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Nintendo Direct 9/6/18 Postponed in Response to 6.7 Earthquake in Hokkaido
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This is for the best considering the current situation. Stay safe, Japan - this has been a pretty rough week.
I'm sad that the Direct is being delayed, but a 6.7 magnitude quake is no joke, and there's already a death toll. Nintendo made the right call here. Stay safe, Japan.
6.6/6.7 Is not that big by Japanese standards, but it seems a mudslide has covered a number of houses, so likely quite a few casualties.
Odds some media outlet misses the memo and posts about the announcements anyway?
Edit: I don't disrespect by this just genuine curiously and concern as to whether places get media packages in advance to have articles/tweets set to automatically post when the Direct would have been ending.
Edit: I don't disrespect by this just genuine curiously and concern as to whether places get media packages in advance to have articles/tweets set to automatically post when the Direct would have been ending.
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Is this the first delay of a Nintendo Direct? Well, it certainly took something extreme. I assume embargoes are tied to the video release and will remain in force, though I take it things may get a bit leakier than usual in the meantime.
Given that big news releases like this are an all-hands PR effort, the delay is understandable. They've got to check in on their employees first.
Given that big news releases like this are an all-hands PR effort, the delay is understandable. They've got to check in on their employees first.
For those curious: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45429673
It was a 6.7 magnitude quake that caused mudslides big enough to bury homes.
It was a 6.7 magnitude quake that caused mudslides big enough to bury homes.
I will counter thia by saying 6.7 is big no matter where you are
Its just a video that plays nothing is LIVE but I understand that it can put out a message that they dont care/overlook it so I completely understand with them delaying it till like next week or whatever.
hopefully everything turns out ok all things considered.
hopefully everything turns out ok all things considered.
Yeah, they're used to 7+ magnitute earthquakes. But this one hit a rural area where their infrastrucutres aren't prepared for earthquakes.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/hokkaido-earthquake-japan-landslides-dead-10688364
They're saying at least 8 dead and at least 32 missing. :(
They're saying at least 8 dead and at least 32 missing. :(
Wondering what they're gonna do because there's clearly other stuff that this ties into:
-Pokemon was scheduled to have news at that Japan TV show thing on Saturday
-Pokemon Go is having big news Monday (probably won't be affected)
-Smash Blog is going to likely need to change it's schedule
-They usually hold private demos for the press, if they don't reschedule they face a strong possibility of leaks
-Other companies are involved in these announcements. I wouldn't be shocked if someone forgets to reschedule their automated tweets announcing a Switch port.
I'd be shocked if some leaks don't happen due to the reschedule honestly.
-Pokemon was scheduled to have news at that Japan TV show thing on Saturday
-Pokemon Go is having big news Monday (probably won't be affected)
-Smash Blog is going to likely need to change it's schedule
-They usually hold private demos for the press, if they don't reschedule they face a strong possibility of leaks
-Other companies are involved in these announcements. I wouldn't be shocked if someone forgets to reschedule their automated tweets announcing a Switch port.
I'd be shocked if some leaks don't happen due to the reschedule honestly.