Will we see more of Metroid Prime 4 today? (Nintendo)The Thursday letters page is convinced a new Donkey Kong game is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, as one reader worries when the new The Witcher trilogy will be completed.To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.ukFarewell giftWell, I wouldnt have betted on that. All the rumours were true and there really is going to be a Switch 1 Direct this week. The dangers of casual gamers mistaking it for next weeks Direct seem obvious, but I guess Nintendo, in their wisdom, dont think its an issue.Who knows what theyre going to talk about, but I really, really hope its going to be that fan service game because I love the idea of Nintendo saying goodbye to the Switch with a game they know probably wont sell well but is a chance to bring back a forgotten franchise.Thats the dream anyway. More likely though itll just be some remasters and a bunch of third party and indie games, but they must have something in mind to bother doing this, so Im guessing it can only be Metroid Prime 4. But Im not sure.I love that I dont know though. People were saying its neat that we dont know what to expect next week but now weve got a Switch 1 event and weve no idea whats going on there either, even before we get to the new console!BanfreeStrange timingI am shocked that the rumours about a Switch 1 Direct this week turned out to be true. I have no idea what its about or why Nintendo has done it. But its such a weird thing to do, given next week, that I can only assume that it must be for a very specific reason.They say they wont be talking about the Switch 2, but this must have something to do with it, whether its Metroid Prime 4 being cross-gen or backwards compatibly or something else. Maybe they wont make the connection obvious this week, but its got to be related.You dont have two Directs less than a week apart and there not be connection between them. Because if there isnt, why do it now? There are no Switch 1 games coming out soon, so they couldve done this weeks Direct at any time, if there wasnt a special reason for it being now.OnibeeLong storyIm not sure anyone expected The Witcher 4 to be released next year but 2027 is earlier than I thought so Ill take it, even if I doubt it will be out by then. Lets say there is a new trilogy though, when is it going to be completed? Assume each game takes a minimum of five years to make, it wont be done until 2037. Ill be retired by then!I dont think some gamers have quite caught on to how long games take to make now. We probably wont get the Final Fantasy 7 remake trilogy finished until around 2028 and it started in 2015! And thats for a remake, where a lot of the groundwork is already done for you.Im not saying this is anyones fault in particular but I think we should probably lay off trilogies until things catch up and maybe AI can help. I dont want to literally die of old age before a story is finished.The BishopEmail your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.ukWork and playJust found out that the CEO and co-owner of the makers of Atomfall (as well as the Sniper Elite series and owners of 2000AD) is the same bloke that Ive been binge watching on YouTube recently: Jason Kingsley.He runs a channel called Modern History TV that delves into the medieval era, its really interesting (if you like your history) and he obviously has a passion for the subject. He also does medieval reenactment shows, jousting and the like.OK, not strictly gaming related but I found it interesting and shows not all CEOs sit behind a desk all day counting their money and twiddling their moustache in a malevolent way.TheTruthSoul (PSN ID)GC: Weve met him a couple of times and asked why he doesnt use his passion for the era to make a game, but he didnt really have an answer. Maybe he subconsciously wants to maintain a divide between work and his hobbies.Donkey magicSurely there has to be something Donkey Kong related during at least one of the two(!) upcoming Nintendo Directs.Nintendo have been very proactive in keeping him in the public consciousness, with rereleases and remakes, recently-unveiled Nike trainers (if youve yet to see them, theyre hideous), and probably a bunch more stuff Ive forgotten or dont know about.Considering how prominent and popular he was in the movie, and the amount of real estate he has in Nintendos theme parks, Im willing to bet well see a brand spanking new Donkey Kong in the next two weeks.ANONGC: If it was anyone other than Nintendo wed say its almost certain. Even knowing its them, wed say its very likely.No competitionIm looking forward to GTA 6 as much as the next person but I cant help thinking that a game having that much influence on the industry, to the point where every other game, and probably even the Switch 2, is rushing to get out of its way.Hard to pin the blame on anyone in particular but if theres one thing