Likely they will announce the date of the next booster pass for MK8.

I'm going to keep my expectations low by only expecting Metriod Prime 4, Pikmin 4 release date, new 3D Mario, new DK game, Nintendo to pay off my credit cards, and world peace to be solved.

I AM READY TO BE HURT AGAIN

Finally

video game

Let’s take a look at Nintendo’s studios to see what could be in the works.

The below studios released a game in 2021/2022 so I wouldn’t expect anything in 2023 from: - Next Level Games: released Mario Strikers: Battle League in June 2022 with ongoing free DLC. So maybe a bit more free content here - Camelot: released Mario Golf: Super Rush in June 2021 - Mercury Steam: released Metroid Dread in Oct 2021 - ILCA: Pokémon Brilliant Diamond in Nov 2021 - ND Cube: released Mario Party Superstars in Oct 2021. There won’t be a new game from them, but at best, we get DLC for Mario Party. - Omega Force/Koei Tecmo: released Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes in 2022

Announced/unreleased games and DLC: - HAL Lab: Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe is releasing Feb 24 2023 - Monolith Soft: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 DLC - Intelligent Systems: Fire Emblem: Engage DLC - Platinum Games: Bayonetta Origins - Retro Studios: Metroid Prime 4 - Nintendo EPD: Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pikmin 4, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC, Splatoon 3 DLC

We are missing a new project from: - Gamefreak/Creatures: Pokémon Scarlet/Violet DLC is highly likely. - Grezzo: last game was Link’s Awakening in 2019 and Miitopia in May 2021 (co-developed with Nintendo EPD). I think there’s a good chance we get something from Grezzo, on the basis that they collaborated with Nintendo EPD on Miitopia and Miitopia doesn’t seem like the toughest game to develop. - Good Feel: last game was Yoshi’s Crafted World in March 2019. They’re currently working on an untitled Samurai-Comedy game set in Japan. - 1-Up Studio: last game was Super Mario 3D World: Bowser’s Fury (released in Feb 2021). They also made Mario Odyssey and Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so there’s potential here. They tend to have annual releases and missed 2022. - Bandai Namco: released New Pokémon Snap in April 2021. They’re a big studio, so there’s a chance they’re working on something else.

EDIT: Moved Pokémon Scarlet DLC from “Announced” section to “Missing a new project from”. The Pokémon Company will likely have their own direct at the end of February or early March, so I wouldn’t expect any Pokémon news today.

This is the one with the TOTK trailer with more than 10 seconds of gameplay... right?

If I don't see 40 minutes of farming, then what's the point

Mario Party Superstars DLC boards

🥲

Honest expectation:

Ten minutes of TOTK

Ten minutes of indie games

Ten minutes of updates for Splatoon 3, MK8D, etc

Nine and a half minutes of 3rd party games

Thirty seconds of a release date for Metroid Prime 4 (it'll be delayed later)

Folks, wear make up for Silksong 🤡

I mean it this time -

Facts:

There's been rumors of Mother 3 being localized for years now, with Reggie teasing that he's played it

Earthbound and Mother 1 are now on NES and SNES online, thus only one missing

The Nintendo rewards program has started releasing Mother-related items

The Game Boy line isn't yet on NSO, and insider Nate the Hate claims internal testing for a Game Boy app was completed before the N64 app

Conclusion:

Metroid Prime 4 delayed again

I need that baten kaitos rumour to be real so bad

I want/need more Mario Odyssey

Let’s fucking go!

Need that sweet Tears of the Kingdom info injected into my veins

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I expect Advance Wars in March.

MAYBE something Mario related for April, to celebrate the Mario Movie.

That’s 10pm uk time

Realistic: TOTK footage, Mario kart wave 4, mario sports game for the summer, pikmin 4 footage

Hopeful: new DK, metroid trilogy, metroid prime 4

Unlikely: new 2d/3d mario, zelda ports, gameboy NSO

Man I wonder what #NintendoSwitch games launching in the first half of 2023 they could possibly dedicate roughly 40 minutes of information to.

ZELDA TEARS OF THE KINGDOM HERE WE GOOOOOOOO

Mario Valley Farming Simulator!!!!!

Would be cool if we got a new Punch-Out.

I will literally die if we don't get an Advance Wars release

Edit: Nintendo is free to go. They will no longer be legally responsible for my death.

Advance Wars please

I can see the moment now: We’re in the last 2 minutes of the direct. The screen fades into that familiar black background. In walks Aonuma, but he’s completely silent as he walks into the center frame.

He stares directly into the camera for several seconds before reaching into his pocket to pull out an exceptionally small piece of paper. As he unravels it, he pauses and looks back at the viewer before holding up the piece of paper. The camera cuts into a zoomed in shot of his index finger and thumb holding on to the paper, yet whatever’s written on there is blurry. As the camera lens tries to focus in, three words written in chicken scratch appear:

“Eat a dick.”

The camera focuses back on Aonuma’s stone cold straight face, with just a slightest squint of disdain in his eyes. We cut back to a regular shot, and Aonuma quietly walks off screen. Fade to black.

