Topic: What will Nintendo release in 2024?

[Khushrenada]

What? Safe Khushrenada did not dominate crush the prediction thread last year? Madness Khushrenada actually got some points?! I blame Nintendo! It's time balance was restored to the Force Visions, er, prediction game. I didn't think I'd have to do this again but, if there's one thing I know about Steefosaurus (which obviously isn't knowing the actual username he's currently had for a couple years), Steef-a-roni loves it when someone submits 30 predictions disguised as three people. Or maybe just consider this the forum equivalent of a Dr. Goomba Tower. It's a Prognosticating Khushrenada Tower. Surely this time, everything the Khushrenada Coven says will come to pass...

[Khushrenada]

Look out! He's back to make the same boring predictions again. Only this time he's slightly angry that he has to repeat himself.

Safe Khushrenada

1. Nintendo will finally talk about the Switch successor, their next gaming system, and when it will launch.

2. One of the games shown for the Switch successor will be a game with Mario in it.

3. Nintendo will release a special edition Switch Oled this year.

4. Nintendo will announce (at least) two new Amiibo figures for the year.

5. More DLC will be available for free to those with the Online Expansion + subscription.

6. A Kirby game will be announced and released within 18 months of that announcement.

7. A previous Pokemon game will be revealed as getting remastered or remade new for Switch and released within a year of its announcement.

8. Metroid Prime 4 footage will finally be shown.

9. Hi-Fi Rush is announced and ported to Nintendo this year.

10. Another GameCube game will be released on Switch either as a port or remaster/remake.

[Khushrenada]

Forget those plain old vanilla predictions from Safe Khushrenada. Here's the zesty nacho cheese flavored predictions you really want to snack on. It's...

Bold Khushrenada

1. Nintendo's Switch successor does not release in 2024.

2. A new MonolithSoft title is announced and revealed.

3. Donkey Kong 64 comes to the Switch either on the N64 App or remade/remastered for Switch.

4. Another Game Console’s (i.e. Master System, Game Gear, Neo Geo, etc) games are added to the Expansion + subscription.

5. Yoshi’s Woolly World gets a Switch port. Previous Yarn Amiibos get restocked for it.

6. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! is brought to the Switch eShop.

And I'm done with Nintendo. We know they'll keep pumping out all sorts of Mario, Zelda, Pokemon game continuously. So let’s bold it and talk third party particularly since it's these louse partners which are forcing me to predict things now!

7. Shin Megami Tensei V returns. Either as a Complete Edition (or Director's Cut) game with DLC in one package or as a spinoff game. Atlus has to keep propping up Sega.

8. More Third Party talk. The Mass Effect Trilogy gets ported to the Switch. EA needs some cash!

9. Sega puts another Monkey Ball game on Switch. Sega really needs some extra income!

10. Pentiment also makes the jump from XBox to Switch. Microsoft desperately needs any kind of gaming revenue they can get!!! They almost quit making consoles earlier this month!

[Khushrenada]

Yes!!! He has returned once more. The lunatic legend. The man who makes Howard Beale look sane. The mad prophet of the gaming world. It's...

Madness Khushrenada!

1. Nintendo finally finds Star Fox under the couch cushions and decide to put a Star Fox game on the Switch this year.

2. A Mario sports game is released this year. (Not really that mad of a prediction. Just realized I forgot to make it earlier with the other Khushrenadas. It's trickle down predictions here!)

3. SNES Remix (a sequel to the NES Remix games) is announced and released within 18 months.

4. Endless Ocean returns from the grave and comes to the Switch this year.

5. Square ports over more Dragon Quest games (such as 4, 5, 6) to the Switch and announces Dragon Quest 12 will release on a Nintendo system.

6. Even more Square madness. Square brings Terranigma to the Switch.

7. Square-sanity! Fortune Street also returns to Switch this year.

8. Pushmo ain't dead either! A Pushmo collection is announced for Switch.

9. Spike Chunsoft delivers! AI: Somnium Files 3 is announced. The Zero Escape series is also ported to Switch.

10. Mother 3 actually releases in North America on the Switch GBA app.

11. Everyone else’s predictions go to 10. Not Madness Khushrenada. His picks go to 11. He's just so eXtreme! Chibi-Robo fire is real! The little robot who could stuns the world by coming to Switch in a Chibi-Robo collection of his first three games. It causes the Switch to not only surpass the PS2's total sales but also double them!! You heard it here first!

[Evan_B]

Either Madness Khush was aware of the rumored Endless Ocean announcement or he’s just that damn good.

Kind of embarrassed about the lack of Hi Fi Rush today. One game we all know is making it isn’t even mentioned.

EDIT: Further embarrassed by the Xbox press release that deconfirms Hi Fi Rush on Switch. DAMN! I’m stupid.

