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StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST8| Press Your (Nintendo Direct) Luck!

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Jbone916 said:
I wouldn’t be so sure of that tbh - Nintendo has announced “smaller” titles before with a 1-month or less release date. I still feel that the rumored FE4 remake would be perfect for the July slot.
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That's not happening. The last few Fire Emblem games have had at least 4 months of marketing and Nintendo aren't going to shadowdrop a remake of Genealogy of the Holy War.

Due to the game's reputation I can see Nintendo putting it as a holiday title instead.
 
Apenknul said:
Which prolly is next week, as april 30th ends on a tuesday, 2 weeks from now. And most Directs are on wednesday's/thursdays, so that leaves only next week as an option I assume.
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Usually yeah, but there have been Tuesday Directs before, as recently as 2022. Nothing says they couldn't do one on the 30th.

Again, I don't expect it, but it's possible. Patterns are broken as of February, anything is possible at this point.
 
browneyes84 said:
Yes, and they will... at the same time as they release it on their brand new console.

I think some of you are living in dreamland a bit, with all these expectations.



Because Nintendo want Switch 2 to be as successful as Switch 1 and set themselves up for the next 8 years. That's more important to them than selling a Metroid game for a couple more million than that series usually sells.
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They're not waiting to have prime 4 on switch 2 because the whole system is likely backwards compatible. Waiting to release prime 4 with all the other big titles of switch 2 would just hurt the sales of prime 4
 
There will be no Silksong in Indie World. There will never be any Silksong. Silksong is naught but a lie.
It's nothing more than a figment of your woeful imagination; a mere dream dreamt up by delusional minds. Wake up.
 
chocolate_supra said:
Brazil did not definitively say the Indie World was in March, just that it would be before the April Direct and that maybe would put it into late March. The info was "April Direct, Indie World coming first," and March was just his speculation.

Still possible that the Direct is later in April and the info ends up all being true after all. Brazil himself has now said he doubts it, but there's technically still time for it to have all been true.
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I think that is the way that both Nate and Brazil are correct, so I back it.

Bring on the Maypril direct!
 
Dark Cloud said:
Yeah. Probably very high outcome is there is no direct for this month.
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Yea, this week and up to the 25th I think is the last window for April. Any later and there’s a risk of overshadowing the Endless Ocean PR campaign revving up.

Marce-chan said:
Ok so April Direct is back on the table?? Has there been Directs the week after an Indie World before?
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There hasn’t been a Direct following IW in recent memory.
 
Wockio said:
Direct April 24

Endless Ocean online testfire and Prime duology shadowdrop
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Wasn't there something for Endless Ocean dated for very late April on the eShop or something that made people speculate it was the next Direct date?

Well the information that PH Brazil had was that there'd be an April Direct and that there was an Indie World happening before it, so it'd fit perfectly.

Also it'd be the perfect time to announce the Fire Emblem 4 Remake for late July!! And to shadow drop Prime 2 as the April game... And to reveal 4 for October/November... And a DK game before the park opens... Okay I'm entering fanfiction territory so imma stop.
 
I know we were promised Prime 4 for Switch but at this point I rather have it on the Switch 2 So the world looks better. If it ends up Looking like prime remaster on switch I would be happy but something tells me Prime 4 on Switch would look worse than the Prime Remaster and Run worse on Switch.
 
By the time this got into Retro’s hands, I doubt they had a Switch 2 dev kit. Nintendo will want to recuperate those costs from cancelled development, I’m 100% sure the game will be on Switch, and a maybe 50% chance of having a 2 version.

Other than that, Nintendo has never not released a game for a console it was intended to, in the eve of next generation
 
It would be kinda wild to get a General Direct a mere week or two after an Indie World, but hey, maybe Nintendo might like to have a few games on its upcoming games calendar in time for the earnings release, so I can see it happening. Give me that May 1st Direct.
 
Honestly, I think that the Indie World happening kind of cements that Nintendo is planning to keep to their normal showcase schedule this year, as an Indie World in April has happened the last few years. I do think the Partner Showcase was is a remnant of Nintendo's first half of the year already being announced for the most part (and they were still able to sneak a first party title into it anyway), so they didn't need to do one just then. However, it was still a February Direct which is normal so I feel like we are back on the Feb. Direct - April Indie World - June Direct - September Direct - an Indie World anywhere from late August to the end of the year! :D
 
I'm guessing this means I'll have to wait a little longer for the Endless Ocean overview trailer, oh well.. Gimme "Little kitty, big city" and I'm set.
 
ziggyrivers said:
Other than that, Nintendo has never not released a game for a console it was intended to, in the eve of next generation
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I hate double negatives, but you can’t convince me that Mario Party 8 wasn’t originally a GameCube title with how the game switches from 16:9 to 4:3 presentation once you get out of the main menu
 
JazzyFuture said:
Donkey Kong Barrel Blast and Super Paper Mario immediately come to mind as being planned for GameCube, and not even keeping support for GC controllers.
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SimCity is another notable example with the NES version getting mentioned in Nintendo Power (and at least one of the official strategy guides) before getting moved to SNES.

Also I think Tomato Adventure on GBA started out as a GBC game?
 
Making a Switch 2 version of Prime 4 that takes advantage of the hardware means increased dev time. I'm sure Nintendo would rather have this out on Switch and move on to the next entry than make people wait even longer. It's also not the kind of game they would want for launch with how little appeal it has in Japan.
 
BlackthornOrion said:
iirc didn't Tanabe say in an interview somewhere that Luigi's Mansion 3 started as a WiiU game?
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Early development work did start on the Wii U, but considering NLG's next big project ended up being Federation Force, I would imagine everyone knew that the final game would end up on Nintendo's next system instead as soon as that decision was made.

