Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I blame SlowDive, it's like saying Bloody Mary in a mirror 3 times and she will appear! ;p

@Slowdive I know, that’s why it points to being a big project. He also worked with the Irish choir Ànuna, so if they have anything to say they haven’t said anything.

@Dezzy Fair enough, I suppose we shall see. Whatever it is, it has my interest.

@TheJGG I could see it being for Xenoblade or the ARPG. Music could be getting completed later in the project than usual given COVID as well... I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Anyone noticed there aren't many my nintendo pc/smart device rewards?

debating/speculating who could be the final 2 characters of Super Smash Bros Ultimate.

@Giancarlothomaz It's Tom Clancy and Goku!

@DannyBoi It’s been that way because their service sucks.

@DannyBoi sounds fishy. Nintendo direct incoming.

@1UP_MARIO no way man. The return of wii u discounts means a direct is incoming. Buckle up buttercup because it's gonna be a journey. #HypeResponsibly

what Nintendo could show at E3 2021? and some Nintendo games we could expect at E3 2021.

I think this week we'll get the next batch of NSO games announced.

February 2020 - Announced February 12th for release on February 19th
February 2021 - Announced February 10th for release on February 17th

May 2020 - Announced May 15th for release on May 20th
May 2020 - Announced May 12th or 14th for release on May 19th?

The announcements are usually very early morning UK time so perhaps tonight in the US.

@Grumblevolcano At this point you would have more luck predicting where a tornado is going to appear, than guess Nintendo's next move.

Lets start up the next direct speculation.

It's. Happening.

I mean, it’s not hard to leak Monster Hunter Rise, given capcom got hacked. Monster Hunter Stories 2 has it’s whole plot floating around out there.

Doesn't look like anyone is talking about this, but Zippo has leaks on the lineup for this year (it looks like Nintendo Life referenced this one in the DK article, but the full leaks aren't being discussed):

https://zippospeaks.blogspot.com/2021/05/why-nintendos-2021-w...

Summary of what he's saying:
-2D Metroid by MercurySteam is finished development, waiting on an announcement. It runs at 60FPS.
-2D DK game by EPD Tokyo, not a Country game, Diddy, Cranky, and Kremlings returning.
-Odyssey sequel is in development and coming "sooner rather than later", but from what he's saying, it doesn't sound like it'll be this year.
-Intelligent Systems has been developing another Fire Emblem game separately from Three Houses and is nearing release. Zippo hasn't been able to confirm this, but many of his contacts suspect it is a remake of the Japan-only Genealogy of the Holy War on the SNES. Koei Tecmo is also working on a followup to Three Houses, but it doesn't seem to be ready yet.
-Super Mario Party 2 should be ready for the holiday, the update to the first game's online a few weeks ago is a test for 2's online.
-Nintendo is releasing more "99" games like Tetris 99. He wasn't told which ones were next, but heard that they'll be focusing on 8-bit arcade/NES games.
-He's not too sure about other Zelda 35 titles, but he did hear a Wind Waker HD/Twilight Princess HD bundle may be coming. OoT/MM bundle might also be a possibility.
-He thinks Detective Pikachu 2 is ready to go and will be shown at a Pokemon Presents in a few weeks.
-BotW2 is not going to be ready for the holiday due to the pandemic. He thinks the game will be fully revealed at E3 and release in Spring 2022.
-A new Mario Kart game of some kind is in development and will either be the big holiday game or release early next year, has been in development for the last 3 years. He checked and it is NOT Tour, Home Circuit, or the Universal Theme Park ride, it is new Mario Kart content that we have not yet seen. He's not sure if it's DLC, 9, or something else like Nintendo Kart.

Nothing terribly surprising here but man, if this is all true, the next 9+ months are going to be packed.

He also says 2022 is looking even crazier, but he's saving that for a Part 2.

@Bolt_Strike Sounds like rubbish guess work to me and even Slowdive who normally loves these types of leaks is saying not to trust Zippo which is the biggest pinch of salt imaginable

Would've preferred a new Advance Wars or Pushmo from Intelligent Systems, but I'll take yet another Fire Emblem just as eagerly. Everything else sounds likely. Lots of softballs, no really outlandish guesses.

@jump Yeah. It just feels like a bunch of Guess work on rumors and things Nintendo are already doing. Like the Super Mario Party 2 thing could be chalked up to someone guessing based off Super Mario Party's updates.

Super Mario Odyssey 2 has been predicted by everyone, and it seems odd that they'd be working on that, when the same team is making a new DK game.

Detective Pikachu 2 is just a wild guess as well, based on Gamefreak's patterns effectively. We already know it's going to get some news eventually, as it got revealed a while back, and they're going to be doing a pokemon presents before e3, like they do every year.

Everyone and their mother thinks BotW 2 is likely to be at e3, and is likely a early 2022 or late 2021 release.

Over all, it just feels like he's guessing based off things that already happened, with sprinkling in a few things people actually want to hear.

@VoidofLight it’s lacking a shocking new thing and some boring/causal games for me, I suppose Donkey Kong or New Mario Kart could be that but I’d expect something more outside the box.

Also just a pedantic correction, Detective Pikachu 2 is being made by Creatures not GameFreak.