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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%
  • Total voters
    258
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It's kind of funny how once the direct finally airs, not many will care about how long it took to get there. For example, until now I didn't even remember that the September 2021 direct was later in the month than usual.
 
If the June Direct is moved back, then September Direct speculation needs to be moved forward to today! That's right, double Direct speculation!
 
totofogo said:
RE: your edit, ditto + exactly why I asked! ;)
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Then you also could share your take on your question ;)

totofogo said:
I think it's more that there's no reason for it to be at the regular time anymore
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That + moving it away from other presentations + maybe slightly latere works better with some marketing coordination.
With us having already a good grasp on what to expect from the second half of 22, there is no iminent need for it.
 
HockeyBird said:
If the June Direct is moved back, then September Direct speculation needs to be moved forward to today! That's right, double Direct speculation!
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I think that much speculation and doom-posting would kill many people in this thread.
 
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Clearly they're airing the Direct in the last week of June because they're revealing mainline FE, and want to wait until after Three Hopes releases 🤔 👀
 
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Vyplo said:
I Just have a gut feeling that a last 2022 quarter with Bayo3, New Fire Emblem, Mario Rabbids 2, Metroid Prime HD and Pokémon could be too much, but maybe I'm wrong. A FE Genealogy of the Holy War Is rumored for 2023, IIRC
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Doesn't feel that different from September 2019 to me, where shortly before you had Fire Emblem and Astral Chain, then you got DQXI, Links Awakening, Pokémon Sword and Shield, Witcher 3 and wasn't Animal Crossing delayed out of there?
 
totofogo said:
Alright so yesterday when vibes were low I had an idea to lift things up in in here...

Quote reply to this message with your favorite memory of a Direct Announcement. Be specific: where were you when you were watching, how many tears did you shed, what were your Direct snacks?

I’ll randomly pick one of the (valid) replies tomorrow (Saturday) morning and gift them an eshop game of their choosing, $20 max! (or I suppose credit if a code isn't possible) Include the game you’d be hoping to grab with it in your reply to give the devs some love :)
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To me, it would be the Fire Emblem Direct in January 2017. After the Switch presentation, my hype for the console was insane, especially so since it was portable and out of all franchises, Fire Emblem is my most favorite IP from Nintendo/IS.

So, it was 10pm, I had 3 days off and I was watching it live on my laptop in my Pajamas cosy with the heating on. I was also watching the Direct live with Etika who was the only streamer I followed. The vibes and hype man...

This was it, Fire Emblem was saved from Awakening, the future of the franchise getting its own Direct?? Unheard of.

Fire Emblem Gaiden remake got announced for 3ds, my mouth was wide opened. And 3D dungeon crawling!? NO ONE predicted this. It was so out of left field.

Mainline Fire Emblem confirmed for Switch. The confirmation alone made me go wild depsite seeing nothing at all lmao.

Fire Emblem Warriors, seeing my boy Chrom fighting in style was a bonus.

And of course, Fire Emblem Heroes, a gacha game that I played for 4 years lol.


I couldn't sleep from the excitement, it was my personal favorite Direct and seeing Fire Emblem flourishing like this was a sight to behold.

Sorry for the long post lmao.
 
HockeyBird said:
Have all you considered playing Nintendo games while waiting on the announcement of more Nintendo games?
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Lol nobody actually plays video games, it’s more fun to talk about them on the internet


Sometimes, it is more fun to speculate tbh
 
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AllEchse said:
Doesn't feel that different from September 2019 to me, where shortly before you had Fire Emblem and Astral Chain, then you got DQXI, Links Awakening, Pokémon Sword and Shield, Witcher 3 and wasn't Animal Crossing delayed out of there?
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Well, IIRC between the 30th of august and mid November we had DQ XI S, Link's Awakening, Astral Chain, Ring Fit Adventure, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Pokémon SS

Theoretically, we can possibly see a similar outcome:

