Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Who here is getting nervous that there is still no direct?

@DannyBoi Not me! I've said it's going to be in early April since way back in January, it was the most logical outcome.

@DannyBoi I can wait. There have been some pretty spicy sales recently so I have a backlog to get through during the radio silence 👌

I will say I'm very impressed by how quick Microsoft were to announce the Xbox digital event after E3 was cancelled.

One of the earliest official E3 is cancelled announcements (3:30pm UK time):

This was Microsoft's announcement of the Xbox digital event (3:54pm UK time):

Less than 30 minutes!

Microsoft has by far been the best this year so far for informing about this year's plans. For Nintendo, nothing happens after March 20th and for Sony it's in between the two as the expected news (PS5) hasn't come yet but other news has come in its place (e.g. Ghost of Tsushima in June).

No we are waiting for everyone else,especially Playstation

@Xenomorth Why would Sony say anything? They weren't coming anyways.

We did already get answers from Nintendo, Limited Run, and Warner Bros at least, so that only leaves Ubisoft and Square Enix afaik.

@link3710 Oh,i was thinking that they show up....
Oh well

@link3710 Nintendo's answer was kind of a non-answer in the light of the current Direct drought to be honest.

On another note, it looks like the Nintendo Lego collaboration is some kind of board game so makes sense it was revealed outside a Direct.

@Grumblevolcano Well they already announced having a digital event, so they didn't need to reannounce that. As for the show floor stuff and treehouse, no one's given an answer as to what they'll do about that, not even Microsoft.

With the direct drought I ended up buying Owlboy to keep the game flow going. Should carry me into mid April with that added.

Side note for anyone's whos played Owlboy. Pretty good game I hear, ya?

@link3710 I don't remember a digital event being confirmed, just that they were going to be present at E3.

Sweet!(not the crying part lol). But good to know it pulls on the heart strings. I've been eyeing it since it launched but for some reason put it off. Very excited to give it a shot.

Given that they've now revealed the LEGO thing,it looks like the Direct was originally planned for earlier on but was delayed.

Possibly because of the virus of doom, or perhaps because they're trying to get something finished ready for the Direct. Like maybe a Zelda trailer?

It kind of makes you wonder with a late direct like this. Will they go all out with the next direct or the summer direct ( what would've been an e3 direct). I wouldn't think they can go all out for both but i could be wrong

@link3710 Ubisoft also confirmed a digital event, pretty much immediately after it was announced that E3 was cancelled.

@Dezzy The Nintendo Lego collaboration looks like it was never meant for a Direct to start with but rather a standalone announcement like Labo.

It looks more like it was never meant to see the light of day 😢

It sounds like E3 will effectively be the same for those of us who just watch online anyway. So no big deal really.

An NoA employee has been diagnosed with the coronavirus:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nintendo-of-america-employee...

@Octane I will not discover America by saying that the companies were informed before us or atleast were expecting E3 cancellation,so having digital presentation made already make sense.