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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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Ayra said:
In theory, isn't it possible that next week's direct is dedicated solely to Mario & Rabbids 2? If Xenoblade got one, then nothing would prevent M&R2 to get one.

It would match comments from earlier this month about Nintendo doing their presentations piecemeal, explains some of the confusion (is that considered a direct or not), and would explain why Bayonetta would not be there.

That, or it's the most godlike direct of all time for my tastes by being a SRPG focused direct. Release dates for all the 2022 srpgs with no release dates like M&R2, Diofield Chronicles, Front Mission and Metal Slug Tactics. With Tactics Ogre and Fire Emblem as the new reveals. The dream!

... a M&R2 focused direct sounds a lot more likely though.
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This is one of the most irrational things I have read on this forum.
 
Dark Cloud said:
I don’t understand why people should be happy and just take whatever Nintendo gives them. I don’t like telling people they should feel appreciated or happy with even a Partners Direct. If people are sad or not happy I can understand.

There hasn’t been substantial info from Nintendo since February. E3 isn’t here, but people would think they’d get more than a Partners direct at least. I’ll be fine. This stuff doesn’t bother me, but I can understand if others are down.
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Exactly. People on here have signed up to this forum, and decide to post in a nintendo direct speculation thread. We've been over half a year without a general direct, and have been waiting on a ''e3'' direct. And people aren't suppose to be disappointed if it turns out to be partner/something small? Come on lol
 
Here's something (probably) unrelated to Direct speculation; just food for thought related to announcement timing for at least one Nintendo thing.

Switch Sports is currently up to the 10th weekly in-game banner; and while there are references to 28 of them internally only 14 are fully present and ready to be released in the current version. The Leg Strap update is scheduled for "Summer" in the nothern hemisphere but based on the number of available weekly rewards running low the update will likely end up happening next month. This is likely something they give a date to on Twitter but a short direct segment is not out of the question either.
 
I’d be content with a partner showcase, but logically I just don’t see it happening. Nintendo needs to fill out the second half of the year besides Xenoblade and Splatoon. Of course there’s pokemon, but that’s more TPC and not Nintendo themselves. If Metroid Prime is coming this year, I don’t see them waiting until September to announce it.
 
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SpaceGodzilla said:
i'd rather have nothing then the embarrassment of the first 2 partner directs again
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Me too but this isn’t 2020 and if it’s just a regular ol mini like we’ve had a bunch of times over the years that’s ok and will hold us till the general which should take place on September 22nd 😉
 
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Nintendo could clearly make a general Direct with only e.g. a new Fire Emblem for a rough 2023 timeframe if they feel the need to include a new reveal.

The next wave of MK8 DLC, Bayonetta 3, new Pokemon information, news on Splatoon 3, Mario + Rabbids, even another XC3 trailer plus the usual 3rd party stuff need to be elaborated on before the Fall Direct.

Laying it out like that, we had worse Directs than that even in the Switch era (and even at E3 with 2018 in my opinion). The question is really just how this will all be presented.
 
GladionM said:
Exactly. People on here have signed up to this forum, and decide to post in a nintendo direct speculation thread. We've been over half a year without a general direct, and have been waiting on a ''e3'' direct. And people aren't suppose to be disappointed if it turns out to be partner/something small? Come on lol
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The last general Direct was in February which was not over half a year ago. I know we're all antsy for a Direct but there's no need to get hyperbolic.
NateDrake said:
Damn Astros.
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Houston teams ruin everything!
 
A show is a show, I'm just not as excited about Partner Directs just because the portion of premiere announcements go way down when the first-party stuff isn't present, and when it comes to ports, there's a good chance I already would've played the game were I interested in it.

Plus I'm a fan of a lot of different Nintendo IP, so odds are I find a good portion of their stable interesting, while third-parties are much more scattershot. Especially with some of the strange choices in third-party they choose to, or are contractually obligated to showcase.
 
Seven said:
The last general Direct was in February which was not over half a year ago. I know we're all antsy for a Direct but there's no need to get hyperbolic.
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I might have miscalculated, but the point still stands lol. E3 times without a general direct is incredibly disappointing.
 
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Nintendo almost definitely has more to show on Bayonetta 3, MK8DX DLC, Mario + Rabbids 2 and Splatoon 3

Unless something has gone horribly wrong they should have something good to show for BotW2

They could show another Xenoblade 3 and Pokemon trailer if they wanted to

And, based on rumors, they should be ready to reveal Fire Emblem and Metroid Prime HD at the very least

All of that is more than good enough for a general. If there's a mini I will be a little concerned, ngl. At the very least I'd start to expect bayo 3 is getting delayed. Though that would leave their holiday quarter with one game, and, if they're sitting on finished games, there's almost 0 shot they'd do that.

I can't think of any scenario that would make sense to have them do a mini next week unless they're holding stuff back for some bigger presentation tied to a hardware reveal or something taking place in late July or August
 
HockeyBird said:
Nintendo Direct Speculation Direct. It's just Nintendo live streaming their reactions to this thread.
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I would love to see that honesty.

“Subway?”
“Pikmin 4? Have we started that yet even?”
“Who’s dill?”
“They got Atlus right tho”
“Why they wanna see Koizumi’s hair?”
 
I'm not sure where the idea came from that Nintendo need a lot of their own new announcements to hold a general Direct. Go back to September 2021, or E3 2019, where Nintendo announced one new first party game each time.
 
