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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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I wonder how the past characters are integrated into the story.

Could be like rare blades in Xeno 2, where they don’t really make much of an impact
 
NateDrake said:
Believe the only Switch content at Capcom is MoHun Sunbreak & a demo.
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I know it's probably too late for it to be real, but I really wish the Monster Hunter Stories 2 DLC they were considering happened.

I love that game, would love to see more of it.

My consolation is that if they decided against the DLC they will probably put that effort towards Monster Hunter Stories 3 instead.
 
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Dragoncaine said:
Opener: New Fire Emblem
Highlights: Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, quick Live A Live mention maybe, Mario Kart Booster Pass
Mid-show: Prime HD reveal in the Metroid Dread slot, possible Prime 4 teaser instead of "development is progressing smoothly"
Late-show: Bayonetta 3 locked in for 2022/January 2023
2nd to last: Zelda (some combo of ports/BOTW 2/ports and BOTW 2, though this could easily end the show as well)
Closer: DK/Mario/a total surprise/Zelda segment is actually the closer which would also be more than fine
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I’m asking myself “is this reasonable” or are we getting carried away lol. Might as well have high hopes and hype haha
 
switchum said:
Could be completely wrong here, but I feel like Nintendo doesn’t care what we think about things like this. They don’t care about making us mad with cancelling Smash tourneys and shutting down fan projects and taking down thousands of music tracks.
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Directs are highly curated and visible presentations targeted to the general public vs. these actions that most folks aren't really aware of beyond the enthusiast gaming sphere and/or are related to the legal side of the company. I think they care more about negative reception to something they actively decide to show at a Direct, e.g. the reaction to Federation Force.

I really do think the launch timing update earlier this year was to get the news out of the way and establish expectations. Despite that, they still showed a few seconds of new footage. This is speculation, but I think they are itching to at least share the title of this game sooner, maybe in a trailer this Direct, and then have a blowout later in the year.
 
Tactics Ogre will be a direct reveal; you can bet on it.


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SirShorse said:
Yeah but it was the final E3 before Switch launch, and aside from 3DS stuff Nintendo didn't really have anything else to show.

I still hope though, and personally I'm sure it's going to be at the Direct, along with Zelda WWHD+TPHD
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You could argue that showing off Zelda would overshadow Nintendo's other offerings, but you could also make the case that Zelda brings in a lot of people that normally wouldn't care to see what Nintendo is doing. I have no idea what the best strategy is business-wise, but I do know that E3 is normally the time where we see 3D Zelda updates.
 
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Serif said:
Directs are highly curated and visible presentations targeted to the general public vs. these actions that most folks aren't really aware of beyond the enthusiast gaming sphere and/or are related to the legal side of the company. I think they care more about negative reception to something they actively decide to show at a Direct, e.g. the reaction to Federation Force.

I really do think the launch timing update earlier this year was to get the news out of the way and establish expectations. Despite that, they still showed a few seconds of new footage. This is speculation, but I think they are itching to at least share the title of this game sooner, maybe in a trailer this Direct, and then have a blowout later in the year.
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That would be wonderful. As much as I’m hoping for a blowout in June, I’d honestly love to see anything at all.

Thanks for the info.
 
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There being a pretty short gap presumably between the June and September Directs (which reasonably could happen anytime once Splatoon 3 is out) has definitely colored how much info can be expected from the next one. I can see the September one end up delivering the bigger announcements this year.
 
Rubbersoul said:
The animal crossing e3 delay announcement got horrible reception
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By who? Some never satisfied people? Overall the 2019 E3 direct was very well received and I thought people were more or less understandable for the delay.
I mean what should they have done differently? When you have to delay a game, you need to say that at some point in time.
 
Gartooth said:
There being a pretty short gap presumably between the June and September Directs (which reasonably could happen anytime once Splatoon 3 is out) has definitely colored how much info can be expected from the next one. I can see the September one end up delivering the bigger announcements this year.
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I mean, it's only two weeks difference. I don't expect that to be a big deal or change things much.
 
lexony said:
By who? Some never satisfied people? Overall the 2019 E3 direct was very well received and I thought people were more or less understandable for the delay.
I mean what should they have done differently? When you have to delay a game, you need to say that at some point in time.
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You delay the game outside of the presentation that is designed to excite your fan base. Obviously they have learned from that mistake
 
rickyson33 said:
stolen from the comments:

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I'll never understand Atlus' decisions on where to port their games. Why TF would you release P5R on Pico and Jaguar, but neither Wonderswan Color nor Pippin? This is all because Nagoshi hates Bandai, isn't it.

Hopefully we at least get a Virtual Boy port announced at the next Spaceworld #copium
 
Square Enix have so much games in the pipelines they're working with half of the japanese developers at this point lol

Diofield
Star Ocean 6
Valkyrie Profile
FFXVI
FFXIV
FF7R
KH4
FF9R
Tactics Ogre
FF Tactics
Live a Live
DQ 12
DQ Treasure
DQ 3-HD2D
Saga games
Mana games

+ all their mobile games
 
Btw, speaking of BotW2.

