Nintendo Direct - 09/12/2025 Discussion, Predictions, Hopes, Hype, Fears Thread

[bikingjahuty]

A 1-hour Nintendo Direct is in a couple of days and I thought it would be fun to talk about our thoughts before and after it. Post what your prediction or hopes are.

[bikingjahuty]

Admittedly, I don't have a Switch 2 and probably won't be buying one for some time. The key card situation definitely soured me on the console and there's the small worry Nintendo might utilize this anti ownership tech on their first party games eventually. I'm essentially holding out for enough games (or the right games) to get announced before taking the financial plunge. With that said, I'm hoping there are some announcements that get me hyped for wanting one sooner than later, or even exciting releases on the original Switch. Here are my predictions at the moment.


-Primary focus is on Kirby Air Riders and Pokemon Legends Z-A
-New Animal Crossing Teased
-Lots of new gameplay and a new trailer for Metroid Prime 4, plus a release date this holiday season
-Announcement that a new mainline Zelda is being worked on, but no new information beyond that
-Halo Master Chief Collection Switch 2 port
-Several new Gamecube and N64 titles announced for Online Plus members
-Big reveal is Splatoon 4 at the end with general 2026 release date

[kamikazekeeg]

I also don't have a Switch 2 and probably won't get one till early next year, but for reveals, I can't think of much I'd be interested in other than something new that is Zelda, but we probably won't see anything else till after the new Hyrule Warriors game releases.  I'm still hoping for a Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD port, so that would be great to see.

For dream announcement...Either Rare Replay coming to Switch 2, or just a Banjo-Kazooie Collection announcement that has Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie HD, Nuts & Bolts, and the two GBA games, that would be nice, I just easily want to play Kazooie/Tooie HD without having to haul out my Xbox 360 from the closet lol

[bikingjahuty]

I'm still hoping for a Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD port, so that would be great to see.

I've been waiting on these and the 3D remakes of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask to be ported to Switch for years. It's crazy Nintendo hasn't done this. Any of them would print money seeing how they're already completed and would just need to be ported.

[kamikazekeeg]

I'm still hoping for a Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD port, so that would be great to see.

I've been waiting on these and the 3D remakes of Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask to be ported to Switch for years. It's crazy Nintendo hasn't done this. Any of them would print money seeing how they're already completed and would just need to be ported.

I'd be all over the 3DS remakes getting cleaned up and ported over too, like they really should've put Twilight Princess and Wind Waker HD out on Switch, and then done the 3DS remakes for Switch 2.  I don't even know what they are waiting for, TW/WW are done, they probably don't even need to do much to have brought them to Switch and they were porting over everything else anyways lol

[dhaabi]

It almost certainly won't happen, but it would sure be something if Nintendo announced even more increased prices for hardware, accessories, and amiibo once the event has concluded like they did following the July 31 event.

I also don't know what to expect really, but I doubt Pokémon is mentioned in any depth or at all. Generally, Pokémon has its own dedicated events.

[bikingjahuty]

It almost certainly won't happen, but it would sure be something if Nintendo announced even more increased prices for hardware, accessories, and amiibo once the event has concluded like they did following the July 31 event.

I also don't know what to expect really, but I doubt Pokémon is mentioned in any depth or at all. Generally, Pokémon has its own dedicated events.

I think the price of the Switch 2 is already such a contentious topic that I can see Nintendo taking a loss on each unit sold for now than announce a price increase this close to launch, especially with hardware and software sales already slowing down a lot. If they were going to do a price increase, I feel like waiting a while would be the smartest thing to do. Having some highly anticipated title get released around the same time might be even better since people might not care as much since they really want to play that game.

[kamikazekeeg]

With the 40th Anniversary of Mario this weekend, I'm curious what they'll do for that?  Super Mario Wonder was only 2 years ago, so I don't think we see a brand new sidescroller so soon, the Super Mario Odyssey team made the new Donkey Kong, so probably no huge new 3D Mario, I can't think of a big collection they'd do other than maybe making a proper 3D Mario collection that has more improvements, includes Galaxy 2, and isn't freaking limited in its release, but that's mostly re-releasing a previous anniversary's bundle.

Maybe a remake? Super Mario World getting an Octopath Traveler style remake would be pretty fun, keeping the pixel art intact while adding some visual flair, or Super Mario 64 getting a big overhaul would be cool too.  I'm just sorta throwing out random ideas as there's a lot they can do for it, though it's also Nintendo, and they'll often make decisions I don't like, such as their art style choice for the Link's Awakening remake lol