Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@VoidofLight yea for sure. Bayo3 got announced in TGA 2017 i believe and we only saw it maybe once or twice before launch if i recall correctly. Although i could be completely wrong. Hoping we get some MP4 info in 2024. If we don't, I'll start buying into the development hell theory for it.

I don't think we would've gotten Prime Remastered last year if Prime 4 is nowhere near reappearing. Nintendo's use of ports/remasters/remakes are generally tactical like preparation for a new entry, celebration of a franchise's anniversary, the Wii U sold poorly, games never released in some regions, etc.

At current it seems the main 1st party Switch ports/remasters/remakes that don't seem to have some kind of specific tactical use are Link's Awakening, Miitopia and TTYD.

@Grumblevolcano TTYD is probably being used to gauge interest in terms of direction for the next big paper mario. The devs are convinced that the original game style wouldn't sell anymore, and this is sort of the chance to prove them wrong.

.... or it's just one of the most well regarded first party GC titles that scales well with little effort and is yet to be ported. When you think about it, TTYD is a very easy win. It's Paper Mario, it already looks decent simply emulated and rendered at 1080p. It's also a fairly meaty title that's fairly well regarded. Low effort, big win

Sometimes a port is just a port

I'm very much in the mood for a Direct sooner rather than later but lol, lmao even XD

@Fizza Wow. Only week two and these daily rumours about from unreliable sources are already doing the rounds.

@FragRed that's how you KNOW the new year is in XD

@skywake Thankfully TTYD isn’t just a port. They fully remade the game.

@Fizza Should have guessed. Big Xbox games coming to Switch is the flavour of the rumour already. They really are going all out for January.

Good ol zippo. I lump him up with Samus hunter and Jeff grubbery

I saw a random YouTube video 'leaking' Wed Feb 7th for the next Direct.

Given that in 2019, 2023, 2022 the February direct was on the second Wednesday and the third Wednesday in 2021 I confidently predict....

One of the first 3 Wednesdays in February. 😝 Unless Valentine's Day bumps it to Feb 13 or 15. If all 5 of those predictions are wrong, I owe a virtual cookie.

As far as the rumors of a January Direct go... I'm not convinced. It's Nintendo, so who knows, but they consistently have them in February.

I'd say first two weeks of February and then Pokemon Presents on February 27th.

Do you think the internet would implode if the Microsoft game that lands on Switch is Halo? Or at this point do you think nobody cares anymore and it'd be a bit "meh". To be clear, I don't think it will be Halo although I think it's not quite as crazy as others might. It could happen I think.... I just wonder if anyone would actually care anymore if it did

@skywake if it was the master chief collection I think people would lose it. If it was, say halo 1, maybe people would say meh, but still buy it.

@skywake I guess it depends on the Halo game. If its the newest one (and if microsoft basically brought it over with black magic), people would probably just be upset with it. If it were the Master Chief Collection, then people would probably be happy.

@skywake I imagine Xbox loyalists would be frothing at the mouth and asking for Phil Spencer's head on a pike.

@skywake I think it would be different dependent on the entry but the things that would stay consistent is MCC port begging if they chose a different game and a massive amount of questioning about if Microsoft is ditching Xbox hardware:

• MCC - Internet implodes with excitement
• Halo 5 - General meh response but PC players would be begging for a PC port (it's the only game in the franchise not on PC)
• Infinite - General meh response (the damage is done)
• Spinoffs (Wars Definitive Edition, Wars 2, Spartan Assault, Spartan Strike) - General meh response but Halo Wars 2 would also result in PC players begging for a Steam version

@Magician Some already are based on nothing but the rumours.