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We'll just have to see.
This is why I'm saying that in the first place. There's gonna be some poor fools getting hyped for this briefing for some reason and it's not a good idea.
So..humm, talk about stealth launch:
I'd say there's a reasonable chance of this, yes. I suspect Nintendo would have had these games at the back of their mind when they greenlit Link's Awakening for a remake. It's whether they press on following Link's Awakening's sales - we will get a good update on LA's performance this week.
Problem is, there's a lot of Zelda already on Switch, and a lot of other prior entries that perhaps make more sense for a port, ahead of them - WW, SS and TP all make sense to me. It's not to say porting is easier and therefore more likely, its more about how you would schedule all of these Zelda games into a release slate...!
There is one thing I am interested in.
KingZell said to us that he had originally expected another game to be shown at the end of E3 Direct 2019. So he was also surprised by the BotW 2 trailer because he had expected another trailer. This is very interesting I guess, because this means that another big Nintendogame was ready to reveal in June 2019, but has not been revealed till today. Due to that, I think this game should not be so far away from release. Which game could this be? I would predict that Zell talked about the new EPD Tokyo game back in the days.
KingZell said to us that he had originally expected another game to be shown at the end of E3 Direct 2019. So he was also surprised by the BotW 2 trailer because he had expected another trailer. This is very interesting I guess, because this means that another big Nintendogame was ready to reveal in June 2019, but has not been revealed till today. Due to that, I think this game should not be so far away from release. Which game could this be? I would predict that Zell talked about the new EPD Tokyo game back in the days.
If you get your nintencard revoked does that mean you have to sell every Nintendo system you own? 🤔
But I like both.Era in this Thread right now, just jk;)
(Yeah, I like Directs more.)
We get Nintendcards when we're in this business?
Why didn't I get one yet? Am I not Nintendy enough?
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Now I'm sad :,(
Yeah, I was joking just because of the current state;) The fact we dont see a Direct right now
the honorable thing to do is throwing all of them into an industrial shredder
maybe yours got lost in the mail? you should just call nintendo support (don't press the button for joycon repair tho cuz they won't pick up)
If its not one of the ports, my guess is either new IP or Odyssey sequel.
Yes, I can not believe that Zell meant one of the ports, because this would be a very lame ending for a E3 Direct.
Not sure if jk is needed, Financial reports are more reliable in when they come out, the amount of info is substantial, and it never disappoints!*Era in this Thread right now, just jk;)
* Sometimes it does disappoint
Can you find the quote you mean because I can't remember him saying something like that.
Well, tbh I really don't care about Sale Results at all, its cool and nice to see how Nintendo did in the past Financial Quarter and how much Game X and Y sold and everything, but at the end I don't care that much ;)
I care more about what Game they are working on ;)
Can't wait for Nintendo to announce the first mobile Zelda game at the Investors Briefing Link: The Faces Of Evil HD Mobile Edition.
Hell yeah, give me that Stuff!
Phillippe Lavoue from Nintendo France confirmed to Le Monde (news paper) that Nintendo will replace or repair the Joy Con even after the legal warrenty time of 2 years.
Just a reminder Nintendo did a Smash Ultimate Direct in November 1, 2018. This was the same week as the financial earnings/investors meeting. Though, looking into it, it appears the financial earnings and investors meeting came October 30 (Tuesday) and 31 (Wednesday). The Smash direct didn't happen until after. I thought there would've been a sliver of hope for a AC direct, but I don't see Nintendo wanting to do it the same day as the earnings/meeting.
Potential games, excluding WiiU ports:
-2D Mario (a recruitment ad was posted on Twitter for it
-3D "action" game from EPD ( a recruitment ad was posted on Twitter...I think it didn't specifically said Mario but he was shown on the image)
-Splatoon something (hinted in new year card)
-Metroid 5 or MPT, heavily hinted by several trusted insiders.
-HAL was recruiting for Kirby but it doesn't seem big enough
-Bayonetta 3 because it has to come out someday right ?
