HyrulianScrolls said:
My prediction for how the heavy hitters shake out if it were to launch in early 2025:
25: Kart, Party, Metroid, 3D Mario
26: Gen 5 Remake, Ocarina Remake, Ls Mansion, Animal Crossing (feel very strongly about a full blown OoT remake happening to quench the long wait to new 3D Zelda. Won’t be surprised if it’s FF7 ish in being a massive update rather than just remake)
27: Splatoon, Pokemon Gen X (bold prediction here but I think GF takes a full 5 years to make a true next gen evolution of the franchise that will go absolutely nuts in sales like BotW did for Zelda series (another dev does Gen 5 remakes). I think Nintendo is well aware this is what needs to happen for Pokemon after Gen 9 reception and sales falling off a cliff so fast)
28: New Smash from Sakurau, New 3D Zelda (a decade just like Kart feels like the right timeline between Smash’s. 5 years is the average for Zelda for some time minus TotK due to pandemic) |
I like the full remake idea for Ocarina. Because the Original is on NSO already, it needs some real changes and surprises. What about at the finale Link actually looses and needs to retreat. Then we get a time jump and see Old Man Link at a lone cabin getting a visitor. It's navi telling him they found a way for Link to return in time to get a rematch. Then you play a completely new timeline as Old Link to find a way back, essentially making it 3 timelines with child, adult and old.
