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Mods need to come down hard on these people who are now reveling and what to get on insiders. They go out of their way for us.
I'm starting to lean this way as well.
A few more Mini Partner whatever Directs with a Pokemon Direct to go over Crown Tundra.
All hail the Switch Plus in 2021. With the launch lineup of Mario 3D Collection, Star Fox Grand Prix, Bayonetta 3, Metroid 5, and BotW 2.
So something that's not a direct on Friday? Twitter drop? Some other showcase?
Or nothing to read into NateDrake
The problem is that we can only be so cautious until we start asking what's going on.
I'm in the mindset that until next year Nintendo will just drop game announcements on Twitter.
Would tell myself to buy a bunch of ring fit adventures copies and then sell it at an absurd price.
Also, people already starting to blame insiders need to calm the fuck down.
Mario's anniversary is in September. Big directs are often in September.
I've tried not to be a naysayer because I know people like to get excited whenever a leaker gives us a date but September has always been the much, much likelier place for the big Direct to take place.
I've tried not to be a naysayer because I know people like to get excited whenever a leaker gives us a date but September has always been the much, much likelier place for the big Direct to take place.
Nate said he knows of a third party announcement for the week and that's it
Nintendo's kind of in a tricky spot, cause they gotta showcase the games coming, they owe it to their partners, and this is their primary venue for doing so. But there's such a hype culture around Nintendo Directs, anything that isn't a first-party showcase gets a response like.. well, like this. They're not gonna wanna lose the branding though, the whole point is to leverage the hype and attachment people have for them, but I dunno if they understand the blowback they get.
It's weird!! But probably mostly just exacerbated this time around by E3 evaporating. I bet in a normal year we'd be fine with parner directs. Mostly.
It's weird!! But probably mostly just exacerbated this time around by E3 evaporating. I bet in a normal year we'd be fine with parner directs. Mostly.
So what's the lesson here? Stop putting all your eggs in the proverbial basket. The next time we hear of a Direct coming, set your expectations very low. Clearly insiders here, and on Twitter, don't ever get enough info from their sources to accurately hint at both date/time of a Direct and the content in it (in this case, most insiders missed both). So just assume everything's a small Mini or that it doesn't exist at all.
It's wise to only expect what's already announced in any year, but especially in this year. Let anything else be a pleasant surprise.
I don't think Pikmin 3 would be a late October title if, like, they had a totally packed gangbusters holiday season.
To be fair even Zhuge earlier this month commented to expect Nintendo to reveal their first party plan for the year in late August. Feels like Nintendo is indefinitely delaying their direct for some damn reasons.
What is your point exactly? Why would them not lying to get attention matter? It doesn't matter if they're wrong because they lied or if they're wrong because they were misinformed, the end result is the same: They are not reliable.
Guys, calm the fuck down.
He said "Direct". He said nothing about shadow dropped announcements, which is what Nintendo has been doing as of late.
Can we we not take out our frustration on Nintendo's...interesting communication practices on Nate/Grubb/Cap? You'd be surprised how much of a disorganized mess large companies like this are and how quickly either things change (yeah i know it's a meme now but it's true) or lines get crossed.
Oh, are we chasing valuable contributors out of the community because their info didn't pan out again? This really is an endlessly repeating cycle, isn't it?
I was told Mario 3D Collection was being announced this week. Pair it with knowledge of a Direct happening this week.
Instead it looks like 3D Collection is, indeed, a Sept announcement, a concern I expressed last week.
Should have known from your tweets that something was happening soon. Still missed it somehow.
But what strucks me as odd is: Is Nintendo just changing those on clock, all out of sudden? How did nobody see this coming, like the other ones? Because if there were indications that a General Direct was happening on the 28th (and it isn't happening, at least not for now), this means it has been pushed back, right? ... riiiiight? Please tell me we will have a General Direct and they just postponed it. LMAO
Same here. And it's not a bad thing for me. I've got plentyyy of games to hold me over on my PC. 2021 can't come sooner lol.
The endless optimism of this thread, is something I admire. In really hard times, seeing how quickly you all bounce back and restore faith that the big news is right around the corner is something I can't really get my head around.
Personally I don't invest in the rumors, because... well hope seems to ride way higher than reality turns out and I haven't got much energy for disappointment these days. I want an E3 sized direct too. I hope you can all conjure it into existence with your raw belief.
Personally I don't invest in the rumors, because... well hope seems to ride way higher than reality turns out and I haven't got much energy for disappointment these days. I want an E3 sized direct too. I hope you can all conjure it into existence with your raw belief.
Yup. I remember 2021 being an option in the polls of one of the older threads. I picked it sarcastically back then. Guess it could be real now. Especially after Nibel's tweet
So now it's September. Then it will be "next week, maybe the last of September". Then October. November. December. January 2021. February 2021. March 2021. April 2021 for sure! Nope, May 2021. Wait, it's June 2021, that's 100% confirmed. Or maybe July, August, September... this until the end of time. Welcome to the Nintendo hype cycle, you'll hate to love it.
(Insiders have my sympathy, must be pretty hard to share info right now.)
(Insiders have my sympathy, must be pretty hard to share info right now.)
I think something mid-September is their goal now. Wii and Wii U prices, launch line-ups were revealed in the same time frame. I feel it's their absolute limit.
Sure, there's no console from them to launch, but a holiday line-up announcement seems about right during Sept. 14-18.
Sure, there's no console from them to launch, but a holiday line-up announcement seems about right during Sept. 14-18.
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