Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

Did we, @FragRed .... ? I don't remember anyone predicting it before that rumour! People saying they'd LIKE a new Paper Mario, sure, not that there would be one Maybe the bit about a collection is mistaken & it is remasters like you're suggesting? I'm not sure if it was the original people that went into details Now, maybe they also got carried away & predicted too many games for it but there could still be something. I dunno, I'm not too concerned about them, myself; I'll try them if they come but if not, it doesn't matter to me, as such

It looks like we may not get anything this year anyway, Nintendo seems pretty unsure all of a sudden, due to the pandemic. Almost like the backfire from their fans over the mini Direct has somewhat forced Nintendo’s hands to admit there may well be delays in their upcoming games.

Well, they're still saying current games aren't affected .... Which seems almost unbelievable, really

@Slowdive To be fair I would hardly call the 25th anniversary of All Stars anything special either. It was quite literally a ROM dump onto a disc of a game from the early 90s with a book and CD shoved in their. Pretty cheap and quick to stick together in fairness.

@Slowdive
For Mario's 30th anniversary Nintendo released the first Mario Maker.

All the lego and clothing stuff aside, I would be pretty surprised, if Nintendo wouldn't release anything gaming related to celebrate Marios 35th anniversary.

If I remember correctly that was just good timing as it wasn't meant to be released as an anniversary celebration type game, it just happened to be the Mario game coming out that year.

People seem to be forgetting that Luigi had an entire year for his big anniversary.

Mario’s 30th anniversary was Super Mario Maker, so if you consider his 30th anniversary game Super Mario Maker 2 and maybe 3 in a few years, a Mario 3D All-Stars wouldn’t be too surprising.

@BruceCM Current games meaning what though? This could easily just be smoke and mirrors. As Nintendo haven't said anything, they technically won't be delaying anything. Also, they are saying this assuming the pandemic isn't prolonged, which I fear is not going to be going away any time soon. Spikes are already being seen in various countries because of reopening too soon/quickly. And when the weather becomes cooler, it may again spread even quicker. I read it as Nintendo readying everyone for getting little to nothing new this year.

In regards to your message about Paper Mario, I didn't mean to imply anyone on this site openly suggesting it though I would not be surprised if we found it was bought up at some point as more of a throw away thought.

@jump Actually, SMM was intended for his 30th anniversary. Luigi did have a whole year, so Mario will too. It’ll just start I Need September and last until next September.

Just like what Switch Stop thinks:

You’ll notice I post lots of Switch Stop, it’s because they look at everything positively and discover a way it might actually help the rumours. As far as I know, they’re the only channel that does that and makes sense.

Yeah, it's tricky with Nintendo not liking to admit games are delayed, until they have to .... I would still expect some sort of announcement from them in the nearish future, even if it's a tweet announcing one game That's about all I thought they'd do before

@BabyYoshi12 IF and I mean if the 3D Mario collection was real, it won't be an All Stars type collection. All Stars was a full remake of the NES games including Lost Levels in the engine of Super Mario World which saw them get new graphics and music/sound and I assume some control refinements. I would not see Nintendo doing that for the 3D games. It would take way too much work and really isn't needed other than Mario 64 which needs a full on remake if it were re-released.

@jump Good timing or not, they did release a bunch of 30th anniversary material for Mario Maker, including:

• a Wii U hardware bundle called the "30th Anniversary set"
• the pixel based Amiibo that were labeled 30th anniversary
• the game itself had preorder stuff labeled with it
• there was a special logo
• the trailers were all labeled with it
• there were 30th anniversary concerts (in Japan only)
• Pop up cafes (japan only of course)
• a 30th anniversary website, a special encyclopedia
• they released interviews, including one detailing the creation of Super Mario Bros with unreleased footage from the 80s
• There was a Super Mario anniversary themed 3DS
• A boatload of other random merch (I seem to remember Hanafuda cards among them)

That said... it kinda debunks this being an anniversary celebration. Literally all the products for the 30th had that special logo stamped all over them, and nothing released this year (Monopoly, Jenga, Legos, etc), have had anything like that.

Isn't it Zelda's anniversary next year, too, @BabyYoshi12 .... ? I'm sure someone was saying about that & how there should be something for it! BotW 2 could well be intended for about the right time for that, anyway

@BruceCM BotW 2 is enough for Zelda fans, as if it’s done correctly, it could be better than the original.

@FragRed That’s why 3D World would be released separately. If you watch the video above, you probably think it’ll be the ‘2021’ path.

Oh, yeah, @BabyYoshi12 .... Just checking I had that right! Let's hope at least some of the Mario rumours are true & something happens soon

Um ... Um .... Metroid Prime Trilogy HD Remaster?

If the anniversary dates are any indication, we would see BOTW2 in February and Metroid Prime 4 in August.

@BabyYoshi12

https://www.nintendoenthusiast.com/super-mario-maker-wasnt-in...

“This being Mario’s 30th Anniversary is just a coincidence, it’s not something we consciously planned. The idea started with the course editor for the side scrolling Mario games. This tool was previously running on PC, but the team in charge of it thought that it might be helpful for developing future Mario games if the tool ran on the Wii U GamePad and so they started doing some experiments. While doing this they realized how easy it was to make courses and how fun it was for people like them who had no experience with level design. So they decided to bring the idea of making this tool into a game to the producer, Tezuka-san.”

Well, that certainly might be the plans, @MarioBrickLayer ... You're expecting a lot of Metroid & Prime next year, then, @Slowdive! I hope so, for all the fans but just a couple of them would be a start & suggest the others might be coming, too