Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I don't even care with smash bros games.
The next Switch 2 should have ARMS 2 or something like Go Vacation with better QoL.

Hah, yeah, I know I was stretching the term with Donkey Kong. We at least have 2 games with Donkey Kong in the title even though one is not actually a Donkey Kong game and one was a pretty no-frills port. But tbh I sort of count the movie too... being one of the main characters in an extremely popular movie shows DK is very much alive and also definitely not forgotten by Nintendo.

And I totally forgot about Kawashima's Brain Training, thank you. Considering the smaller franchises I didn't put on the list such as Endless Ocean, it's kind of impressive how many active franchises Nintendo juggles and exists on Switch. Even if there are a few notable absences.

Looks like Pyoro's about to kick off

@Fizza The bird is out of his cage! XD

@Nintoz technically what they said so far could translate to either 'detect definitely this week' or 'direct definitely not this week'. 😛

@FishyS Oh haha that's helpful😅
I just thought it read 'Nintendo Direct'

@Nintoz It said Nintendo direct where?

We should add spoiler tags once actual information comes. 😝

@skywake I think you're underestimating how many games fans of more casual IPs buy. Sure they might not be buying Zeldas, Metroids, or maybe even Marios, but if they have a switch lying around genres like Visual Novels, Party Games, Fitness Games, and some of the more casual focused platformers (Peach, Yoshi, Kirby), and the oddballs like Tomodachi, Nintendogs, etc all likely draw a significant portion of their sales from people who picked up the system for AC or Pokemon. The genres sold to those sort of fans may differ, but I haven't seen any evidence anecdotal or otherwise that they're generally not buying other games at all. In fact, the games sold to hardware ratio is ridiculously high on Switch compared to most other systems historically, which would suggest that Pokemon / AC fans did generally go on to buy other games.

And the Switch Lite is hardware. Sure Metroid / Zelda are better for moving the top tier hardware, but the topic was hardware in general. And interestingly, this generation the low tier Switch Lite didn't take off anywhere near as well as the OLED. A ton of fans who got Pokemon / AC had to have gotten the OG / OLED Switch, just looking at how software sales for those games outpaced Switch Lite hardware sales.

@Nintoz WAIT HE CHIRPED ???!!!

@OctolingKing13 Pyoro basically just said 'where is Nintendo Direct?' in Japanese. People are trying to figure out if that means the direct is this week and Pyoro is about to give details or if it is a taunt towards the other leakers who claimed it is Tuesday, saying they are wrong.

Normally people would guess in the comments and Pyoro would confirm by liking the correct responses but since Twitter has removed the ability to see Pyoro's likes.... who knows.

@link3710
I don’t think I’d classify Pokemon buyers as “casual.”

I think “casual” just means people who don’t prioritize gaming a ton of time every week, borderline might not even touch their Switch for a week at a time. I’m sure some of them buy a decent number of games, but it’s weird to try and argue that the majority of casual gamers buy as many games as people like us.

You really have to come up with some tortured rhetoric and logic to make that seem true. It’s just logical that people who don’t prioritize gaming won’t buy as many games.

@FishyS I think when he says stuff like this it's usually with the tone of 'Where is Nintendo Direct? 😉'

I think Pyoro's got to a point now where he'll only make a tweet (or a chirp) when absolutely necessary at the right time. He wouldn't want to let down the army of fans he gained I suppose!

@Nintoz maybe, but Pyoro also really likes to taunt other leakers who are wrong. In fact their other tweet today was doing nothing but taunting Midori.

@Novamii Midori was (apparently) some American dude pretending to be a Japanese woman. Still a leaker obviously. Anyways, lots of real life drama intersecting online personas with some mild doxxing and harassment and that account doesn't exist anymore. I didn't follow all the details, but it sounds not fun.

The conversation comes up with Pyoro because some people think they are also pretending to be Japanese. Not that it really matters.

Cheers for the heads-up @Nintoz! You lot better be putting any potential info they say in spoiler tags or I'll be very miffed XD

Pretty sure Pyoro's tweet means something is happening this week, normally when they inform us something isn't happening they say so directly and in a reply rather than in its own tweet. I daresay its time to get hyped.

(Pyoro) what does what he said mean exactly?

Also how does it taunt Midori?

it's a different Pyoro tweet taunting Midori. Not direct related. Note that a lot of Pyoro's tweets are things like 'delete your account' to would-be leakers. Pyoro is accurate but no one ever accused them of being polite.

For the main tweet, it kind of says... nothing at all 😆 Technically it is just asking when the direct is. We will need to wait for follow-ups if there are any. The ambiguity is driving the famiboards crazy, it's kind of funny to watch.

@FishyS I didn’t see any other Pyoro quotes, I probably missed it!

Now we wait for a follow-up, I guess. I’m just glad to see Pyoro finally showing some activity.

@rallydefault Well no duh, but I'm not talking about casual gamers, I'm talking about gamers who buy systems for more casual oriented games, there's a difference. The main point I'm refuting is that Pokemon and AC don't count as system sellers. Like yes, they aren't aimed at so-called core gamers, but there's a lot of room for various types of gamers in-between hyper-casual and core gamers that those series attract.

@link3710
Oh, you're not talking about hamburgers, you're talking about ham on burgers. Got ya.

Yea, Pokemon is and always has been a system seller.

I don't know if I agree with you on Animal Crossing, though. I mean, it's always done well on the handhelds, but its sales on Wii and Gamecube were like... Metroid-level, basically. A few million.

New Horizons is a freak, though - I'm not sure I'd base long-term "system seller" status of the franchise on a game that came out at the "perfect" time. So yea, that one definitely sold some Switches, but the circumstances of that era were so out of the ordinary.