Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I would say Halo is very likely and possibly one of the showstoppers for Joe Average. Remembering that for most average gamer PC gaming is non existent and cumbersome and XBox is dead. So I would say it would matter more than forum dwellers think

I think Luigi's Mansion is a fair shout. Probably also some more casual and lighter games. I still firmly believe that a Switch 2 edition of Switch Sports could be interesting. I also think that Animal Crossing is possible although not likely

Honestly though, I think this is the first Direct in a while where nobody has any idea what's going on

Happy Direct Day!!

I'd say my top 3 wishes going into it would be Mario Kart World DLC, Some more free performance upgrades and a teeny tiny tease of the next 3D Mario but a look at the movie would also be nice

@skywake The only thing that makes me think Halo is unlikely for the Direct is that Halo Studios already confirmed announcements for the Halo World Championships in October so I think that's where Halo gets announced for PS5 and Switch 2. It doesn't fully rule out for the Direct like they could announce MCC in the Direct and then the rumoured remake gets announced at HWC but I'm leaning towards Starfield being the big Xbox announcement in the Direct. Cyberpunk had a redemption cycle with Phantom Liberty and then the Switch 2 port, Star Wars Outlaws is seemingly having a redemption cycle by releasing on Switch 2, Starfield feels like it could be set for a similar kind of situation.

T-minus two hours and counting.

Screw it....

Gears & Helldivers 2

I don't even know what this bingo card is, you guys. 😭 I just threw it together in like 17 seconds. There are at least 4 slots where if one happened the other can't, and a ton of bingo rows with multiple "not happening" things lol. Less than an hour to go, though! I'll see you all in the live chat.

Honestly if the whole direct was a black screen with the text “Xenoblade patches for Switch 2” I’d be happy

Doom the Dark Ages will be there for the MS game.

Have to watch after work. A whole 3 hours after the direct. It’s gonna be big. It’s gonna be ah Mario.

Probably the worst direct I have ever seen from Nintendo, and we are approaching the holiday season.

Pretty much, I was also expecting more Splatoon Raiders info but I guess that will just happen early next year

..... did we watch the same thing?

@Bigmanfan And the internet is going to take the one more thing being Fire Emblem... very well indeed.

Blue means I was right, yellow means I was somewhat close. (And I am dumb so I put the wrong color on MP4)

@skywake Yes. If you are not huge Mario fan which took 20 minutes and some farming trash that took another 10 minutes that was like half of the Direct and for ME it was disappointing.

The only good things from the whole thing were the Mario movie and the RE games added to the Switch 2, but I know that they will not release in proper physical versions so ...

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/donkey-kong-bananz... DKB DLC link

@Zuljaras
I can't think of a worse one.

@CaleBoi25 You got Prime 4 release date right? It's December 4th.

Anyways, in general, we got:

• S2Es (Super Mario Wonder)
• VB NSO
• Bananza DLC
• Z-A DLC Confirmation
• Some weird Pokemon Game
• Prime 4 Release Date
• DQ VII Remake
• Hyrule Warriors Release Date
• Air Riders direct 2 announcement
• Hades II Release Date
• Tomodachi Life Release Window
• Yoshi weirdness that may or may not be good?
• Mario Tennis Fever
• Galaxy 1 + 2 (and purchasable separately thankfully)
• Resi Evil VII-IX
• New Fire Emblem

I think those are most of the titles of note? I'm satisfied with Samus on a motorbike, Bananza DLC, Hades II, and Galaxy 2 being playable personally. We're still getting an average of 1 new 1st party published title per month I think?

October: Pokemon Z-A
November: Air Riders + Age of Imprisonment
December: Prime 4 + Octopath 0
February: Mario Tennis
Spring: Wonder S2E + Yoshi (Probably March + April in some order)
TBA: The Duskbloods, Splatoon Raiders, Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave (Guessing FE + Splatoon are going to be sometime between May and July)

Given how packed the release schedule is in general (We got 2 in August, 2 in July, and 4 in June at launch) I think there's room for a decent direct at the beginning of next year, unless they plan to skip June direct again entirely, then it'll be huge.

@Uncle_Franklin How about that partner showcase at the start of the pandemic?

@link3710
Oh I don't count the partner nonsense.