Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

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There's no way this remains a secret once the play test starts. So I think it's fair to assume they'll announce what it is before it starts on the 23rd. And while it's on Switch so by definition not directly Switch 2 I don't think they'd push another significant feature for NSO without Switch 2 being on their mind

Also it being a play test implies that it's network infrastructure related. If it was just something you could test offline they'd test it internally. This is load testing. So it has to be something that involves connectivity

So it's going to be something like online multiplayer for DS on NSO or cloud streaming of some title that's for Switch 2 or possibly some more mundane network service like a new eShop frontend or something

@gcunit How could I forget that Nintendo is bringing back Miiverse?! Tingle would be proud if Nintendo didn't shoot and kill him in the back alley behind their American offices.

@skywake Nintendo did purposely choose to wait a year after Superstars launched before adding Mario Party 1-3 to NSO and Smash 64 still isn't on NSO despite Ultimate's last fighter arriving 3 years ago.

OMG! I’m not allowed to post new threads, and unable to contact anyone here with this problem.

It will be interesting to see if anyone in the west will be able to participate in the test. Because on the website it says that people from Japan will be prioritised if there are too many applications. 🤔

You know, I’m starting to think Nintendo is kinda like a Mafia family, taking over one market a time. Consoles, films, theme parks, toys and now clocks. Though I guess being Japanese I guess they’ll be more like the Yakuza

The network test doesn't say they'll prioritise Japanese participants, just that Japanese participants will be picked by a lottery system and the other countries on a first come first served basis. That implies to me they'll have a set number of Japanese participants (probably at least half the total), and the rest from the other eligible countries, if it is a network based thing they'll want to test their servers everywhere, not just Japan.

I see. That makes more sense. 😅

Edit: I wonder how much memory space we actually need for the app you have to download then.
Probably mentioning that, would reveal too much about what we're actually testing. Since they are so vague about what it actually is.

There's the Brothership overview trailer and previews went live.

I know I'm a fair bit more optimistic than many here RE the announcement timing but maybe something worth noting here. Alarmo, the NSO stuff, M&L overview trailer all within a day. Is it just me being optimistic or does it seem like they're speed running announcements ATM?

@Grumblevolcano That trailer looks awesome, I'm even more hyped for the game now!

As for a Direct/Switch 2 Presentation, this opens up more time in October. In this month we still have:

• Mario Party Jamboree next week
• Animal Crossing Pocket Camp shutdown info
• Nintendo Switch Online playtest

I don't think we're getting anything major like Switch 2 announcement or a Direct next week because of Mario Party, but the next 2 weeks are still possible. I think Nintendo will announce this mysterious new NSO feature before the playtesting starts, because if they don't I'm sure a playtester or someone who knows a playtester will leak what it is all about soon after playtesting begins.

@skywake I think Nintendo could've easily spread out those announcements more, feels like after Mario Party, Nintendo is free to make some big announcement(s) this month.

Iiii don’t see them doing a direct. Especially now that they have nothing to show. Can see them doing a system reveal- but just not a direct.

@VoidofLight At this point I think a general Direct would've already happened if it was happening at all. H1 2025 is really empty, so there has to be some sort of announcement soon. The only way I see a Direct happening is if it is about the Switch Successor.

@PikminMarioKirby Same here. Even then though, there’s a chance they pull a switch and don’t do the system reveal in a direct.

@skywake The same thing appeared to happen at the start of September too. Speed ran their marketing and previews then nothing happened.

@skywake I feel the only thing that could be hinting towards Switch 2 with the past day of announcements is if the NSO playtest is specifically something to do with Switch 2 (e.g. play Switch 2 only games on Switch 1 via streaming and they're using something like Black Ops 6 to test it).

Otherwise the announcements feel like "business as usual" timing. Alarmo can be bought right now and Brothership previews are a normal amount of time away from the game's launch.

Yay. I got accapted for the play test.
And it answered my question. The app is 2.2GB big.

Edit: Whelp... NoE tweeted that it's full now.

@Budda is there a NDA for it?