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TeaCatherine

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Yeah, I agree with @Grumblevolcano on the penultimate point, I think there'll be quite a few PS3/360 ports.
Probably Advance Wars will get a release date and...
Some other stuff we can't even begin to guess will happen, there's always at least one surprise.

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skywake

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But technology doesn't consistently "march on". Refrigerators, violins, toilets, paper clips, nail clippers, and phoroptors are all similar or identical to how they were in 1950. Sometimes a good idea doesn't need to be continuously improved upon.

I think you seriously misunderstand what I'm about if this is your take. Yes there are some things that advances in technology don't really touch much or at all even within the gaming space. Stuff like speakers and buttons but even stuff like rumble, gyro and accelerometers. Then there's a second category of things that is changing rapidly but doesn't really impact. Like newer standards of WiFi, Multi-Gig Ethernet, the push for resolutions beyond 4K, Dolby Atmos etc. More broadly I'd also put things like wireless peripherals + Audio in this second category

....... but then there's a third category. Things where there is both a rapid advancement in technology in things that could have a significant impact. And I think you know full well that's the type of change I meant. OLED screens, HDR, VRR, "AI" acceleration. The pace at which flash storage has become cheaper per GB and per MB/s. The improvements in battery density and component power efficiency. We also happen to now be on the other side of the chip shortage where component manufacturers are crashing out the other side

Nintendo is in the business of selling games, games are a rendered product. They can only ignore the advancements in that space for so long. Eventually they will release a new hardware revision of some kind, whether that's an entirely new platform or something that exists "within Switch". It's just inevitable. To pretend it isn't is to ignore (gestures at the entire history of the industry)

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Grumblevolcano

Maintenance is happening soon in the slot that would be very soon after a Direct if one happened on Wednesday:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/netinfo/en_GB/index.html

NSO on home menu: Thursday midnight - 3am
Online play for some software: 0:55am - 2:30am

On another note it's that time again where we're approaching 3pm UK time, less than 2 hours to go.

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BranJ0

Are we expecting an announcement for a direct today? Or do we think it's probably going to be next week?

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Fizza

@BranJ0 If it's to be this week, the announcement will have to be at either 2PM GMT or 3PM GMT

Also your PFP gave me a heart attack thinking something Ace Attorney was announced XD

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BranJ0

@Fizza Ah okay, fingers crossed then!

And no, unfortunately not, although I would absolutely kill for a new ace attorney game right about now!

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jump

Can someone in Europe ask the UK how long it is until 3PM or are you still not speaking since Brexit?

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Fizza

@jump As an Irish person, 1 hour and 5 minutes

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jump

@Fizza Thank you, I know it must have been hard asking those horrible imperial British brutes!

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Fizza

@jump Tell me about it XD
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YEEEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA LETS GO LETS GO LETS GO LET'S GO LETS GO
WE DID IT GUYS WOOOOOOOOO

Hope you're having a good day.

jump

Am I the only one upset? What about 3pm!

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FragRed

@jump Since the U.K. no longer plays by EU rules, we are disregarded

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NintendoByNature

Welp, I'll eat my words. Grubb hubb got the week. Which to be fair, anyone could've guessed.

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jump

@FragRed Of course, it's 3pm in Europe now but I don't like how Nintendo are playing politics by choosing their 3pm over ours!

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Bunkerneath

@jump But the time means its 11PM Europe time for the showing....

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NintendoByNature

It'll be fun to watch some prediction podcasts today. Should keep me busy while driving around and listening to wild guesses 🙃

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StarPoint

Confirmed!!! Okay, here are my predictions/ hopes for what we could see:

Silksong (I feel like this one is practically guaranteed, considering the game is releasing the first half of this year)

Advance Wars Release Date (Also feels practically locked in)

MK8 Wave 4

Switch Sports new sports

Mario Party Superstars DLC (Feels very unlikely at this point but I would love it if it happened)

Tears of the Kingdom blowout trailer (Which I will not be watching since I want to keep myself as spoiler-free as possible)

Other Zelda news (Perhaps a port or spinoff game)

Pikmin 4 trailer, maybe a release date

First actual look at Metroid Prime 4

Maybe Splatoon 3 DLC

New Mario and Luigi Game (Probably the most unrealistic one here, sadly)

New DK game that was rumored a couple years ago

Yeah, I know that this is a pretty unrealistic selection of hopes but if at least half of these came true I would still be very happy.

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