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IceClimbers

A Partner Showcase is what I expected. The question is, will they do multiple small ones like they did in 2020 or will it be one medium sized Direct Mini?

Before people go there, I don't think this means anything regarding new hardware. I think this is simply Nintendo deciding to hold off on revealing info about their 1st party titles for now because of E3 being canceled. They LOVE to hold their cards close to their chest, so them not revealing anything regarding 2023 1st party titles until September would be completely in character for them.

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FragRed

@sisodinr I think that’s the thing. For some reason everyone is thinking Nintendo doesn’t have an already packed second half of the year and must have some big announcements to make. We already know what’s coming, it’s just dates we need and that can be announced through trailers as and when. Third party is something that’s lacking and hopefully this would help fill the gaps.

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Budda

A Partner Showcase is so pointless. If a 3rd party game isn't part of a general Direct, where is the attention then? You get the same result by just posting it on Twitter. Or am I wrong?
We all know how this will turn out if it really is just a Partner Showcase. :')

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WoomyNNYes

Proper directs have AAA third party games. Looking at June directs for 2018, 2019, 2021....... 2021 appeared to have more third party AAA type games. In 2017 I don't see a normal direct? On nintendo's youtube, I only see June e3 presentations for specific games, Mario Odyssey, Pokemon, Mairo Rabbids, Arms, Botw DLC.

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NintendoByNature

We'll see what next week brings. A partner showcase isn't what I'd personally be excited for, but I'd still tune in and see what Nintendos partners can muster up.

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A Partner Showcase would be a bad decision both for Nintendo and their partners when the anticipation, speculation and expectation has been centered on a general Nintendo Direct. Unless they decide to cover Bayonetta 3 and Sparks of Hope next week under lower expectations, I cannot see this going over well and the year will have a dull period until....I guess September when general Nintendo Direct speculation will kick up again, with even higher expectations than now. Hopefully they don't make this year another 2020.

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FragRed

I wonder how much the delay of the Breath of Wild sequel has affected plans for a big Direct? It seems like if this is a partner showcase they won’t have any surprise announcements to take the place and will rely on Pokemon for the big holiday title.

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HotGoomba

I really hope this thing ain't a Partner Showcase. But not because I hate Partner Showcases. The last one or two from 2020 were actually good. My problem is that I feel like Nintendo should have something, ANYTHING, to announce for the latter half of 2022 and 2023.

I hope that at the very least, we get a few titles and release dates for games. Because if it's basically just a Persona 5 and Friends Direct, we're doomed.

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octokid

Hoping that we get a direct soon, a mini one would be just ok and a partner showcase would be worse case scenario. As in like, so bad there would be little to no people in Live Chat.

But with any month where it’s been awhile since the last direct…. Speculation must happen. I’ll probably post my predictions later.

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Grumblevolcano

@octokid 3 out of 4 Partner Showcases were a shadow drop video on Youtube. They only did an announcement in advance and stream for the September 2020 Partner Showcase and that was to make it extremely clear to people that Monster Hunter wasn't leaving Nintendo behind (there were major concerns for awhile that Monster Hunter was becoming a PC/PS/Xbox only franchise as World didn't come to Switch).

Japan has a very big Monster Hunter fanbase so if the franchise ditched Nintendo, there'd be a big increase in PS5 sales.

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Anti-Matter

I wonder what kind of games that will be revealed from Partner Showcase?
I mean from the audiences demography.
Wholesome Direct before have a lot of indie games targeted to audiences who like relaxed and cartoonish games (harvest moon style, animal crossing style, platformers, etc), what about the games from Partner Showcase?

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Fizza

Even if I don't want a Partner Showcase, you always have to look for the excitement in that kind of possible announcement. For example, Capcom is a 3rd party (obviously) and what's a Capcom series that was well-known for being exclusive to Nintendo handhelds up until very recently, making it a possibility to appear in a 3rd Party focused Direct? ACE ATTORNEY BABY, 2ND TRILOGY'S COMING I CAN FEEL IT IN MY BONES.
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CANOEberry

HotGoomba wrote:

I hope that at the very least, we get a few titles and release dates for games. Because if it's basically just a Persona 5 and Friends Direct, we're doomed.

This is one of your witty jests, @HotGoomba - right? I think a proper, mainline P5 or Persona Direct would be a real crowd-pleaser... don't you agree? I mean, that game might be more emblematic of the Quest for Ports than Mother 3.

