[[WMG: Microsoft will try to buy Retro]]
* After Creator/{{Rare}} will [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlive their usefulness]] to Microsoft, Microsoft will sell them back to Nintendo and try to buy Retro.
** Considering they're first party now, not second party like Rare were, that would be an impressive feat.
*** If Microsoft somehow buys Retro Studios, and sells Rare back to Nintendo, that would be pretty sad and some sort of deja vu. Even looking at the success Retro had with Nintendo's games. But this is very unlikely. Still.

[[WMG: Retro's next game is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game]]
* I'm crazy enough to guess it, and you ''know'' it would be awesome.
** {{Jossed}}: It's VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze.

[[WMG: Retro's next game, for the UsefulNotes/WiiU, is an ''VideoGame/FZero'' game.]]
* It's a franchise that hasn't been out for a while, and it could utilize the online capabilities more.
** Considering Retro's other big projects, Metroid Prime and DKCR, were revivals of series that had a lapse in release time, this isn't too crazy of a guess.
** {{Jossed}}: see above.
*** But the game they make AFTER it could be an F-Zero game!
*** Jossed again, if only because... well, the Wii U is dead.

[[WMG: Retro's next game will be ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'']]
* However, instead of being another ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime'', it will be in the style of ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid''. This is one of the reasons they worked on the ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' games for a while, in order to get more experience in developing a 2D game.
** Half-jossed. We still don't know what they've been doing since ''Tropical Freeze'', but they are going to be making ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime4'' once they finish their current mystery project, thanks to a previous development team flubbing the project.
** But before ''Prime 4'' released, we did end up with two 2D ''Metroid'' games courtesy of Creator/MercurySteam.

[[WMG: Retro's new game after ''Tropical Freeze'' will be ''Franchise/StarFox: Grand Prix'']]
* On the fence about this one myself, especially since Jason Schreier over at Kotaku double-checked with his sources recently and [[https://www.resetera.com/threads/theory-starfox-grand-prix-never-existed.99662/post-17926970 aired his own doubts]], but putting it here since this has been a major rumor among game publications [[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/05/rumour_fresh_details_of_star_fox_grand_prix_suggest_its_not_like_f-zero_at_all_thanks_very_much since May 2018]].
** Jossed. No clue what they were doing for most of the 2010s, but their next game will be ''Metroid Prime 4''.

[[WMG: Retro has been working on a new ''VideoGame/StarTropics'']]
* A revival of the series. A more narrative-driven game with a linear style to counter the open-world exploration that the ''Legend of Zelda'' series has been going with recently. ''[=StarTropics=]'' was a series made for the West, so why not have a Western studio bring new life into it?
** Jossed. Sorry, past me. Maybe one day, but for now, it's going to be ''Metroid Prime''.
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