[Khushrenada]

Rumor has it that Madness Khushrenada heard the scuttlebutt and decided to go with it because it did seem kind of crazy. Also realize that I forgot to make a prediction that Silksong would release on the Switch / Switch 2 within a year. Even 30 some predictions isn't enough! Last year, Madness Khushrenada was going to predict Professor Layton returned when no one had even rumored that and then changed the prediction to something else. Endless Ocean makes up for that error.

When Microsoft didn't give full details about what games they would be porting in their damage control podcast, it was speculated that perhaps those announcement like Hi-Fi Rush were because they would be revealed as coming out around the launch of the Switch 2 and that's why Microsoft kept the details hushed. Obviously, this partner direct had a couple ports announced but no Hi-Fi Rush which was the most expected. Maybe it will still be saved for the launch of the Switch 2.

[Order.RSS]

Submissions are closed!
Feel free to continue speculation throughout the year, but they no longer net those desirable points.

[Khushrenada]

EDIT: Further embarrassed by the Xbox press release that deconfirms Hi Fi Rush on Switch. DAMN! I’m stupid.

What?! Where's the source on this?

[Dinar87]

Nintendo should really consider giving us the Fire Emblem 4 remake (especially as engage wasn't so well received, and heroes is apparently declining in popularity as well).

If the Switch 2 really is internally delayed to 2025 and we're getting nothing inbetween, then they really need to give us another solid remake/remaster to fill in the gaps.

[M.K.Ultra]

Concerning the games we already know about, I predict that Paper Mario TTYD will release before Luigi's Mansion 2

I got one!

[Dinar87]

2024 feeling dry asf already. If we don't get a general nintendo direct in april like the rumors said then that's going be sooo bad.

[Evan_B]

2024 feeling dry asf already. If we don't get a general nintendo direct in april like the rumors said then that's going be sooo bad.

Oh no! The software lineup of a seven year old console is lower in the year before its successor is released!

[Order.RSS]

2024 feeling dry asf already. If we don't get a general nintendo direct in april like the rumors said then that's going be sooo bad.

Regarding Nintendo's own output I definitely expect a lighter year, with mostly repackaged material while they gear up towards a successor system. It feels like the Splatoon 3 DLC went by entirely unnoticed outside of its existing audience, and outside of the Peach and Endless Ocean games there's not a whole lot on the horizon except for Pokémon.

That said the year has started with several great third party releases on Switch, like Balatro, Unicorn Overlord, and Prince of Persia. And it's gonna be another banner year for RPGs too, with Ys X, Suikoden remakes, Eiyuden Chronicles, SaGa Emerald Beyond, SMTV Vengeance, etc.
Coupled with the stacked past few years of releases to catch up on, I think the system is weathering its twilight years quite well.

[Khushrenada]

2024 feeling dry asf already. If we don't get a general nintendo direct in april like the rumors said then that's going be sooo bad.

I agree. With Paper Mario in May and Luigi's Mansion 2 in July, Nintendo is spacing out their releases more to every other month. Up to this point, their output has usually been releasing a game a month aside from the 2020 Covid year. Are they just going to try and port / remaster a couple more games to ride out the year (or whenever the Switch 2 releases) or leave it to third parties to fill in the year for software? Will they actually release a couple new games like Peach Showtime or hold that stuff back now for Switch 2? It's probably the right call to hold things back and make sure the Switch 2 is constantly getting new games added to its library to keep up launch momentum. I think Nintendo learned the value of that with Wii U and 3DS to an extent.

Personally, I've got so much in the backlog that I don't mind a slower year. I can pretend I'm catching up in that case but, at the same time, I do agree there's a weird paradox of not being excited to play games when it feels like there is nothing to get hyped about on the horizon. I don't know what it is about gaming specifically since I don't have that problem with other hobbies or media. It must be some kind of inadvertent behavior I trained into myself from all these years of playing games while always wanting to know the latest on what's next.

[Luigi Dude]

Oh every fucking year it's the same ****.  Most of the games that come out in the second half of the year don't get announced until around June.  I remember last year so many people were so sure that nothing was coming out after Tear of the Kingdom.  So this guaranteed that the Switch successor was coming out in the second half of 2023 has well.

Hell, there was still people around this time last year who still thought Nintendo was going to pull a Sega Saturn and suddenly release it's successor at the same time as Tears of the Kingdom, since there was nothing coming out after Zelda, and since Breath of the Wild was a cross gen release, it just made perfect sense.  Despite the fact that the reason Breath of the Wild was cross gen didn't apply to Tears of the Kingdom at all, and there was no credible rumors of third parties even having any games even remotely for a Switch successor release at that time either.  But nope, apparently nothing else is coming out after Zelda the Switch is dead and a new system just has to be coming out in a few months.

