Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I'm very confused on the idea that Nintendo just won't release games this year. Like why not?

There's no reality in which this is based on anything...barring maybe delays that would also affect EVERYONE ELSE. I mean Sony does have some games that were announced like 4 years ago and took longer than they probably should have (the actual reason they're here this year) but I don't think that will magically kill Sony's competition.

I mean I also think that it's annoying that Nintendo seems to overdo the latter half of years (Daemon X Machina should've been delayed until February), but Summer and Fall 2020 is still 2020.

When Nintendo had 3DS and gave up on Wii U it still put out Wii U games, there's no reality there's less than a decent chunk of quality, semi-high to high profile games from them this year (again barring the obvious major reason things would be delayed for everyone).

Frankly the worst case scenario should be that every release date gets delayed by 2 months.

I can thoroughly understand if Nintendo doesn't want to put out a Direct making promises they aren't certain they can keep right now because of the situation with the virus. But they could make some kind of announcement to let us know what's up. It's really weird that the only first party releases we know are coming are a Xenoblade remaster and Pokemon DLC.

@Neoguardian86 Frankly I'd be 125% okay with Nintendo just porting all their first and second party virtual console titles from 3DS and Wii U to Switch. I'd dump a couple hundred dollars on them in the blink of an eye. The Advance Wars and Fire Emblem games, Mario 64, the Pokemon games. Earthbound. But I think that ship has sailed. For whatever reason Nintendo seem adamant about leaving VC dead and giving us this super slow trickle of NSO releases...

@Heavyarms55 I too would be 125% down with that strategy too. I would love that and I’d think most of that should be easy for them to do.

@Neoguardian86 It's not impossible that the global situation might push them to doing that if they have to delay major releases. Not likely - but not impossible.

It's also possible they might do a half measure and ya know, actually start updating NSO with many of those emulators and games. I wouldn't complain about that.

They don't need to really lie about anything. Just give vague release dates. If something is aiming for July, just say it's releasing Q3, that way it has an extra 2-3 months if needed.

I think nintendo should do a direct and give release dates for xenoblade chronicles, No more heroes 3, deadly prominition 2, xcom 2, bioshock the collection and catherine full body. I believe most of these are ready beause they have already been rated. This would hold us over until e3 and hopefully by then nintendo won't be affect as much by the coronavirus anymore.

So Nintendo is doing an Arms tournament from what I understand?

Yes. 😀
And it will be on April 2020.
Glad i can play ARMS Online again with someone in Special event.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think a direct is happening this week either. I want something to look forward to on the Switch.

Assume if a Direct does happen tomorrow, what would be the latest time Nintendo will announce it?

I don’t there will be a Direct any time soon. With the current Global Issues, I think Nintendo would consider it to be inappropriate

@Gerald Well yes, but Nintendo is still a company that has to satisfy shareholders and also has to make money. At some point they will have to announce something and who knows how long the pandemic will continue.

That being said, I also think we won't get anything this week

1pm UK time and no Direct announcement, looks like it's probably not happening this week.

Sigh, so much for that “leak” from the person who supposedly correctly predicted past Directs.

Will that Star Wars Jedi Knights game that’s coming out tomorrow for PS4 be coming for Switch? One would assume a Direct would be where it gets announced.

I just wish Nintendo would have used last week to air a regular Direct than an Indies Direct. Most people want a normal Direct at this time, not Indies.

I'm actually really surprised there's no direct announcement today. The last 5-6 weeks I haven't been expecting one. But i was certain that Nintendo would have to say something by end of March at the latest. I guess we still have Monday and Tuesday of next week, but im not confident we'll have one on Tuesday.

My honest question is; with going this long without a direct, what's stopping Nintendo from waiting until e3 to show off everything? I don't see see them having one in April then another in June. So I truly feel like if it didnt happen this week, June it is, which is really crazy to think about.

I think another person said something along the same lines the other day, but still, I wanted to give my 2 cents.

@NintendoByNature They still have time to announce it today if it's actually happening. Other announcements have come later than this. Not that I think it will mind you.

As for a June direct, why does it have to be June? E3 isn't happening, so they can do a direct whenever they want.

@tzahn that's true. Im saying e3 because the majority of the industry said theyre still going to put together live streams and presentations. Although, i dont recall if Nintendo specifically said they would as well.

Rogue Company (one of the few games from the September 2019 Direct not yet released) got a gameplay reveal trailer with alpha signups available today. Looking increasingly unlikely for that Direct announcement.

@NintendoByNature I agree that Nintendo will probably do something around that time to stay in front of people. Maybe they'll do a direct sometime before June and then just have the Treehouse-style playthroughs during that time.