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How much more juice can they get from the Switch? If this is true and at the same time there is no February Direct, the only first party games for now are Princess Peach, Luigi's Mansion 2, Mario Paper remake and the rumored Fire Emblem remake, right? And possibly Metroid Prime 4, but I don't see them releasing that one before the Switch 2. It would make for a very depressing 2024, what a huge contrast with the marvelous 2023.

I'm not believing this one, but it's true that Nate has also suggested the 2025 possibility :/
 
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Is this a source that should be taken seriously? I mean it goes against pretty much every analyst and insider. At the same time, a release slipping by a few months from let's say Oct to Match isn't new (hello Switch!) - but in that case I'd definitely wouldn't expect a hardware announcement until the second half of the year.

And Metroid Prime 4 on Switch. Together with FE4R, LM2, Paper Mario and one or two other remakes or smaller titles, they could actually wait.
 
unkindlynice said:
Yeah I wonder if they saw an opportunity to announce some of these games there and needed MS to make their statement first.
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I think it would rather be a Microsoft game planned for this partner direct and when all hell broke loose the last few weeks Microsoft feared that a game or more from them showing up in a Nintendo presentation without them having the chance to clarify before would just fuel the fire. So they asked Nintendo for a delay to get their damage control out before.
 
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darthdiablo said:
A General Direct means more 1st party content, which they opted not to do. They released new Side Order trailer which could have went into a Direct. New Princess Peach Showtime content as well that could have went into a Direct.

They are obviously “moving things along” and focusing on the bigger prize.

If they saved the Side Order and Princess Peach Showtime content for a General Direct instead among with other 1st party content I’d have feel deflated because that would make it more likely Switch 2 March reveal isn’t true.

It’s fine if you want to say they’re not related. For the rest of us, we are relieved it’s a partner showcase, not a General.
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Are you an official spokesperson?

I’m saying I think the Feb direct was always the last direct no matter what type of direct it was and that the Switch 2 would be revealed between March & June regardless.

I also think a partner makes it feel more real and closer since it feels like Nintendo are saving themselves for a big reveal…

The original post I quoted also said ‘hope it back on’. I’m trying to say it should never have been lost. 👍
 
eye0h said:
Well that's not good, especially with nate reiterating 2025 was still a possibility despite saying the reveal was march. If this is true what a wack situation
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After yesterday, I'm not taking anything anyone says here at face value. Unless it's Pyoro_X.
 
Definitely an interesting turn of events here. I hope Brazil is wrong, it would be a disappointment for me if the launch only happens next year. But nothing to do about it right now, let's see what happens come March.
 
I don't know why we're even entertaining this idea?

I still don't know if this is a rumor from Brazil (or rather from his podcast) or if it's Brazil reporting stuff from a different podcast.
 
YolkFolk said:
Are you an official spokesperson?

I’m saying I think the Feb direct was always the last direct no matter what type of direct it was and that the Switch 2 would be revealed between March & June regardless.

I also think a partner makes it feel more real and closer since it feels like Nintendo are saving themselves for a big reveal…

The original post I quoted also said ‘hope it back on’. I’m trying to say it should never have been lost. 👍
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No, I'm not an official spokesperson. I'm just explaining why it is the general thought process re: partner showcase vs general direct, shared by many here. It's not the first time this specific theory was mentioned.

If I recall correctly, it's why Nate think it's going to be a partner showcase as well, because that format would make more sense if March was going to be Switch 2 reveal.

I guess I must be misunderstanding something in one of earlier comments, because what you're saying now makes it sound like we're on same page here, lol.
 
March 2025 opens up the possibility of Monster Hunter Wilds as a launch game which would be interesting though Nintendo will obviously have their own games as well for launch.

Assassin's Creed Red not being able to launch day and date with the Switch 2 is a little sad for Nintendo though.
 
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Dizzle said:
Wait who are these guys? Are they respected journalists in Brazil?
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Yes, he used to work at The Enemy, a famous dedicated site of games journalism and pretty well respected in Brazil. Now he is doing freelancer and dedicated to his podcast and stream. He got a lot of thing right in the past.
 
Well I hope this is wrong. This is the first year I‘d feel like not releasing it in could turn out to be a big mistake. Hardware sales will be quite low (for Switch standarts) next FY. Just small titles for a year would feel bad. And I’m personally just ready to move on. If it happens it is what it is but I‘d certainly be disappointed.
 
monkeygotyou said:
Hmmm first 3 months of fiscal year 2025 is when? May / June. If it was a misunderstanding, then it would corroborate May / June, we so back
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Yeah, Fiscal year 2025 ends March 2025.

So first 3 months of fiscal year 2025 would be April, May, and June 2024.

I hope I got that correct.

Was "Fiscal year 2025" mentioned in those tweets or podcast?
 
darthdiablo said:
Yeah, Fiscal year 2025 ends March 2025.