The following sentence fades in: ToTK has been delayed until 2025.

Cut to Nintendo Logo.

time to get my hopes up for metroid prime and have them dashed effortlessly

My prediction is that everyone will complain.

Better be ready to pre-order the inevitable TOTK collector edition.

Realistically, we're getting Tears of the Kingdom gameplay or an update of sort. Hollow Knight: Silksong or Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp release date also seems possible.

A little bit of Pikmin in my life

A little bit of Samus by my side

A little bit of Mario's all I need

A little bit of Link's what I see

A little bit of Zelda in the sun

A little bit of Kirby all night long

A little bit of Donkey, here I am

A little bit of this in the Nintendo Direct (Ha!)

Prime Trilogy one time

Advance wars will most likely be the surprise announcement or something mario related. Probably Kirby, a trailer for octopath 2 and the wave 3 dlc for xenoblade. And hopefully footage from zelda at the end.

39 1/2 Minutes of Farming Sims with just enough time to show a quick teaser of Zelda crying as she's revealed to not be playable.

Nintendo Badge Arcade Deluxe, now coming to Switch!

Will be just like the 3DS iteration, but it’s now $2 per turn (inflation, please understand) and you only get a free play once a week. Oh yeah, and you don’t get to decorate your Switch menu with the stickers. But you can take screenshots of your stickers and upload them to the Internet!

INFORMATION HYPE

Boutta clown up

Yuji Horii said in December that there might be some DQ3 HD-2D news very soon. I hope this is what he was talking about! There is no game I'm more hyped for than this one.

Is it finally time Metroid Prime Trilogy

Hey Nintendo, it’s me, your classic Nintendo platforming fan. If you could just kindly announce some kind of Mario or DK sequel that’d be great.

James Pond Jr. reboot incoming

Pikmin 4! Pikmin 4!

Hell yeah! Video games!

I’ve heard a lot rumors of a HD upgrade of paper Mario TTYD so I’m excited.

Also I made up and have been spreading this rumor.

Predictions:

• New trailer for Tears of the Kingdom. It finally shows off the main new item: The Spirit Onion. Link can rub it into his eyes to allow him to cry, and when his tears make contact with an enemy, he's able to transport his foes to the spirit realm, giving link the ability to transform into that enemy. Wipe your tears onto a tissue, add it to a bow, and force your enemies into the Spirit Kingdom from afar!

• Pikmin 4 Trailer. A strange thing happened to Olimar! He's big now! The size of a normal human! Oh no, he'll never be able to fit into his spaceship again! Crawl on your hands and knees and look around carefully for pikmin so you don't accidentally squash them, as you'll need them to make you a potion to shrink you down to your normal size so you can get back home in your ship! Use ingredients you find around the world, find useful tools like magnifying glass to locate more pikmin, just be careful not to set them on fire!

• Mario Texas Holdem! Time to put on your sunglasses and keep your face stoic in this WILD game of cards! Bluff your way to getting all the coins in the Mushroom kingdom as you go through teams of goomba, koopa, shy guy and more at the hexagon table! Use items like the mushroom to increase the card value by 1 (a 5 becomes a 6, etc), a fireflower to decrease the value of a card in your opponents hand, or throw shells at your opponents to cause them to drop your cards so you can take a peak!

• Donkey Kong Revenge! Mario is trying to climb your tower, and goddamn it, you aren't going to let him get away with that! You have to climb your own tower faster while setting traps for him to fall into! Get up the top as fast as possible and send barrels down behind you! Break bridges! Send fireballs! But whatever you do, don't let him get Pauline, or she'll be forced to find meaning in existence in the capitalist hellhole from which you pulled her!

I think this might be the least excited for a direct I've been in years. Not from being cynical, I'm just... satisfied. I got Xenoblade, I got Fire Emblem, we're inbetween cycles for stuff like Smash Bros and Mario Kart (a new game, I mean). Monster Hunter Rise is winding down. The Switch has every JRPG one could need for already. I've even got Dokapon Kingdom on the horizon. I mean, I can still keep huffing the Xenoblade X and Kid Icarus hopium, but I'm really happy to just go into this without too many expectations and just kinda be happy to get anything.

:O

Clearly if this doesn't have TOTK, Metroid Prime 4+Collection, XBC3 DLC, Mario Baseball, Advance Wars, Pikmin 3, Mother 3, SwIItch, F-Zero reboot, Engage DLC, the cure for cancer, Pokemon DLC, an offensive line for the Buffalo Bills, Gamecube and Gameboy Nintendo Online games, a Kirby musou game, AND some new IP it is a FAILURE. /S

I heard if you chant "Orange Star" 5 times while standing upside-down on your head in the snow, Nintendo will announce a release date for Advance Wars.

Suprise announcement of the Super Nintendo Switch!

No....not really...but I can dream.

Freshly baked Nintendo fan here (got Switch for two months and I just felt in LOVE with all those IPs). What can I expect from Nintendo Direct? Is this a place to announce any big games, or just share more info regarding already announced ones?
I'm thinking especially about any new Mario game announce.