Welp, it’s that time of the year in video game world, and it’s the Video Game Awards show time! I’m personally am a bit indifferent about this show for this year and kinda stumped on what they could possibly show. I do have some bits of ideas that’s been mostly rumors that’s been put out for awhile around the Internet.
So, with all of that in mind, here are a few Game Awards announcements/world premieres, some feel like fairly safe bets, while some others may be some big swing type predictions that I’m more hopeful will be in there.
CHRONO CROSS REMASTER/REMAKE REVEAL
It’s been leaked a while ago that a BIG PlayStation game will be getting a remake from months ago. As of recently, it’s been revealed (or leaked) that the big PlayStation game getting the remake/remaster treatment will be the 1999 Chrono Trigger sequel, “Chrono Cross.”
There’s been a lot of smoke with this game in particular as of recently. Where there’s smoke there’s usually some fire. My gut is telling me that this game is real, though it could be possible that it may be a bit too early to show off or do a some big blowout. Though, brief teaser will suffice for most people and to tell us which platforms the game will eventually be available for. Chrono Trigger deserves its sequel to be acknowledged by Square, if you are an RPG fan or just play video games, mostly everyone knows the story of the first Chrono Trigger, but not many even know that there even was a sequel. To see that Chrono Cross will finally be getting some recognition at a big platform like the Game Awards will be a very welcomed surprise to Chrono fans and to JRPG fans.
SONIC FRONTIERS
So, this one may be one of the more obvious predictions. As of yesterday, the Sonic Twitter account and Geoff Keighly had some interactions online teasing that Sonic will be involved with the Game Awards in some way. It’s been confirmed that the Sonic 2 movie trailer will officially be revealed there, but what about Sonic Frontier, the upcoming 3D outing. After how disastrous, the last Sonic outing was, with Sonic Forces, it seems like SEGA is going all-in on this particular Sonic game. It needs all the push it can get.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD 2
As far as Nintendo announcements go, something on Breath of the Wild 2 seems the most likely to show up. The last time we’ve seen something about this game was at E3 of 2019. Its about time we at the very least get the name so we can stop calling it Breath of the Wild 2.
While yes, they could just save news of Zelda in a direct, but its been almost two years since we’ve seen anything of this game. They could just reveal the title here and then have blowout at a Direct, at least revealing the title of the sequel would get people excited again while going into next year. Hopefully, we can also get a reveal date as well, along with the name.
FINAL FANTASY XIV
This one may be the far out there one, if Square is going to reveal something at the Game Awards, I’d be surprised if we end up getting two reveals from them. Of the two, I do think a teaser of Chrono Cross is more likely than Final Fantasy XIV. Again, I think we get one or the other, just not both. Though, Final Fantasy XIV is another game we haven’t seen that much of. It didn’t even show up at the Tokyo Game Show this year, and Final Fantasy XIV does have a lot of hype around it, the next major venue to show something would be the Game Awards to get people to start talking about it again.
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 3
This is probably my high in the sky hopeful, but I’ll take it if it shows up here. I don’t think Monolith Soft has yet to really appear in the Game Awards, but I’ll be ecstatic if XC3 shows up here. It’s also possible that we could be getting this game sometime in 2022. So, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, would be a great place to start drawing up hype for it. The Xenoblade IP has been growing within the past couple of years, and showing something. As far as Nintendo announcements go for the show this one may be the most out there one. Though as of recently, Nate the Hate and Jeff Grubb apparently believes that it’s even the most likely option as a Nintendo reveal.
RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE
While the recently VR version of Resident Evil 4 has been the closest we’ve gotten to an actual Resident Evil 4 remake, it still does seems like Capcom still intends to fully remake the beloved game of the franchise.
Its been a debate on whether or not that rumored remake will actually make any significant changes to the original gameplay, but again it seems like Capcom may be getting to the point where they’re ready to reveal this project that we all know is coming at this point, it’s just the matter of when and where.
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK
God of War was one of the game that defined the PlayStation 4 with its breathtaking visuals, outstanding gameplay, and its emotional story that came from the franchise. God of War is taking some risks by moving on to the Norse pantheon mythology with Kratos as a father, but hey it worked out really well. God of War Ragnarok is also up for Most Anticipated Game for next year, because it already has a huge following and an established IP, and fans are waiting to see more from this game.
So, these are the announcements that I think will more than likely and are hopeful that could show up this year as a world premiere at the 2021 Game Awards! The show will be a livestream event that will be held on December 9th at 8 P.M. EST.
Here’s a fun fact, did you know that the last Nintendo Direct that we had was almost 316 DAYS ago? For those that don’t know this now holds the record as the longest period of time in between directs. That brings now to our hopeful solution, and that we may finally get our break as of tomorrow! Our last Nintendo direct was back in March 26th of this year!
