In its second possible blunder in recent weeks, US retailer Best Buy may have leaked more information about Nintendo Switch games. After leaking Joker's artwork from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the company listed Persona 5, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past for the console. None of the games had received an official announcement.
Persona 5 is a game many people had already expected since the announcement that protagonist Joker would appear in Super Smash Bros., but it was not known whether the game would be a port of the original Persona 5; Persona 5: The Royal; or Persona 5S, a title that will receive more information on April 25, as stated on itswebsite.
Official Persona 5R website keeps the game a mystery.
Metroid Prime Trilogy is also expected in a sense, since rumors suggested the game would be released for Switch ahead of the launch of Metroid Prime 4.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, meanwhile, was the biggest surprise in this supposed leak. The game is probably not a remake, since Nintendo was already producing the remake of Link's Awakening, which follows the same style. If the game is actually released, a digital release is most likely, potentially suggesting a Virtual Console on Nintendo Switch that includes Super Nintendo games or even support for Super Nintendo games through Nintendo Switch Online.
User Wario64 originally made the discovery and documented everything on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1113257694436089856
Retailers such as Best Buy often add games to their databases ahead of releases or announcements, but it is worth noting that the information often comes not from the suppliers themselves, but from rumors, causing stores to list games that are never announced.
Because games are added only to the retailer's database and not to the online store itself, the information was not intended for public release, which supposedly leaves room for error. Some users such as Wario64 can access that database, however, allowing them to share everything that is added or removed.
All three games had already been removed from the retailer's database, and Nintendo had not commented on the matter.
