Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@VoidofLight
Yeah, I'm sure there's a new AC in the works I just don't see it as a "launch year game". It's just not that sort of game. Of course if it was already in the works and by chance happens to be ready for the first year? Sure. The more content in that first year the better. But I don't see it as the sort of game you'd divert resources to or delay for the sake of hitting the target of being a first year Switch 2 game

Also I'd argue that Animal Crossing is the sort of game that does crowd out other releases. For the people who are into it once it's out that's all they use their console for for months on end. I said earlier that I don't think that games like Metroid, Mario or Zelda overshadow each other. Animal Crossing does, over everything

@Tayrailbridge I don’t think Midori’s sources have been revealed (and likely won’t) but from what I’ve read, he traded “leaks” and rumors with other people, some of which have been proven false as of late.

If I recall, one of Midori’s incorrect “leaks” claimed that multiple Square Enix games were to appear at the Xbox showcase last week, which turned out to be mostly false; I say mostly false since only one title related to Square Enix, Life is Strange, appeared, so while he did get it sort of right, it was off by a large margin. However, there was also info he released on Visions of Mana that turned out completely wrong in comparison to the Square Enix Xbox “leak.”

He was mostly accurate with info related to Sega and Atlus, but was incorrect with non-Sega “leaks,” so it is possible that Midori received this info from poor sources and other “leakers” with bad track records.

To add, Midori was said to have ran out of real leaks immediately after a 2021-2023 internal Sega presentation with Persona 3 Reload footage was leaked online last year, which he got ahold of himself apparently. However, while Midori got most of the info on Reload correct and the presentation seemed to be mostly accurate since it was apparently from Sega itself, it was the only piece of official info he had and he did not have more “leaks” from other official sources. He resorted to trading with other “leakers” to get gaming info instead, which of course turned out to be a poor decision that led to a messy situation that revealed him to be a fake and a no longer trusted “leaker.” It is very possible that with the info we know now, Midori could have actually not had a source in the first place.

@FishyS : Still june

So we've got 3-4 hours left for the announcement if it is airing tomorrow. I do wonder if they'll go back to late night general Directs (10pm/11pm UK time), for some reason they changed to airing at 3pm UK time for 3 of the past 4 (September 2022, June 2023, September 2023).

Wait 18th is really weird for a direct. Usually they don't air until Thursday or so, right?

@Grumblevolcano Yeah I’m curious if the rumours about shadow dropping Among Us update and Beyond Good & Evil are actually because this is true or whether they have nothing to do with Nintendo doing a Direct.
@VoidofLight It’s all rumours based on Among Us update and Beyond Good & Evil shadow dropping tomorrow.

@FragRed Yeah, I get those two- but it's still just all strange timing to me. I guess Nintendo hasn't kicked the habit of placing their June direct in a timeslot similar to how they used to do e3.

@VoidofLight Yeah perhaps, though maybe it gives media more time to digest and create articles on whatever they got to show. They have a whole week of spotlight on Nintendo.

@VoidofLight Outside of E3 it's most common for a Direct to be on Wednesday or Thursday (Wednesday more common recently) but September 2022 was a Tuesday general Direct. If it is tomorrow, it's probably to do with @PikminMarioKirby's theory about the 19th being a US holiday.

@VoidofLight @Grumblevolcano The Indie World they had in November 2023 also fell on a Tuesday so its not too unlikely. Definitely a trend-breaker but still; not impossible.

Pyoro is tweeting again... assuming we do get a Nintendo direct announcement soon, people may want to avoid the internet for a day to avoid spoilers. 😆 Only one so far but.... Pyoro.

@FishyS Pyoro’s first real hint, it seems. probably the investigation games from what others are saying.

Now I will go away for work for 10 hours. I expect chaos when I return 😝

Remember your spoiler tags everyone.... and beware the front page of Nintendo Life 😆 Hopefully the leaks won't be in any actual article titles this time...

@FishyS So you don’t want to know about how the characters from Sound of Music will be playable in Smash Bros?

@FragRed 😱😱😱
Those damn hills would never make for a legal stage!

....maybe in an hour? 😅

@Novamii (spoiler) insert text here (/spoiler) and replace the ( ) with [ ]

I'm just hoping an airing isn't Wednesday. That's the one day this week I'll be super tied up.

Speaking of spoilers
there were talks about Fantasian coming to consoles and being announced at this months direct and I gotta say I'm very excited if that is true. The game doesn't deserve to be locked behind Apple Arcade.

@NintendoByNature I doubt it would be Wednesday because that's a federal holiday that Nintendo USA observes. So if it doesn't air tomorrow, it would have to be next week