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StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST2| Fami's Summer Gameguess

When will the next Direct air?

  • It's going to be in May! cHaOs!

    Votes: 11 4.3%

  • Patterns, man. 14th of June, 2022. The usual.

    Votes: 211 81.8%

  • Nintendo will be weird again, early July.

    Votes: 23 8.9%

  • Nintendo's Twitter Direct's will be the norm, Septermber 2022.

    Votes: 6 2.3%

  • Geoff the Summerman will add it to Summer Gamefest

    Votes: 7 2.7%
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    258
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Yavga said:
Random thought, now that Pokémon HQ Gamefreak moved in with/nearby Nintendo HQ (it did right?) Maybe they achieved the synergy to combine their showings in a single Direct as a new effort for pushing the brand in a different direction?

Yeah, really random I know
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Something I wonder is if now that Game Freak is in Nintendo HQ they will keep being able to make multiplatform games like they did with their non-Pokemon games
 
Finally it's that time of the year again!
I've been following this thread since the times of resetera!
I've seen sooooo many things (even the pineapple pizza discussion)
I've also seen what insiders are capable of tô bring speculation to this blessed place, King Zell, Nate, Emily, Kelios... Thank U all ❤️
Nice to finally make my first post here!
Hope we aren't too far from some news!
Also, sorry for any english typos!❤️
 
Derachi said:
Whenever a member of this community has Jury Duty in June is when there will be a Nintendo Direct. I believe we have a 100% success rate so far.
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It was actually February, I got jury duty postponed back in October and the date of the new service was February 9th so I told you all the February direct would be that date exactly. Back in October or November.

And I was right.
 
Skittzo said:
It was actually February, I got jury duty postponed back in October and the date of the new service was February 9th so I told you all the February direct would be that date exactly. Back in October or November.

And I was right.
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It was just Takahashi and Koizumi reading Famiboards and they wanted to make us happy so they did February 9th Direct, they are so humble.
 
Christo750 said:
I guess, but they made a big deal about introducing echos and they only made 5 of them. Feels underused as a concept, regardless of who else could’ve made the decision.
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They probably had to pay for the license. Paying to make a clone character isn't that enticing for anyone Nintendo and fans alike, imo.
 
Blue Monty said:
Something I wonder is if now that Game Freak is in Nintendo HQ they will keep being able to make multiplatform games like they did with their non-Pokemon games
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I'm imagining them ordering PS5 devkits but Miyamoto intercepts the package and throws it away while looking them sternly and disappointed into the eyes.

I mean Sony is able to do it with MLB the show.
Maybe it gives them valuable intel on how the competitor consoles work?

Anyway I hope their next non-Nintendo projects turn out great,
Little Town Hero really wasn't good and the last really good ones were Harmoknight and Drilldozer.
 
AllEchse said:
I'm imagining them ordering PS5 devkits but Miyamoto intercepts the package and throws it away while looking them sternly and disappointed into the eyes.

I mean Sony is able to do it with MLB the show.
Maybe it gives them valuable intel on how the competitor consoles work?

Anyway I hope their next non-Nintendo projects turn out great,
Little Town Hero really wasn't good and the last really good ones were Harmoknight and Drilldozer.
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Sony was forced by MLB to make the games multiplatform, here if Game Freak being located in Nintendo HQ means there are no multiplatform releases there is no big company to force it, of course, Nintendo could just not care like they have been doing with Game Freak multiplatform releases before though
 
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Blue Monty said:
Sony was forced by MLB to make the games multiplatform , here if Game Freak being localted in Nintendo HQ means there are no multiplatform releases there is no big company to force it, of course Nintendo could just not care like they have doing with Game Freak multiplatform releases before though
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Unless they have some new contract with Nintendo, I don't think anyone can really stop them to continue making their sidegames mulitplatform.
But even then, it's not like the did much of those between 1996 and Tembo The Badass Elephant.
Apparently Pocket Card Jockey also released on phones in that time.

