview
9. I haven’t had F-Zero on my predictions for awhile however why not? I’m hoping there’s a brand new sport however I’d accept an F-Zero GX remaster.
   1. ✅ Yep, possibly not what followers had been hoping for, however F-Zero 99 launched and has garnered fairly a little bit of acclaim up to now
10. The Nintendo Swap will move the PS4 and Recreation Boy / Recreation Boy Shade to grow to be the third greatest promoting system of all time. Solely behind the Nintendo DS and PS2.
    1. ✅ Yep, the Nintendo Swap has solely the DS and PS2 to catch now

Wild Playing cards (2 factors every)

1. It’s been awhile since we’ve had the brand new iteration within the Tremendous Mario sequence, I might see a brand new title being introduced this yr.
   1. ✅ Yep, Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise was introduced and launched this yr! (2 factors)
2. The Simpsons Hit & Run turns 20 in 2023, I believe we’ll see a remaster or maybe a completely new Simpsons online game. It’s time!
   1. 🚫 Nope, hopefully some day!

That’s 8.5 factors for Justin

For Trev in 2023:

1. With the unhappy closure of the Wii U and 3DS eShops on March twenty seventh, you’ll see a few of their releases arrive on Swap in a single type or one other.
   1. 0.5 level, Luigi’s Mansion 2 Darkish Moon is getting a port to the Swap however not arriving til 2024
2. After rolling out a free addition of golf, Swap Sports activities will get much more updates in 2023. By yr’s finish, continued gross sales can even transfer it into the highest 15 best-selling Swap video games.
   1. 🚫 Nope, sadly no new updates for Swap Sports activities and it’s presently sitting at nineteenth on the record of Prime Promoting Swap video games
3. Will 30 years of Star Fox get a lot of an anniversary celebration? Most likely not, however I’m predicting we’ll see an replace to an older sport, both a GameCube entry or Zero, with a reworked management scheme.
   1. 🚫 Nope, no new Star Fox love in 2023
4. To have fun the primary E3 since 2019, the Pure Nintendo group will once more have a number of staffers on the present, together with some new faces. Talking of E3…
   1. 🚫 Nope, E3 is not any extra 😞
5. Do you know it’s been 5+ years since Metroid Prime 4 was introduced at 2017’s E3? They’ll have to indicate one thing!
   1. 🚫 Nope, nothing this yr, possibly subsequent hopefully!
6. I predict one other Pikmin 4 delay since we (oddly) noticed a lot extra of the cell app than precise footage. It’ll be unhappy, however after ready since 2015, we are able to wait a little bit extra.
   1. 🚫 Nope, Pikmin 4 launched this yr
7. 4 years after it was introduced, Detective Pikachu will lastly arrive on Nintendo Swap in 2023. Possibly we’ll get some extra concrete information on the film sequel, too?
   1. ✅ Yep, Detective Pikachu Returns lastly launched this yr!
8. The Pure Nintendo podcast will proceed its development, making a number of “better of” lists by the tip of the yr. Roger and Jemma will have fun by fueling their amiibo collections to much more heights.
   1. ✅ Yep, we miss Roger however I do know Jemma has been rising her assortment of amiibo this yr and the podcast is doing nice!
9. To have fun the tenth anniversary of NES Remix, Nintendo will launch an extended overdue follow-up. Will or not it’s chunks of SNES video games, N64 ones, a mashup, or one thing extra?
   1. 🚫 Nope, no new Remixes this yr
10. If BOTW 2 releases in Could, A Hyperlink Between Worlds HD might be Nintendo’s large Zelda sport for the 4th quarter, ten years after the unique landed on 3DS.
    1. 🚫 Nope, Tears of the Kingdom was all we had for Zelda video games in 2023

Wild Playing cards (2 factors every)

1. With Mario Kart 8 DX getting a lot DLC, Nintendo decides to have fun 20 years of Double Sprint by including the choice of two characters per car.
   1. 🚫 Sadly no
2. Pure Nintendo will return to correct print or exit in a blaze of glory attempting!
   1. ✅ Sure! We’re again in print!

