Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

One of the regular leakers claimed there would be a general this month also, but not the most reliable of ones.

Note that next week is Mario Tennis and the end of the month is Pokemon Presents, so the 17th is in the semi empty week. I could imagine an indie or something, but I don't see how a general would make sense so soon after the last direct.

@CaleBoi25 It seems that the theory is mostly based around an update to the "Mario and Wario" patent occurring on February 17 and a similar update to the "Rhythm Heaven Groove" patent on the 24th. Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like pretty weak grounds for there being a Direct. It's a pretty busy day as well, between the launch of Virtual Boy NSO and the Lunar New Year. TBH, all this talk going around of a "real direct" coming soon feels like the Nintendo fandom is experiencing its own form of "Conformity Gate".

At the very earliest, I could see a General Direct in Late March, though April or June seem more likely to me.

@CaleBoi25 I think if they do a Direct that week, it'll be another game specific one like Tomodachi Life. Fire Emblem and Rhythm Heaven feels like the most likely candidates, former would mean Nintendo manages to release it before the big summer of RPGs begins (Rebirth on June 3rd is the start of the summer of RPGs) meanwhile latter would continue the trend set in January of Switch 1 news being outside of general Directs.

@UpsideDownRowlet

it's extremely weak, actually. post is from a splatoon raiders example but the same thing happened with those other patents.

I'm pretty plugged into the rumor mill, and I haven't heard anything credible.

I'm sticking with my initial theory (not the one I LIKED, though lol): Nintendo is pretty comfortable with what they have for the next couple months. Maybe we'll get some game-specific smaller stuff, but I don't think we're looking at a 1st-party Direct until the Spring. Like, super late March or later.

@Bolt_Strike It honestly wouldn't surprise me if many of their big tentpole franchises aren't even close to having their next games done, so Nintendo just has nothing big to announce. They probably believed that the Switch 2 would sell better in the West due to it's branding and Mario Kart World. Seems like a lot of people are waiting to grab a Switch 2 when exclusive titles like the next 3D Mario or next Xenoblade gets announced though.