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When is the next General Direct?

  • This Week

    Votes: 230 14.0%
  • Next Week

    Votes: 557 34.0%
  • April

    Votes: 192 11.7%
  • Never

    Votes: 419 25.6%
  • OT8

    Votes: 241 14.7%

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purseowner

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Oct 25, 2017
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I've only just woken up so I'm sure it's already been said, but I think the direct is on April 1st, as Platinum have teased their 4th announcement for then and it would be a week's postponement on the direct, which makes sense in the uncertain circumstances.
 

Mistouze

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Oct 26, 2017
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It's pretty dumb but being on week 2 of working from home due to the virus I could use a Direct. It's only been 10 days but I already feel like in a shitty version of Groundhog's Day lol. Gimme something cool to look forward plzzzzz.
 

Tora

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Jun 17, 2018
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Just take the info for games releasing in April/May/June/July, that'll be enough for if it is a mini direct today.
 

MarcelRguez

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Nov 7, 2018
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I've only just woken up so I'm sure it's already been said, but I think the direct is on April 1st, as Platinum have teased their 4th announcement for then and it would be a week's postponement on the direct, which makes sense in the uncertain circumstances.
I've been speculating about PG's fourth announcement being Bayo related for a bit, so yeah, I could see that. Cursed date, but you work with what you have, I guess.
 
Jan 10, 2018
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It's pretty dumb but being on week 2 of working from home due to the virus I could use a Direct. It's only been 10 days but I already feel like in a shitty version of Groundhog's Day lol. Gimme something cool to look forward plzzzzz.

Spain as well?
I'm literally doing push-ups and shadow boxing in my living room like an inmate from one of those American movies. A Nintendo direct with a juicy shadowdrop will be more than welcome.
 

diegdm

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Feb 6, 2019
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I've only just woken up so I'm sure it's already been said, but I think the direct is on April 1st, as Platinum have teased their 4th announcement for then and it would be a week's postponement on the direct, which makes sense in the uncertain circumstances.
Oh I didn't know that we already had a date for the last Platinum announcement.
I don't think it's direct related but it's nice to know that next week we are getting at least one announcement.
 

Mistouze

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Oct 26, 2017
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Spain as well?
I'm literally doing push-ups and shadow boxing in my living room like an inmate from one of those American movies. A Nintendo direct with a juicy shadowdrop will be more than welcome.
Nah, France. I've taken an off day yesterday because I have a bunch to take before the end of May and I've been sitting more bored than when I'm working from home. Fuck me haha.

Yeah, a shadowdrop for something I'd enjoy would be a cool thing to get for sure.
 

ozeiyo

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Feb 12, 2020
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Spain as well?
I'm literally doing push-ups and shadow boxing in my living room like an inmate from one of those American movies. A Nintendo direct with a juicy shadowdrop will be more than welcome.
That makes 3 Spaniards in this thread (?).

I bought fitness boxing for the Switch the day my boss told us we'd be working from home
 

Mimosa

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Oct 23, 2019
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Jeff said it wouldn't be a mini. If I'm gonna believe him that a Direct is today, I'm gonna also believe him when he says it's not a mini.

I guess the question is...when could they drop this thing? I suppose the most likely answer is for their 1st tweet slot?

Assuming it's still happening, what time do y'all think it will be today?
 

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It's pretty dumb but being on week 2 of working from home due to the virus I could use a Direct. It's only been 10 days but I already feel like in a shitty version of Groundhog's Day lol. Gimme something cool to look forward plzzzzz.

10 days? Pff, I'm in the 15th or 16th day of lockdown, I'm not even sure anymore.
 

ZaddyMattty

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Dec 4, 2017
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The vast majority of games announced at directs don't have release dates. BotW2 doesn't have a release date yet. Should it have skipped E3? Xenoblade HD is due very soon and it doesn't have a release date. Should it be unannounced?

It's not ridiculous at all to expect a buisness to regularly communicate with their customers.

Snowballing on this, I am almost certain digital sales are at an all time high this week which may be enough for Nintendo to release digital versions of their titles with a TBD physical release. If they did it would be a win for everyone, i'm willing to bet they'd even sell more as some would purchase both the digital and physical copy.
 

Dany1899

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Dec 23, 2017
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Jeff said it wouldn't be a mini. If I'm gonna believe him that a Direct is today, I'm gonna also believe him when he says it's not a mini.

I guess the question is...when could they drop this thing? I suppose the most likely answer is for their 1st tweet slot?

Assuming it's still happening, what time do y'all think it will be today?
I think we could expect something at 3PM CET, 5 hours and 10 minutes from now.
 

Łazy

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Nov 1, 2017
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I've only just woken up so I'm sure it's already been said, but I think the direct is on April 1st, as Platinum have teased their 4th announcement for then and it would be a week's postponement on the direct, which makes sense in the uncertain circumstances.
Very highly unlikely if not totally impossible.
If they gave a date, there's no direct related to it on the same date.
 

