Rumour: New Nintendo Direct Airing Later Today

WHAT ?!
Today ?!
What time for West Indonesia Time ?

Nindies Direct

Seems nailed on at this point. I am loving all the indie games as the "triple A" market has just become too dull for me the last few years.

I was hoping for online service, maybe in a few weeks.

Inb4 all the salty comments over it being a Nindies Direct.

This makes a lot of sense, it's just before Gamescom and though they are indie games and not "triple A" experiences, it's still publicising the Switch and future new releases.

@Anti-Matter 2 hours and 14 minutes from now.

Nice, looking forward to it!

Can someone say "Nindie Spotlight?"

Was excited until I saw it was a Nindies only Direct. Not that I dislike them and they definitely need showcasing but was hoping this was going to be a wider ranging direct which included the new online service as well as details for a few games that have gone quite, as well as the Nindies.

Nindies have become one of the Switch's greatest strengths in my book.

Most likly Nindie Direct.

Sounds like a Nindies direct. I want a regular one

Anymore I get more psyched about the upcoming indie titles than I do about the triple A titles . The indie titles seem to get better and more updates as well . Looking forward to see what gets announced.

Nice! Gonna watch.

Sounds like a Nindies presentation, if this is the case I hope King of Cards and Wargroove get release dates.

Finally!

Seems a bit odd that it hasn't been officially announced, especially if it's coming today. Maybe they're trying to cut down on the leaks and speculation.

Ooooh! Nindies!

Well, there are over 1000 Gamemaker Studio developers wanting to put games on the Switch, so this Nindie Showcase is going to be like 10 hours long haha

Meh. Not very interested in indie games.
I want to see Animal Crossing and Pikmin 4, among others.

A Hat in Time please!

> Nindies

Pass.

Travis strike again launching NOW!

will prob still be all about smash

Bring me Fez and some slugcat based announcements, along with a Hyperlight Drifter release date. As its a nindies direct I won't hope for too much, but I'm glad its coming.

Yay! I need some games to play for the rest 2018 so hopefully we get some good announcements

I like the Nindies on Switch, but I need more good deals like Hollow Knight, not expensive 2-3 hr games. I still wanna play flipping death, the messenger, dead cells and more, but funds are tight with school now.

@Balta666 Haha! That would’ve been the most surprising gaming moment of the year, for me! If only that game did surprise launch today...

@theinstruct0r
OMG...
I have to go home faster after i gave a private lesson to my student.

Some of you are so obsessed with the damn Online service lol.. it’s happening, we’ll learn more about some time before it starts in the 2nd half of next month. Chill out lol. It’s not going anywhere... and whether you learn details about it next week, or the day before it launches will make no difference. So impatient...

Nindies have been the lifeblood of the amount of time ive spent on this console... GolfStory/SteamWorld Dig/Stardew Valley/Celeste/Hollow Knight.... Hyper Light Drifter release date please!

people who knock indies are clowns, often lower priced and better games than triple a titles. not to mention more lovingly made and creatively crafted!

If it wasn’t for the Nindies the switch would only have a handful of games, but to be honest not really bothered

Please tell me another SW:Dig game is coming soon...

The Switch has truly helped me love indie titles; with its pick up and play anywhere style. I just hope it includes some new titles and not just previously announced titles coming to Switch.

Of course PC will almost always get them first because of the ease of putting it on. Though with the open sewage pipe style of Steam these days; wonder if it could change.

can i dream of a Playtonic Diddy Kong racing spiritual successor?

Woo hoo, more Nindies is always a good thing. The indie wave of the past 2 to 3 years has been awesome, they may not be deep 3d open world experiences but I still love them.

Indies have saved the Switch at this point. Nintendo made games and third-party have been non existent for the most part.

@Folkloner I think a normal direct featuring a Nindie Section

Awseome hope its not all turdware tho

Btw, i really hope it will reveal these games :
1. Re:Legend
2. My Time at Portia
3. Earthlock (Physical release)
4. Sikanda
5. Gardening Paws
6. Catastronauts

All I want is a Wargroove release date.

That's really cool to have a Nindies Direct but gosh we're gonna enter in the 9th month of the year, maybe it's time for a real Direct.

Perhaps it'll come with the Tokyo Game Show ? I suppose it would be the best moment for it.

Gimme that Undertale release date, please.

@Anti-Matter Re:Legend looks like it could be very special!

@Cobalt I don't know what makes an Indie focused Direct less "real" than any other.

@Anti-Matter “You better learn good and fast kid, I gots video games to watch! Now do your sentences!!”

I’m definitely okay with this!

