Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

It's gotta be this time. It's gotta be! Make me care again, Nintendo!!!!!!! (joking)

https://nintendoeverything.com/rumor-march-2020-nintendo-dire...

It's heating up!!!!!

Hmm, if you focus less on the shortly before PAX side and more the specific dates then next week could be Indie World as both 2018 and 2019 had a Nindies Showcase on March 20th. As a result I think if a general Direct isn't announced tomorrow for Thursday, the next general Direct is announced on April 1st to be aired on April 2nd with a Xenoblade teaser released next week or a Indie Nintendo collaboration like Cadence of Hyrule last year is announced with a release date.

Ended up grabbing the season pass for Fractured but Whole in the current Ubisoft sale for a little over $9. Pretty sure that's the deepest discount on it yet.

I own the majority of Ubisoft's catalog on Switch at this point lol

@IceClimbers yea all Ubisoft games were discounted at the highest I've seen except Mario plus rabbids which I would've grabbed under 15. Next time maybe.

This is a big one here... E3 has just been canceled. I guess it’s hard to know how this will effect their “biggest direct” going forward, but I guess the one for the summer will be up in the air now.

@NotTelevision I'd assume they'll air a Direct around the same time. There's no pressure for them to have one prepared for an event; it could happen at any time during the summer.
That said, E3's cancellation slipped out of my radar until now. Wow!

@WaffleKnight Yeah they’ll still likely have one around that time. It would be cool if they still did something like Treehouse even without an E3 conference surrounding it. Those little previews are cool ways to show off the big releases for the year.

@NotTelevision I think they'll combine their early year Direct and E3 Direct into 1 big Direct around April. Nintendo's already had an over 6 month gap since the last one so they don't seem to mind having large info droughts.

@Grumblevolcano If not this, then a mini Direct this month or next and a big one as usual in June. It would be strange going without any new 1st party games in April and May.

@Grumblevolcano Was just about to post the same thing, only I was thinking more like May as I’m not expecting anything to release before June anyway, first party wise. And for something like Xenoblade Chronicles they can just release a trailer on social media. No need for a Direct for that announcement.

So apparently two directs this month? I don't think so.

I don't think it's two directs, likely the first one is a Nindie Presentation or another smash presentation, and the second one is a full on direct.

@Santa Acording to the source that was mentioned in the Nintendo life article, there would be a n indie world on the 18th and a general direct on the 26th. after all the other"credible leaks" I don't believe it.

Eugh well I hope these rumours aren't true. I can't be bothered to wait more than 2 weeks until a Direct. And I don't care about indies. I can play those on PC.

@Dezzy I know. 2 weeks😯😯😯😯😯😐😐😐😐😐.

Don't forget if this Spring 2020 we will get this game.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah that would be fine with me. Anyones guess is as good as mine when it comes to the time period the next full direct will be announced. I thought this week we were surely due. There still a lot of March left and so we may be likely to have one at the end.

I think there is a kind of fan resentment that can grow when Nintendo doesn’t do what you want. The reason why I’m a fan is that I trust they know what’s best (except perhaps for the underwhelming online service 🤨) and when the direct comes, it comes and it’ll be worth it.

If two good directs land in early Spring and sometime in Autumn this year, I’d be more than okay with that.

@Dezzy If Indie World happens before a general Direct there will be absolute chaos.

Alright! It seems like we either get an announcement today...or we hope that the leaks are true and we get a Direct on the 18th.

I do think that doing an Indie World first would be a VERY bold choice, considering how much people are clamoring for a full direct.

As far as E3, I think it will still "feel" fairly normal, just without the physical event. A lot of companies likely planned on E3 for announcements when planning out their year and it might be getting too late to change that.