Seroiusly, they just announced a sequel to Endless Ocean and Pokemon Legends this last month, with Endless Ocean coming out in May.  Now people can argue that Endless Ocean is a niche title, but the first Pokemon Legends sold 15 million copies.  If a sequel to a game that big is coming out in 2025, is is really that hard for people to believe that Nintendo has other major titles ready to come out in the second half of 2024 as well.

That said the year has started with several great third party releases on Switch, like Balatro, Unicorn Overlord, and Prince of Persia. And it's gonna be another banner year for RPGs too, with Ys X, Suikoden remakes, Eiyuden Chronicles, SaGa Emerald Beyond, SMTV Vengeance, etc.
Coupled with the stacked past few years of releases to catch up on, I think the system is weathering its twilight years quite well.

Oh and this right here.  It's funny how in every previous gen people bitched non-stop about the lack of third party support on Nintendo systems, but now when the Switch has had great third party support, many Nintendo fans seem to completely ignore it.  The third party support the Switch had in the first half of this year alone, is already better than the support we'd have in entire years in the past.  Just look at the Nintendo Direct reaction on some of the more Nintendo centric forums last September when a lot of these great third party titles were first announced.  Some people were literally saying it was the worst Direct ever, worse then even the ones from the 3DS and Wii U era that literally had only a handful of games shown and Nintendo having to talk about other **** just to fill up time.

This gen has really shown that a lot of the Nintendo hardcore really don't care about anything that isn't the big Nintendo guns like Mario Platformer, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros, because so many great games get completely ignored by them.  Hell, some still ignore Splatoon despite the fact Splatoon 2 and 3 are both 10 million plus sellers.

It's like anything that's not directly related to the N64 and Gamecube era of Nintendo doesn't count, since that's when so many of them first came online to talk about Nintendo games and are permanently stuck in the early 2000's.

[Evan_B]

Oh and this right here.  It's funny how in every previous gen people bitched non-stop about the lack of third party support on Nintendo systems, but now when the Switch has had great third party support, many Nintendo fans seem to completely ignore it.  The third party support the Switch had in the first half of this year alone, is already better than the support we'd have in entire years in the past.  Just look at the Nintendo Direct reaction on some of the more Nintendo centric forums last September when a lot of these great third party titles were first announced.  Some people were literally saying it was the worst Direct ever, worse then even the ones from the 3DS and Wii U era that literally had only a handful of games shown and Nintendo having to talk about other **** just to fill up time.

This gen has really shown that a lot of the Nintendo hardcore really don't care about anything that isn't the big Nintendo guns like Mario Platformer, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros, because so many great games get completely ignored by them.  Hell, some still ignore Splatoon despite the fact Splatoon 2 and 3 are both 10 million plus sellers.

It's like anything that's not directly related to the N64 and Gamecube era of Nintendo doesn't count, since that's when so many of them first came online to talk about Nintendo games and are permanently stuck in the early 2000's.

Go off, go off.

[Ian Sane]

Regarding third party support I figure there is a big difference in attitude depending on if a person has only a Switch or also has another current console.  For multiplatform third party games the Switch version is usually the worst and often costs a bit extra.  So if you own a PS4 or 5 and don't specifically desire portability you'll probably get the game on one of those systems instead.  If that's your situation then the Switch's usefulness is entirely based on its exclusives, which is usually going to be first party games.

[Luigi Dude]

Regarding third party support I figure there is a big difference in attitude depending on if a person has only a Switch or also has another current console.  For multiplatform third party games the Switch version is usually the worst and often costs a bit extra.  So if you own a PS4 or 5 and don't specifically desire portability you'll probably get the game on one of those systems instead.  If that's your situation then the Switch's usefulness is entirely based on its exclusives, which is usually going to be first party games.

That's makes complaints even worse if you ask me.  If somebody has the money to own all the different systems, then who gives a **** if one system is lacking in exclusives you want to play at the moment.  It's like when millionaires complain about having to pay taxes when they're still worth millions of dollars after taxes and can still afford to buy anything they want.

Especially when last year, 2023 was one of the best years in gaming, that just had an insane amount of high quality games come out across the board on every system.  If somebody owns all the different systems, then I doubt they even had any time to remotely play all the great games that came out in 2023 alone, let alone all the great games that have already come out this year alone in less then 3 months.

[Dinar87]

2024 feeling dry asf already. If we don't get a general nintendo direct in april like the rumors said then that's going be sooo bad.

Oh no! The software lineup of a seven year old console is lower in the year before its successor is released!

They should show the switch 2 and some new games then. I want to see the next Xenoblade already!!!

[Dinar87]

Oh every fucking year it's the same ****.  Most of the games that come out in the second half of the year don't get announced until around June.  I remember last year so many people were so sure that nothing was coming out after Tear of the Kingdom.  So this guaranteed that the Switch successor was coming out in the second half of 2023 has well.

