There's an extension that brings them back: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/return-youtube-dislike/gebbhagfogifgggkldgodflihgfeippiToo 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 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.
If they're focusing on third parties right now, I can't help but wonder if they follow it up with more first-party news relatively soon. It's a puzzling move when we'd heard earlier this year that they had plenty of software good to go and could easily launch multiple games per month. I suppose one answer is things got shoved around and pushed back. That could also relate to hardware timing.Will sure be funny when the Mini comes around and people are disappointed, then next month we get the hardware reveal with accompanying general direct!
Heh, if only, right?
The line on this was blurred when Cadence of Hyrule and Age of Calamity featured in Partner events, I think.i'm still surprised people consider games not first party just because they're developed by third party studios. that is like most of nintendo's output. smash, kirby, fire emblem, even games like link's awakening. bayonetta 3 is a first party game.
It’s true. The main hook of Directs for me always was the back-to-back presentation of really huge Nintendo titles and smaller indie/3rd party games.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.
What? Going from last October, we've gotten/getting Metroid Dread, Pokemon Legends Arceus, a brand new 3D Kirby game, Switch Sports, Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, and the next gen Pokemon game. It's not mostly ports and low budget games lolDing 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!
This is exactly what I'm thinking. Pokemon showcase, Xenoblade direct, partner showcase... and then hardware reveal, general direct and Splatoon 3 direct? I know I'm very much giving the best case scenario here, but it's a possibility.I just had a thought regarding the "what are they thinking" sentiment..
What if, without the shackles of E3, they're trying to take a page from SGF and parse out stuff over a few weeks or so in order to give each segment a spotlight and stay in the conversation for a longer period of time?
do you remember the first 2 partner directs?
What i was saying is that it would be a major announcement for their gamescom show, which msotly has announcements for smaller titles and announced games. Goldeneye will probably be there as the biggest announcement of the show. No way a first party game by Xbox will appear in a direct.I don't think MS considers it a major release, if it's just a remaster of the original. It's a cool announcement, sure, but not something that they would necessarily save for a big show of their own, I think.
I like you're thinking. My 3rd party purchases on Switch are all Indies or smaller titles so I love a good indie direct and hated every partner one, but.... Never played Portal so I'd like to get a release date on that and if Goldeneye is real I'll be happy. I'll be ecstatic if Silksong got a date but I think it's unlikely.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!
To be honest I find it weird that they would have Nintendo stuff at all in a Partner Direct, even a Mario Kart DLC drop. Those aren't about that normally.The only thing that gives me pause on this being a Partner Direct is the Xenoblade Direct leak that stated the game would have a final trailer in a Direct next week. Unless Nintendo refers to Monolith Soft as a Partner, this seems like a normal Mini.
Ok, I won‘t tell you I don’t care about Fire EmblemWhy are people panicking? Fire Emblem is sure to be there. It's leaked fgs. I even suspect this whole Direct is just to reveal it, sprinkled with some third party stuff.
Don't tell me you don't care about Fire Emblem...
They're holding back those HD remasters to hype up their respective new games in the series. It was not logical to expect MP HD years before MP4, Nintendo would release it close to MP4 to generate hype, as the series certainly needs it.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 really
Thin? There are 6 Nintendo published games coming in the latter half of the year. Sony has one and Microsoft has absolutely zero atm.The quality Is top notch, Absolutely. I Just found Is quite thin in terms of quantity/published games. It's a really weird scenario, tbf
do you remember the first 2 partner directs?
Pokemon is coming out this Holiday.......Remember when Nintendo used to have a big holiday game every year? Good times.
Now they don't even have to bother with that because Pokemon obsessively releasing like clockwork will always be there to tick that box
It's totally first party just like Smash Ultimate, Fire Emblem Three Houses or Kirby & the Forgotten Land. Produced by EPD and published by Nintendo everywhere.Bayonetta 3 (is not first party
And the Legacy of Iwata is long gone too. Directs in 2011-2014 were a frequent and great way to communicate with the fans. What Nintendo’s doing lately doesn’t really fit that imo.Remember when Nintendo used to have a big holiday game every year? Good times.
