Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

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.

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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.

Smash DLC is being announced tomorrow, the Japanese 7-Eleven ad was a hint towards news about both.

The amiibo theory never fails

@Grumblevolcano Calling it now that the brief message from Sakurai is him announcing that the deadline has been extended into 2022.

@IceClimbers Oh man, I hope not. It's probably a bit soon to announce that anyway seeing as, assuming fp 7 will release some time in October, they'll still have 14 months to make 4 more characters. Also keep in mind that future characters are normally well into development by the time they air the Mr Saukurai Presents. During the Banjo presentation he said he was recording it just two days after the Hero one.

@IceClimbers Yeah, as the presentation is only 3 minutes I think we'll see:

• Reveal trailer (1 minute), release date is December at the very earliest (my guess is January/February)
• Brief discussion that the pass will extend into 2022 (2 minutes)

@Grumblevolcano Aren't all the trailers between 2 and 3 minutes long though? I assume that will take up the majority of the runtime.

"The video presentation will be roughly 3 minutes long, followed by a brief message from Director Masahiro Sakurai. Tune-in here tomorrow: "

It kind of reads that the reveal trailer itself is 3 minutes long, and the message is not included in that runtime.