Press Release Suggests E3 Nintendo Spotlight Will be About 30 Minutes

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That's very short if true. It better have nonstop reveals. No time wasted spent in Wool shops please.

If it ends up being 30 minutes then personally I'd consider that disappointing. Unless of course like Switch81tch said it was nothing but game reveals and little to no filler. Hopefully we all come out of the event with a good deal of hype and not disappointment.

That gives them room to announce around 6 ports or remakes

As long as they don't take TOO much time on things that already exist, I'd say they can do it.

Their last Direct, which had lots of content, was 35 minutes long. Don't jump to conclusions just yet, they might use the same quick-fire format.

I was hoping for at least an hour. If they could manage 45 minutes in 2014/2015 then they should be able to at least match that here. They should have a lot more content to share with us than in previous years... Where are all the games?

Fingers crossed that June 13th brings us all a lot of joy and surprises...

Thirty-minutes of new games like F-Zero, Metroid, Pikmin 4, Animal Crossing? That would sound about right. But knowing Nintendo, that ain't happening.

That's extremely short, their either going to be doing several 30-45 second trailers, or 3-4 5+ min reveals

TELL US WHAT RETRO IS DOING

Hopefully its non-stop reveals of new content. Don't waste anytime on stuff we already know about. Looking at you, Mario...

@Switch81tch Agreed. But not happening

@SLIGEACH_EIRE hahhahaha oh my 2015 was so bad that hurts even to remember.

So 20 minutes on Super Mario Odyssey and 10 minutes on other games then?

30 minutes seems a bit short.

30 minutes ?
Okay...
But Nintendo must deliver the direct with Speed X 1.5 to make it fit with the informations that want to be delivered. XD

Less then 2 minutes per segment please. Can't do 10 minutes of Nintendo Land type footage.

inb4 'the making of StarFox Zero. Miyamoto visited the shrines near his hometown. Oh, now we're in an aquarium to speak with the producers of Splatoon'

Guys after the direct from today I was reminded that Nintendo will always dissapoint us.
@Grumblevolcano So expect 25 min talking about Mario, 3 Fire Emblem Warriors, 2 Xenoblade and end.

Hopefully this means they omit these boring dev interviews and just shoot out trailer after trailer with little to no introduction.

@Frank90 Good grief, how freaking' salty can people get? "Nintendo will always disappoint us"?
I guess you really can love something so much you hate it.

@Frank90 Oh lord, please no. We certainly don't need repeat of 2015. Especially since they got themselves a new system here.

@GoldenGamer88 and no release dates to save even more time. :^P

Reduce the time we're getting of Mario + Rabbids and we'll have the actual length of the presentation

Just enough time to talk about more Mario Odyssey gameplay, ARMS gameplay, and Splatoon 2 gameplay, maybe a Monster Hunter announcement. After the Pokemon direct I'm not expecting to be wowed here.

I don't really like the sound of that. I'd prefer it to be 45 minutes long, like usual. However, I looked back at E3 2013, because that was the first E3 after Wii U launched, and they only really announced 4 big games, 3D World, Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8 and Smash. They showed a lot of other stuff off, like 3DS and other announced games too. But remember, there isn't any 3DS stuff at all. So that clears up some room. But I wouldn't expect an E3 2014-like showing until next year. Still, wish it were longer.

I really enjoyed the format of the last Direct, and how they utilized the bullet point list. Especially when there was a "? ? ?" section slowly working it's way to the top. I'd love if Nintendo stuck to this presentation style. Lightly touch on new reveals, and then they can dedicate an excessive amount of time to each game during the treehouse.

It will almost certainly be longer than 30 minutes if it's a Nintendo Digital Event. Of course they went out of their way this year to call it Nintendo Spotlight so maybe it's just game trailers with no filler. That would be disappointing, I was looking forward to Reggie and Trinnen fighting each other in a montage of ARMS and Splatoon 2, maybe even Pokken and SSB:Deluxe. And FIFA and NBA. Plenty of fun competitive mutliplayer on Switch. Maybe milking cows just for fun.

Don't forget everyone, ARMS and Splatoon 2 still need to be covered, so that's 5 minutes for each of those. 5 each for Mario and XC2. Probably 5 minutes for Nindies and 5 minutes for 3DS games. That's 30 minutes right there w/o even covering anything new.

So it better be longer than 30 minutes, otherwise don't bother and just put trailers on Youtube.

Honestly, I just hope they do what they did with the Splatoon 2 and Arms Direct. Have it focus on Mario and a few other games, and do the "bullet fire" thing for other announcements. Because I liked that.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I remember this, that was brutalllll

@rjejr Don't forget everyone, ARMS and Splatoon 2 still need to be covered
ARMS will be out shortly after, there's no need to cover it further. Splatoon had its own Direct as well, I believe they'll just put out another trailer and leave the details to the Treehouse team.

