 Mark my words, this year Nintendo 83 will not only take home the crown, the championship gold medal for best conference we will see throughout the entire week, but it will be chucked field with new information and release dates for some of the coolest games we will see on the system in its entire lifespan. And sure, maybe that win is just by default since Sony isn't even rocking up this year and Microsoft is, well, Microsoft. Now, in having said that, it's still maybe probably going to be disappointing for a lot of people for one very big reason. I do not expect to see any new game announcements this year. Like maybe we'll get some kind of new port announce or indie game or something small that will release that day during the event that we didn't expect, but for the most part Nintendo are going to focus on all of these games they told us were coming this year or early next year that they've given us so far like no information on. Like I'm going to go through these games in detail one by one as I work my way through this video, but let me just remind you quickly what games we have coming very soon that we know very little about. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Luigi's Mansion 3, Daemon X Markiner, Astral Chain, Animal Crossing, Weather Hex, Bayonetta 3, The Legend of Zelda, Link's Awakening, that Game Freak, Game Town that we know nothing about. In fact, Town is its working title still. And let's go ahead and throw Mario Maker 2 on that list since it comes out very soon. Pokemon Sword and Shield. So that is 10 and if you count Pokemon Sword and Shield separately, which no one does, 11 or we'll just stick with 10. 10 exclusive games that we're expecting from Nintendo and most of them, like 80% of them for sure this year. What else would they possibly come out with? You know, you only have like six months left in the year. You've got like 10 games to put out. That's almost two big games a month. You're going to start fighting your own sales at that point. So no, I don't expect any big announcements. Sure, as I said maybe a couple of small ones. I know E3 just the feeling of E3, it makes you want new. It makes you want new things, not just information on old stuff. That's the exciting thing about E3, but that's not overload things right now. So maybe if I'm right, there will be those out there that will be disappointed in that. However, there is so much cool stuff to look forward to in this E3 event. I mean, we know nothing about Luigi's Mansion 3. Essentially, we definitely know nothing about Animal Crossing. And I just want to learn more about some of these titles that we know nothing about like release dates even. Also, I do have some theories on some pretty cool surprises. So without further ado, since I feel like this has been the weirdest longest intro to a video I've ever done, let's just start working down my list of things I expect to see and we should expect to see at E3 this year. Hi, this is me in the future. I'm actually about two days ahead of this guy. And I feel really sorry for him because tomorrow he's going to go and get blood taken and they're going to take like five vials of the stuff. And he's going to really embarrassingly pass out in the chair and then spend the next three hours of his life throwing up barely able to speak. Yesterday sucked. Actually, my head really hurts and all this yelling is already getting to me. So I'm just going to power through this really quick. I'm here in the future because I actually have to fix a couple of things in this video as I go. You'll see me pop up here in there. And also I got a phone call this morning on my cell phone from Audible and they asked me if I could pretty please fit them in a video this month and I would love to because I love Audible. So if you want to start listening today with a 30 day Audible trial and your first audiobook plus two Audible originals for free, visit audible.com slash beta maps or you can text beta maps to 500 500. Actually, fun fact, not so fun for me, but it helped. Yesterday when I was feeling really sick and my head was spinning, I couldn't actually watch anything on TV or use my phone. So instead I put on audible. I just actually I just typed in the word relax and listen to whatever popped up. If any of this sounds good to you, see what I did there and it really should again make sure you go to www.audible.com forward slash beta maps or text beta maps to 500 500. Now, if you don't mind my head is honestly killing me. So I'm going to let past me continue from here. Look at this guy. It's got no idea. Let's get the big bad boy in the room out of the way so we can move on to the game's new Nintendo Switch hardware. Okay, so maybe Nintendo isn't announcing any new games this year, but something new they can announce, Nintendo Switch Mini. There has just been so much smoke that up here in this room I can barely even breathe in regards to a new Switch revision in the miniature form and where there's smoke, there's typically fire. Now yeah, Nintendo has previously denied working on projects like this, but that's not something that they haven't done before where they flat out said no, we're not working on X thing right now. And then, you know, three months later at E3 or a direct or something like that. It's like, oh yeah, we are. They just like to keep their surprises for when they want to unveil them. I mean, I can't blame them for that. So Nintendo will lie through their teeth about stuff like this until they get revealed. But I do expect to see some kind of revision for the Switch at some point because duh, Nintendo did that a bunch with the 3DS and I just expect to see it with the Switch. Whether it's in the next few weeks, I don't know. But hopefully if they do announce something like this, we'll get the specs, the price and the release date because I'm not in the mood to be screwed around with this E3. I don't want them to just be like, hey, this thing's coming. Okay, bye. So yeah, as I said, a couple of surprises I do expect. One is they always have their available now on the eShop moment. No matter if it's a direct or an E3 conference, I