Editing Episode 159 - 24 Games Predictions About 2024

Released January 5, 2024 ''[https://shows.acast.com/the-back-page-a-video-games-podcast/episodes/24-gaming-predictions-about-2024 listen]''

Show notes:<blockquote>''After last week’s belting return with the GOTY episode, it’s time for something with far less meat on the bones as we roll out some bullshit gaming predictions for 2024.''</blockquote><blockquote>''This week’s music is from the Persona 3 soundtrack by Shoji Meguro and the Nier: Automata soundtrack by Keiichi Okabe, Keigo Hoashi and Kuniyuki Takahashi.''</blockquote>
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!Samuel's Predictions
!Matthew's Predictions
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| style="width: 50%"|A Nier: Automata sequel is revealed and it’s the best Platinum game since Vanquish
| style="width: 50%"|Switch 2 will launch with the same form factor as the Switch
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|Nintendo Switch 2 is revealed next June with a 3D Mario
|Mario Kart Extra Deluxe at launch with all the DLC
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|60fps The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
|Nintendo will celebrate 20 years of DS by adding DS games to the Switch Virtual Console
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|Matthew’s beloved and languid Hotel Dusk: Room 215 and Last Window: The Secret of Cape West will have a remaster announced similar in vein to the Another Code: Recollection remaster
|The 3D Mario team are working on a 3D Donkey Kong game
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|People will bang on all year about how this is quieter year for games than 2023 and we’ll all be sick of talking about it
|We get a full Astro Bot game
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|Death Stranding 2 is the big Sony exclusive along with a full sequel to Astro’s Playroom. Ghost of Tsushima 2 is also announced this year
|Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero remake revealed
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|360 Backwards Compatibility briefly returns with the Transformers games, Wolfenstein (2009) and cult favourite Singularity return on Series S and X
|Every Xbox Call of Duty is released on Game Pass bringing a reevaluation of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and lots of work for Jeremy Peel
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|Those long delayed ports of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD finally come to switch as the platform nears the end of its life
|Xbox will revive Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater with a 3 and 4 remake
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|The creators of FTL: Faster Than Light and Into the Breach, Subset Games, unveil a new game and it becomes an immediate Game of the Year contender
|A game from Tetsuya Takahashi (Mr Xenoblade) is revived
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|Metroid gets its own Nintendo Direct this year with a full unveiling of Metroid Prime 4 as well as the news that Metroid Dread 2 is in the works from our guys at Mercury Steam
|Square Enix will give a second remake to Dragon Quest IV, V and VI and they will get the 2.5D remake treatment
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|Ubisoft’s Star Wars Outlaws slips to 2025 but that’s OK as we get the Splinter Cell remake this year -Sega’s new versions of Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio release this year and are rather good which kicks off a big “The Dreamcast era is back for Sega” narrative
|More Castlevania to come. The developers of Dead Cells may make a full game.
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|Matthew keeps delaying the Game Boy Advance draft episode until December when it finally happens and he think’s he f***ed it in Round 1.
|Nintendo continue their 99 series of battle games with Rhythm Heaven 99
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|+Fantasy Critics Draft
!Matthew's Picks
!Samuel's Picks
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|''Hollow Knight: Silksong''
|''Metaphor: ReFantazio''
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|''Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erd Tree''
|''Dragon's Dogma 2''
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|''Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door''
|''Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth''
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|''Persona 3 Reload''
|''Senua's Saga: Hellblade II''
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|''Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth''
|''Unicorn Overlord''
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