Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Iwata wouldn't have left us hanging this long without explanation, of that I'm fairly certain.

It's 2pm UK time and no Direct announcement. It is looking like another no Direct week, after Friday the only upcoming Nintendo published game with a release date is Animal Crossing.

@Grumblevolcano At this point it looks like the next direct is going to be in early April. That is, if they don't do another one of those "showcase" directs for Xenoblade or something.

@WaffleKnight Nintendo's never had a situation where there's no upcoming Nintendo published games with a release date. So Nintendo has to say something before March 20th even if it's a just a short Xenoblade trailer posted on social media with a release date.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah. If Nintendo either doesn't have prepared or has delayed a general direct, a Xenoblade trailer or something with a concrete release window would most likely plug that hole (although I still have my fingers crossed for next week on MAR10)

Three more months until our next nintendo direct whoooo!!!

I really wonder what surprise games they have planned for the rest of the year. That's my favorite thing about Nintendo, their announcements tend to be genuine surprises, and close to release. Hopefully everyone involved in the company (and in general) is staying safe and healthy

Next James Bond film release postponed 7 months, due to...? Answers on a postcard.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-51744374

This shouldn't be as big of an issue with video games, though. Any potential issues with games are due to production. Movies are at-risk because they require people to be in a closed-in area with a ton of other people. People are still going to be able to buy digital copies, pick up a game at a store, or get it mailed to them if they want it.

Apparently nintendo updated the Nintendo direct HTML on their website.

So if this evil bat virus is affecting everything, why haven't ALL games being delayed?

FF7 is coming out in a month, and they've said nothing of a delay. In fact the recent trailers reiterated the release date.

Next week would be a great week for a Direct ^^. I'm actually feeling it.

Unless Nintendo reveals they have a Pro Switch on the way and a price drop, I could care less about another Direct. The Switch is too outdated at this point to care about any game that comes.

@MrAfrika eh I'll have to respectfully disagree with you on that. Thats pretty much all I care about is what games are coming next.

@NintendoByNature Everyone knows whats coming next. Metroid, Breath of the Wild 2 annnnd thats it. Those aren't coming until the end of the year, and the year just began! Also the new systems are coming out.

@MrAfrika Lol @ Metroid and BotW2 coming this year. It's probably Bayonetta 3, NMH 3, Bravely Default II and a few titles that haven't even been announced yet. I'm kind of betting on Pikmin showing up finally tbh? Not sure what the other's will be. Though claiming the system is outdated when it's... y'know... based on technology that was cutting edge 4 years ago is pretty silly tbh. Guessing you're a new troll account? Seems like we get one every week.

@link3710 The Switch was cutting edge 3 years ago? my phone had a better screen then the Switch and could render better graphics. Im not a troll account, I am just being honest. A system with a 720p screen was hardly "cutting edge" in 2017.

@MrAfrika it's cutting edge for $300 for sure. Unless you want to point to me a machine that can run games better that won't throttle itself to death after 30 minutes, and still priced 300 usd

@MrAfrika I don't believe botw2 is coming this year, but i really hope it does. Mp4 is for sure not coming this year. If it does, feel free to call me out then. Bayo3 is more than likely coming this year of not early 2021.

Either way, That's why we all want a direct. To know what's In the pipeline outside of those.

@MrAfrika You are
A: Stating things that are demonstrably false to invoke controversy
B: Immediately after joining flooding the forum designed to upset rather than invoke discussion
C: Drawing false conclusions from incomplete data specifically to prove your point.

As for the screen, no duh the screen isn't cutting edge. Though when it comes to game systems, it's the best there's ever been, so there is that. I'm talking about the internals, aka the GPU in particular. What good would a 1080p screen have done when mobile chipsets in the $300 range can't run games at that resolution? Sure if you spent $1000, you could possibly get something that would do better, but for the price and time the technology inside was just past cutting edge, and was specifically picked to balance around the weakest components.