What's interesting so far is that almost all the leaks omit the possibility of any EPD-developed game. Whereas it's likely EPD are supervising these games in some capacity, the games either confirmed or rumoured point towards EPD stepping back for now. Metroid Prime 4 is in development at Namco, Bayonetta 3 and the (likely fake) F Zero SX would be Platinum, Game Freak have two sets of Pokemon games in development, Intelligent Systems would be doing Fire Emblem, Retro Studios are rumoured to be working on Star Fox, Namco have been suggested as Smash developers (though reveal trailer indicated otherwise to me, it would still be HAL Labs and not EPD making the game), Camelot will have just wrapped up Mario Tennis, and Next Level are potentially making Punch Out, though again I think that's likely fake.
But, so far, everything points to an E3 with few or no EPD-centric games appearing, which is interesting when we think about future developments. It could mean Nintendo leans on subsidiaries and third-parties until the second half of next year, when a new wave of EPD games start coming: 2D Zelda, Mario Maker, Animal Crossing, Pikmin 4, etc.
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