Here we go, the obligatory September Direct was just announced two and a half hours ago and will air tomorrow at the same time, so let's see where we're at. There have been a variety of rumors, like a potential remaster of F-Zero GX, but most of it won't be relevant to this blog. So, let's just go through my hot topics...
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
It has already been confirmed last week that we won't be getting any expansions for the game (see here), so that's off the table. But there is still the chance that they might do something to celebrate the game's success, where for example they could add the missing Master Mode via a free update. But I personally don't expect anything at this point.
I'm also not expecting any other Zelda announcements right now, because it's a bit early for that, but ports of The Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD are always a possibility in between and they could announce those for early 2024.
Another possibility, which could closely follow Tears of the Kingdom, is a "Shrine Maker". This is something that I already wanted out of Breath of the Wild and I will talk about my new ideas in more detail later, given that Nintendo won't already make this a huge topic tomorrow.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
The last three Nintendo Directs all teased the next wave of the Booster Course Pass and this one won't be any different. Again, I expect them to show us one of the new courses again, probably Piranha Plant Cove or the pipe track with the severe naming issues, and the two last characters. Oh, and maybe we will get some additional courses for Battle Mode with wave 6. This would be a nice ending and also something they would show in the Direct...
The characters will reveal a lot about the future of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, whether there could be more waves coming in a second volume of the Booster Course Pass or nothing at all. Everyone wants Diddy Kong and Pauline, where the absence of one of them could be an indication of more DLC coming. Especially Diddy Kong, because people will riot if he still didn't make it into Mario Kart 8 after nine whole years...
So, I'm going to predict Chargin' Chuck and Nabbit, just because I want to see that extra DLC coming and get the majority of missing courses from Mario Kart Tour ported over.
Earlier this week we've learned that they are wrapping up development of the mobile title, where the Booster Course Pass will come to an end at the same time and will ultimately include all the new courses from Tour. So, it doesn't look too well, but I'm still a little hopeful.
Metroid Prime
Now, that Tears of the Kingdom has been released, the last big already-announced game for Nintendo Switch that everyone is waiting for is Metroid Prime 4. They technically never announced it for Nintendo Switch, though, so it could become one of the first titles for the successor console, but people would love to get a first teaser in any case. If it's for the next console, they won't show us any ingame footage, however.
And they might want to keep going with those remasters of the Metroid Prime Trilogy, where I wouldn't mind another shadow-drop of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Remastered.
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