GladionM said:
Exactly. People on here have signed up to this forum, and decide to post in a nintendo direct speculation thread. We've been over half a year without a general direct, and have been waiting on a ''e3'' direct. And people aren't suppose to be disappointed if it turns out to be partner/something small? Come on lol
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I agree, we are allowed to be dissapointed, but unfortunately insessant complaining wont make a general direct appear, at some point, you just need to express your dissapointment then try to appreciate the partner direct for what it was, a stop gap because nintendo wasnt quite ready to show their first party titles. And you can hope that they will be come september
 
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Here's a count of the first-party retail games released by Nintendo in their announcement year that were first announced after June

2017 - 0

2018 - 1 (a LABO kit)

2019 - 1 (Ring Fit Adventure)

2020 - 4 (Pikmin 3 Deluxe, 3D All-Stars, MK Live, Hyrule Warriors. COVID, no directs)

2021 - 1 (Big Brain Academy)

Either Nintendo has, out of nowhere, despite going out of their way to readjust their marketing cycle with an E3 direct that announced like 6 new games last year, decided to completely rework their typical marketing plans and they'll announce some more core games coming out this year in July through September. Or, in a year front-loaded with Open-World Pokemon, 3D Kirby, Triangle Strategy, the return of Wii Sports, the return of Mario Strikers and the most ambitious Nintendo x Warriors game yet, they decided to give up on H2 and come out with less stuff than even 2020.
 
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MisterSpo said:
I'm not sure where the idea came from that Nintendo need a lot of their own new announcements to hold a general Direct. Go back to September 2021, or E3 2019, where Nintendo announced one new first party game each time.
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Off of purely announced games alone, Nintendo could’ve shown exciting new looks at Splatoon 3, Xenoblade 3, Bayonetta 3, and BotW2 and I would’ve considered that a satisfying general

Idk, they just have a great future lineup right now, so the idea of mini is just mindboggling to me. As in, I don’t think it would be lots of effort at all to scrounge up content for a general direct.

Hell, the predictions I have for the mini (MPHD, MK8 DLC, and Bayo 3 date), that’s already better than the opener and closer of sept 2019 general (overwatch port and Xenoblade remaster). They’re just stacked right now.

Prior to June I was worried they’ve have TOO much to show and would have to give BotW2 its own presentation or something lol

Bizarre this is the route they’ve seemingly chosen.
 
Phendrift said:
Off of purely announced games alone, Nintendo could’ve shown exciting new looks at Splatoon 3, Xenoblade 3, Bayonetta 3, and BotW2 and I would’ve considered that a satisfying general

Idk, they just have a great future lineup right now, so the idea of mini is just mindboggling to me. As in, I don’t think it would be lots of effort at all to scrounge up content for a general direct.

Hell, the predictions I have for the mini (MPHD, MK8 DLC, and Bayo 3 date), that’s already better than the opener and closer of sept 2019 general (overwatch port and Xenoblade remaster). They’re just stacked right now.

Prior to June I was worried they’ve have TOO much to show and would have to give BotW2 its own presentation or something lol

Bizarre this is the route they’ve seemingly chosen.
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Well it's good you finish with "seemingly", because we still don't know what they've chosen to do. This time next week we could have had a full Direct. I don't see any real reason to rule that out yet.

The later than usual date could simply have been to allow marketing for June's releases to take place first, to side step some of the other shows taking place, and perhaps could tie into promotion for the Mario movie.
 
I think given the high number of releases this year, and exciting games like Pokemon Scarlet, BotW 2 and Splatoon 3 that it's not fair to call this disappointing, even if there was no direct whatsoever. If that's disappointing for you then you simply set your expectations too high.
 
What big games can we see here though? XB3 was shown, and Pokemon got a trailer not long ago. I imagine we'll see new Splatoon stuff, and MH Rise stuff. Bayo 3 + BOTW2 are both risky bets. MK8 dlc wave 2 may as well be confirmed imo.

If no surprises then that's all 1st party?
 
Awesomegames23 said:
What big games can we see here though? XB3 was shown, and Pokemon got a trailer not long ago. I imagine we'll see new Splatoon stuff, and MH Rise stuff. Bayo 3 + BOTW2 are both risky bets. MK8 dlc wave 2 may as well be confirmed imo.

If no surprises then that's all 1st party?
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Prime HD/4 please
 
Awesomegames23 said:
What big games can we see here though? XB3 was shown, and Pokemon got a trailer not long ago. I imagine we'll see new Splatoon stuff, and MH Rise stuff. Bayo 3 + BOTW2 are both risky bets. MK8 dlc wave 2 may as well be confirmed imo.

If no surprises then that's all 1st party?
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Bayonetta 3 is down for 2022, so I don't see how that's risky. Nate said it was speculation, not inside information.

I'd guess at release dates for Bayonetta 3, Sparks of Hope, maybe Advance Wars, and then 1 or 2 other titles for 2022: Metroid Prime HD plus one other. Maybe Fire Emblem as a 2023 announcement. Throw in Splatoon 3, and you're at at least 7 exclusives for the presentation. Add on Mario Kart DLC, NSO updates, and perhaps eShop titles - something Kirby? Something new? - and it's not hard to piece together a decent showing.

As usual, the bulk of what they show would come from other publishers; even if most people come for Nintendo, they always take the opportunity to showcase the broader software line up.
 
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