According to Game Informer’s Imran Khan (who was a guest on the Kinda Funny Games Daily show on February 13th), news of a specific game continues to pop up to the point that it sounds like it is in development. Khan did not reveal the game, saying he wants to confirm with a few more sources before he makes the news public. However, he was clear that this game rumored to be in development was thought dead:
It is unclear from how far back in Nintendo’s history this game would be coming from, but looking at the more recent past, Nintendo was said to have plans to bring back F-Zero on the Wii U with the help of Need for Speed developer Criterion Games, but that game never came to fruition. Other franchises that at some point were rumored to be on Nintendo’s list to bring back but never did during the Wii generation included Kid Icarus and Wave Race.
There was another alleged leak a couple weeks ago saying that Nintendo was working to release 11 games in 2019 for the Switch, so it’s certainly possible that this mystery game could be among them. Even with that rumor, there were few concrete details, but after this latest Nintendo Direct, some fans may be able to start narrowing down the possibilities of what canceled game from Nintendo’s past could be revived. Unless news breaks from Khan, it is anyone’s guess as to when Nintendo will officially announce this title in question, if at all.
Source: Kinda Funny Games