Don't expect many game reveals.

Same as many people have already stated:

Fire out announcements and quick details

Save development videos for Youtube or the Treehouse stream

Announce as much new stuff as you can

Don't linger on any title for too long; if you spend more than 4-5 minutes on a title that's too long!

I honestly don't know what to expect. They can either make us groan with overexplanations and filler of already known stuff or wow us with new reveals.

Which will it be Nintendo?

And make it a good one as I'm likely to leave work early to catch it so it better be worth it!

Wow so just a bunch of trailer s then and more info during the Tree House

30 minutes is probably enough when 25 will be spent on Switch.......3DS just had it's swan song with S&M Ultra and I cant see much new info being given for the handheld as it nears the end.

I know.....3DS has plenty of life, 60 mil users, Nintendo won't abandon blah blah........but I think it is happening and E3 will confirm the direction Nintendo is headed and it seems like that direction is Switch focused

I was hoping to be wowed by E3, but the closer we get the more I worry. I won't be getting Arms. I'm definitely getting Mario amd Splatoon 2, so I really only want to see new content that'll make me want to open my wallet and curse how far the release dates are. VC info would also be lovely, but I doubt with this chunk of time they'll mention it. Still trying to have high hopes.

Considering the fact that they will certainly talk about ARMS, Splatoon 2, Odyssey, Xenoblade, Fire Emblem Warriors and BotW DLC, plus probably SSB DX, this does not really leave them much room for more than one or two reveals I wager - which sounds about right to me.
I mean, I'd rather just have them announce new games, but seeing as this - unlike Sony or Mircosoft - is basically a first-party-only event, that's definitely not going to happen.

It's worth noting though, that it's possible that something new will also be revealed during the Treehouse presentation. It has happened before after all.

@Gerbwmu "3DS is having its swan song".
I think people need to stop bandying that about.
"3DS is having its swan song with Sun and Moon"
"3DS is having its swan song with Fire Emblem Echoes"
"3DS is having its swan song with Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon"

Anyways, yeah if they manage a quick pace the presentation should be fine. Of course, some people are going to invariably be disappointed and ignore follow-up info/announcements from the Treehouse stream right after.

Doesn't matter how long it is, they just better announce a million things in the works.

Are we going to be speedrunning through some headlines like last time?

Given how fast paced the April Direct was ("Speeding through some headlines"), I could see Nintendo stuffing a good number of announcements during the Spotlight event, especially if they forego the pointless and unnecessarily long developer interviews that were so prominent during Nintendo's E3 2014 and 2015 Digital Events.

Of course, Nintendo could also dedicate 25 minutes talking about Mario Odyssey and the remaining 15 minutes talking about Mario & Rabbids, so who knows. This is Nintendo we are talking about here.

Do note that the E3 Spotlight will focus exclusively on Switch games. 3DS stuff will be reserved for the Treehouse.

@nhSnork Don't see why there can't be release dates at the end of each trailer lol.

Have a cute intro, but after that non-stop game reveals and only stopping to detail major releases.

They better not spend half of it on just Mario Odyssey ...Which I fear they will.

30 minutes seems way too short given that I bet at least 10 minutes or more will be devoted to Super Mario Odyssey, which I guess is what they said they were going to do anyway.

It could be a lot more than we think if they go the route of the rapid-fire news style the did in the last full Direct we got.

Still, 30 minutes is better than the 0 minutes we got last year.

I think 2017 is already pretty stacked from a game lineup perspective. Sure, they could use that 30 minutes to do nothing but announce new games coming next year to maintain hype while using the show from the floor to provide details about what we already know..... but I suspect not.

Expect new trailers and/or release dates for Mario Odyssey, Xenoblade 2, probably the Zelda DLC (maybe release the first major update pack will hit during/right after the show?), Fire Emblem Warriors, Splatoon 2, and maybe a new tease or two at most.

They have major titles slated for release in June (ARMS), July (Splatoon 2), September (Pokken Tournament DX), and August, October, November, and maybe December TBA for a major release to hit every month to close out the year, which I assume is their goal. So the biggest thrill of E3 will likely be seeing where things fall (for better or worse.... I'd say worse).

My guess (assuming all hold true with no delays)?

August: Fire Emblem Warriors
October: Xenoblade Chronicles 2
November: Mario Odyssey
December: Zelda DLC 2

I sure do hope they give us some things to be excited about in 2018, but I'm not going to bother getting my hopes up.

If it is short, I hope they're not short on Switch content...

