June 18’s Nintendo Direct revealed some huge games to close out the Nintendo Switch’s lifecycle, but one leaker tried to ruin the fun—and no one took notice.
A user of ResetERA forums appeared out of nowhere and cheekily said they were “betting on a top down LoZ game starring Zelda and a new Mario and Luigi title… their Brothership is too iconic y’know,” which just so happened to be two games revealed during the 40-minute show— Mario & Luigi: Brothership and The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom.
Fans only noticed the leak after the direct because no one took the post seriously. After all, why would they? Everyone before a Nintendo Direct throws out speculation, so it’s hard to tell what is real and what isn’t.
Alongside the two games mentioned, the Nintendo Direct also graced us with a lot of huge titles coming over the next year, including a new Mario Party that has a 20-person online battle royale-like mode and the re-reveal of Metroid Prime 4, with a 2025 release window.
Interestingly enough, Metroid Prime 4 was only revealed to have a release window after its initial gameplay reveal, so many have speculated it could be a launch title for the Nintendo Switch successor as well as appearing on Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo did this during the Switch launch by releasing Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Wii U and Nintendo Switch, so it would make perfect sense.