gaming needs less of its giant entities blocking out the sun for everyone else and making not just competition impossible but even basic existence.I certainly cant blame Rockstar for being popular, but I do think it shows how foolish other companies have been in not trying to create any kind of competitor. GTA clones havent been a thing for at least 10 or 15 years now, and yet I can think of plenty of them that were pretty popular, like Sleeping Dogs, Saints Row (pre-reboot), and The Simpsons: Hit & Run.They might not be the biggest games ever, but they all seemed to sell well and review well so why did they stop? As usual, it seems like the all or nothing approach has blinded publishers. Their clones werent as big as GTA, so they just gave up and now thats left the field open to Rockstar to make it almost impossible for anyone to rival them, whether they want to try or not.Competition is good and theres so little of it in the games industry now that its really beginning to worry me.BensonThe sweet blood, oh, it sings to meI was thinking a great place for Assassins Creed to go would be 17th Century Edinburgh, during the bubonic plague outbreak.The plague wiped out parts of the city which have been built over now but can still be visited underground.If not Assassins Creed, then Id love to see a game based around that in some way.ShugGC: Edinburghs architecture was one of the major influences for Bloodborne and the story in the game does deal with a mass affliction. Or theres the flawed but extremely ambitious Pathologic 2, if you want to explore just the plague side of things.More to comeOdd to think Nintendo would do a Switch Direct this week, when the Switch 2 reveal next week would immediately overshadow everything but maybe itll be announced after I hit send on this. With regards to Switch 2 its strange to be in this position with a Nintendo machine, where we not only know quite a lot about it, but also everything we dont know is fairly easy to have an educated guess at.I read a recent round up (on IGN I think) of the latest predictions and it was still what everyone has been talking about over the last six to 12 months. PlayStation 4/Steam Deck power, DLSS, Mario Kart 9, mouse functions, 400-450 price, 8 inch LCD, June launch, etc., etc. Even third party launch titles like Resident Evil 4 remake, Final Fantasy 7, and Assassins Creed Mirage are entirely predictable.Nintendo need to bring the first party goods next week to make an impact, third party support isnt why people buy their machines. So while having those at launch is nice and all I can get them for under 20 quid on PlayStation. Nintendo need something that you can only do on the Switch 2 to sell a 400 upgrade to the masses. And this time its even tougher since tens of millions of people werent sitting on their Wii Us quite happy playing Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 in 2017.We may have all talked ourselves into a consensus, but there has to be something we havent seen yet whether thats through software like the new Mario Kart or 3D Mario using ray-tracing, online functionality or just generally the extra oomph in exciting new ways. Insomniac using SSD loading for the portals in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, for example. Imagine what Mario could do with that creative potential.Or a gimmick we havent seen in the hardware itself to differentiate it. Im not sure a niche use case like mouse functionality for a Super Mario Maker 3 would qualify, it needs to span all general uses of the system. What happened with that online system test from earlier in the year? Perhaps some kind of Miiverse return will be baked into the console OS from the start.Guess well find out soon enough.MarcGC: Weve seen 17 seconds of one game and the reveal of the console explained nothing. We think its safe to say theres more we dont know.Inbox also-ransAm I missing something but why is Silent Hill f set in Japan, if Silent Hill is a town in Maine? Is that what Kojimas Silent Hills name meant all along, and we didnt realise?CoolsbaneGC: Silent Hill: The Short Message was set in Germany. Changing the setting seems to be a new thing for these games.If Indiana Jones And The Great Circle is a hit on PS5 do you think well see a sequel? Do we know what MachineGames is working on next?JoshGC: Theyve been hinting at a Quake reboot for a few years now.More TrendingEmail your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.ukThe small printNew Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. Readers letters are used on merit and may be edited for length and content.You can also submit your own 500 to 600-word Readers Feature at any time via email or our Submit Stuff page, which if used will be shown in the next available weekend slot.You can also leave your comments below and dont forget to follow us on Twitter.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy