@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I thought it was but I just haven't really seen it's artstyle so I was just checking it wasn't just some really similar looking character from something else, then I checked their games collection to see if they liked/had the game but they did score some their games but not Celeste. My methods are awful, ineffective and stupid to boot.
@SlashFuture Isn't there normally maintenance to the website or something? I'm personally leaning towards probably not going to be one but cautiously optimistic. That said, you're right there's normally a lot more speculation.
@TeaCatherine Yeah, it's from Celeste. I'm really bad about rating games, especially when it comes to giving them scores. There's too much nuance in discussing them that I can't exactly state why something is a specific score.
@ElRoberico Fair enough, I mean it looks like we both at least actually add the games we own. Who's the other person in the picture, though? (Also, is the game as hard as everyone says it is?)
Edit: Also, does anyone else think she looks like a squirrel?
I'd say if we don't hear anything by tomorrow then the direct isn't happening. Usually Nintendo announces the direct on a Tuesday, and then airs them on Wednesday or Thursday. I never thought the "Direct on the 7th" rumor was credible, given that the 7th was the financial report, so if any day this week was off-limits, it was going to be then.
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Direct starts with Silksong and gives a release date
TotK gets a 10 minute segment in the middle of the Direct (BotW Expansion Pass gets added to NSO Expansion Pack straight after the Direct)
Nintendo related headlines being - XC3 DLC wave 3 (maybe also the story DLC), MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 4, FE Engage DLC wave 2, a new sport coming to Switch Sports, Splatoon 3 Season 3 (maybe also the paid DLC), Sparks of Hope wave 1, more info on Return to Dream Land, more info on Bayonetta Origins, Advance Wars, Pikmin 4
1st party surprise announcements - Golden Sun remake (the 2 GBA games combined into 1 package without the need for passwords), Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U graphics with 3DS content added), Kid Icarus Uprising
3rd party news - A focus on Square Enix and PS3/360 games. So stuff like a demo for Octopath 2, release date for Pixel Remasters, FFXIII trilogy, FF Tactics, DQIII Remake, Left 4 Dead 2, Batman Arkham Collection, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, etc.
@Grumblevolcano Awesome prediction list! I really hope it ends with the Metroid Prime double announcement. Also hope they don’t spend too much of the runtime on TOTK since it’s own dedicated direct is already inevitable. The one other thing I would predict is something Mario related, either the rumored new 2d game, sluggers, or some surprise remaster like galaxy 2 or something. I also think we’ll see the final update for Strikers with 2 more characters and a new mode out of nowhere that’ll actually be really fun, but still not enough to save the game (especially at this stage.)
I also think we’ll see a dedicated amiibo headline where they show us a Deep Cut 3 pack, release dates for Pyra and Mythra, and finally the grand reveal of Sora. If we don’t see the latter I might start to think they couldn’t get the rights, because idk why they’d withhold it this long if not for a grand reveal at a big event like this.
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@Grumblevolcano I think this direct is going to totally blow it out of the water.
TOTK trailer, followed by announcement of standalone direct.
Pikmin 4 gameplay.
New mario platformer (2D maybe?)
And possibly metroid prime 4 stuff
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Yeah, I agree with @Grumblevolcano on the penultimate point, I think there'll be quite a few PS3/360 ports.
Probably Advance Wars will get a release date and...
Some other stuff we can't even begin to guess will happen, there's always at least one surprise.
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But technology doesn't consistently "march on". Refrigerators, violins, toilets, paper clips, nail clippers, and phoroptors are all similar or identical to how they were in 1950. Sometimes a good idea doesn't need to be continuously improved upon.
I think you seriously misunderstand what I'm about if this is your take. Yes there are some things that advances in technology don't really touch much or at all even within the gaming space. Stuff like speakers and buttons but even stuff like rumble, gyro and accelerometers. Then there's a second category of things that is changing rapidly but doesn't really impact. Like newer standards of WiFi, Multi-Gig Ethernet, the push for resolutions beyond 4K, Dolby Atmos etc. More broadly I'd also put things like wireless peripherals + Audio in this second category
....... but then there's a third category. Things where there is both a rapid advancement in technology in things that could have a significant impact. And I think you know full well that's the type of change I meant. OLED screens, HDR, VRR, "AI" acceleration. The pace at which flash storage has become cheaper per GB and per MB/s. The improvements in battery density and component power efficiency. We also happen to now be on the other side of the chip shortage where component manufacturers are crashing out the other side
Nintendo is in the business of selling games, games are a rendered product. They can only ignore the advancements in that space for so long. Eventually they will release a new hardware revision of some kind, whether that's an entirely new platform or something that exists "within Switch". It's just inevitable. To pretend it isn't is to ignore (gestures at the entire history of the industry)
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