Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I'm gonna try to convince myself that it's not this week so I don't end up disappointed lol

@Magician
It feels more to do with the nature of how they are announced which can be a double edged sword.

on one hand it can be a nice surprise not knowing when one is going to show up on the other hand it can lead to a lot of guesswork and the like.

I do feel like the whole idea of "entitlement" gets thrown around a lot when more often than not its simply a case of it being nice to know what is going in within an entertainment medium and having an idea of what to expect and different companies usually handle it in different ways, and in Nintendo's case it can be largely impersonal social media posts with the direct being the main way of updating users on the projects they are working on plus adding more of a human aspect (the social media stuff usually coming under the "nintendo" accounts rather than from a specific person outside of things like sakurais pictures)

@Vortexeo That's a good idea. I always try to not get my hopes up but I end up doing so anyway.

@StarPoint Same, I'm really expecting this week bc it just seems to make sense...
I'll probably just end up disappointed though.

@FroZtedFlakerZz Well then, at least we can all be disappointed together lol

@StarPoint every week makes sense to me lol( only because I'm craving one haha)

I wanna know what Monolith are working on. Hope it's Xenoblade Chronicles 3 but will gladly take an X re-release. And I'm still willing Earthbound and Metroid Prime remakes into existence. As for third parties, Portal would be lovely. This week would be great.

For anyone who hasn't seen...
Rumors are saying direct will be announced tomorrow or next week
Splatoon 3 will get a large focus
1-2-Switch Sequel
Fire Emblem Games
Will be 35-45 minutes long overall

@StarPoint @FroZtedFlakerZz Lol I'm with you guys! Even though I said I would try to convince myself, it isn't always easy to do so because deep down...I really want it to happen 😂. I hope that the next Nintendo direct goes live at a good time. I think it was the September direct last year that went live at like 5 pm or something and I couldn't watch it live because I was at work lol.

I have mixed feelings about the idea of a new Fire Emblem being released this year. Don't get me wrong I love Fire Emblem, but they already have Triangle Strategy and Advance Wars coming in back to back months. To announce a Fire Emblem now for release not long afterwards would just be genre overkill imo, and it would completely overshadow those games.

@GrailUK Bro YES. I think the latest rumors are what really make me eager to see the next direct. I'm going to be so happy if Xenoblade 3 or X gets announced!

This probably won't ever happen but I was also thinking lately about how cool it would be if they made a new Project X Zone with the smash bros roster.

@IceClimbers You're definitely spot on with that, not to mention they also have the Mario + Rabbids sequel coming out this year as well.

@Blooper987 Eh, most of the “rumors” are just 4chan greentext posts.

@IceClimbers The rumors are saying a sequel, remake, and spinoff are all releasing soon. I think the best way to release them would be spinoff early this year and remake late this year. That way we won't have three strategy games releasing in the first half of this year. I still kinda agree it's overkill, but from what I've heard we have a ton of games releasing this year alone. So I think it won't seem like that much in the grand scheme of things. It also sounds like Mario + Rabbids could potentially be releasing later than we thought (late 2022 or 2023)

@VoidofLight I would normally agree but these are from more reliable sources that have been accurate in the past (Zippo included). And it's all relatively believable and fits with what we normally get every year

I just don’t buy them making a 1-2 switch sequel. If they were going to do that, they would’ve done it sooner, given how easy a “game” like that is to make. It’s barely even a game as well, and I doubt it’d do well in the current climate we already have for the console.

@VoidofLight I see where you’re coming from, but the first one didn’t sell that badly, and it can fill in the more casual gap that we are currently missing for this year that has been previously been filled by Mario party or clubhouse games. Also it’s Nintendo were talking about and they never make any sense with anything they choose to do.

I’ll just be disappointed that they chose 1-2-switch over arms if it is true

@Blooper987 Zippo is not that reliable as a leaker, he got several direct announcements wrong in the past and wasn't he the one who said there is gonna be a new 2D Donkey kong releasing last year?

@Blooper987 Didn't zippo also say we may get MK9 announced here?

Tharr be rumours of the 16th.... or maybe not idk that's just what I saw floating about.