Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Probably because there isn't a big enough difference between the 2 games so a lot of people who bought the Wii U version didn't feel it worth buying the second.

That's my guess anyway. I bought MM2 (after already having the Wii U and 3DS versions) but felt like it had already lost most of the novelty, so just sold it on ebay.

@Dezzy Nobody owned a Wii U though.

Yeah, I remember being excited about Mario Maker on Wii U but when its sequel got announced for Switch it didn't really interest me all that much for some reason. Maybe it came too soon after the original and the 3DS version? I don't know.

@BenAV And yet Mario Maker sold about as many copies on Wii U as it did on Switch.

I think it was a novel idea, but the user made levels were never as good as the official ones. Even compared to NSMB standards.

It's 10 minutes until 3pm BST! That means something may happen at some point.

@Octane I wouldn't say never. Some talented people can make some pretty genius stuff. But yeah the average level you're likely to play will just be garbage. I only bought it for the creation part myself, barely touched anyone else's levels. If I want a good 2D platformer, there's plenty of better options than Mario these days.

It's 3pm and nothing.

@Grumblevolcano GAME OVER. INSERT 1 YEAR TO PLAY

The last full Direct was on Sep 4th though so it's not a year for literally a couple more days.

@BenAV lots of hardcore Mario fans owned a Wii U who are also the type to buy this game as casuals aren't that fussed.

@jump It's more that no announcement by this point confirms it'll be the case of no general Directs for a year. Announcement on September 2nd for airing on September 3rd was the last chance for one.

I think what'll happen is later today, Nintendo announces a Smash stream for tomorrow (the ARMS character stream was announced at 10pm BST the day before the stream) which at the same time would deconfirm the 3D Mario collection rumour.

This was the ARMS character stream announcement for a reminder:

4 million copies sold on Wii U. That's more than most Switch games will sell, even with the much bigger install base.

You need to take into account that not all console owners are exactly the same. The Wii U had a small total install base, but it contained most of the hardcore Nintendo fans, which means all of the core games sold really well. More than 50% of console owners bought Mario Kart 8, which is a higher proportion than nearly other game on any modern console.

Nintendo store supposedly reopening (I only heard this online so someone may wanna fact check)

No Smash event 🤔

Direct archive page supposedly updated ( fact check this too)

Friday will be an entire year since the last direct.

I think we’re gonna be getting an announcement soon guys.

Mario kart 8 on the Wii u sold 8.5 million. Wow. I think the Wii u sold 13.5 million

@Grumblevolcano
I'm afraid you're right.
A new Smash character this year is almost guaranteed, so at least we have that to look forward to. If the big Holiday title is going to be a port or remaster, maybe Nintendo thinks that's not big enough to hold a Direct.

Thus, I think we'll get Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Smash DLC, and maybe 1 or 2 other games being either ports or smaller titles to hold us over until 2021.

@Shulkalot I mean at the same time the last general Direct closed out with the announcement of a remake of an older title so it's not like ports, remasters or remakes are something Nintendo would rule out of announcing during a main Direct.

@TheFrenchiestFry
True, but you're talking about a remaster of the best game of all time here. Xenoblade deserves its own Direct. Nintendo knows that... heck, everybody knows that. 😉

I think that there are 4 possible ways the mario remasters could go from most likely to least likely

1. 3D mario all stars releases with super mario 64 super mario sunshine and super mario galaxy 1&2 for 60 bucks and possibly a 3d world port later

2. 3D mario all stars releases with super mario 64 super mario sunshine and super mario galaxy 1 for 60 bucks and possibly a 3d workd port later

3. 3D mario all stars releases with super mario 64 super mario sunshine and super mario galaxy 1 for 60 bucks with 20 dollar galaxy dlc announced later with possibly a 3d world port later

4. (Extremely unlikely) we have a super mario 3d classics collection with super mario 64 and super mario sunshine for 60 bucks, a super mario galaxy collection with galaxy 1&2 for 60 bucks and possibly a super mario linear 3d collection? (I know its a dumb name) with 3d land and 3d world for 60 bucks.

"STILL NO NINTENDO DIRECT"

@Ktld878 are you suggesting they are making new DLC for Galaxy?

@HobbitGamer is more like if 3PM has passed then tomorrow is another day lol