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And Cuphead and Katana Zero just dropped last week!
Literally drowning in games right now.
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Literally drowning in games right now.
Are you excluding Nindie presentations then?
I just checked and 2017 did have a general Direct with a focus on ARMS and Splatoon 2, as well as an ARMS Direct with a Splatoon 2 trailer. So I guess that counts as two according to your criteria.
2016 had only a single multi-game Direct between January and E3 though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Direct
I don't count 2016 for predicting anything accurate because that's when Nintendo was killing off the Wii U and waiting for the switch to release
Yea not counting nindies, just mini directs and general directs with more than 1 game
If they want to give Animal Crossing a proper spotlight, I think they should reveal it in May, assuming their E3 Direct is mainly Pokemon.
Btw, something doesn't add up for me about Smash reveals. They want all their remaining DLC characters out by February 2020, so it's pretty safe to guess they'll reveal three of them at E3, September Direct and TGA. But what about the fourth character? Will they reveal it on a separate Smash Direct?
Btw, something doesn't add up for me about Smash reveals. They want all their remaining DLC characters out by February 2020, so it's pretty safe to guess they'll reveal three of them at E3, September Direct and TGA. But what about the fourth character? Will they reveal it on a separate Smash Direct?
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That still leaves room for an announcement in a Direct next January!
Evo more likely. It's around July, perfect month to reveal Erdrick.
I trust in you, princess. Don't let me down and deliver me Metroid.
Don't see the point in having them develop two 3D Marios concurrently, especially by a team with no experience in that area, when they could just have the NSMBU team work on something entirely new.
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I just hope we get Mario Maker 2 details soon, even if it's just a shadow-dropped overview trailer and a website update.
I NEED IT.
I NEED IT.
Erdrick will be Challenger Pack 2 though. They won't wait until early August to reveal or release him. E3 for sure.
Our only source rumor for Erdrick is proven false, so we're back at where we began.That "brave" still could be anything. Sora? DQ11 protag? Crono? Or even.. Lara?
I still don't think a character whose adventures Europeans never had a chance to enjoy is a right choice for a Smash DLC. This is not a Lucas situation, this is a paid DLC, people need to know who he is.
Well, we still have DQ Heroes 1&2 collection localization to be announced. And that new DQ Monsters thing. I don't think they'd port 3DS remakes/ports with outdated looks. DQ8 should be HD remastered using PS2 version.
That being said, a remake should not be out of question. Now DQ5 is pretty popular nowadays due to CG movie, it deserves another remake with DQ11's looks. For Switch. With more waifus.
Not entirely true; Tansut (the person who leaked Cloud on Gaf before he was revealed) is convinced that Erdrick is in. Since he has Square Enix connections, i'm inclined to believe him.
I mean, PAL regions did get the game eventually (albeit, we got the mobile port, but whatever). And, uh, what do you mean by "this is not a Lucas situation"? He and Roy, were, uh, paid DLC too (for Smash 4)?
And really, people in Japan (and even the Dragon Warrior fans in America) will know who Erdrick is, and that's the main audience they will be targeting for with the character. As long as Europeans can recognise him as a "Dragon Quest guy" I think it'll be fine.
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Some random insider is not enough. Unless one of our legit insiders back it up, I'll assume Erdirck thing is dead. You're free to believe him, though.
Let's be honest, Erdrick is super niche character, compared to Joker or other past DLC characters. Yeah, it's a super popular character among older Japanese fans but do we really think Nintendo would choose DLC characters catered for specific regions? Like, if Japan gets Erdrick, what could Europe or US get catered for them? I still think that idea is unlikely, if the second SE rep is really a DQ one, it should be more popular DQ11 protagonist, similar to Persona 5 choice. Maybe it's DQ11 Protag with Erdrick echo? Who knows.
I mean, Tansut is one of ours (he's a user on here, and he was never banned, so...)
I wouldn't be surprised if Luminary was an Echo or something (Erdrick wouldn't be the Echo; even if you don't think that they would cater a character to a specific region, they won't make the senior character and the more popular character in the region this franchise is most popular in the Echo).
But, what could the US or Europe get that would be catered for them? The Microsoft rep of course. If it's Banjo, that's even a Brit creation!
Master Chief for the U.S.. Dunno about Europe. Geralt, I guess?
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I think they're going to give us something else DQ this year, yeah. Maybe not a port of one of the remakes but we're supposed to hear something about a DQM game. And I wouldn't be shocked if we get a DQ Heroes 3, 1 and 2 seemed to do fairly well. I'm still holding out hope those get localized, even digital only...
I'm still super bitter that the localizations of those games already exist on other platforms yet I can't buy it on Switch (even on the JP eShop) and play it in a language I can understand
Didn't Tansut technically say that Erdirck wasn't confirmed 100% to him. Rather that he mentioned that name and didn't get a "no".
I still believe it's a DQ character but I don't want to misinterpret what's tansut said
I still believe it's a DQ character but I don't want to misinterpret what's tansut said
Haven't people been speculating that since the code name "Brave" has been used for every DQ main protagonist, that it could be a Bowser Jr. situation, where it's basically 11 different characters each with the same move set?
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Does anyone have an exact time for when the earnings release drops / the following investor briefing? I'd like to add more accurate countdown clocks to the OP.
I know it's been talked about to death in OT 1 and this one, but I kinda agree with some people saying Nintendo's line up feeling weak this year.
And this is only a personal feeling, as I'm not excited for Mario Maker (I will probably buy it anyway), Fire Emblem (the school setting is weird to me), Astral Chain (see the appeal, but not my cup of tea), Animal Crossing (my wife is excited), Luigi's Mansion (just not excited, but might be when they actually reveal more).
I sound like a negative Nancy right now, because even Pokémon isn't pulling me in this year. The only definite buy for me this year on my Switch is Link's Awakening.
All of that being said, it's gonna be okay. I'll probably buy more than I expect to, and enjoy more than I expect as well.
Just wanted to feel the hype of 2017 again. It only took two titles, BOTW and Odyssey, to make the whole year shine for me.
I don't know why I'm typing this out, but my wife doesn't want to hear it again, that's for sure. What's a gaming enthusiast forum (and a Nintendo Direct hype cycle thread) for if not for this?
And this is only a personal feeling, as I'm not excited for Mario Maker (I will probably buy it anyway), Fire Emblem (the school setting is weird to me), Astral Chain (see the appeal, but not my cup of tea), Animal Crossing (my wife is excited), Luigi's Mansion (just not excited, but might be when they actually reveal more).
I sound like a negative Nancy right now, because even Pokémon isn't pulling me in this year. The only definite buy for me this year on my Switch is Link's Awakening.
All of that being said, it's gonna be okay. I'll probably buy more than I expect to, and enjoy more than I expect as well.
Just wanted to feel the hype of 2017 again. It only took two titles, BOTW and Odyssey, to make the whole year shine for me.
I don't know why I'm typing this out, but my wife doesn't want to hear it again, that's for sure. What's a gaming enthusiast forum (and a Nintendo Direct hype cycle thread) for if not for this?
Someone made a pic saying you have so and so points to spend on switch ports spend wisely and w101 was on the picture hence the trending so it was on various countries from what I saw.
I have a stupid question and I don't know if this is the right place or not but here it is: Is HAL owned by Nintendo ?
IIRC Nintendo doesn't own HAL. They're just very close (due to some deals they made in the past, but I might be remembering wrong.)
HAL isn't owned by Nintendo from my knowledge. They work closely with each other and have for many years. Nintendo helped HAL out of bankruptcy.
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