Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Magician He at first didn’t seem like a clout chaser to me with his behavior, but I thought and realized that a lot of people become leakers in the first place to get clout and to achieve a sense of power over others. It looks like to me that a couple of them don’t have a real purpose for doing it. Some leakers just make up info too in order to get attention, which is just malicious and not smart.

People in the article are talking about how the journalist is in the wrong because it broke "integrity," as if Pyoro didn't just walk into that. Leakers never do interviews with Journalists. That's flying too close to the sun and revealing your source to anyone is a mistake. It will get published and you will be held accountable for doing so. It's why a good number of legit leakers are people who leak once and then never pop back up. They don't want the attention on them, and it makes sense.

When you step back for a second all of these leaks are in some way asking for trouble. Either you're a contracted employee in which case leaking almost surely breaches your contract and risks your job. Which isn't illegal but it's definitely dumb. Or you're getting it via some other means which inevitably means a breach of some kind of security. Which is clearly illegal

Of course if the thing you were leaking was something like bad workplace culture or shady corporate behaviour? Then I think that's something that should clearly be protected. Both by the law and also any press reporting on it. But when leaking a game........ nope, no sympathy for whatever comes your way

@skywake Agreed. If its something done in order to help speak out on issues workers are facing, then that should be treated with proper protections for that individual. People like Midori and Pyoro though? I don't feel sympathy for the trouble they got themselves into. They should've been smarter if they didn't want to get caught.

@VoidofLight Leaking stuff is a really risky “job” to have, given it gets you in a lot of trouble with companies and some people might want your head and reveal details on you, which is what I saw with the lead up to Midori being revealed as a guy roleplaying as a Japanese woman. Those two are pretty much open to getting sued if they get found out more, and being a somewhat big person or influencer on the worldwide web can get you tangled into a lot of issues like they are right now. Was it really worth it for them to be leaking all that stuff and achieving clout and attention that got them busted in the end? Probably not, but there could be a chance that they feel satisfied with the clout they got.

I honestly think I’m done reading on game leaks and rumors now, given I’m now starting to realize how awful leakers act and how they spoil big surprises, some of which I actually was looking forward to. Bet you that the person that leaked the new Zelda game and Mario and Luigi: Brothership on ResetEra is going to go away almost immediately in order to not get into any legal troubles.

@Pastellioli Yeah I feel like this is the big shift in leaking culture as a whole. The stuff going on with Midori and Pyoro is starting to open people's eyes up to what leakers truly are. Just people with massive egos that need to be fed. I hope those two sort of deter other prominent leakers from rising.

@VoidofLight I'm not as hopeful. This is just part of the cycle. We'll have a few years of this, then a new crop of gamers (especially teens who weren't in the scene for this round) will start following the next crowd of leakers and it'll happen all over again. It's like how early Switch era had minimal leakers following the mess that was Smash 4 leaks.

Though, at least this time I don't think any big name leakers have been left standing. Even Emily Rogers has been quiet since the Fire Emblem Unite leak, and I thought she'd never give it up. PapaGenos is the only name I still see regularly and he's... well spotty track record is an understatement. I think the Zelda thing was the first thing I've seen that he's been unambiguously correct on.

@link3710 Papa Genos isn't really a leaker from my understanding. Just a youtuber who gets emails with people saying "This is happening." At least from the bit I've seen in the past.

@link3710 In terms of big leakers, there really isn’t any, and a lot of them just seem to be journalists rather than actual leakers. Everyone considers people like Jason Schreier and Tom Henderson to be “leakers,” but they are video game news journalists working for big companies and I do not see them as leakers because of their jobs. A lot of the other “leakers” are usually just semi-popular YouTubers usually being told info from iffy sources and “leakers” or are just random people online.

@PikminMarioKirby @FishyS All the 1st party games from the Direct are now on the eshop. It does seem like the delay was catching out leakers then.

Reading some of the posts in this thread, it looks like a bunch of leakers careers are going to potentially have their careers in jeopardy then. I am a bit surprised it took a while for the crackdown on leakers to happen, but now that I think about it, catching leakers is probably really difficult.

