IGN CCO: 'People at Nintendo are Very Excited About 2022' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 18 December 2021 / 3,773 Views
IGN chief content officer Peer Schneider in a new podcast posted on the IGN Games YouTube channel
"It does sound like Nintendo is going to have a pretty good year next year," Schneider said.
"So, I would not take the absence of big stuff [at The Game Awards] as a sign that maybe Breath of the Wild is delayed or that they don't have other stuff, because it sounds like... people at Nintendo are very excited about 2022."
Nintendo's 2022 lineup of games for the Switch include the sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Bayonetta 3, Advance Wars 1 + 2 Re-Boot Camp, Splatoon 3, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope.
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Nintendo doesn't like to show off too early in advance their year catalogue and from just what we know so far it will be it's biggest year. Finally we see them reach the full potential from having only 1 system to support now. And it will only look brighter now that they are investing a LOT in their teams.
How many years did we wait and have been waiting for games like BOTW, Bayonetta 3, Metroid 4 after they were announced? Most Nintendo games look like they took like 10 months to make so they'd have no business being announced any earlier than that anyway.
If you seriously think that, then you don't know anything about game development.
Say you don't know a Goddamn thing about Game Development without saying you don't know a Goddamn thing about Game Development.
If BOTW 2 comes out in 2022 that's all I would need...everything else is bonus. I do hope we see a new 3D Mario game revealed for either 2022 or at least shown releasing in 2023. Kirby and Bayonetta both interest me.
IMO a new mainline Mario game is almost certain for the end of 2022/early 2023 since they will def want to bundle the Movie rollout with a game release.
Yeah no doubt they're excited. It's gonna be a ridiculous year for software. BotW2, Splatoon 3, Kirby, Pokemon Legends, Bayonetta 3, apparently some sort of Metroid Prime remaster/remake, Advance Wars, Mario + Rabbids sequel. And that's just the stuff we already know about! Also a rumored DK game could hit. Also I figure eventually we gotta see a new 2D Mario so it's possible that shares the holiday lineup with BotW2, cuz 2023 seems a bit late to release Switch's 2D Mario game considering it's such a blockbuster seller and a major evergreen so you don't want to do that right near the end of the system's life. And then no doubt there will be at least a couple surprises. And that's just first party stuff.
Some of that will certainly get delayed into 2023 though. But, yeah, as long as most of it hits in 2022 it will be a good year
Such as? Botw has been confirmed for 2022 for a while now, and shown the past couple years. Splatoon 2 was confirmed for Spring/Summer, if I recall, and Kirby/Pokemon Legends. This is Nintendo, not any other company. If they announce a year, it's almost certain it is releasing then. If they show a trailer for a game, it's almost certain it's launching within 9 months with few exceptions.
The only things I could see not making 2022 are games we haven't heard about yet, ones that will be in a spring/summer direct maybe.
I have no specific knowledge of likely delays. I just know that Nintendo is infamous for delays. They've had a decent run the last few years, but that doesn't erase 20 years of frequent misses. So, based on their track record, of the 8 games you mentioned, I'd bet that 2 don't see a 2022 release.
Bayonetta was never delayed. It was only given a release date recently, metroid prime 4 also was never given a release date. You're only giving one or 2 examples, I'm not saying they never delay games but I don't think they are particularly bad for doing it compared to other devs.
Triangle Strategy, anyone?
That is already a stacked 2022 for Nintendo! They probably have another trick or two up their sleeve
I don't have a Switch. My last Nintendo home console was the GameCube (which I got inexpensively second-hand well after it was a current-gen console), and my last Nintendo handheld was the original DS "phat" (which I got for being an EB Games acting store manager at the time of the DS launch). So I'm far from a Nintendo super-fan.
BUT I am very interested in the new Advance Wars game. That might finally tempt me back in. I used to play a lot of Advance Wars, mostly played on a first-gen GBA, the kind you needed a "snake light" (or similar) to play on in the dark. :)
I definitely beat one of the first two games. Maybe even both of them. It's been a long while, so I can't be 100% sure. I know I started the third game, but didn't finish it.
Glad to have the series back, whatever the case. No Advance Wars game on DS has long made no sense to me.
Fire emblem doesn't feel like it needs extensive development times, but with Three houses moving the series closer to AAA status than ever before, they might want to take their time to get it right, unlike how they fumbled with Fates after the success of Awakening.
Fates was great too though.
It'll probably be the best year for Switch
Easily another 20m+ year for Switch in 2022, even with the chip shortage.
Watch them pull a
Pokemon
Zelda
2D Mario
Open world Kirby
Bayonetta 3
Splatoon 3
Advanced Wars
Donkey Kong Country
Earthbound 4..... :D
Rumor has it Kirby at the cliff
Is it a good time to buy a switch, or is a new system expected in a year or so?
IMO its 2024 at the earliest. No need to replace a system that sells out immediately
Technically Mario + Rabbids is Ubisoft's lineup.
But it's an exclusive.
The distinction is relevant only to shareholders of Ubi or Nintendo.
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