Hell, there was still people around this time last year who still thought Nintendo was going to pull a Sega Saturn and suddenly release it's successor at the same time as Tears of the Kingdom, since there was nothing coming out after Zelda, and since Breath of the Wild was a cross gen release, it just made perfect sense.  Despite the fact that the reason Breath of the Wild was cross gen didn't apply to Tears of the Kingdom at all, and there was no credible rumors of third parties even having any games even remotely for a Switch successor release at that time either.  But nope, apparently nothing else is coming out after Zelda the Switch is dead and a new system just has to be coming out in a few months.

Seroiusly, they just announced a sequel to Endless Ocean and Pokemon Legends this last month, with Endless Ocean coming out in May.  Now people can argue that Endless Ocean is a niche title, but the first Pokemon Legends sold 15 million copies.  If a sequel to a game that big is coming out in 2025, is is really that hard for people to believe that Nintendo has other major titles ready to come out in the second half of 2024 as well.

That said the year has started with several great third party releases on Switch, like Balatro, Unicorn Overlord, and Prince of Persia. And it's gonna be another banner year for RPGs too, with Ys X, Suikoden remakes, Eiyuden Chronicles, SaGa Emerald Beyond, SMTV Vengeance, etc.
Coupled with the stacked past few years of releases to catch up on, I think the system is weathering its twilight years quite well.

Oh and this right here.  It's funny how in every previous gen people bitched non-stop about the lack of third party support on Nintendo systems, but now when the Switch has had great third party support, many Nintendo fans seem to completely ignore it.  The third party support the Switch had in the first half of this year alone, is already better than the support we'd have in entire years in the past.  Just look at the Nintendo Direct reaction on some of the more Nintendo centric forums last September when a lot of these great third party titles were first announced.  Some people were literally saying it was the worst Direct ever, worse then even the ones from the 3DS and Wii U era that literally had only a handful of games shown and Nintendo having to talk about other **** just to fill up time.

This gen has really shown that a lot of the Nintendo hardcore really don't care about anything that isn't the big Nintendo guns like Mario Platformer, Zelda, Pokemon, Smash Bros, because so many great games get completely ignored by them.  Hell, some still ignore Splatoon despite the fact Splatoon 2 and 3 are both 10 million plus sellers.

It's like anything that's not directly related to the N64 and Gamecube era of Nintendo doesn't count, since that's when so many of them first came online to talk about Nintendo games and are permanently stuck in the early 2000's.

The switch has had a lot of dry years too; 2018 was mostly wii u ports and smash ultimate, 2020 was a disaster, 2022 apart from xenoblade 3 was uninteresting too.

Sure they have a tendency to announce big games in the 2nd half, but it's far from guaranteed.

[Order.RSS]

Whoopsiedaisy, someone released a new year overnight. Better hop to it!

Here are my predictions for 2024:

• Nintendo's next video game console will be announced in the summer and released in the fall
• This new console will support backwards compatibility for Switch games, but not for Switch joy con
• The new console will be a hybrid console like the switch, however, there will be a way to use the screen on the console as a second screen while playing on the TV
• One of the games for the new console will be Super Mario Odyssey 2 and will release this year
• Another game for the new console will be a game from Good Feel using an existing Nintendo IP
• Another game for the new console will be Mario Kart 9
• Square Enix will announce an HD2D version of Chrono Trigger
• Concerning the games we already know about, I predict that Paper Mario TTYD will release before Luigi's Mansion 2
• For the Nintendo Switch Online service, Conker's Bad Fur day gets put on the N64 expansion pack
• Finally, following the commercial success of the Super Mario Bros. movie, we get a trailer for the Donkey Kong Movie

• Switch 2 is confirmed backwards compatible for games, unsure yet about Joy-Con. ½ point.
• I suppose therefore Princess Peach: Showtime is indeed a Switch 2 game by proxy from Good-Feel using an established Nintendo IP. 1 point
• TTYD did indeed proceed Luigi's Mansion 2. 1 point

Total score: 2½ points! Pretty good showing from the reigning lifetime champ, if perhaps overconfident on Switch 2's existence.

I heard lots of remakes so I stand by a F-Zero GX remake this year
Switch 2 will be released in the first half of 2024
No Metroid Prime 4
Mario 64 remake
Bonus points: Kirbys Dream Course remake

• I don't love these "no X..." predictions, but this feels just relevant and risky enough I'll let it slide. Metroid Prime 4 did not release this year, although we did see a trailer. 1 point

Score: 1 point, short and to the (one) point.

