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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT|
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That sounds great. I think we might see this Switch Monster Hunter at a special direct before the anniversary event. I expect it to be Switch exclusive Generations 2 but I also expect MHW2 for 2020 to hit Switch as well.
Persona 5 Switch and Sonic seems to be lock but I don't expect surprises from Sega.
We could see Dreamcast games for Sega Ages at Sega Fes. Maybe the new Sakura Wars game is coming to Switch as well, but that's definitely not a certainty.
"Some," "bunch," etc are relative quantities, so I'm not too worried about the specifics there. I think we'll see Monster Hunter, Sonic, and Persona announcements for Switch in March as well as some third-party surprises from E3 (XCOM 3 and a new South Park RPG are my predictions).
Guys, even if there is pokemon info this week or next week, its more likely IMO that it'll be a random video drop like sun and moon's original announcement was
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Yes, with some exceptions most of main Pokémon games have been announced in Direct in the last years: XY, Sun&Moon in particular, and both were games of a new generation. I'm sure for the new one there will be a Direct again, they can't do a conference overseas and tweet information for people in US&Europe.
What I noticed is that, between a tweet and another, there are in some case intervals of some minutes or more. Honestly I'm not convinced at all, but let's see, everyone should be given a possibility. In some months we will find out if he really has sources or not.
I honestly don't think MHW2/MH6 will come to the Switch since I'm expecting it to target next-gen hardware (PS5/Xbox Scarlett/PC), but I'd imagine that the Switch will get something like Generations 2 or World Portable in the near future.
I guess it was technically a direct lol. But it was a 6 minute video with about 10 seconds focusing on sun and moon was my point.
Dont expect to be seeing a lot gameplay
Could be just a title drop, maybe some concept art, or we could get some video footage montage like we did with the X/Y reveal. Personally feel they might give us some game footage/cgi trailer to showcase their big transition to HD. Then we'll see monthly news until its inevitable release in November 2019.
Pokémon fans only need a few freeze frames of WIP material and the title of the game for them to get speculating a 100 pages.
Not that I expect Gen 8 announcement to be the same as last time. Sun/Moon was announced the way it was because they were mostly making a big deal of the 20th anniversary, and also because it wasn't as big of a leap as Gen 6 to Gen 7. I suspect Gen 8 announcement is going to be a big one given how it's probably going to be another huge leap for the series.
I think Capcom will double down on MH franchise. Yes future of MH brand is next gen bound but I think World series will have one more entry on current gen consoles and it will use Switch as the base platform. They could turn this an annual or bi-annual franchise.
Generations 2 should be the "classic style" Monster Hunter, targeted mostly Japanese players. It'll still see release in west but won't be treated as a big release like MHW2 will be.
Given the success of World going big, I don't think Capcom's gonna have the main games be shackled by the Switch's hardware. Having an off-shoot series like MHWP with many of World's QoL improvements but also working around the Switch's limitations would allow Capcom to keep supporting the Switch with MH games but also not limit the mainline games. Granted, MHW2/MH6 likely won't use the RE Engine (the RE Engine is only really used at Division 1, Monster Hunter is made by Division 2), but I can't realistically see them bothering with a Switch version if they're gonna aim high for next-gen hardware.
It's a tradition, first games on a new generation don't use the technical offerings of those consoles, they are basically cross gen games. The first Monster Hunter game on next gen will probably like that, I don't see Capcom "aiming high for next gen hardware" for that, it would take too much resources and time. Maybe for distant future sequel.
Plus I really believe that next MHW game will be out before the next gen launches. The franchise is a ten million+ seller regardless of its visuals, I don't see Capcom putting everything they have on a far away entry. This is definitely going to become an annual franchise someday.
Why would Masuda, on his Japanese account, tweet a date that was not actually the date that the (Japanese) press conference took place on?
Are you familiar with Occam's Razor, by any chance?
I need to be playing RE4 on Switch by yesterday.
Posted by RE Community Manager on Twitter - for those that missed it, I bet it's been posted already, but I don't think this has anything to do with a direct?
Don't worry buddy, I'm jumping headfirst into that particular burning building too.
Saw there was a comment questioning our reporting of the Mug Twitter fella, we actually went in a different direction with that one to show why we believe it likely isn't the real deal. I suppose exposure is exposure but we personally aren't confident in the account
If Generations 2 comes out and still looks like a 3ds game I'll probably skip it. Even tho I think the gameplay changes from Generations were great, I dont feel like looking at those models anymore.
Definitely getting a Sonic '06 remake, with all the bugs fixed but the same story.
Better not be just a logo reveal like last time. I want gameplay!
Yeah I want gameplay. Don't tease us. We all can't wait to see the first new gen console Pokémon game!
Because it's an event which was broadcasted worldwide.
Occam's Razor suggests that Masuda would hint at these kinds of events with multiple tweets. It's happened for every game since XY now.
I'm only ok with just a logo if it comes with a date. Lord knows I'm going to buy it regardless.
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