Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

I wonder if Nintendo would delay if Sony announces a PSVR2 event today for later this week. The July State of Play announcement said:

"This showcase will not include updates on the next God of War, Horizon Forbidden West or the next generation of PlayStation VR. Stay tuned throughout the summer though, as we’ll have more updates soon."

HFW got an update in August (Gamescom Opening Night Live announced the delay to February 2022), GoW got an update last week in the Playstation Showcase and summer ends on September 22nd.

I'd be leaning towards no Direct delay because VR is extremely niche.

@jump
3 pm in UK that means it will be 9 pm in West Indonesia time.
5 hours later from now.

@Anti-Matter It's a joke, I'm not actually asking for the time. People often talk about how 3pm in the UK is when announcements are made.

So 3pm bst isn't when the announcement will be made?!

@NintendoByNature It's typically either 2pm or 3pm.

Today's Nintendo news is Tetris 99 getting a WarioWare event.

Not that a Direct announcement was likely for today, Nintendo announces Directs on Tuesday when they air on Wednesday and announcement on Wednesday when they air on Thursday.

@damien33ad Usually it's Thursdays that directs happen.

@damien33ad TTYD remaster has a really low chance of happening, especially given Nintendo's Mario mandate, which prevents the Paper Mario team from making a game like TTYD.

I don't disagree with the pessimism about TTYD or anything like it coming back, but that is also arguably true of a new Pokemon Snap or Metroid Dread or an NA release of Famicom Detective Club or Great Ace Attorney, or a return of Advance Wars or a Final Fantasy VII remake or a Shenmue 3 or a new Half Life or

@kkslider5552000 Paper Mario’s in an entirely different situation though in comparison to something like Metroid Dread or Great Ace Attorney.

Nintendo made it clear that they’re not interested in the old paper mario, but capcom always wanted to release GAA in the west, but just thought there wasn’t a good way to localize it until recently. Metroid Dread was always planned, but they just didn’t have the chance to make it until recently.

GC is the only Nintendo console that Nintendo constantly ignores so that's another thing against a TTYD remaster happening. It's a miracle we got Mario Sunshine last year.

At most I think we'd get 6 1st party GC games overall on the Switch:

• Mario Sunshine (already happened)
• Wind Waker (via the Wii U remaster)
• Twilight Princess (via the Wii U remaster)
• Luigi's Mansion (via the 3DS port)
• Metroid Prime 1+2 (via the Wii Prime Trilogy)

@Grumblevolcano Not sure about Luigi's Mansion having a chance of happening.

Why do Nintendo port/remaster games? I can think of three (speculative) reasons:-
1. A game from a popular franchise they know will sell well (Link's Awakening)
2. Testing the water on restarting a franchise (Advance Wars)
3. To fill out the release calendar when things are barren?

I wonder if we'll see a Mario Party Superstars 2 based on one or more of the Gamecube Mario Party games?

I'd like to see something with these games:-

1. Giest
2. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
3. Star Fox Assault + Adventures double pack
4. Odama
5. Wave Race: Blue Storm

If we get one from my list I'd be happy!

I wasn't aware wikipedia had a list of all Nintendo Direct dates. Maybe I'm late to the party discovering it.😉.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Direct

Honestly, being a Gamecube game may be the primary - maybe even the only - reason why TTYD hasn't been rereleased yet. If Nintendo was really trying to erase classic Paper Mario as some in this thread seem to believe, they wouldn't have made the first one and SPM available on the Wii U.

@damien33ad SMRPG still got to be on the SNES Classic and was also on the Wii U VC. I also wish those games were already available on the Switch, but sometimes I feel the fanbase has developed a sort of persecution complex based on the lack of releases and minimal evidence.

So we know there won't be a Direct tomorrow but there is still hope for one on Thursday as an announcement could happen tomorrow.

@damien33ad if you still have your gamecube you can play them in true 480p from just buying a gcHD for your cube

But it is the exact same situation as Pokemon Snap. There was an interview about their lack of interest in making one...and then a few years later, they made one.

Possible Big Direct Hint!

Traditionally Just Dance will reveal their new songs at Gamescom or the September Direct. Since there was no reveal at Gamescom I believed that they could be in a direct. The JD Twitter account just put up a teaser for the new song which usually means the announcement is only a couple days away.

It could mean nothing but it is interesting timing. I believe there will be a direct sometime this week.

Sorry everyone, Nintendo aren't having any Direct this week. I am holding my very own Direct on Thursday which will be so big and wild it will surely overshadow anything Nintendo does. So they are delaying till 2023.