Rumour: Nintendo Direct To Take Place Later This Month

I wish Nintendo would just tell us in advance like every other company instead of letting us in the dark until the day before the direct

Metroid release date at last! Probably a ‘and one more thing..’ at the end of the presentation, game releasing next day.

Your "source" literally just told you she wasn't told by anyone who would know the information ("It's not technically a leak because Nintendo didn't tell me, which is how I make that call."). You are literally pushing false news that inherently tells you the fact it's made up.

@mariomaster96 It's Nintendo and I am kinda of used to it now. I actually like all the chatter and speculation.

Zeldaaaaaaaaaaa

@DarkTron It's possible to get information about a Direct from a source that isn't Nintendo. For example a third party developer whose game features in the Direct.

But one leak from few days ago already stated that there will be one N direct 15/16th June.

Really wish Nintendo would just be more upfront with stuff like this like everyone else on the planet. The constant, "Is it coming soon? How about now? Maybe now we'll get some kind of news?" with them has gotten very exhausting.

But Nintendo's going to do everything their own way for the sake of doing it their own way, regardless of if it makes any sense.

Well, I am fortunately off that day. I just hope it's not too late in the day, though, because I'll be on my way to meet with my cousin and his fiancé so we can all go to Chicago to see the Game Grumps live.

I saw the thumbnail and for a second thought a direct had actually been announced. Thank you Nintendolife for both fostering and crushing my dreams within the span of 5 seconds.

Reject Nintendo Direct, return to random Twitter drops

has to be one soon wave 2 of MK8 DLC is imminent.

Enough rumors. Already posted rumors of Goldeneye and Banjo Kazooie announcement that was to take place yesterday and never happened.

@Abeedo you should have seen Jon Cartwright's tweet this morning, first thing I see upon opening Twitter and I thought I'd missed the announcement. I did not enjoy that little heart starter I can tell you 😅

At this point my excitement for any games coming this year is zero, we've got the ridiculous Xenoblade CE will they/won't they situation putting some serious brakes on my hopes I'll actually manage to get a copy of the game on release and then all the Xbox announcements of games which ought to be coming to Switch... which all could be solved if Nintendo would just bloody tell us when the next direct is going to be. It's maddening!

@DarkTron That's more or less what I was saying, but both my posts were removed, just waiting for anyone criticising the author of this post to be banned.

@Abeedo futurama right?

Hopefully that's correct, always leave it to Nintendo to do it their own way. Looking forward to the potential request regardless.

Nothing against her, but I'll believe it when I see it. I've seen plenty of people who are fairly honest and reliable be completely wrong about these things before.

Metroid reveal fingers crossed 🤞

I give this around 0% chance of actually being true.

This just screams of committing to a date in the hope of being right, because we all know there is a tremendously high chance of a Nintendo Direct occurring in June.

@Euclidianboxes yeah devs are going to break their NDA's by talking about a Direct. yeah right.

A Direct might happen, it may not happen. But only Nintendo knows when. And they aren't telling. Nintendo has been dropping trailers for the past month. So I give it no chance to see a Direct this month. I think we'll get one in september.

I actually thought we got a direct based on the title, guess not, and Im so Sick of rumors!

Yeah right, just like the Goldeneye rumours that were credible ( massive eye roll ).
If we even get a direct it’ll focus on Xenoblade, Splatoon 3, Pokemon and probably a few minutes on other stuff. I think any surprise announcements will be games that are months away / still vapourware.
I’m not sure what world we live in nowadays where random people and YouTubers pluck some unfounded rumour out of mid air and run with it.
Goldeneye is ready to go, Pikmin 4 is complete, Capcom are working on a Switch exclusive Resident Evil etc etc ad infinitum. It’s all beyond boring and a waste of everyone’s time.

With Persona series announced for xbox, surely its Nintendo's turn to spread the good news?

Hopefully, I'm dying for the next DK game now that a new Banjo-Kazooie will forever just stay a nice daydream.

@eltomo Yes, probably?... I'm personally, waiting for the NL article about Persona games coming to PC and Xbox. I'm waiting for this article on NL since yesterday!

June, July.. not a big deal whenever it appears. It’ll all be old news soon enough..

Err, but this isn't June the 15th... 🤔

Whenever I hear a '''''leak''''''' like this, I begin hoping that they are wrong with all my being. Leaking and rumour-mongering will always happen but I yearn for a future where these people are ignored and we can all just wait patiently for actual news.
But I am a dreamer.

@BANJO yeah still hoping it will be this week

I got really excited there for a second until I read the article category.

Would be nice if Nintendo announced their Directs ahead of time like most other game developers.

The 29th is far too late for a Direct. Should be this week instead following Sony and Microsoft’s big announcements.