• Switch 2 will be announced in September 2024, for a March 2025 release. The name will be Nintendo Shift. Their stock price drops 9% following the announcement.
• NES Remix gets a sequel, called SNES Remix.
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong turns out to feature extensive amiibo support, causing spikes in prices for various out of print figures.
• Nintendo will publish the new Yacht Club Games title Mina the Hollower in in order to acquire limited time console exclusivity.
• NSO adds Turbografx-16 to the Expansion Pack tier in October. It launches with Bonk 2, Bomberman 93, and Castlevania Rondo of Blood.
• There will be a significant DLC expansion for Paper Mario The Thousand-Year Door that somehow upsets the fanbase.
• This year's Kirby game is a port of Kirby Battle Royale (3DS), revamped as a free-to-play release, with a convoluted monetization scheme.
• Reviews for Princess Peach Showtime will sit around a 72 average.
• NSO adds the following games to its GBA lineup: Mario Pinball Land, Drill Dozer, and Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire.
• Recycling this one from last year: Mario & Sonic at the 2024 Paris Olympics is announced. Luigi wears a beret in the trailer, and Yoshi eats an entire baguette.

Frankly, a big ol' goose egg. I guess since I'm grading my own homework I could be generous and extend ½ point for the Princess Peach: Showtime! review average, since it sits at 74 on Metacritic and 75 on Opencritic.

Total score: yeesh.

• Switch successor announced this year.
• Dusting off a classic: Rhythm Heaven finally gets to be this year's party game
• Pokémon has a spin-off year, and not Gen 10
• Speaking of, classic Pokémon games become available for sale in the Nintendo eShop
• Nintendo announces a new F-Zero game based on the success of F-Zero 99
• Uh, let's see... Maybe a Wario Land game?
• The new console promises no/less drift (but in a coded way e.g., "Studier, more durable control sticks"
• I'm running out of ideas here, so maybe Princess Peach DLC?
• It's about time for a new 3D Mario, right? I'll be bold and say not Odyssey 2
• Nintendo does something with Doshin the Giant

• I guess a Switch successor was talked about, although not really announced. ½ point
• Pokémon did indeed release a spin-off, albeit of its card game. 1 point
• Sturdier joysticks have been rumoured by various attention seekers highly trustworthy leakers, but not confirmed. or promised.

Total score: 1½ points! Not the best we've seen from last year's winner, but could be worse!

1. All but confirmed, I expect Hi Fi Rush will be announced, maybe even shadow dropped at the next Nintendo Direct. (I'll take half credit if both don't happen)
2. Metroid Prime 4 is the last major Nintendo-published Switch game, set for a cross-launch with the Switch Successor. This means it might not even come out until 2025. (Does this count as a 2024 prediction? NOT-releasing in this year?) The prediction: Metroid Prime 4 is seen this year, in gameplay and cinematics. It may not release in 2024, but it will be on the Switch. Nintendo uses their weird honor code for having announced the game as a Switch title and keeping that promise.
3. The Switch Successor is announced to be backwards compatible this year.
4. With Pokemon Bank going offline, the GB/C App gets Red, Blue, and Yellow. I'll go one step further and say these are announced around Pokemon Day this year, and Gold/Silver/Crystal will come later in the year. I'll go ONE STEP FURTHER and say Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald come to GBA Expansion owners and FireRed/LeafGreen will come later in the year. They will be structured as such so non-Expansion owners don't feel cheated out of playing the "inferior" Red/Blue/Yellow in place of FireRed/LeafGreen.
5. Pokemon gets a *new* spin-off this year. It's not exactly like the core games, it's not a remake, it's definitely not Legends-tier. But it's something. I wouldn't be surprised if it was developed by ILCA.
6. The next 3D Mario is a launch title for the Switch Successor. Prediction: It is announced/seen this year.
7. The Switch Successor gets a Xenoblade Chronicles X port. Prediction: It's announced this year?
8. THE LAST STORY is a late-game Switch Port, baby! (Maybe a tease of a sequel on the Switch Successor?)
9. Kirby gets some big-ol-minigame extravaganza. Think Mario Party, but Kirby.
10. There is a Princess Peach Showtime! Amiibo. It is stupid. Starting to regret this one.

• Dead on regarding Metroid Prime 4. 1 point
• Dead on regarding backwards compatibility. 1 point
• Dead on about a Pokémon spin-off, although not from ILCA. ½ point
• Dead on about Xenoblade X getting a port announced this year, and technically it'll run on Switch 2 as well. Probably. Most likely. Surely?! 1 point

Final tally: 3½ points! Huge haul for NostraDOOMus!

• More Amiibo (I'm thinking Princess Peach Showtime! and Tears of the Kingdom).
• At least one of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD or The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD; released separately.
• Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack.
• Microsoft will release at least one more Rare game on Switch.
• Switch 2 will be announced first half of 2024 and released in second half of 2024. The exact halfway point of the year is July 2. It's a Leap Year; let's just use July 2 anyway.
• Native party chat on Switch 2; heavily locked behind parental controls by default (can be turned off).
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild with DLSS/AI enhanced visuals on Switch 2; free update as long as you own the game digitally/physically.
• 3D Mario launching with Switch 2; more like Bowser's Fury than Odyssey.
• Need something outlandish: Metroid Prime 4.
• Need something outlandish part 2: Game Gear and Master System on Nintendo Switch Online.

