E3 is nearly upon us again and a lot has changed since 2018, but one thing remains the same: the internet’s unquenching thirst for Nintendo Directs. I revel in this season of speculation and anticipation, so much that last year I wrote a piece discussing which Switch exclusives we are most likely to see at the show. During the previous E3’s Direct and Treehouse Live stream, Super Smash Bros Ultimate and Yoshi’s Crafted World were shown in greater depth. The upcoming Fire Emblem was revealed as Fire Emblem Three Houses, and we’ve continued to learn more about it leading up to its release this July.
The other games I expected to see were absent at the time, but the mainline Pokémon entries teased two years ago have finally been revealed as Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield. If Nintendo is going to market them anything like Sun and Moon, we’ll see a small but steady trickle of info throughout the rest of 2019, probably starting this E3. And Bayonetta 3… well, we heard a tiny and vague update from Platinum, so we know it’s coming sooner or later.
Even with these games on the horizon, we’ve seen many more Switch games revealed, many of which we still know very little about. Heck, I would have included Super Mario Maker 2 on here as well if not for its exclusive last-minute Direct! Like last year, I expect that not all of these games will be shown off at Nintendo’s presentation, nor do I think they will all meet their planned 2019 releases. But news is what E3 is for, isn’t it? So let’s run down the new list…
Source: Destructoid Nintendo Switch exclusives we expect to see at E3 2019