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

[RaymondBryce]

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

Was it an outlier? The last Direct had 4 1st party games we well, as did the Feb 2021 Direct. Your list is very reasonable.

Nate already said it’s coming this year. It’s probably the September or October game

I don't think Nintendo thinks like this. They don't dedicate games to specific months.

@NateDrake out of all the first party Switch games currently in development, that have been announced, leaked or teased. Which one would you say are you most excited to finally see spring forth?

A confirmation?

We’re two weeks away. Nintendo likes to announce summer directs 2 weeks in advance.

Only when connected to E3. There is no E3 so the Direct is likely to be announced the same way as normal.

Hello I'm new here, but I always had lurked those threads, but I was too shy to make an account cuz I'm rather insecure, what would people think about me sometimes...

Anyway
Games I really love are Pikmin (hope Pikmin 4 will soon be announced), FE, Xeno, PlatinumGames mostly, Rhythm Heaven, Ninja Gaiden & mostly rather weird stuff too.

I also love shitty movies like Megapiranha or obv. Sharknado.

I also love to write Songs.

Thank you so much, that you are such a cool community & I hope, i can fit in here.

Welcome!

 

[Blue Monty]

Just realized there was no option for late June in the pool so everyone loses…

 

[Deleted member 341]

Hello I'm new here, but I always had lurked those threads, but I was too shy to make an account cuz I'm rather insecure, what would people think about me sometimes...

Anyway
Games I really love are Pikmin (hope Pikmin 4 will soon be announced), FE, Xeno, PlatinumGames mostly, Rhythm Heaven, Ninja Gaiden & mostly rather weird stuff too.

I also love shitty movies like Megapiranha or obv. Sharknado.

I also love to write Songs.

Thank you so much, that you are such a cool community & I hope, i can fit in here.

Welcome fellow newcomer!

 

[snikdasnek]

I do think they announce the direct next week, 2 weeks ahead is a bit much, but I can see them doing it a week in advance

 

[Hoagmaster]

I'm bracing for the Twitter meltdowns when Nintendo posts a giant Kirby costume video at 10 am ET.

 

[PixelKnight]

RIP everyone including myself who voted for the usual patterns in the poll as of today

People who truly love patterns should welcome new reference points for them

 

[Magic-Man]

I voted for Early July in the poll. Given that it's the closest option to June 29th, do I win?

 

[Earthbounder]

Nintendo has embraced pettiness and is thinking: "You nerds know when the Direct will air because it leaked, so I am going to go ahead and delay the announcement for as long as humanly possible to make you suffer. Also, Breath of the Wild 2 is canceled because of your bad behavior".

 

[Snoop213]

Waarom is dit bericht in het Nederlands voor mij? @bellydrum heb je enig idee? De quote in de andere post is in het Engels

Omdat de telefoon isAS

 

[snikdasnek]

I'm bracing for the Twitter meltdowns when Nintendo posts a giant Kirby costume video at 10 am ET.

I mean the leaked date is the 29th, we're about 2 weeks away, I doubt they announce it

 

[Skittzo]

RIP everyone including myself who voted for the usual patterns in the poll as of today

Believe in the shadowdropped mini!

or don't, I'm not your mother

 

[shoptroll]

RIP everyone including myself who voted for the usual patterns in the poll as of today

I’m just happy avatar bets aren’t a thing here

 

[Brofield]

People who truly love patterns should welcome new reference points for them

I only love patterns that reinforce my pre-existing beliefs.

Which by that logic should undermine any and all faith I have ever had in Nintendo

 

[Magic-Man]

I’m just happy avatar bets aren’t a thing here

Wanna bet?

 

[DunningSmith]

Did they announce the direct two weeks or one week ahead last year?

 

[Snoop213]

Maybe i am the only one in this topic. But i don't want the fourth fire emblem game. The serie have enough games on the Switch. So i am not happy with another game in that franchise.

 

[Starphanluke]

Might look like an idiot in 10 minutes, but I think they won't announce the Direct until a day or two before.

 

[SirShorse]

Was it an outlier? The last Direct had 4 1st party games we well, as did the Feb 2021 Direct. Your list is very reasonable.

I don't think Nintendo thinks like this. They don't dedicate games to specific months.



Only when connected to E3. There is no E3 so the Direct is likely to be announced the same way as normal.

Welcome!

Hi I saw you quoted my post but was that an accident by any chance?? Because I can't see a correlation between my post and the others you quoted

 

[The Cornballer]

So @NateDrake keeps saying he hinted at the June 29th direct, can we refer to this to defend him from accusations of piggybacking? How was he hinting?

 

[Blue Monty]

Maybe i am the only one in this topic. But i don't want the fourth fire emblem game. The serie have enough games on the Switch. So i am not happy with another game in that franchise.

There is only one mainline title FE on the Switch, and FEW was a new3ds ‘cross-gen’ game. I dont see why you would think we have got too many FE games

 

[Deleted member 2]

Omdat de telefoon isAS

Start posting in english

 

[Irene]

I’m just happy avatar bets aren’t a thing here

Oh ....

