Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Fizza
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@Fizza @VoidofLight December's completely unknown, there's a bunch of updates/DLC which are scheduled for this holiday which needs more info and release date, Fire Emblem Engage is a new non-Pokemon game releasing in January so it needs big promotion during the holiday season. Also there's been no Indie World since May so it feels like Nintendo's merged Indie World with general Direct.

So there could be a Direct in November which covers November - April (March/April is completely unknown) and then the next Direct ends up being in early March after Kirby releases. In this outcome I'd guess the "one more thing" announcement would be reassurance that Prime 4 is coming to Switch.

Nintendo's interest in the Game Awards plummeted as soon as Reggie left so I don't see them having any big presence there for announcements. Totally expecting another "Nintendo Switch has Games" situation.

@Grumblevolcano Nothing for March/April is fair, but as for December, if it is just updates/DLC that we're in the dark about, I could totally see them just shadow-dropping that info on us through random trailers (especially for stuff like Splatoon updates).

As for Indie World's then, my guess is that, if this maintenance does hint towards a broadcast, then it'll most likely be one of those.

@Grumblevolcano The December updates can just be telegraphed through youtube videos. Fire Emblem is being marketed through the official twitter accounts and could get a trailer at any time, without a need for a direct. TGA is going to most likely be skipped, and if we were getting a big game in December, we would've heard about it by now.

I'm not going to believe a direct is happening until I see the announcement, and we're most likely not going to get an announcement.

I could see us maybe getting something along the lines of an Indie World over the next month, but other than that the only thing I expect until the Feb Direct is whatever they hand out to TGA (probably just the full reveal of the 3rd "Booster Course" pack for MK8D).

Not sure I'll be tuning into the Geoffrey show this year. Especially being a nintendo only house...

@NintendoByNature I'm probably most likely not tuning in to TGA, and I have a playstation. TGA is just boring to watch, and most of the games announced at the event are the same generic FPS type game.

@NintendoByNature @VoidofLight Eh, I'll probably tune into it myself. It's usually pretty (as the kids would call it) 'cringe', but the atmosphere online is usually pretty chill around TGA season. Plus, they do usually have at least one very exciting reveal (Nintendo or otherwise) so I find it to be pretty worth it personally.

The broadcast times are a different story however (1AM?! GIVE ME A BREAK).

@Fizza I'm gonna watch every second of it! and drink every drop of the lovely cringe up!

@VoidofLight @Fizza it's gotten pretty repetitive and lackluster for sure.

TGA is just Geoff grinning for several hours showcasing space FPS games and film trailers. I doubt we will see anything for the Switch, especially as this generation of consoles moves away from support of last generation.

I think Switch 1st party will get a few "Nintendo Switch has Games" ads like in 2019, Switch 3rd party will get a few things like a tease for the first 2023 Sunbreak update and Goldeneye (though I think a Goldeneye trailer would only list Xbox, see the Persona marketing for example). Outside of games I think we'll see a Mario movie trailer.

But anyone expecting TotK and/or Prime 4 to appear at the Game Awards are likely setting themselves up for big disappointment.

There is a small chance Nintendo will show off Tears of the Kingdom at TGA given Breath of the Wild's presence at TGA back in 2014/2016/2017.

But without Reggie I'm not so sure Nintendo will do this.

@westman98 Given they didn't the last few years, we'll most likely not see TotK there.

@VoidofLight
I'm not all that confident it showing up at TGA either. You are right that Nintendo's recent presence at TGA has been very muted. However, TOTK the exact type of game that TGA audience would be receptive toward as it is extremely likely be a GOTY contender (and possible winner) itself.

Nintendo may treat mainline 3D Zelda differently from their other titles.

At this point I'm very content with the line-up and my backlog is so loaded that the only game I actively want would be Xenoblade X. However, there's plenty of announcements I would be excited about, for example anything with Golden Sun, F-Zero, Kid Icarus would be sweet. I'm also a big time sucker for remakes of more obscure games that I never got to play, think something like Eternal Darkness.

So yeah I'm always gonna be looking forward to the next direct, but it feels sweeter not having any expectations/wants when watching it d:

Don’t worry, I’m sure Nintendo will reveal Metroid Prime remake and The Legend of Zelda Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD bundle just like all them “insiders” have been telling us for the past 5 years

@Fizza Your prediction was correct, Indie World is happening this week:

Fingers crossed for Silksong, since it supposedly will be released within the next 6 months. Although it would be big enough for a proper Direct. It's probably more likely that it will be announced at TGA, I guess.

My predictions for the Indie:-

UNDETECTED - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/06/stealth-game-undete...
Hamster on Rails - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IREg0KiwwK4
7 Horizons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eisLxPO9b6E
Lara Croft Double Pack - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/10/tomb-raider-will-fi...
Dome Keeper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWYHV4RrXu0