Yeah, I feel like waiting for mid-February right now is the most sensible head-space for Nintendo fans to be. Maybe we get lucky and have a Direct next week, but if not, the following week seems pretty likely. As much as people want a Direct to fill out 2020, we've still had a good variety of news over the last month or so. I guess I'm in the sweetspot in that Byleth coming to Smash, side-story for Three Houses, expansion model for Pokemon, Bravely Default 2, Axiom Verge 2 and Sports Story were all positive announcements for me.
Fingers crossed for a February Direct that starts/ends with some variation of this classic theme though.
Sorry, don't have time currently to search for the post in the older threads. But I am very sure he did say this and we already discussed this here a few months ago. Maybe someone has this post ready to copy it here? :)
I think he is referring to this post. First game Zell is referring to is botw2 btw.
Maybe Ring Fit ?
We do know that Emily was surprised when it wasn't announced by the september direct.
Or it might have been the game that was supposed to release around march 2020 before Animal Crossing's delay.
Just saw the MH riders. I'm still not giving up on a new MH game on Switch since Ichinose's project/tease (MH next) hasn't been revealed/announced. In fact, their next game should have been at least in development since 2017 similar to how MH world started development in 2014 after MH4.
Furthermore, I think Nintendo would have done something or strike a deal with Capcom considering the fact that MH was one of the major IPs that built the foundation for the 3DS.
Nintendo has managed to release majority of their major system sellers such as Pokemon, 3d Mario, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon 2 and with Square Enix: Dragon Quest. Now, the next major game is Animal Crossing.
After Animal Crossing, it's all sequels to the major system sellers such as Pokemon, Botw2 and Odyssey 2. A brand new Monster Hunter is the only major IP that's missing and I think Nintendo will at the very least get the game exclusive in Japan.
In addition, I remember one of the posters who teased MH world before it got announced said in a thread where people saying there won't be a MH for Switch: this thread will look silly in the future. Finally, the fact that Capcom ported MHXX/MHGU to the Switch says a lot. If Capcom didn't have any plans to build a new MH game for Switch, I doubt they would have ported it (or maybe they would since all they do these days is porting old games).
Furthermore, I think Nintendo would have done something or strike a deal with Capcom considering the fact that MH was one of the major IPs that built the foundation for the 3DS.
Nintendo has managed to release majority of their major system sellers such as Pokemon, 3d Mario, Mario Kart 8, Splatoon 2 and with Square Enix: Dragon Quest. Now, the next major game is Animal Crossing.
After Animal Crossing, it's all sequels to the major system sellers such as Pokemon, Botw2 and Odyssey 2. A brand new Monster Hunter is the only major IP that's missing and I think Nintendo will at the very least get the game exclusive in Japan.
In addition, I remember one of the posters who teased MH world before it got announced said in a thread where people saying there won't be a MH for Switch: this thread will look silly in the future. Finally, the fact that Capcom ported MHXX/MHGU to the Switch says a lot. If Capcom didn't have any plans to build a new MH game for Switch, I doubt they would have ported it (or maybe they would since all they do these days is porting old games).
Ring Fit would have been weird for E3. Because Zell's post was after E3 presentation.
Nintendo please do it next time you did it in 2018. Where you show Luigi Mansion 3 and Animal Crossing . And in Januari 2019 Mario Maker 2 Astral Chain and Zelda. Thats better. So please this year show also 2 big games for the next year in the september direct.
Ring Fit doesn't really make sense for E3. We've seen it with Labo - Nintendo know these 'expanded audience' games (as they would have been on Wii) don't necessarily strike a chord at an event like E3 or even in a normal Direct. The strategy for that experimental software is different. Emily's surprise was likely more down to the fact that there ended up being an incredibly short time between reveal and release - i.e. she was surprised it wasn't announced by the time of the September Direct because she knew Ring Fit was launching in October. Labo was announced 2 months before release, for example.
