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Nintendo Direct Mini/Full Pattern Discovered (Based on 11 Instances)

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BRSxIgnition

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Thanks to /u/Natzore on the Nintendo Switch Reddit for pointing this out and Nintendo Life for making a video & article about it.



From Nintendo Life:

People who look for consistency and patterns in Nintendo's thinking often come up with absolutely nothing beyond a Mii in a hot dog costume, but Reddit user Natzore has discovered something of actual worth.

Looking through the past schedules for Nintendo Direct presentations, it seems Nintendo has been quick in the past to follow up a Nintendo Direct Mini with a full-fat Nintendo Direct, rather than just letting them sit as they are.

Take a look over the table below from the Nintendo Switch subreddit; it details all the instances of this pattern to date.

Of course, Nintendo have often bucked even their own trends, so this is certainly not hard evidence, however the strange absence of larger games such as Bayonetta 3, Yoshi, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, and Fire Emblem in yesterday's presentation does seem unusual.
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So while there's no need for Chibi Robo to burn forever until the end of time, we may hear more from Nintendo sooner rather than later, as many originally predicted.
 
Mullet2000

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Interesting. I never realized that the minis were so close to the full ones.

Looks like at the very worst we're looking at three weeks.
 
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Hasn't this already been proven as false?

Dwebble said:
That's extremely misleading.

The July 18 2012 Direct Mini was Japan-only, and only featured Brain Age. The following Direct was another Mini, was also Japan-only, and focused on Dragon Quest X. It wasn't until the end of August that there was a full-blown, global Direct.
The September 7 2012 Mini was also Japan-only, and again focused on Brain Age. September 13 saw a worldwide Wii U Direct, but most regions didn't see the Mini.
The October 3 2012 Mini was Japan-only. The October 4 2012 Direct was Europe and Australia-only. There was no overlap in audience.
The November 27 2012 Mini focused on NSMB2 DLC. However, this was indeed followed by a broader global Direct on December 5th.
The December 19 2012 Mini was Japan-only, and focused on Dragon Quest X. The Pokémon Direct followed on January 8th globally. The two had nothing to do with each other.
The April 1 2013 Mini was Japan-only, and focused on 3DS eShop games. The April 3 Direct was also Japan-only, and focused on Tomodachi Life.
The July 18 2013 Mini was not broadcast in Japan, and didn't have major new software announcements- the August 7th 2013 Direct was global.
The October 29th 2013 Mini was Japan-exclusive, and focused solely on Daigasso! Band Brothers P. The November 12th 2013 was exclusive to South Korea, and focused on Monster Hunter 4.
The November 14th 2013 Mini was not aired in Japan, and the November 27th Direct was followed by a Direct exclusively about the downloadable 3DS Tour of the Louvre (yes, really).
The June 1 2015 Micro was exclusive to North America, and focused on games previously revealed by a Japan-exclusive Direct. The June 14 2015 was focused on Smash Bros, and was part of Nintendo's E3 presence that year.
The November 2 2016 Direct wasn't a Mini at all, but a full direct focused on Animal Crossing New Leaf's big update. The November 5 Direct was a Japan exclusive, focused on Miitopia.

If you're looking for a global Mini with multiple titles followed swiftly by a full Direct... you can keep looking, but it doesn't exist.
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Philippo

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Well we now know a bit more about H1 2018's lineup, but the later part of the year is mostly unknown.
So a Direct is a given, either this month or the next.
What really drives people mad is the fact that it could be any day.
 

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Pretty sure that this was proven to be some lazy research. Something along the lines of the mini-Directs being for different regions. Do we have any real instances of a mini-Direct, followed by a "full" Direct within that short of a period of time for the same regions?
 
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I think similar threads have already been locked. And why isn't 2017 in that table? Probably because the number of directs decreased I guess?
 
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Didn't Nintendo just have a press preview event as well? (Think it was mentioned on the Waypoint podcast.) Wouldn't surprise me if it was in anticipation of an upcoming Direct.
 

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pls stop.
I'll just put this here

Dwebble said:
That's extremely misleading.

The July 18 2012 Direct Mini was Japan-only, and only featured Brain Age. The following Direct was another Mini, was also Japan-only, and focused on Dragon Quest X. It wasn't until the end of August that there was a full-blown, global Direct.
The September 7 2012 Mini was also Japan-only, and again focused on Brain Age. September 13 saw a worldwide Wii U Direct, but most regions didn't see the Mini.
The October 3 2012 Mini was Japan-only. The October 4 2012 Direct was Europe and Australia-only. There was no overlap in audience.
The November 27 2012 Mini focused on NSMB2 DLC. However, this was indeed followed by a broader global Direct on December 5th.
The December 19 2012 Mini was Japan-only, and focused on Dragon Quest X. The Pokémon Direct followed on January 8th globally. The two had nothing to do with each other.
The April 1 2013 Mini was Japan-only, and focused on 3DS eShop games. The April 3 Direct was also Japan-only, and focused on Tomodachi Life.
The July 18 2013 Mini was not broadcast in Japan, and didn't have major new software announcements- the August 7th 2013 Direct was global.
The October 29th 2013 Mini was Japan-exclusive, and focused solely on Daigasso! Band Brothers P. The November 12th 2013 was exclusive to South Korea, and focused on Monster Hunter 4.
The November 14th 2013 Mini was not aired in Japan, and the November 27th Direct was followed by a Direct exclusively about the downloadable 3DS Tour of the Louvre (yes, really).
The June 1 2015 Micro was exclusive to North America, and focused on games previously revealed by a Japan-exclusive Direct. The June 14 2015 was focused on Smash Bros, and was part of Nintendo's E3 presence that year.
The November 2 2016 Direct wasn't a Mini at all, but a full direct focused on Animal Crossing New Leaf's big update. The November 5 Direct was a Japan exclusive, focused on Miitopia.

If you're looking for a global Mini with multiple titles followed swiftly by a full Direct... you can keep looking, but it doesn't exist.
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The hype threads have become just as entertaining as the actual directs!
....well, almost.
 
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Nobody, NOBODY mentions that the July 18 2012 mini was for Brain Age, July 30 2012 was for Dragon Quest X (both Japan-only).

Or Sept 7 2012 being another Brain Age Japan only and Sept 13 being worldwide direct.

Or Oct 3 and Oct 4 2012 omitting the October 2 and October 5 directs that also came out for several regions during the time.

Edit: "Nobody" being Nintendo / general gaming outlets because fuck research, get clicks.
 
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Most of those was when we had directs every 2 or 3 months

This is the first mini direct since we had one direct each 6 months besides the e3 one
 
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It's also not very convincing when most of your data points are 5 and 6 years old. But go ahead, burn the robots if you want to, lol.
 
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While I wouldn't be surprised if there was a Direct in the next few weeks, this feels like grasping.
 
OnanieBomb

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Right. This mini direct basically had enough content for a full Direct. I wouldn't expect one so soon.
 
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If this includes single-game Japanese directs and such then that certainly does lend some skepticism to the whole discovery, as many have stated.

Also, just to throw this out there, this wasn't meant to be a hype thread. Just one describing a possible pattern and hint as to when we may hear from them again.

Heck, I specifically say that Chibi Robo doesn't need to keep burning.
 
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I'd like to see the table with all the directs that don't fit the pattern added back in.
 
BlueManifest

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It's time for all of you to face reality

theres going to be a direct in 2 - 3 weeks
 
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If we do get another one in the next couple weeks, I'll be really surprised if it's another full Direct, and not a game-specific or Nindies Direct. They just announced their first half lineup, I don't see why they'd announce beyond that so soon after.
 
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