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I'm getting the impression that everyone here would have been less disappointed if there was just flat-out no Direct at all next week.
Surely a Direct is better than no Direct... Right?
I'm getting the impression that everyone here would have been less disappointed if there was just flat-out no Direct at all next week.
Partner Direct possibilities:
- Persona series
- Mario & Rabbids 2
- Bayonetta 3
- 2008 multiplatform port
- Sonic Frontiers
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Silksong
- Goldeneye
- Portal collection
- Overwatch 2
- Sports Story
- Square Enix (Live la Live, etc.)
- Something from Nintendo (MP remaster?)
- ?????
Could be a good show everyone. Just gotta change your expectations!
And we know Nintendo has to at least reveal the new FE at some point, so maybe we will get a more first-party focused Direct before September. If not, September will be one hell of a show!
You might want to try a little harder then. Nintendo has gone into meetings with a single game dated before. Right now they have XBC3 and Splatoon 3, the latter being a 10+ million seller. Investors aren't going to be too worried.This is what's making me think this showcase has to have Mario + Rabbids 2 (it will, Nate confirmed it) and Bayonetta 3. Can't imagine Investors not being like "so eeeeh, what's up? Y'all got some first party announcements?" And Nintendo will probably say like "we will announce more in regards to are first party line up in due time" or something
Genuinely, to me the real Direct was the hype we made along the way.
I guess we'll see. If it's anything like the first Partners Showcase then I will be like "yeah we probably would have been better off with just some twitter announcements."Surely a Direct is better than no Direct... Right?
One day after, sorrySony is reportedly having an event on Thursday, so it's after the Partner Showcase.
We'll have our General Direct in September again, no need to worry. Nate's heard there may come a First Party focused presentation in the summer, which would fit the September bill. There's about a week left after Splatoon 3 launches to fit a Direct in September/Summer.Nah. It can happen if Nintendo wants it to happen. We can make up whatever reasons we want in our head for it to not happen again, but if Nintendo wants it they will do it.
That could be in a direct regardless of style due to licensed gamesI guess they’ll just drop that on a random day on Twitter. What about new N64 games? It ended this month
Did you miss the part about heat! I prime with an airbrush and my spot is near my window ac so I can only do it in the mornings on days I run my acThat's the other thing, Nintendo's second half 2022 is really stacked. Be it 1st party exclusives like Splatoon 3 and Xenoblade 3, day 1 multiplatform titles like Sonic Frontiers (lets just hope this is good...) and Monster Hunter Sunbreak, exciting ports/localizations like Trails from Zero and No Man's Sky, and cool indies like Gunvolt 3 and Freedom Planet 2, there's a lot to play. I feel like if you can't find several games in the back half of this year that don't interest you on Switch then you have to be a very "picky eater" so to speak.
I thought you had dozens of X-Men United minis to paint? Sounds like you're putting off an active project right there
Well, I would have preferred no Direct at all than a full month anticipating an E3 calliber Direct just to get a Partner’s. I say it sincerely.I'm getting the impression that everyone here would have been less disappointed if there was just flat-out no Direct at all next week.
Also I think Nate said the Direct is on Tuesday, the 28th. If it drops at normal Partner showcase time, it's at 12am Japan Time so it'll be the 29th then, fitting Nate's sayings of it differing when it comes to dates/timezonesOne day after, sorry
Depends. For me I don’t play 3rd parties on the switch, including indies so if it’s a direct that just mainly or only 3rd party stuff then it’s not a direct for me.Surely a Direct is better than no Direct... Right?
bad news happeni would have been annoyed at a mini focussing on 3rd party games, if the lineup for the rest of year wasn't already so packed. i'm hopeful that the september show would be one of the best directs ever tho.
Honestly it feels like Nintendo is holding back a bunch of first party games for a new Switch.I can understand why the frustration, because it makes it sounds like Nintendo doesn't have any more 2022 releases to announce. After Splatoon 3, there's only Pokemon Scarlet/Violet confirmed? It feels like first party releases are a thin.