NotLiquid

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Oct 25, 2017
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Jeff said it wouldn't be a mini. If I'm gonna believe him that a Direct is today, I'm gonna also believe him when he says it's not a mini.

I guess the question is...when could they drop this thing? I suppose the most likely answer is for their 1st tweet slot?

Assuming it's still happening, what time do y'all think it will be today?
Assuming it's happening, I think it's gonna be a morning announcement (per the "pattern") but with an evening airing, putting it at 27th for Japan and maybe Europe but 26th for US.
 
Oct 31, 2017
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I am, I think Jeff knows more than he is willing to share. That's probably why he is so sure about it happening
For someone in his position to so publicly double-down, it means something. When he talks about how them canceling would be shitty to the devs who need the marketing that should basically confirm he's talked to at least a few devs who directly said 3/26. Could be canceled, but even then that wouldn't make him wrong, that would make it 'plans change'.
 

Mickagau

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Dec 11, 2018
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For someone in his position to so publicly double-down, it means something. When he talks about how them canceling would be shitty to the devs who need the marketing that should basically confirm he's talked to at least a few devs who directly said 3/26. Could be canceled, but even then that wouldn't make him wrong, that would make it 'plans change'.
To me it reads like some of his sources are third parties which were to be featured in a 26/3 Direct and not aware of any cancellation/postponement a few hours ago.
 
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Just woke up and don't have time to scroll through a bazillion pages because I'm heading into the office - but has there been any consensus on if the NWR report from last night about Jedi Academy releasing on the Canadian eShop today still holds true, and if that means it is going to drop unannounced if a Direct isn't shadow-dropped?
 

MusicProposition

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Just woke up and don't have time to scroll through a bazillion pages because I'm heading into the office - but has there been any consensus on if the NWR report from last night about Jedi Academy releasing on the Canadian eShop today still holds true, and if that means it is going to drop unannounced if a Direct isn't shadow-dropped?
We don't know, but it seems likely that it will be released either way, also on Playstation. Very weird that it might not get announced in the Direct (because we don't know if it will happen at all)
 

ozeiyo

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Feb 12, 2020
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I think Jeff doubling down means that there was a planned Direct for today, but that it has changed and his sources didn't know about it. We won't see it today, and it won't happen this week. It's a shame, though, I really wanted to see that sweet, sweet, Jedi Knight III shadowdrop.
 

Mpl90

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Oct 25, 2017
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Just woke up and don't have time to scroll through a bazillion pages because I'm heading into the office - but has there been any consensus on if the NWR report from last night about Jedi Academy releasing on the Canadian eShop today still holds true, and if that means it is going to drop unannounced if a Direct isn't shadow-dropped?

The game has released on PSN in several territories. So far, no page is up on European / US eShop. There's just the Canadian one but the game hasn't been released there to my knowledge.
 

Mbolibombo

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Oct 29, 2017
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It's pretty dumb but being on week 2 of working from home due to the virus I could use a Direct. It's only been 10 days but I already feel like in a shitty version of Groundhog's Day lol. Gimme something cool to look forward plzzzzz.

2 weeks? Wait until you hit 7 weeks ;P

I was sick and working from home for 5 weeks, and as of 2 weeks we're not allowed to work at the office...

So basically I've seen nothing but my own walls for the last 7 weeks outside of when I needed to go shop groceries hehe.

But I hear ya, something to look forward to right now would do a lot for the mental wellbeing, basically every single thing I was looking forward to in 2020 has been or is getting cancelled.. a direct would do me well :P
 

SuperSysom

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Oct 27, 2017
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Jeff said it wouldn't be a mini. If I'm gonna believe him that a Direct is today, I'm gonna also believe him when he says it's not a mini.

I guess the question is...when could they drop this thing? I suppose the most likely answer is for their 1st tweet slot?

Assuming it's still happening, what time do y'all think it will be today?
It's sure nice... Having hopes and all... :'(
 

Bonejack

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Oct 27, 2017
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A shadowdropped Direct would both surprise me and also don't surprise me. Why? Because on one hand Nintendo seems to like some "patterns" in their marketing, yet on the other hand they've done even more random things out of the blue.

It's like when you watch the famous Leroy Jenkins video for the first time. You think "looks like this raid group keeps holding to it's strategy and this is going to be an 'expected' video", and then, boom, one player's char stands up, player yells a name in a pretty epic way in the mic and goes YOLO into a room full of enemies.

Only question as of now is: Will Nintendo go LEROOOOOY JENKINS, or not?
 

Homura

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Aug 20, 2019
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I just realized that a shadowdropped Direct doesn't break any patterns.
It's a general Direct in Q1. (every year had a Direct in Q1)
It's on the second half of the month but it's technically not a normal Direct.
 
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