Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@IceClimbers There's some more (trailers for known games like Mario Kart Live, Pikmin 3 Deluxe and Age of Calamity) but with Crown Tundra trailer tomorrow, I do think Sakurai Presents Character Pack 7 and October Partner Showcase will be the last streamed Nintendo events of the year.

October could be the last one... or it might be November. It really depends on how many 3rd Party announcements they have. There's a ton of potential games that should be hitting late 2020 / early 2021 (Doom Eternal, Digimon Survive, Bravely Default II, Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires, No More Heroes III, Vampires the Masquerade, Ys IX, Immortals: Fenyx Rising (in it's current form)) that haven't appeared in one of these. It really depends what their plans for directs next year are I'd think. Plus, we know a few announcements are still possible, like whatever Virtuos is working on, and whatever Panic Button is working on besides Doom Eternal (they usually have like, 2-4 ports in work at any given time based on their release schedule).

@link3710 I imagine if a new Switch revision is happening in March 2021 that 3rd parties supporting the Switch will crowd around that like they did with the Switch Lite in September 2019 and there being a gigantic general Direct in January 2021.

@Grumblevolcano I mean, we've already got Balan Wonderworld and Monster Hunter Rise, and I'd expect it's likely Doom Eternal is on hold because they couldn't get it working on the base model so that might drop then as an exclusive.

Ys IX is next summer, for the rest of the world, @link3710 .... If you mean Coteries of New York, I thought that was out & I don't remember hearing about any others coming to Switch? Should be something for some of the others soon, at least, though!

@BruceCM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade_%E2%80%...
This is the one I was referring to.

Ooh, well, maybe we'll hear more about that one soon, too, @link3710 .... I'll certainly be getting that! Thanks

What do you guys think the chances are of Fighters Pass 7 being a Pokémon and it being revealed tomorrow right after the Crown of Tundra news update? 1/5

@Rexenoboy I think it'll be spaced out. Maybe announced next week and showcased on a Tuesday or Wednesday

I could see them doing two announcements this week. We got both Kirby Fighters reveal and Hyrule Warriors details last week. And since the Pokemon presentation is so early in the week the smash one could take the normal Thursday slot.

@Rexenoboy I'd personally say not very likely since they did Spirits for Sword/Shield already - Pokemon is different from most other series in that since there's a good selection of Galar Pokemon, the ones already in don't mean there's no possible reps left...but they still did a Spirit event in November, after they'd begun planning for the second pass, and thus I don't think they ever intended to include a new Pokemon - especially since Pokemon isn't third-party and so it's not really a hassle to get one in.

Also, timing-wise, it doesn't really line up. This character was most likely going to have been revealed at E3 before Nintendo scrapped any plans for it, so around when Isle of Armor would've dropped...but it wouldn't have been until around now that the character would release, closer to the Crown Tundra. And none of the new Crown Tundra Pokemon make much sense to be playable, compared to Urshifu.

@TheFrenchiestFry @Noble_Haltmann @PikaPhantom @Northwind
I guess we all agree chances are slim for this to happen. That's what the 1/5 was for btw.

Do we know if it’s just Crown Tundra or could we finally see detective Pikachu or new snap?

@Blooper987 It says Expansion Pass updates so probably just Crown Tundra, perhaps the announcement of more DLC after Crown Tundra but I don't think there'll be news unrelated to Sword/Shield.

@Grumblevolcano thanks. Most likely won’t care then, I’ll see if anything was announced but for all you Pokemon Sw/Sh fans: Have fun!

@Blooper987 Nope, nada. There was a pretty cool music video celebrating the history of Pokemon though.

Eh. I think Mario 35 was our big direct for the year.

This thread still going then?

What’s the latest new/rumours? Have I missed anything massive?

Looks like 3D All Stars may not be removed after all.

Nintendo's made it very clear in the past that Jump Rope Challenge would be delisted at the end of September yet here we are at the end of September and it's not being delisted. Could potentially be that the limited time Mario stuff could be for the sole purpose of helping keep Switch relevant this holiday.

If this is the case and 3D All Stars ends up not being limited time, Galaxy 2 being DLC would be a lot more believable.