You guys are really funny!🤣 Itˋs either "HYPE, HYPE HYPE!!!" for you, or everything is just POOP!

That's fine imo. My expectations are low and under control. I'm not entitled to anything. The Switch is brand new, selling acceptionally well, and on its third month with mostly positive things regarding it. More game news and reveals are likely to be announced all through the year. What more can we ask for?

So, basically, I can expect close to no focus on the games I'm actually interested to see.

Bleh.

@MarcelRguez "after"

I don't care if the Spotlight is 5 minutes or 5 hours long, I feel very confident that ARMS, and Splatoon 2, will be in it. They aren't going to make a Spotlight for Switch and completely leave out 2 of it's biggest upcoming games. They can leave out Pokken DX, that seems like a straight port, but ARMS is a new IP, Splatoon is a sequel, nto simply a port, so they'll get covered.

Not every body who watches the Spotlight on YT is going to be a full time dedicated Ntinedo fanboi, some will be Sony and MS fans who may not follow Nitnedo at all except for the E3 presentation, and they wont' be watching the Treehouse all day long, they'll be watching their own systems. And the casual gamers may not even care about keeping up with E3 in real time - some people have jobs - they may just watch the Spotlight on YT at their earliest convenience. ARMS and Spaltoon 2 have to be in it, they are really the only games Switch has all summer long.

@rjejr But they aren't leaving them out. Both have tournaments, so we'll see more direct gameplay for those games there. I don't think it's wise to give those two games anything more than short trailers.

The Digital Events in 2014 and 2015 were about 45 minutes long, but the developer stories and skits probably took about 10 minutes of that. Cut those out and you have plenty of time.

Also, I don't get why people keep saying they're gonna spend several minutes "talking" about the games, especially SMO.

FOR THE LOVE OF ARCEUS, THAT'S WHAT TREEHOUSE IS FOR.

Think people. The trailers take up maybe 1-2 minutes each. With Super Mario Odyssey, FE Warriors, Xenoblade 2, Mario + Rabbids, and probably a new trailer for Splatoon 2 and a short launch trailer for ARMS.

That's probably about 10-12 minutes long, and Mario + Rabbids is a new announcement.

@IceClimbers True. If this will be in the fast ARMS Direct-style without any filler, they could actually manage to fit a lot into this.

If it's that short, there better not be any developer stories in there.

Keeping expectations low. The Pokemon Direct helped with that, so maybe working as intended.

A 30 min. video will be shared and rewatched more efficiently. Then I guess they'll have a day or two of livestreaming to detail whatever they've revealed. Sounds good to me !

@IceClimbers Most of that goes back to the 2015 event where they spent something like 10-15 min about how they were inspired to develop Yoshi's Wolly World and how the first wool figures and amiibo precursors were produced.

Sure thats all interesting for a Developer Video but not in a major reveal of upcoming titles and hype build up. It slowed everything down to a crawl.

LET'S GET HYPED GUYS!!!

We should also keep our expectations in check so as not to get disappointed but...

LET'S GET FREAKIN' HYPED!!!

Well, they have said that their focus will be on games we already know about so that seems reasonable. I would assume maybe one or two new games will be revealed (one of which will be the Mario/Rabids crossover that already leaked).

My expectations are fairly low regarding new announcements, but I'm very much looking forward to new trailers for Xenoblade 2 and Mario.

@Dark-Luigi Wow, just remember all the wool talking and the crap about wool making people happy. Dear god, it was the first time that I considered give up on gaming.

Keep in mind with the treehouse streams they often do show games that were not discussed or shown off in the main presentation

To the people who think 30 minutes is too short, the April 2017 direct was 35 minutes long and showed off the following games:

Hey! Pikmin
Ever Oasis
Monster Hunter Stories
YO-KAI WATCH 2: Psychic Specters
Culdcept Revolt
RPG Maker Fes
Miitopia
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
Kirby's Blowout Blast
BYE-BYE BOXBOY!
ARMS
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers!
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
Sonic Forces
Sonic Mania
Project Mekuru
Fate/Extella
Disgaea 5 Complete
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Monopoly
Rayman Legends Definitive edition
Sine Mora EX
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Payday 2
Namco Museum
Splatoon 2

Considering that Splatoon and Arms took up 15 of those 35 minutes (since that particular Direct was focused on those 2 games), that means Nintendo showed off the remaining 26 games in a 20 minutes time span.

Of course, most of those games were either already announced or confirmations of Japanese localizations (especially for the 3DS), but still - Nintendo is more than capable of showing off a good amount of content in a short timespan.

Also, the Spotlight won't have much, if any 3DS content and is heavily Switch focused (the first 11 games on this list are 3DS games), freeing up a lot more time for Switch announcements.