Many Nintendo insiders has been hinting at the possibility of us getting a direct ever since this month has began really. King Zell (aka C. Tsubasa) from Reesetera has been pretty adamant that a Nintendo direct is coming this month and about the scheduled date being July 20th.
The specific date thats been rumored and speculated has been July 20th ( so by this time tomorrow,) we would know something maybe its the announcement of a direct, or we get a shadow drop direct mini like the last time.
Now that the date has been out of the way what do I think could possibly be revealed in this direct? What would be taking over this direct, are we finally going to see game play of Breath of the Wild 2 or is Mario going to take the stage as it is the 35th anniversary for the franchise? Here is where I get into all of the rumors, leaks and predictions for what could possibly be shown for this direct.
SUPER MARIO 3D COLLECTION
A possible Mario collection has been rumored for quite some time now, as I’ve stated earlier this year does mark Super Mario’s 35th Anniversary, so an anniversary collection isn’t something too crazy to think would be happening.
From what would be out of the collection, it’s going to be Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Most have been saying that they will be complete remasters of the originals games than they are straight up ports. Honestly, some of these could use the touch up, especially Super Mario 64 and Sunshine mostly.
Now this particular collection has been leaked to be a thing by every video game site under the sun, so it’s not too completely crazy to think that some kind of anniversary collection could be coming. This has also been predicted to be somewhat of a holiday release, which again would make sense. After Paper Mario: The Origami King was just released a couple of days ago and was the BIG summer release for Nintendo this year, so a Mario collection for the holidays does seem pretty likely. Now of course this would all be apart of the celebration of the Mario franchise and Nintendo takes celebrating Mario’s birthday very seriously and rightfully so. Just five years ago, we did get a new game, celebrating the franchise as a whole with Super Mario Maker, so of course they would want to do something special for the 35th anniversary.
SUPER MARIO 3D WORLD PORT FOR SWITCH
Now, continuing on this celebration of Mario, there’s also been some rumors about a possible port of another Wii U Mario game would be coming over to the Nintendo Switch, that game being Super Mario 3D World. Honestly, I’m really hoping for this one to be true, I LOVED 3D World, from the chaotic levels, the clear pipelines, the crazy and creative new power-ups, just loved everything about that game. It was one of my favorite Wii U games so if it gets ported over to the Switch, I would be SO HAPPY!
Now according to some insiders, if this port is really happening, they are saying that we might be getting some new levels along with maybe some new playable characters and maybe some kind of new feature (that we don’t know) but that’s pretty exciting. So, I have bought a few games over again, from the Wii U to the Switch, like Captain Toad:Treasure Tracker and Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze, so I’m definitely going to be re-buying Super Mario 3D World again for the Switch.
PIKMIN 3 SWITCH PORT AND A POSSIBLE PIKMIN 4 TEASE?
Okay, so a Pikmin 3 port for the Switch is something that’s also been rumored for the longest time, but we all at this point had assumed that would happen as soon as we end up getting Pikmin 4. Now, Pikmin 3 was another game I loved from the Wii U, and it could be a great filler game to be a fall release, we don’t really have anything for the fall anyway, so yeah I wouldn’t mind seeing Pikmin being thrown into the later half of the year.
Now, if we get a teaser of Pikmin 4 then yeah, (kinda somewhat doubt that we will get anything Pikmin 4 related), but, I definitely would not be surprised to see an eventual port of Pikmin 3 to eventually come to the Switch.
SMASH CHARACTER CHALLENGER PACK #7
Here we go, though big boy of them all that’s not Mario! Then again how can you be talking about the possibility of a Nintendo Direct, and not even mention Smash when DLC is still alive and well.
While we did get our ARMS character, being Min Min, and being released not too long ago. I’m not quite sure about the possibility of us seeing another character for Smash so soon, since we did just get Min Min and a Smash update as well. So for those that don’t know, there is something going on with the Smash official website that’s making a lot of Smash fans think that we could be gearing up for a possible new character release pretty soon here.
The new tab has mysteriously been removed from the smash website. Keep in mind I believe Byleth’s was their up until Min Min was revealed. Fighter number 7 being revealed soon hmmm 🤔 pic.twitter.com/G33q9gSip3
So, the “NEW” Tab in the Smash website is just gone and the character’s Byleth’s “NEW” Tab is gone as well, and MinMin was just announced soon after Byleth. With the “NEW” tab gone it’s just making many people think that we could be leading to a possible new character reveal and that we could possibly be getting something soon for Smash. While this “NEW” Tab theory does hold something it is also possible that it could just be a glitch with the site.
Of course though, when it comes to Smash it’s expect anything and everything to be suspicious. If you follow me on Twitter, I’m going to do an actual thread of who I think might be the next character for Challenger Pack 7, I don’t know who and I’m glad that we haven’t really gotten any leaks to be taken seriously, I don’t know that there’s an Altelier Ryzer (but it came from 4chan) so once again no REAL leaks to be taken seriously as far as characters goes for Smash, which is good for once.
