Brazillian Youtuber "Coelho do Japão" just recently posted a video talking about an insider/source that has been contacting him and he pretty much addressed what he got right, what he got wrong and what the insider said could be coming into the future, so here is a bit tl;dr for the ~23 minute, it has A LOTTTT of info:
*Good to remember that the insider isn't 100% reliable! Take everything with a grain of salt [and don't blame the Youtuber, he DOES say he does not trust 100% this "insider", but that he did say some stuff that actually happened.] - By the way, my translation is not 100%, of course, and i did not translate EVERYTHING because some stuff was very confusing. But the stuff i translated should be for the most part correctly translated. I will be linking the video though, if anyone needs to take their own conclusions.
CORRECT:
• The correct date and hour of the latest Mini Direct.
• Something about Zelda showing up soon (and not necessarily a new Zelda) *[This did happen in some form, we got Cadence of Hyrule DLC. Coelho does not mention this in the video though, but it's good to remember] **[Also, there were the OoT trademarks in Australia.]
• A sudden announcement next to Sony's State of Play *[Pikmin 3 Deluxe got announced yesterday.]
Things the "insider" rumored:
• A possible announcement in August anywhere from the 10th (he did not specify if it was a Direct or not) *[This is MY input on the situation, but if we are to take that both the other insider guy and this insider are correct, something is probably getting announced between August 10th and 17th.]
• There is a 2D Metroid being developed by a Spanish company. *[Coelho also mentions on his video that another person that knew about the Mini Direct's date, PH Brazil, hinted about a possible 2D Metroid that, in his words, "The new Metroid i am referring to is going to build up from what the last game for 3DS did."
• "After Pikmin 3, there are still good things to come." *[Coelho also mentions another tweet by PH Brazil, in which he says "After Pikmin 3, Super Mario 3D World is going to be the next game to be rescued from the Wii U." He also mentions Xenoblade Chronicles X and the Zelda remasters from Wii U, however, it is unclear if PH Brazil meant they are coming to the Switch or if he is just say those are the remaining games that could possibly be coming from the Wii U.]
• Keeping up with the last point, PH Brazil also added on his tweet that "Other releases that Nintendo is preparing until the first half of 2021 include the 3D Collection of Mario games and new Metroid and Fire Emblem titles. *[Coelho says he is not sure if the stuff that PH Brazil said has any correlation with what his insider told him, but it could possibly be related.]
• A new F-Zero game is coming *******[It's VERY important to note that the insider told Coelho about the F-Zero game BEFORE the fake F-Zero account showed up on Twitter. So apparently a new F-Zero game is being developed ever since 2017 by Bandai Namco and is going to include story mode, customization and an online mode, and is being prepared for 2020.
• Apparently Retro Studios is working on two Metroid Prime games, and that is why they are employing so many new people. This would explain why Retro was still employing people for story - It does not necessarily mean they are employing people to write story for Metroid Prime 4, but it could be for MP5 [or another spin-off MP game]
• Square Enix is working on an exclusive KH game for the Switch, that apparently had its development intended for the 3DS, but they stopped the development for 3DS and rebooted the game, this time developing it for the Switch.
• Apparently, Nintendo allowed Donkey Kong to be used by an indie company to make a new game (just like Cadence of Hyrule.)
• A new Mario Strikers is being developed and it is quite far in development, but something happened in the plans and the game got delayed in its announcement/release (the insider also apparently said he is 100% sure a new Mario Strikers is happening).
• In February, the insider received the info that BoTW2 could be seeing a release in November, being the game that Nintendo is most focused on in 2020 [in terms of marketing; this is their big/holiday game.] And the name of the game is being reported "The Legend of Zelda: Prince's Madness"; he does mention however that this is the name that is being given in the beta and could possibly only be a temporary title, and not actually the title of the game *[Coelho also mentions he does not buy into this at all.] **[The insider also says that the title and date could have possibly changed, since the information was received in February of 2020.] ***[Monolith Soft is also apparently helping Nintendo to finish BoTW2, and he also mentions that they are working on another Zelda project, but they don't know if it is a remaster or a port.]
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Also, a bit about the insider:
He does not work for Nintendo, but has close friends that work inside Nintendo, he also is not from Brazil. Coelho also says the insider tells him stuff because he likes him.
I also want to note that these are NOT coming from Coelho but an insider. If any of these come out as incorrect, please do not hate on him. He said HIMSELF that he feels like this insider is not that reliable and that a lot of the stuff he says is far-fetched. So do not put the blame on him!
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My input: I do not buy into... a lot of this stuff. It is not Coelho's fault though, he is just reporting what he heard about. But this giant amount of information from multiple projects inside a company seems unlikely, unless it is someone from extremely high up i think? I do not think this insider is 100% lying, but he is most likely either guessing stuff or just really blaffing. EDIT: Forgot to insert the video link, sorry!
Here it is.
gonintendo.com
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