Hopefully a bunch of exciting stuff is now kept
under wraps now, since leaks have ruined surprises a bunch by making them known too early, especially before big video game events and presentations. On a somewhat unrelated note, I remember reading a random wiki page and watching a video on Smash Ultimate leaks over the years, and gosh, I didn’t realize that a ton of surprises for the game got spoiled way too early…

@Grumblevolcano Yeah I think that's probably the reason why. I don't see any other reason to wait only a few days to upload it (especially since it's usually same-day)

Next Direct will be all about the Switch 2

You might be right, but if I was having a bet, I would put a very small amount on a Nintendo Direct in September for the current Switch, with a Metroid Prime 2 shadow drop and a few more announcements running into spring 2025.

@Sir_Axeman but before that the reveal must happen, because they never revealed console via Nintendo Direct aka they just posts trailer/showcase video and posts all over the media for first reveal instead!

@Sir_Axeman @MarioBrickLayer
Worth noting the 2016 Direct timeline. The equivalent to the Direct we just had would've been the show at E3 2016 and, from what I can tell and remember, that was the last time they had an event with Wii U content. (edit: looking this up they did mention the Wii U at least once after E3 2016 but the one I can find is talking about Skyward Sword being on the Wii U VC. Not sure that counts). But it wasn't the last 3DS event and there were non-Switch Directs after that

Excluding Japan only Directs September had a full direct for 3DS games which included a bunch of new games. Nothing earth shattering but still, new games. The Switch reveal trailer was in October but then November had a Direct for the Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo DLC. Then the Switch special presentation in January (the one with the ice cubes) which was the first direct that was Switch only. But then a few days after they had a Fire Emblem Direct which talked about 3DS, Switch and Mobile

The next Direct was an indies direct immediately before Switch release entirely focused on Swtich.... but then in April they had a full Nintendo Direct that talked about Switch but also 3DS

Was this last Direct the last one that doesn't talk about Switch 2? Maybe. Very possibly. Is it the last one that mentions Switch? Almost surely not. Will the next one be Switch 2 only? ..... maybe, but probably not

@Sir_Axeman I don't think Switch 2 will have been revealed by the time the next Direct happens.

I think we'll get early September Direct with info on Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Mario & Luigi Brotherhood as well as a big segment on Prime 4 with release date at the end of the segment. DKC Returns HD only reappears if they choose to spend time on the theme park expansion or there's a sizzle reel like last September (Tropical Freeze got announced in January 2018 Direct Mini but skipped March 2018 general Direct so that's why I think DK may skip the Direct). 3rd party support, a few new 1st party remaster/remake announcements (including Prime 2+3 as shadow drop) and NSO fills in the rest of the Direct.

predictions for september direct: airs 50 minutes to an hour
-Mario Wonder DLC (Switch)
-Fire Emblem Remaster/Remake (Switch)
Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch)
Donkey Kong Country Wii Remake (Switch)
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom overview trailer (Switch)
FinalFest Announcement
Mario and Luigi Brothership (little trailer)
Switch Successor announcement
3D Mario and Mario Kart teasers
Emio teaser
forgotten land 2 teaser
cross gen metroid prime 4 trailer
one last thing: a glimpse at new animal crossing (they come an average of every 4-5 years, if u include pocket camp)
those are my predictions, most of them are probably just big hopes 😔😔😔😿
anyways im gonna be interested to see grumblevolcanos predictions, theyre usually the most accurate predictors 😸

