Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@jump
A two days notice happened before. But you're right, the announcement could be tomorrow as well. Or they could not announce beforehand at all and shadowdrop it on us. You never know with Nintendo.

@Rexenoboy i hope thats not the case cause if they shadow drop it it will be a mini and they don't announce big new first party games there (usually)

if Nintendo indeed do a general Nintendo Direct this Friday, they need to anounce today or tomorrow the general Nintendo Direct, unless Nintendo is going to do a general Nintendo Direct after the brefing sessions they have in septembre 16 that is more likely to happen, then a general Nintendo Direct on a Friday.

@Giancarlothomaz
As others have mentioned before, it's more likely a Nintendo Direct happens before the business meeting. It avoids having to answer questions regarding upcoming games.

Announcement at 2 or 3pm UK time for airing the day after at 10 or 11pm UK time is the standard setup for general Directs. In 2019, the February and September general Directs were announced at 2 or 3pm UK time on Wednesday for airing 10 or 11pm UK time on Thursday (the 2 times like 2 or 3pm is a result of time zone changes, UK time in February is GMT meanwhile UK time in September is BST (GMT+1)).

Same thing happened for the March and September Directs in 2018 except it was announcement on Tuesday for airing on Wednesday.

So it's safe to assume if there's no announcement today by 3pm UK time, there's no general Direct and the Friday Direct is either a Mini, Partner Showcase or nothing.

I think people are reading way too much into this management meeting. These types of things are common and are for the internal company, it’s not some kind of media PR event.

In some cases of backwards compatibility, that might be correct. I don't think it is with these consoles though. The Wii and Wii U, whilst using the same family of CPUs, are massively different on the software side from what I understand. The Wii doesn't even have a proper operating system (as old consoles mostly didn't), so all of the low level hardware related stuff is actually handled by each individual wii game. That's why they couldn't patch games back then. It's also why the Wii U has an SD card slot that isn't even compatible with the Wii U itself. It's only accessible from within the Wii mode. That's because its interface is loaded within every Wii game, so they essentially were forced to include it just to get backwards compatibility working.
Further proof of this is with the digital Wii games you can buy on the Wii U eshop. They install an icon onto the Wii U menu like a Wii U game, but when you load them they actually boot into the virtual Wii first, and show you the opening logo and disclaimer from the Wii system itself. They don't load directly into the game. I think all of that points to the fact that they actually needed to fully simulate the Wii system just to get the games working at all.

If this is true, then it certainly means you really shouldn’t trust any leaks/rumours as it could all be Nintendo sending out misinformation.

https://twitter.com/finalweaponx4/status/1298453238547714048?...

@FragRed and if it’s not true then it means leakers are making things up so either way it’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t scenario.

@FragRed or you shouldn't trust leaks/rumors in general

@jump @mariomaster96 I never believe leakers. Until Nintendo officially announce anything, I never believe a word people say. I just think it’s interesting that Nintendo are likely deliberately sending out false details. And I am all for them doing it.

A leaker finds out that a leaked rumor might have been fake, then another leaker leaks that leak which gives that leaker cover for incorrect leaks.

Someone buy the internet some Pampers or Huggies. Better yet, get both.

@FragRed Imagine the hell that will break loose if the 3D Mario remasters end up being a similar situation. So many people seem to accept rumours as fact if the leaker appears to be reputable but realistically it doesn't matter how many times they've been right in the past, it doesn't mean their information is always going to be right going forward. Rumours are nothing more than rumours until there's an official announcement, regardless of how likely they appear to be.

So Nintendo has been creating fake leaks instead of games, that explains all.

I can't wait for the Pikmin 3 Presentation on Friday.

I'm all for another ten to twelve minute long Partner Showcase.

We've got so many visual novels inbound that I need the deets on.

@GrailUK That sad part is, if there was any presentation on Friday, I can totally believe Nintendo would do that. I want a Direct to happen, but I have pretty much lost all faith in Nintendo this year. The silence has been deafening, Covid or no Covid.

Why should i wasting my time to believe in rumour ?
I didn't take it seriously.
If it happens, i will be happy.
But if it doesn't, at least i will not felt very disappointed as i have realized it was a rumour.
Btw, i heard a rumour...

@Magician I'm all for them too but it'd be nice if they didn't cut the good stuff out of the English one next time.

ten to twelve minutes? three, take it or leave it