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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT4| The Sequel to OT3 is Now in Development.
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Can I get a "Saving it all for E3" option? I'm starting to feel like it's only going to be focused directs until then. We had Pokemon, Smash this week, the next one will be Animal Crossing, and then maybe a Xenoblade one after that.
Ah, who am I kidding... I'm just trying to de-hype myself a bit and set my expectations low.
There is no need for it, really. Why would you announce new games when you need to sell your holiday titles first.
Damn right.
Besides, at the moment, I'm more concerned about Capcom's Monster Hunter event in Osaka this weekend, anyway.
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This would make sense if Nintendo is trying to do bad marketing
I feel like sometimes, because we haven't had one when we desire one, we forget Nintendo WANTS to do Directs. Like, they have absolutely everything to gain from them and they know the power that Directs have. General Directs are literally Nintendo's primary marketing tool, we will get an early year one, it's just a matter of when.
If we get an Animal Crossing Direct next week then I will be hugely hyped for the next General Direct cause it means almost everything they show will be 100% new
The Christmas that game came out I'd asked for DKC2 but received Yoshi's Island instead. My initial disappointment was replaced with absolute love for that gem of a game.
I'm still sad that Nintendo moved away from that initial format for all subsequent Yoshi games.
The bosses are something else! Things get wacky in the late game.
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oops accidentally quoted myself lol. yeah honesty I'd love an EPD developed sequel to it, may be just what 2D Mario needs
Totally! That would be fantastic. Especially if they built on the watercolor aesthetic.
#MakeYoshiGamesGreatAgain2020 (no intended support of similar slogans)
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Yeah, if it was January then we could've gotten an April one too.
oh well, it'll probably be packed then. They presumably have a ton to reveal going by insiders
Last general Direct prior to the first one of the new year
2011: December Direct
2012: December Direct
2013: December Direct
2014: November Direct
2015: November Direct
2016: September Direct
2017: September Direct
2018: September Direct
2019: September Direct
Believing in a January Direct makes sense based on previous years (Although I believe my vote was for #TeamFebruary)
My bad I shouldn't have put tier on that. I ment to say I don't really play anything on switch anymore beside smash ( play it online every other night, it's my chill game ). ....I haven't bought any games for switch in 2019..... will get the next 3d zelda, 3D Mario and what ever the next new xenoblade will be though
cause tbh,
not much significant would happen between february and potentially April-May that wouldn't just be at E3.
so if a April direct happened and didn't have much content, people would get upset or whatever lol.
What I am focused on is the September directs. They generally dictate how the H1 of the next year looks. And it appears to be the case again.
You do you! I was just curious, because I'm personally overwhelmed by all the games I want to play.
No Direct in January. Nintendo letting the month sail out, leaning on TMS, filling the media gaps with game specific Directs (Pokemon, Smash, etc). All of this content would normally be revealed or teased in standard Directs. January is a write off as far as I'm concerned.
Hedging my bets on early or mid February. Gut says Nintendo just don't have a lot for Q1/Q2, probably relying a lot on Animal Crossing pulling big numbers, and I'm sure the long rumoured Wii U ports. Probably another original title or two for Q2.
Hedging my bets on early or mid February. Gut says Nintendo just don't have a lot for Q1/Q2, probably relying a lot on Animal Crossing pulling big numbers, and I'm sure the long rumoured Wii U ports. Probably another original title or two for Q2.
Maybe Nintendo prefers February so they can just push all of the Q1/Q2 games into one big show
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Possible for this year are BotW2, 2D Metroid, Bayonetta 3, Paper Mario, Splatoon Spin-off, TWEWY2. Pick any of those pairs to bookend a January direct and another pair to bookend an April one. Throw ports, third party and DLC in the middle and you'd have people saying both were amazing lol. Then elaborate more at E3.
now my expectation for February is 3 or more of those 😳
And Q3. you know like last February with Astral Chain and Links Awakening
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Have they ever announced something like a Wii U port and released it within 30 days? Given how weak the current Q1 looks, I'd have expected to see something like Pikmin 3 or 3D World to hit very soon.
Have they ever announced something like a Wii U port and released it within 30 days? Given how weak the current Q1 looks, I'd have expected to see something like Pikmin 3 or 3D World to hit very soon.
Which is cool.
I think the real issue is just H1's in general. Hence the Fall Directs.
If more games were announced for H1, we wouldn't be this expectant for the first 2020 direct. Cause we'd be looking forward to a February, March, and April notable title.
I'm feeling pretty dang good about PM being announced in February for October release.
I also thought there would be a January direct...
Well, at least we're apparently getting Metro Redux and BioShock: The Collection, right??? Better than nothing!
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They can still have a regular direct to announce Pikmin 3 to release late April. That'll give it the usual 3 months reveal to release Nintendo has done with all Wii U ports (excluding Bayonetta for obvious reasons)
I'd guess we get between 3 to 5 Nintendo published titles in Q2. Super Mario 3D World, Pikmin 3 DX and Xenoblade Chronicles DE are my current likely guesses, based on the first half of this year relying on remakes/ports. Not sure what brand new titles Nintendo would announce for that quarter - a lot of the rumoured stuff sounds like second half material to me.
I am #TeamFebruary at this point, even though i'm still a little bit weirded out about the whole week-after-week direct thing. I don't think we've ever gotten a Pokémon Direct and then a Smash one this early in the year, much less week after week. I don't know what Nintendo is up to. Who knows they surprise us with a Direct in the 30th? ;) At least, it will eventually come!
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I'm on the Pikmin 3 April, XenoblaDE May and 3D World June train. All would be revealed in the next general direct
I just don't understand why they'd leave this timeframe so empty then. TMS is a very niche game - even as a fan of P5 and 3H, I'm not sure I want it. Pikmin 3 in Feb would have been perfect. I bought it on Wii U but didn't play more than maybe 2 missions - I very much want to give it another go.
They have far more content to talk about on Switch than they did 3DS and Wii U. I feel people really still miss how massive the Switch software library is and how quickly it's expanding. Yes, there's plenty of eShop crap, but there's also a lot of good stuff between retro ports, remakes, recent ports, new multiplatform stuff, old indies, new indies, third party exclusives and first party. Throw in expansions for Nintendo to talk about, and it's no surprise they're breaking stuff up, especially when franchises like Pokemon and Smash can stand on their own.
Let's say we get a late January/Early Feb direct and Nintendo waits until E3 to have another direct. Realistically, how many Nintendo published game announcements are we expecting? Because I'm basically expecting them to fill out to September.
-Super Mario 3D World
-Pikmin 3
-eShop game
-New titles for July, August, September possibly
Then how many Nintendo published games could they talk about that we know of?
-Bayonetta 3
-XenoblaDE
-Animal Crossing
-BotW 2
Reposting for traction. Other than MK9 (which is more of a guess on my part, do to not knowing what the MK team is working on) and the release date guesses, this is the kind of Direct that most people should expect.
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