Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Today's announcement is the announcement of a MK8 Deluxe bundle.

@PikminMarioKirby
It would be almost 2.5cm more height than the Wii U Gamepad had so I think it could work. Plus if it's 1080p you have 2.25x the vertical pixels which would make scaling easier

I think something else worth noting is the number of DS games that would even need it. When you step back and think about it a lot of DS games don't really connect both screens, they're independent. Then some are touch only so you could just rotate and play it like a tablet. And some were played in book mode

Were the rumors suggesting a reveal of the successor this week?

The latest rumours seems to be from a Chinese factory worker leaking details on the system and apparently provided proof of their identity as a factory worker. I dunno if there’s any truth to it but Reddit and Famiboards seem to be going wild over it.

To the degree there are leaks, the leaks say (or imply) 'soon' (e.g. in weeks, not months) but not specifically this week. But this week is still very possible.

There are no rumours or leaks about the timing of the announcement. What there is are rumours, leaks and suspicion about a multitude of other things which tend to support an announcement very soon

@Grumblevolcano That's probably today's biggest announcement. If we are getting something big this week, it'll like be between tomorrow and Thursday

@skywake Most of the time the top screen is the primary one, and sometimes the other screen is just a menu/map. It's completely doable, I think it's pretty likely it will come to NSO at somepoint on the Switch Successor. Coming to the OG Switch is more questionable, I suppose it is possible but there will likely be a bit different structure when it comes to Switch 2's NSO.

@NintendoByNature Kind of, the rumours are that it is supposed to happen within the next several weeks, but some of these rumours + speculation ended up on this week being most likely for a Successor reveal. I'd say it's either this week or week of October 7th, which probably depends on if/when we're getting a Direct this quarter.

@PikminMarioKirby
Having put some DS ROMs on my phone with a phone controller grip I would argue the biggest barrier to good DS emulation on Switch (2) is not the screen. The main problem is the lack of a stylus and the differencea between capacitive and resistive touch

Mario Kart DS would be great as is. I mean it is great as is, works fine. But Phantom Hourglass without a stylus....... not ideal

Regarding the possibility of the next console being dual screen is exciting. That means in addition of the possibility of Gen 1-3 Pokemon coming to current gen console, Gen 4-5 or possibly even 6-7 may get a re-release.

I gotta be honest with that dual direct right at the end of August I'm not really expecting a September Direct. We've got a major release confirmed every month until January (except December but we're also getting console bundles) and I really don't know if they have anything else for the Switch. Third parties are still putting out great games as we saw in the August directs. Would love to be proven wrong though.

@Novamii A reimagining of those games would be a heck of a lot of work. You'd really need to go back to the drawing board and redesign the whole game from the ground up, most maps just aren't meant for being seen from anything but a top-down perspective.

I mean, I love Spirit Tracks (but please never ever make something like the Spirit Flute again Nintendo), but I can't really see it working on any modern hardware so I guess this would be the next best choice?

Frankly, I see them looking at how much work it would be and just making a new game instead.

@PikminMarioKirby They gave 14 hours notice last time:

@Grumblevolcano Did Nintendo make any other tweets that day? I think that the MK8D bundles were today’s big announcement but not sure if they’d want to announce both the same day

@PikminMarioKirby Considering American timezones, that tweet was the only one that day (the previous one was Sun/Moon demo the day before). The comment I made was more about how an announcement of an announcement may not be at the usual 2pm/3pm UK time slot.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah I could definitely see an announcement with unique timing, as long as Nintendo is seemingly silent the rest of the day.

That would create so much suspense for Nintendo fans if it's been past the usual time for announcements and Nintendo is completely silent

@skywake The thing I want is two screens for the purpose of what dual screens would bring to the table for the new stuff Nintendo puts out. Sure, old games could probably make a fake second screen- but I want two so that they can make new games that use two screens.

If there is a Direct this month, the only plausible hours it'd be announced would be 9 AM or 10 AM EST tomorrow. We probably aren't seeing an announcement for it today

NoA's first tweet of the day is Fortnite.

@Grumblevolcano I wonder if Nintendo knows what they're doing XD

@PikminMarioKirby They know most replies are going to be about it not being Switch 2 news, but they really don’t care and will do what they do.