{"id":125510,"date":"2022-06-07T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-132555"},"modified":"2022-06-07T20:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:00:00","slug":"feature-will-we-finally-see-these-games-in-the-not-e3-nintendo-direct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/07\/feature-will-we-finally-see-these-games-in-the-not-e3-nintendo-direct\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Will We Finally See These Games In The Not-E3 Nintendo Direct?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d60023db9bbc4\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d60023db9bbc4\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d60023db9bbc4\/mystery-games.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Mystery Games\"><\/figure>\n<p>This week is the week of the E3-that-wasn&#8217;t, and even if the giant expo won&#8217;t be around to entertain us, the giants of the games industry have seemingly managed to put together a whole bunch of showcases all the same.<\/p>\n<p>But we still aren&#8217;t sure what Nintendo&#8217;s showing will be, or if we&#8217;ll even get a Nintendo Direct alongside all the other presentations. But on the assumption that we will, we&#8217;ve put together a list of everything we know about a bunch of games that have either dropped off the radar for a while, or haven&#8217;t had any concrete release information in a long time, to figure out what we should\/could be ready for.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s get speculatin&#8217;!<\/p>\n<nav id=\"toc\" role=\"navigation\" class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<h2><span class=\"icon icon-list-bullet\"><\/span> On this page:<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/will-we-finally-see-these-games-in-the-not-e3-nintendo-direct#games-we-havent-heard-from-in-a-while\">Games We Haven&#8217;t Heard From In A While&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<h2 id=\"games-we-havent-heard-from-in-a-while\">Games We Haven&#8217;t Heard From In A While&#8230;<br \/><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"metroid-prime-4\">Metroid Prime 4<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"nFbDmTjS_MI\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A sequel in the Metroid Prime series, the beloved action-adventure games starring everyone&#8217;s favourite bounty hunter, Samus Aran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quite a lot, and somehow, nothing at all. We have a logo and a banner, and we know that it has been shuffled around from studio to studio, beginning at Bandai Namco, then being entirely scrapped and given to original Metroid Prime studio, Retro. Aside from that, it&#8217;s all just speculation, formed around Retro&#8217;s hiring practices, Switch Pro rumours, COVID delays, and blind hope.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, you&#8217;d bloody hope so.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/metroid-prime-4-everything-we-know-so-far\">We guessed at a 2022\/2023 release<\/a>, but the development has been pretty messy, with all the hiring and pandemicing and scrapping the entire project and starting over, so who knows?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because Metroid Prime is one of the greatest game serieses of all time, and because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/metroid_dread\">Metroid Dread<\/a> was really, <em>really<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d give this one a 6\/10 chance.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"bayonetta-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/bayonetta_3\">Bayonetta 3<\/a><\/h3>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"bUAtX8Ox7eI\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A third game in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/bayonetta\">Bayonetta<\/a> series. Play as a witch with gun shoes and a suit made out of hair to fight off biblically-accurate angels. It&#8217;s awesome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A surprising amount, actually, except for, you know, when it comes out. It&#8217;s bulletpoint list time:<\/p>\n<p><em>Phew<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/09\/hideki_kamiya_reminds_fans_bayonetta_3_is_a_nintendo_switch_exclusive\">In fact, it&#8217;s an exclusive<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, they <em>say<\/em> 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At this point, maybe just so Hideki Kamiya can stop saying &#8220;it&#8217;s going very well&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going very well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a 2022 release date, it had better be. We rate this one a 7\/10 for likelihood \u2014 it&#8217;s a relatively low score because Kamiya seems like he might cancel the whole thing out of annoyance at this point.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"sports-story\">Sports Story<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"SzzcgCi20Z8\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A sequel to the beloved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/golf_story\">Golf Story<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/sports_story\">Sports Story<\/a> is also an RPG, but expands into tennis, fishing, dungeons, espionage, mini-games, and treasure. And golf.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Initially coming in &#8220;mid-2020&#8221; and then indefinitely delayed, Sports Story has been quiet since June 2021, when the developers said there would be &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/06\/we_finally_have_an_update_on_sports_story_golf_storys_highly_anticipated_sequel\">more updates going forward<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 they shared one more update on Christmas 2021, but that&#8217;s been it.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Merry Christmas\ud83c\udf84 Work is ongoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ae8bpBO1IR\">pic.twitter.com\/ae8bpBO1IR<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Sidebar Games (@sidebargames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sidebargames\/status\/1474525625591287808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a Switch exclusive!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <em>very<\/em> hard to say. It seems like the campaign got away from the developers and became much larger than intended, and we don&#8217;t know how long that&#8217;ll take to finish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Golf Story was <em>really<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The game was first delayed in August 2020, then delayed a bit more in June 2021, so we&#8217;re about due for another delay&#8230; or a release, maybe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maybe? Without any substantial updates for a <em>long<\/em> time, we don&#8217;t even know what state the game is in right now. We&#8217;ll rate this one a 6\/10. Don&#8217;t get your hopes up.