 Hey everyone today we're going to be talking about Nintendo Direct. There has been a rumored Nintendo Direct coming next month. It could be as soon as two weeks from now or yeah probably two weeks from now if not three weeks. But yeah it's something that seems to be coming and sending rumors aside we've essentially gotten a Nintendo Direct every single September except one and that was last year during a pandemic when we didn't really get any real Directs. But we've gotten one every September essentially since Nintendo Directs were founded and yeah there's some stuff I want to talk about that we could be getting in this Direct. Things we should expect to get things that we are likely or could expect that are new announcements and then some things that I think are announcements that we're going to get someday but might be more unlikely to happen in this Direct. And then we'll go over what games obviously that have been in prior Directs and prior things that we can expect to see today or in this next Direct and then ones that we might not see now but we'll see again in the future in 2022. But before we get into what you should expect out of this Direct let's remind you that we're giving away a Switch OLED. That's right all you got to do is be subscribed to the channel to enter and we'll announce the winner during a live stream in early October. I also want to implore all of you guys if you enjoyed this video to drop a like and comment that does help us out with the YouTube algorithm and yeah you know if you are really enjoying this stuff why not hit the bell icon as well so you're notified on more of my videos and live streams. I'd say all of them but we all know the notification system on YouTube doesn't always work. All right so I don't think let's get some of the obvious I got a couple pages and notes here and the obvious is obvious. We're going to get updates pretty much on all of the games coming the rest of this year that have already been announced. So things like WarioWare right like you know that that game's coming in early September if that game's not already out before the Direct or you know whatever if the Direct's after it comes out doesn't really matter I think they're going to advertise the game either way. I also think we're going to get updates obviously for Metroid Dread. We've been getting little trickle updates and trailers along the way getting another update wouldn't be shocking here although it's possible maybe they don't talk about it because they've been actually giving consistent updates on it so but but it being there wouldn't be a surprise that's kind of expected. Shin Megami Tensei 5 I expect us to get the next big update for that game because that's one of the bigger third-party games if not the biggest third-party game coming to switch the rest of the year and it is exclusive. Advance Wars 1 plus 2 reboot camp as well I expect to hear about that and any other games that have already been announced I think that's just the obvious is obvious we're going to get updates on those games. The question is what are we going to get beyond that because that's like expected right now getting into the rest of the Nintendo Direct we have to remember that Nintendo Directs are essentially Nintendo fan Christmas that we get multiple times a year and just like some Christmases when you're a kid sometimes you're a little bit disappointed and maybe what you're given even though we should always be appreciative of anything that we're given because we're not we really shouldn't have those kind of expectations we all know as kids that we have expectations at Christmas time if you're someone that celebrates that and you know as gamers we have expectations of these events so sometimes the events end up disappointing sometimes the events end up really really exciting and it's everything we wanted it to be for me Breath of the Wild 2 was all I needed out of the last major event like this so it's one of those situations where we don't really know what sort of direct this is going to be except for advertising current games but there's always something new typically in these directs and I want to get into some expectations the first one obviously being some sort of update for Nintendo Switch Online this has happened at the previous two Nintendo Directs that we've had in September we got updates we got the NES app and plus the entire launch of the Nintendo Switch Online service anyways and then obviously this NES app I expect some sort of update like that I talked about that during a live stream last night that I do expect some sort of update to Nintendo Switch Online whatever that update is I don't know what but something that they're going to want to talk about during this direct I fully expect that to be a thing now setting that aside I don't think that's going to be like the big surprise in the direct although it could be especially if it's like N64 games being added I do think we're going to obviously see some new games so let's talk about some of the maybe on the obvious is obvious games coming this year what are some things we could expect well there's been rumors circulating about a new Fire Emblem game made by Intelligent Systems maybe even assisted again by Koei Techno because they did help with you know Fire Emblem 3 houses that there's something in the works there now Intelligent Systems is also the company or the studio I should say that's making the new WarioWare game but I think we can all agree that WarioWare game like they didn't use the full studio for that so chances are a majority of the team is likely working on this new Fire Emblem game and traditionally at least based on what they did on 3DS it's like every few years or so we get one now this is switch