Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@Grumblevolcano
I’m not sure they will put Wii U games under a subscription service since Nintendo remastered most of the best Wii U titles on the Switch with a few exceptions such as Yoshi’s Woolly World, Kirby’s Rainbow Curse and Paper Mario Color Splash. I do want Nintendo to pick up the pace on the retro titles on NSO, really want the classic Pokemon ports on current gen console.

Late post but here's some of my thoughts on the Direct:

• Four new 1st party titles for Switch 2 was nice to see, was only expecting ~2.
• RE Requiem coming day and date is huge. RE7 and Village coming is great too, but why on the same day? They should've released them either this fall or pushed them a month or two.
• Lack of any update for MK World is disappointing. Maybe in February?
• FFVII Remake being only $40 was not expected. Can't wait!
• FINALLY a release date for Prime 4.
• The remakes for DQ7 and Fatal Frame II were nice surprises.
• Seems like Microsoft wants any late port announcements of their 1st party games to be either standalone or at a Keighley show, wouldn't expect any to get announced in a Direct as a general rule of thumb.
• Virtual Boy on NSO is really cool, but I'm not spending the money on the required accessories. Also not happy that it likely means releases for the other Expansion Pack libraries are even more spread out and infrequent. Need those GBA games Nintendo!!!

You know what it is about time for? new joy-con colours. i want to get more joy cons for couch co-op, but id like some variety. hopefully we get some for the holiday season! green and red joycons would be so festive! what colors do you guys want? 😝

@OctolingKing13 I would love some custom JoyCon 2 colors for sure! Green and Red would be amazing.

when do we think the next direct will be? we already a kirby air riders direct is on its way, but i think airing that the week before would be a good idea, as to not to distract from Hyrule Warriors (although concerningly there hasnt been a lot of hype and advertising for AOI.). and maybe a partner showcase mid october!? i dont think we will get a general direct until February will the huge amountof info we just got

@OctolingKing13 considering the almost-every-other-week game release schedule, the kirby direct, probable metroid direct, maybe another partner or indie... I feel like the directs will just slot in on off-weeks between games. Not sure when the Kirby one will be though. Maybe something the second week of October? I don't think that would really distract from Pokemon.

@OctolingKing13,

Here are my predictions for the next few showcases:

Kirby Air Riders Second Direct: sometime in October 2025
Either a Metroid Prime 4 Direct or Partner showcase in November 2025 (potentially December 2025 if Partner Showcase)
General Direct: early February 2026
Pokémon Presents: February 27, 2026

@Grumblevolcano
While I do think those Nintendo Classics platforms will support accessories as you have suggested, Nintendo is definitely not going to lock NDS, 3DS, Wii, or Wii U NSO behind the purchase of an accessory in the same way they are handling Virtual Boy NSO.

@westman98 So then that begs the question, how will they handle dual screens for DS, 3DS, and Wii U NSO games? The Switch 2 doesn't really have a mechanism to replicate that, I could sadly see some kind of separate purchase being required to play those consoles on NSO.

@Bolt_Strike
Locking Virtual Boy Nintendo Classics behind mandatory accessories is fine because the VB is a novelty that most people won't care about. On the other hand, NDS/3DS/Wii/Wii U are mainstream game systems (Wii U bombed but still sold several orders of magnitude more than VB), locking their NSO access behind the purchase of accessories harms NSO more than it boosts accessory revenue.

For NDS and 3DS games, the Switch 2 display is physically large and high-resolution enough to show both DS screens, one on top of the other. The same obviously applies to TV mode.

For the 3DS's 3D screen, this is where an accessory would come in play.

For Wii U, I honestly don't think Nintendo will add Wii U games to NSO since most major Wii U games have already been ported to Switch 1. If Wii U Nintendo Classics was to happen anyways, then my guess is that Nintendo will just integrate GameChat into the app and let players use another Switch 2 or Switch 1 as the Gameapad controller for Wii U games that require it.