It will be unveil of mario wii u port amd maybe just maybe wind waker hd. Id love an unveil of bravely default.

Baba Is You looks kinda amazing!

They are going to tell us there are 1000 indies coming every week from now on. NintendoLife needs to hire more staff for reviews.

Maybe they will mention that paid online services too?

I was excited until I read this is likely to be a Nindie-focused Direct . . . which is fine, however; with the rumored NSMBU port and the upcoming online service launch, I assumed we'd be getting a meatier presentation. Another time, perhaps.

I got excited for a second... Welp. The Direct I'm expecting should be coming next month anyway.

I have very little interest in indie titles aside from a select few experimental/simulation games, and all of the ones that I have bought for the Switch so far have been completely underwhelming and I doubt that I have played any of them more than twice.

I have little interest in most of the "premium" independent titles as I would rather put my time and money towards Nintendo's own 2D platformers.

I hope to see more of the Undertale port, it'll be interesting to see how the game is handled on the Switch.

@quinnyboy58 True that. I don't understand how people can write off a whole category of games just because there isn't a big company behind it.
For all the people who are skeptical about indies, give it a chance. I have played almost all my life nintendo games only but i can tell you some indies are just as good if not even better.

2 pm CEST? So in like an hour? Color me surprised Oo
Anyways, I'd love to hear more about Bad North, Undertale, maybe an Invisible Inc. port ^^ or any other 'new' announcements.

I'm 99% sure they will announce a New Zelda + Metroid Prime 4 + The Last Story 2 + Xenoblade Chronicles 1 HD + Jet Force Gemini + N64 Classic Mini + Banjo & Kazooie Odyssey all coming this year for Christmas.
What do you mean this is impossible?

Every time a Nintendo Direct airs, or even a Nindies direct especially, my wallet begs for mercy as I drain it of its lifeblood.

Bad North
Wargroove
Broforce
My Friend Pietro
Planet Alpha
GRIP

@electrolite77 "Just here to point and laugh at posters saying they don’t like ‘indie’ games... "

Well, you know what they say: short-sightedness and/or stupidity knows no boundaries...

So...less than an hour now and it's still unconfirmed? That doesn't seem like Nintendo's MO.

I'm still disappointed it's not a full Direct but I'll watch anyway. There could be some interesting things. Anything along the lines of Overcooked and I'll be happy.

“Nindies*

Oh come on! Just give us a freakin general direct

I really hope we get release dates for Hyper Light Drifter, Mark of the Ninja, and Undertale. A surprise "right now" release on one of those would be great too, but I won't expect it.

Ooo, a Nintendies showreel.

I can get in to that. :9

Mayonetta 3.

"They sells like butter in the sun" is my new favorite saying!

If it is an Nindies Direct, awesome because Indies are games, I like games, and I get to learn more about new ones.

If it is a "normal" direct then awesome because games are games, I like games, and I get to learn more about new ones.........

Wait I just said that

Rodea switch port along with gunvolt in smash and gunvolt 3 and fire emblem fates HD

Really hope this happens!

@jockmahon inb4 10 minute Smash trailer including Shantae reveal. Her cult-like following would go nuts. Lol

Even if it's not a major direct, it's something. Hoping to see info on Travis Strikes back and Wargroove at least. That's about all I'm hoping for here. We'll most probably see info about Undertale and some of Devolver's titles too.

Honestly though, I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo snuck in some mid tier Wii U ports, like the rumoured New Super Mario one. There's also some mid-tier third parties they could showcase as well, like Team Sonic Racing. But I'm not expecting too much, since they don't tend to release a lot around their big ips.

@KryptoniteKrunch Well, I personally get a bit tired of all the retro titles and mobile shovel ware ports flooding the e-Shop lately. A lot of decent titles are literally drowning under the buttload of shovel ware.

Where are all those unannounced big titles for this year they promised? Or was it just Warframe and that's it.

I don’t know, it seems too soon for another Direct... I would be super happy to be wrong, though. 😃

@Stuffgamer1 That’s what I thought too, but then I remembered the Direct Mini from earlier this year when they just dropped it and left it.

Then again, they teased that one a whole bunch with that firey Chibi-Robo picture...

all the horrible indie games are a joke, they have no business on consoles. they are smart phone quality games. $300 for a console, just to play horrible indie games and ports of old games, gtfoh

@MH4 The teases were probably a result of the leaks/rumours surrounding it. If no-one knew it was happening, Nintendo would've probably stayed quiet.

@RunATrumpTrain Good thing not all indies are horrible. Shovel Knight, Celeste, and Hollow Knight say “Hi.”