I really hope this thing ain't a Partner Showcase. But not because I hate Partner Showcases. The last one or two from 2020 were actually good. My problem is that I feel like Nintendo should have something, ANYTHING, to announce for the latter half of 2022 and 2023.

You make an interesting point for me. I find that the pace of Nintendo's output has been excellent of late, whatever one may think of the games themselves (if you disagree, please tell me how many first-party games Sony and MS have been releasing). At the same, NCL has been consistent about keeping people looking to the next thing - a lesson I believe they learned during the Wii U period. It would be striking, therefore, to see the marketing of their output change suddenly this way; people seem quite sensitive to that (myself included).

I am beginning to think that they simply don't have enough in the pipeline to present right now, although I am still sure (perhaps inconsistently so) that they will publish a Direct in September. I found their paid advertising during Keighley's anti-E3 show to be very telling. As one who is not at all convinced that we will see a Direct this week, I am still willing to chalk all of this up to the long-term effects of the pandemic, but it could be that there is something more to this as well.

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Fizza

@CANOEberry I feel like it's not that he's not excited for the prospect of Persona coming to Switch, it's moreso the fact that if that were to be the only massive announcement (an announcement that has been heavily rumoured for a long while mind you), it wouldn't be as exciting as something completely out of left field. Don't get me wrong: Persona on Switch would still be absolutely massive. It's just something that appeals to a specific group of fans rather than something that everyone enjoys (turn based RPG's have that effect on people: you either love them or you hate them).

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CANOEberry

Fizza wrote:

Don't get me wrong: Persona on Switch would still be absolutely massive. It's just something that appeals to a specific group of fans rather than something that everyone enjoys (turn based RPG's have that effect on people: you either love them or you hate them).

Fair enough - and that would be consistent with the particular buzz that comes with Directs. You know - "when the train comes in, everybody rides!" and all that. Variety and diversity sells, or at least keeps people engaged more. I mean, even a relatively sober old furball like me can momentarily nurse that forlorn F-Zero/Wave Race/GameCube flame, even if briefly.

In our good goomba's case, though, I wasn't sure if those feelings around Persona had anything to do with possibly telling people to Play A Real Shin Megami Tensei Game and such...

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HotGoomba

CANOEberry wrote:

I think a proper, mainline P5 or Persona Direct would be a real crowd-pleaser... don't you agree? I mean, that game might be more emblematic of the Quest for Ports than Mother 3.

Don't get me wrong, Persona 5 on Switch would be amazing, and I would love for it to be announced in the next Direct, or when Nintendo feels like it.

But I do hope that's not it, since
A. Persona has already been announced for other consoles, and we've been waiting for a port for half a decade, so the announcement alone will be less impactful.
2. I do feel like Nintendo has something else up their sleeves for this holiday, because just a Pokemon game and Splatoon 2.5 would be kinda weird. It'll still make money though.

  • It's not Persona Q 😡

What I'm saying is, I hate Atlus just Persona and a couple of other big third-party or indie titles would have Nintendo fans crying on Twitter. Not that a normal Nintendo Direct wouldn't prevent that, but eh. Also none of them are Persona Q or Q2.

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Grumblevolcano

@Slowdive Back in 2020 there were hints of the future of Partner Showcases:

  • July - "More videos in this series will be released this year"
  • August - "More videos in this series will be released this year"
  • September - "More videos in this series will be released this year"
  • October - "Welcome to our last Nintendo Direct Mini Partner Showcase of the year"

So we'll get a good idea of what to expect in the coming months when it airs. Outside Partner Showcases, Splatoon 3 and Indie World seems pretty much guarantees but I feel the next general Direct will come when Nintendo are ready to talk about new hardware.

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HotGoomba

Grumblevolcano wrote:

I feel the next general Direct will come when Nintendo is ready to talk about new hardware.

I think that new hardware would be dropped out of nowhere, like how the Switch was (albeit it was teased as the NX) and the Lite and OLED were announced similarly.

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westman98

I'll eat crow if the next Nintendo Direct is a Partner Showcase.

If the Direct isn't a General Direct, then I could see it being a Mini. The last Direct Mini was in March 2020 (right after Covid pandemic lockdowns started) and it lasted 25 min with both 1st and 3rd party announcements.

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