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"grezzos-mystery-medieval-game\">Grezzo&#8217;s Mystery Medieval Game<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNDU0Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"454\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/018a6bbcd5325\/2021kinkyu-header.900x.jpg\" alt=\"2021kinkyu Header\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We literally only have the words &#8220;medieval&#8221; and &#8220;stylish&#8221; to go on. And maybe &#8220;action&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grezzo is Nintendo&#8217;s external Zelda-remake development studio \u2014 they were responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_links_awakening\">Link&#8217;s Awakening<\/a> remake, and both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time_3d\">Ocarina of Time<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/legend_of_zelda_majoras_mask_3d\">Majora&#8217;s Mask<\/a> on 3DS. Apparently, now they&#8217;re working on their own project. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/02\/zelda_remake_specialist_grezzo_is_hiring_for_a_new_medieval_and_stylish_project\">Here&#8217;s how they described it<\/a> on their careers site:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>&#8220;The approach to the game\u2019s design will be \u201cmedieval\u201d and \u201cstylish.\u201d It won\u2019t be photorealistic, but takes elements from reality and puts a design twist on them. The UI designer will be for HUD, menus, and such.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the job description for a &#8220;Battle Planner&#8221;, they go into more detail, stating that they want someone with &#8220;experience in creating action games&#8221; and &#8220;creating battles with enemies and bosses&#8221;, which sounds like perhaps an action-RPG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No idea. It&#8217;s relatively likely, though, given their close relationship with Nintendo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t even know the title, so&#8230; who knows!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grezzo has an excellent track record, even if most of their games are Nintendo remakes and ports. Their own creations include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/ever_oasis\">Ever Oasis<\/a> and <strong>StreetPass Garden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Grezzo&#8217;s last project was helping out with the planning and development for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/miitopia\">Miitopia<\/a> remake in 2021, and the studio itself is run by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/secret_of_mana\">Mana<\/a> series creator Koichi Ishii as the CEO. Their last full release was the Link&#8217;s Awakening remake on Switch in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It seems like it&#8217;s probably fairly early in the development process, but we might see a first trailer \u2014 we&#8217;ll give it a 6\/10 likelihood of appearing for now.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"pikmin-4\">Pikmin 4<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fcd6e975fb5d0\/missing.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Missing\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A fourth game in the cult-favourite series that&#8217;s all about enslaving living onions and trying in vain to stop them being eaten and falling in lava.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shigeru Miyamoto said it was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2015\/09\/pikmin_4_is_very_close_to_completion_though_its_platform_is_unclear\">close to completion<\/a>&#8221; in 2015(!) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/07\/shigeru_miyamoto_provides_assurances_on_pikmin_4_development\">again in 2016<\/a>, he said &#8220;we&#8217;re working on [Pikmin 4]&#8221; but that it kept getting bumped down on Nintendo&#8217;s list of priorities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/06\/fret_not_pikmin_4_is_still_progressing\">When grilled <em>again<\/em> in 2017<\/a>, he simply said &#8220;it is progressing&#8221; \u2014 and that&#8217;s the last we heard.<\/p>\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pikmin_bloom\">Pikmin Bloom<\/a> came out just last year, it&#8217;s safe to say that Pikmin is still on the cards, and still being given attention by Nintendo, but Pikmin 4 has been radio silent for five years now. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/02\/feature_its_been_nearly_five_years_so_where_in_the_world_is_pikmin_4\">You can read our theories on what happened to it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If it exists, it&#8217;s probably <em>only<\/em> coming to Switch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No idea. We initially thought it might be a 3DS or Wii U game, so it might not even come out during the Switch&#8217;s lifecycle at this point.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you really need a reason to be excited about Pikmin? They&#8217;re tiny, cute, and stupid, and the games have wonderfully evocative music.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re relatively certain that 3DS game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/hey_pikmin\">Hey! Pikmin<\/a> was <em>not<\/em> Pikmin 4, and neither was mobile Pok\u00e9mon GO-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pikmin_bloom\">Pikmin Bloom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If we&#8217;re being honest, we think this game might be dead. Or, at the very least, indefinitely shelved. We&#8217;d love to be proved wrong, but the odds of this one appearing in 2022 are about 3\/10.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"outer-wilds\">Outer Wilds<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"PbYCkvyw7TQ\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A fantastically-successful, multi-award-winning game about [REDACTED] and [REDACTED]. It&#8217;s a sort of&#8230; narrative Metroidvania? Sort of a timeloop? Sort of science fiction? All you need to know is that it&#8217;s brilliant, and any more information might dip into spoiler territory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not a lot, really. Obviously, the game is out on other platforms, so we know the entire <em>plot<\/em>, we just don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s up with its Switch release. The Nintendo eShop page says &#8220;TBD&#8221; for now, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esrb.org\/search\/?searchKeyword=outer%20wilds&amp;platform=Nintendo%20Switch&amp;rating=E%2CE10%2B%2CT%2CM%2CAO&amp;descriptor=All%20Content&amp;pg=1&amp;searchType=All&amp;ielement[]=all\">it hasn&#8217;t even been ESRB rated yet<\/a>. Worrying signs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yyyyyyyyes. Maybe? Well, they <em>said<\/em> it was. The last time we heard about it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2021\/02\/timeloop_game_outer_wilds_finally_comes_to_switch_this_summer\">February 2021<\/a>, when it was announced in a Nintendo Direct that Outer Wilds would be out on Switch that Summer. And then it just&#8230; wasn&#8217;t. We still don&#8217;t know why it never came out as promised, or when it <em>will<\/em> be out. We just hope that some day it will come to Switch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your guess is as good as ours. But if they thought it would be ready for Summer 2021, it surely can&#8217;t be <em>that<\/em> far off&#8230;?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s really, really good. And we want to be able to play it in bed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also DLC, called Echoes of the Eye, which we haven&#8217;t played yet (because we&#8217;re waiting for the Switch version, of course). Echoes of the Eye came out in September 2021, so we don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;ll be included with the Switch version or not \u2014 because, again, we haven&#8217;t heard about Switch stuff from the Outer Wilds team since February 2021.