Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Does maintenance actually mean anything relative to a Direct?

@Dezzy Sometimes. But what's weird is that they are having so much Eshop maintenance on the same day.

I feel that there's a maintenance every week, and every week there are people that think it's evidence of a Direct.

@Octane They don't usually have this much maintenance do they?

@DannyBoi Has anyone kept track of it?

There's a maintenance scheduled for the Wii U? Does that mean they're announcing new Wii U games? No. It's just maintenance, it can be for anything, but most likely just another stability update or whatever.

We just had a maintenance for the 3ds and Wii u last week. Pikmin 4 coming to the Wii u

@DannyBoi
Chills.
Why are you so anxious with the Direct ?
You are still breathing and alive without the Direct.

@Octane Eshop maintenance generally meant Directs back in the Wii U era but not during the Switch era. The fact this maintenance is for Switch, Wii U and 3DS rather than just Switch suggests this is just generic maintenance rather than something significant.

@Grumblevolcano There is only two sets of maintenance in the UK. There is four sets in Japan.https://www.nintendo.co.jp/netinfo/en_GB/index.html

@DannyBoi The other 2 are just for Wii U and 3DS, you have:

• Wii U/3DS Using Credit Card (NA/possibly Japan)
• Wii U/3DS Parent/Guardian Confirmation (NA/possibly Japan)
• Switch/Wii U/3DS Download of Software (Worldwide)
• Switch/Wii U/3DS Eshop (Worldwide)

By the way, due to US daylight savings Nintendo's announcements for a few weeks will be an hour earlier UK time so like if a Direct would usually be announced 2pm UK time, it'll be 1pm UK time this time.

People are desperate

@Dezzy Haha agreed, seeing as Nintendo marketed the hell out of the GamePad's controls, only to have it be a "make more accurate shots" to play the game properly.

I would still love a port of the game, or maybe a sequel if they're gonna take a lot of time to overhaul the controls and all.

@Octane Well the discussion for the early 2020 Direct did start a bit under 3 months ago at post 1292 after the Game Awards being just Bravely Default II and MUA3 DLC with it now being at post 2642 and counting. If people weren't desperate, there would've been much fewer posts

If people weren’t desperate, this thread would have ended a while back

I mean, it helps that this thread also doubles as the general 'speculation about NIntendo's plans for the year' thread.

@link3710 I thought that was the Nintendo Switch Thread that’s pinned to this forum? It was initially all about Nintendo’s plans for the future when we only knew of the NX.

@link3710 If enough people throw enough ideas at the wall, someone is bound to be right eventually.

@FragRed Lately that one's been all about recent releases, hardware issues, multigame reviews, etc. But there's plenty of overlap.

This week is the week, I can feel it in my bones.

Has there ever been a Mar10 day Direct?