They own the license for 2 and 3. That's first party. Basically like Marvel's Spiderman and Miles Morales.It really isn’t though. They don’t own any part of Bayonetta. Nintendo owns Kirby and Fire Emblem.
I thought it was common sense that Goldeneye would appear at Xbox's annual gamescom showcase in August, to me it makes no sense that a major first party game from Xbox would be revealed in a direct.Some of those are definitely possible, but Hogwarts is under Sony marketing and I doubt would show up.
I can confirm lmaoI'm getting the impression that everyone here would have been less disappointed if there was just flat-out no Direct at all next week.
don't really get this sentiment. even if bayo 3 gets delayed, having xenoblade 3, splatoon 3 and pokemon for the 2nd half of the year is already a more than decent lineup.It feels like first party releases are a thin.
Yup, because if there is a partner's direct next week, we'll have to wait months for the next general direct, and getting twitter drip news doesn't satisfy any of us.I'm getting the impression that everyone here would have been less disappointed if there was just flat-out no Direct at all next week.
Advance Wars and Bayonetta 3, both currently have 2022 dates. If you consider Xeno 3 as an August release, we might have one first party release each month until the end of the year. It's just they're not what some people want.I can understand why the frustration, because it makes it sounds like Nintendo doesn't have any more 2022 releases to announce. After Splatoon 3, there's only Pokemon Scarlet/Violet confirmed? It feels like first party releases are a thin.
do you remember the first 2 partner directs?Surely a Direct is better than no Direct... Right?
This is 2019 E3 Direct in a nutshell. They only announced one new Nintendo game and that was BOTW2.Nintendo must be afraid of backlash from running a full direct with mainly existing games. The schedule was already stacked and in terms of new games we've only heard of DK and Fire Emblem rumored so it kind of makes sense that they might want to avoid doing a full direct now.
Yeah this seems a possible reason, doesn't It? Definitely puzzling.Honestly it feels like Nintendo is holding back a bunch of first party games for a new Switch.
Ding ding ding.Honestly it feels like Nintendo is holding back a bunch of first party games for a new Switch.
Well, it seems weird that they would hold off so many games like Metroid Prime DE/HD and the WWHD+TPHD ports for a 4K Switch to me, and I think the Switch 2 is still a ways off, going off of Nintendo's comments about the Switch being about in the middle of it's lifecycle. While I don't think Nintendo is going to iterate upon the Switch, like Apple does with its products, I do think they'll keep the Hybrid console concept but I don't think we'll see the next generation Nintendo console from them next year, or even 2024. A 4K Switch, sure, but something else not reallyHonestly it feels like Nintendo is holding back a bunch of first party games for a new Switch.
Honestly, disliskes do squat of the sales are there.Too bad they got rid of the dislikes (publicly seeing them). I would like to see the amount of dislikes on a new Partners direct
I'm getting the impression that everyone here would have been less disappointed if there was just flat-out no Direct at all next week.
The quality Is top notch, Absolutely. I Just found Is quite thin in terms of quantity/published games. It's a really weird scenario, tbfdon't really get this sentiment. even if bayo 3 gets delayed, having xenoblade 3, splatoon 3 and pokemon for the 2nd half of the year is already a more than decent lineup.
If you compare it to the Switch‘s other holiday periods which were kinda lackluster lately, yeah it’s „decent“.don't really get this sentiment. even if bayo 3 gets delayed, having xenoblade 3, splatoon 3 and pokemon for the 2nd half of the year is already a more than decent lineup.
AgreedI do think we should at least wait for something to actually happen before we start jumping to "Fuck Nintendo" type posts.
"All ignore reality" are you actually dismissing Nintendo's words of the Switch being in the middle of it's life cycleDing ding ding.
The last year has mainly been lower budget games and ports.
And we also happen to be 5 and a half years into the console's life.
At this point there are very solid odds Nintendo is planning on launching a new console next year and is holding back stuff like Metroid Prime 4 and a 3D Mario game for it. But people want to believe this will be a 10 year console generation so we all ignore reality. Even though Drake's hardware is clearly too good to be a pro, and would only make sense to launch a 5nm based Orin device late 2023 or early 2024. The signs are there people!