Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I hope the next game they reveal isn't Mario related. I'm kinda tired after every release in the past few years has been something Mario.

I hope there's a direct and that we see more info on Tomodachi Life! They might not want to talk about Switch 1 games right now though.

I also want to know what else is in store for the Switch 2, especially first party titles.

@OctolingKing13 I think they’ll wait until later on in the month. Give people more time to play Mario Kart World but also it’s rare that Nintendo has a Direct the same week as a Splatoon 3 event (this weekend is Big Run).

@Grumblevolcano gotcha, makes sense 😁 i guess we just have to be patient haha 😂

@Dev-N Same. This'll be my first Donkey Kong 3D game.. since I wasn't alive when the original came out- and they didn't make any other ones outside of 64 I believe.

@Dev-N @VoidofLight Same same. I basically bought Switch 2 for DK. I wish it were out sooner. I hope it's as good as it looks.

I hope if they do a June Direct we get some new 1st party announcements and not just updates/details on DK Bananza/Drag x Drive/Prime 4/Kirby Air Riders/Hyrule Warriors. And by new I mean actual new games, not Switch 2 Editions.

I feel like they could use a notable new 1st party game announcement to drum up hype/momentum, even if it's not releasing until next year. Give us that and some big 3rd party ports like RDR2, DB Sparking Zero, etc and you're golden.

@IceClimbers They didn’t remove the Yoshi’s Woolly World tease from the Switch 2 Direct backwards compatibility segment so that for Switch 1 seems like a good chance for the next Direct that has 1st party announcements. Would fit in with the movie stuff too as Yoshi’s been kind of absent more recently on the games side of things (Yoshi’s Crafted World was 6 years ago but we know Good Feel did 2024’s Princess Peach Showtime so too early for a new Yoshi game).

Good-Feel released Bakeru last year as well.

Since Drag X Drive releases this summer, surely we’ll be given a release date soon?

Since Good-Feel has been busy with other projects recently, it might be a good idea for a Woolly World port during the wait for a new Yoshi game. Maybe this could be announced via Nintendo Today?

It seems like Nintendo is hiding a lot in DK Bananza, I wouldn’t be surprised if we got another trailer soon, or even a dedicated Direct for the game.

Nintendo just revealed a Splatoon spinoff game via the Nintendo Today app which seems like a strange choice if there was a Direct coming up anytime soon.

The fact that Nintendo today just announced a new game makes me less sure about a direct.

So is Animal Crossing being made by a new team? This team seems way too focused on Splatoon to be making Animal Crossing, non-stop Splatoon content for 3 years and counting...

@Magician Bakeru was in 2023, before Peach. Last year was the localized version by Spike Chunsoft.

@PikminMarioKirby Not necessarily. There's no reason why the team couldn't be developing both at the same time if they've got enough manpower and resources. I always thought it was likely that we'd see Splatoon on the Switch 2 before Animal Crossing (although I wasn't expecting a spinoff game specifically).

In my language anyway, they said there will be coming more infos very soon. I'm confident there will be a direct in 2-3 weeks.

@BenAV @FishyS I think the timing of the announcement is about the Splatoon 3 update that’s coming on June 12th.

Well I got my wish haha never change Nintendo! Wonder when Splatoon Raiders will release.

If we don’t get a Direct this month I guess the next one will be in September?

Hope we get some news real soon. I wanna know which switch games are getting upgrades and when some new games are coming out. Always hated those early launch days with all the waiting and uncertainty. Reminds me of the launch lulls of the N64 days. Seemed like it was Taking forever for something good to come out.