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Good call by the team indeed. I was feeling a little let down by them in that other thread, but this is a good move. Credit where credit is due. Keep it up!
These are the only leaks I really fear. If only one is overlooked an entire surprise, like Smash reveal, can be ruined. As an example for this we have the Castlevania music leak and there wasn't even a delay involved there.
If Famitsu is to have coverage about the contents of the Direct it wouldn't be a leak though.
no you're not going to get a animal crossing game this direct lol
There's Korean Ratings Board stuff that will appear in around 12 hours.
Unless they have none of the new announcements rated, stuff will prob get leaked.
When is Famitsu out in Japan? I think that the Direct will surely air before that date, I don't know if they will consider the fact that Famitsu will leak. If I'm not wrong, something similar happened in the past for some Pokémon reveals, where Famitsu leaked before an official video.
Oh gawd. Not that I have any authority but I would rather this thread be about the content we may see in and around this direct and not what constitutes a "leak."
Until the actual direct I'm just going to use the universal "news." Famitsu, early video, secret screenshot, trademark listing - "News"
Until the actual direct I'm just going to use the universal "news." Famitsu, early video, secret screenshot, trademark listing - "News"
So, could someone explain the Famitsu situation? If there's not a new direct by the time their new issue releases, are they able to publish stuff about the delayed direct?
Yeah it's been port city this year
It's time for new games
Stuff in the magazine is probably already printed ahead of time, there's nothing they can do about it. So it's not a leak.
They run a print magazine so whatever was supposed to be in their next issue next week has already been printed and likely can't be retracted on such short notice. Tuesdays are when the magazines typically leak.
We totally will though. With the online services coming, the timing couldn't be more perfect.
We don't even know for sure if Famitsu would have info from the direct in it.
I'm assuming that they had the information that would have been in the direct because they have to publish by a certain time.
We don't know for sure, but its pretty likely- the Direct in all likelihood has Japanese 3rd party stuff in it, especially given its proximity to TGS, and its very standard for famitsu to get initial details/blowouts after formal reveals.
Saturday Direct would be amazing. Can spend the entire Sunday talking and reading about all the news!
They almost certainly do... Nintendo has a strong relationship with Famitsu and print media will almost always get an earlier peak at these things because of lead-in times for print.
People got pissy after the announcement of FFVII on PS4 being a direct port of the PC version, which is pretty much the original release from 1997 with some fixes, modern OS compatibility and a cheat engine included. I doubt they want to make the same mistake again. People are also mad at them for giving FFV and FFVI the "RPG Maker" treatment after doing proper remakes with III and IV.
They probably have a lot of third party stuff that would be in the Direct.
Famitsu releases on Thursday and the leaks usually happen on Wednesday morning JST.
My personal expectation is the Direct has to happen on Wednesday 7am JST (so Tuesday same time slot for America) in order to stay "leak-safe".
My personal expectation is the Direct has to happen on Wednesday 7am JST (so Tuesday same time slot for America) in order to stay "leak-safe".
Hard to believe the only new first party games we're getting this year are Kirby, Mario Tennis, Mario Party, Pokemon Let's Go, and Smash.
Fortunately there's been tons in the way of third parties and indies to fill in the gaps, but it's hard to deny the port-heaviness.
And then not have enough coverage to fill the pages that were usually reserved for Direct content? And then have a double-deluxe issue next week?
It just seems very unlikely to me that famitsu would be willing to completely change their issue on such short notice. Direct stuff could constitute a nice chunk of the planned content. The much simpler solution is Nintendo presents the Direct before Tuesday.
So then do we really think they would have already printed direct stuff almost a week in advance? For a weekly magazine? Seems unlikely.
I mean.... we know they do because it literally happens all the time
That still is 9/11 which i don't think is an appropiate release for a direct either, Wenesday or Thursday US time seems more likely sandly for Nintendo, it really is a tough situation
But wasn't a Splatoon update set to go live next Thursday? I'm pretty sure that's when the direct will air.
You just remove some articles, doesn't sound so bad. These kind of last minute changes must happen all the time in their line of work. Don't quite understand what so special about them that they can't change something with a week notice.
Yea. I was confused. Can mods just change the title to something like "official September Nintendo direct"?
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