Something is not right at Nintendo. They have been too quiet. Longest we have gone without a normal direct, not announced their plans for 2020. All this maintence they have been having.
@DAHstroy I think next week is going to be Animal Crossing Direct (20th) and the following week being Indie World early on in the week (e.g. 24th/25th) as the indie presentations have been on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays before.
@IceClimbers If that was to happen, I'd be almost certain that the "In-Game Purchases" in the ESRB rating for Animal Crossing are microtransactions. You don't go quiet on your biggest known game of the year until a week before launch unless there's massive controversy.
Was hoping there would have been an announcement today for a Direct on Thursday but sadly not the case. Ah well; looks like it's going to be next week or maybe not.
I'm certain there will be a Direct focus on ACNH before the end of the month.
Predictions ranked by likelyhood. Be curious to see my scorecard later and how it lines up with everyone else’s.
Feeling strongly: A new Paper Mario game released in Summer, A release date for No More Heroes 3 in Fall, A surprise 3rd party release in also in late Summer/Early Fall, Xenoblade Chronicles gets a May release, Bioshock Collection gets a release date
Maybes: 2D Metroid set to release in October, Gameplay trailer for Bravely Default 2, a non streaming version of Resident Evil 7 comes to Switch (the rest are already on there except 2 and 3 and Alien Isolation was able to run so, physical release but only half on cartridge), Pikmin 3 set for Fall release
Not likely: BOTW 2 trailer (seems more like an E3 thing), Metroid Prime Trilogy, A new F-Zero, Mario Kart 9, Any news about Shin Megami Tensei 5
I do think now that we'll be seeing a Direct in March or April. They have a large game (Animal Crossing) and a remake of a Pokémon game within the same month, so first quarter doesn't need filling out any more - even with instant or near-instant releases. Second quarter and beyond can still be detailed in March, or even April.
I have a feeling that Nintendo is going fully in with not announcing things until they are ready to release or will be ready by that release. Only the large games and DLC will be exempt from that. As such, that three-nine month full announcement to release schedule is going to get shorter, I reckon.
I still hold out that an Animal Crossing Direct will be a month out from the release of the game, meaning it should be coming next week.
March, a couple weeks before Animal Crossing arrives, would be my guess at this point. Ten minutes focused solely on AC: NH and twenty minutes towards other games arriving between April and September (because the release schedule between those months is almost barren). No mention of Bayonetta 3. No mention of Shin Megami Tensei V.
@Dezzy I'm really excited for the Fire Emblem DLC though given it has a February 13th release for Europe means there's still like 6 hours to go before it drops.
Yeah me too, but it's been suspiciously quiet. Isn't this DLC like 80-90% of the value of the season pass?
Kinda like with the Xenoblade 2 season pass.
Well that got an entire standalone release. This Fire Emblem one has had 1 trailer and that's it. Something seems weird. I'd assumed it was because there was a Direct tomorrow and they'd give it that final push in the Direct.
@Dezzy Maybe avoiding spoilers? With Torna, Nintendo managed to promote it in such a way that the base game wasn't spoiled despite certain parts of Torna being major spoilers but it could be that Cindered Shadows' story is such that it's harder to not spoil the main game.
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