@Professor_Plumber Given Persona 3 Reload listings for Switch at retailers but not in the updated trailer, it does seem like Direct is imminent. Either a Mini/Partner Showcase shadow dropped today or a general Direct announced today for airing tomorrow.
I always knew a partner direct would be the case instead because of Nintendo’s absence from E3 and Summer Fest. I honestly don’t care about what Nintendo has to offer if they don’t have anything to offer past Pikmin 4. I’ll keep plugging away at TOTK most likely. The only thing I care about is a Genealogy Of The Holy War remake, which is inevitable since it comes after Valentia/New Mystery Of The Emblem. I just hope it’s out at some point…
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@Professor_Plumber Yes, general Directs are announced the day before (usually at 3pm UK time) meanwhile Direct Mini and Partner Showcase are usually shadow dropped at 3pm UK time with no prior warning.
So if the Persona 3 Reload Switch retailer listings mean anything for this week, we're looking at a Mini/Partner Showcase.
I could be wrong but I'm doubting that Persona 3 Reload is coming to Switch.
Why would Nintendo/Atlus hold back the announcement of that for a Direct but not Tactica? Makes no sense to me.
I think the more likely scenario here is that it simply isn't coming to Switch and that the retailer listing was just an assumption/mock up and not indicative of something actually happening.
Supposedly that retailer also had a listing for a physical version of Alan Wake II, which we know isn't happening...
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At this point, after the third time Nintendo direct has trended on twitter this month, the online Nintendo community are losing it again. I swear, Directs are their version of grabbing a needle and pumping drugs into their bloodstream. They are addicted and spoiled for directs. I remember the clickbait videos last year saying that after the partner direct last year, “This will be THE END of Nintendo! The WORST direct they’ve ever done!” Nintendo won’t collapse overnight if they rely on DLC and third party games comprising the summer releases. Honestly, this is embarrassing. Thankfully, Nintendo life users are very patient and understanding of how exactly Nintendo functions. We have much more realistic expectations and don’t assume things and rumors and twist them into fact. And then there is twitter and YouTube, where people would probably go as far as to start killing themselves if they don’t get a direct on the exact day and month and time every single year. Unbelievable. PS: this is a less extreme example of what I’ve seen, but why should Nintendo announce their fall/winter lineup IN THE MIDDLE OF JUNE. These social media users lack brain cells it seems. For the record, that’s what September directs are for.
@Professor_Plumber what Nintendo probably plans to do is sustain the period after Pikmin 4 with twitter drops like Wave 5 and third party content from a partner direct next month. That’s what they did last year and it worked out in the end
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Not being focused on a long single player game is what got me really caught up in the Direct timing speculation game. Wave 5 was the key thing I was holding out for regarding not playing TotK after I finished Return to Dream Land Deluxe as I was certain it would've been announced by now. But enough time has passed that I'm not sure I even want to play TotK prior to Pikmin 4. That Ghost Trick demo was so fantastic and the FF announcements makes me want to prioritize playing FFX over TotK.
There's also the situation that the handling of TotK spoilers has been done so well. Somehow I still know very little about the game (not much outside the official Nintendo reveals up to and including the April trailer) so it can wait.
@Professor_Plumber he vanished, huh? Come to think of it, I haven’t seen him in a while, a month maybe. I didn’t want to assume he was the real Switchforce, but he made it painfully obvious that he probably was when he would argue with Skywake in the leaks and rumors forum about showing your face on a YouTube camera to back up your point or whatever. That made me believe it’s most likely the real Switchforce
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YouTubers all have their own ways to get viewers; fundamentally they are entertainers and speculating wildly on YouTube is no worse than us doing it here.
That said, I am predicting a 47 second long micro-direct. Switch sound Pikmin 4 is still a thing! And did you know you can buy new TotK amiibo?? 20 second sizzle reel.
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