E3 2019: Ten predictions for this year's show

Nintendo reveal details on the new Animal Crossing

Animal Crossing

It used to be that "fishing" and "paying your mortgage" and "talking to your neighbors" were also known as "things you did when not playing videogames." Leave it Nintendo to make those weird as well.

Animal Crossing put you in the shoes of a human being (a stretch, I know) who has just recently moved into a town inhabited by animals. The game involved doing all of those things listed above and more, and there was no real "goal" other than "have fun" and "pull weeds". Of course, it became one of Nintendo's most popular and enduring franchises.

During a Nintendo Direct presentation last September, the company announced that a new title in the series, made for the Switch, would be coming out this year.

Obviously, a new Animal Crossing isn't the only upcoming Switch title that fans are anxiously chomping at the bit for. But, considering Nintendo recently announced that development on Metroid Prime 4 recently went back to formula, it's highly unlikely that there's anything completed on it that's even remotely ready to show the public.

Nintendo certainly has a number of new game announcements and gameplay reveals to make this June, but this is one we're fairly confident in predicting will happen.