is a different situation we might not get a Fire Emblem every few years and we don't even know if this is going to be a remake or if it's going to be a whole new game or maybe it's something that follows up 3 houses directly but there's obviously something in the works and I think I could speak for many people where I actually really loved Fire Emblem 3 houses I know not everyone was into the school aspect and if it's a remake it's going to be you know whatever that old game did or if it's a new game it'll have some new you know cork to it or some new direction but I will note that I think one thing we can all sort of agree is that switch is more capable of better visuals in Fire Emblem than we got in 3 houses so I feel like now that we're deeper into the generation that we should maybe expect a bit more from the presentation of the game that visually while the character models were great the environment isn't necessarily where I want to see the environments kind of take into that next level switch is more capable than what we saw in 3 houses and so yeah Fire Emblem 3 houses sold really really well so when a game sells really really well Nintendo has a tendency to make more of them so I would say there's a chance that we could actually legitimately see Fire Emblem revealed in this now I don't think Fire Emblem a new Fire Emblem or a port or or a remaster would be something that's going to get announced in this direct to come this year it could be something for next year um but well it's one of those things where they could tease a new Fire Emblem and it wouldn't necessarily be surprising because we've kind of heard some rumors about it for a little while now another game that we can't really be shocked that we see is Xenobite Chronicles 3 we had massive rumors coming out primarily from Imran Khan I know there was the voice actress as well um but really Imran Khan's the one that basically told us yeah this game's like done or almost done uh and yeah it it's not going to come this year I want to throw a caveat out there I don't expect Xenobite Chronicles 3 this year but to get announced yeah I think this is a chance to be an early 2022 title so if you got Legends Arceus in uh January this could be a February March or April game now it is possible that they do push Xenobite Chronicles 3 up sooner and actually release it in December doubling up um because Advance Wars 1 plus 2 reboot can't comes out in early December they could release this in mid to late December although with the holidays I would suspect they would do middle of December and we saw with games like Super Smash Bros Ultimate that releasing in that month isn't like you're sending the game out to die it's actually a really good chance to to not let Xenobite Chronicles 3 get overshadowed by some of the massive games coming out in 2022 so again this is something that I at least expect to see as for what I expect to see I I mean I don't know that that's getting to a whole speculation over what this game is going to be you know I think they're gonna you know with after that future connected DLC from Xenobite Chronicles Defender Edition some combination of all the worlds taking place away in the future uh we'll have to wait and see what happens but I do expect it to be much more visually pleasing than Xenobite Chronicles 2 because we even saw with the DLC and then Defender Edition that the visuals kept getting better so I expect Xenobite Chronicles 3 to be the best looking Xenobite Chronicles game to date but we'll have to see if they make any other fundamental changes as well uh now another game that's been announced and we've known about for a long time is Bayonetta 3 so I'm not sure if we're gonna see Bayonetta 3 at this direct although I do think it's possible we do finally see it with a teaser for 2022 and it being like a summer release to kind of pair up with Splatoon 3 which I firmly believe will be a summer release but again we don't really know if we're going to see Bayonetta 3 here it's possible that is a game that's held back to be revealed at the game awards because it was initially announced at the game awards and Nintendo might feel Bayonetta 3 really fits in pushing to that more general gamer audience but this is something that I we could see at this direct I do think the game is pretty far along it definitely feels like platinum games is just like waiting for Nintendo to give the green light to show it so yeah this is like a game that's probably slated for 2022 in my opinion so having that at this next direct I think wouldn't be a surprise I don't know if you should expect it because it's possible it's a game award reveal but it is something that we might see before the end of this year so again that is an option for this direct that we might see next up I do think I expect this and this isn't a new reveal this is just an update on a game that's already coming in 2022 and I expect to see an update for project triangle strategy I think it just makes sense at this point to give us another update for that game coming from Square Enix while it's going to be on other platforms too and all that reality is obviously they unveiled they're trying to take advantage of that Octopath Traveler hype although it's not technically a sequel to Octopath Traveler it's its own thing so we'll have to wait and see what they show of it but I do actually expect that game to be there it's something that's not going to take up a lot of time and it's Nintendo showing support for their third-party partners and Square Enix is one of the big ones so yeah I expect that to get some airtime at this next direct as just a reminder to people that that game is still coming now there's some things I wouldn't expect and there are some more wildcards by the way we're gonna get some wildcards towards the end but there are some things that I wouldn't expect things like Metroid Prime 4 there's multiple reasons I don't expect Metroid Prime 4 1 I'm not even sure if we're getting Metroid Prime 4 next year and 2 we have Metroid Dread coming and I don't think they're gonna want to overshadow Metroid Dread with a Prime 4 announcement now if you want to believe we're getting a Prime 4 announcement soon one thing to consider is when they announced Metroid Dread they said they need a little bit more time with Metroid Prime 4 before they could show it and last we heard something like that was when Eiji Anomo said we need a little bit more time for Breath of the Wild 2 earlier this year and then we got the trailer at E3 so you can argue there's hope I think there's more hope for the spring direct next year which Nintendo traditionally has to see a or reveal it that if it is going to be a 2022 game I still kind of get this feeling that it's probably a 2023 but we'll have to wait and see I personally though would say hey Metroid Dread they're not going to do anything to overshadow that so a Prime Trilogy HD a Prime 4 not something I expect them to even mention this year now another game that I wouldn't expect to see is well Sparks of Hope and it's not because we're not going to get new information on the game soon so Mario Pulse Rabbit Sparks of Hope is actually up for an award at Gamescom this year so actually in reality we are going to get an update on this game very soon but because of that that's why I don't expect to actually see it at the direct it's just something that it doesn't feel like it needs the direct it's going to be at Gamescom we're going to get a much new information there and if we do get a much new information and even a demo that's played by the media then I would actually suspect this is an early first half of next year game so yeah they could put it as a reminder in the direct but it kind of feels like they don't need to since they're going to show up this month at Gamescom so they kind of let the direct off the hook I think for that game now these next ones are what I like to call wild cards they're ones that you could actually maybe even expect you could say I'm going to explain why I don't expect them but yeah let's talk about why why I think you shouldn't expect these ones but it's not entirely shocking if they show up but unlike the other ones I mentioned I feel like those are more likely these ones I think are less likely but do actually exist a Donkey Kong so there's been a rumored Donkey Kong game in development for a while it's been rumored for months it's still been rumored even after E3 because the rumors didn't say it was even going to be at E3 and the rumors have it that it's really close to completion it is the 40th anniversary of Donkey Kong you know that's a really strong reason for it to get revealed now I also think they don't want Donkey Kong to be revealed right now I think they're going to wait for 2022 I feel like it's going to end up being another summer game for a three pack of summer games you know for June July and August I think all three are going to have big games with Splatoon 3 Bayonetta 3 and then Donkey Kong I think that's going to be Nintendo summer plans next year so I feel like they're going to wait to unveil DK until the next direct in spring and then really push it from there but I could be wrong on that front it's possible they reveal it now I just kind of feel like they're going to keep that that one in the chamber in wait and and give us a reveal in spring of next year Kirby now Kirby's a wild card in pretty much any late in the year direct when there hasn't been a Kirby game already announced because we get a Kirby something every year some sort of e-shop game mainline game spin-off game we get some sort of Kirby game every year right and we even got one last year we got a little e-shop game Kirby fighters right so we get Kirby games we don't have one yet this year the developers have said they're making a new Kirby game they're making a Kirby game that supposedly the best Kirby game of all time at least according to them at least the ambition for it is that but because of that I feel like if there's only a single Kirby game in the works right now which by the way there were rumors at one point there were multiple Kirby games but if there's only one Kirby game in the works at the moment and they're trying to make it the best Kirby game ever made I got a feeling they're going to take it that extra year of development there was obviously COVID that probably made development go slower than usual anyways so I feel like they're going to take an extra year of development on it and it's possible that it's something they're looking to release in fall of next year as a fall release so I feel like it's something to be revealed next year rather than this year now it could be wrong and it could be some surprise game and they decided to drop it and pack it in October or something I have no idea they do do that with Kirby games sometimes sometimes they give you really short announced announcement to release but I feel like if it is the mainline Kirby games and this is going to be like the next evolutionary step then that's some big ambitious one which we haven't really had in a while then sure um take take a little bit of extra time I think they're I think they're going to take a smidge of time with this one to try to meet their ambitious vision now um another wild card and this is a wild card in any direct really for like the last how many years three years is a new smash character reveal right so we know there's one more smash character reveal left and then supposedly