Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@BenAV

Well TECHNICALLY SEEN Nintendo said they were going to hold a June Direct, so... isnt that the Long wait?

@Lightgazer Kinda but not quite. We don't have a specific date. Might not even be next week lol.

@GrailUK In advance isn't that applicable to Sony nowadays. They've been leaning more into the Nintendo approach of announcing events the day before they air and announcing 1st party games closer to launch.

@Grumblevolcano True. Even their game of the sho wasn't anything that Nintendo haven't been doing for decades. Tell you what, it would be a sorry state of affairs if Sony became the new Nintendo...by copying Nintendo lol.

The next Nintendo Direct is supposedly on Tuesday the 18th, possibly earlier in the day (probably depends on timezone).

1000% yes that would make it easier. Just the fact Nintendo said June already made it easier; I feel like the whole community has been less stressed for the last month because of that. It would be really nice if Nintendo gave is the exact date at least a week in advance. Or even a few days. Then we wouldn't have to wait for leakers.

i love how everyones goal rn is to hear a fat red bird speak about nintendo news three days before the actual announcements 👽😻😟😓 anyways heres hoping for something good thats not a remake or remaster. i wanna see a glimpse of the switch’s epic swan song.

I noticed that Halloween is on a Thursday this year, Nintendo may do something for it considering the last time it happened (2019) they chose to release a game on that specific day (LM3) despite Friday releases being the norm at the time.

@Grumblevolcano Nintendo’s been releasing games on Thursdays recently anyways, so this is a perfect opportunity. (Whether it be Luigi’s Mansion 1 like @Novamii said or another game). Nintendo always likes releasing games late October, so this is a good chance to do so!

@Novamii It’s the only game in my top 10 favorite games that isn’t on Switch, so if it happened that would complete my top 10 being on 1 console!

@Novamii @PikminMarioKirby Prime 4 having a darker story like Prime 2 and Fusion comes to mind.

@Grumblevolcano That’s not a bad theory. I was thinking early October would be a better place for MP4, but that would also work.

@Novamii What are you betting on? Hopefully both things happen, no matter what happens to our profile pictures XD

So there is a rumour about a Suika Game part of the direct. Will we get Suika 99?? Or is it something boring like Suika DLC skins. Or open world adventure game Suika spinoff 😝

@Novamii I hope both things happen! I never got to play Kid Icarus Uprising, so I’d be really glad to have it on Switch! That Namco rumor is also very interesting, especially with their connection with Masahiro Sakurai.

@FishyS obviously the open world adventure

I’d probably say DLC of some sort, could be in the part of the Direct where they go through several smaller things really fast.

I'm hurtin for a direct myself. Hoping it's this week. A new 2D zelda would seal the deal for me.

All I want is to see a new 2D Zelda if these leaks are to be believed. I have plenty to play on my Switch, but that would be awesome.

On my personal note, and I know many of you disagree with me on this, I do think we’re gonna see Prime 4 and it’s gonna get the holiday slot for the original Switch this year. Maybe a Switch 2 upgrade or whatever will come down the line, but again, Metroid games do not sell as well as people want to believe. A spotlighted holiday release on the system with the second-largest install base ever has the best shot at bringing Nintendo the return they want on a title that they probably put lots of money into given the development length and changes.

One thing I noticed was that in the UK, Nintendo started selling Switch bundles where you get Metroid Dread for free (there's another bundle with Big Brain Academy + Everybody 1-2-Switch for free but Dread was the major bundle).

Not necessarily on launch day, but Nintendo will need an early showcase of power. 3D Mario will inevitably be graphically impressive but most people will see it and think 'cartoony' so won't fully really feel that power increase.

Obviously there will at least eventually be third party games, but Prime 4 seems like one good option for Nintendo to show they can run fancier looking things on new hardware. Or maybe they will have a version of TotK with better grass or whatever instead. But they need something just to convince people this piece of hardware may be able to run final fantasy or such.

I’m under the impression that MP4 will be a holiday 2024 title, not the big one. Definitely doesn’t make sense to be a launch title or even Nintendo’s key holiday game. If I had to guess it’d be an early October game, possibly even later in October.

My guess is that we could be getting a DK or some type of Mario as the holiday title this year. Even Pokemon or Kirby has a chance to take that slot.

@FishyS Problem with that is that unless development was rebooted again, Prime 4 is being developed around the Switch 1's capabilities and limitations, which would mean that it won't take full advantage of Switch 2's capabilities or be able to properly show them off.

@Ulysses - You are 100% correct. I've got my "this would be amazing" list while expecting 28 minutes of farming sim games with a single announcement that might be something I'm interested in. So truly it is low expectations, and I am okay with that. Nintendo almost always surprises me in a good way, and I have a high confidence level that this direct will do the same. I will have my hopes, but Nintendo has much smarter people than me and they constantly make the best games (IMO) - so there's a lot of trust.

There aren't many things that hype me up as much as the Nintendo reveals, and I think a big part of that is that my kids love Nintendo as much as I do. I've started watching the directs with them, and it has been awesome.