No they haven't? He left last April. We had E3 and September direct since then. 2018 we basically had the same when he was there
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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT4| The Sequel to OT3 is Now in Development.
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Remember those Animal Crossing cases showing off new characters that got deleted everywhere? Those images are embargoed until Feb 20th. Which is a thursday.
I don't think that this has anything to do with Reggie. They changed the Nintendo Direct concept in general. Less showcases per year, but they're much more packed. I prefer this, since you can really expect 1-2 huge games whenever they announce a presentation. That wasn't even remotely the case before 2018.
Fits what I said. General direct this week and an Animal Crossing direct by February 20. Media will have hands on with the game by then to put previews up
Yes many of the stuff that used to be on Directs are now announced randomly at the official social media channels.
Yeah this is what I'm guessing as well. The site I write for got contacted to take them down until then.
Oh cool. Nice tidbit info! I didn't know you had personal info on it. Makes it very believable now.
Yeah if there's one on the 20th it's 100% an AC one. It's exactly one month before release so they will probably open digital pre-orders that day as well.
I believe the Mario Maker 2 Direct also happened about one month before release.
This is an interesting comparison. Though, if there's anything I've learned from Nintendo as of late it's don't try and make predictions based on what they did in the past. Still, I want to believe a big ole Animal Crossing direct is coming later this month.
I'm starving for a direct this month.
ARMS direct was May 17 and it released about a month later.
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 direct was early November and the game released about a month later
Splatoon was July 6. So him sayin the embargo is February 20 that fits around a month Nintendo likes to do their game specific directs before release
I'm interested in the W101 kickstarter too. I want to see how much it'll take to get funded and other details.
Feb 20th is my birthday but I hope the general direct is before then.
Feb 20th is my birthday but I hope the general direct is before then.
Preorders in Japan will open on February 8th. Western retailers have already opened them a long time ago.
I feel like there's going to be some harsh surprises at how much porting a game to another system(s) actually costs.
This would suggest that there's a chance that we might get a Direct (General or AC) on the 7th, no?
If they keep their thursday spot, it would be on the 6th, 7th is friday.
Zippo getting that Twitter and games news fame again. I'd really advise you staying low for a time now. ^^
Probably tuesday, though it's Nintendo, wouldn't discard wednesday completely.
Probably tuesday, though it's Nintendo, wouldn't discard wednesday completely.
Animal Crossing is the game that will push me over the fence on Switch. Dont really care about any future revisions. This must be some kind of a jedi mind trick, forcing me to buy 3+ year hardware just for a single game :D
It'd be on the 7th in Japan, the timing works out pretty well.
Thank you man!
I worry for you now that you've spilt the beans though.
I'm shocked at the idea of a General Direct in February and an Animal Crossing Direct a month before it releases.
SHOCKED.
SHOCKED.
Good old Zippo! Thanks man.
Two Directs this month is pretty fun. There'll be rage-storms a-plenty if we get Animal Crossing first. A small, sadistic part of me hope that happens, if only so we get another 90 pages of the Nintendo Direct Despair Cycle.
Saying that, if we get a general Direct first, there'll be 90 pages of Why Nintendo And Others Do Not Value Or Care About Or Respect Animal Crossing And They Are Not Marketing It.
Whatever happens, we all win and we all lose! Rejoice!
Two Directs this month is pretty fun. There'll be rage-storms a-plenty if we get Animal Crossing first. A small, sadistic part of me hope that happens, if only so we get another 90 pages of the Nintendo Direct Despair Cycle.
Saying that, if we get a general Direct first, there'll be 90 pages of Why Nintendo And Others Do Not Value Or Care About Or Respect Animal Crossing And They Are Not Marketing It.
Whatever happens, we all win and we all lose! Rejoice!
this is probably a press NDA deadline, we rarely have general direct in end of months so probably a dedicated AC direct...or not that might also be the preview release NDA because said characters are to be kept secret until then and not necessarily after a direct
AC is a jewel IP and I wouldn't care if the AC direct is before the general one,...I love that IP :), it's a mix of minecraft and Nintendo magic and it's so relaxing
I mean, it's pretty obvious. General first.
Specific game directs are often close to release.
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two directs in february is pretty much what people expected since last month isn't it? General in february was obvious after what happened in January, and waiting march for the AC direct would have been weird.
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