Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Just wait they gonna announce tomorrow and thursday or friday(valentine day) we gonna watch

The longer Nintendo goes without a Direct, the more barebones the first half of the year will be from a first party point of view. Surely they’ll have something for April onwards considering how important first party games are for the sales of hardware with Nintendo.

@FragRed It's entirely possible the next retail title isn't until June. They did that last year with the gap between Yoshi in March and then Mario Maker 2 in June.

@IceClimbers Wow. I honestly didn’t remember it being that long a gap. Could’ve sworn there was something between from Nintendo. This year Animal Crossing should keep the sales flowing so I guess it makes sense.

@FragRed There was Labo VR and Box Boy + Box Girl in April. Former was its own announcement outside a Direct and latter while announced in the February Direct could've easily been announced closer to release if the February Direct was an April Direct for example.

I'd guess the main reason the February Direct happened when it happened were the shadow drops (Tetris 99, FFIX, Captain Toad DLC (preordering the DLC gave you a level early), Yoshi demo and Daemon X Machina demo). Otherwise the Direct could've easily been in March/April.

@IceClimbers

If we got as many awesome games as we did in 2019, I don't mind waiting til June for the 2nd big game.

Yoshi, Mario Maker 2, Fire Emblem, Astral Chain, Pokemon, Luigi's Mansion 3, Links Awakening.

That is one hell of a good year. Pretty much on par with 2017 except for the fact that none of them reached that very high level that Zelda and Mario did (and Xenoblade imo).

I mean, we don't know if they consider The Wonderful 101 a retail title in April anyways, considering it's one of their IPs even if it isn't being published by them. But I'm wagering that'll be 'their' title for the month of April regardless. It's probably made a bigger impact than the two april titles last year at least regardless.

Anyways the next big game is almost certainly May/June, the question is more what it is. I still think it'll be Mario Golf (meh) but maybe I'll be surprised. I'm pegging Bravely Default II as taking the same July spot that Octopath had at least. Which if Xenoblade is coming out before the holiday, makes it a likely candidate for May to space the JRPGs out a little.

Definitely still holding out hope that the announcement will be tomorrow. >,<

@Monkeido me too. I went from having lots of hype, to tamed expectations, back to now craving a direct.

There definitely should be a Direct soon if Nintendo have more titles they yet to announce and they have very little already announced for 2020 not counting third parties. Just Animal Crossings, Xenoblade Chronicles and more Pokemon of course. I am not counting Metroid Prime 4 and Breath of the Wild 2 assuming those are Holiday, if not 2021 titles. Personally, I wouldn't mind Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess & Wind Waker and Super Mario 3D World ports as tie-overs until the Holiday releases. I assume there will be at least on major release in the summer, Bayonetta 3 could be just that. Oh, and something for Nintendo Switch Online would be nice but I am not holding my breath for something good to come of that.

@NintendoByNature Nintendo now announcing new NES/SNES games for Switch Online and releasing trailers/info about Pokemon doesn't bode well.. ^^'

Though at least the Pokemon Company/Game Freak usually just do their own thing anyway.

@Monkeido Announcement today. I guarantee you.

On the one hand you have the original gap between the September 2018 Direct and February 2019 Direct being only 2 days difference from the gap between the September 2019 Direct and tomorrow (don't forget that the September 2018 Direct was delayed a week because of the earthquake in Japan, the original date was September 6th 2018).

On the other hand, Animal Crossing is a lot bigger than Yoshi so Nintendo may think that Animal Crossing, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon and DLC for various games is enough that a general Direct isn't needed until March/April. Anyway we'll find out in just over 30 minutes.

I think there is no Direct at the moment due to Corona Virus epidemic.
Nintendo might delay the Direct until it's safe to be aired.

@Anti-Matter I don't think they will do that. And they don't have directs in China. And the coronavirus isn't as serious as they make it out to be.

It's 2pm UK time, no Direct this week.

@Grumblevolcano They could announce it at 3pm. There will be a direct this week.

I guess that means no (General) Direct this month. Definitely a bit surprised. While I have plenty of games to play across different platforms, I was still expecting (and hoping) for a Direct this week. Especially with how barren 2020 looks for Nintendo right now (as yes, I know that can heavily change before the end of 2020).

As much as I love Animal Crossing, which I'll be playing for months on end, it's not the most intensive game. I'll probably play it a lot for the first month, but after that it becomes more of a "pop-in / pop-out" type of game, which leaves plenty of time for other games.

No Direct announcement. 😒

Is there still hope for one to be announced next week the 18th, then shown on the 19th? That's when the new NES/SNES games are coming out... if that means anything.

I'm just sad, ya know? Everything that Nintendo could've shoved into a February Direct, has already been announced through trailers via YouTube. Like we could've been surprised with new footage on Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Animal Crossing (and the New Horizons console), new NES/SNES games and more. I feel like if there was anything to announce, most of it has already been revealed. Does anybody agree or am I crazy?