When it comes to rumours, leaks or anything tied to soon-to-air Nintendo Directs, all it takes is a simple social media post from a developer or individual to fuel speculation on the internet – to the point it often spirals out of control and raises hype to another level.
Soraya Saga (Kaori Tanaka) – who is married to Monolith Soft head Tetsuya Takahashi, and has worked as an artist/designer on the Xenoblade series and writer on earlier Xeno games, recently took to Twitter to announce she would no longer be retweeting Nintendo Direct announcements, in order to avoid igniting rampant speculation online.
https://twitter.com/sorayasaga/status/1183793225644965895
As considerate as this is, we're guessing there'll still be at least one Monolith Soft employee out there on a social media platform posting about an upcoming Nintendo Direct in the future and sending the interweb into overdrive.
Monolith Soft most recently revealed a definitive edition of Xenoblade Chronicles is on the way to the Switch next year.
What do you think about Soraya Saga's decision? Would you like to see more developers and industry figures remain tight-lipped prior to events to avoid fueling hype? Tell us below.
[source japanesenintendo.com, via gonintendo.com]
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Makes sense. Hope she doesn't get harassed after this. Oh well.
Btw, she's not just an artist. She also helped write for Xenosaga. Don't know about Xenoblade but she did more than just art.
Aww that’s a shame, hope she wasn’t getting harassed by fans for getting their hopes up. I had no idea the Xeno series was a family affair either, you learn something new every day!
Seems legit. But that wont stop youtube channels making 30min speculation videos.
Makes me wonder what would happen if every game company just randomly retweeted Nintendo Directs. I'm terrified to imagine how much more speculation we would get.
Xenoblade Chronicles X2 confirmed?
Related news, NL says that they'll no longer post headlines that mislead one to thinking "Yes my favorite game, _______ , is coming to Switch!"
Subtitle reads: Well not really
Xenoblade Chronicles is my single favorite... I was going to say JRPG of all time but honestly it's probably just my favorite game period.
The music, the story, the characters, the gameplay, the world/setting, everything about the game is absolutely spectacular! Just having the theme to Gaur Plain come up on my phone on shuffle and I'm instantly taken back to the game. Or Colony 9's theme, day or night version... so good!
And I love the voice acting in the game too - and it's VERY rare for me to praise an English voice track but they just got it right in this game!
It's Reyn time!
It takes a brave soul to admit something like that
@nessisonett - I mean, Kamiya still gets Star Fox demands on Twitter, I can see why she'd be more apprehensive.
I doubt she even knows what is in each Direct. She probably just retweets them all because she works for the company
Pretty sure this is a hint that XCX HD is coming to Switch!
Huh yeah my mate was always talking about how she retweeted the Directs when there was Xenoblade news in them, seems like there was a p high correlation between her retweets and XC news. I loved the random speculation and theories we'd talk about, so it's a bit of a shame.
This is weird timing. Hopefully it’s pointing towards an announcement soon
@PBandSmelly But in her case it has always been true that whenever she retweeted a Nintendo Direct, an XC game was announced.
If you have upcoming work being shown in a future broadcast, I would want to tweet to my fans to watch it..🥰
Never got it to xenoblade games....and boy have I tried.
"As considerate as this is, we're guessing there'll still be at least one Monolith Soft employee out there on a social media platform posting about an upcoming Nintendo Direct in the future and sending the interweb into overdrive."
Yeah an Nintendolife will heat up any speculation
I have a few friends working in CDPR and they complained to me that they have to use friends or shadow accounts for private stuff now, because any wayward post on a forum sends game press into a speculation frenzy.
Wait!
With her saying she won't re-tweet Directs anymore, out of no where and for no real reason, does that mean there is a Direct coming soon?????
HYPE!!!!
@oji confirmed
Smart decision, considering how many fans tend to trick themselves into believing their hopes and speculation somehow translate into an obligation for developers.
@Heavyarms55 I agree 100%, Xenoblade Chronicles is my favorite game of all time. X and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 were good, but didn’t grip me quite like the first. Although it would’ve been hard to considering how the first ended, I would’ve loved to see a continuation of Shulk’s story.
@ShadJV Xenoblade X was already in HD
For the love of god the only game I really want news on is shin megami tensei!! Where are you!!!!!
@JesWood13 I consider Xeno 2 only beaten by Xeno 1. X was cool and I would like to revisit it, but I wouldn't rate it among my top games ever. Silent largely souless avatar characters just aren't that interesting.
@RedderRugfish I'm still hurt
@Totaldude911 not on Switch. Was a joke, relax.
@ShadJV I'm already relaxed. My original comment wasn't meant to be inflammatory. Just a gentle correction
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