Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "While we know a lot about what Nintendo is planning for 2022, there’s plenty of mystery to be uncovered. So let’s try to uncover these mysteries with our five Nintendo predictions for 2022!"
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Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
These are solid options. My personal 5.
1. Breath of the Wild 2 releases 2022 / 2023 alongside Switch successor. Considering Zelda is pretty much an end/start of a generation franchise now, it might slip to early 2023 if the Switch successor decides to come out in Spring 2023 (like the Switch) instead of holiday 2022.
2. Switch Successor will be leaked mid 2022, announced late 2022 and release either holiday 2022 or Spring 2023. It will be based on a 6nm mobile version of NVIDIA's Tegra Orin. This will help get the TDP and performance into a handheld, since full Orin is 65w and based on Ampere (8nm). A mobile version can reduce CPU core count from 12-core to 8-core ARM CPU, and cut the GPU cores down to around 1/4 with a clock speed around 1 GHz docked, and with at least 8GB LPDDR5 it will put the Switch 2 on par with the Xbox One in a handheld form backed by DLSS for higher resolutions / more 60 fps.
3. Nintendo partners with Sega and other Japanese companies. Nintendo isn't going to buy-up studios like Microsoft and Sony, but they will likely have key partnerships with Japanese studios for exclusive content such as a new Sonic game, a new Monster Hunter, Nintendo Dynasty Warriors, new Square JRPGs, and more big AAA 3rd party Japanese games, as well as, getting more 3rd party Western PS4 and XBO ports Yakuza franchise, Virtua Fighter 5, Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Star Ocean, Kingdom Hearts, Souls Games, Anime Games, etc...
4. Nintendo will focus on becoming more of an Entertainment company, instead of primarily being a gaming company. Nintendo will start to promote more Nintendo-centric events and mascots. Things like planning to expand their theme park concept, opening more Pokemon Centers in major cities around the world, getting involved in more Nintendo movies / YouTube shorts. Getting serious about holograms, so that their mascots can be represented in real-time via Holograms.
5. Nintendo Online will still be a subpar offering.
Those are pretty accurate predictions I'd say. We might not see a next gen tease this year though - 50/50 I'd say.
No. There won't be any switch 2/pro announcements this year. Please stop torturing yourselves. Switch is only half way through its lifespan according to Nintendo.
Alan Wake Remastered is the most obvious since it was already rated by two rating boards for the Switch. Persona 4 Golden and Persona 3 Portable have been simply rumored but with all these ongoing anniversary announcements, it is a possibility. I'm still praying for a Fallout 3 Remastered but I won't hold my breath. Hoping for localization of Chaos;Child / Chaos;Head Noah Double Pack since it's getting a Japanese release next month. I'm hoping for ports and localizations of Summer Pockets, Rewrite+ and A Sky Full of Stars. New Switch won't happen until 2023.
1. I think BotW 2 will release in 2022.
2. I think there will be a game or two that does get delayed (e.g. Mario + Rabbids).
3. We will FINALLY see some footage of Metroid Prime 4 later in the year. Release window is 2023.
4. No new Switch revisions or hardware in the works, but we do start hearing rumblings about a Switch successor and it's codename (which will be officially revealed the following year in 2023).
5. Nintendo will release Gameboy/GBA games on the Switch Online. They wont mention anything about the bad emulation of N64 games or really fix the service at all.