that's it Sakurai's done they're done adding new characters doesn't mean they're done updating the game or adding the spirit events or maybe adding new stages or adding like updates to or like the little side characters with the me costumes and stuff they might still do more of that I don't know but when it comes to adding full new characters to the roster they're supposedly done and Sakurai's been pretty consistent on that Nintendo's been pretty consistent on that this is it there's not a dlc uh fighter pack three coming at least not this generation maybe if this game gets ported to like Nintendo's next generation system then they decide to do extra dlc for it and keep it going uh but for right now there's nothing planned because I do feel like ultimate's a game that's going to spam multiple generations meaning we won't get a new smash game next generation I feel like they're just going to port ultimate over and then maybe add dlc to it we'll see on that front I mean Mario Kart 8 Deluxe looks like that might be it for Mario Kart this generation that's not a new game so we'll see what happens I feel like they're going to do something similar with smash that being said that being said it's always possible we get a smash character reveal and Sakurai did throw up this tweet uh that looks like he's potentially teasing something right so it's a reference originally back to terminator two uh so I don't need to go over the whole that but it's a movie reference technically that's been redone many times over again in video games so several video games have referenced this terminator two thumb you know you know thumb up as it sinks down into the lava right fortnight has done it doom has done it uh among us has done it like there's the game list that have done it is a lot so it makes people start speculating are we getting a fortnight character in here are we getting doom guy in here are we getting this are we getting that it's leading to all this speculation and honestly we don't know why sakurai posted this um it maybe he just happened to be watching terminator two so he threw it so he threw up the image granted this image isn't actually the one from terminator two but it's obviously a reference image so well I'm not really sure it could mean absolutely nothing and I think there's basically 50% of people that saw this tweet think it means nothing the other 50% means something I have no idea um only sakurai and the team behind smash no so uh there could be a smash character reveal but the reason I call it a wild card is I think they're gonna want to drag it out I think Nintendo's gonna drag this in to early next year I think they want to find a way to keep smash relevant heading into 2022 or at the beginning of 2022 and a way to keep it relevant is obviously having a big character reveal at the beginning of 2022 I actually think February I don't even know if they'll wait for a direct I think there's going to be a smash character reveal in February of next year so I think they're just going to push it in 2022 we have seen early in the year character reveals before we've also seen late in the year ones as well but I think they're going to hold back just a bit and wait for February to kind of get it rolling which yes does make 2022 just even more jam packed but I think we already knew 2022 was going to be pretty jam packed especially if a game like Breath of the Wild 2 isn't delayed outside of it I do think with the number of releases that I'm expecting in 2022 they can delay Breath of the Wild to 2023 and be fine especially if it's early 2023 but we'll see what happens I'm hoping that every game Slater for 2022 actually comes there so dual here's the thing if all these things happen of course this will be like one of the greatest directs of all time right so don't expect to get all like don't expect to get Fire Emblem Xenoblum Chronicles 3 Banetta 3 and Kirby and Donkey Kong and a smash like you're not getting all of that pick one or two out of that bunch and that's what you should get the thing is I'm just trying to say I feel like Banetta 3 which could be a game game awards thing so then you could argue the Fire Emblem game and maybe Xenoblum Chronicles 3 those can be two big reveals it could just be one of those games especially for the 2022 game so again these are just my expectations I'm not expecting us to get all of this I want to be clear we're not getting all of this but I do expect us to get someone else I might ask what about Splatoon 3 Nate you know I I just I don't think we're seeing Splatoon 3 again till next year I think it's a summer game I think starting in January we'll get a teaser a commercial or something and they'll really start pushing that game next year I just think they're going to hold off on Splatoon 3 for right now they already unveiled the game I just feel like they're not going to start pushing it till next year I could be wrong on that front and you and if they show us Splatoon 3 I guess it wouldn't be surprising but that falls in my category of I don't really expect it so maybe a wild card showing us Splatoon 3 but I don't really expect that so anyways you guys let me know these are my expectations again take two of the three of Bayonetta 3 I think between Bayonetta 3 Fire Emblem and Xenobite Chronicles at least one of those things will happen if not two the rest is just going to be stuff that's already announced and likely coming this year so at least that's my opinion you guys let me know what you think about this down in the comments below let me know what you think is going to happen in this fabled this rumored this expected September 2021 Nintendo Direct I am Nathaniel Robodance from Nintendo Prime and I will catch you guys all in the next video