I guess the mid-February Direct rumour came to nothing then, next week would be late-February and we'd know about a Direct by now if it was happening tomorrow.
I'm still not sure why people are expecting a direct soon. Don't we technically know about most games coming until E3 anyway? I imagine they'd want to cover the second half of the year then.
Though I do expect we'll get something from them before E3
@MisterPi Fairly simple. We don't have release dates for HW:DE or Mario Tennis Aces, and both of those are due out June at the latest. They need to announce the date at least a month before release, ergo, a direct before E3.
Also, the fact that historically there's always been a major direct in February or March, so there's that too. It's looking like it'll be March this year though. They definitely need to have something with a release date besides DK:TF once Kirby is out.
@MisterPi Well Nintendo haven't had an indie Direct for a long while now and they had two last year, so even if they don't have a Direct for the bigger games, I am surprised they haven't had any for the indies yet.
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The only way I don't see a Direct happening at some point before E3 is if 3DS is dead and the unknown Spring release dates get revealed on social media with Mario Tennis Aces being June. Even in that case, I still think we'd possibly get a Direct that teased some summer announcements.
I think dates for things like Tennis and HW are small enough to be shoved into a tweet. However, I do expect we'll get one before E3, where they'll mainly announce games for this year with more details being given at E3.
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Ascii – In the first year (of Nintendo Switch), many core gamers became aware of it.
Kimishima – As expected, core gamers have understood the concept (of Nintendo Switch) after its launch. That said, after Super Mario Odyssey was released, the number of families playing Nintendo games have slowly started to increased.
Ascii – So your plan is to further broaden the casual audience in the second year (of Nintendo Switch)?
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@Grumblevolcano To be completely fair, I'd be totally fine with a low effort, rebranded Switch Fit that was basically a Wii Fit Plus port. I know I'm in the vast minority there though lol.
@link3710 It would be fine bringing back the "Wii" brand for Switch with "Wii" replaced with "Switch" but if it was to happen, revealing outside Directs/E3 would be the best approach like Nintendo did in January with Labo.
@Grumblevolcano Oh, I completely agree. Nintendo really needs a separate platform for announcing their QOL/Non-Gamer style announcements.
Though... A Wii Sports successor could easily land in a Direct without too much backlash I'd think, so long as it's accompanied with the proper other announcements.
It depends on what they mean by casual. It could be that in addition to LABO (the big standout), they consider Mario Tennis Aces, Kirby: Star Allies & Yoshi (as entry level platformers), and a potential Animal Crossing as games aimed at the casual audience.
While they had some casual titles last year (1 2 Switch, Snipperclips, and possibly Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), LABO & Animal Crossing (hypothetically) alone would be a bigger part of their 2018 strategy than the previous three games were for 2017 from a marketing perspective (1 2 Switch being overshadowed by Zelda, Snipperclips being small bananas, and MK8D being a port).
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@JaxonH Awakening is next month, I'd guess a release date of 7th/8th or 14th/15th for NA/EU so the season pass content is fully released before Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition releases in Japan.
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