METROID PRIME TRILOGY & Metroid Prime 4
Do we know what’s going on with Metroid anymore? I could see possibility of seeing Metroid Prime getting the whole trilogy for the Switch. This has to happen at some point, it was rumored to be a thing ever since last year. The Metroid Prime games is some of the most well beloved games from both fans and critics alike, and its a shame that this has yet to really happen.
The Metroid series could definitely use the attention, after Metroid Prime 4 had to basically start development all over again, it would give Metroid some momentum to lead up into Metroid Prime 4, and it would give newer fans to possibly catch up on the series before we even get to Prime 4. Speaking of Metroid Prime 4, I don’t think we will be seeing it at all here, if anything maybe we will get a slight update on it, if we do get the Prime trilogy but other than a slight news update, I do not see any kinds of hints of showing Metroid Prime 4 at all here.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD 2
By far and away the BIGGEST Nintendo Switch release, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2. At this point in time, I think it’s safe to say that everybody wants to finally see this game in action and get some kind of news other than it’s in development. I’ve pretty much have given up on the fact that it was coming this year, I was never really that confident that it was coming this year anyway.
If I had to take a guess as to when this game will come I would say maybe around Spring of 2021. I do think that if we do get something Breath of the Wild 2 related, maybe we will get a trailer and some slight details about what to expect for this game. I’m not expecting a blow out of everything just give us something of a teaser, and even then I think most people would be sufficed.
Besides if this comes around say March of next year, then we would just be practically seven months away from a possible release of the game, and it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to think a new game play trailer could come out of this possible direct here. Because again seven months is not that long and far away and they have a lot to start showing off like a possible new playable Zelda, story elements, locations time not on their side for this game, we need to know something.
MISCELLANEOUS STUFF
Now some things that don’t have dates attached to them or even know much about, Bayonetta 3 doubt we’ll see that here and if we I’ll be surprised or maybe we get it, after the success of Astral Chain from Platinum Games, they’ve been mostly quiet so who knows, but I doubt we’ll here anything about it. That game seems like it needs a bigger stage and if we’re getting a mini direct then I definitely doubt it’ll show up.
Another big game that was just revealed was New Pokemon Snap. Now, this was just revealed a few weeks ago, but as we all know Pokemon Company usually likes to do their own thing so maybe they’ll blow it on in their own Pokemon direct, but if we do get anything maybe we’ll get a release date window for it more than likely. We don’t have a mainline Pokemon game to be looking forward to for the first time since 2015, so maybe New Pokemon Snap could be that title fill for Pokemon this year. Though there is also the Pokemon Sword and Shield DLC with the Crown Tundra, and that’s already not being hyped enough by fans so maybe Nintendo will remind us about it. They need to try and excited us again for this DLC for Pokemon with maybe showing new locations, maybe new Pokemon Galor forms, just something, because they for Crown Tundra has definitely been drained.
We might get a little highlight on maybe everyone’s favorite Nintendo Switch game from this year, being Animal Crossing: New Horizons. There is an update coming for August, so that’s more than likely going to get slightly touched on showing more of the new swimming abilities, and fireworks.
Now, maybe this should’ve been in the Mario section but I’m bringing it up here because I’m not completely sure if they’re going to pull this off, especially if it’s going to be a mini direct, but if it’s a long direct then maybe they’ll might put this out. It has been six years since the last Mario Kart being Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U, and while we did get the Deluxe version for the Switch (which has been three years since that released), but, still its been six years since we’ve gotten a fully new Mario Kart, and I believe it’s about that time for us to get one. Its probably the only game I can think of that can possibly their big selling holiday game for now.
To FINALLY wrap this up my last prediction, for this possible direct, I think we may see something Splatoon related. I think that there’s going to be a Splatoon spinoff, and I’m not the only one thinking of this as a possibility. Splatoon has become one of Nintendo’s biggest franchises and after the success of both Splatoon and Splatoon 2, I think it’s time to see where they could take this series next and give it it’s own spinoff title. You could definetly do a lot with a world like Splatoon, like give it a skateboarding game, or an Sims-Animal Crossing like game with your Inkling or Octoling. Splatoon is becoming so beloved and it needs some kind of content, it’s too soon for a Splatoon 3. Some kind of spin off with Splatoon I think will be much appreciated by fans and it would definetly sell well, because that community is becoming so big that you can’t really ignore it, it’s almost right up there with Kirby, Animal Crossing, and yeah I would even say its there with Zelda and Smash. So you can’t just ignore that.
I think that’s basically everything that I got as far as predictions goes. So, tell me what you think about this direct. Do you think that a direct could be coming tomorrow and where is your hype level for it. I would personally think it’s at a five I’m not expecting much things, I’m trying to have expectations for this whole thing and especially if it’s another direct mini. I’m going in here, extremely modest, cause like, Monday could come around and nothing happens and it’ll be like welp okay! I wouldn’t be disappointed about it or anything.
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