I remember one of the first shots of the E3 2021 Direct being Ganondorf's body being carried by Kazuya, in a position similar to the Ganondorf mummy from the E3 2019 BotW2 teaser.
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What an eerie resemblance. When I first saw that, I was like "... they know. They know." 👀
 
switchum said:
Ok, so I was all certain that BoTW2 was going to make an appearance at the June Direct, but then something occurred to me.

It got a “delay reveal” in March. Why couldn’t they have just saved the new release date for the June Direct?

Remember, Animal Crossing: New Horizons was scheduled for a 2019 release prior to the E3 2019 Direct, and then the Direct gave a new, delayed release date: March 20, 2020.

It didn’t get a “delay reveal” trailer in March 2019 prior to E3, like BoTW2 did in 2022.

…which makes me fear that they revealed the delay in March so that they could go silent in June about the game, without widespread panic of “it’s coming out in 2022, why isn’t the game here?!”

Now they don’t have to show it in the coming Direct… they could save it for September.

———

Before you say, “why would that be a problem? Who cares if it’s in June versus September; we will see it eventually?”

…I would say you are a lot more patient and wise than I am. Because I REALLY want to see this game in the Direct on the 28th.
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Yeah it will be a hard wait if its not shown until September. But I really think they will show something on the 28/29. Its been about a year already since E3 2021 and I believe they said in the coming months to year they will show more news. I expect at least a short teaser and title drop, and will be satisfied with that. But a blowout is likely, or show something now and then have the main trailer in September.
 
Dark Cloud said:
I’m asking myself “is this reasonable” or are we getting carried away lol. Might as well have high hopes and hype haha
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Lol I know right? E3 2021 was a bit of an outlier with so many new game announcements, but let's use it as a reference since it's our most recent summer showcase. There were 4 new 1st-party games and a new Smash character reveal:

  • Kazuya
  • Mario Party Superstars
  • Metroid Dread
  • WarioWare: Get It Together
  • Advance Wars

Smash is effectively a slot that could always be used for another game announcement, as far as the amount of time it takes up. Now that Smash is done, I'm personally expecting to get at least 3 new game announcements (one being Prime HD, another likely being Fire Emblem) and another BOTW 2 showing. The list I wrote out is definitely dreaming big, but I don't think the number of new announcements we're hoping for, whether they're MP4, Nintendogs, or something in between, is too unreasonable haha
 
There's an infinitely higher chance of Persona 5 Royal on Switch than Final Fantasy VII Remake on Xbox.

Also, Tactics Ogre is hype as hell. Sounds like a Direct announcement for sure, unless Square Enix drops something random.
 
I'm going to be perfectly honest: I don't understand all the impatience and anxiety around BotW 2. We got footage, a release window, and some ideas of new mechanics and the story, which is way, way more than what you can say for Metroid Prime 4. Bayonetta 3 also left people in the dark for way longer than BotW 2 did and I didn't see people panic nearly as much then as they do over BotW 2. I'm confident BotW 2 is in good shape and we'll see more of it when Nintendo is ready to show it off.
 
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I honestly can't wait for Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy Tactics remakes/remasters to be officially announced so I can finally move on to pestering Square for Xenogears and Vagrant Story. Aside from the 2D mainline FF/DQ games, those four are the ones in SE's vault that I've had my eye on for ages. And Portopia! I love catching serial killers.
 
I just bought triangle strategy today, so i willed this announcement of another SRPG into existence (I know it was already trademarked and leaked but I pushed it over the edge).
 
Do y’all realize how hyped we would be right now if insiders hadn’t put us out of our misery

The TO:R leak would’ve had us going “oh yeah DEFINITELY the 15th”😂
 
Have we heard a peep from Ubisoft this summer? I know Geoff mentioned that some publishers would defer to other showcases instead of holding their own due to the feedback from last year, but I don't remember them having anything all June.
 
Amadeus said:
Square Enix have so much games in the pipelines they're working with half of the japanese developers at this point lol

Diofield
Star Ocean 6
Valkyrie Profile
FFXVI
FFXIV
FF7R
KH4
FF9R
Tactics Ogre
FF Tactics
Live a Live
DQ 12
DQ Treasure
DQ 3-HD2D
Saga games
Mana games

+ all their mobile games
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You forgot Front Mission 1 & 2 remakes but I forgive you. It seems everyone's forgetting that my beloved SRPG series is getting gorgeous remakes...
 
Psyborg said:
Can anyone provide me some reassurance that the 28th is more likely than the 29th? I won't be able to watch it live if it's the 29th :(
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If it's the 29th in the US then it'll be after the next investors meeting

also if it's the 29th in the US then it'd almost definitely be the 30th in Japan, only makes sense to hear 28th/29th depending on time zone if it's the 28th in the US
 
Rubbersoul said:
You delay the game outside of the presentation that is designed to excite your fan base. Obviously they have learned from that mistake
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That is true, even though this is a bit of different case with Zelda. Anyway just wanted to say that there was in no way a "horrible" reception to the delay at E3 2019.
 
