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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT5| Hello darkness my old friend...
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I wish Directs had a fixed schedule they always follow by, at least for general directs. We don't have to worry about when E3 happens because it has a fixed date and we still get hyped up for it. Having a proper schedule would result in a lot of pointless hype rising following hype deflation.
That isn't my point. My point was why would they even vote if they weren't sure about the date? They could have you know, not vote, since people would assumed they heard something. They could have even clear this up yesterday by saying 'I'm guessing' when people kept talking about how Zippo and another insider voted for this week, while Nate said they heard nothing.
I'm going to give Zippo the benefit of the doubt if, for example, an AC Direct happens next week, and the general happens the first week or so of March
Because depending on when he heard of the Directs, the dates could be adjusted a week or two around
Because depending on when he heard of the Directs, the dates could be adjusted a week or two around
We are pretty much in new territory here given the gap since the last Direct, so for me there's a few important points to remember:
1) Nintendo's "first half of the month" pattern might be about to get broken in the next 2 weeks. I'm not sure what to expect, but wouldn't rule it out. We're in the longest stretch between Nintendo Directs, after all.
2) Given Nintendo's financial year ends in March and they'll be briefing investors about their next financial year forecasts at the end of April, so I'd absolutely expect significant announcements in the next 2 months. Anyone jumping on the 'no Directs till E3' is ignoring how Nintendo structure their year. The financial year is important and they'll need to have a line-up of products confirmed by then which demonstrates how they're going to hit their FY targets. We could easily be looking at an Animal Crossing Direct later this month and a general Direct on something like March 5th.
3) While we are in the longest ever gap between major Directs, it would be wrong to say we've had zero communication from Nintendo since the last general Direct. There's been a drip-feed of bits and pieces over that time that have actually fleshed out 2020 in some small and significant ways. I'd say the Pokemon expansion was the most significant news, because it indicates a major change in strategy for that franchise and points to a non-Pokemon title headlining Q4 this calendar year.
4) Not from Nintendo themselves, but we did have the Nintendo-adjacent Wonderful 101 news, too.
There's a bunch of interesting stuff that either will or might land this year, too: Xenoblade DE, Bravely Default 2, No More Heroes 3, Detective Club, Zelda, Bayonetta 3. That's ignoring the ports and new titles which have been heavily rumoured. So I wouldn't jump to doom and gloom. Sure, it's disappointing when it's been a while since we last had several first-party announcements at a time - we had 3 retail and 2 digital back in February 19, and since then we've only had 3 further retail and 1 digital confirmed (Zelda @ E3, Xenoblade DE, Ring Fit, Stretchers). On the flip side, that means there are absolutely projects in development which are going to appear sooner rather than later.
I get for those who aren't catered for with software this is especially disappointing, but I think what's likely happening is Nintendo are getting their ducks in order for the year. For example, Luigi's Mansion 3 seemed a little uncertain at times last year - Nintendo weren't willing to commit to a release date (outside of 2019) at E3 and didn't show it in the February Direct (along with Animal Crossing). Suggests to me that there was a period of uncertainty about the game hitting its release window, so Nintendo kept it out the spotlight till they were more confident it was coming. Nintendo could well be juggling multiple titles along those lines and are only going to do a Direct when they can confirm 6 to 9 months of fairly solid release windows. An extra month (or two) could make all the difference to their plans.
1) Nintendo's "first half of the month" pattern might be about to get broken in the next 2 weeks. I'm not sure what to expect, but wouldn't rule it out. We're in the longest stretch between Nintendo Directs, after all.
2) Given Nintendo's financial year ends in March and they'll be briefing investors about their next financial year forecasts at the end of April, so I'd absolutely expect significant announcements in the next 2 months. Anyone jumping on the 'no Directs till E3' is ignoring how Nintendo structure their year. The financial year is important and they'll need to have a line-up of products confirmed by then which demonstrates how they're going to hit their FY targets. We could easily be looking at an Animal Crossing Direct later this month and a general Direct on something like March 5th.
3) While we are in the longest ever gap between major Directs, it would be wrong to say we've had zero communication from Nintendo since the last general Direct. There's been a drip-feed of bits and pieces over that time that have actually fleshed out 2020 in some small and significant ways. I'd say the Pokemon expansion was the most significant news, because it indicates a major change in strategy for that franchise and points to a non-Pokemon title headlining Q4 this calendar year.
4) Not from Nintendo themselves, but we did have the Nintendo-adjacent Wonderful 101 news, too.
There's a bunch of interesting stuff that either will or might land this year, too: Xenoblade DE, Bravely Default 2, No More Heroes 3, Detective Club, Zelda, Bayonetta 3. That's ignoring the ports and new titles which have been heavily rumoured. So I wouldn't jump to doom and gloom. Sure, it's disappointing when it's been a while since we last had several first-party announcements at a time - we had 3 retail and 2 digital back in February 19, and since then we've only had 3 further retail and 1 digital confirmed (Zelda @ E3, Xenoblade DE, Ring Fit, Stretchers). On the flip side, that means there are absolutely projects in development which are going to appear sooner rather than later.
I get for those who aren't catered for with software this is especially disappointing, but I think what's likely happening is Nintendo are getting their ducks in order for the year. For example, Luigi's Mansion 3 seemed a little uncertain at times last year - Nintendo weren't willing to commit to a release date (outside of 2019) at E3 and didn't show it in the February Direct (along with Animal Crossing). Suggests to me that there was a period of uncertainty about the game hitting its release window, so Nintendo kept it out the spotlight till they were more confident it was coming. Nintendo could well be juggling multiple titles along those lines and are only going to do a Direct when they can confirm 6 to 9 months of fairly solid release windows. An extra month (or two) could make all the difference to their plans.
No, you actually can't post whatever you want. Things are bannable.
Louis(a) is just trying to make Tom Lehrer the anthem artist of Sony... that's not gonna work out, though, they'll just buy Team17.
Oh come on... still holding onto "insiders", twisting everything said to create adifferent narrative.
It was about game releases. He litteraly said he knows nothing about any direct.
NOA about to drop a surprise mini-direct at noon
Or maybe a late Tweet about Pokemon HOME lol
Or maybe a late Tweet about Pokemon HOME lol
Nintendo of America has abandoned Twitter in our time of need, the world has been flung into Chaos. Its the end of times, heathens beware.
My uncle just called me back. he said Doug suddenly got up and went to Mcdonalds for some pancakes. will be back at 9am pst
I hope so, yes. I've been thinking about trying Arms for a while but am not quite sure I'll get much use out of it so didn't want to jump in without a good discount.
Yeah, watch this.
*ahem* Hey guys, PIRACY IS KEWWWWLLLLLLL!
Pls don't ban me I was kidding
Great post. Agree a lot with points 1 and 2. Couldn't have put it better myself.
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Yep, his finger is right next to the sent button to post the Direct announcement but he fell asleep before he could post it.
Nintendo Twitter Rep: (after looking at NoE Pokémon Home comments)
ha ha ha ha ha
Nintendo of Europe/Spain responses to the Tweets about Pokemon Home are beyond toxic, and most of the time hilarious.Nintendo Twitter Rep: (after looking at NoE comments)
Because they're not ready for the marketing cycle.
He got distracted by various images that precede epic/tragic events.
This has happened all the time when people expected directs. And then they post a job listing or indie game tweet at 12.
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