Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Could this be a hint that a Direct is coming soon?

@dionysos283
As much as E3 is dead and there's no reason to go big for this time of the year anymore I think we do still get the big mid-year Direct. So yeah, I think that news about Mario Kart 8 DLC is something that'll be in there. Probably not TOO much else but. I know it's almost a meme at this point but, I feel like the tail end of this year would be a good time for Wind Waker HD or similar.... although I would personally hope for something more along the lines of an Oracle of Seasons/Ages HD

@Professor_Plumber
Going backwards in time with E3 Directs? Yeah, should be fun seeing you go back into the Wii U era. With that said, I honestly quite liked the Wii U era for Directs. At the time I never really felt like they were quite as bad as people made out. Now the late Wii era E3 showcases on the other hand.....

@dionysos283 I'm leaning more towards a standalone announcement of wave 5. I feel wave 5 will be announced before June 8th because of the Tour side of things (Waluigi Mii outfit tease resulting in GCN Waluigi Stadium announced for Tour on June 8th and Nintendo has always had at least 1 track exclusive to the Booster Course Pass at all times) but next week is Summer Game Fest and the final MH Rise digital event.

Which leaves 3 options in my mind:
1. General Direct announced today for airing tomorrow (would be odd given the mention of "soon" in the tweet)
2. Wave 5 is announced on its own
3. The Waluigi Mii outfit tease turns out to not be a Waluigi Mii outfit and is instead a different purple Mario character (I've seen some speculation it could be Swoop instead as its wings are purple) so GCN Waluigi Stadium remains exclusive to the pass for at least 2 more weeks

If it's point 2 I don't think we'll see a general Direct this summer given how the Booster Course Pass has appeared in every general Direct since its existence. But if it's point 3, I could see a general Direct in late June/early July.

I really liked the puppet Star Fox Direct so I will declare Wii U era Directs as the best ones.

I expect a Direct in June, possibly shadowdropping Metroid Prime 2/3 and announcing MP4 for Holiday season or 2024.

Nintendo can't ride on Pikmin 4 alone until September.

@cchhaasseerr August is traditionally dead for video games. It's the summer.

@GrailUK I am talking about announcements rather than releasing something big in the Summer. Apart from Pikmin they have nothing to keep people interested in Nintendo.

@cchhaasseerr Well, I hope you are right. Whilst it's not like they will release Pikmin 4 without a fanfare, I don't expect a Direct till September. But like I keep saying, I am always wrong and happy to be surprised. Either way, the next Direct is either going to be amazing because everything will be new or increase speculation on new hardware because it's mostly dlc lol.

Everyone forgetting and/or dismissing the Baten Kaitos I & II HD remaster should be ashamed.

Pffft, fair-weather fans.

@Magician I have my pre order already. I tend to forget about it until it's in my mitts

Definitely not going to be a Direct this week. I still think we won’t get one until September but will get some kind of shadow drop announcements. Probably a bunch of smaller games or ports/remasters which wouldn’t be hype enough for a Direct.

Yeah I think we'll get a game or two announced for August/September on Twitter, as well as Wave 5 of the Mario Kart DLC and the Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC, the latter of which I think will launch alongside the next content season in September just in time for the game's anniversary.

The rest of the year will get announced in the September Direct.

@cchhaasseerr I come bearing news from two months in the future, and let me say this:

I’m so sorry

Why do people assume Nintendo will drop everything they want them to anyways? Prime 1 doesn’t automatically confirm the other two. If it did, then the whole trilogy would have been put on the switch. Prime 4 is also a giant maybe. People have been saying that game will come every single year since it’s announcement.

My predictions for the June - September Nintendo lineup

• June - MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 5, Metroid Prime 2
• July - Pikmin 4, Mario + Rabbids DLC 2
• August - Baten Kaitos 1+2, Splatoon 3 Side Order (the next Splatoon season update will be release August 31st)
• September - Metroid Prime 3, MK8 Deluxe DLC wave 6

@Grumblevolcano This is pretty realistic. But the prime games are a maybe. If they other two games are to be remastered, it would probably take two more years before we see them again. If Nintendo simply wishes to port them, than they could pop up here and there. Prime 3 has Wiimote exclusive Controls, so it would take longer than the first two games to put on switch. I dearly hope people aren’t rushing the other two prime games, the controls still need to be adjusted for switch. Skyward Sword HD wasn’t released within a small timeframe, as we know. The other two prime games will have their time taken.

@TheBigBlue The same person who leaked Metroid Prime Remaster also mentioned 2 and 3 are coming at a later date.

I thought it was pretty obvious Nintendo is setting the stage for MP4 by releasing remaster and then Fusion shortly after ... With Zero Mission probably coming there in the upcoming months.

@Grumblevolcano Not sure why Baten Kaitos is on there. That's a Bandai Namco release in its entirety, not a Nintendo release.

Don't think we're getting Prime 2 and 3 anytime soon. I think it'll be Pikmin 4, Mario Kart DLC Wave 5, Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC, and maybe some other 1st party release in September.

I think they push Wave 6 of the Mario Kart DLC to October/November.

I predict Metroid Prime Four (along with the next super Mario title) will be released on the next Switch during it's first year in a similar fashion to what happened with Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey on the Switch.

@IceClimbers

Second party, Switch exclusive. I don't see it listed for other platforms.

@Magician The Baten Kaitos IP is owned by Bandai Namco, not Nintendo. It being Switch exclusive doesn't mean anything. It's a 3rd party exclusive.