9-Volt said:
You forgot Front Mission 1 & 2 remakes but I forgive you. It seems everyone's forgetting that my beloved SRPG series is getting gorgeous remakes...
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I'm actually pretty interested in those, since I've never played them. Do we have a date for the first one yet? I don't recall
 
SammyJ9 said:
I'm actually pretty interested in those, since I've never played them. Do we have a date for the first one yet? I don't recall
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Currently targeted for the summer but this is a Forever Ent remake, expect this to miss its date by a couple of months. I'd say late fall.

Forever is also doing second games of Panzer Dragoon and House of Dead so I'm hoping they're currently prioritizing FM remake.
 
9-Volt said:
You forgot Front Mission 1 & 2 remakes but I forgive you. It seems everyone's forgetting that my beloved SRPG series is getting gorgeous remakes...
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I hope you'll get a release date in the direct
I've never played the series but I'm quite interested, it'll depend of the price I guess
 
9-Volt said:
Currently targeted for the summer but this is a Forever Ent remake, expect this to miss its date by a couple of months. I'd say late fall.

Forever is also doing second games of Panzer Dragoon and House of Dead so I'm hoping they're currently prioritizing FM remake.
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Yeah I'll wait on reviews, since there's a chance it'll be terrible. A decent job though and I'll probably pick it up, it does look interesting
 
I was asleep when info was apparently going down, does someone mind giving me a quick rundown of any new FE tidbits? I went looking through the past pages but it's all over the place. Please and thank you
 
Supreme Bum 01 said:
Have we heard a peep from Ubisoft this summer? I know Geoff mentioned that some publishers would defer to other showcases instead of holding their own due to the feedback from last year, but I don't remember them having anything all June.
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There’s an Assassin’s Creed anniversary stream this week and Mario + Rabbids 2 will get another showing + release date reveal in the direct.
 
SammyJ9 said:
Yeah I'll wait on reviews, since there's a chance it'll be terrible. A decent job though and I'll probably pick it up, it does look interesting
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Amadeus said:
I hope you'll get a release date in the direct
I've never played the series but I'm quite interested, it'll depend of the price I guess
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Forever is actually very good on remaking games, both Panzer and House of the Dead quite impressed me.

Both of you are in for a treat. Gorgeous Amano art combined with delicious Shimomura score gave this SRPG an unmatched atmosphere. It's a little on the challenging side, though.
 
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Byleth can be considered Rhea's parent after Byleth's fusion with Sothis. Byleth is also Sitri's child who Rhea created. So Byleth is the great grandchild of Sothis, grandchild of Rhea, parent of Rhea, and can have either Sothis or Rhea as a partner.
Fire Emblem can be weird at times.
 
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Dragoncaine said:
Lol I know right? E3 2021 was a bit of an outlier with so many new game announcements, but let's use it as a reference since it's our most recent summer showcase. There were 4 new 1st-party games and a new Smash character reveal:

  • Kazuya
  • Mario Party Superstars
  • Metroid Dread
  • WarioWare: Get It Together
  • Advance Wars

Smash is effectively a slot that could always be used for another game announcement, as far as the amount of time it takes up. Now that Smash is done, I'm personally expecting to get at least 3 new game announcements (one being Prime HD, another likely being Fire Emblem) and another BOTW 2 showing. The list I wrote out is definitely dreaming big, but I don't think the number of new announcements we're hoping for, whether they're MP4, Nintendogs, or something in between, is too unreasonable haha
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If we look at everything from Nintendo at E3 2019

Known titles shown more/expanded on
-Luigi’s Mansion 3
-Links Awakening
-Fire Emblem Three Houses
-Pokémon Sword and Shield
-Dragon Quest XI S- published by Nintendo
-Astral Chain
-Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3
-Animal Crossing

New announcements
-Smash-Hero
-Smash-Banjo
-BotW 2

What we have currently for 2022 by the time the direct airs (June 29)
-Xenoblade 3
-Splatoon 3
-Bayonetta 3
-Mario + Rabbids 2 (not published by them, but we’ll count it)

All we have is 4 games to match 2019 and still had a few announcements. Nintendo showed 8 then and 3 new announcements. That’s 11 Nintendo related announcements/expansion on known games. I’m not even saying there has to be 11 this time. 8-9 would be great. The other 4-5 can be brand new announcements or new trailers of known titles like BotW 2 and Metroid Prime 4.
 
Nmanic said:
In other news, I had a dream last night where Nintendo had a June direct and announced a Splatoon rhythm/music game. It was pretty dope ngl
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Went digging through my old stuff and found this on page 39-- wowza this thread got big quickly.

Anyway, I think my dream was prophetic and we're getting a Splatoon rhythm game
 
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