Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@MarkL1987 I'm on about the announcements, those Direct announcements were at 9am eastern:

Those were announced with more than 24 hours notice, though. Most Directs are usually announced exactly 24 hours ahead of time

Could it be announced tomorrow, or is that off the table and this week is a no go? I read some outlets (like Gamerant) speculating that there is a connection between the Direct and a potential drop or two from Xbox (Hi Fi being one). Given the chaos Microsoft is managing now, they’re maintaining that Nintendo would follow this along with the update of their own financial report. Others were using this reasoning to think it would happen this week instead, but it’s not looking to be the case.

I’m not saying I believe this, I’m very skeptical actually of this supposed connection. Regardless, I think next week is a reasonable timeframe given March releases, and gives any shadow drops (like a Prime remaster or maybe Luigi 2) time to breathe and enjoy a healthy spike in sales. I place my bets for then, which would be nice, my bday is on the 16th 😅

My hype level has decreased. I know people were just guessing this Wednesday because it was basically the same day as the last 2 years, but now I have no clue whether to expect Thursday, next week, or March.

@Enriesto Wednesday announcement for Thursday airing is normal though if there isn't an announcement by 3pm UK time on Wednesday, there's no Direct that week.

@Grumblevolcano many thanks for the clarification 🙏 I don’t know the patterns of Nintendo in their first shows apart from them normally presenting in February. Here’s hoping we hear soon.

@FishyS The one Twitter account I keep a daily eye on, Pyoro, has only tweeted about fake rumours so unless they no longer have access to details I just assume there wasn’t a Direct for this week.

I mean Nate IS Pyoro and he is basically the only insider I trust.
So for me a Nintendo Direct on 14th/15th is basically confirmed. Looking forward to it ☺️

The 14/15th you say? So close to my birthday… One of these years it will happen

It's next week for sure this time! Like... definitely. For real. We're not desperate!

Of course not! We are never desperate! Why should we be when we are so good at predicting this stuff?

We get a direct but the monkey's paw curls and its just a direct dedicated to the Mario Vs DK game.

Remember when it used to be people posted rumours of when a direct would happen based on Amazon untitled listings? Now it’s just us looking at social media accounts and trying to determine which maybe legit and using the alignment of the stars and moon to calculate mathematically whether there’s a potential for an announcement. They were simpler times.

Nintendo should mess with all our expectations and have a direct on Saturday.

3pm UK time has passed and no Direct announcement so we know for sure it's not happening this week then.

I was hoping for next week since I don't have work then. Fingers crossed.

Yeah, I can buy this timeline. Maybe a tad later on the Switch 2 reveal, but in general I wouldn't be surprised if this turns out to be true.

I just want a direct 😭please pyoro or somebody pls speak up

I doubt it'll be a Partner Showcase - that really doesn't make sense for this time of the year, especially since nothing has a release date after March - but I think a Direct Mini is feasible. We need more info on the TTYD remake, a date for Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, we only have one game left for the NSO Expansion Pass that was previously teased in a Direct, Metroid Prime 4 appears to be ready to show because of Retro partnering with a trailer-creation company, and we'll likely see at least one announcement for a smaller project to pad out the April-June lineup. Additionally, I'm not convinced they'll even have enough third-party announcements to carry a Direct, considering we're already hearing that third-party games are being reserved for the successor (namely Persona 3 Reload and Metaphor ReFantazio). There's definitely something to show, especially because we know Nintendo sometimes finishes games and then waits to release them for months, or even more than a year. They could have most of their resources working on games for the Switch's successor and still have a handful of games prepared for the Switch. But it's easy to see them not having much to announce no matter what - they just definitely have some things to say.

If Nintendo were to go the quieter route, they could have it that TTYD releases in May and LM2 releases in July. That would mean a TTYD release date wouldn't have to be announced until March.