But ever since then everything apart from Pokémon was multiplat.
But they've been saying they want to prioritise doing original games, in order to foster their staff and if they aren't using Nintendo's resources I think they can release them wherever they want.

On the other hand maybe that would help increase the quality of the games and avoid another Little Town Hero.
 
Gamefreak is a wholly independent organization. As long as it's not Pokemon and they didn't take Nintendo's money, they can release any original project on any platform, and skip Nintendo platforms if they wish.
 
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AllEchse said:
Unless they have some new contract with Nintendo, I don't think anyone can really stop them to continue making their sidegames mulitplatform.
But even then, it's not like the did much of those between 1996 and Tembo The Badass Elephant.
Apparently Pocket Card Jockey also released on phones in that time.

But ever since then everything apart from Pokémon was multiplat.
But they've been saying they want to prioritise doing original games, in order to foster their staff and if they aren't using Nintendo's resources I think they can release them wherever they want.

On the other hand maybe that would help increase the quality of the games and avoid another Little Town Hero.
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I’d imagine there is a chance that part of the contract to be in Nintendo HQ is to only make games for Nintendo hardware or mobile, that’s why I wondered that it could happen.

Also Game Freak used to release in the 10s a ‘small original non-Pokemon title’ every two years +- it’s weird there isn’t any new title announced yet
2012: HarmoKnight
2013: Pocked Card Jockey
2015: Tembo The Badass Elephant
2017: Giga Wreacker
2019: Little Town Hero
 
Blue Monty said:
Something I wonder is if now that Game Freak is in Nintendo HQ they will keep being able to make multiplatform games like they did with their non-Pokemon games
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they're not in Nintendo HQ. the building's floors are all rented out. they're just building-mates rather than the situation Intelligent Systems was in before moving out (or the large part of SRD before absorption)
 
Blue Monty said:
I’d imagine there is a chance that part of the contract to be in Nintendo HQ is to only make games for Nintendo hardware or mobile, that’s why I wondered that it could happen.

Also Game Freak used to release in the 10s a ‘small original non-Pokemon title’ every two years +- it’s weird there isn’t any new title announced yet
2012: HarmoKnight
2013: Pocked Card Jockey
2015: Tembo The Badass Elephant
2017: Giga Wreacker
2019: Little Town Hero
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That could just be Covid, coupled with the move.
I don't think they will just drop their original games, it seemed very important for them to have them as they even made a statement for that.
I think anyone would burn out only making Pokémon games, but in the end they probably had to prioritise that for now, cause that brings in the actual money.
 
Game Freak had a small division dedicated to making smaller games like Giga Wrecker and Pocket Card Jockey, so they're probably still committed to that. just hope they do better than that mess that was Little Town Hero
 
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New Fake 4chan Leak is UP!

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Updates to previously announced games:
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 2 (June)
  • Mario Strickers Characters Update Announcement
  • Mario Party Superstars Board Update (October)
  • Nintendo Switch Sports Update Penalty Mode (June)
Other trailers for popular games:
  • Splatoon 3 Trailer "This is all new".
  • Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Story Trailer
  • Fire Emblem Warriors Three Hopes story trailer
  • Bayonetta 3 "The New Evil" Trailer, scheduled for October 28, 2022
News from the Zelda series:
  • The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages + Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
  • planned for November 11, 2022
  • Trailer for the sequel to Zelda: Breath of the Wild planned for March 2023
    (The trailer is dubbed and has an estimated length of 3 min as of May 29, 2022)
  • New amiibo for Botw2 and Oracle of Ages/Seasons will be released at the same time as the games.
News from the Super Mario series:
  • A brand new trailer with to the Super Mario movie starring Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Peach, Yoshi, Rosalina and co. The theatrical film is still planned for April 2023. (Different releases are planned per region, these have already been announced).
  • A new game starring Donkey Kong and King K Rool. "Donkey Kong: The King Returns" planned for spring 2023.
Other new announcements:
  • 3-4-Switch will be released on September 23 and will include more mini-games for 1-4 players.
  • Metroid Prime HD will be released on October 7.
Latest Announcement:
  • Metroid Prime 4 trailer, planned for 2023
 
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Lintendo said:
New Fake 4chan Leak is UP!