The problem is that if you did that, there'd be a lot of blank space on the side. Dual screens that were previously stacked on top of each other would not look good in a landscape oriented screen (for those not familiar with the term, this means a screen that is wider than it is taller). There's really no way to do it with one landscape screen in a way that wouldn't look awkward and unappealing, I think you do kind of need a peripheral for this.

I honestly don't even think they're going to bother with the stereoscopic 3D, it was such a niche gimmick that never really took off. Just displaying them in 2D like every other console should be fine, the dual screens is the real issue here.

For the record, I do not expect Wii U NSO to happen this gen either since you can play most Wii U games through BC with the Switch 1 ports (there's a few missing, sure, but they're mostly niche/undesirable whereas the most popular Wii U games have already been ported to Switch aside from Woolly World, which most people expect to simply get a port/remaster). But for the sake of argument, let's say they did do this, this would be an EXTREMELY expensive solution because a second Switch 1/Switch 2 screen is prohibitively expensive. You're looking at literally spending $750-$900 just to replicate Wii U games right there, that would be way too high a barrier to entry.

About the topic of older Nintendo systems being added to Nintendo Classics, my guess is that they will do one for Wii, one for DS (with a second screen accessory that probably costs around $100), maybe one for 3DS (also using said accessory), and definitely not one for Wii U because of all the Wii U remasters on Switch that are also playable on Switch 2. If they release a new classics library every two years, they should all be out by the end of the Switch 2's lifespan. If, going forward, they just keep releasing new numbered iterations of the Switch just like what happens with Playstation, there shouldn't be any needbfor a Switch or Switch 2 Classics because of backwards compatibility. But this is just all guesswork from me (an idiot) 😉, so I could easily be proven wrong eventually.

@Bolt_Strike
I think most players will ultimately be completely fine with unused screen estate as long as the experience of playing NDS and 3DS games on Switch 2 is good enough.

As for Wii U, remember that there are 154+ million Switch (and 6+ million Switch 2) units out in the wild, a ton of Switch 2 owners already have an existing Switch system that they can use as a GamePad screen. Those who don't can just buy the GamePad controller accessory. Again, this is assuming Wii U Nintendo Classics ever happens, which is far from guaranteed and even unlikely given the sheer quantity of Wii U games that have been ported to Switch.

I think at this point I'd rather just have trailers shadowdropped and ditch the Direct format for a while. Would spare having to deal with the current onslaught of overblown expectations, hype and end-of-Direct anger.

@N00BiSH Or people could just lower their overly-high expectations and realize a direct isn't bad just because it doesn't feature a new smash bros or 3D mario. I much prefer directs over random trailer drops because it actually lets us know what's going in the future, where as random trailers being dropped leaves us in the dark until they suddenly make an announcement.

@VoidofLight I can't really disagree on those fronts but I'd say right now I'd still rather have the random drops.

@VoidofLight Yeah... I really don't get like the whole, uh, this direct doesn't have every game (hyperbole) catering to me so it's bad!!

I always go like, if there's one game i'm interested in, then that's a good one. That's it haha

From my perspective, it's more important that a Direct reveals things that are important/noteworthy (like a new game from a dormant franchise, a classic being made available on modern hardware, or something completely new and interesting) than it is to reveal things I'm personally interested in buying myself.
There have been Directs I was very happy with despite not planning to get anything announced (though most of the time, there is at least one or two announcements that really grab me).

@darkfenrir Exactly. Even if there isn't a game series that I love, so long as there's something I find interest in- I'm good with it. I'm not the largest Fire Emblem fan, but Fortune's Weave looks super good and made me want to play some of the older games that I've been meaning to get to for a while. Tomodachi Life is something I was begging for for a good while, so it was nice we got to see more of it. Prime 4 doesn't really grip my interest, but I'm still happy for the people who like Metroid Prime.

How dare you all be logical and objective about this?! I want my Splatoon Raiders info and I want it NOW! /lh