Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Tremblucay maybe, but there hasn't been any post on the livechat so far and it is only a little more than 2 hours away... but if you interpret the video like that, i guess there has been no definite answer
Edit. Nvm, its online and here after all

check out the Nintendo Direct focused on Xenoblade Chonicles 3

Absolutely loved the Xenoblade 3 Direct. OMG!

I didn't watch xenoblade 3 direct as I have zero interest with that game, but I got very good news from Horse Tales trailer by Microids. 😄
One trailer by Microids that made me happy.

now the next Nintendo Direct will be focused on Splatoon 3, followed by a Nintendo Direct focused on Bayonetta 3.

@skywake Yeah, but if they blow their load at the end of the Switch's lifespan, they'll stunt the growth of the new console at the expense of higher immediate sales for the Switch. Which isn't a very smart plan. Part of the reason the Switch was so wildly successful is because they saved big games for its launch year, if they want the new console to be similarly successful they'll want to repeat that strategy. Games like BotW2 and Splatoon 3 would've been better saved for that launch year to get people to buy the new console.

So you expect the Switch's transition to the new console to be kind of like the 3DS -> Switch transition or Microsoft and Sony's last two hardware transitions? Yeah, I fully expect that as well. That's the best way to handle it when the Switch is so wildly successful, you don't want to drop that momentum all at once, you want the Switch to be gradually phased out while the new console picks up steam.

@skywake @Bolt_Strike I think it comes down to Metroid Prime 4. Given they didn't cancel the Wii U version of BotW, I don't see them cancelling the Switch version of Metroid Prime 4 so I think the release timing of it will give an idea about when the crossgen period will end (I still think the hardware will launch with BotW 2 so there would be some sort of crossgen period).

Both the MK8 Deluxe and XC3 DLC is complete by the end of 2023 so a Metroid Prime 4 2023 release would suggest to me that 2024 would be when the new hardware only releases begin for example.

As for the online focused titles recently (Switch Sports, Mario Strikers, Splatoon 3), I think it's do with the subscription side of things. It's important to remember that March 3rd 2017 - September 17th 2018 was free online (the vast majority of Splatoon 2's content was released before NSO went live), when the next Nintendo hardware releases paid online will be a thing from the start so releasing online focused games just for the new system early on in the system's lifespan will hurt the playerbase unless they go the FTP route.

@Tremblucay @Giancarlothomaz The website will still be covering any major news that comes out of the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Direct, this was only on the Youtube side of things

@korosanbo To be fair though it isn't impossible. They did have a Monster Hunter Direct when Rise came out iirc

@korosanbo There was a Bayonetta 2 Direct in September 2014 (the game launched in October 2014):

So Bayonetta 3 Direct is actually rather likely (same with Splatoon 3).

I thought it was rather amazing yesterday. On the Switch, Nintendo put out a news tile touting MK8D Booster Pass Wave1 like it was new, while people are watching & expecting Wave 2 to reveal, or drop.

I think I don't really need Nintendo Direct on this month as I got covered a lot from separated trailers of upcoming multi console 3rd party games.
I don't think there will be interesting new 1st party games by Nintendo from the Direct as I have no interest with the separated Nintendo games Direct recently.

@DreamlandGem
Btw, could you provide more trailers of upcoming multi console 3rd party games for kids on Nintendolife articles just like last time you tagged my name on PAW Patrol Grand Prix article ?
Love the trailer of Horse Tales by Microids from the article I watched just now as I like kind of games like that and the game will get physical release in the future. 🥰
I have zero interest with bigger games that a lot of peoples here keep talking about such as xenoblade 3, splatoon 3, BOTW 2, etc so the individual trailers of upcoming multi console 3rd party games and Wholesome Direct 2022 are really impressed me.

@DreamlandGem
Thank you for clearing that up.
Like I said previously on this thread, I apologize for my reaction.

jornalist/Insider Jeff Gruff detail how could be the next Nintendo Direct

@korosanbo Nintendo did a Nintendo Direct dedicated for Bayonetta 2 before it release, i could see the same happening to Bayonetta 3, just as @GrumbleVolcano point up.

Well, I could see Nintendo doing a Splatoon 3 Direct around a month before that game comes out, I'll give you that. But right now, we don't know a single thing about what the next Direct will cover, nor the time it'd come out, until they make an announcement on the next one. Bayonetta 3 doesn't have a concrete release date, either. All we know is that they're shooting for a 2022 release.

A Splation 3 Direct is a 100% - no, 1000%
There are so many things they haven't talked about. Neither in a trailer or Twitter. It's almost jarring that they have just shown us so little with so many trailers. They safe the really new stuff for the Direct.
Can't wait to hear the usual voice over guy. 🥲

So far for Splatoon 3 we've got:

Modes

• Story mode
• Turf War
• Salmon Run

Stages

• Museum d'Alfonsino
• Eeltail Alley
• the canyon stage from the February 2021 Direct
• Undertow Spillway

Along with some news about weapons and gear like all base weapons returning.

So, when was the last Nintendo Direct showcasing new games? February? I'm not talking about Nindie Directs. Essentially, Nintendo (so far) has skipped the proper direct they nomrally have this month where they showcase new AAA & first party games. I'm not saying a Xenoblade 3 Direct isn't good, just that it's not a regular Direct. I'm still glad we got something.

I'm guessing, like the other consoles, the Switch's new game pipeline may be weaker due to the pandemic. Like the chip shortage, we're still not out of the shadow of the pandemic. And then there's the chip shortage! XD

For most of this month, I have noticed Nindie Direct games appear to be strategically releasing for the duration of this month, with one or two Nindie games a week. Firegirl, Elec-head, there are several others queued up. And Ubisoft's Rabbids Party game is releasing on the 29th or 30th of this month.

Also, if this is the late part of the Switch's life, then we're crossing into territory where more upcoming projects are for the next hardware iteration, which they strategically don't want to show off yet. Looking back, the Switch was revealed October 20, 2016, five months before release.