Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@PikminMarioKirby Yeah if we don't hear anything by tomorrow (or Friday at a push) then I'd even go as far as saying we won't get any sort of major announcement before the end of the month.
Something NSO perhaps but it'll be Echoes of Wisdom crazy after this week!

So far we have:

• Well known (but not always accurate) leakers heavily implying announcement is this month
• Games are starting to officially announce they are coming to Switch successor
• Game devs being invited to Nintendo thing they can't discuss
• Rumours/possible leaks about hardware production having already started
• The fact that they speed-ran 3 August directs to presumably make space for something in September
• The fact that Tokyo Game Show is next week and Nintendo basically always has a big direct or presentation not long before it.

Given all of that, Switch 2 news either this week or early next week before TGS is feeling very likely.

Can't wait for another instance of "we won't be discussing the Switch successor" to set the tone for the next alleged Direct. Bring that anticipation up to a fever pitch.

@FishyS Not sure if I’d put a kickstarter developer saying their game is coming to the Switch successor means anything. I doubt they have a dev kit because if they did, they’d be under NDA so wouldn’t say anything about the Switch 2.

so no direct tomorrow? 🙁🙁🙁

@OctolingKing13 Probably not, since we most likely would’ve heard by now if we were getting one tomorrow

@PikminMarioKirby Apparently the announcement tweet of the Switch back in 2016 happened at 1:30am here in the U.K. So who knows how or when it would drop.

I really want a direct to happen just cuz this week has been boring for me and I want something to do lol. Direct rumors seem to be ramping up lately since everyone has been pointing out that we should have gotten one by now and we haven’t yet. I wonder if they will break tradition this one time and just not have a Direct in September at least for this year. That’ll be a bit shocking, but with that Indie/Partner dual direct a few weeks ago, eh I don’t know, it really made me doubtful that they would follow it up with a general Direct. Guess we’ll just wait and see what they’ll choose to do!

The weird part is that the partner direct and Indie direct were moved up a few weeks, instead of being slotted for the scheduled time of the normal September direct.

@FragRed As for a general Direct I don’t think it’ll be announced outside of the typical 2-hour range, but if we are getting a Successor announcement of the reveal, it could definitely be later in the day. Nintendo of America has already made a tweet today (and will probably have a Zora EoW one in about 30 minutes), so I don’t think we’ll get the announcement tonight (still possible but not that likely). If we’re hearing any announcements for either a Direct or a Successor presentation this week, it’s probably tomorrow.

@Novamii After much observation, I figured out that when an employee goes for coffee, it almost always means a presentation isn’t too far away.

@Pastellioli Based off of tradition we almost always get a major announcement/Direct in September, hopefully we do get something soon!

@PikminMarioKirby Yeah Nintendo of America have posted videos on both Echoes of Wisdom and Mario & Luigi so they’re definitely just chucking out all trailers as and when they get them.

@PikminMarioKirby Hoping for something too! When they announce directs, one of the things I look forward to is going onto the live chat here it’s super fun!

@Pastellioli the NintendoLife live chat is really cool, I participated during the partner showcase and the museum Directs last month, it was very fun! Sometimes I click enter before I’m done with my message on the live chat so I accidentally post a partial message 😅

@PikminMarioKirby Do Nintendo Directs always fall on a Wednesday currently? I know this hasn't always been the case, but am unsure how long it's been since we got a Thursday Direct? 🤔

“Tune in at 25/09/24 for a Nintendo direct primarily focused on the Nintendo switch successor and games that will launch alongside it. There will be no mention of the Nintendo switch successor during this direct about the Nintendo Switch successor.”

@WiiWareWave Not always, Wednesday is one of the most common days, though. Thursday is pretty common as well, and sometimes they’ll be on a Tuesday. Directs don’t happen that often Friday-Monday, although it has happened before.

Basically as of recent, general Directs tend to air on a Tuesday-Thurday and are usually announced 1-2 days before the presentation.

@PikminMarioKirby So basically tomorrow (or later today for those of you in Europe or other earlier timezones) is most likely our last chance for a Switch 2 presentation this week. For us to get a Thursday announcement it would have to be announced tomorrow, and if not, it's probably not this week. As for the rest of the month, TGS starts next Thursday and they probably won't announce it at the event. So the only likely possibilities for the announcement of a potential reveal date for the rest of the month are tomorrow, Monday, or next Tuesday. So the next 7 days are going to be very telling if the reveal is imminent or if we have to wait until at least October.

@Bolt_Strike It feels like tomorrow is the last chance of an announcement for a big presentation this month. Next week is Echoes of Wisdom and TGS, so after this week we’ll probably have to wait for October if we’re hearing anything this year. Early next week is technically possible, but since EoW and TGS are that week I find it less likely.

The September direct was 2 days before TGS one year. We can't totally give up until next Wednesday. If one of the main goals of a Switch 2 reveal in September is so they can talk about it at TGS, it just has to be before TGS.

@FishyS I'm pretty sure Splatoon 3 is the reason why the Direct was 2 days before TGS that year rather than the usual 7-8 days. Splatoon 3 released on September 9th 2022 and the Direct happened on September 13th 2022, wouldn't have made much sense to have the Direct on September 7th/8th as the Direct would've taken the spotlight away.