So first 3 months of fiscal year 2025 would be April, May, and June 2024.

I hope I got that correct.

Was "Fiscal year 2025" mentioned in those tweets or podcast?
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You sure did.

May we dare to have hope? 😉
 
seyfeselassie said:
Would a 2025 release match up with what we've seen from shipping data? It just feels like it would be more costly for Nintendo to just wait for 2025 to release the Switch unless they wanted a huge jumpstart on mass production.
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They could just not feel confident in their launch window pacing right now and want to solidify it more.

Eg, maybe Prime 4 is the first big game after 3D Mario but it’s Spring 2025 and then Mario Kart is the next killer app but it’s Holiday 2025. Maybe that is paced better if the system releases in March instead.
 
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slsk said:
My apologies if this was already posted.

NVIDIA: 'There will be no future dealings with Samsung.'


Note: this could be referring to memory for future Nvidia products and have nothing to do with chip fabrication.
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The source of this is just a random poster on a forum claiming to work for Samsung. And the (fake) post was about HBM3 memory, and has no relation to Nintendo anyway.

And speaking of random, unreliable things, I'm going to wait to hear from more credible sources than this podcast before I start worrying about a 2025 release. Especially if it was actually planned for 2024 and got delayed, that is something we would hear in real outlets, not this random podcast.
 
Gonna be looking at all the games I hoped would get performance patches like this for a whole year longer

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darthdiablo said:
I think you misunderstood the other poster.

This being a Partner Showcase instead of a General Direct makes the Switch 2 reveal rumors much more likely to be true.

If it was a General Direct instead, then I would be skeptical they’re revealing Switch 2 in March

That is the “link” - not a direct one.

A full on General Direct less than a month before Switch 2 reveal does not make any sense
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According to Nintendo’s Direct archive website, there was a general direct on September 1st in 2016, about 7 weeks before the Switch reveal.
 
ItWasMeantToBe19 said:
I mean, March 2025 would be fine and it's not like there's any good evidence saying November 2024 is a billion times likelier.
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Your personal opinion that March 2025 would be fine does not represent my personal opinion, nor does it represent the reality of the market that Switch can't carry another year on it's own, especially with no big game announcements and/or releases, and double especially so if the successor has been announced.
 
Noleth said:
We went from "WE'RE BACK" to "It's so over" in the span of like 10 minutes
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Who is included in this we you're speaking of?

The calmer heads are at Nintendo will announce some day, and release the damn thing some day after that day. There's a possibility that those could be March and June, or tomorrow and the day after, or off in some far flung future. Nothing is official until it's official.
 
Unless they're delaying the announcement, I don't understand the logic for revealing it in March if they delayed the release to next year. I guess we'll probably know for sure next month.
 
Microsoft’s discussion about their future publishing plan was rumored to suppose to happen sometime in February, correct? Many people assumed a Nintendo Direct of some sort would be this week. A poop storm brewed because MS can’t keep a lid on anything, so Microsoft scheduled their podcast thing for yesterday (Thursday), and as early as Tuesday, Grubb started speculating that the hypothetical Direct could be rescheduled. Now Pyoro is saying that the Direct will be happening next week.

If I have all this correct, I think the theory of MS and Nintendo coordinating their dates seems pretty strong, especially if Hi-Fi Rush and/or Pentiment show up in the Direct. Microsoft might have thought a good marketing/media strategy would be to let Nintendo announce the games and then circle back to their future plans after allowing a glimpse at one aspect of it through the Direct, but because parts of their plan leaked and Xbox fans went nuts, they asked Nintendo if it’d be cool to push the Direct. That way they could reassure people that Xbox is still their main focus before the official announcement of any of their games going to other platforms.
 
Perhaps the rumored March reveal is just them confirming it to investors, which is also when 3rd parties can verbally say "our game is coming to Nintendo's next system".
 
Jake said:
According to Nintendo’s Direct archive website, there was a general direct on September 1st in 2016, about 7 weeks before the Switch reveal.
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The presentation was in January 2017 though. Unless we think March Switch 2 reveal is going to just be a mention, nothing more? If there's no significant presentation/presence of Switch 2 in March, then it would make a lot more sense to have a General direct. That's what we're saying basically.

Also, I know this is going to sound a bit too convenient, but the WiiU -> Switch transition is a bit of odd one, something Switch -> Switch 2 will not have to go through.
 
PH is very respected in Brazil, and to be honest, for me, he is perhaps the main Insider in the country (although this is a position that has been more sought after recently by Necro). And he seems to be very confident in this 2025 information.
I think we should wait, for me 2025 doesn't make any sense from what we know, but if Nate or another insider confirms it then I would be more worried.
 
Would be very surprised. Was doubtful of new hardware the last several years but 2024 seemed locked in. We'll see.

if switch 2 drops next year I'm going to need Mario Baseball and Sonic Adventure ports asap to make up for it
 
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