Let’s hit up the rumors for some good laughs

It’s the new year folks. People are desperate for their favorite franchises to be in the limelight.

So I’ll throw my favorites I’ve heard out there so far. Keep in mind it’s somewhat of a joke thread but having some light shed on a few types of games that need more exposure is kind of nice for what its worth.

- Cyberpunk delay mostly due to the fact the base Xbox 1 was having several bad technical errors in one of the final builds of the game.

- Ninja Gaiden 4 currently in development as a Nintendo Switch exclusive (big yikes...most likely timed though). If true, that would be on Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 levels of bad.

- A new Paper Mario and Metroid (not Prime or 3D) title are in development.

- This one’s a bit late(but I haven’t seen it a lot of places), but Elden Ring supposedly may be on its way this summer. If I remember correctly, DS3 and Bloodborne released in the same year? So Sekiro and Elden Ring releasing a year apart doesn’t surprise me.

- Crash is the next Smash DLC.


My simple analysis:

The PM and Metroid one along with Crash to be honest are actually the least believable to me of the bunch. I’m no tech genius so correct me if I’m wrong but I wonder if Microsoft’s dev kit has anything to do with their exclusivity this gen. It doesn’t surprise me they’re the console with the underwhelming performance that caused the delay due to lack of exclusives. Spitballing, but I feel there’s some truth at least somewhere in the ballpark.

Listen, for a time, I had just an Xbox and a PS2. If I found out that Ninja Gaiden Black was a GameCube exclusive I probably would’ve raged. Like deadass I could understand some people’s anger that had it and have it on their current consoles (I think you can buy 3 and stream the other 2?). Ninja Gaiden DOA universe exclusivity would be one of the worst exclusive snubs since Microsoft and Sony left Bayonetta to rot until 2014 when Nintendo picked up the franchise. I would say Banjo but Bayonetta is more profitable.


So all in all, I said simple but I gave a fricking columnist analysis on a bunch of bullshite hearsay Anything y’all pick up? I’m mostly a Nintendo guy as most of you may know but I tried to be as unbiased as possible in this thread. Keep in mind when I say “exclusive snubs” I mean games that could and honestly should be multiplat. It’s a shame capitalism prevents some good games from being played by select people just because of their bias towards a system/their success or lack thereof in a certain region.