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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT6| OT7 Has Been Rated in Korea
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march has more than one week and they've done loaded april directs before
That reminds me of the time when Emily was teasing the Pokémon event where the Pokémon Let's go Pikachu/Eevee games were announced back in 2018 and told us that they are going to be announced in May. Not even half way through the month people were claiming that Emily is full of shit because we were almost at mid-May and nothing was announced yet. Turned out the games were announced on May 30 and all the people claiming Emily was lying looked like fools.
I will never understand why people come up with arbitrary time frames and we are supposed to take them as gospel. If it's not happening in March it can happen in April. If it's not happening in April it can happen in May. There is no rule that prevents Directs from happening once we reach a certain time period.
This make 0 sense comparing these, this is not few Pokemon projects, this Direct will be about whole Spring-Summer lineup and no they will not announce it in April or May.
Of course they can hold a Direct in April. It would be kind of late but they could still announce a game for May or June in an April Direct. And I mentioned the Pokémon event in 2018 to demonstrate how impatient people are and how dumb the whole arbitrary rule set is. There is no fan created time frame that prevents a Direct from happening, period. If a Direct is not announced next week it doesn't mean there won't be a Direct before E3.
Its not even about fan expectations. Its about shareholders and others wanting to know what the hell will be published later this year. You cant leave those people in the dark for half a year or more. You think telling them "well we will release barely anything in Q2 and wont tell you whats up in the holidays either :)" is something that will fly?
These folks dont care about short hype cycles, they want to know in advance whats up for their investments sake.
If they have games for April, may, or late June an early April direct would still work
That and there's very likely going to be many major 3rd parties waiting on a Direct to announce or show off their new Switch games. Directs aren't just 'The Nintendo Show' anymore so the later a Direct comes in the more 3rd party games will be forced to show their games in a way that has much less impact.
I don't see general directs coming in the middle of a month anymore to be honest, and there is no way they launch one towards the end of a month.
Currently playing through the Bayonetta game, just beat the first one (credit says it was the Wii U version I played ;P, I guess they forgot to change that part). Gonna jump in on number 2 next week - I do this as a favor to everyone because if I beat Bayo 2 before the next direct We're gonna see Bayo 3 displayed in it.
True story
That's because it is. But Era setting the rules for directs has been a thing for some time now :P
True story
That's because it is. But Era setting the rules for directs has been a thing for some time now :P
You can't do this to this thread, lol. They're going to go mad again.
I understand what you're saying. You're saying Zippo's two directs in February prediction is going to be proved right today, the last day of the month.
So excited, direct confirmed.
Didn't mean to worry anyone. Just sick. I've got medicine and weekend to recover though. Thanks for the concern.
God of War X Smash would be better. We got an MS rep, we gotta get a Sony rep. 😭
Guys, this is clearly an ARG. We must slow down the Earth or spin it up enough so that they'd need to add two leap days to calendar permanently, thus FEB 30.
I am aware of all that and personally I think the Direct will happen either in March or in April before the shareholder meeting for the Fiscal Year end.
That is correct.
I think I am at the point where....I kind of DON'T want a nintendo direct until E3. Could you imagine that whopper of a conference that would be?
Twitter direct Xenoblade release date in may and maybe a Wii-U port reveal/release date for April. Maybe a new smash character for April as well. Good enough for me.
Twitter direct Xenoblade release date in may and maybe a Wii-U port reveal/release date for April. Maybe a new smash character for April as well. Good enough for me.
It would be nice to highlight games coming out before E3 for those of us who have no interest in Animal Crossing. I need some hype for something.
If they wait till E3 that would mean that there won't be a new game until at least August
I can agree with you, but we really need to know the games that are releasing between april and june.
No big game, Sure. Something like Mario Golf can be revealed/released within a month or two.
lol
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Twitter mini direct
I'm just guilty of watching some live reactions to directs. I kinda want one now.
My third final bet (after January then February :P) will be on the 12th of March.
Next week is Pokemon week, so the week after that and the week prior to Animal Crossing seems like a good match.
Make that at least August. Unless we really want a twitter direct.
My third final bet (after January then February :P) will be on the 12th of March.
Next week is Pokemon week, so the week after that and the week prior to Animal Crossing seems like a good match.
Make that at least August. Unless we really want a twitter direct.
What if they're waiting so long because Retro is thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis close to having a Prime 4 trailer ready?
Is it feasible to have a new Mario debut this spring in a Direct, and have it release this holiday season? I forget how long Odyssey had from reveal to release.
Somehow, this all feels more plausible to me than Zelda BOTW 2 being released this holiday. I feel like it'll take ages for some reason.
Somehow, this all feels more plausible to me than Zelda BOTW 2 being released this holiday. I feel like it'll take ages for some reason.
I would love to get new 3D Mario but 3D World port is coming this year so i really doubt it, but new 3D Mario would almost certainly be ready for this holiday (3+ years of dev time since Odyssey was finished well before and just waited for holiday season).
Odyssey was January > October. They technically showed it in the Switch reveal, but official announcement was in Jan.
Switch holiday releases
2017
SMO - > Revealed in January -> Released in October
XC2 -> Revealed in January -> Released in December
2018
Super Mario Part -> Revealed in June -> Released in October
Pokemon Let's Go -> Revealed in May -> Released in November
Super Smash Bros -> Revealed in March -> Released in December
2019
Luigis Mansion 3 -> Revealed September (18) -> Released in October
Pokemon Sword & Shield -> Revealed in February-> Released in November
So yes, it would be totally feasible :P If it's a thing I dont know, but it wouldnt surprise me if we did not know the 2020 holiday games yet.
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Actually Pokemon Sword & Shield were revealed in February :P
Great info, would you happen to have the announced vs release dates of all 1st party switch games? If you are so kind of compiling it, it will be great to see the longest and the shortest notices. As well as to see what we may expect to be released and when, for example, if we can still get an April release.
We need to consider that after next week, there will only be 1 dated game coming up. Has that ever happened before??
Yep - I looked at PLG twice :P
Edited. But point still stands, it's still very much possible we dont know any of the holiday titles.
"Ya know what? FINE! I actually dont WANT any new games announced, actually. I'll take your wii u remasteres, daddy Nintendo. That's all I need tbh."
I do have, but in graphical form in an excel sheet :P
I could compile it in numbers as well, but dont have the time right now sadly :S
Oh that's fine, but great to know that you have it!
Thanks and perhaps you get some time before the direct comes (considering that it's nowhere near in sight lol)
It makes no sense marketing with just revealing everything all at once coming the next 6 months.
Getting flashbacks to when everybody said smash bros would have to be an e3 reveal
You say this with a great deal of certainty, lol. Is there info out there that I missed?
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