So that's 2 minutes intro, 3 minutes Mario trailer and 25 minutes in a hat shop talking about the inspiration of Mario's hat in the new game

Nintendo's done a very good job of chucking loads of games down our throats, guys. I wouldn't worry too much at this stage.

After the Pokemon Direct earlier, I can just feel the disappointment already. Their line-up for the year is a known quantity and we are just going to get more details.

So no Megaton announcements like Pokemon Stars, no new Wave Race, F-Zero or 1080 Snowboarding, and only a slight possibility that we will finally see what Retro Studios have been up to....

Mind you, you never know as they can be unpredictable, but I just don't "feel it in the air" this time.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE That Digital Event did have filler, but it also had a lot of big stuff. Best Nintendo E3 in recent memory.

@westman98 I really hope they use that same style and set up on this as well. Quick and to the point.

All's I want is a Mario Odyssey release date...and that's all.

Before everyone starts to jump to conclusions, look at how many things Nintendo announced in the last 35-minute direct:

Hey! Pikmin
Ever Oasis
Monster Hunter Stories
YO-KAI WATCH 2: Psychic Specters
Culdcept Revolt
RPG Maker Fes
Miitopia
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
Team Kirby Clash Deluxe
Kirby's Blowout Blast
BYE-BYE BOXBOY!
The Legend of Zelda amiibo
Super Smash Bros. amiibo
ARMS
New Joy-Con Color & Battery Pack
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers!
Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
NEOGEO Arcade Archives
Sonic Forces
Sonic Mania
Project Mekuru
Fate/Extella
Disgaea 5 Complete
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Monopoly
Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition
Sine Mora EX
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Payday 2
NAMCO MUSEUM
Standalone Nintendo Switch Dock Info
Splatoon US Inkling Open
Splatoon 2

Wish they'd go back to stage presentations tbh

30 minutes seems short. However, that's still plenty of time for a lot of announcements.

That's fine with me, gamers need to temper their expectations though.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Wario's Wooly Goldrush anyone? XD

@westman98 thinking the same thing.

There may be some rapid-fire surprises without much fanfare. Mario and Xenoblade 2 may get longer trailers. I look for the Pokémon Ultra games on Switch before it's over, whatever Retro has been working on, too.

1/3 of the games will be WiiU ports.

Just hope the other 2/3 of the games will be worthwhile.

This will be a 2017 focused direct, so don't expect Nintendo to pull a Sony and announce games that are years away from potential release.

Nintendo will likely spend about half of their 30 minutes providing details and release dates for the already announced 2017 games such as Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey, FE Warriors, and Xenoblade 2. The rumored Mario & Rabbids will definitely be detailed, as well as other potential rumored games (Smash Bros port, Pikmin 4, a new Animal Crossing, etc) that could come in late 2017/early 2018. Some 3rd party games will be shown off as well. That's it.

I sorta don't even want to see mario. I know it will be amazing and I will buy it come holiday...tell me about the stuff in between then.

urgh, just enough time to show us all the games we all new were coming and nothing else.

(In Gruff Announcer Voice) THIRTY TRAILERS, 30 GAMES! ONE TRAILER PER MINUTE!! CAN YOU HANDLE THE RAPID FIRE EPICNESS OF E3??!!

@Senpai_Bruh That would be the dream. Am already disappointed with the Pokemon Direct so my expectations are automatically lower now.

Depends on what that 30 minutes entails. If its 5minutes of games with 25 minutes of silly sketches, interviews in wool shops (yes I remember) and admittedly funny claymation then Nintendo will begin going the way of Wii U very very fast. And after the non event that was todays Pokemon direct they cant afford to be going back to old habits.

All switch games, NO 3ds crap... Metroid reveal please!!!!

I expect it will be like the spotlight; meaning more games than we can shake a stick at and then gameplay and perhaps a small surprise or two during treehouse.

30 mins?!

....Just don't give us any of that 'I saw a squirrel and followed it and it inspired me to make this game' kind of rubbish.

Relentless reveals and, if possible, female doggin' rock music somewhere.

If it's only for Nintendos first party games, then it's good. The third party's presentations can reveal any 3rd party Switch games. Remember last year? Ubisoft & their 2 hour abomination?

They should pull a Steve Jobs:

Oh..and one more thing. The SNES Mini.

For the love of all that is good in this world , I will be happy with a 5 minute presentation so long as it is spent finally highlighting a proper Metroid game . We have waited way too long . And XC2 .. stoked for that too.

Waves hands Let's not jump to conclusions people. Fingers crossed for Metroid

This only reconfirms that the event most likely will be poop!

@Yasaal,

Metroid will just be Federation force 2: The sequel nobody asked for!