• Tears of the Kingdom did get amiibo, but they had already released in 2023. No points.
• We got an absolute deluge of Rare-produced games on NSO. 1 point
• Metroid Prime 4 was shown off, but did not release this year. ½ point

Total score: 1½ points, steady as a (Ad)rock!

1. Switch 2 releases 2024 with Backwards compatibility
2. Switch 2 adds things for their Online/VC library, but it is still underwhelming and limited from what it coudl and should be
3. Switch 2 includes some form of achievements/trophies
4. A new Fire Emblem is announced this year, but doesn't necessarily release yet.
5. Smash Ultimate gets a refresh/new DLC for Switch 2
6. We don't get Mario Kart 9, its just a refresh/update to 8 with a graphical overhaul, even more new and retro tracks, and some new modes and expansion to battle modes
7. Switch/Switch 2 finally gets a new Star Wars game that isn't Lego-based
8. Monster Hunter Wilds isn't coming to Switch, but Capcom throws something else MH related to the system.
9. Tears of the Kingdom gets new content, and it is tied to some new features of the Switch 2, either locking it to the new system or changing in some way that could be as simple as the Color Dungeon from the GBC Links Awakening dungeon
10. We get a new Animal Crossing, either a mainline one, a spinoff, or a massive new expansion/update for New Horizons

• No Switch 2, but yes backwards compatible. ½ point
• Fully correct on Star Wars, as Star Wars Hunter is a brand-new game. Plus we also got ports of Dark Forces, both of the classic Battlefront games, and even Bounty Hunter. 1 point

Full score: 1½ points for Stratos, another solid midfield player!

1. I predict that Nintendo will release some new software we haven't seen before this year.
2. I predict that Nintendo will port a game from a previous console as a new release this year.
3. I predict that at least one of the games Nintendo releases this year will sell 1,000,000 copies.
4. I predict that Nintendo will release some new DLC this year.
5. I predict that Nintendo will add some titles to their Online Apps.
6. I predict that third parties will port some of their games to the Switch this year.
7. I predict that Nintendo will release some new Amiibo this year.
8. I predict that Nintendo will release a previously unseen console.
9. I predict that Nintendo will release some new controllers this year.
10. I predict that Nintendo will air some Directs this year.

• They did, but they also released software we have seen before. 0 points.
• This did occur, but it doesn't count as a new release since we'd call this a re-release. 0 points
• It's highly unlikely one of the new games sold exactly 1,000,000 copies as specified, and not for instance 999,999 or 1,000,001. Therefore 0 points
• You did indeed predict this, but we're looking for predictions about Nintendo instead, not your predictions about your Nintendo predictions. 0 points
• All the Online Apps already had titles, such as "SEGA Genesis - Nintendo Switch Online". 0 points
• Correct! 1 point
• Nintendo did not release any Amiibo this year. They do have an entirely different, separate product category titled amiibo, which saw some releases this year. 0 points
• Depends on whether we consider Alarmo a console, I'm leaning towards no. 0 points
• No new controllers were released, just variants of already existing ones. 0 points
• Nintendo was not in charge of any broadcasts, and therefore did not air anything themselves. They merely supplied content. 0 points

Total score: 1 point, truly embarrassing for Khushrenada! I guess this could serve as a lesson to future contender: never make your predictions too wild, or you'll be miles off just like ol' Khush.

1. Switch Successor will release in the 2nd half of the year.
2. Switch Successor will be 100% backward compatible with Switch games.
3. A new 3D Mario games will come out in the 2nd half of this year for Switch Successor as well.  It will be a fully open world game.  Basically Bowsers Fury was a playable beta for what Nintendo had in store for the next 3D Mario.
4. Actual gameplay footage for Metroid Prime 4 will be revealed.  The game will be moved to the Switch Successor to take full advantage of that systems power.  There will be no cross gen version with Switch, since Metroid is no where near as popular as Zelda to justify such a thing.
5. A new Donkey Kong platformer will be revealed.  I'm not sure if it'll be 2D or 3D, but it will be a new platformer where you control Donkey Kong.
6. A new 2D Zelda will finally be revealed as well.
7. Nintendo will keep the regular Switch alive with more remakes and remasters.  I predict at least 3 new remakes or remasters of Nintendo games for the regular Switch.
8. A new IP will be revealed for the Switch Successor.
9. Mario Kart 9 will be revealed, but a 2025 release date.
10. The next Smash Bros will also be revealed but will also have a 2025 release date.

