Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@TommyTendo Yeah, I guess so.🙃

This is the Pikmin 4 direct. Trust me. I feel it in my jellies.

@Munchlax I wish for... I don't want to reuse the clown memes from Silksong. Besides, it's "almost ready" guys!

I'm optimistic for June 29th:

• Three Hopes releases June 24th so air the Direct after that if more Fire Emblem incoming
• September 2021 batch of NSO Expansion Pack games finishes June 24th outside Japan
• No signs yet of MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 2
• Would lineup with when I thought there'd be a Xenoblade 3 Direct (given the info we've received recently, seems more likely to be a spotlight segment in a general Direct instead)
• Shareholders will want to know the rest of the year's lineup and there's a meeting on June 29th (the existence of a Direct would answer their questions as it would be announced on June 28th)
• Microsoft didn't announce Goldeneye in their showcases so it's likely they gave the announcement to Nintendo
• 3rd party support is currently very limited after June

@Grumblevolcano I definitely think the chances of a Direct on the 29th are very high, thanks to all the reasons that you've pointed out. I also think it's very likely because:

• Silksong is coming out within the next 12 months, and I'm sure it's going to show up again soon
• Mario Rabbids still hasn't gotten a solid release date, and it's still set for this year
• Bayonetta also hasn't gotten a release date
• BOTW 2 hasn't gotten a real meaty trailer yet, along with a release date and title
• Metroid Prime 4 hasn't seen the light of day in over 5 years now

I do hope the 29th is correct (or well any day in June), but everyone jumped on the bandwagon to confirm that date only after Alanah mentioned it. She is definitely a reputable person, but she just really casually dropped the information while streaming and double checked her notes.

We know that date is the date of the shareholders meeting. She could have been easily told by someone to expect news from Nintendo on that date (meaning the shareholders meeting) and she assumed it was a direct and noted it down as such.

All I want is the second booster course pass dlc to release. Realistically we should at the very least get the announcement soon. The first wave released 3-4 weeks after the announcement and if Nintendo does the same for wave two they'll need to announce it before the 29'th in order to not fall behind schedule, assuming they plan on evenly releasing the waves at set intervals.

New Theory
Nintendo is purposely delaying the next Direct, because they want to wait as longgg as possible to reveal games that may require new hardware. (That may be crazy talk, but it would make sense)

@WoomyNNYes Interesting theory

I don't really "need" a Nintendo Direct this month, because there's already a lot of games coming up I want, but I'd love to see a meaty Xenoblade 3 Treehouse segment. A good deep dive into all the mechanics of that game would be sweet.

Still, a Nintendo Direct is always fun. Let's hope those rumors for the 29th are true.

@Grumblevolcano @StarPoint we need more info on that Lara Croft double pack, if there is a direct, I expect it to cone up...

@WoomyNNYes

What you are saying probably makes sense.

@Grumblevolcano I still think it’s before that. Maybe it isn’t but it’s not a great idea to announce it during a shareholders meeting

@korosanbo Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris were announced a few months ago.

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/10/tomb-raider-will-fi...

@MarioBrickLayer Firstly those are old games so really don’t need much more than a brief trailer and date but the more important question should be are they still going to come now Square Enix has/is selling the Tomb Raider IP along with the studios?

@FragRed agreed, i'm expecting them to be in a sizzle reel of games coming soon, personally they are games I really want to see but I know why they will only get a brief mention...
Embracer aren't going to stop a project which is close to complete from being released, it's a wasted opportunity.

Next up for Nintendo announcements is more Lego Mario:

@korosanbo no, Lego does them on twitter for Nintendo

@Grumblevolcano I need that red Yoshi in my life now (I only own a 1 Lego Mario polybag, I never got the Mario figure)

I kind of love how this thread over the last week has become 'will they, won't they' in regards to any mention of a Direct. That damn email sent us down a spiral of conspiracies.