New games in the Super Smash Bros and Nintendogs series are in development, according to a Nintendo leaker.
YouTube user Malo932 correctly predicted earlier this year that a new ‘classic’ Star Fox game was being released in June, that a remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was coming, and that a new Nintendo Switch Sports game was on the way.
Although these leaks gained more prominence when they were mentioned by noted Nintendo insider Nate the Hate, it’s since been noted that Malo932 posted them as a comment on a different YouTube video six days before Nate the Hate’s video.
In another YouTube comment, they correctly predicted that Nintendo was set to announce two separate Nintendo Directs – a standard one and a Zelda one – three days before the announcement was actually made.
With this in mind, Pokémon leak account Centro Leaks has gathered some of the other recent claims made by Malo932, including a recent claim that a new Smash Bros game is in development.
According to the apparent insider, this game is not a port of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and is instead an entirely new entry in the Smash Bros series.
They also claimed that Nintendogs will be making a return for the first time since Nintendogs + Cats was released as a 3DS launch game 15 years ago.
Other previous claims made by the leaker that have yet to be confirmed include a pixel art remake of Super Metroid, a new Wario Land game and a new 3D Mario game, all allegedly set for release next year.
It’s also claimed that Mario Kart World will be getting DLC in 2027 featuring Fox McCloud, and that another new Star Fox adventure game is in development.
It should be noted that none of these claims were specifically tied to this week’s Nintendo Direct presentations, meaning if there is a new Smash Bros game in development, this by no means suggests it’ll be announced during Wednesday’s Direct (especially because Nintendo has already said it’s mainly focused on games releasing this Winter).
The original Nintendogs game on Nintendo DS was released in numerous versions, each containing different breeds, and sold a total of 23.96 million copies, making it the second best-selling DS game of all time behind New Super Mario Bros.
It was followed by Nintendogs + Cats on 3DS, which released in 2011 and went on to sell 3.99 million copies by the end of 2015.
The Super Smash Bros series has sold a combined 77 million units as of last year, of which 37 million were Nintendo Switch title Super Smash Bros Ultimate. This made it the third best-selling Switch game ever, behind Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