I will be excited for a new direct but I don't need one cause I'm broke. There's Xenoblade 3 and Splatoon 3 coming up soon so that's my gaming budget for the next few months. If they do announce the Persona ports, which is still up in the air, I am only interested in getting P3 Portable since I already have the other ones in Steam and PS4. Don't have any more money to double dip.

Zelda twin pack of WW and TP please as botw 2 is delayed, otherwise you won't be getting a penny off me this year Nintendo (nothing else I'm interested in)

yeah devs are going to break their NDA's by talking about a Direct. yeah right.

@sanderev I don't mean to be disagreeable here when I say this: humans are bad at keeping secrets. The probability of leaks steadily approaches 1 as the number of "secret-holders" increases.

I have no idea if they will bother with a traditional June "all-industry expo month" Direct or not, but I do think it would look rather strange, perhaps even uncompetitive, if they decide, Sony-like, that they're above the need to show up.

At this point, I have tempered all my expectations. Just play some games, check the news and eventually we'll get a Nintendo Direct, somewhere down the line.

Technically not a leak but if it pans out to be true then technically she’s the one that broadcast it and technically Nintendo may be displeased! 😡

Personally, I don’t know, I expected an announcement today or tomorrow for a Direct this week, near the other big presentations.

@Damo I for one would appreciate a clear definition of "eloquent" here. I've had some comments removed for reasons that don't chime with the TOS (i.e. comments being removed as "off-topic" when several other posts on same remain up). There seem to be some opinions that are unacceptable here, at times.

@DarkTron She works in the industry, she’s a lot more in the know than you and I. She didn’t t hear it from Nintendo directly, true, but she heard it from someone who she was clearly confident would be telling the truth / would know for sure.

Could she be wrong? Sure. But she has contacts in the industry and doesn’t have a reputation for spreading fake rumours.

Overall, considering that NintendoLife made it clear in the article that this is a rumour and unconfirmed, I really see no issue with them publishing this.

@dw4smash Yes, it puts abit of a downer on it as we have been hoping for an imminent announcement of a direct only to here it's posssibly in another two weeks..
Only time to get excited is when it's actually announced (fingers crossed for this week)

@Pillowpants This is the way.

@andyg1412 There’s a good chance Nintendo would charge full price for each of those games individually.

too suspect for Nintendo to mark it next Nintendo Direct just in the day they have the lastest shareholding meeting.

I would laugh if Nintendo announced a Direct today, to stream tomorrow.

Persona 3, 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal!

This is the most "I heard this from somewhere, trust me bro" thing.
So pretty par for the course as far as Direct rumors go.

@YoshiF2 Unfortunately I haven't watched it yet, but it's on the (admittedly long) list.

The way Allanah was so matter of fact about it makes it seem legit.

She wasn't trying to score points and she would be someone who would have decent sources.

So another rumour debunking a previous rumour, that a direct will happen at some point this month, if not this week then the next, although it was leaked last week for this Wednesday. At this point it's looks like mildly educated guess work.

Although it's all from credible leakers who have got things right in the past, of course they have got things wrong too, but we tend to ignore this fact.

isn't she the Sony fangirl?

@KBuckley27 she works at sony santa monica (god of war studio)

The next gen system announcement is going to be sweet.

Interesting how the rumors have shifted from June 15th to June 29th. I'd much rather prefer the earlier date, pretty starved for news here and it lines up nicely with previous E3 timings but I'll take anything at this point. Hell, I just want a direct in June/early July I really don't care when it is but the agonizing part is Nintendo's silence on the matter. Unlikely theory here, but I both dates could be possibly correct, we could get a game-specific direct on one of the days and a full fat direct on the other date.

@CANOEberry To be honest, I believe that around 99,999% of the "correct" leaks are planned that way. And sure sometimes someone leaks information early, but then you usually also see that they get prosecuted because of a breach in their NDA.

So this is either: planned, fake, or an NDA breach.
For it to be planned it's not really holding any facts, so I'd say it's fake.

Yeah...not gonna hope high on that one...yet. Gotta see it to believe it.

But hadn't we always had a Direct in June though?

If we don't get a Direct this week, we're not getting one in June.

I would love, for there to be a Nintendo Direct later this month, as I always find them a joy to watch.

Wasn’t there a shareholder’s meeting happening on that day? Also, freaking XENOBLADE 3 comes out in the 29th as well! If anything, a direct should be happening before all of that. But I guess we’ll know in a couple days if this rumor is total bull or not.

Last I check, the Nintendo of America twitter account hasn't tweeted in 2 days. I've always noticed that whenever that account is silent, SOMETHING is coming. That something could be anything, whether it be a shadow drop game or a Direct.

It's coming. S o o n.

Here we go. The circle jerk saga continues.

