I don't really believe this rumour list or that this person has sources in all of these publishers, but most of these aren't as implausible as it sounds.
- A Switch port of Dragon Ball FighterZ is in the works and will likely come out in Fall/Winter 2018.
- Soul Calibur VI is in development for Nintendo Switch (alongside PS4 and PC). Link would return as a guest character on the Switch version.
Both of these make sense given next year is Soul Calibur's 20th anniversary and it's been five years since the last game released. With engines being more scalable and Switch's architecture being relatively modern, cross-platform ports of some titles are already happening and will continue to happen, especially when it comes to Japanese publishers.
- There has been pressure towards Game Freak to get Pokemon’s 8th Generation out in hopes of a release next year. If you recall Pokemon Stars, that is (or was) real, but all it was was a Sun and Moon port to the Switch, used as an engine test tech demo thing.
Nintendo have Pokemon Switch's release date down as "2018 or later". My guess is their preference is late 2018, for obvious reasons. It's not unreasonable Game Freak will have something ready - Sun/Moon was made using an existing game engine and the Ultra versions were made using existing assets. That's not a huge amount of work - Game Freak may have put a core team on building a Switch prototype a while ago and may have moved the majority of their staff onto the project earlier this year or late last year.
- Metroid Prime 4 should have something revealed with some in-game footage early next year from what I’ve heard. I’m hearing that Direct in January particularly. Bandai Namco is developing the game for Nintendo. I don’t know which development studio.
This one doesn't make much sense to me. Why would Nintendo mention an 'all new team' rather than announcing a collaboration with a major partner? Granted, Namco did supply a lot of staff for Smash, but I find this less than likely. I also don't think we'll see anything of Prime 4 until E3 2018.
- There is some kind of new Animal Crossing that they hope to release next year too.
This seems obvious to me. The app is out soon to drive visibility for the franchise, and we haven't had an all-new entry since 2012/13. Animal Crossing Switch could shift 10 million copies and help Switch maintain momentum.
- The Switch’s Virtual Console will not be like how it currently is known to be like. There is some kind of a subscription service of sorts in the works.
Nintendo have publicly announced a subscription service for Switch - Nintendo Classic Game Selection. What this means for Virtual Console is unclear.
- Mother 3 is real. According to my source, it was completely localized and playable. The sad thing that I’ve heard is that it is being held back for some reason, which all I know has something to do with not knowing which month to release it in.
Given Eurogamer reported on the localised Mother 3 a while ago, and given their good track record with Nintendo based rumours, I do think a Mother 3 localisation exists somewhere at Nintendo. Even if they have since shelved plans to bring it out, that doesn't mean it was scrapped entirely - just look at Star Fox 2. It's also true Nintendo have localised and launched niche Japan-only titles before (e.g. Sin and Punishment on Wii VC). Mother 3 might be a high profile fan-favourite to launch Virtual Console.
- According to one of my sources, they claim that Square Enix is doing The World Ends With You 2 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
No idea how likely this is.
- Blizzard is preparing a Hearthstone port for the Switch. I’m not sure when this will be announced due to the phrasing, but I heard about this when I went to Blizzcon.
This was hinted at a while ago, so I expect this poster is recycling this rumour. This would make some sense - especially now Switch is selling strongly and expectations around future sales are high.
source - https://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/7c9n8i/leakileaks/
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