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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT|
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Jesus, I almost had a heartattack!
It's cool, that you are hyped as we are...but the tweet was really unnecessary 😨
I think the frame is going to be "over the first half of 2019."
I'm not going to do the whole prediction laundry-list thing, but one thing I will say is that I expect Animal Crossing to come out a lot sooner than many people seem to be predicting. A lot of people seem to be assuming that because it and Pokémon are the two 2019 heavy hitters we already know about, that means those are going to be the holiday games, but I don't think AC is going to be a holiday or even fall title. June 28 seems like a good release date for it (and the Switch mini in NA/EU, though that won't be announced in this Direct).
In Japan I'm thinking AC will be sandwiched between DQXI S on, say, June 15 (with the Switch mini launching on that day in Japan), and Yo-kai Watch 4 on July 11, as sort of a one-two-three punch for the Switch and younger/casual audiences.
I'm not going to do the whole prediction laundry-list thing, but one thing I will say is that I expect Animal Crossing to come out a lot sooner than many people seem to be predicting. A lot of people seem to be assuming that because it and Pokémon are the two 2019 heavy hitters we already know about, that means those are going to be the holiday games, but I don't think AC is going to be a holiday or even fall title. June 28 seems like a good release date for it (and the Switch mini in NA/EU, though that won't be announced in this Direct).
In Japan I'm thinking AC will be sandwiched between DQXI S on, say, June 15 (with the Switch mini launching on that day in Japan), and Yo-kai Watch 4 on July 11, as sort of a one-two-three punch for the Switch and younger/casual audiences.
I thought first. I prefaced what I said in my post. Not my fault. Don't talk down to me. I showed an example of what they've done in the past.
He's another insider. He rarely posts, but he's never been wrong.
Nice. 50 minutes is the big one and specific with saying Fire Emblem and Luigi's Mansion 3
Personally, regardless of release date, I think AC will be massively marketed and also get its own Direct (like Smash got).
It's okey man. I'm hyped too😎 But are we on that point if the discussion, that predict how they gonna announce the direct and the frameon twitter? Man.. I love this thread so uch for that😜
I've said I think AC will be July. There's a big holiday in July for Japan
Scenes when it's 50 minutes of "development update" on all the announced games
"The stars certainly seem to be aligning for next week".
There's a possible hint in there for a game that will be in the Direct. He likes to do that a lot.
I have read until Labo was announced in a direct and I already discard it
Well to be fair.. the whole discussion about a nintendo direct in 2019 didn't even start in this thread, it started on the "Nintendo First Party" Thread🤷🏻♂️
Of course.
SSBU's Direct was around a month before launch. There would definitely still be time for an "Animal Crossing Direct" in the latter half of May or so.
You might want to check back in this thread around the time when Zell made his leaks and some other insiders were sharing some stuff.
Yep. That just makes it a bit more humiliating when something he's heard turns out to be fake, though, like when he spent two weeks elaborately spelling out "Metroid Premiere" with the first letter of each tweet, only for MPT to be a no-show at the Game Awards.
I saw the stuff about them testing Kingdom Hearts but I assumed they meant 3.
So, I'm playing around with a piece on the series either for a personal blog or to pitch, so I won't go into too much detail about how the series got here, but AA is definitely in an awkward spot. AA5 and AA6 both found themselves in the position of trying to please all the branches of the fandom - to the point that the writers specifically ended AA6 in such a way they'd have a ton of room to write the next game - but AA6 sold less than AA5, and the DGS games had some of the worst sales in the series.
I think the series goes multiplat, but I don't know if it goes day and date multiplat. That depends on how much of a relationship Nintendo and Capcom have over the series. I could easily see a Switch exclusive launch with ports down the line, or a Switch + Mobile with other consoles/PC later.
And yeah, TGS is the primary showcase for the series. AAI1, PLvsPW, AA5, and DGS1 were announced outside of TGS, but didn't get actual gameplay reveals/details until a following TGS. AAI2/AA6/DGS2 were announced at or around TGS. But I was expecting AA7 to show up at TGS last year and all we got was AA123, so maybe they're breaking away from that.
Stars huh... aligning huh...
Obon is mid August but yeah Nintendo would want to release a big game before that (see Splatoon 2 in 2017)
Dawg (dog?) you said it.
That was hilarious how he spelled it out and it was wrong lol. But yeah he loves to do these hints and say his sentences in a certain way. There's a possible hint her. "Stars" hmmm
Funny I fully expect Devil May Cry in the Direct. I'm not sure if he's hinting at that, but I'm expecting it to show up.
Oops I got the month wrong. Not sure why I thought July. Yeah follow in Splatoon 2's footsteps.
Obon is in July in the Kanto region, August everywhere else.
I could more easily see YW4 taking the mid-July slot, though — like YW1, YW2, and YW3 before it.
Late July or later is a possibility, but my hunch is that we won't have to wait that long. June is the end of the fiscal quarter, and Nintendo's late-April/early-May earnings briefing would provide a good opportunity to announce the Switch mini (just as they announced the New 2DS XL at that quarter's briefing in 2017). I think they'll both want to launch the Switch mini alongside AC and also have it available for the release of DQ XI S and YW4, hence, June.
I could more easily see YW4 taking the mid-July slot, though — like YW1, YW2, and YW3 before it.
Late July or later is a possibility, but my hunch is that we won't have to wait that long. June is the end of the fiscal quarter, and Nintendo's late-April/early-May earnings briefing would provide a good opportunity to announce the Switch mini (just as they announced the New 2DS XL at that quarter's briefing in 2017). I think they'll both want to launch the Switch mini alongside AC and also have it available for the release of DQ XI S and YW4, hence, June.
I think expecting Pokémon in the Direct is kinda ask to be disappointed, Pokémon is usually announced in it's own direct. However I think it's possible for a Pokémon Direct reveal date.
I've given up on this dream. I don't ever see it coming unless Nintendo remakes the game.Obligatory
I don't think Nintendo has ever announced a Direct in another Direct.
They announced a fire emblem one during the switch January 2017 direct
Yeah, I'm not expecting it anyway but this is the only thing it coud happen about Pokémon in the Direct.
It's definitely a hint - people keep saying "Pokemon Stars" but I'm thinking something to do with Space. Probably Captain Falcon's Space Adventure.
I feel like the games have exhausted their audience at this point. There's only so much ace attorney non-hardcore fans can take.
That's a shame. Hopefully we reach a point eventually where Nintendo isn't scared of the controversy, or society moves forward so that there is no controversy at all.
They did announce a FE Direct during the Threehouse broadcast after Switch Presentation. I hope this Direct will have a Threehouse as well.
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