@BadPlayerOne That's definitely coming. I have no doubt in my mind that the Switch is finally getting Persona now. If Xbox got it, then there's no way Switch doesn't.

If y'all want Nintendo to announce it, it'll likely be last minutes. Usually they'll announced it 2 or 3 days before Thursday or Friday as the Direct usually happen on one of those two day. If it doesn't get announce by June 15th then it'll like happen at the end of the month or even early July.

With Mario strikers released surely this next Nintendo Direct is the time for them to announce a new 3D mario title for next year? They won’t want to miss the golden opportunity to benefit from all the global Super Mario hype when the movie launches in 2023.

Do I think a Direct will happen this month? Going by previous years, yes. What day? Not sure, but someone is bound to be right eventually! There are 17 days left this month.

@NintendoByNature

That term means everyone being self indulgent or all fawning over something.

Don't see how that term applies in this case.

Nintendo not even bothering to tell us that it isn't happening during the E3 week, really means E3 is dead. Sad.

I have to wonder...

Even though I loved E3 in the past, is bunching up many announcement like in a huge E3 Direct really effective?

Do I want to see a Nintendo Direct soon? Yes.
Will I believe any rumors about when the next direct is? Absolutely not lol

Nintendo is gonna Nintendo and give us the next Direct when they're good and ready, and they'll tell us like 1 or 2 days in advance at best.

@KindofaBigDeal really? "All fawning over something" doesn't apply here? Lol, seems like that's exactly what's going on if you ask me.

@Orokosaki Goldeneye 007 remastered has evidence, there are achievements that leaked on xbox. Not all rumors are hopeful speculation...

@NintendoByNature

Where?

People are saying whether they think a leaked date is correct or not and a lot of people here are dismissing it.

Where is the fawning exactly?

Now that we're not anticipating the switch 2 being right around the corner. It's the perfect time! Pikmin 4, star fox, starvwars hunters and switch 2!

@RushDawg I know, just wishful thinking I guess

@KindofaBigDeal have you followed this site in the last month?

@NintendoByNature

You used the wrong term mate.

If everyone was in here going "I love her she is definitely right about the Direct date" then maybe it would apply. But in a comments section where seemingly most commenters are questioning the leak then nah, the term doesn't work.

Edit: Not sure it would ever work in this kind of article.

Also it isn't a big deal, just seemed out of place!

@KindofaBigDeal no problem. Glad you aren't taking it too seriously! It was a throw away comment anyway.

@NintendoByNature

All good! Wait for the Persona games being announced for Switch article then go to town!

NICE! Time to confirm 2022's most anticipated announcement... Clayfighter is coming to the NSO service, available after this Nintendo Direct!

Hopefully it's not one of those deep-dive directs where it's just, "Let's spend 30 minutes showing off our latest game, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes."

@Vyacheslav333 I got news, it's here! 😂🤣

@Tyranexx I love how this comment fits your profile pick perfectly! 😂🤣

@garfreek Yeah, I know about it. Anyway, thanks for the reminder. 🙂

@Tainaru I thought it’s at 14 or 15. Honestly I’m surprised that this website never ever mentioned that at all. Well other gaming websites mentioned it pretty early. And I think that date is much more likely than the 29th

@mr12calvin I agree. Historically Nintendo has had their summer direct in the first half of the month. I anticipated a direct for June 15 based on previous leaks and the launch date to TMNT and a few other games.

@mariomaster96 Nah. They just want us in the dark, and then they can go "guesswhatNINTENDO DIRECT DROP!" We'd have no time to anticipate it, nor even hype it up, because I've lost all expectations.

I’m hoping for this week, but I guess we’ll see.

My money is still on the Direct happening this week. Based on nothing but a rumour and gut instinct.

I just want new mario kart courses

My 2 year old daughter just told me it’s happening tomorrow!!!!!! Must be true. PIKMIN4 confirmed!!

Let me understand this. A journalist during a live stream on her own channel after talking about the Xbox Bethesda Showcase offhandedly mentions a Nintendo Direct scheduled for June 29th. When quizzed on it she says that this information didn't come from Nintendo so it's not a leak. As a journalist that covers the gaming industry she is a trusted source, other so called trusted sources have now changed their tune and jumped on the 29th bandwagon. Nintendolife and probably other so called news websites are presenting this as news. A random journalist who is in the field of gaming and knows some people in the industry spouting a random date with no evidence to support it is not news IMO.

@garfreek I will not leave the Nintendo Direct puzzle unsolved!

@Tyranexx 😂😂😂😁👌
Woosh... Woosh... PING!
A real gentlewoman leaves no puzzle unsolved!

What if we got one either Wednesday or next week, either Tuesday or Wednesday

@garfreek That's what a gentlewoman does!

Nah I don't think so.

Mainly because there's not enough proof and I don't follow rumors.