Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@VoidofLight where they gonna basis the second game story? out of thin air? did you forgot the first game and movie was based on the same plot, without the second Detective Pikachu movie , it make no sense to release Detective Pikachu 2(game).

@VoidofLight Since when has not being a need for a sequel ever stopped Hollywood cashing in on easy sequels?

@Giancarlothomaz Did you uh play the game? It's a very obviously cliff hanger and TPC confirmed they're still making the game. The movie was loosely based on the game.

@FragRed Honestly though lol. But yeah they did cancel it, they're still doing the live-action Netflix series for all we know. I could see them maybe reviving Detective Pikachu 2 (the movie) if the game sells well and has an easy enough plot.

If the next direct is a fire emblem one I will lose my mind. because they keep releasing more fire emblem games where the characters actually commit war crimes, while advance wars still hasn’t come out yet

@Giancarlothomaz Just told you the original game ends on a cliffhanger, with Detective Pikachu 2’s story being a continuation of the original game.

@FragRed Since they’d have to try to get the rights from Gamefreak/Nintendo, who also have to okay the film?

So we're upon The Game Awards today. Lets keep our expectations in check. I can't wait for the Switch "recent releases sizzle reel". Woo!

@Magician Nintendo Switch has games part 2 today at TGA 2022?

At least Geoff Keighley has said that tonight's ceremony will be closer to two hours in length rather than the near three hours it had usually been. I assume he'll be blitzing straight through the lesser awards, mainly the eSports stuff. Fire off three category winners in less than a few minutes or something.

check out the The Game Awards 2022 and Bayonetta Origin:Cereza and the Lost Demon is anounced to Nintendo Switch releasing in march 17

So I didn't even have time to watch the awards show tn. How was it?

@NintendoByNature Nintendo anounced a spin-off of Bayonetta for march next year.

So no Tears of the Kingdom trailer/footage, but Nintendo did unveil that Bayonetta story-book game and show off some Super Mario movie footage. They also won a few awards as well - more than I expected TBH.

Looking at the timing of the reveal trailers for Switch hardware and the next earnings report after it, it looks like if there's new hardware alongside TotK then it's being announced before February 7th (which is a Tuesday):

• Switch - Teaser trailer October 20th 2016, upcoming earnings report October 26th 2016
• Switch Lite - Reveal July 10th 2019, upcoming earnings report July 30th 2019
• Switch OLED - Reveal July 6th 2021, upcoming earnings report August 5th 2021

All the reveals are closer to the upcoming earnings report than the previous earnings report. I'm going with February 1st/2nd for my prediction, that's also just after the NSO Expansion Pack 2x Gold Points offer for everything on the eshop ends.

@Grumblevolcano When you say new hardware, do you mean a limited edition Zelda OLED (yummy!) or something that is an actual upgrade?

@GrailUK Something like a more powerful Switch. I'd guess the idea is that shareholders panic when there's unexplained projection drops so if there is a more powerful Switch in May alongside TotK, Nintendo's hardware projections will drop to take account of people waiting for it. Announcing the more powerful Switch before the earnings report would mean projection drops have a clear reason.

@Grumblevolcano I better start saving up. A more powerful Switch could be expensive; the original one hasn't even come down in price yet lol.

@Grumblevolcano New Switch Hardware isn't happening until 2024 at he earliest. At least, I hope. I don't want to have to buy a new console when I just got a faulty steamdeck for Christmas, and then an OLED for my birthday during the summer, just so I can play TotK like it's advertised.

@Grumblevolcano new hardware like a themed Switch OLED to release along side Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom or the Switch sucessor?@VoidofLight are you sure about that? never say never to next gen hardware releasing next year.

@VoidofLight There’s always going to be a lot of people that buy a console months before next generation is announced, it’s just the way industry works. Nintendo will release it as and when they feel it best to do so. But you won’t need to worry about getting it, if it does release next year, just to play TotK the way it’s advertised because up until now, everything shown is advertised for the current Switch hardware so we know it’ll play well on it.