think last time was Fortnite. They did it in a direct with Blaster Master 02. They always just go, hey, here is something, go download it tonight. Hi, future me again. Wow, that was really loud. I got to keep it down. About that stealth game drop yesterday. Again, when I started to come to and watch some videos, I watched one of Spawnwave's predictions on E3 and he said Cadence of Hyrule might be that game getting that stealth drop. Apparently the release date for it's been shuffling around. People have datamined it. There's no real solid release date. And yeah, you think about it. We have two Zelda games releasing this year. They're going to want to space them out. Yeah, I could totally see that being the stealth drop. Indie games are very often the stealth drop. And that is very exciting. And then the other surprise is where about do for a new Smash character announcement. Honestly, be surprised if we didn't get that. Again, with me expecting not to get too many game announcements, even if they don't rock up with new hardware, a Smash announcement is probably going to be enough to carry the event for most people. I do expect Cuphead to be in Smash. It just it makes too much sense. I mean, it's just no holds. But at this point, Reggie himself said during the game awards that all these DLC characters are going to be off the wall, crazy, most likely outside of Nintendo characters. And with Cuphead on Switch and the creator of Cuphead going on record and saying he would love to see his characters in Smash, you can have Mugman as an Echo fighter or just a different skin, really. I think that would be really great. I don't expect to see it, but I do expect to see a new Smash character of some kind. Witcher three, we talked about this very recently in the last video on my channel. So go and watch that if you want more information on that as well as a bunch of other really radical cool gaming news. Okay, I wouldn't blame you if you didn't watch that video now. But we can maybe expect to see this. And this is the last thing on my maybe pile, Metroid Prime 4. Like maybe we can expect to see that everything else I'm about to talk about is my definitely I expect to see this stuff. But Metroid Prime 4 is up in the air, maybe. Purely because I feel like if they just ignore it and they don't mention it at all in any way, it's just going to be kind of weird and concerning. But at the same time, obviously it wasn't that long ago, just a few months, I lose track of the days that they announced that Retro Studios was taking over development. And then it was only like a month or two ago that Retro Studios was hiring people to work on the game. So I mean, I very much doubt they have anything to actually show of the game. But just like mentioned, like maybe an update on the progress, like what is happening with Metroid Prime 4 would be good. Just going to cut in here. Hi, sorry for the intrusion. I completely just spaced on Metroid Prime Trilogy. I feel like I want to at least mention it. But now that they have no idea what's happening with Metroid Prime 4, they have no idea when to release the trilogy, which is ready to go. And that is my personal theory. So I don't think anyone should hold their breath for that trilogy until we know what's happening with the fourth game until Nintendo knows what's happening with the fourth game. Because at that point, they can get a better understanding of when they need to release the trilogy or maybe they'll just release the trilogy. But I think they have enough going on right now where they don't need to. So holding onto it till it makes better sense makes more sense to me. So I don't expect to see it, but I would love to see it. And of course, Pokemon Sword and Shield is getting their own direct before the E3 events. So I doubt we'll see much more than a little trailer, if anything, during E3's conference. So with all that being said, let's just jump right into it, shall we? Luigi's Mansion 3. I absolutely, we will absolutely finally see something about this game. I fully expect that reason being it does have a released window of 2019 and, correct me if I'm wrong, we're getting pretty close to the end of that. If it's releasing around September, October, even November, now is the time to give us that release date and tell us about the game. Another game with just a loose 2019 window, Daemon X Markiner. I know a lot of you are really excited for this one. Personally, I played the demo and thought it was very air. But either way, when is it releasing? Hopefully we'll find out during this event. Not to mention I wasn't the only one that was kind of disappointed by the way it performed on Switch in that demo. So it would be good if they touched on that, if they talked about improvements or maybe even just showed us more of it, I suppose. Now, Astral Chain, which I am so beyond excited for, is one of those rare Nintendo Switch exclusive games that we actually have a release date for right now. And that's August 30, which for those of you playing at home, yeah, it's pretty soon. And apart from one really, really cool trailer, that's all, that's all we have. And since Nintendo's relationship with Platinum Games is so rock solid right now, I highly expect them to pimp the heck out of that game and really push it in our faces before release. And now is the perfect chance. However, I will say if you know me, I have this whole thing about once I'm sold on something, I don't want to see too much more of it before I get to play it. I'm ready. Oh, you ready for the big one? Animal Crossing. This one is like, you never know with Nintendo. You never know if they're actually going to talk about something they need to talk about. Remember when they didn't talk about Nintendo's online service until like the day beforehand? It's like they just refuse to give information sometimes. So with any of these things, as much as I expected to see them because they should be there and we need to know more about these games, I would not put it past Nintendo to not even mention Luigi's Mansion throughout the entire event. This is just what Nintendo does. I