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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT3| Nintendo Direct Speculation Trilogy HD
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Yeah but the situation early in the year has been different every year since the Switch started.
E3 and September Direct are usually constants, but the first half.... it's always wild
Yes, but circumstances are a little different this time. This time we have a big game in AC coming March and Nintendo still hasn't opened the preorders. It feels like they're waiting on the direct. This time we have the final Smash character has to release by end of February.
There's also that Joker from Persona 5 content apparently in Tokyo Mirage Sessions which releases the end of this week. It could he a surprise in the direct.
Plus I believe we know less about first party this year than we did going into 2019.
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I do agree with you tho
I guess it wouldn't be the speculation thread without unadulterated chaos around the time of a potential Direct, but geez, talk about fragile morale, everyone. Just hope for the best and wait 'til Tuesday (or I guess potentially Wednesday, but eh).
I mean Wednesday is the most likely if the Direct is on Thursday. So definitely wait til Wednesday.
Of course I expect the usual doom and gloom when it's not announced Tuesday anyway 🙄
That is why I'm confused on why it would be this coming week.
Why I think there will not be a Direct next week:
1- We just had a Direct
2- Wednesday at the usual time that the Direct are announced, the TMS reviews are published
3- Nintendo Direct are usually at midnight in Europe, so I doubt there is a Direct at midnight from Thursday to Friday because TMS will already be on sale in the European eShop and Asia.
The only possibility is that it is announced on Tuesday and occurs on Wednesday at midnight in Europe. Edit: Or that Nintendo does not care to hurt the launch of TMS
1- We just had a Direct
2- Wednesday at the usual time that the Direct are announced, the TMS reviews are published
3- Nintendo Direct are usually at midnight in Europe, so I doubt there is a Direct at midnight from Thursday to Friday because TMS will already be on sale in the European eShop and Asia.
The only possibility is that it is announced on Tuesday and occurs on Wednesday at midnight in Europe. Edit: Or that Nintendo does not care to hurt the launch of TMS
Right. I think those are the 2 key suspects this year. We didn't have something similar coming into January 2019.
Also, Pokémon Directs and general directs seems to be a week or 2 from each other.
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I think for a lot of people the melodrama is the fun part of this thread
speculating on when a collection of trailers drops isn't inherently fun, it's the willful desperation that makes it fun
levelheadedness is for squares
Let's be real tho. No one knows when the Direct is coming. Not even my Little Sister. I say we just Go with the Flow for now.
Imagine now that AC preorders are not even open at retail in Japan
My prediction about AC in the upcoming Direct will be that Nintendo will annouce a Switch Lite in AC Design with the game build in, with the News that the Game will be available to Pre-Orde on the EShop.
Nintendo usually waits for big info to drop before they open the preorders, right? AC is very telling
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as both a lover of Animal Crossing and a lover of chaos, this would be glorious
Didn't we run out of monkey paws after the Pokémon direct? Lol
Really? That's actually crazy. I'm honestly shocked at how ridiculously tight lipped they've been about AC. I guess they just have unwavering confidence in it, but the marketing window feels so so small for a tent pole release like that.
I was hoping this was the case, because it's exactly what my wife wants, but I feel like we'd have heard about AC hardware by now? Or not, who fucking knows. The way they've introduced and talked about New Horizons has felt very strange.
In case you missed it Animal Crossing is on the cover of the Nintendo Dream magazine which releases January 21.
They weren't going to announce it before christmas anyway. It could had let some people to not buy a Switch for christmas and instead wait for the AC Switch.
Yeah, totally, but considering when it comes out and how little they've spoken about it at this point, they're giving themselves a pretty small window. Still holding out hope for a hardware bundle, though.
It's not like they couldn't pull the Smash/SwSh thing of releasing a special Switch way before the game comes out, also.
Good chance there will be some sort of AC themed hardware. There were many different 3ds/2ds AC designs. And seems probable that we either get an AC direct or a general direct with AC focus.
You have to kind of admit the lead up to Animal Crossing's release has been weird. First the reveal was just a title card. Finally saw it at E3 and was delayed. Saw it in September and it was the exact info from E3...I do understand others around the world might have not seen it, but it was weird. I don't recall Nintendo doing that before.
We've been waiting and waiting. They do a little 30 second video around New Years. Post a little picture here or there. We're about 2 months from release and that's it. No preorders open anywhere. Just a weird build up to AC
We've been waiting and waiting. They do a little 30 second video around New Years. Post a little picture here or there. We're about 2 months from release and that's it. No preorders open anywhere. Just a weird build up to AC
Very odd. It's almost as if they don't think people want to see more of it before deciding to buy it.
This thread is a roller coaster ride. Not a good coaster either, I'm talking about the rough woodies and Vekoma SLC's.
I know, I own every piece of AC hardware possible. I always expected there to be AC hardware, I'm just surprised we haven't heard about it yet, but...
Exactly like I was saying, the AC build-up has been incredibly strange, which is why even a hardware bundle feels like a question mark to me.
Yo, talk mess about no Directs until E3 or whatever the fuck, but don't put this in the air. For the love of God, please.
We need a Retro Studios Direct hosted by their Twitter person who walks us through the finer points of Texas BBQ.
I'd be okay with this. Better than games, it's honest down on the range BBQ. MmmHMM!
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