Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@tzahn that's always a possibility too.

It's possible Nintendo decided to see how Animal Crossing does on the market as a tester in the current climate. The fact it's seemed to have done well may encourage them to put another game out so they'll start working on the marketing now-ish.

Good thing i also have a PS4 otherwise i wouldn't have anything to play this year

Um, hello? Is this where we gather to weep, yes?
I'm here to lament the fact that we're half a week in, and... and that one rumor about two streams before the end of March only ended up being true about the one stream I didn't even care in the first place, the Indie World. Is an actual Direct really that much to ask for?
I mean... okay, we're past Animal Crossing's release now. I guess that the coronavirus would force Nintendo's hand a wee bit, but... changing that "whateverember" release date to "early 2020", other than video editing, is really that hard to do? I mean, Whatsapp voice notes kind of exist. The narrator could rerecord the voiceover that way.

I think the lesson to be learned here is be to very critical on the precision of rumours if you're going to be looking at them. Indie World being off by a day should've been a red flag but instead it was treated as "close enough" because of time zones.

@Grumblevolcano didn't we learn this leason already after the AC-Direct? i mean there was a rumor that said that we get an AC-Direct at february 20th and a normal direct the week after

this one also (obviousy) turned out to be false

@Grumblevolcano Totally agree with you. Think people are way too desperate for news on games. For games we already know are coming, they can and have so many times in the past, just posted a tweet with a release date and a trailer. You don’t need a Direct for that and maybe with Xenoblade Chronicles, that’s not a bad thing as it’s a remaster anyway. For everything else they can wait until June or later to announce. But it all depends how confident Nintendo are they can get anything out with the way things are going.

@mariomaster96 In theory yes, but as we can see from last week in practice no. Most of the reactions to the Indie World announcement were different variations of "Real Direct guaranteed for March 26th".

There isn't going to be a direct this month. Even I'm admitting that, and I was constantly saying there would be one.

this is just painful now.

I do wonder what is really going on at nintendo? If the Corona virus is affecting the direct, they are acting in strange ways.

This is the perfect time to air a Direct with everyone stuck at home.

@DannyBoi Like I've said before, Nintendo was acting off even before coronavirus happened. The September Direct was very limited for content after Sword/Shield and Game Awards presence was extremely limited. It feels like it was always the plan for Q2 and Q3 to be limited.

I think Nintendo exclusives is going to look like:
April - Nothing
May - Xenoblade
Summer - No More Heroes III (my guess is late June), Bravely Default II
Fall/Winter - Announced later in the year

I honestly didn’t think they were going to wait another week to air one. I can’t believe it.

I know they’re not obligated to give us a direct, but the prospect that they have nothing for the rest of the year is kind of frightening.

They do have 3 or 4 titles that will get them through the first half of the year, but the second half?

I’ll admit, I’m a bit surprised. Was fairly certain there would be one. At this point, for me, all bets are off.

I understand that it’s an exceptional time at the moment. Just that these things are pre-recorded, so i figured.

It’s not that i am for a lack of games to play, not at all. Just really wanna know whats coming from Nintendo in the next 6-12 months. Even if the dates are subject to change due to the pandemic.

There will be games. Don't worry.

Yeah, as I suspected, that "leak" was more of a lucky guess.It's a shame, but it's always good to be reminded that people don't always have inside details, and we shouldn't have any expectations because of them. But, I'm still confident Nintendo will say -something-. At least, they have to when the fiscal year ends, right?

Personally I disagree. Anyone that follows gaming closely enough to be active on these forums should know by now that clinging on to 'leaked' information published on Twitter or Restera or wherever is a mug's game. I love these forums but I'm not a fan of having to wade through the amount of text given over to whether Leaker F is going to be right or not.

@Grumblevolcano I'd honestly be surprised if xc was may. Wouldn't they need a little more time to announce it and get it on store shelves?