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We really hope so. It feels like we&#8217;ve been ghosted, and we just want to know what we did wrong. 9\/10 likelihood.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"hollow-knight-silksong\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/h3>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"pFAknD_9U7c\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The much-awaited sequel to the beloved Hollow Knight, a Metroidvania-Soulslike with adorable bugs. In Silksong, you&#8217;ll play as Hornet, the Princess-Protector of Hallownest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do we know so far?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s packed with all-new content, of course \u2014 new lands, new powers, new bugs, new beasts, new secrets. And new protagonist, of course! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/team_cherry_provides_hollow_knight_silksong_update_new_characters_revealed\">We&#8217;ve even seen a sneak peek of some of the new characters<\/a>, got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/06\/team_cherry_shares_more_hollow_knight_silksong_details_will_launch_when_its_ready\">a hint at the new healing mechanics<\/a>, watched <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y8lvHT_IQbM\">some gameplay<\/a>, and we know it&#8217;s been in the works since at least February 2019, when it was announced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it coming to Switch?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Absolutely! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/hollow_knight_silksong_is_coming_to_nintendo_switch_as_a_console_exclusive\">It&#8217;s a console exclusive<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the release date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the million-<del>dollar<\/del>Geo question, isn&#8217;t it? We just don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why should we be excited?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hollow Knight got a 9\/10 from us, and we said that it&#8217;s &#8220;one of the finest adventures you can have on Nintendo Switch.&#8221; Also, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/backlog-club-week-zero-june-return-of-backlog-club-return-of-the-obra-dinn\">it might be the Backlog Club game for July<\/a>, if you&#8217;ve been following along.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anything else we should know?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The latest update \u2014 from May 2022 \u2014 said that &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/team-cherry-kind-of-shares-update-about-development-status-of-hollow-knight-silksong\">it can&#8217;t be too much longer, surely!<\/a>&#8221; We&#8217;re trying not to get our hopes up, but it&#8217;s definitely looking very polished.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it be at not-E3?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We say this every time there&#8217;s a Direct, and we&#8217;ve always been wrong so far, but it <em>has<\/em> to be this year. It has to be! We give this one an 8\/10 likelihood, and we&#8217;re crossing all our fingers.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div id=\"poll-if-you-could-only-get-one-of-these-games-this-year-which-one-would-it-be\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/if_you_could_only_get_one_of_these_games_this_year_which_one_would_it_be\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"If you could only get one of these games this year, which one would it be?\" id=\"if-you-could-only-get-one-of-these-games-this-year-which-one-would-it-be\">If you could only get one of these games this year, which one would it be? (1,416 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Bayonetta 3<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"163 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"12\"><span class=\"val\">12<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"393 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"28\"><span class=\"val\">28<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Metroid Prime 4<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"553 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"39\"><span class=\"val\">39<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Outer Wilds<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"20 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Pikmin 4<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"182 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"13\"><span class=\"val\">13<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Sports Story<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"57 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"4\"><span class=\"val\">4<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Grezzo&#8217;s mystery game<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"48 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"poll-which-of-these-games-do-you-think-well-hear-from-soon\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_of_these_games_do_you_think_well_hear_from_soon\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Which of these games do you think we'll hear from soon?\" id=\"which-of-these-games-do-you-think-well-hear-from-soon\">Which of these games do you think we&#8217;ll hear from soon? (2,142 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Bayonetta 3<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"758 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"35\"><span class=\"val\">35<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Hollow Knight: Silksong<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"500 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"23\"><span class=\"val\">23<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Metroid Prime 4<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"253 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"12\"><span class=\"val\">12<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Outer Wilds<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"215 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"10\"><span class=\"val\">10<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Pikmin 4<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"71 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Sports Story<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"264 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"12\"><span class=\"val\">12<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Grezzo&#8217;s mystery game<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"81 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"4\"><span class=\"val\">4<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Give us your theories, your rumours, your pessimistic and optimistic thoughts in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is the week of the E3-that-wasn&#8217;t, and even if the giant expo won&#8217;t be around to entertain us, the giants of the games industry have seemingly managed to put together a whole bunch of showcases all the same. But we still aren&#8217;t sure what Nintendo&#8217;s showing will be, or if we&#8217;ll even get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}