@Grumblevolcano I think people are scared it’s going to be a repeat of 2018. A lacklustre year in many people’s eyes. And regarding Smash Bros, I think April is too early for next DLC fighter. I think Nintendo will save it for E3 when they’ll need all the announcements they can get.
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@link3710 I was talking about 1st party stuff but even if you also look at 3rd party, Trials of Mana is the only one with an actual release date (April 24th). Wonderful 101 is a guess of April based on reward tiers (no specific release date), December Indie World games are also not specific release dates for stuff past March (e.g. Supermash is May but not specific release date).
@Dezzy We don't know if Animal Crossing was a one off or the new setup, just keep an eye at both times.
@FragRed 2018 was fine until the 2nd half. Sure if you own a Wii U and didn't want to double dip it would've been boring but still by mid-January you knew the basic lineup for the first half which had Q2 a lot more packed than it is now:
February - Bayonetta 1+2
March - Kirby Star Allies
April - Labo
May - Tropical Freeze
Spring - Hyrule Warriors (confirmed to be May in March Direct), Mario Tennis Aces (confirmed to be June in March Direct)
Really the big downfall for first half of 2018 was the Dark Souls delay, the fact that a big 3rd party release was releasing the same day on Switch as the other consoles but then got delayed on Switch and released 5 months later. A similar situation of which happened with DOOM Eternal this year.
@Grumblevolcano Yeah I was just pointing out that this extends to third party as well, far beyond the norm. No release dates at all in Q2 and beyond (besides Trials) is pretty weird.
@link3710 Disaster Report 4 and Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 have specific release dates, but yeah past that the entire release schedule is a mystery.
There's several 3rd party releases that need updates that could very well be Q2 or early Q3 titles: SpongeBob, Lego Star Wars, Jedi Academy, Crystal Chronicles, Panzer Dragoon Remake...
YES. It was SO. AWESOME! They showed some new BotW 2 footage (though it was mostly a teaser still), came out with release dates for Bayonetta 3, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, Bravely Default II, AND they surprise-dropped a demo for the newly announced F-Zero FFX that's due out in late 2020. They also announced that Pikmin 4 is officially in the works and have confirmed a new Pikmin Collection in the meantime (with a Fall 2020 window). They also had a Smash Ultimate segment that revealed the newest fighter (Non-Specific Action Figure).
Last but not least, they announced that Mother 3 is finally coming to the West.
Fun fact:
If the next Nintendo Direct comes next week Thursday, then it will be the longest gap between Directs ever: 183 days! The present record lies at 182 days from 2016.
I absolutely never saw them crossing the F-Zero franchise over with Final Fantasy (and X at that!) but somehow the direct showed it will work and be fantastic. Samurai Goroh best watch out - next time he overtakes I'm summoning Bahamut to take him down!
@Rexenokid I'd guess mostly the former, look at the reactions to an indie presentation being announced for example. The comments are mostly stuff like "this is a sign that the proper direct is near", "where's the real direct" and "nobody asked for this".
I think my reason for wanting a direct to come out is so that I can budget and plan in advance. I only like to spend a set amount of my wages for discretionary purchases like games. I tend to always really like Nintendo's first party games and they often get first preference. Not knowing what will be coming out over the next few months has me hesitant to buy some of the third party games that are currently available. If for example, I knew that I wasn't a fan of whatever is released in April or May, then I'd look at what else might fill the gap.
No Direct announcement at 2pm UK time, getting ever closer to the first year since Directs started that there's been no general Direct in January or February (I'm counting 2018's Direct Mini as a general Direct as it was pretty much a general Direct that wasn't streamed).
@Grumblevolcano I think people are scared it’s going to be a repeat of 2018. A lacklustre year in many people’s eyes.
Exactly. This is the Switch's 4th year. It should be the absolute peak of its lifecycle, and yet things are very quiet. 2018 was understandable because they really blew their load in 2017 in order to get that early momentum. The same shouldn't be happening now though. So why is everything so quiet?
People seem to have also forgotten that they have both their console and handheld divisions all working on Switch games now. We should be getting the equivalent of the Wii U and 3DS libraries combined (obviously a single 3DS game doesn't translate into a single Switch game though).
I really thought that at this point in time it would be like the second half of 2019....all the time.
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