Bayonetta 3 And Metroid Prime 4 To Launch In 2018 According To Nintendo Norway

Bayonetta 3 was one of the biggest surprise at The Game Awards 2017. Both Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4 were revealed last year but have no confirmed release window.

[TheColbertinator]

Both games in 2018 should clinch another successful year for the Switch

[indyman7777]

Wow and Nintendo talking about how easy it is to develop for, 2017 says it must be. And now this? It must be easy to develop for. Nice.

[GottaBjimmyb]

Man, so
-Bayonetta 1/2 remaster
-Bayonetta 3
-Yoshi
-Metroid prime
-Kirby
-Octopath
-and maybe a mario party or mario sport game?

Then 2019, probably an interim mario game, new mario kart or smash bro, and who knows what else. Going to be a pretty sweet next couple years for switch. Though really curious what happens in 2020 when they basically are to the point of rehashing their successful IP, as they will have all their major franchise covered between 2017, 18 and 19.

[That-Guy]

I don't know about a new proper 3D Mario game, Mario Kart or Smash. I'd be quite surprised.
I think they might re-release Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD, especially if they're doing Skyward Sword HD.
But a variation of the last Smash, as Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch, seems plausible even this year.

[ChickeyCantor]

>Wow and Nintendo talking about how easy it is to develop for,

Tooling is easy, cutting production time. It's still hard work though.

[indyman7777]

@ChickeyCantor I extremely AGREE! It is still Hard! Coding is always hard. People think that if they can understand a high level concept that the coding is therefor as easy as that. WRONG! I hope I did not give you the idea that I thought it was easy.

I am a business programmer so I know this from experience.

[Moonman]

Yaaaash. lol

[SCW1982]

It wont happen

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

That's what people said about Xenoblade 2.
Look where we are now.

[SCW1982]

Both game reveals were just title splashes, temper your expectations.

[indyman7777]

speaking of which, that's also what people where saying about Mario qoute no way it comes out in the next few years especially with Zelda just launching!

[vergilxx3]

It should have been pushed back to 2018 , in handheld mode the game is just ugly
and english voice acting is just bad , thank god there is Japanese too

[SCW1982]

@indyman
no one was saying that about Mario, as a matter of fact most people that were informed knew that the game was almost complete and they were holding it back for the holiday release window.

[Strafe]

Lol, is that vergilxx3 bellend still here? I would have thought he knew no one gives a shit what he says.

[Prince_TFK]

Would would have thought that Mario. Zelda, and Xenoblade would launch in the same year, just a few months apart? So this still would be possible as well.

[ZeekQuattro]

if Nintendo expects to sell an additional 20 million Switch by March 2019 then they will need to continue having a steady flow of heavy hitters like they did in 2017. It can't just be a potential Pokemon game and little else. I expect to see Bayo 3 or Metroid Prime 4 this year as well as other surprises. Plus it would be a nice one-two punch for the Bayo franchise. Bayo 1 and 2 ports in February and then top it off with Bayo 3 over the Summer.

[Uken12]

I wouldn't say they had a steady flow. Just enough to keep selling out of Switches. Zelda being amazing really helped.
Mario rounding it up did also. Mario was good but not great in my opinion. The rest are rentable titles.

I am a Nintendo fan but I don't think software wise that it was a great year. NO Virtual Console, at all. Some crappy mess of a selection of random games mixed in with the Indies. I think this year they need more than 4 titles. (Zelda, ARMS, Splatoon, Mario.) Especially after not making any games for pretty much 2 years (Wii U....RIP).

Ideally they would have Bayo 3, Metroid Prime 4, Pikmin 4, Smash 4 rerelease and new stuff. Also their side scrollers are terrible as of late. New Super Mario Bros sucked, Yoshi Wooly World sucked, Kirby clay world was awful and I really think Donkey Kong Country should be 3d or not be made. Nintendo side scrollers are shadows of their past selves, leave side scrollers for the Indie Devs.

Nintendo also needs companies like From Software on the Switch. Imagine a Dark Souls remake with a Zelda DLC pack. But a Dark Souls version, I mean Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to Ocarina of Time anyways.

[marloc_x]

Looking forward to the new Nintendo subscription service... VC is gonna ramp up.

[CorndogBurglar]

I would like a remaster of the previous Metroid Primes. I never got to play 2 & 3.

[Scroticus]

Oh, my. You poor soul. They were amazing, so I hope for your sake they get ported over on the eshop.

[CorndogBurglar]

Yeah I know. Metroid and Zelda are my two favorite Nintendo franchises. I just havent had a Nintendi console since N64 and now the Switch. Old roommate had a Gamecube but I moved out many moons ago.

I don't think it would be crazy to hope they would port them over. Nintendo is kind of known for doing that with their older games. 3DS has pretty much every Zelda, Mario, and Metroid on their shop. So fingers crossed.

[Sirk7x]

Prime 2 was notoriously difficult on the Gamecube, so much so that they made it easier on the Trilogy release on Wii. It was a fantastic game.

[talocaca]

I could see it but not so sure about Metroid Prime 4.

I guess it could be a Wii U game that got ported over to the Switch.

Pikmin 4 may also be just about ready by now based on Miyamoto's past comments.

[BadElf]

Oh?

[Bandit50]

Have no interest in the Bayonetta games and are so glad they are coming for those that do and nintendo but the new Metroid prime game can't come soon enough .... just hope the dev team that are making it do it proud .

[doos_vd_kak]

I want bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime so badly! I really hope this is true

[UCForce]

Faster than I thought.

[TheOttomatic91]

Pffthahahaha, sure I’ll believe it when I see it.

[marloc_x]

Keep yer eyes peeled😉

[michellelynn0976]

I can believe it and when are people gonna realize Nintendo is working on new IPs? They are not doing all the same games over and over. Oh well.

[indysurfn]

ARMS is an launch window example. It started with a 1-2 punch (pun WAS intended!)

Speaking 1-2 there was also 1-2 SWITCH!

[Wrex369]

I'm looking forward to Fire Emblem more than anything else, really. Along with everything else what ever they want to announce aside from that is just icing lol

[Toiletsteak]

I wasn't expecting this, if they can pull it off this is awesome. I get to play through the first 2 Bayonetta games and then the 3rd all this year. Never played Meroids Prime before so hopefully they bring the first three over but I can atleast play the first on my Snes mini.

[addictedtochaos]

I don’t expect either one to come this year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they do.

[gangsta_red]

Very excited to see what Bayonetta 3 will look like

[jeremyj2913]

As much as I love Bayo, a shake up of the mechanics would do wonders for that game. I also hope for another graphical leap. Bayo 2 looks much better than Bayo 1.