Nintendo Direct Coming Soon?

Today is the release day of Paper Mario: The Origami King. And just like after the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons in March we're back to not knowing anything about what's next for Nintendo. Which means it's time for a Nintendo Direct or at least the announcement of the next big release.

There even have been rumors that we're getting a Nintendo Direct as early as Monday. It could again be shadow dropped, like the Nintendo Direct Mini from March, which followed the release of Animal Crossing: New Horizons the week after. So, it's probably best to write down expectations now, if you really want to go into the next Direct with expectations.

Whenever we're getting a Nintendo Direct, one of the topics will certainly be the seventh Challenger Pack for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It's actually of note how they've already removed the "New" labels from the official website. Apparently, this only happens when a new fighter announcement is imminent. And it's remarkable how quickly they've removed this after the release of Min Min not even three weeks ago.

I'm personally so happy with ARMS and Min Min in Smash that I doubt that any of the upcoming DLC would top this, but getting a Challenger Pack for Minecraft would still be quite hype for me. They could also do another mystery reveal again, e.g. by announcing a Pokémon from Sword & Shield, but then they probably wouldn't have changed things on the official website already... In any case it will be interesting.

Otherwise such a Nintendo Direct would probably primarily focus on Nintendo's line-up for the rest of 2020. So, I'm not expecting anything about Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3 or the sequel to Breath of the Wild, though it would be nice to finally learn more about these titles.

But the 35th Anniversary of Super Mario could become a topic and what's also quite in the realm of possibilities for this year is a new 2D Metroid on the Nintendo Switch, developed by MercurySteam, who did a good job with Metroid: Samus Returns on the Nintendo 3DS three years ago. It would be awesome to get a follow-up to this, whether it's another remake or finally a new title. Maybe this could even lead to a cool looking Special Edition Nintendo Switch...