Nomura doesn't have anything to do with Trials of Mana, does he?
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Nintendo Direct Speculation |OT4| The Sequel to OT3 is Now in Development.
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Yup. SMM2 and Astral Chain last year as well were announced with very short turn-arounds. In 2018 Mario Tennis was released only a few months later.
I'd be surprised if they didn't have a direct until e3. They may again have a weak Q1 (I'm not into Pokemon or Animal Crossing), but they would need to announce something for Q2 and perhaps Q3 before e3. My guess would be Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Xenoblade Remake would be the absolute bare minimum to be announced and released before end of June.
Next week is the last they can do it in Jan since to my recollection they have NEVER done a Direct in the same week as a financial earnings report, ever.
They did the Smash November 2018 direct the same week as the financial earnings
Thanks! I figured that to be the case. Wouldn't expect that to be any different this year.
It'll be Zelda or Mario related. I'd bet on that.
Would Nintendo announce something like Pikmin 3 DX without a Direct and through a tweet instead? It supposedly has new content, but it's still just a Wii U port. And to play even more of devil's advocate here, a 3D World port could be a good holiday title too. Mario games do quite well in the Christmas season.
nothing like another fire emblem character in smash to put the hype on ice.
Really depends on how much 3rd party stuff there still is to be shown. If it's a lot, a general direct + AC as a focus makes more sense.
Or a direct mini + an AC direct just like the Poke + Smash combo.
If Nintendo started announcing games of that magnitude in Twitter, this thread would really lose it lol
That's nearly enough for the first half of the year for me. Exchange Mega Man with Naruto UNS4 and yeah, nice line-up so far already.
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Pokémon and Smash would've been their own thing anyway, and FE DLC has never been in a direct anyway, back to the 3DS
Also if you haven't noticed Nintendo hasn't been putting lots of DLC in general in their directs. That's usually saved for twitter
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One thing that's gonna give me pretty big whiplash is seeing BotW2 in a regular ass direct.
BotW wasn't in a single direct outside of that quick snippet at the end of TPHD reveal. Reveal at E3, shown off at 2014 game awards, full reveal at E3'16, shown again at Game Awards 16, then final trailer at Switch presentation 2017, then DLC trailer at E3 17, then DLC trailer and shadowdrop at TGA 17. It almost seemed like they thought Zelda was TOO big an event for a regular direct or something
Do we think they wait til E3 for BotW2? So far it has only been shown at an E3 as well
That would mean a 2020 release isn't as likely, no? Because that's certainly a very short timeframe for any kind of hype and marketing if we expect it to launch in oct/nov.
I think at most we'll get a teaser in the Direct with an E3 blowout
Depends on if it's coming this year or not. If it is, then the next General Direct is a good bet. If not, then no news untll E3.
Huh? They weren't even slated for the same month, now were they?
Only those of neofuture bad seed capitalists.
Tom Nook is a goddamn hero as we all know.
Doesn't really matter does it? AC breaks sales long into june.
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Wait till E3. No way they'll show it in January direct. Remember AC was announced in a September Direct and wasn't shown again till E3
The January dream is well and truly dead, isn't it? I'm not upset because I'm glad we got both a Pokemon and smash direct this month, last Jan was way more painful. I just hope this month is over soon. The Feb dream is on 😬
I love that with news not instantly available its been a constant "Why won't Nintendo show us anything? I'm getting so nervous". Well not love, but the general panic is fascinating.
The same can be said about things on the Sony side with people just desperately wanting the PS5 reveal and feel that Sony lacks communication.
Its the 17th of January, chill out people.
The same can be said about things on the Sony side with people just desperately wanting the PS5 reveal and feel that Sony lacks communication.
Its the 17th of January, chill out people.
if botw 2 doesn't make it to the 2020 holidays, what do you think nintendo's big title for that window will be? i think it's safe to say a new pokemon is not happening this year.
Not only that every Wii U port was announced through Directs, but I dont think that single Nintendo Switch game was announced outside Directs or E3.
There aren't many series that have cracked 10m which would make for good holiday releases. So you know what that means...
Duck Hunt 2 for Nintendo Switch babyyyyy
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but of course those have a different audience than people who watch directs
And if BotW 2 comes out 2020, what will be their 2021 Holiday game? Either Odyssey 2 or Mario Kart 9, I think. There aren't too many good selling francises left from Nintendo that hasn't got a sequel on Switch already tbh
Inb4 Duck Hunt 2 is revealed as a gritty, narrative heavy 3rd person shooter
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