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Luigi’s Mansion 3 Developers Promise Better Bosses And More Puzzles

Preventing one of the biggest shortcomings of the second Luigi’s Mansion from making it into the third is a high priority, the game’s top producers from Nintendo told Kotaku during an E3 interview in Los Angeles last week.
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I wonder if with next Luigis Mansion NLG will switch to a free camera third person adventure, or they will continue with fixed angles.

And also if they will move to a more open setting like a haunted town (like Alan Wake).

Regardless, with Switch 2 they have resources to make a very visually showcasing game on par with titles like Alan Wake 2 or Resident Evil 4 Remake.
 
My new theory is that we’re only getting one General Direct this year, that being in June. Nintendo counts on Paper Mario and Luigi’s Mansion to tide us over until then. Switch 2 reveal + launch window games get the spotlight around when the September Direct would normally happen.
 
Kaizo said:
My new theory is that we’re only getting one General Direct this year, that being in June. Nintendo counts on Paper Mario and Luigi’s Mansion to tide us over until then. Switch 2 reveal + launch window games get the spotlight around when the September Direct would normally happen.
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We aren't, worst case scenario we get a 2H Switch Direct in late June, then a Switch Direct in Sept for Q1 2025 and after that a Switch 2 teaser... well, this is the worst case IF it releases during this FY, if it relases next FY (starting April 2025) then they might feel no need to say anything about it at all.
 
Brofield said:
I think Wednesday is the day for this year's events; February PS was Wed Feb 21 and now Indie World is Wed April 17.

That being said, they might not do Wednesday May 1st because of time zone shenanigans with part of the world still in April and the other in May, but Wednesday May 8th (or better yet, 15th to space out events) could hold potential.


I'd like to believe May given the above, but if May 22nd goes by without a whisper then I guess something has to happen for June, and especially so that it means it will be a light year if they have to space out events more than they do games.
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They won't do a Direct two weeks from now because of Golden Week in Japan (April 29th - May 5th).
 
It will be interesting to see if they market Prime 4 heavily in an attempt to have it fill the big holiday slot. Also depends on timing of Switch 2 reveal, I suppose.
 
darthdiablo said:
Brazil initially said his source told him there (might) be a IndieWorld before general Direct, but the timing was off (Indie World happening in April instead of March). Still, I think there's some truth to what his sources told him.
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You get the feeling Nintendo's plans are fairly set for the next 18 months but the timings are super in flux. I wouldn't be surprised if we see quite a few rumours arrive and transpire late.
 
placenta said:
They don't have a first party release this month, so it looks to me as if this IW was always set to have some meaningful games to be released right after.
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Maybe it's finally time we get to see another 3rd party developer using a Nintendo IP like Cadence of Hyrule.
 
Bulborb said:
I know we were promised Prime 4 for Switch but at this point I rather have it on the Switch 2 So the world looks better. If it ends up Looking like prime remaster on switch I would be happy but something tells me Prime 4 on Switch would look worse than the Prime Remaster and Run worse on Switch.
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For it to take full advantage of the Switch 2 it'd have to be rebooted again by late 2022 and probably only arrive by 2026 at the absolute earliest, and I don't think Nintendo would ever want to scrap the 3-4 years of development they had again.

At most we see it being like Horizon Forbidden West and the next gen version has a new lighting system, but the most probable outcome is that it's like God of War Ragnarok, in which it's a a Switch game first and foremost, and basically resolution and frame rate are the only differences. And maybe it doesn't even need anything other than that? I mean if Tears of the Kingdom or Super Mario Bros Wonder got next gen versions would we expected anything other than resolution to call them lookers? If they held TotK for Switch 2 and all it did was add 4K and 60FPS modes we'd all be super hyped and hold it as one of the most impressive next gen games even with it being a Switch title on higher res.

I think that if Metroid Prime Remastered, faithfully being based on a GCN game, looking as good as it does, only brings us the possibility that MP4 is gonna be the best looking Switch game ever. There's no reason to worry at all that the 6 years of development it's gonna have leave the polish behind.
ziggyrivers said:
By the time this got into Retro’s hands, I doubt they had a Switch 2 dev kit. Nintendo will want to recuperate those costs from cancelled development, I’m 100% sure the game will be on Switch, and a maybe 50% chance of having a 2 version.

Other than that, Nintendo has never not released a game for a console it was intended to, in the eve of next generation
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Yeah, the only time they theoretically could do it was Breath of the Wild, and they didn't. They even released and promoted the DLC for Wii U as well. There's literally no way they'd publicly reboot the game in 2019 just to behind the walls cancel it and release exclusively for the next console.
shoptroll said:
I hate double negatives, but you can’t convince me that Mario Party 8 wasn’t originally a GameCube title with how the game switches from 16:9 to 4:3 presentation once you get out of the main menu
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BlackthornOrion said:
iirc didn't Tanabe say in an interview somewhere that Luigi's Mansion 3 started as a WiiU game?
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Both of those weren't officially revealed. Let alone officially announced, then publicly rebooted, and mentioned every quarter with a TBD release date for the console.

Pikmin 4, the version that was first worked on shortly after 3, probably was aiming for Wii U, early Switch games probably were using Wii U hardware before the dev kits, early Switch 2 games probably started development on Switch even knowing they'd come only for the next console, and unannounced games might have Switch versions ditched(like, if it happens with DK), but a publicly announced and rebooted game that's recognized every quarter isn't doing that.
 
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My gut says that Nintendo wouldn't get indie world that close to a general direct. So I guess late May/early June is a safe bet still.
 
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Last year there was an Indie World in April and a Direct in June. Same in 2021.

Not saying it's a pattern, but it's likely.

There usually is a Direct within a month or two following an Indie World. I don't think we'll be waiting until September for the next Direct.
 
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