Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Grumblevolcano Yeah who knows, maybe we'll get lucky and get a double showing again September, I'm just thinking if it comes between a General Direct and and Indie, I'm thinking likely General.

@Grumblevolcano with Splatoon 3 heavy marketing, i expect the tradicional septembre Nintendo Direct maybe at the end of the month or early octobre.

I'm feeling very petty so I just want to point out that I've not forgotten that one Nintendo Direct early last year where people said it wasn't good when they literally showed quality game after quality game for 40 minutes. And then they were all like "at least it had Mario Golf" because they don't actually play games not made by Nintendo.

These people got the Mario Golf game they deserved. I'll continue to enjoy actual games I actually like and not just buy games purely for the brand on it.

Did you guys even remember they showed Neon White? No one even cared about that trailer, its one of the best rated games this year now! Life is funny.

The Direct likely will be in September 2022.

If the direct does end up happening on the first I'm gonna be so happy cause it's my birthday

@kkslider5552000

I...I cared...

Apparently a Jeff Grubb leak came out
He says week of September 12th and we're getting Windwaker + TP remasters and a Metroid Prime Trilogy remaster

If this is true it means my hunch that it was happening very early September was wrong :,(
Windwaker and Twilight Princess remasters would be great though, I'll have most of my favorite games on the same console!

If we're getting WW/TP it has to be like right now. They can't release it any later if botw2 is spring of 2023.

@NintendoByNature Yeah that was my thought, no one would have enough time to finish both of them. It just seems like they probably need to cover their promised "Zelda every year" quota that they would've met had Botw 2 released, so they're gonna pull this one out of their back pocket instead. Hopefully it does release soon though... I need to finish up Xenoblade 3 and if those release I can't not replay them.

@FroZtedFlakerZz yea, I'm about half-ish through XC3. And I still have to play all those September and October releases that are slated. It'll be tough to squeeze WW/TP game sessions in, but I'd make it work.

God this Pokemon news throws everything out of wack doesn't it. We'll most likely get a trailer tomorrow....which would be the usual time a general Direct is announced....meaning that the general timeframe that a Direct happens (first week of September) isn't happening. This only really leaves next week as our possible time for a Direct due to Tokyo Game Show happening the week after (Nintendo tends to show something from their previous Direct off there from what I understand).....but then that gets complicated when stuff like Ubisoft Forward and a possible Playstation showcase are also happening at that time.

I'm not complaining about Pokemon news in the slightest (I can't wait to see our first aye aye Pokemon) but it would be nice to have a Direct sooner rather than later. Then again, they might throw an even bigger curveball and chuck the Pokemon trailer into a general Direct but what do I know.

Turns out Push Square had the date of the Disney and Marvel Showcase wrong. It's September 9th, not September 15th so the usual general Direct slot on that day is currently free.

I thought the latest thinking from Jeff Grubb etc was that Metroid Prime 1 was getting more of a remake than a remaster and that the other two games in the trilogy would follow at a future date?

@MarioBrickLayer The word remake suggests that some fundamental changes would be made to a game's systems, while a remaster is usually just a touch-up for the presentation or the re-inclusion of previously cut content. MP1 on Switch will probably be little more than a graphical update.

@Magician It would be good to get definitions everyone agreed with! What I have seen from the usual commentators is that Metroid Prime 2 and 3 would end up with something similar to Skyward Sword - port + cleaned up graphics + enhanced controls. But the talk for the past 12 months has been that Metroid Prime 1 is getting more than that, maybe not a completely ground up remake but it was going to be much more than a port + minor enhancements. Either way, I'll be getting it!

@Magician this article has some quotes:-

https://www.eurogamer.net/metroid-prime-1-remaster-reportedly...

"In the past, this is something I'd heard was in the works," Grubb explained, "they have things happening with that game. Now I’ve been told that their plans are to release that game this holiday - I think almost certainly to line up with the 20th anniversary in November."
As for the other currently released games in the Metroid Prime series, Grubb added that versions of Metroid Prime 2 and 3 for Switch are also "pretty much done", but will likely drop "later along the road".
However, it sounds like only Metroid Prime 1 will be getting the "big remaster treatment", with Grubb noting that while its sequels may see the likes of updated controls on Switch, they won't be getting "quite the same overhaul".

@MarioBrickLayer Much like Live A Live, Pac-Man World: Re-Pac, or Diablo II: Resurrection. MP1 is being dropped into a new game engine. Which qualifies as a remake for some folks. Not me though. Those games are still the same, just touched up. By comparison Resident Evil 2, Trials of Mana, and Link's Awakening qualify as remakes.

@Grumblevolcano
Nintendo has never held a Direct or any formal presentation on a Friday (Saturday in Japan).

@westman98 @Grumblevolcano

What about the Animal Crossing: NH Direct back on October 15th? That was a Friday.

@westman98 September 15th is a Thursday, the point was that I thought the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase was on September 15th during the usual general Direct time so a general Direct wouldn't happen then. But it's not the 15th, it's the 9th so the 15th is free.