Topic: 2016 Nintendo Directs Discussion - September 1st 3DS Direct Confirmed!

@CrazyOtto A couple of them I can see happening, but others...not so much. Mother 3 is unlikely, seeing as how we already got Earthbound Beginnings this year, and Reggie said there was nothing to announce now regarding it (Though he also said "Never say never", so I think that it'll happen eventually). Plus there's stuff like the Mario Kart 8 dlc, which probably would've been better to announce at E3, so I don't see that happening, and Mario Advance 4 seems like a random choice to make as it's own announcement, aside from maybe the E-reader stages.

This is a good technique. Predict so many things so that at least one will come true

@LztheQuack Thank you, some of the other responders didn't read the part I had in parentheses.

While Iwata himself would want Nintendo Direct to continue, Nintendo Direct's not going to be the same without him.

@CrazyOtto: maybe but he would want Nintendo to move one. I suspect the next direct will be next month. Going over holiday titles, new membership service and first mobile game.

I don't think Iwata's death is going to stop the Nintendo Directs, they've done Directs without him before, and they can do it again. They may choose to wait a little bit though to let the situation settle a little more and buy time to name a successor. So maybe we'll have to wait until September or October.

They're probably waiting for Tokyo Game Show to do the next general Direct. Not sure there'd be any new announcements outside of localisations of 3DS games or download-only titles (NES Remix 3, SNES Remix?). Outside of that there's only updates and release dates for already-known titles.

That is, until they're ready to show off DeNA stuff (Club Nintendo replacement/network restructure, first mobile game). Until then, I wouldn't expect much else. Though there is the next batch of Smash DLC.

I definitely think Nintendo Directs are dead, the info announced today certainly feels like it would make up a full Direct.

http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-news-mario-maker-bundl...

I'm not sure it means the end of Directs, but it could take awhile before they appear again. I mean, a Nintendo Direct is one of their last concerns at the moment. I'm positive we'll see them again in some form in the near future.

''· A new combo pack that includes two great games goes on sale Oct. 16. The pack includes both New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U, and will be available at a suggested retail price of $59.99.''

Didn't that already exist by the way?

It looks like the directs are all but done for the next month at least.

I don't think they are either but I think we aren't going to get one until say mid-late September at this point.

@Smash_kirby: I don't think there's much left to announce for this year anyway. Perhaps a couple of new trailers, but that's about it, I don't expect any new games. Perhaps a Direct in October or November to cover some Star Fox and the other holiday titles along with some 2016 games. Didn't they promise a Zelda trailer this year?

@Octane: I don't think they did, but Reggie did mention that a new Zelda U trailer does exist, but Nintendo did not want to show it at E3. I'm guessing it'll probably be shown in the next Direct. Maybe.

@Octane: The Zelda footage will probably be shown at The Game Awards like last year.

Anyways, I don't think Directs are dead. Not yet anyway.

@VeeFlamesNL: @IceClimbers: Yeah, I just looked it up after I posted that. They had some footage said Reggie at E3, but decided to save that for a later time. Hopefully we'll get something this year though.

My bet is no Zelda or Nin Directs this year. But new loyalty program might get some kind of...thing

@DreamOn: I hope so. I think CN closes next week. We need I do. I know iwata died last month but one has to keep going.

@WebHead: No, CN closes September 30th.

@Grumblevolcano: oh. Point remains.

A Direct to introduce the new President, announce (potentially release straight after broadcast?) the first mobile game and announce the new loyalty scheme makes a lot of sense to me. They could just as easily announce all of this separate from each other, but just a theory.