Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

my septembre Direct predictions:
overview trailer for Super Mario Bros Wonder/Mario RPG remake
shadow drop of Metroid Prime 2 HD
Princess Peach game got dated to early 2024
Luigi Mansion Dark Moon got dated to summer 2024
reveal/breakdown of final DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
a small 10/20 second tease for Metroid Prime 4 dated to 2024(hopefully)
Wind Waker/Twilight Princess HD dated to 2024 or a huge Torna/Future Redeemed styled DLC/expansion pass for Tears of The Kingdom revealed

If we're making predictions the only ones I'm willing to put money for

• Mario Wonder and Mario RPG
• Another GC remaster, F-Zero GX, MP2, or the Zeldas
• FE in some way, whether a remake or a new game(they usually announce one around this time)

As for wishlist stuff

• A new Star Fox(emphasis on new, no more BS remakes)
• FFT Remastered
• Monolithsoft game(hopefully XBX port)

I have a (probably wrong) feeling they might add PC engine/Turbo Grafix to the NSO expansion pack. I just want it out there so if it does happen I can say I called it.

...maybe some Sega CD/Mega CD games getting added as well?

@ProPAIN I can see that happening but if they do, I’m curious what they’d be able to add. Most PC Engine games never came to the west and some are based on licenses like that awesome Jackie Cham game so I think it’ll be pretty limited in what they can put on it. I would like to also see Master System get added but that would probably be normal NSO. Would be great for us in the U.K. and Europe. Probably less meaningful for the US.

I hope Master System happens but I'm not holding my breath given nobody really cares about the platform in the regions that matter to Nintendo (Japan and NA). Also as much as I have a lot of nostalgia for the system there's not a whole lot there that'd be interesting for newcomers. Most of the stuff on there also existed on and was better on the Mega Drive

@skywake Yeah that’s a good point and I guess you could argue the same for the PC Engine. It was a failure in the US, didn’t really have much support in Europe (I think it released in Europe?) so it’s only Japan that would be interested. But then what do they add next?

@skywake @FragRed However both were added to VC, all the systems added to NSO so far were part of VC:

• NES - Wii, Wii U, 3DS
• SNES - Wii, Wii U, 3DS (New 3DS only)
• N64 - Wii, Wii U
• GB/GBC - 3DS
• GBA - Wii U (also the 3DS ambassador program)
• Mega Drive - Wii

As for the remaining systems:

• DS - Wii U
• Arcade - Wii
• Master System - Wii
• Game Gear - 3DS
• Turbografx-16 - Wii, Wii U
• NEO GEO - Wii
• Commodore 64 - Wii (though the games were delisted in 2013)

Arcade Archives makes NEO GEO and Arcade unlikely, Sonic Origins Plus makes Game Gear unlikely (most of the Game Gear games on 3DS VC were included in that compilation), Commodore 64 was delisted way before the shop shutdown so that's unlikely. That leaves DS, Master System and Turbografx-16.

So far the only 1st party DS remasters/remakes we've gotten on Switch are Pokemon (Blue Rescue Team, Diamond/Pearl) and 7 DS tracks are in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (will probably be 8 total if wave 6 is the end given I don't see them skipping out on Airship Fortress) but getting around the dual screen nature of a lot of DS games would be difficult (remasters/remakes seem more likely).

Master System and Mega Drive were able to coexist on Wii VC so I don't see why it couldn't be the same on NSO. Meanwhile Turbografx-16 stayed right through to the end of the Wii U eshop in March 2023 (wasn't delisted early) so I could see it appear on NSO.

Though on the other hand, I could see the addition of no new systems to NSO and that's why it's such a slow dripfeed. You could see Smash appear in 2027 for example at the current N64 rate.

@Grumblevolcano With NSO being a subscription based service instead of individual purchases like Virtual Console, I can see Nintendo being more hesitant to add systems that weren’t their own as it means more expenses with licensing costs.

Looks like I will not watch Nintendo Direct anymore.
I can read the games announcement pattern so I will not watch the whole Direct since I only care the unpopular games, the kids games, the unusual games that I can watch their trailers separately without watching the whole Direct that oftenly filled with the games I do not care about such as rated 18+ games, too popular games like Zelda, AAA games, boring soccer games, handphone games, the games that mostly played by mainstream adult male gamers.
Don't get me wrong.
I still like my Nintendo Switch, but I became pickier and choose the games more selective, not easily to get impressed by new games.

@Anti-Matter It sounds like it's for the best. I'm exactly the same with Game Awards and Gamefest

The game awards is boring to actually watch; I just lurk the headlines to see if any Nintendo games win.

@GrailUK
I know, right?
The Direct or presentation of upcoming games became more uninteresting from year to year so the better option is wait until we can watch the separated trailers and we just only click the trailers we have interest about and ignore the uninteresting games.

@FishyS
Games Award just only care the mainstream stuffs that I never like them.
Something with mainstream audiences favorite things that needed to be fixed because their taste are terrible.

@Anti-Matter sounds like a great idea you not watching it. 👍🏻
It probably make you upset watching popular first party nintendo games 😉

Maybe no September general Direct after all as there's a SMB Wonder Direct on August 31st:

@Anti-Matter Oh, don't get me wrong. I love Directs and watch them on Nlife if I can. I just meant best for you. You sound disillusioned.

Waaaaahooooooo

@Grumblevolcano Ahh, I 'wonder' if Charles Martinet will pass on the torch here

I like to think someone at Nintendo was reading this thread and as soon as we started speculating about a September Direct they thought "let's mess with them and do one on August 31st"

..... obviously not what happened. But I do like the idea of Nintendo deliberately messing with us

Nothing from GameMill or Outright Games? Oh...woe is me...