Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@BruceCM I'm about to age myself.......what is Steam? Also what is Discord?

My only complaint is that, as a target shooter in real life.......I'm upset that I can't get a real gunbrella......how are these not real?

Steam, for PC games, @cordova94 .... Not sure how Discord got into the question

@BruceCM just words I hear as I got back into gaming......and don't understand in my old age hahaha.

I gamed as a kid and then returned in small phases (game cube, Wii) but only picked it back up again in the pandemic and it's such a nice escape at the end of the day (I work in a highly technical field and I have two young kids and a farm so gaming is what I relax with). But I admit, I feel a little lost at all the advancements too!

Well, Steam has basically been the platform for PC games for a long time now, @cordova94 .... I'll let someone who uses Discord answer about that, though

@BruceCM I appreciate your reply. I guess it shows that I have never been a PC gamer. I used to play one with hexagons during boring Thermo lectures (while everyone else played World of Warcraft) but when it comes to video games, I've always been a console person.....and always Nintendo because of Mario and Zelda.

Heh, that's OK, @cordova94 .... Since Xbox have been putting their games on PC for awhile & PS are bringing at least some of their previously exclusive games there as well, though, that basically covers both consoles & there's plenty of games that don't get on consoles

How long in advance does Nintendo usually announce their Directs before they happen? I just want to make sure that I will be available to watch this summer's Direct live.

@StarPoint The day before it airs, usually at 3pm UK time. There's 2 main exceptions:

• Minis/Partner Showcases - Just shadow dropped, not live
• E3 - Usually late April though last year's E3 Direct was announced 13 days before airing

It's all up in the air this year though. They may use the approach for non-E3 general Directs and announce the day before, they may treat June as "E3 month" even with E3's cancellation and announce weeks in advance (Microsoft and a few other companies have already announced June plans as if E3 wasn't cancelled) or they may not have a general Direct at all in June just like 2020.

@Grumblevolcano I really wish that Nintendo would announce all of their events at least a week in advance. Hopefully, they decide to do that with their summer Direct.

@Grumblevolcano If they were treating it like E3, we would probably know their plans by now. I think they're just treating it like a regular Direct.

@Bolt_Strike We didn't know about the E3 2021 Direct until June 2nd, that's why I listed it as a possibility.

Whatever the case though, even before any kind of Summer Direct taking the place of E3, we're likely to get a Pokemon Presents giving new details on Scarlet/Violet. And that could happen from anywhere from this week until when E3 would normally be. I'm hoping it's sooner rather than later, but it's hard to say when exactly that'll be. Any guesses?

I'm still banking on a June direct. Given the gaps we have for the 2nd year with only a few announced games, a June direct seems likely.

I still think a June Direct is highly likely. There are still a lot of games that have gone without a firm release date that are still scheduled for this year or early next year. I am super banking on a June one, maybe July but that feels less likely. Nintendo's E3 Direct always felt pretty disconnected from E3 as a whole anyways, so I'm sure Nintendo isn't scrambling around wondering what to do with their presentation.

We'd have normally got a direct in June from E3, Nintendo will probably still show whatever they had planned to anywat.

Yeah, I'm almost certain we'll get a Direct in June.

August, October, November, & December are still empty & we don't have dates for Pokemon, Mario + Rabbids 2, or Bayonetta 3 (the latter of which I don't see getting a month to itself in the Holiday season, so it won't be the only release in a month unless it's an August game).

Given that lineup I could easily see 2 or 3 more games join them (with MAYBE 1 of them being something pretty big), even if one of those games ends up being Advance Wars. That, & the next Mario Kart 8 DLC wave should be ready to be announced by June if we get 3 waves a year.

@RR529 Pokemon games are usually a lock for November. Bayo 3? Still an unknown. Platinum insist it's done yet Nintendo haven't set a date. Could be October, or it could be a gap-filler for sometime in 2023. Mario + Rabbids 2? Also an unknown, although folks assume it'll be pushed into 2023 because retailers list it as such (December 31st, 2022).

Regardless, I agree, lock in the next Direct for June. Because when was the last time there wasn't one in June? Seriously though.

I just want console releases for the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters. Everything else is gravy.

@Magician are the pixel remasters confirmed for switch yet?

@NintendoByNature No word yet, still waiting, still hoping.

I would imagine it's easy to release a Direct around June. It's the Treehouse events I'll miss. I do hope Devolver Digital release some sort of digital event too. They are a highlight of E3 for me. I'm sure E3 will be back next year (barring some horrid development of the pandemic or other world events.)