Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I doubt we're getting a general Direct this year. There might be another first party release that we don't know about but they'll likely just shadow drop a trailer again. That seems to be their method of choice for announcing first party games for the time being.

Am I the only one annoyed by the routine use of the word "deconfirmed"? If something was never actually confirmed, how can it be deconfirmed? That just means a poorly founded guess was wrong. Also, it's not even a proper word, that would be 'disconfirmed'. As in, a discounted theory.
In the context of clutching pearls over the next big thing, the next direct, the next fighter in Smash or what may or may not be sold by a company whose sole function is to make money, guesses can't be "confirmed until proven otherwise'.

Like I said before, I don't expect there to be another general Direct until March at the earliest. In the mean time we can expect more Partner Showcases and shadow dropped 1st party announcements, as well as a Sakurai livestream for the next Smash fighter.

I also think it's safe to assume that Bravely Default II and No More Heroes 3 are 2021 titles at this point.

@westman98 Nintendo announcements have the biggest impact when last, Nintendo knows that from always being last to have an event at E3.

@Grumblevolcano
I don't think Nintendo cares that they are the last to present at E3 or any other events. Other companies just so happen to present before them.

Anyways, with Lego Star Wars seemingly delayed, I don't think I'm gonna be buying any new games for Switch for the rest of the year other than Fight Crab.

I'm honestly okay with this though because I have a backlog to play through. That being said I haven't been playing video games too much lately anyways. Just not enough time for it with work and other aspects of life. It's mostly just been Smash or Mario Kart with my friends.

@IceClimbers Fight Crab looks awesome! I'm hoping it plays as good as it looks.

I suggested Sept when they cancelled E3. I thought I was pessimistic but here we are.

what about the game that supposed to be revealed in Nintendo Dream magazine? i’ve assumed that that game should be out in Direct before the magazine

i mean, come on, who does a reveal a “new exciting game” in a magazine instead of social media these days............

Hopefully we get a proper Direct next month, but it says a lot that I was more hyped about the unveiling of the next Loathing game today

Nintendo Japan's August Direct Partner Showcase was surprisingly worse.

They got a chunk of Indie World blended in, plus Monster Rancher 2 and Derby Stallion.

Anyone reckon Nintendo will start re-running old Directs?

That Direct or the Pokemon MMO thing - which was more disappointing?

Sigh...

Am I the only one, who thinks that Nintendo is destroying the "Nintendo Direct" brand? Especially with these partner showcases. In the past Nintendo Directs generated lots of hype and excitement, and people talked about them for days after the show. But this year every Direct was more disappointing than the one before. If it continues like this, I'm sure many fans will grow indifferent towards Nintendo Directs. I know I am.

@dionysos283

Nah, I think the Direct brand is fine. The problem is that the Nintendo fandom is starved for new game announcements. Folks are borderline in denial over the thought of Pikmin 3 Deluxe being the last first party game release of 2020. So any non-first party Switch game announcement from Nintendo will be met with a copious amount of detest.

@dionysos283 I think these partner showcases are done more out of obligation than anything else. World of Tanks, for example, released today. No point in it being in a Direct later on. However, they would have agreed to feature the game at some point. Games like FUZER will be wanting to talk about it in the context of PS4 too. So they fulfilled the whole 'first look' deal they might have had. Other games available for pre order were likely because they had games ready to go and wanted the pre-order window.

As for Nintendo's games. Well, Mario was obviously going to be a big this year. But the theme park got delayed, the Olympics got cancelled, the movie had to halt production. Their marketing team would be ripping their hair trying to coordinate this year. Their road map got thrown out of the window. But they were transparent saying they would look at different ways of communicating stuff.

It's possible we still see a Direct later. (this is optimism on my part btw). After all, big third party games like Doom Eternal, No More Heroes 3 and Bayonetta 3 are very Switch focused, and can fit into a Direct better because we have no date. I'm sure there is other stuff we don't know about too. But the question is, are Nintendo able to make a Direct yet? Is now the right time to release a Mario game (bearing in mind even that is a rumour lol) or do they wait / hope other stuff gets finished too. lot's of unknowns, and it's not just on 'are the games ready?' or 'do they not have anything to show?'. Of course they do. But like I said, I get the feeling this year had tons of Mario stuff planned. And Covid has messed it all up.

@dionysos283
Games are always very subjective.
What games are bad for you might be great for other peoples.
What is disappointing for one people might be very satisfying for other peoples.

@dionysos283 I think they should stop branding the Partner Showcases under the Direct banner, but just a normal general Direct will still get hype levels through the roof.

Dude I'm still annoyed that basically 0.1% of people use the phrase "begging the question" correctly.

“I could care less” grates me. Saying you could care less implies you do care, at least a little bit.