Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

My take on the situation is that if @PikminMarioKirby is right about Brothership previews this week, that'll happen tomorrow and hence Switch 2 isn't announced this year. They'll let Jamboree and Brothership pass then do a general Direct to fill in Switch 1 lineup for 1st half of 2025.

@Grumblevolcano I’m confused. Are you saying Nintendo will do a Direct of upcoming first party games in November after Mario & Luigi launches? That doesn’t make any sense. They’d have just done that in the Direct that took place last August.

@Grumblevolcano I feel like after Brothership, it’s too close to the holiday season to have a Direct. They would’ve already released the Holiday games at that point as well. That’s why a September Direct works, since it’s before all the holiday titles from late September to early December.

I think that a Switch 2 announcement is still plausible (not having a September Direct was a bit too suspicious), but if it happens at all it will most likely be the 29/30 of October. It’s a stretch that it’d happen the same week as Mario Party or even the week after, but not completely out of the question.

That being said, I don’t think Nintendo will go without a Direct/Switch 2 presentation this quarter. Obviously February-April and the rest of 2025 is really empty, so it’s extremely likely we’re hearing something before Brothership, whether it be about a new console or a general Direct (although as I said before I think a new console reveal is more likely)

@FragRed The way I was looking at it is that if Switch 2 was being announced next year, Nintendo may want to announce the pre-Switch 2 lineup for Switch 1 before Switch 2 is announced. A mid November Switch 1 general Direct could act as essentially the merging of a theoretical September Switch 1 general Direct with a February Switch 1 general Direct which would make more space for the Switch 2 reveal.

Well... I guaranteed you a video presentation, Nintendo have given us a video presentation, and what recognition do I get?

@Grumblevolcano Unless Metroid Prime 4 gets a pre-Switch 2 release, I think we are only getting what we know about already and it’ll be pretty dry up until the Switch 2 releases

@FragRed You're expecting an approximately 8 month game drought in the outcome Switch 2 gets announced next year?

@gcunit has a 100% track record. Got any more inside info for us?

On a different note, RGG Studio just announced there'll be a physical release for Yakuza Kiwami:

Y'know... I feel like I should've know that the announcement they stopped tweeting over would be something silly, but I didn't.

SMH, we're not seeing the Switch 2 until 2025, are we? If they're revealing a freaking alarm clock now I don't think they have plans to reveal a next gen console that will CERTAINLY overshadow it anytime soon.

@PikminMarioKirby Allow me some time to... make a few enquiries... and I'll see what I can come up with 😉

Could you imagine that? 8 months. The Wind Waker/Twilight Princess-ers and the Metroid Prime 2 & 3-ers will be going absolutely insane.

@gcunit I’m definitely one of those 😂 especially when it comes to WW, as we just got a 2D Zelda with no new 3D game in sight for a while. Should Nintendo skip on WW/TP next year, I’ll be confused (and a little sad).

@Grumblevolcano

Fair to assume Limited Run and Sega are just ironing out details.

My angry predictions that we still get more mostly Switch 1 releated Directs, because I now predict both PL:Z-A and Switch 2 won't come till late Summer of 2025 or even later now, nice one Pokémon Company and especially Nintendo by revealing a Physical Clock instead of Switch Successor..!
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Oh, interesting!

@Tayrailbridge The last NSO related playtest I recall was Switch Sports back in 2022 in which you had to sign up to stress test the servers in February before the game launched in April but that was base NSO, not Expansion Pack.

First thing that comes to mind with the announcement is online matchmaking so maybe like you'd be able to play N64 and GBA games with random people rather than just your friends list. The downside of this idea is the timing of the test is too close to Jamboree, would the ability to play Mario Party 1-3 with random people distract people from Jamboree?

lol, the "they can't do two things at once" argument in tatters

WOO! THIS MUST BE IT GUYS! THIS IS THE TRUE SWITCH 3 THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!!! Nintendo Switch Online 4!!!!