Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

There were quite a few games I was interested in from that, Yars Rising and Antonblast being the highlights. But it did make me think about the discussion earlier in this thread about opportunities for Nintendo to bring back more smaller franchises while Switch is still the current console.

@FishyS Of course I doubted it would be shown but I for one love taking unhealthy amounts of copium!

I did a quick scan over the thumbnails on YT.

Nothing jumped out at me.

Can't wait for that June / E3-is-dead Direct.

@Magician Are we even going to get one this year? I'm skeptical. We've only had an E3-is-dead Direct once which was last year, all other times we've had a June Direct it was at E3. And this year especially seems like a year for Nintendo to skip June. They don't seem to have enough planned to release in the Fall for a full Direct, they probably only have like, 2 or 3 remakes/remasters left to announce before next gen and they probably don't think that's enough to carry a full Direct, they'll probably just Twitter drop them. I think the most we're getting in June is a Partner Showcase. The first party news drought looks like it's going to continue into the Fall which is likely when they're going to fully reveal the Switch 2.

I reckon we'll get a Direct sooner than later to be honest. Nintendo aren't falling asleep at the wheel this year.

I dont consider the partner showcase and indie world this year major directs, so this drought continues to be long

@OctolingKing13 I wouldn't be surprised if we don't get our next traditional Direct until February. Although I'm expecting the Switch 2 presentation to be in the Fall so it would technically be 17 months but feel more like 12.

@OctolingKing13 So far the 3 longest general Direct droughts are:
1. 532 days (September 4th 2019 - February 17th 2021)
2. 216+ days (September 14th 2023 - April 17th 2024 and ongoing)
2. 216 days (February 9th 2022 - September 13th 2022)

It's so baffling that Nintendo fans are so negative and delusional... It's still only april! We has seen this situation so many times during the "Switch-era" which in the end turned into an amazing year despite of that "everyone" wrote off the year already during the first months of the year.

It's usually a lot calmer compared with the 2nd half with Switch. It's so strange that people here and on other Nintendo sites are panicking so easily when Nintendo doesn't has one game on one month, while the poor PS5 doesn't gets that many new games, yet not many complains about it.

Seriously Nintendo has NEVER supported that much on a console that late into its life-cycle as Switch. They usually "stops" supporting in half ways, like with SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii etc...I has experienced every of Nintendo's console generations since NES. We knows absolutely nothing after may-2024. Just don't write off before it's 100% confirmed.

Nintendo fans are the most negative in the gaming, 100%. Nothing excites them unless it's about one single certain game, otherwise everything are trash then.
Meanwhile the Playstation fanbase gets overexcited about a PS5 remaster of a late PS4 game... even if they're not intending to actually buying it, or has zero interest in the game/genre, they're just happy for the sake of others. They supports Sony in every weather.

The Nintendo fanbase has so much to learn from others.

@Novamii It's hard to prove or disprove rumours but they aren't going to exhaust their schedule before they announce a new slate of titles. That's not how you keep 150 million Switch users happy campers lol. I think there is just far too much over reaction on the net. Of course Silksong wouldn't be in the Indie Direct. Of course Nintendo are going to announce new stuff. It just feels to me like folk whining about a quiet year etc are just throwing their toys out of the pram because daddy hasn't given them a new toy yet.

@Bolt_Strike no please don’t say that 😔
@Grumblevolcano thanks for the info! hopefully we get our June direct and this doesn’t surpass the longest drought

@Keman Finally...a grounded human being on the forum!

It was a great direct if you're a cat lover.

@Keman I do partially agree. I was never angrier at Nintendo fans than when the first Direct of I think 2021 happened, and it was almost nothing but awesome games (even the games that didn't seem hype turned out to be awesome!) and people tried to undersell it as mid. Inexcusable. Nintendo's been on an incredible winning streak, and barring a handful of specific issues, mostly in just a handful of specific games, anyone who denies that should be ignored. I lived through the Wii U, even as someone who liked it, its impossible to overstate the difference. No your subjective opinions don't matter compared to game droughts followed by Amiibo Festival. I genuinely could never buy a new system again and never run out of quality games to buy in my life just based on what is on the Switch.

However, Sony's failings at putting out first party games has in fact made parts of the fanbase meltdown, I saw it, it was funny. Also Sega has Sonic fans, nuff said.

And then you've got Microsoft's fans, who are doomer central at the moment.

For all the grumbling, Nintendo's fanbase seems far and away the most positive of the big three at the moment.

To be fair, given Nintendo's success at the moment, Snoy and Microsoft fans are quick to point out the Switch isn;t the primary console for a lot of people. So maybe we have just adopted a lot of Sony and Microsoft fans lol.

@GrailUK I feel like pretty much every one here's been fairly grounded lately tbh... just a bunch of dedicated fans wishfully thinking about the future in a thread designed for us to do so. The typical "grounded person" lectures that imply we actually think there's nothing to play on switch and that the world's gonna end because of that are kind of unnecessary right now imo.

I dunno why everyone gets excited for the indie Directs. After they have finished, everyone including myself just jumps onto the forums to say how underwhelming they were. Nintendo always seems to get the left overs that Sony or Microsoft didn’t want to promote.

The Indie Direct just now was quite good.
There are some indie games I have interest about.
The peoples who reacted negatively with indie games probably only thinking games like Zelda or Metroid are the only one to play and consider the other games are trash.

@OctolingKing13 It's a scenario you should be mentally prepared for even if I do end up being wrong. Definitely a scenario where you should expect the worst and be pleasantly surprised if it happens sooner.