Damn,I was about to go out for something to eat. Nindies or food? Tough choice but I choose Nindies.

Imma go out on a limb and say we hear nothing about Bloodstained No. 9

@Anti-Matter in 28 mins

I can't wait to see new games and might get to before work so double win for me today!

Excellent. I much prefer a Nindies Direct to a Smash Bros one...

@Jeronan Thinking about 'unannounced big titles', there is also Diablo 3.
Besides that, they never said it would be a lot of games still unanounced, just as they didn't really say those will be that big.

king of cards reveal and downloadable straight after? would be amazing that!

I’m glad the nindies are getting a showcase! Time to fill up my Switch!

@MH4 Oh, was that not even a stream? I heard about it after it hit so I dunno.

As for timing...this has been slightly longer than the gap between a regular Direct and the Labo reveal. I don't think Nintendo is too worried about spacing out presentations on different topics.

@Spectra Yeah I totally agree with you, Smash looks awesome and it's nice to see so many indie games on the Switch but I'm starting to get really annoyed with just how lackadaisical Nintendo have become as of late. I'm not expecting them show of crap ton of bombshell announcements but I seriously want them to at least show of some of their upcoming games like Super Mario Party, the Let's Go games, the new Fire Emblem game and some sort of new info on Yoshi.

@Tarolusa I would also like it if they actually talked about their upcoming online service for once instead of putting it on the backburner.

Best kept secret ever. Less than 15 minutes to go and I can't even find the rumour on Google, this page is the only thing that comes up from 2 hours ago.

:/ Is this still plausible?

So is Nintendo life doing a live stream of this?

(..)

So uh...jk?

Nindies. Meh.

Is there a link?

@StormtheFrontier guess it'll depend if this actually an thing.

@rjejr Well, they did claim it was their own close source...and posted so early I guess others aren't paying attention? Maybe?

Hmm…

Tick tock

link?

um?

So where is it?...

Fake news!!

BS Nintendo Life

August Fools!

Totally got me on that one guys...

Wait, wrong A-month.

14:00 CEST is here…

crosses fingers FINALLY HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER IS ANNOUNCED FOR SWITCH!?

Also a date for the Killer Queen Black game would be awesome.

April 1st?

@Stuffgamer1 "Their own close source" sounds more like a hunch than a rumour.

That Morphies Law twitter feed certainly thinks it's real though. And I doubt they are hanging on NL's every typed word.

2 minutes to go, then we'll know I guess. Unless Nintnedo decides to delay it until tomorrow b/c it leaked, you know how they can get.

Well my PC says it was supposed to start already, you see it anywhere?

Sure hope the source gets the appropriate amount of kicks for this lol

Well it is listed as Rumour

@Kirby_Girl HLD is already announced for Switch

It's up:

https://youtu.be/MPuli9LlwZA?t=8s

So I guess it's not happening then.

Edit: Literally as I'm typing this comment they post it...

Get that cred, NL!

Wheres the live blog?

@rjejr Been refreshing the official Nintendo YouTube channel... nothing. Not that I expect a theoretical unannounced video to be perfectly punctual.

Edit: Nintendo UK posted one. Still nothing from USA.

Actaul vid, nto a rick roll like that other guy above.

Nintnedo UK feed, funny accents ensue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUSrhEEvL0&feature=youtu.be

It's actually started!

Well what do ya know?!

https://youtu.be/qNUSrhEEvL0

Not a thing

It’s live people

@Stuffgamer1 Nintnedo UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUSrhEEvL0&feature=youtu.be

LOL all got trolled by NL.

Well what do ya know?
https://youtu.be/qNUSrhEEvL0

@Kirgo I forgot about Diablo 3. That one was actually nice, but no surprise, since we pretty much knew it was coming just not exactly when. Day 1 buy for that one yes.

it's this guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNUSrhEEvL0&feature=youtu.be

@GrailUK Ya but for WHEN? Been forever. I still remember when it was gonna come out on WiiU and THAT got cancelled.

HAHAHA...the full video is already up on YouTube.

@rjejr Yeah, I saw the link. I'm not really fond of watching these things for other regions though. Prefer local info, y'know?

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand it never happenned

moonlighter and children of morta look like they have great potential

So it's not a Nintendo Direct so can we at least change that part of the title? And it doesn't even seem to be a Nindies Showcase, so maybe we'll still get one of those later on this year?

@megallade It's on the UK channel right now.

@Stuffgamer1 What difference would there be between UK and US? Especially with a Nindy Showcase, other then 2-3 day release differences.

