Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Hmm... So, was Nintendo clearing out those small anouncemnts to make room for this? Or is this another thing to clear out before a February Direct??

Yet another palate cleanser before the February Direct. The Sunday timing is odd at first, but makes a little more sense after being reminded about the big American football games.

@RobLife1 Ah, thanks. Superbowl is definitely a reason to get this Direct out quickly, then.

As far as timing related to American football, here is the schedule:

Sunday, January 25th is the AFC and NFC Championship games. This is basically the semifinals of the NFL playoffs, the winner of each game plays in the Super Bowl. After that the NFL takes a week off, they have the Pro Bowl which is basically like an All-Star game, but no meaningful game is played that week. Finally, Super Bowl LX is Sunday, February 8th.

It is interesting that they would choose to host a Galaxy Movie Direct that day, but speaking of American football and the Super Bowl, maybe Nintendo could air a trailer for the Galaxy Movie during the Super Bowl and that may be part of the reason we're getting it now? That is a prime marketing spot, nearly every American is watching the Super Bowl so those commercial slots are highly valuable and sought after. If Nintendo can afford that they're really get attention for the Galaxy Movie.

The super bowl is being broadcasted on NBC, owned by the same company as Universal/Illumination.

I expect a super bowl commercial knowing its the same company making the movie.

Man, a Doomsday trailer, Spiderman trailer, AND Mario trailer? I don't even like sports and I'm gonna be watching the Super Bowl... 😆

According latest rumours general Nintendo Direct is expected on first week of February. Next week Nate will drop podcast so i guess more info in it. Hope we will get anything related to Monolith Soft and next Fire Emblem release date in general Direct.

It’s gonna be the first week or last week. I know we said before that they’ve had Directs during the Olympics in the past, but I just don’t feel like they want to do that this time around.

Just a feeling lol

But some Olympic events start February 4th even though the opening ceremony isn’t until the 6th, so they may end up hitting it anyway. That actually makes me wonder if they may hit us with something this week.

Nintendo showed Woolly World in the Galaxy movie Direct. Maybe even though Mysterious Book is coming in Spring, Switch 1 players still get Woolly World this year?

@rallydefault I think it wont be last February week because of Pokemon presents

@rallydefault @TrustMeNot

I don't think they have ever done a direct of any kind during Pokemon week. This one is supposed to announce Gen 10 for release this year. Which would make the first week most likely.

However, now I am thinking they will do partner/indie direct (sometime in Feb) and MAR10 direct only before the movie releases. Non-Mario releases before May will be Nintendo Today drops (like DK Returns update last week).

@RobLife1 @TrustMeNot
Very true, I forgot about the Pokemon thing (not really a Pokemon fan).

Yea, I think it's gonna be this week or next week.

I was assuming next week but the fact that they did sooo many updates last week and had the movie direct on Sunday rather than the middle of the week makes me curious; this week seems pretty empty unless there are yet more minor game updates.

After looking back at the 2024/2025 Partner Showcases, I'm now leaning more towards Partner Showcase/general Direct than Partner Showcase/Mini. I was reminded that those 3 Partner Showcases (February 2024, August 2024, July 2025) say "Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase" rather than "Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase" so Nintendo may have dropped the Mini branding completely.

What I had in mind when I was predicting a Mini was something like:

• Start with Splatoon Raiders (2 minutes)
• Headlines for Age of Imprisonment, Mario Tennis Fever, Pokopia, SMB Wonder Switch 2 Edition, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book, Rhythm Heaven Groove, Tomodachi Life Living the Dream (8 minutes total)
• Spotlight for Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave (5 minutes)
• End with MK World (2 minutes)
• 25 minutes worth of 3rd party news including a 5 minute spotlight on an upcoming Square Enix or Capcom game

In the past that probably would've been called a Mini because the 1st party side of things is rather light for new announcements but perhaps nowadays it might be considered a general Direct. The Partner Showcase variant of my prediction would be just the final bullet point and a headline for Age of Imprisonment.

If sales are anywhere near their projections from last year, they aren't in any hurry to splurge out as much stuff as possible in the next Direct. They play a really good long game. That said, it's really time we saw what Monolith aer up to dammit!

Given a new Fire Emblem game is coming out this year, I assume there’s no chance of a remake of an older entry being announced for this year? I really want to see the SNES Fire Emblem games get released outside of Japan as a remake.

A Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Nintendo Direct has been announced for Thursday 29th on Nintendo Today!.

I think this might push the idea of an early Feb Direct out the window

Now Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is getting a Direct this Thursday. They’re REALLY clearing the decks, I tell you…

Mandatory When is the game coming out?

If they're giving it a dedicated Direct it means it's not that far away. Since they have Mario Wonder NS2E for March, my guess is mid-to-late February or early-to-mid April.

I guess they're planning something like:
Tomodachi Life: April
Yoshi: May