@dionysos283 I'm not expecting any big Directs this year. I think we'll get some sort of first party announcement in the near future but I wouldn't be betting on it necessarily being this week. Within the next few weeks at least though unless they're just releasing nothing.
@dionysos283 I think we'll definitely get an announcement by August 6th since that's when the next earnings release is. Can't imagine they'll go into that without anything to talk about for the rest of the year...
@dionysos283 I am also not believing that a new nintendo direct will happen next week, will probably take a bit longer than that and then it will be another partner showcase i bet. A shadow drop of another first party title is likely in my opinion
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Can’t give too much details but a friends work at marketing at Ubisoft and Gods and monster’s supposedly went through a couple of changes to market a older demographic which is kinda disappointing.
I'm excited for the Blade Runner port that was announced at the start of the year and was supposedly coming out in 2020. I hope that one hasn't been delayed in 2021.
Animal Crossing update revealed and comes slightly early (July 30th compared with original early August announcement) so I think we may actually get surprise announcements next week.
Well, I guess the reasoning is that it's been changed due to something else being due in early August .... I certainly wouldn't bet too much on that but it's at least possible, not sure how likely, though
It doesn't. Grumble is just being optimistic. Naturally, rumors of an August Direct Mini have been making the rounds the past couple days. But that's nothing new, "par for the course" as it were, since Nintendo verbally committed (at the beginning of the previous Direct Mini) to deliver more Direct Minis this year.
And Nintendo's celebration for the 35th anniversary of Mario is the worst kept secret in Nintendo fandom at the moment.
@dionysos283 Because everything known after the July 30th Animal Crossing update either has a very vague release window like "Fall 2020" or "2020" or doesn't have any release window. Combine that with the quarterly earnings coming next week and it seems like Nintendo has to release more info.
@Magician 'Worst Kept Secret'... only because it's a bunch of crock. I'm not looking forward to everyone complaining for a months on end when they aren't revealed by the end of the year. It's gonna be painful.
@Grumblevolcano I genuinely don't think they'll announce a thing until September. Then we'll get a late October title (probably a Wii U port given the short notice) and a November title (whatever the 'big' holiday title is, which is gonna be smaller than usual clearly).
EDIT: Everything meaning Nintendo published titles. 3rd party games don't affect their release schedule.
You're preaching to the converted. I share the opinion that COVID is delaying Nintendo first party software development worse than Nintendo would care to admit. That's why the Cadence of Hyrule was featured in the last Direct. That will be our Holiday 2020 release.
Of course I won't mind be proven wrong in that opinion, but Nintendo isn't making a strong case.
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@Magician Nintendo stuff like next Animal Crossing update is "Fall 2020", Crown Tundra DLC is "Fall 2020", Smash Ultimate DLC is "5 more characters before the end of December 2021", etc. On the Nintendo published but not developed front, the only content that isn't vague is Cadence of Hyrule DLC packs 2 and 3 coming by October 23rd given that's when the physical version releases.
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