@Jeronan he's just an ignornant person, wouldn't let it bother you!

Well, nothing for me. I’m kinda sick of those indies. Thank god MHGU is coming in a week to keep me busy till December

@CroRock Yup. Nothing for me either. Terraria is a fun game, but it's so old and even released on mobile phones years ago.... I am not gonna dip again.

@Jeronan 2 or 3 days? Indies still tend to cross the ocean with much larger waits last I knew, and games that don't come out everywhere are still a thing. Just issues I'd rather avoid.

On that topic, NLife has gotten worse and worse about specifying regions for news over the years. Wouldn't have bothered if they just said UK.

This is certainly unexpected. Must have been living under a virtual rock this whole time. Well, fingers crossed for Metroid Prime 4. Likely isn't going to happen though.

Worst case scenario, I'd be happy for me Team Sonic Racing

Wait, I actually just read the article. It looks like Nindies... Hmm, this still interests to me a degree

Sooooo, only Monster Boy from the Frenchies of Game Atelier interest me. Hope for a physical version in Europe. Otherwise, nothing for me...

Morphies law, finally out!!!

Welp, was a bit underwhelming. Nothing on Wargroove, other than it being playable at Gamescon. Everspace seemed somewhat interesting, but I found myself fastforwarding through most of this.

@FireMario887 Check the UK channel. It's already up.

New F- Zero X Animal Crossing. No? Fine! I didn't want to play that anyway.

Wow serieus!? Didnt expect this one lol.
new games and a new smash character and story mode confirmed?

I realize that not all "Nindies" are shovelware (let's be honest, though; most are), but frankly I hope they're not the sum of what Reggie meant when he claimed "there was more up their sleeves" after the post-E3 blowback.

Hope for Shovelknight Minecraft And Other News

Btw When Is It Supposed to start?

I've bought enough indies. give me a full fat direct Nintendo

@SBandy couldn't agree more. with some obvious exceptions it's like a lot of the big-budget games are so afraid to try something new, and often if they do try something new it sucks or it's stupid. I have been so impressed with the switch's line up. and there is so many great eShop games that I am skipping right now and just adding to my bookmarks, I mean the switch will always have something new to play just because of the sheer volume of great games.

Hopefully one of these Nintendo directs includes an overhaul to the store that brings them current with the rest of the digital storefronts with a ratings system. Kind of sucks having to check steam, the PlayStation and Xbox store for some game reviews of something I'm buying on a switch

Come ooooooon Humble Nindie Bundle!

Meh. Nothing of interest, which is the usual for these Nindie spotlights. Glad MHGU is around the corner.

There is another Direct coming very soon. Hinted at the end of the Indie Highlights;).

@DannyBoi It didn't explicitly say a direct, but at the very least it means we may get some reveals from Gamescom or a Gamescom direct. Which isn't crazy, since this is essentially like E3.

Trollolol. Well played, Nintendo!

Wake me when the best of these Nindies have been decided and get a boxed print.

@Regpuppy @DannyBoi I read Nintendo direct incoming soon in those words as well (maybe with some of the fine details on the online even though I don't think they need that)

Hopefully Bloodstained had a release date this time.

Were they true? Not to the extent you're saying. (No offence.) There were teases of something happening and we did get a indie presentation, but the likes of Nindie Showcases and Nintendo Directs are streamed presentations. What we got was not.

It was odd you even referred to it as a Nintendo Direct, since we already got release dates for The World Ends with You: Final Remix and Dark Souls Remastered. A New Labo kit was revealed. Diablo III and DOOM Eternal was both confirmed for Switch and there was a Smash Direct.

The video didn't follow the usual formula ever. You were right something would happen today, but saying you're right about there being a direct is stretching the truth.

@retro_player_22 It's been pushed back to next year. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/posts/2266944

Not here in the states..No direct here

I'm really enjoying all these independent games more than the AAA of late. There seems to be a lot more fun and addictiveness with them.

@Frendo I was thinking the exact same thing recently! It strikes me as sad that in a medium where you can do anything you can think of most developer's choose to do the exact same thing both thematically and gameplay wise. One of the reasons I like Nintendo so much is their willingness to break from the trends of the industry and try something new. Splatoon is a great example of this, as it breaks from the genre norms and delivers a colorful, family friendly shooter in a genre favouring grittyness and realism.

Are they announcing more tracks for Mario kart 8 deluxe?

I hate being uninterested in the Nindies. It's mostly because they're all wannabe retro cash grabs that lack substance, or the same 8 isometric shooter games from 10tons.

Nintendo US never posted anything like UK. Weird.