/v/ - Nintendo Direct Leak - Video Games - 4chan

Nintendo Direct Leak - "/v/ - Video Games" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of PC and console video games.
boards.4channel.org boards.4channel.org

- Updates to previously announced games:


- Other trailers for popular games:

scheduled for October 28, 2022

- News from the Zelda series:

planned for November 11, 2022

(The trailer is dubbed and has an estimated length of 3 min as of May 29, 2022)


- News from the Super Mario series:

(Different releases are planned per region, these have already been announced).

"Donkey Kong: The King Returns"
planned for spring 2023

- Other new announcements:


- Latest Announcement:
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gotta get some surprises in there
 
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Lintendo said:
New Fake 4chan Leak is UP!

/v/ - Nintendo Direct Leak - Video Games - 4chan

Nintendo Direct Leak - "/v/ - Video Games" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of PC and console video games.
boards.4channel.org boards.4channel.org

- Updates to previously announced games:


- Other trailers for popular games:

scheduled for October 28, 2022

- News from the Zelda series:

planned for November 11, 2022

(The trailer is dubbed and has an estimated length of 3 min as of May 29, 2022)


- News from the Super Mario series:

(Different releases are planned per region, these have already been announced).

"Donkey Kong: The King Returns"
planned for spring 2023

- Other new announcements:


- Latest Announcement:
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Literally no third party games lol
 
Christo750 said:
I guess, but they made a big deal about introducing echos and they only made 5 of them. Feels underused as a concept, regardless of who else could’ve made the decision.
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I think they just did this because fans would get mad that they existed in previous games, claiming they're taking up character slots. Simply renaming them to echo fighters made fans go from hating their existence to begging for more of them. Such a simple name change made a world of difference, and the fans turned it into a bigger deal than I think it was meant to be.
 
Lintendo said:
New Fake 4chan Leak is UP!

/v/ - Nintendo Direct Leak - Video Games - 4chan

Nintendo Direct Leak - "/v/ - Video Games" is 4chan's imageboard dedicated to the discussion of PC and console video games.
boards.4channel.org boards.4channel.org

- Updates to previously announced games:


- Other trailers for popular games:

scheduled for October 28, 2022

- News from the Zelda series:

planned for November 11, 2022

(The trailer is dubbed and has an estimated length of 3 min as of May 29, 2022)


- News from the Super Mario series:

(Different releases are planned per region, these have already been announced).

"Donkey Kong: The King Returns"
planned for spring 2023

- Other new announcements:


- Latest Announcement:
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Dear Santa...
 
Any leak of all Direct games right now makes no sense even if Directs are of course planned weeks in advance the final lineup and structure isn’t probably decided until the last week or even latter, only ‘leak’ that could happen is them saying X game(s) will be shown/revealed on the next Direct but not all of them
 
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GF prioritizing their Gear Project games over Pokemon isn't really a thing. They're worked on by small teams and most of the art is usually outsourced.

James Turner directed both HarmoKnight and Tembo, yet still works on Pokemon in a lead position. The same goes for Masayuki Onoue, the director of Giga Wrecker.

The only one who I could see staying on is Masao Taya, the director of Pocket Card Jockey and Little Town Hero. He hasn't worked on a Pokemon title since SM.
 
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Magic-Man said:
Literally no third party games lol
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It's where imagination ends with these people. I remember one of them couldn't think of any and listed a game that was already out for Switch (Little Nightmares II)

You'd think after the last two Direct chock full of third party content they'd list one or two brand new games but nope...
 
9-Volt said:
It's where imagination ends with these people. I remember one of them couldn't think of any and listed a game that was already out for Switch (Little Nightmares II)

You'd think after the last two Direct chock full of third party content they'd list one or two brand new games but nope...
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the sort of person who would make up a Direct for fun doesn't care about third party games
 
Raccoon said:
the sort of person who would make up a Direct for fun doesn't care about third party games
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It's not the only thing they don't care about. Most of these people don't care about secondary Nintendo IP's or new IP's either and that's the saddest part. None of them has listed Advance Wars or WarioWare and I thank goodness the real life Nintendo is far from what they think Nintendo is.
 
