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Magician

Probably a Pokemon Legends: Arceus-specific Direct sometime between now and the game's launch at the end of the month. Probably a Partner Showcase less than a month later, simply because we haven't had a Partner Showcase for over a year, last one was October 2020. And then probably a main Direct in March that will most likely disappoint the Nintendo fandom (no BotW 2, no Metroid Prime 4 or Metroid Prime Remake, no Xenoblade Chronicles 3, no Mario Kart 9, etc) because...you know...E3 is only a few months later, and Nintendo doesn't want to give the presumptuous tinfoil hat guessers everything they want at once.

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VoidofLight

@Grumblevolcano Unlikely it’ll be in a direct. We’ll probably get gameplay from that tournament, or another small trailer next week.

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VoidofLight

@Magician Can’t see them doing a direct all the way in March, unless this year ends up being another 2020 for them, and every game for this year gets delayed 2 more years.

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VoidofLight

I honestly think that an online-only e3 is the better way of going about it. More people can attend that way, and there's no need for people to actually rent out a building to do it. The only issue is that no places are going to do demos for e3, when it's easy to just release those demos on the system storefronts honestly.

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Euler

Exactly. Give everyone a free demo or set it up at Best Buy or something. In-person E3 has outlived its usefulness.

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VoidofLight

@Giancarlothomaz Some do. For example, take the pokemon demos, which had everything from the full game's code inside of the demo.

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Grumblevolcano

Lots of maintenance next week:

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/netinfo/en_GB/index.html

Friend Notifications on January 11th, Transferring data and users as well as Network services on January 13th (these are all early morning GMT). I wonder what acquisition of stage information means, would be cool if there was a Direct on January 12th and it had a Splatoon 3 Global Testfire as a shadow drop announcement.

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Fizza

My predictions/hopes for the next Direct:
1. A new trailer for Kirby and the Forgotten Land (it's been 4 months, I just want to see more of what this game has to offer).
2. A long dormant DS/Wii era frachise making a comeback (I can't list all of the possibilities here but it would be really nice to see a dead franchise resurrected, like Golden Sun, Meteos and Rhythm Heaven (ok that last one may be a stretch to call 'dead' yet). On that note however...).
3. A new Punch Out handled by Next Level Games (I fell in love with Punch Out over lockdown and seeing a new one would make me the happiest thing alive. Also, NLG are now owned by Nintendo. PLUS a Punch Out Wii reference made it into LM3. AND the Switch immediately has 2 controllers out the gate, making it easy for motion controlled action like in the Wii days, along with the option for buttons. Please and thank you).
4. Splatoon 3 news (what @Grumblevolcano said + a Splatoon Direct announcement).
5. Mario Kart 9 (tharr be rumours about, matey).
And lastly:
6. Modern Ace Attorney Trilogy, aka Apollo Justice, Spirit of Justice and the Investigations games (I JUST WANT TO BELIEVE. Also, never played them before and I really want to after playing the original trilogy).

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VoidofLight

@Fizza Well, Ace Attorney 7 is due to be revealed sometime soon, if it didn't get canned, since it was leaked in that Capcom Data breach a while back.

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Fizza

@VoidofLight That's probably going to be a follow up to the main series though, right? Phoenix Wright, Apollo Justice, that kind of stuff? If so, there'll be no (legitimate) way to play the games for 3DS (plus the spinoffs on DS) on modern platforms. That's why I said I was hoping for a new trilogy; to bridge the gap between them for simpletons like me who's first exposure was through the collections on Switch. Then again, it could also be TGAA 3 considering how they just localized the first 2 last year, anything's possible. OR they could pull the rug from underneath us and it's actually Maya Fey: Master Medium (I've only played the original trilogy, please don't say if that contradicts with anything established in later games, thank you).

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VoidofLight

@Fizza As much as I would absolutely love a Great Ace Attorney 3, things are looking Grim, since the game originally sold poorly in Japan. So poorly that they had to condense the trilogy they planned into two games, leading to some plot-lines that either were rushed, or never really touched upon. It's a shame though, since the setting was great, and I really enjoyed the characters. I'd die to see more Sherlock Holmes.

I really do think they should release a Trilogy of the other 3 games though, since then it'll be great for everyone that wants to experience the original 6 on switch... but the data leak never mentioned a second trilogy.

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Fizza

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Blooper987

@VoidofLight it did mention a second trilogy though??? Not confirmed just said they were considering it.

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VoidofLight

@Blooper987 Ah, then my bad. I didn't actually see the whole thing, and just heard about the Monster Hunter Rise and Stories stuff, as well as GAA and Ace Attorney 7.

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Fizza

@Bloopers987 I've never gone from Untitled
to Untitled
faster in my entire life
(also, I think I've been watching too much Twitch lately)

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NinChocolate

What percentage of probability is a direct this week? 48%? The month of January overall has to be at least 70%

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