Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

So does anybody think we'll get a Direct / partner showcase this week?

@dionysos283
Maybe around 20 - 28 February 2021 ?

I think most people are hoping for a Zelda direct this week, if we get a partner showcase it would be a bit strange.

Logically it would be; Zelda this week, Pokemon next week and then a partner showcase in March...wouldn't it?

@dionysos283 Zelda Direct on the 18th seems most likely if any meanwhile I don't think there'll be any Directs with 3rd party content before March.

Pokemon news is guaranteed for next week though TPC doesn't usually announce remakes until like May/June so if there are remakes being released this year I could see next week's game news being smaller scale like more info on New Pokemon Snap, Detective Pikachu, Pokemon Unite, etc.

If the mainline 2021 release is either Sword/Shield DLC or Gen 9, I think info next week would be guaranteed.

@Grumblevolcano What do you think it means for Zelda in 2021 if we DON'T get a Zelda Direct this week? Anything or nothing?!

@MarioBrickLayer Maximum of 1 port or remaster, BotW 2 arrives in 2022 or later.

@Grumblevolcano I hope you're wrong!! I can't wait to play BOTW 2, but only getting one port or remaster would be a huge disappointment, but I suspect you're right if we don't see something this week.

@Grumblevolcano
Why exactly can't Nintendo do a Zelda Direct at another date this year?

@dionysos283 An IGN person said says so and as we all know all rumours are 100% true all the time. ;p

Tbh anniversaires are great and all but I'm hoping for more than ports and spin offs from Zelda and Pokemon this year. Ninty can do other games besides those.

Zelda won’t be celebrating it’s anniversary this week in any Direct. Nintendo will happily wait till holidays to do anything Zelda related much like how they did it with Mario. Pokémon is the bigger of the two anniversaries and so the spotlight will be entirely on that franchise for the time being.

Couldn't this sale be an indication for a Thursday Direct? 🤔

Well, they just started the NA ones, @dionysos283 .... & they do quite a few sales!

It's happening, a general Direct!

Amazing!
Who would have thought?

So since it apparently won't be a Zelda specific Direct, do you guys still think we'll see some Zelda anniversary stuff?

Strange that Activision chose not to be part of this Direct and instead dropped a trailer for Crash 4 last week. Maybe this Direct will be first and second party games only? Or maybe Activision thought that their own game would get lost in all these announcements?

Three predictions:
1) Monster Hunter rep for Smash
2) Gnosia is shadowdropped during presentation
3) Zelda HD Remaster collection dated for the first half of the year sometime

Imagine The Sims 4 on Switch from the Direct.
I think we will see a Boxing game inspired from Rocky Balboa if i remembered from last Direct.

Wow. What a bombshell this was. Had no faith we'd be getting any Direct until at least E3 time. And 50 MINUTES?! Jeez, they've been busy.