Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

That would be a really big disappoinment.

The game itself was initially announced in 2014, tbh until I read your post I has assumed it was released already and I just missed it.

Knowing Nintendo, that would probably be true given this year, which would be annoying. 3D World is the worst 3D Mario for me, not to mention, yet another Wii U port... Is it bad to want something new? Don't hate ports normally, but I wanted something different than repeating the Wii U grade.

@Blooper987 a new Mario Kart that unpected, Nintendo usally do a Mario Kart per console, and what companie do you think is gonna develop a new Donkey Kong Country game if Nintendo release as the holiday title of Switch for this year? i can't be Retro Studios, Retro Studios is busy working on Metroid Prime 4, maybe Playtronic will help in the development of a new Donkey Kong Country game perhaps?

Now that's pretty damn pessimistic. We've already had 2018 where the Switch had almost no big games. I really don't think we can have another year like that, which 2020 would be in your scenario.
In my mind they need at least 2 new big games for the fourth quarter. Not including ports.

@MS7000 Especially considering that there have only been 3 completly new First Party games this year: Animal Crossing, Paper Mario and Clubhouse Games, everything else (Tokyo Mirage Session, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Xenoblade Chronicles DE, Pikmin 3 Deluxe) have only been ports/remaster/remakes
So if the last thing remaining were only another port would be really dissapointing

@mariomaster96 Pretty much my logic. I brought Animal Crossing, played it on/off for a month, got bored with it. It wasn't a series I had prior interest in, but I tried it because there wasn't much else at the time. I have no interest in Paper Mario Origami King, as previous experience with Sticker Star and Colour Splash has made me nervous, especially considering all the gameplay I've seen seems very similar (will probably get eventually, but not at launch price and not until I finish Colour Splash which is a slog). And Clubhouse games is fine, but at the same time, it is just a compilation of traditional games that have been around for ages.

Not to mention that if you already owned a Wii U, the ports are unwelcome, no matter how much business sense makes. It doesn't help that the games don't really offer anything meaningful in terms of improvements except 60fps if you are lucky. Ports and indies are great to supplement releases, but not to replace them.

I am not expecting BOTW2, I just want something new. Why are we getting Pikmin 3 Deluxe as opposed to Pikmin 4 for example? Is Nintendo seriously this desperate to pad out their schedule until 2021? Is this what the next console after Switch is also going to be like?

I think we're all getting sidetracked here. The real question is; When is the next Nintendo Direct?

@damien33ad Seems very certain. Unless there's concrete evidence, it's just speculation.

@theJGG This entire thread is speculation. There's never concrete evidence. It's like going to a magic show and sayin "Hmm, I'm not so sure that I'm being shown the whole story. This seems like illusionary tactics"...

Today. It’s the Chinese Ring Fit Adventures exclusive.

@HobbitGamer Right you are, but sometimes people post evidence, or "leaks", and some just up and say "We're getting a direct next week" with no context.

@damien33ad What makes you think that? If there really is a direct at the 28th (which I doubt) then Nintendo will most likely announce it Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday

@theJGG And both are wrong, sooo.

@jump You're right! Forgot about that.

@HobbitGamer I really hope it turns out to be a full direct but only Chinses people get it. I want to watch the internet explode as BOTW 2 get's it's title revealed but it is in Chinese characters only and the first Mario movie trailer hits but he speaks Italian and the subtitles are in Chinese, the Smash DLC fighters are Chinese video characters no one has heard of outside of China etc.

Well, I called the next Direct being the first week of September back when E3 was rumored to be canceled, so I'm not backing down on my guess now. 2 weeks to the Direct in my book.

@jump I'd be okay with this. I have plenty to play, and I would also be thrilled watching folks melt down.

@damien33ad The latest could be 1 second prior to a Direct. It's going to fall on the fifth Friday this month. I know this, because statistically speaking, it's bound to happen. And as Nintendo has shown us in the past, things that are bound to happen statistically sometimes do happen.

That pretty much sums up my attitude towards rumours. Either they're right and I get more good games to play or they're wrong and I get to save my money, enjoy the many games I already own instead and laugh at all the people having a sook. It's a win-win really.

What if the rumours are for rubbish games? Like Metroid Prime 4: Federation Force, Mario Kart: Amiibo Festival, Doshin the Giant Deluxe, The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 2: The Wand of Gamelon, Nintendo Labo Toy-con 05: Cardboard box and Virtual Boy HD.