always say expect the unexpected and even on something as obvious as that, we still might not get it. But in having said that, you have to expect Animal Crossing. Like, it's coming this year. We know nothing about this game. Nothing. All we've seen is one trailer that didn't even reflect the game as a whole. It was just an announcement. And I swear if all they give is like one like cinematic trailer with a tiny bit of gameplay spliced in and then maybe a release date, like, I mean, I guess that's something, but it's not enough. Bayonetta 3 for me is like the same boat as Metroid Prime, except this one hasn't been canceled and they've been working on it this entire time. So it has to be almost ready at this point. I don't need the plot. I don't need the story. I honestly, I'd love to see the gameplay because I'm excited, but I don't even need that. All I need right now from Bayonetta 3 is a release window for a game this big. It's really just been swept under the rug for the most part and not talked about. I think we should all expect to see more of the Link's Awakening remake. I'm not sure in what context. I don't think any of us really need to see anymore. We just need to be told that elusive release date that Nintendo hates to give on all their games apparently. But it is a brand new-ish Zelda game. So there's no way they're not going to shove it in our faces as much as possible and I'm completely okay with that. Speaking of a game that needs more information, Town is, that's not even its name. It's a working title. We know so little about this new game-free game that we don't even know its name. I feel like I'm a broken record in this video. Every time I talk about one of these games, we expect it's, hey, when's the release date? Can you show us any of the game? There's no room for anything else, Nintendo. And it's exciting in its own way. I love it. And it's crazy to me that a game that's releasing in 2019 doesn't even have a title halfway through the year. What the heck? It kind of reminds me of Monster Hunter Stories but like spliced in with Pokemon? I don't know because they haven't showed me anything. So Game Freak, uh, maybe at least give us a name? I kind of like Town to be honest. I wouldn't complain if they just stuck with that. Might be more information on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3. I don't really know how I feel about that game at this point. I was excited at the concept initially but now it just feels like it's been so, like I wish it was, I wish it had come out already. With the really light release schedule that the Switches had at the first half of the year, it would have made sense for this game to come out in the last couple months. Obviously not if it wasn't ready but it would have filled a gap at a time when it was needed. And most of these games coming out this year, it's kind of hard to look at that release schedule with all these really cool games and then go Marvel Ultimate Alliance somewhere in there. I guess I'll get that too. Also would have capitalized on the hype around the end game movie which, you know, released like a month ago at this point which maybe that's why I'm already feeling kind of burnt out and over the concept of Marvel heroes. Maybe? I don't know. And then I'm sure we'll get a whole montage of a bunch of other stuff. Maybe some of the games I talked about today will find their way in this montage but we'll probably get a bunch of really cool Nindy games either in a montage or in their own montage or I'm sure there'll be a couple of really big ones that I want to focus on since games like, you know, Dead Cells and Cuphead and all of that, they do really well for the system. And that is definitely a highlight for me. I love my Indies and I get just as excited for those announcements as I do the big ones. Either way, it's all gonna be non-stop. It's all gonna be crazy even if they don't announce a single new IP or single new game other than maybe a port or two. It is still gonna be non-stop brand new information and release dates and just really cool stuff to get excited for and we're gonna end up walking away. Hopefully, if they do this right, with a bunch of new information on a bunch of games we're really excited for. Again, like Animal Crossing, Luigi's Mansion and blah, blah, blah, blah. It was such a weird position, but it's really cool. Nintendo blew their load on announcing all of these games with just, you know, title cards and really nothing announcements years early. It kind of put them in this position where now, where these games are actually getting into close proximity, they can't announce anything. They've already blew their load. They already announced it all. And here they are just kind of scrambling to give us all information on it. And again, that might be disappointing. That might suck because it might feel like we don't get any really fresh new news on video games that are coming to Switch. But at the same time, it's a really cool position where they have these 8, 9, 10 exclusive Switch games that we're gonna be getting all this information that we know nothing about at once. And it's all for the next six months. Like, okay, maybe the last six months on Switch has been pretty slow. We've had to deal with a lot of, you know, ports and stuff like that which have been fun and tied us over. But as far as big releases, we've been really waiting for this last six months. And now, here Nintendo is with all these games, with all this information to go, hey, next six months on Switch are gonna be pretty insane. So get your wallets ready. Let me know what you expect from Nintendo this year at E3. Let me know what you thought of this video. And also let me know by liking it, hey, let me know over the subscribe button. Click on top of this video right here. If you want to watch more Nintendo Switch news, I talk about the Witcher 3 coming to Switch in that video as well as a bunch of other stuff. And with all that said, everyone should go to Twitter, follow me while you're there, but type in RJT. Before you go to the doctor tomorrow, eat a donut or something. Can't hear me.