Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Part of me thinks this is Nintendo trying to get to grips with ever growing development times of games now we are in the HD era and hardware is getting more powerful. They definitely seem to be in need of a lot more resources that’s for sure which I guess they are trying to somewhat fulfil by outsourcing some of the workload but I do feel it’s going to be more of a thing going forward especially if they have longer waiting periods between releases for mainline Zelda and Mario titles etc.

@VoidofLight @Fragred has become more anti-consumer during the Switch era, Shuntaro Furukawa e Doug Bowser care more about sales then out fans, they are tipical executives, sadly with Furukawa e Bowser comanding Nintendo, Nintendo becoming a EA, unlike Reggie e Saturo Iwata that actualy cared with us, i doubt if Saturo Iwata was still alive, Nintendo would do any of the anti-consumer pratice they are doing now, major Nintendo Switch games have help of Monolith Soft, Koie Tecmo and Bandai Namco in it development, Nintendo has spent ¥300bilion on increasing it development studios and buying development studios if necessary, Nintendo is building a new development center next to HQ and renting Tokyo water bureau, to have more space and prepare themself for more ambitous games on Nintendo Switch and future consoles

@Giancarlothomaz None of the 3 console makers are pro-consumer. PlayStation under Jim Ryan has been receiving loads of the exact same type of complaints how anti-consumer PlayStation is and how it wasn’t like this under previous leadership. This is how it always goes when Nintendo, Sony or Microsoft are on top. When things are looking bad, they pull out all the pro-consumer cards but then they put them away as soon as the situation improves. It’s how the industry operates.

@Bolt_Strike @Giancarlothomaz Everytime someone mentions Nintendo being really creative and caring only for fans and such under Iwata I want to remind people that under Iwata we got New Super Mario Bros 2 and New Super Mario Bros U in the same year. We also got Wii U early years with Iwata, that was focused more on trying to recapture the success of the Wii with direct secuels of the casual Wii games than actually making big AAA games or trying to be creative by actually making NEW casual experiences instead of sequels to existing ones that also looked quite similar (Wii Sports Club, Wii Party U, Wii Fit U). Probably something that didn't help early 3DS and lifetime Wii U sales.

With this I'm not excusing current leadership btw, I'm just saying that not everything was perfect with Iwata either.

@Slowdive That second phrase makes me a bit sad tho. Like... I get it. In the end you have to give people what they want. I just like when Nintendo does something crazy like what happened with Labo or Ring Fit Adventure. Even if half of the time it fails.

@Slowdive
I personally prefer Nintendo by Iwata than Furukawa.
I love the facts during Wii and NDS era, there are a lot of casual games from EA, Activision, Ubisoft for kids such as Little Pets Shop, Imagine games, Petz games, My Sims, EA Playground, Dreamworks games, etc.
Those publishers were really falling in love with Wii and NDS so they provided more casual games.
Switch doesn't have much casual games like during Wii or NDS era.

@Anti-Matter Can't blame them downplaying Wii and DS style casual game after the Wii U tbh. Just wish they tried to find more new IP casual games. Like they did with Ring Fit Adventure.

@jowe_gv
Developers were really eager to try something new during Wii and NDS era (+ PS3 & XBOX 360 if count Move and Kinect) but it seems they were really play safe during PS4 era until now. 😟

@JokerCK Eji Aonuma will problaby show the Great Platueat equivalent area of the game.

@Giancarlothomaz and that's more than enough. If they want to be secretive about this one, let them.

@JokerCK Wait, so is this just playing the game, or explaining the plot, changes, mechanics etc (i.e. a trailer)?

@chapuH they dont specify, they state is roughy 10 minutes of gameplay for the game, maybe in this 10 minutes of gameplay, mr Aonuma will point up the changes the game will have compared to Breath of the Wild

@chapuH Most likely him playing the game, since he’s got Joycons next to him. I kind of doubt there’s going to be much emphasis on story.

Turns out whoever suggested that Nintendo pulling out of E3 doesn't deconfirm a June general Direct is correct. Pretty much everyone's cancelled their E3 presence, even Ubisoft.

@StarPoint 5 minutes of Eji Aonuma explaning the game and then 5 minutes of him playing some part of the game

@Giancarlothomaz @StarPoint Ok thanks.

wheres the zelda video chat? it starts in 2 mins

@Bunkerneath It's not a livestream, it's a shadow dropped video.

@Grumblevolcano oh, where? I can't find it except through Game Explain