That’s 4.5 factors for Trev

I acquired fortunate this yr! A number of mine ended up coming true however sadly that wasn’t the case for Trev. I’m comfortable that his Pikmin 4 delay prediction didn’t come true although — Trev is just too! 😄

Justin’s Predictions

1. 1. Metroid Prime 4 will lastly, lastly be proven off to the world once more, it will likely be one of many key video games to indicate off the visible capabilities of the Swap successor
   2. The Pokémon firm will announce Black/White remakes this yr, almost certainly throughout a Pokémon Presents on Pokémon Day 
   3. The Swap successor might be introduced AND launched this yr, I don’t assume it’ll be referred to as ‘New Nintendo Swap’ (not less than I hope not 😅) however I might see one thing like that comparable to Swap Nitro or one thing that also contains the ‘Swap’ title whereas additionally indicating an enormous step up from a processing energy perspective. 
   4. We’re due for a brand new 3D Mario, I might see it launch with the brand new system
   5. Metroid Prime 2 will get a remaster introduced this yr and possibly MP3 however I might see that being launched later
   6. The F-Zero franchise will get some extra love in 2024
   7. Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD will get ported to the Swap in 2024
   8. Nintendo will proceed to promote the unique Swap alongside the successor
   9. Backwards compatibility might be a major promoting level of the brand new system, all Swap video games will carry over and be capable of be performed Day 1 on the brand new system, this might be Nintendo’s first digital account setup that has full carry over 
   10. Nintendo made good strides with third get together help with the Swap. I believe that can proceed and I believe we’ll get a significant franchise introduced for the successor that even the Swap missed out on (assume franchises like Madden, Grand Theft Auto, Name of Responsibility, Battlefield, Far Cry, and so forth)

    

2. Wild Playing cards*
   1. I mentioned this final yr that we’d get a brand new Donkey Kong sport introduced however I believe 2024 is the yr particularly with the brand new system launching and the brand new DK part getting into at Tremendous Nintendo World in Japan
   2. The subsequent Mario Kart sport can even be introduced

Trev’s Predictions

1. Whereas they’re probably not my factor, Nintendo will add one other new cell app or sport in 2024. Talking of…
2. Overlook the cell Dr. Mario World or the ports accessible on Swap On-line. The puzzle sequence will get a model new entry. And in contrast to the download-only entries comparable to On-line RX, Miracle Treatment, or Categorical, it will likely be a full-fledged launch (if this does come true, count on it to make Justin’s Prime 5)
3. There was already a rumor on this one a few months again as a consequence of a trademark submitting. However to have fun its tenth anniversary, one of many best-selling 3DS video games, Tomodachi Life, will arrive on Swap in a single type or one other.
4. Alongside related traces, I predicted final yr that the 3DS hit, A Hyperlink Between Worlds, would get an HD replace to have fun its tenth anniversary. That by no means occurred, however I nonetheless consider the Hyperlink’s Awakening HD engine might be used once more—the sport’s, in any case, among the many high 25 best-selling Swap video games ever. So, I’m revisiting a prediction I initially made in 2020, speculating that the Oracle video games will obtain the remake therapy.
5. Nintendo will supply one thing sizable to draw new or returning Swap On-line gamers. One thing past sport trials and sporadic releases of older video games. Suppose free new content material.
6. I’ve by no means predicted a Swap follow-up, despite the fact that these rumors have been flying for years. That lastly adjustments now, as I predict that Nintendo will announce (although not essentially launch) a Swap successor in 2024.
7. If the above is true, some footage of launch video games will seemingly be proven. Metroid Prime 4, lastly?  
8. If a brand new console/system/hybrid gained’t be out till 2025, Nintendo will wish to guarantee they’re nonetheless shifting the varied Swap fashions available on the market. Count on a mix of finances ports, worth cuts, and a Nintendo Choose line of greatest sellers.
9. Talking of greatest sellers, the Swap has (on the time I write this) over 80 video games which have handed 1 million copies bought. What new video games could possibly be added to that record? When all’s mentioned and accomplished, can the million vendor sport record hit triple digits? Most likely not in 2024, however there might be a couple of new additions.
10. What’ll be new with amiibo within the coming yr? Given all I’ve heard in regards to the distinctive characters in Paper Mario: The Thousand-12 months Door, I wouldn’t be stunned (and comfortable) to see some arrive when the sport returns for a Swap launch.

Wild Playing cards*

1. Skylanders will return in a single type or one other. Given the connection with previous video games on Nintendo {hardware}, I believe the brand new launch will finally show hottest with Nintendo followers. Simply don’t be grasping, Activision!
2. As increasingly more depart Twitter, Pure Nintendo will discover a new viewers on the Blue Sky social app.

*Wild Playing cards are price 2 factors

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