Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Fire Emblem will take number one in the charts. It's quite impressive how much it has grown into a 'significant' ip (I believe the analysts call them.) Come along way from playing it on GBA lol.

@FragRed i always look at the news section on my Switch, every, time theres a notification there

@GrailUK Let me know when a Fire Emblem game sells 5-10 million and then I'll be impressed. It's a B tier franchise right now, nothing more, nothing less.

@Bolt_Strike Shhh

@GrailUK No, I think it's fair to question when it gets the release frequency of an A tier IP but the sales of a B tier IP. Metroid sells about the same as Fire Emblem for example, but you don't see Metroid getting a game every 1-2 years.

@Bolt_Strike
Fire Emblem doesn't come close to getting a game every 1-2 years unless you count Fire Emblem Warriors.

But yes, Fire Emblem does see more frequent game releases than Metroid, largely because Intelligent Systems has done a great job managing the Fire Emblem IP while Nintendo has done a relatively poor job managing the Metroid IP over the last 12 years (Other M and Federation Force being flops, Samus Returns launching too late in the 3DS lifecycle, Prime 4 needing to be rebooted, Prime Remastered not materializing yet) despite the recent success of Dread.

@westman98 Other M is so frustrating, and it's a rewrite away from being a great game.

But generally, yeah. I think IS having a handle on how they want to present Fire Emblem really helps things. Metroid has a string of bad luck. That being said, I do think we see Metroid 6 a lot sooner than expected.

Are we thinking January is off the table for a direct?

@NintendoByNature I think so. February just feels much more likely.

Yeah, Nintendo's promotion of Fire Emblem Engage is more prominent now and they're also starting to promote Return to Dream Land Deluxe as well.

Also turns out the Xbox Direct rumour for January 25th was true:

So I think general Direct will be the week after that.

@Grumblevolcano I would be surprised if it was that early in February. As much as I'd hate to wait, I really want it to be the week of 2/20-24 because I'm off work that week, and I can guarantee a watch live.

@ElRoberico I would be cool with that for the same reason. But I could also see it being early February; last year was Feb 9th I believe so it wouldn't surprise me if it came tail end of January after Engage releases.

@StarPoint yea you're probably right

@Grumblevolcano dont rule out the possibity of the first general Nintendo Direct of the year been in march.

@ElRoberico I'm looking at it that there's a lot of DLC/update news to cover, the most notable of which is Splatoon 3 Season 3 which begins March 1st. For Season 2 (starting December 1st 2022), we got:

• Flounder Heights and Brinewater Springs maps (both announced in the August Splatoon 3 Direct)
• X Battles (announced in the August Splatoon 3 Direct)
• Big Run (announced in the August Splatoon 3 Direct)
• New catalog (content was teased in the September general Direct)
• A bunch of weapons (announced in a November 14th trailer)
• Spicy vs. Sweet vs. Sour Splatfest (announced in a December 16th tweet which the event started January 6th/7th dependent on time zone)

The only currently announced future content so far is:

• League Battles (announced in the August Splatoon 3 Direct)
• Paid Expansion related to Pearl and Marina (announced in the August Splatoon 3 Direct though nothing really revealed about it)
• The game is being supported for 2 years including a new catalog every 3 months at the beginning of each season

Taking this into account, if they were to have Splatoon 3 in the next Direct then February 1st/2nd seems like it would fit the most. There are other updates and DLC incoming soon like Sparks of Hope wave 1, XC3 wave 3 and MK8 Deluxe wave 4 but Splatoon 3 Season 3 is the one that needs more info sooner.

@MS7000 Laissez les bon temps rouler?

@Grumblevolcano that's completely fair. To be honest, this is the first Splatoon that I'm playing as it's being supported, and even then, I kind of forgot about the catalog being a thing that expired. Plus the other DLC as well. I just selfishly hope it's later so I don't have to dodge work.

@Giancarlothomaz that's also a possibility. Or even April?

@NintendoByNature march is more likely for Nintendo to do the first Nintendo Direct of the year, april would be too late (specialy if they show something of Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom in this Nintendo Direct, not only in a dedicated Direct for the game).

@Giancarlothomaz man, I'd die for a TOTK-specific direct in April.

I had a dream we got an announcement for a new Warioland game during a new Direct.