9-Volt said:
It's not the only thing they don't care about. Most of these people don't care about secondary Nintendo IP's or new IP's either and that's the saddest part. None of them has listed Advance Wars or WarioWare and I thank goodness the real life Nintendo is far from what they think Nintendo is.
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Why would any of these two be expected to be shown in the next direct? While I agree they just ‘leak’ the big games of Nintendo IPs right now there are any rumors of niche Nintendo IPs revivals to use for these fake lists
 
Blue Monty said:
Why would any of these two be expected to be shown in the next direct? While I agree they just ‘leak’ the big games of Nintendo IPs right now there are any rumors of niche Nintendo IPs revivals to use for these fake lists
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Oh, not now. Prior to the last june Direct that revealed both. We got tons of fake leaks but none of them had either of those games. That 4chan people pretend that the only popular Ninetndo IP's exist. Nintendo proved them wrong.
 
KC Hazel said:
On Switch? That's a rarity indeed. I just assumed every Nintendo owner cared about Nintendo games.
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There are millions of Switch owners who don't care about first party games AT ALL. I personally know a few. Switch, only handheld in the market, has inherited the millions of PSP/Vita owners too.
 
KC Hazel said:
On Switch? That's a rarity indeed. I just assumed every Nintendo owner cared about Nintendo games.
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It's an exaggeration but generally I'm much more drawn to third party games. I think I have something like 85-90 third party games on Switch versus 10-15 first party.
 
With PS5 and Series X/S almost non-existent in Japan, it's really hard to imagine the next independent Game Freak game not releasing on Switch.

Tembo was made in a different time, with 3DS not powerful enough and Wii U being the Wii U.

ILikeFeet said:
they're not in Nintendo HQ. the building's floors are all rented out. they're just building-mates rather than the situation Intelligent Systems was in before moving out (or the large part of SRD before absorption)
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iirc Nintendo technically owns the new IntSys building.
 
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KC Hazel said:
On Switch? That's a rarity indeed. I just assumed every Nintendo owner cared about Nintendo games.
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Why is that? Nintendo games might be the reason I buy Nintendo hardware, but that certainly doesnt mean I only care about Nintendo games.
Probably abou 70% of all my games are third party.
 
Mbolibombo said:
Why is that? Nintendo games might be the reason I buy Nintendo hardware, but that certainly doesnt mean I only care about Nintendo games.
Probably abou 70% of all my games are third party.
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I didn't say only cared about Nintendo games, just that they would be a major part of the equation. I play third party games as well. I would assume the vast majority of top sellers on Switch are first party games. Much more so than any other platform.
 
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KC Hazel said:
Just out of curiosity, what percentage of those third party games are indie games?
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I have to admit, the vast majority of my favourite switch games are third party ones too. Not just indies either, I think the ones I’ve logged the most time with are probably the Monster Hunter games, Dragon Quest, DQ Builders, Skyrim and Ys.

I do like Fire Emblem and Zelda, but after those there’s a huge drop-off in my interest in Nintendo first party games.

I’m aware I’m probably an outlier though given how Nintendo games dominate the software sales breakdown on Switch though.
 
KC Hazel said:
Just out of curiosity, what percentage of those third party games are indie games?
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Can't know for sure without looking at my switch but I'd say probably less than half. I have like 6 resident evils, 2 diablos, 2 Dooms, Skyrim, divinity original sin 2, pillars of eternity, a bunch of infinity engine games, Xcom 2, 3 borderlands games, dark souls, 2 monster hunters, a whole lot of stuff from bigger publishers.

I guess it depends on your definition of indie too, I wasn't really considering both Ori games as indie but I guess they're as much indie as Hellblade, all of which I have.
 
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