• Technically we don't know whether the backwards compatibility will be truly 100%. I could see something like Labo being exempt, for instance. ½ point for now, but admittedly I'm splitting hairs
• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD was unveiled. Not very new, but certainly a DK platformer! ½ point
• A new 2D Zelda was indeed shown off, and this one was a real Zelda too. They finally did it after years of games starring some green elf instead. 1 point
• With no less than 4 remakes/remasters this was entirely correct. 1 point

Total haul: a whopping 3 points for Luigi Dude, and that's with me being stingy! Very impressive!

1. No February Direct
2. Switch 2 will be announced this year
3. Switch 2 will have backwards compatibility
4. No gamecube games on NSO
5. Third party developers will massively support the next console after the success of the switch
6. Pokemon will continue to be mediocre and not worth buying
7. Potentially Metroid Prime 2 and 3 remasters
8. Metroid Prime 4 announcement
9. Donkey Kong announcement (either country styled or a new thing)
10. New mainline Kirby game

• Semantics but I'm counting a Partner Direct as a Direct, since, well, it says Direct on the tin. However a later post of yours indicated you see them differently, and were right about it being a Partner Direct. So let's be generous and say 1 point
• Right on about backwards compatibility. 1 point
• I don't love these "no Gamecube on NSO" type predictions, since people could fill a list with the same about like, the Atari Jaguar. So you are correct, but unfortunately get no points, since otherwise Khush will run with it.
• Right on about Metroid Prime 4. 1 point
• Also correct about DK! 1 point

Winner-winner-chicken-dinar: that's 4 points for the first-time contestant! Very impressive result, and I'm being strict.

-The Switch successor will release this year, probably in November. That's right, I'm going back to that classic release time.
-The Switch successor will have backwards compatibility with games and accounts, but probably not controllers and accessories. It might work with Labo VR though.
-A new 3D Mario will be announced this year, to release within the launch window of the new system. Another classic launch style returns!
-A new Donkey Kong game of some sort will be announced. Dunnn dun dun dunnnn dunnnnnnn dunnnnnnn
-A new spin-off Pokémon game will be announced, one that's part of an existing series. C'mon PokéPark 3!
-Metroid Prime 4 finally sees a trailer this year... with some footage of actual gameplay to boot! Most likely accompanied by another apology, but don't count that as part of this prediction please.
-At least one more remaster or remake of a GCN / Wii game will be announced. I've learned my lesson in being too specific.
-I'm gonna be bold and say no more new amiibo. Don't @ me if this happens.
-Another Rare N64 game will be announced for NSO, my guess this time will be, I dunno... Banjo-Tooie. If it's DKR this time I will be livid.
-Mop it up will make more posts than Nintendo releases games. Yeah yeah, fat chance of that I know, but sometimes ya gotta be daring!

• Back compat is admittedly short on details, but let's say ½ point for now
• Not a new DK, but an older one did Return(s). ½ point
• Right on the money regarding a Pokémon spin-off in an existing series. 1 point
• Also entirely correct regard Metroid Prime 4. I dunno about an apology, but eh, games take time to make.  1 point
• Alas, some amiibo. 0 points
• Alas, some Banjo-Tooie. 1 point
• It was a close race for a while, but in the end with 12 game releases against 7 Mop It Up posts, capitalism won once again. 0 points, but please outdo them next year! We like hearing from you!

Bucket content: 4 points! Incredible display!

Safe Khushrenada
1. Nintendo will finally talk about the Switch successor, their next gaming system, and when it will launch.
2. One of the games shown for the Switch successor will be a game with Mario in it.
3. Nintendo will release a special edition Switch Oled this year.
4. Nintendo will announce (at least) two new Amiibo figures for the year.
5. More DLC will be available for free to those with the Online Expansion + subscription.
6. A Kirby game will be announced and released within 18 months of that announcement.
7. A previous Pokemon game will be revealed as getting remastered or remade new for Switch and released within a year of its announcement.
8. Metroid Prime 4 footage will finally be shown.
9. Hi-Fi Rush is announced and ported to Nintendo this year.
10. Another GameCube game will be released on Switch either as a port or remaster/remake.

• Some talk about the Switch successor did occur, but nothing indicating a release date. ½ point
• Technically they showed 0 games for a successor, but presuming Mario & Luigi Brothership works on the successor, it was indeed shown. ½ point
• Weirdly no new OLED consoles. They did bundle a white one with some games. 0 points
• Not just 2 amiibo, but 7 new ones! 1 point
• Regarding DLC and the NSO Expansion Pack -- this gets really murky about whether new F-Zero 99 courses count as DLC, and they were not exclusive to Expansion Pack users either. ½ point to be generous
• Prime 4 primed for points! 1 point
• Since the Paper Mario TTYD remake was already announced in 2023 I'm not giving points for that prediction.

Points in the Safe: 3½ of them! See, this is why we don't do risky. Great score!