 

[Deleted member 2]

So @NateDrake keeps saying he hinted at the June 29th direct, can we refer to this to defend him from accusations of piggybacking? How was he hinting?

Can you not tag Nate unless absolutely necessary?

 

[Deleted member 2]

I’m just happy avatar bets aren’t a thing here

You'd really say that? When @Irene is right here in this thread...

 

[Lelouch0612]

Maybe i am the only one in this topic. But i don't want the fourth fire emblem game. The serie have enough games on the Switch. So i am not happy with another game in that franchise.

That's still only one mainline FE game. A second one would be welcomed.

If we count spin-offs, then saturation would be reached way more on Mario/Zelda/Pokémon.

 

[Snoop213]

Dat is nog steeds maar één mainline FE-game. Een tweede zou welkom zijn.

Als we spin-offs tellen, dan zou de verzadiging veel meer bereikt worden op Mario/Zelda/Pokémon.

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

 

[MissingNo.]

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

You can just not play them. Boom, done.

 

[LukasManak22]

Can you not tag Nate unless absolutely necessary?

yeah, it's like I started to see a lot of this after Direct date broke when new people come in. It's like, what is a point of doing this, I still don't figured it out. At least I can say that I never tagged an insider here lol

 

[Blue Monty]

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

Nintendo only has three active JRPG franchises and some notable RPG developers skip the Switch so Nintendo has to provide where 3rd parties skip

 

[Deleted member 2]

yeah, it's like I started to see a lot of this after Direct date broke when new people come in. It's like, what is a point of doing this, I still don't figured it out. At least I can say that I never tagged an insider here lol

It's not just new people, either

 

[WellManNRD]

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

That's not how things work. Fire Emblem fans get Fire Emblem games and non-FE fans can avoid buying them.

 

[chirby]

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

I think Nintendo should only release Fire Emblem games going forward.

 

[electronic-hot]

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

i love where this is going. give me all of your hot takes. please

 

[Barely Able]

So @NateDrake keeps saying he hinted at the June 29th direct, can we refer to this to defend him from accusations of piggybacking? How was he hinting?

He talked about St Elmo’s Fire and a user correctly figured out it released in theaters on June 28/29. It’s multiple pages back by this point.

 

[BradenAndEggs]

One is enough.We have already so much Jrpg games on the Switch. Plus a overkill Fire Emblem characters in Smash so i think enough for Fire Emblem.

Not sure if you’re a parody account or not, but it’s impossible to have enough JRPGs on the Switch.

Bring ‘em all. I’ll buy all of them.

 

[DunningSmith]

How will the Scrimblo Bimblo part of the Nintendo community react if the direct opens yet with another FE project?

 

[zumaddy]

One is enough. We already have too many platformers on the Switch. Plus a overkill Mario characters in Smash so I think enough for Mario.

 

[LukasManak22]

It's not just new people, either

His notifications must be something insane

 

[SirShorse]

I must admit I probably have tagged Nate unnecessarily in the past, but I'll refrain from doing so in the future. Last time I did that was asking him about first party stuff, for which stuff he's most excited to see and all that

 

[pld]

How will the Scrimblo Bimblo part of the Nintendo community react if the direct opens yet with another FE project?

It's not a Smash announcement so they should be fine.

 

[DexterBear]

Even if the direct is on the 28th/29th I find it weird that Nintendo (nor America nor Portugal in my case) made any post today.

 

[snikdasnek]

How will the Scrimblo Bimblo part of the Nintendo community react if the direct opens yet with another FE project?

its fine as long as the MC has a companion scrimblo

 

[Brofield]

We already have too many F-Zeros on the Switch. Plus a overkill Captain Falcon characters in Smash so I think enough for Captain Falcon

 

[snikdasnek]

Even if the direct is on the 28th/29th I find it weird that Nintendo (nor America nor Portugal in my case) made any post today.

NoA almost never posts until 2 or 3 hours from now nowadays unless they have some sort of news to drop

 

[electronic-hot]

i think we should start removing characters from smash

 

[Dardan Sandiego]

yeah, I'm what you'd call an "insider"

"inside her" DMs begging for leaks

 

[The Cornballer]

He talked about St Elmo’s Fire and a user correctly figured out it released in theaters on June 28/29. It’s multiple pages back by this point.

OK that was well before Alanah said the date, so it should be settled then

 

[Barely Able]

I confess I too have tagged an insider frequently. In my defense, it is usually about men’s grooming products.

 

[Xavi]

I'm back for the Fire Emblem juice

 

[electronic-hot]

So Nate Drake keeps saying he hinted at the June 29th direct, can we refer to this to defend him from accusations of piggybacking? How was he hinting?

He talked about St Elmo’s Fire and a user correctly figured out it released in theaters on June 28/29. It’s multiple pages back by this point.

I think there was also at least one poster who predicted 28th/29th in this thread, ages back, and their post was the only one with a date prediction that Nate Yeah!ed. I forget the name, but I think it was someone with a skull kid avatar?