-Bayonetta 3 ( Platinum game)
-Pokèmon SV (Pokémon game)
-Everybody Switch (casual game)
-Mario Rabbids 2 (third party exclusive game)
-Metroid Prime HD( niche published core game from Nintendo like LA Remake)
-Splatoon 3 ( big Nintendo IP, 10+ million seller like Luigi's Mansion 3)

Fire Emblem is still the odd one in my books, but of course I may be wrong. I would not mind at all a january release for brand new FE, Pokémon Legends proved that a Nintendo game can sell well in january if it's good and well marketed
 
Vyplo said:
Well, IIRC between the 30th of august and mid November we had DQ XI S, Link's Awakening, Astral Chain, Ring Fit Adventure, Luigi's Mansion 3 and Pokémon SS

Theoretically, we can possibly see a similar outcome:

-Bayonetta 3 ( Platinum game)
-Pokèmon SV (Pokémon game)
-Everybody Switch (casual game)
-Mario Rabbids 2 (third party exclusive game)
-Metroid Prime HD( niche published core game from Nintendo like LA Remake)
-Splatoon 3 ( big Nintendo IP, 10+ million seller like Luigi's Mansion 3)

Fire Emblem is still the odd one in my books, but of course I may be wrong. I would not mind at all a january release for brand new FE, Pokémon Legends proved that a Nintendo game can sell well in january if it's good and well marketed
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Everybody's 1-2 Switch is one of those odd games like Ring-Fit that will just release around October.
I love Metroid, but I agree that it and Fire Emblem are probably the odd ones out.
I would honestly put Bayonetta in the same niche core game catergory.
And Advance Wars still needs to release some time.
Ica n't see them shelve that but release the 1-2 Switch sequel.
 
totofogo said:
Alright so yesterday when vibes were low I had an idea to lift things up in in here...

Quote reply to this message with your favorite memory of a Direct Announcement. Be specific: where were you when you were watching, how many tears did you shed, what were your Direct snacks?

I’ll randomly pick one of the (valid) replies tomorrow (Saturday) morning and gift them an eshop game of their choosing, $20 max! (or I suppose credit if a code isn't possible) Include the game you’d be hoping to grab with it in your reply to give the devs some love :)
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This is a good question…

I think the really special Direct was September 2019;

On that Direct Day I was on my first vacation in years… in New York. And while I was thinking about heading to the Nintendo store to enjoy the Direct, I decided to leave it for that night in my hotel room.

So after a long day, and getting some stuff at a local mall near my hotel (first time heading into a Target) I got some cola, water, sour patch kids (I love those silly little bastards), a few bag of chips which for the love of god I can not remember. But I head back to the hotel, get on my comfy bed and to my astonishment while starting the Direct they announce Terry for Smash in a fabulous trailer.

So many games to play… and they announce Xenoblade DE, one of my favourite games of the past decade. I cheered for a bit. It was a good day.

I look up from my screen and out of my window I see Washington Bridge, making me smile even more as I had several days left :)
 
HockeyBird said:
Have any of you considered becoming Sega fans so you'll never have to suffer through the weight of legitimate hope and expectations ever again?
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This only really applies to Sonic fans, honestly. And sometimes Atlus because they sometimes forget how to release or advertise games, despite being pretty dang good at making them

I've never met an unhappy Yakuza fan, for example
 
AllEchse said:
Everybody's 1-2 Switch is one of those odd games like Ring-Fit that will just release around October.
I love Metroid, but I agree that it and Fire Emblem are probably the odd ones out.
I would honestly put Bayonetta in the same niche core game catergory.
And Advance Wars still needs to release some time.
Ica n't see them shelve that but release the 1-2 Switch sequel.
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lol I don't know ehy but I keep forgetting about advance wars.
 
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Just realised I put the end-date for my competition to align with when I thought the Direct would be :(

Definitely thinking of extending the date now. Or maybe not. I don't know.
 
it's a bummer that Nintendo is avoiding the hype weeks we're in and prefer to be alone at the end of the month. I understand the strategy but that's not something I like. E3 Direct were always full of hype because they were airing with the others.
 
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