Bold Khushrenada
1. Nintendo's Switch successor does not release in 2024.
2. A new MonolithSoft title is announced and revealed.
3. Donkey Kong 64 comes to the Switch either on the N64 App or remade/remastered for Switch.
4. Another Game Console’s (i.e. Master System, Game Gear, Neo Geo, etc) games are added to the Expansion + subscription.
5. Yoshi’s Woolly World gets a Switch port. Previous Yarn Amiibos get restocked for it.
6. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! is brought to the Switch eShop.
And I'm done with Nintendo. We know they'll keep pumping out all sorts of Mario, Zelda, Pokemon game continuously. So let’s bold it and talk third party particularly since it's these louse partners which are forcing me to predict things now!
7. Shin Megami Tensei V returns. Either as a Complete Edition (or Director's Cut) game with DLC in one package or as a spinoff game. Atlus has to keep propping up Sega.
8. More Third Party talk. The Mass Effect Trilogy gets ported to the Switch. EA needs some cash!
9. Sega puts another Monkey Ball game on Switch. Sega really needs some extra income!
10. Pentiment also makes the jump from XBox to Switch. Microsoft desperately needs any kind of gaming revenue they can get!!! They almost quit making consoles earlier this month!

• No Switch successor indeed. 1 point
• I don't consider XCX to be new, but it was announced and shown. ½ point
• Pocket Card Jockey indeed! 1 point
• Honestly a really good prediction regarding SMTV: Vengeance. Clairvoyant, even! 1 point
• And a brand-new Monkey Ball! How does he do it?! 1 point
• BoldKhushrenada is Phil Spencer, confirmed. 1 point

Bolderdash: 5½ points, that's the highest yet!

Madness Khushrenada!
1. Nintendo finally finds Star Fox under the couch cushions and decide to put a Star Fox game on the Switch this year.
2. A Mario sports game is released this year. (Not really that mad of a prediction. Just realized I forgot to make it earlier with the other Khushrenadas. It's trickle down predictions here!)
3. SNES Remix (a sequel to the NES Remix games) is announced and released within 18 months.
4. Endless Ocean returns from the grave and comes to the Switch this year.
5. Square ports over more Dragon Quest games (such as 4, 5, 6) to the Switch and announces Dragon Quest 12 will release on a Nintendo system.
6. Even more Square madness. Square brings Terranigma to the Switch.
7. Square-sanity! Fortune Street also returns to Switch this year.
8. Pushmo ain't dead either! A Pushmo collection is announced for Switch.
9. Spike Chunsoft delivers! AI: Somnium Files 3 is announced. The Zero Escape series is also ported to Switch.
10. Mother 3 actually releases in North America on the Switch GBA app.
11. Everyone else’s predictions go to 10. Not Madness Khushrenada. His picks go to 11. He's just so eXtreme! Chibi-Robo fire is real! The little robot who could stuns the world by coming to Switch in a Chibi-Robo collection of his first three games. It causes the Switch to not only surpass the PS2's total sales but also double them!! You heard it here first!

• Nothing screams madness like multiplayer Endless Ocean. 1 point, wild for this to come true tbh
• The Dragon Quest III remake did finally come out I suppose. ½ point

Holy Madtrimony: 1½ points! Honestly not bad, and lightyears ahead of that dork Khushrenada, which is really all that matters.

Onto the prizes!
Wow wow wow folks, another year in the bag, and boy did we get good predicting the future! Big congrats are in order for the decisive winner, Bold Khushrenada, as well as newcomer Dinar87 and Prediction Princess Mop It Up!

2024 Leaderboard:
Bold Khushrenada: 5½ points [WINNER]
Dinar87: 4 points [RUNNER-UP]
Mop It Up: 4 points [RUNNER-UP]
Evan_B: 3½ points
Safe Khushrenada: 3½ points
Luigi Dude: 3 points
M.K. Ultra: 2½ points
Adrock: 1½ points
Madness Khushrenada: 1½
Nickmitch: 1½ points
Stratos: 1½ points
Khushrenada: 1 point
Mr. GlubGlub: 1 point
Order.RSS: ½ point

Updated lifetime rankings:
M.K. Ultra: 22½ points
Mop It Up: 19 points
Nickmitch: 19 points
Luigi Dude: 15 points
Safe Khushrenada: 12½ points
Stratos: 11½ points
Adrock: 9½ points
Bold Khushrenada: 9 points
MASB: 6 points
Khushrenada: 6½ points
Order.RSS: 6 points
Madness Khushrenada: 5 points
TopHatAnt: 5 points
Dinar87: 4 points
Evan_B: 4 points
Insanolord: 4 points
Lemonade: 3½ points
Pokepal: 3½ points
Mr. GlubGlub: 3 points
Oedo: 2 points
Fawful: 1 point
Broodwars: ½ point
Kairon: ½ point
Shaymin: ½ point
NotKhushrenada: -8 points