@OctolingKing13

• Mario Wonder DLC is possible (and it would be a great way to fill in early December) however I think the June Direct was the most likely slot for this to happen, but you never know since Basketball randomly got added to Switch Sports recently!
• Fire Emblem Remake/Remaster I'd say is pretty likely. Perhaps a February release?
• Super Mario Party Jamboree seems pretty much guaranteed, since they're hinting at more game modes, and possibly more unannounced characters. I am personally very excited for this game and can't wait to hear more! (please bring Koopa Kid back!). My guess is that we'd get a pretty long look, assuming this game doesn't get it's own presentation!
• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD could get some short trailer not unlike the multiplayer/scarescraper trailer for Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, probably a pretty short look.
• Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom will most likely get a trailer, however I don't think it'll be the overview trailer. I think the overview trailer could come out somewhere between the Nintendo Direct and the game's release date.
• I don't know much about modern Splatoon but FinalFest definitely seems possible for the Direct unless they wanted to have it before the Nintendo Direct.
• M&L Brothership will probably get a somewhat long look, since we don't know too much about the game as of yet and we probably won't get another trailer until the Direct happens.
• The announcement to the Nintendo Switch Successor will probably happen at some point between August-October or possibly even January/March if it's coming later than we're thinking, however I don't think it'll be at the Direct as hardware is usually revealed separately.
• 3D Mario & Mario Kart are certainly possible, but I am not expecting both. I think 3D Mario is more likely as that's probably the launch title, but either is possible (especially with how anticipated both games are!). Imagine if the Direct ends with 'and we have more thing. Please take a look' and then the screen turns black, and then all it shows is Mario's hat. You hear a 'Here we go!' (from Mario) and '2025' appears on the screen. I'd probably scream if that happened!
• Emio is possible, but also depends on it's release. Halloween lands on a Thursday which seems like Nintendo's preferred release day right now, so that'd be the perfect release day! (Although that'd be a week after Mario Party and a week before Mario & Luigi, so having a release 3 weeks in a row would be crazy!) August is pretty much empty right now so that's not a bad option either.
• Kirby Forgotten Land 2?! I'd love that so much! I think we will see a follow up (at least in terms of a new 3D Kirby), but my guess is we'll have to wait until next year to start seeing it. I think some sort of Kirby spin-off is really likely to be here! Or possibly even a remaster/remake?
• We'll likely be given a better launch window for Metroid Prime 4 Beyond, as well as a trailer showing what this game has to offer, but I think it'll just be on Switch (besides potential backwards compatibility) since that's what it's confirmed for, and it wouldn't really be a big selling point for most people for the next console, since Metroid isn't a huge seller compared to many of Nintendo's other franchises.
• Animal Crossing and Luigi's Mansion 4 will likely be some of the earlier titles revealed for Switch's Successor, although I am thinking it is more likely for an announcement during June 2025 or even September 2025 Nintendo Direct. Or a random post saying 'the next Animal Crossing now in development!'

As for the timing of the Direct, I'm guessing somewhere around September 17th to the 19th, but leaning on either 17th or 18th over the 19th.

Sorry if that was really long, those are good predictions and would actually be an outstanding Direct if everything here was shown! Jamboree and Brothership trailers, along with Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Kirby Forgotten Land sequel, and 3D Mario teases, and some Mario Wonder DLC would make a really strong Direct!

My predictions:

• Direct starts with Modern Warfare Remastered (the 2016 remaster of the 2007 game)
• 1st party headlines being Echoes of Wisdom, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Switch Sports, maybe DKC Returns HD
• New 1st party headlines being a Fire Emblem remake, New Leaf HD, LM1 HD
• A spotlight given to Mario & Luigi Brothership considering the Mario & Luigi franchise has been absent for awhile
• Direct ends with Prime 2-4, Prime 4 gets a March 2025 release meanwhile Prime 2+3 is either a shadow drop or a November 2024 release dependent on when Emio releases (my guess is Emio in late August/early September, Prime 2+3 in mid November)
• NSO gets a N64 and GBA roadmap
• As for 3rd party outside of CoD, the only specific prediction I have is a spotlight will be given to a newly announced Square Enix game. In general, the 3rd party side of things looking similar to the June Direct

As is tradition at this point, I think a Sony event will air the same day (both September 2022 and September 2023 did the same thing). Probably a Playstation Showcase which'll reveal the PS5 Pro and Sony's 2025/2026 lineup among other stuff.