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Edit2: 1upmuffin has requested we put a link to the Nintendo ERA discord here so that people can join up and chat if they'd like, even after all this is over:
NintendoERA Discord:
https://discord.gg/WvvZ68b
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With 2018 right around the corner and the Nintendo Switch lighting up the sales charts, everyone is wondering what the company has in store for its sophomore year.
Let's speculate on titles think we could see in a hypothetical Nintendo Direct:
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1. Pikmin 4
In July 2015, Shigeru Miyamoto gave an interview to Eurogamer in which he revealed that Pikmin 4 was in development and nearing completion. We can assume that this title has likely been moved to development for Nintendo Switch, and is therefore a strong candidate for a hypothetical upcoming Nintendo Direct.
2. Super Mario Maker Switch
Super Mario Maker was a big new IP for the Wii U, selling over 3.5 million copies worldwide. A continuation of the series makes a lot of sense from a number of perspectives, not least of all the form factor of the Switch itself. Capable of the same touch screen utility as the Wii U, a new entry would be capable of the same intuitive controls. Secondly, Super Mario Maker's online functionality was one of its most critical components, and Nintendo will soon be launching their own online subscription service a la Xbox Live/Playstation Plus which will charge users in exchange for fully featured online services. They will need games to sell this service to consumers, and Super Mario Maker could very well be a part of that plan.
3. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch
As mentioned above, Nintendo is going to need games to sell their new online service. Aside from their already released titles, no game is going to entice gamers to pay for multiplayer than a new Super Smash Bros. title. The critically acclaimed Wii U entry, released in 2014, is rumored to be the foundation for a new entry, which would mean that development could be more streamlined, and thus the game could release sooner than expected. They can also now expand the roster and features through DLC, something that the team has already experimented with in the past. Nintendo announcing such a big game so close to its release would not be strange, it's actually something Nintendo does often. We have no idea what they are planning to release as their big 2018 title, and their online service has been delayed to late 2018, so this could very easily be it.
Hi, for those of you asking what's been happening lately with the logo or trying to catch up with this thread, here's a long explanation.
Insiders have all come forward collectively earlier on this month stating that the Direct is happening 1/11.
Since then, a massive hype train has collected and theorizing multiple things. These things include stuff like 2018 being a year of ports for Nintendo, such as Wii-U Ports or Third Party ports (such as the very heavily rumored which is basically deemed to nearly be true, Dark Souls 1 Remaster or Port). Since that was dropped out of the rumor base, users on /r/Kappa who has had a very flimsy record when it comes to being right or wrong, even though he did leak the TMNT to Injustice 2 DLC, also came forward saying the same shit but WILD ass predictions which everyone has not believed.
At this point in time, as of yesterday, Nintendo of America was rumored to have posted the announcement that the Direct was happening 1/11. Reason being, Nintendo has a track record of announcing directs in a format of two days or one day before if it's a direct about multiple games, and multiple days before if its just a single game. However, when the time strike 3PM EST (or 2PM don't remember correctly), Nintendo retweeted the damn parrot from Mario Odyssey. However, hours before this happened, someone in this hype thread stated this
"They should RT the bird tweet from weeks ago so we know they're watching us", when 3PM EST struck this was retweeted with the picture of the parrot:
"What is the secret you're seeking? I know it, I know it, ha HA! I can't tell you! ♪ It's hiding somewhere and no peeking! ♪ Go find it, go find it, scra-CAW!"
Then today happened.
As of Today, we had a couple of things happen overall. First and foremost, at 5AM on the Dot, Super Mario UK on Twitter tweeted out a picture of Mario using fire balls in Super Mario Odyssey. Then we had this incident where GameStop messed up (or purposely trolled us) stating in a tweet "The Nintendo Direct is happening in 45 minutes!", then deleted it. Since then, we also had a Direct square logo space pop up on Nintendo JP's website. On top of this, for all of you coming in asking "Why is the logo with Chibi Robo on Fire a thing?" here is your answer. Nintendo of America joined on the continuous fun and tweeted a picture of Chibi Robo on fire at 12PM EST. At 1PM, Nintendo NYC also joined in the fun tweeting out this Mii with a hot dog suit on. Since these tweets have happened , we've also had multiple video game Twitter accounts tweet pictures, too, but at Nintendo.
Including:
There are others, too, however if you notice all of them have the same theme, a character on fire. At one point, the theme from a twitter account, such as Trove, tweeted "Things are getting hot in here" or "getting fired up". We also had RogerBase, a fellow ResetERA user/Nintendo Ambassador & Youtuber stating in a DM to a Youtuber known as EtikaWorldNetwork that a Direct is happening tomorrow with no announcement, he also made the video that is now up with GameXplain about Predictions.
As of now, I believe that is all there is to know with everything linked for those of you who don't know what's going on and for those of you trying to catch up. Also small thing to note, the other day Amazon SKU's popped up (several of them), users preordered them and now they're getting cancellation emails.
That's all folks!
Edit2: 1upmuffin has requested we put a link to the Nintendo ERA discord here so that people can join up and chat if they'd like, even after all this is over:
NintendoERA Discord:
https://discord.gg/WvvZ68b
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With 2018 right around the corner and the Nintendo Switch lighting up the sales charts, everyone is wondering what the company has in store for its sophomore year.
Let's speculate on titles think we could see in a hypothetical Nintendo Direct:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Pikmin 4
In July 2015, Shigeru Miyamoto gave an interview to Eurogamer in which he revealed that Pikmin 4 was in development and nearing completion. We can assume that this title has likely been moved to development for Nintendo Switch, and is therefore a strong candidate for a hypothetical upcoming Nintendo Direct.
2. Super Mario Maker Switch
Super Mario Maker was a big new IP for the Wii U, selling over 3.5 million copies worldwide. A continuation of the series makes a lot of sense from a number of perspectives, not least of all the form factor of the Switch itself. Capable of the same touch screen utility as the Wii U, a new entry would be capable of the same intuitive controls. Secondly, Super Mario Maker's online functionality was one of its most critical components, and Nintendo will soon be launching their own online subscription service a la Xbox Live/Playstation Plus which will charge users in exchange for fully featured online services. They will need games to sell this service to consumers, and Super Mario Maker could very well be a part of that plan.
3. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch
As mentioned above, Nintendo is going to need games to sell their new online service. Aside from their already released titles, no game is going to entice gamers to pay for multiplayer than a new Super Smash Bros. title. The critically acclaimed Wii U entry, released in 2014, is rumored to be the foundation for a new entry, which would mean that development could be more streamlined, and thus the game could release sooner than expected. They can also now expand the roster and features through DLC, something that the team has already experimented with in the past. Nintendo announcing such a big game so close to its release would not be strange, it's actually something Nintendo does often. We have no idea what they are planning to release as their big 2018 title, and their online service has been delayed to late 2018, so this could very easily be it.
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