Now they don't even have to bother with that because Pokemon obsessively releasing like clockwork will always be there to tick that box
I agree with this.I just had a thought regarding the "what are they thinking" sentiment..
What if, without the shackles of E3, they're trying to take a page from SGF and parse out stuff over a few weeks or so in order to give each segment a spotlight and stay in the conversation for a longer period of time?
my post wasn't about whether or not bayo 3 can show up in a partner direct, it's about it being a first party game.The line on this was blurred when Cadence of Hyrule and Age of Calamity featured in Partner events, I think.
I mean either the WWHD+TPHD releases this year, or this is the first year in about 9-10 years without a Zelda release, because if they're holding them for a revision they're not releasing until 2024.They're holding back those HD remasters to hype up their respective new games in the series. It was not logical to expect MP HD years before MP4, Nintendo would release it close to MP4 to generate hype, as the series certainly needs it.
I think Nintendo is taking a back seat in this Direct.I just got up and what I'm seeing is it's not really a Partner direct. Just a Direct Mini with a bit more 3rd party? I'm fine with that.
Ah fair, I misunderstood. Yes, that's not a point up for debate.my post wasn't about whether or not bayo 3 can show up in a partner direct, it's about it being a first party game.
They actually haven't said that since 2020, which was 3 years in."All ignore reality" are you actually dismissing Nintendo's words of the Switch being in the middle of it's life cycle
I don't think the line is blurred at all, those are NIntendo IP's developed by companies not at all owned by Nintendo or anything, same with Mario + Rabbids 2. Bayo 3 is just a Nintendo funded product, hence the exclusivityThe line on this was blurred when Cadence of Hyrule and Age of Calamity featured in Partner events, I think.
That's what I'm thinking. No updates for upcoming first party games, as they will have their own Directs like Xeno. Just pure reveals.I just got up and what I'm seeing is it's not really a Partner direct. Just a Direct Mini with a bit more 3rd party? I'm fine with that.
New Style Savvy, after predicting it from summer 2020 onwards...I’m sure there will be a clubhouse games/big Brain academy/game builder garage type release announced two months before release. Those were all good. If it’s not stinky horse, it could be a nice surprise
They literally reiterated that statement in February of 2022.They actually haven't said that since 2020, which was 3 years in.
No one, at least not any reliable insider, has backtracked or said plans changed. They said a Nintendo direct next week, and by all accounts there will be one. Whether it’s a partner direct,mini, general, it’s known that no insider knows what the specific branding will be .Tbh I understand people who are frustrated when these Nintendo "Insiders" have been saying a propper direct is happening this month for past couple of weeks then all of sudden the last 2 weeks of June they all back track or saying "Plans have change".
I'm unfamiliar with how NA defines it's seasons into months, if there was still one this summer, would that be up till August or could it be in the standard September Direct slot and still be a Summer Direct?Unsure. I've heard a few things that I have not yet been able to confirm but I'm thinking a first-party Direct may still come this summer. As to why they are spacing things out... who knows.
I know others have said this, but if that's the case then why is XB3 releasing now? If ever there were a Nintendo franchise that needed help from new hardware, it's Xenoblade. If they're holding games back for Drake I'd strongly expect Xenoblade to be one of them, and yet..?Honestly it feels like Nintendo is holding back a bunch of first party games for a new Switch.
Our resident Famiboard insider Nate has never, ever said it's a general. Technically, whatever carries the Direct branding is a "proper" Direct. Nate said Direct next week, there is a Direct next weekTbh I understand people who are frustrated when these Nintendo "Insiders" have been saying a propper direct is happening this month for past couple of weeks then all of sudden the last 2 weeks of June they all back track or saying "Plans have change".