You’d think E3 was enough. You’d think the reveal of Metroid Prime 4, a new Pokémon in the works, and Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle would be enough to get Nintendo Switch owners hyped (as if we needed more people buying up Nintendo Switches), but Nintendo isn’t done yet. According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, there are even more announcements on the way in 2017.
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In a recent interview with Waypoint, Reggie was asked what he thought about the response to Nintendo’s delivery at E3 and how Nintendo is shaping up to fulfill the promises made to fans with the Switch’s lineup. Here’s what he had to say:
“The response to what we’ve showcased, and it really is just a small tip for 2018, has been exceptionally positive. You’ve got fans seeing Metroid Prime 4, hearing that Mr. Tanabe, who’s been involved in all of the Metroid Prime games, is going to be at the helm of that, the fans are tremendously excited. To hear that there’s going to be a core Pokémon RPG experience on the Nintendo Switch, the fans are incredibly excited.
“To see a traditional Kirby experience, with him inhaling enemies and copying abilities, fans are excited about that. And then the Yoshi game that we showcased, with that unique, you know, motion to go ‘behind-the-scenes,’ so to speak, has people really intrigued. So just by showcasing those four games, and giving a little bit of a taste, yeah there’s a lot of excitement to what 2018 can hold.”
It’s not all about 2018, though. Nintendo has some exciting new things on the way this year as well.
“But to be clear, we look at E3 in the here and now. Our focus is on games that are largely going to be available between now and the end of the holiday season. And when you look at that lineup, there’s a strong game coming literally every month, starting tomorrow with Arms, and then Splatoon 2, then in August is the Mario + Rabbids game, September, October with Super Mario Odyssey. We’ve got that great pace of content, and I can tell you there’s more to be announced” (emphasis mine).
What else could there be?! We’re wondering if Reggie is referring to some indie games that he knows Nintendo has up its sleeve, because we can’t imagine what first-party games could be in development that we don’t already know about. By the way, where is our mini SNES?
Regardless, we can expect at least one more Nintendo Direct before the holiday season rolls around, so there’s a good chance that we’ll see what Nintendo is working on. Stay tuned!
