Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

it's a different Pyoro tweet taunting Midori. Not direct related. Note that a lot of Pyoro's tweets are things like 'delete your account' to would-be leakers. Pyoro is accurate but no one ever accused them of being polite.

For the main tweet, it kind of says... nothing at all 😆 Technically it is just asking when the direct is. We will need to wait for follow-ups if there are any. The ambiguity is driving the famiboards crazy, it's kind of funny to watch.

@FishyS I didn’t see any other Pyoro quotes, I probably missed it!

Now we wait for a follow-up, I guess. I’m just glad to see Pyoro finally showing some activity.

@rallydefault Well no duh, but I'm not talking about casual gamers, I'm talking about gamers who buy systems for more casual oriented games, there's a difference. The main point I'm refuting is that Pokemon and AC don't count as system sellers. Like yes, they aren't aimed at so-called core gamers, but there's a lot of room for various types of gamers in-between hyper-casual and core gamers that those series attract.

@link3710
Oh, you're not talking about hamburgers, you're talking about ham on burgers. Got ya.

Yea, Pokemon is and always has been a system seller.

I don't know if I agree with you on Animal Crossing, though. I mean, it's always done well on the handhelds, but its sales on Wii and Gamecube were like... Metroid-level, basically. A few million.

New Horizons is a freak, though - I'm not sure I'd base long-term "system seller" status of the franchise on a game that came out at the "perfect" time. So yea, that one definitely sold some Switches, but the circumstances of that era were so out of the ordinary.

@Novamii It's a really interesting question. The series has a lot more name recognition now so could easily become one of the 'looking for game for my child, oh this one' type game which to some degree I think is what it has become post-pandemic.

As for repeat players? A lot of people (including myself) never played the series before ACNH. I feel like many people will want to try the next game to see if it recaptures that feeling for them... and it might or might not because they will be busy so won't be able to play 80 hours straight while stuck indoors 😅 Part of me thinks because of this the next game might sell really well (though not as well as ACNH) but the one after that may be lower unless Nintendo really steps up.

From a personal point of view I had specifically not planned to buy the game, but then the pandemic came and now I have 100s of hours in it. 😆

Wait has the LM2HD overview trailer happened in countries besides Japan? Could this potentially effect something with the Direct? Could it be a chunk of the Direct?

It would be pretty funny since so many people are expecting a Direct this week and then it’s just the LM2HD overview trailer drop.

@PikminMarioKirby MORE LIKE NOT FUNNY IMA CRY IF THERES NOT ONE

Pls don’t cry ;(

@Novamii Honestly I don't think it's easy for them to make a game that's a downgrade from New Horizons- seeing as that game was already a massive downgrade compared to other titles in the series. Would be surprised if they somehow made an Animal Crossing title worse than New Horizons- especially if they end up doubling down on its approach to the series as a whole.

@Novamii I enjoy the game a bit now, but I just miss when the game used to actually punish the player. A lot of people saw it as archaic and the game holding them hostage, but I just really loved how it felt like the world kept going even when you weren't there. Having things like flowers die or villagers moving out made it feel like the world of the game didn't just revolve around myself. That it genuinely was another world. I hope the next game at least includes a toggle that allows for Villagers to move out on their own and for flowers to die- but seeing as a good number of people felt it was bothersome I doubt they'll do something just to appease a small vocal minority of the fanbase.

Then you're refuting a misunderstanding of my argument. I didn't say they're not system sellers, they clearly are. What I said was that these games, while technically system sellers, are almost in a different category to something like a Zelda, Mario or Metroid. Because they are more casual and a less likely to be the type of consumers who will camp out on day 1 for a premium piece of hardware

As I said, if they launched something like a new Animal Crossing on Switch and Switch 2 next year? Proportionally far more of those sales would convert to Switch, and probably Switch Lite, purchases than they would for something like a Metroid Prime which would heavily skew the other way

As an anecdotal point, my Sister is a huge Animal Crossing fan. She picked up a Switch before AC was announced, late 2017 IIRC, but only because when she asked me I said AC was inevitable given Switch would replace 3DS eventually. She has maybe a dozen games. Mario Kart, PuyoPuyo Tetris, Stardew Valley, a couple of Jackbox games, a couple of Kirbys, various Picrosses, Switch Sports, Hogwarts Legacy and Animal Crossing

I am very confident that Switch 2 isn't on her radar and won't be for a good while. If a new AC was out next year on both Switch and Switch 2? She's not buying new hardware. She has no complaints about the Switch as it is even though she is well aware how gimped games like Hogwarts Legacy are (I have it on PC). She's just not invested in games from that angle. So yeah, different category

So again, Metroid is one of the "big 3". In the sense that it's one of the three biggest franchises Nintendo has to motivate sales for enthusiasts and early adopters. They have bigger sellers sure, and bigger system movers overall. But none that motivate early sales quite the same. Pokemon and Animal Crossing are mid-cycle system sellers. There's a difference

@Novamii That's why I loved villagers in Animal Crossing New Leaf and the older games so much. You grow attached and then you realize when they leave how attached you really were to them. It's a microcosm of life that showcases to children that eventually people will drift apart from one another- or that life opportunities will come and people will move away. It was a core foundation of the series given that the original creator of the series made Animal Crossing to reflect how it felt to move away from his friends and family to pursue a job at Nintendo. Just hope Animal Crossing 6 reels back the player being at the center of the world a little bit.

@skywake I could see Animal Crossing being a system selling game if Nintendo just makes it exclusive to only Switch 2- however I doubt we're getting a new Animal Crossing game any time soon. The devs seem to prioritize Splatoon a bit more in recent years, so they're probably working on Splatoon 4- given that they won't want to not have a new Splatoon within the first two years of the Switch 2's lifespan.

@VoidofLight I believe that the dev teams for splatoon and AC are pretty much different now, with only a little bit of overlap, so it's possible (probable, even) that they're working on both simultaneously.

@HiGuysGames I wouldn't be surprised. Maybe that's why New Horizons could've been so different- or at least part of the reason as to why. I know a ton of the older staff that worked on New Leaf either seemed to have stepped down from development on the series, or are taking a back-seat overseer role.

Next Animal Crossing on Switch 2 should keep the same thing from ACNH: Villagers stay forever and never moving out by themselves unless we kick them out intentionally.
I never like the moving out by force if I don't play the game for several days, just let me keep all my villagers like The Sims games.
I don't care with their 101 dialogues.
ACNH is the most appeal Animal Crossing game for having villagers stay forever no matter how long I didn't play the games.
This is what I want and forget the antics from older Animal Crossing games.

@Tayrailbridge If it is the 18th, it's probably just a good guess by Midori.

Something to consider regarding Direct timing is that much like Pokemon has Pokemon Presents for Pokemon Day, Sonic has Sonic Central. June 23rd (Sonic's Birthday) is a Sunday this year though so I figure Sonic Central this year will be on June 20th or 21st.

@Tayrailbridge Ehhh. I wouldn't even call it confirmation. Even though everyone knows it's most likely this week, Midori's words are just as good as me saying there'll be a direct this week. Especially given how dubious their Nintendo leaks are- seeing where the source of their actual original leaks even came from.

Nintendo should make the direct June 30th just to troll everyone. Even though that's a Sunday.

Anyways, if we don't hear from Nintendo in 12 or so hours we can all go back to waiting for Pyoro 😛