I think if there was a different, final E3 reveal planned it would've been for another fan-favourite title - I would think something like 2D Metroid might fit the bill. But it's obvious why that would be dropped in favour of Zelda, because Zelda is a much bigger deal, even if Metroid would go down well at E3; in that scenario you'd have to think Nintendo would be confident that both Metroid and Zelda are coming in 2020. Alternatively, it could have been a new 3D Mario - and maybe it didn't get revealed because of development schedule changes at EPD?
Obviously a lot happens inside Nintendo that we never find out about. See: the last 6 years at Retro Studios.
I'm sure his source was right about the N64 Mini. It just got internally cancelled because they decided to just put all their legacy consoles on the Switch, one per year.
Maybe but I wasn't referring to the N64 mini itself but the rumor that a Direct that contained an announcement of the N64 mini would happen at the end of 2018 (November/December). That one was definitely wrong information and Zell himself even doubted it when he reported about it here.
I was thinking about this the other day actually.
It'll be interesting to see what it is.
I think Zells E3 game could've been 2D Metroid or 3D Mario. More so I think it could've been 3D Mario. I felt either 3D Mario or BotW 2 would've been this years big holiday game. Zell could've heard something where Nintendo was deciding to reveal 3D Mario and it was going to be the holiday 2020 title.
Somewhere from then Nintendo was realizing BotW 2 could make holiday 2020 and of course E3 2019 is where you would reveal it. Idk that's just my guess if what Zell heard was true.
Somewhere from then Nintendo was realizing BotW 2 could make holiday 2020 and of course E3 2019 is where you would reveal it. Idk that's just my guess if what Zell heard was true.
But they did do that, they showed Animal Crossing and Xenoblade off and those are 2020 games.
Yes I think this also. But if this would be the case, then a new 3D Mario could most probably happen in 2020.
So the thing I'd be wary of when hedging heavy bets on what largely reliable sources say, and I've said this before, is that many have observed the Nintendo leaker circle tends to fold back in on itself and becomes a bit of a game of telephone. Imran and I'm pretty sure Emily have noted it before, where one person hears one thing and it ends up circulating around to a lot of people and you end up with a bunch of "reliable leakers" saying variations of the same thing, sometimes a bit twisted around, but ultimately not really vettable and coming from a singular source.
This isn't to dismiss the reliability of anyone, but it is to highlight that unless it's coming from Nintendo directly (PUN ABSOLUTELY INTENDED), a grain of salt should be taken when reading leaked goodies. Not necessarily because of malicious intent or dishonesty from the author, but because sometimes stuff gets lost in translation as it goes around the rumour mill, and Nintendo's freedom to change any plan on a whim for whatever reasons means literally nothing is set in stone. Leakers A, B, and C all say variations of the same thing, but it really all came from Leaker A, and Nintendo ends up changing the dates anyway.
Until we actually know what is formally going on with Nintendo, it's not wise to put 100% stock in the grapevine. Again not necessarily because people are dishonest or even wrong. But because Nintendo's plans today won't necessarily be the same tomorrow, and since leaker stuff is known before being formally announced, and internal date shift or cancellation leads to people knowing stuff before they were supposed to happen and then confused when they...don't.
We'll just have to wait and see!
This isn't to dismiss the reliability of anyone, but it is to highlight that unless it's coming from Nintendo directly (PUN ABSOLUTELY INTENDED), a grain of salt should be taken when reading leaked goodies. Not necessarily because of malicious intent or dishonesty from the author, but because sometimes stuff gets lost in translation as it goes around the rumour mill, and Nintendo's freedom to change any plan on a whim for whatever reasons means literally nothing is set in stone. Leakers A, B, and C all say variations of the same thing, but it really all came from Leaker A, and Nintendo ends up changing the dates anyway.
Until we actually know what is formally going on with Nintendo, it's not wise to put 100% stock in the grapevine. Again not necessarily because people are dishonest or even wrong. But because Nintendo's plans today won't necessarily be the same tomorrow, and since leaker stuff is known before being formally announced, and internal date shift or cancellation leads to people knowing stuff before they were supposed to happen and then confused when they...don't.
We'll just have to wait and see!
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