Famiboards when Nintendo shadowdrops the Partner direct April 30th at 11:59 PMOh God, not again
No Whammies, please!
Personally I’d be extremely dissapointed, but to each their own!According to how we rated the last few partner showcases... we have no problem with them
Famiboards when Nintendo shadowdrops the Partner direct April 30th at 11:59 PM
It will be another partner show case and you’ll like it
The last one was probably the least relevant Direct for me, and, after watching every one, I still don’t think that Partner Showcases are worth it. But there are different tastes!According to how we rated the last few partner showcases... we have no problem with them
Today, this entire forum is after a NINTENDO DIRECT!! But they'll have to avoid the Wario, as they play the most exciting game of their lives!! From The Treehouse on Famiboards, it's time to PRESS YOUR LUCK!!
And now, here's your host, the STAR of PRESS YOUR LUCK, EvilChameleon!!
Thank you thank you thank you and welcome to the 8th Nintendo Direct Speculation thread! I've often thought direct speculation was a bit like the classic gameshow Press Your Luck. Everyone comes in wanting big announcements, and you can either leave elated, or with absolutely nothing that interests you. I tried to put a good selection of fun stuff on the board, some oft-rumored stuff, some random stuff, etc. Plus there's the dreaded Wario, who will take away all your announcements and leave you waiting for the next Nintendo Direct. The current rumors are we will see a Nintendo Direct in April, so let's light up the board and go!
Instead of a poll, I'm going to ask weekly questions within the thread itself, based upon things we might see in this next direct. I will be using the threadmark system, so if you miss one, check those out! And here is the first question;
Seeing as I'm launching this thread on Mario Day, if we do indeed get a Mario sports game in this next direct, what sport will it be?
Sure why not lad.But if patterns are broken and the typical February slot was taken by a Partner, and the next typical Direct slot wouldn't be until June, is it truly preferable to have a Direcc Specc Thread open for potentially six months?
Just tryina consider peoples' comfort and stuff.Sure why not lad.
Ah sure what have ya.Just tryina consider peoples' comfort and stuff.
The idea of Fami Direct threads was for them to be sorta isolated "event" threads, but having one last for potentially half a year kinda defeats that. Plus last time one ran super long it got a bit doomy and weird, and I wouldn't want the OP to get exhausted by that sort of stuff.
Generally I agree with @Raccoon that a Partner's shouldn't end the thread but this year is proving very odd and lord knows what's happening anymore.
Just tryina consider peoples' comfort and stuff.
The idea of Fami Direct threads was for them to be sorta isolated "event" threads, but having one last for potentially half a year kinda defeats that. Plus last time one ran super long it got a bit doomy and weird, and I wouldn't want the OP to get exhausted by that sort of stuff.
Generally I agree with @Raccoon that a Partner's shouldn't end the thread but this year is proving very odd and lord knows what's happening anymore.
@Josh5890 shared what I thought was a pretty good list of what we can reasonably expect from Nintendo for 2H 2024.
At this point I think Nintendo is going to round out 2024 with mostly more of remasters/remakes, saving the big ones for Switch 2 in 2025. I think MP4 will be one of those titles slated for 2025 among with dual Switch 1/2 launch.
So my guess: MP2, MP3, LOZ:TP, LOZ:WW in the next Direct revealing 2H 2024.
I’m expecting donkey Kong and a tease for Metroid prime 4 personallyYay new thread! Not sure I have predictions ready to go just yet especially with the big release date news today, but I’ll throw out some early thoughts.
April probably has…something…so I think the Direct will be in the second week of April (the 9th through the 11th) to have room for a shadowdrop. Likely contenders to me are Luigi’s Mansion 1 and Metroid Prime 2 Echoes. I’m going to guess standalone purchase Mother 3 is probably later in the year for us since they won’t want it too close to the “free” Japanese NSO release, but if it’s April rad, I’m down.
I think we’ll finally learn whatever big new content is in The Thousand Year Door then. Definitely going to be more than a new NPC, but how big it is I’m not too sure. Also heck yeah it comes out the same day as World of Goo 2! Going to be a great day for gaming!
Big games I think we can expect to see are Metroid Prime 4 and Donkey Kong as the two big holiday games, Fire Emblem 4 (the Summer game), and Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HD. I think there is some party / casual game in there like Tomodachi Life and Mario Party / Mario Sports. Most hoping to summon Fortune Street into existence.
All of this would make for a wild Direct, but I do think there’s a good chance for most of this to show up. With the Switch 2 internally delayed, Nintendo suddenly has to make this year seem appealing quickly. That’s why an April Direct makes sense and some stuff that might have made sense for cross gen (the Zelda ports in particular) will hit this year.
You ain't lying.Im playing RPG’s this year
Like a lot. With Paper Mario TTYD and the potential FE 4 remake, I will be adding to that backlog.
Anyone know of widely reported/corroborated rumors that turned out to be completely false in Nintendo's history?
So the implication was that there would be both an April and a June Direct? When I heard of the April Direct rumor I thought it would serve as a replacement to both the February and June Directs.
I think this over exaggerates any potential issues. No one is resetting the clock or "driving themselves crazy with speculation". It's just a speculation thread that happens to be tied into Direct speculation. That's all.Most people voted to close the previous topic, and now we've gone against the community's wishes by making a new one just a few weeks later.
The Mar10 video provided release dates to upcoming games for the first half of the year and that would seem to indicate there won't be a real direct soon.
I don't think its healthy to have these long drawn out topics where people are resetting the clock everyday and driving themselves crazy with speculation when there is no reason to think anything is on the horizon. This topic should have been opened in April, when the next direct is actually rumored to take place, as was the custom previously. But I guess there's no stopping this train.
I’ve been saying this since the end of the DS’ life…it’s like the latter half of every Nintendo handheld has me just filling up the backlog (and sometimes getting to those games).Im playing RPG’s this year
Like a lot. With Paper Mario TTYD and the potential FE 4 remake, I will be adding to that backlog.
hold on a sec, aint this waaaaay too early for a Direct thread? :v
Seeing as I'm launching this thread on Mario Day, if we do indeed get a Mario sports game in this next direct, what sport will it be?
Thanks for sharing this information with me.Switch Pro, Star Fox Grand Prix, and Wii HD are the biggest ones I can think of
The rumor stated a direct in April and a Switch 2 something on June
Normally I’d agree, but I think in this case plans were in motion for earlier but due to the Switch 2 delay they got moved. So someone knowing of something about April might have originally been planned for an earlier date.I don't believe that an April Direct is happening. H1 has been laid out, so anything beyond that can wait til June. And no, I believe in the rumors. When was the last time anyone knew of Nintendo marketing event plans 2+ months out?
Running-Man inspired Mario set in a MadWorld inspired universe. Will lead into the Mario movie which will obviously be rated R.Mario has had his gun moment
it's time time go a step beyond and have him hunt the most dangerous game of all- man
I mean, maybe? The lack of an announced July release currently is a little suspicious, but otherwise Nintendo doesn't really "need" to do anything before their typical June slot.That rumor about a General April Direct is looking pretty good I'd say after the minimal TTYD and LM2 updates today! It's time for Nintendo to fill up the rest of the year. I hope it is finally Metroid's time... not just Prime 4, but 2 and 3 as well! Hell, throw in Samus Returns and Zero Mission while we're at it! X)