Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

speculating what Nintendo could show in her Nintendo Direct E32021 Presentation.

@TheJGG that a possibilty considering the Animal Crossing/Splatoon development divisions must been working now on Splatoon 3.

@TheJGG That’d be highly disappointing, and would make this probably the worst in the series honestly if they leave the game in an unfinished state like this

@Giancarlothomaz That would be a slam dunk Direct right there and I think it's actually pretty realistic. Between Nintendo's silence the entirety of last year due to the pandemic and several development teams not having released anything for 3+ years, you have to figure a blowout of games is coming. I think this will be one of the better E3s, right up there with 2014 and 2017.

Honestly, I wouldn't expect that many projects being revealed. Especially since developers are saying to expect the struggles with the virus to be more apparent within the industry this year.

Edit: And again, I wouldn't expect a switch revision at all. Nintendo revealed earlier that they can barely keep up with normal switch production due to shortages, so I highly highly doubt that we're getting a revision when they can't even manufacture enough normal consoles as is..

@VoidofLight Honestly I don't see it, especially on Nintendo's side. Just compare what we've already gotten this year, before the busiest time of year for the industry (E3 in terms of announcements, Q4 in terms of releases), and they've already been more active this year than throughout the entirety of last year. The drought of announcements/releases last year combined with a return to more normal activity this year implies that Nintendo struggled a lot more last year and they're starting to pick back up again. That might be true for other developers, I don't follow them as closely but I do know that they still managed to keep things rolling last year, so maybe this year things reverse and the other developers slow down while Nintendo gets things rolling (not sure why that would be the case, maybe Microsoft/Sony releasing new hardware has something to do with it or maybe it's a cultural thing because they both operate like Western companies). But certainly in Nintendo's case, they're not showing signs that they're still struggling, they actually look like they're starting to pick things back up.

@Bolt_Strike I hope.. but unless I see it, I'm going to just wait and see. You can kind of already see the drop in quality in some companies games, like with Bravely Default II, where the ending feels more rushed due to not having enough time to really finish development.

@VoidofLight Bravely Default II is Square Enix, not Nintendo. Nintendo's the one currently having a better 2021 than 2020.

2020:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Super Mario 3D All Stars
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

2021:
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
New Pokemon Snap
Mario Golf: Super Rush
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl

We also had a full size Nintendo Direct, and are likely getting another one at E3, when we didn't have one all year last year. So yeah, 2021 is already better than 2020 hands down, and it can only get better after E3.

@Bolt_Strike Wouldn't you think it would have been a wise strategy to buffer game development between Nintendo's development teams, so that there's no gap years in terms of releases?

@Bolt_Strike To be honest in terms of the actual content, outside of Smash I'd say the March 2020 Direct Mini was a lot stronger than the February 2021 general Direct. I overall prefer the February 2021 general Direct but only because of the experience of general Directs (it being hosted on Nintendo Life with the chat and the speculation beforehand).

@Bolt_Strike that true, Nintendo in 2021 so far seen to be much better compared to what she was in 2020, in term of first/third party release, it look like Nintendo 2021/2022 may surpass 2017/2019 lineup specially if higly antecipated games like Bayonetta 3 and Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild 2 release this year or in the begining of 2022.

@Bolt_Strike Depends on how you look at it, Animal Crossing: New Horizons alone has a good chance of selling more than all of the combined 2021 games you mentioned.

In any case get Shin Megami Tensei V dated for 2021 and then I'm happy with this year already.

Your list for 2020 is not correct. It's more like this:

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch
Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Encore
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Paper Mario: The Origami King
Super Mario 3D All Stars
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity

And 2021 so far has mostly ports/remakes, just like 2020. The only new releases this year are New Pokemon Snap and Mario Golf. And the only months left are Sep, Oct, Nov (and maybe Dec). We already know that we'll probably get more Zelda ports this year, so only 2 months left. Pokemon remakes come in the fall, so only one month left. So it could very well be that we'll only get 3 brand new titles and 2020 also had 3 big new titles. So I don't see where 2021 is already a better year than 2020.

@dionysos283 Just being pedantic but you left out new-new Nintendo published releases for this year too like DC Girls (or whatever its called) and Buddy Mission: Bond got a Japan release this year and looks 50/50 for getting localized.

@jump
But I also left out Nintendo-published small releases for 2020 like Good Job!.

@dionysos283 Sure but those games I mentioned are retail releases and then you will need to add 2021 Nintendo published digital games like A-Train.

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1418394/Ninten...

@DannyBoi Express articles are so clickbaity so it’s far from a credible source.

@DannyBoi that would explain:-
1. Why the 3D Mario collection is no longer available
2. Why the Zelda anniversary collection is a rumoured twin pack (WW + TP) rather than triple pack - the N64 games are coming to this service
3. How they plan to release Galaxy 2

I must admit its probably just a lie, but the guy it mentions is quiet reputable. @TheJGG