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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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NateDrake said:
Yeah. Tom's "something then" is the gameplay on the June 29 and that's unrelated to the Direct. It's two different things but some may have conflated them as a singular event -- hence the expectation of the 29th in contrast to my 28th.
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Oh nice so I was on the right track yesterday, but the Mario-specific something ended up being M&R2 instead of a Mario movie trailer.

Thanks for the details!
 
prizna said:
I just hope we can get a first party Direct before September, I know its unlikely though.
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Maybe Kit was right saying Nintendo wants to shakeup their Direct schedule. He said they’ve become so predictable. He would be wrong on saying there’d be no direct this month. A Partners Direct is shaking it up. And maybe we get a first party direct in July.
 
CherryGodzilla said:
Lmao that 4Chan leak was right… we’re gonna get a general Direct in July
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Which 4chan leak? Could've sworn the only recent 4chan leak was the one that said Xenoblade 3 was going to have its own Direct and then was going to be given a story trailer in the direct in June
 
Dark Cloud said:
Maybe Kit was right saying Nintendo wants to shakeup their Direct schedule. He said they’ve become so predictable. He would be wrong on saying there’d be no direct this month. A Partners Direct is shaking it up. And maybe we get a first party direct in July.
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I mean, fair enoug, but would Nintendo really shake up their schedule that has worked really well so far just because they've become predictable??
 
Dark Cloud said:
Maybe Kit was right saying Nintendo wants to shakeup their Direct schedule. He said they’ve become so predictable. He would be wrong on saying there’d be no direct this month. A Partners Direct is shaking it up. And maybe we get a first party direct in July.
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I guess it would also go with Grubb's mentioning of Nintendo splitting things up into smaller shows.
 
Can I just say how incredibly disappointing it would be if there were no big June Direct? A big summer reveal show has been yearly tradition dating back all the way to the 90s.

The Direct drought of 2020, the only other time a June reveal show was skipped, was at least understandable because of COVID.

Now I really don't understand Nintendo's modern strategy with Directs. If you go back to 2012/2013, they had them near monthly. Even prior to 2017 we got more than the now-standard 3-a-year (if we're lucky to even get that now). It's just been a disappointing stepback.
 
puddleths said:
Shall we designate a time to burn our Switches? I propose immediately following the Direct Mini Partner and Knuckles Showcase.

But it could be accelerated to after the announcement tweet.
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I already burned mine this morning. I didn‘t know there’d be a designated conflagration time!
 
SirShorse said:
I mean, fair enoug, but would Nintendo really shake up their schedule that has worked really well so far just because they've become predictable??
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Maybe? Maybe someone wanted to try it different lol. I couldn’t tell you. Kit has more insight into Nintendo.
 
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SirShorse said:
I mean, fair enoug, but would Nintendo really shake up their schedule that has worked really well so far just because they've become predictable??
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It worked so well that the internet was filled with anxiety attacks every time there was the slightest variation in patterns.
 
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The degree of hostility in your last few posts in this thread are uncalled for, especially after others have tried to de-escalate. There's also no place here for "lazy dev" rhetoric, as it is both disrespectful and innacurate. - paranoodle, hologram, mazi
SirShorse said:
Okay, I'm gonna try to stay friendly myself since you have taken the courtesy of doing the complete opposite and counter all your points you made.

1. Mario Kart: They're not gonna show the next Mario Kart when DLC for the previous game is still being released. It would be like: "Hey here's Smash 7 but look, Kazuya comes out for Ultimate next week!" It's just not gonna happen until Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass is completely finished. Saying this DLC is lazy is also showing of a complete lack of knowledge on how game development works. I also never said, like literally never said that this DLC delayed the release of the next game. It's nonsensical to release DLC for a game while announcing the next game, especially for a game that has sold over 40 million copies on Switch alone, being a port itself.

2. As has been stated by Nate, Metroid Prime DE/HD has also been handled by Retro Studios before they took on Metroid Prime 4, meaning they were working on at least 2 Metroid games since 2019. Even though Metroid Prime 4 has been rebooted because the previous version, reportedly handled by Bandai Namco was bad, this doesn't mean Metroid Prime 4's time at Retro Studios has been smooth sailing. They started over from SCRATCH in like December 2018/January 2019, a modern Metroid Prime game would likely take 4 years of development time at least, seeing how Retro Studios is a studio full of ambition, and getting used to the Switch hardware with Tropical Freeze port and fully optimizing the Metroid Prime DE/HD engine for Switch for Prime 4, who knows what kind of game they'll be able to crank out. This game is going to take time, and won't be fully unveiled until well after Prime 1 DE/HD is released.

3. 3D Mario has always been a game where the creators will try to innovate, try and come up with fresh new ideas. There was a 6 year gap between Super Mario 64 and Sunshine, in a time where games took a lot less time to make usually. And where does this idea come from that "Odyssey took 4 years to make, so the next must also take 4 years to make"? For all we know they started work on another project before 3D Mario, the Odyssey team is as we know working on 2 different games IIRC.

I'd appreciate for the next time you try and attack me that your points actually make sense.
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1.You clearly did not even read my post. What the heck man. You're still saying "they cant show the next game while doing DLC" but my entire point was that the DLC did not need to happen at all. That's a completely nonsensical argument. It's not like some divine power threw the DLC down at Nintendo and said "you must port the mobile tracks to Mario Kart 8, and you must take 2 years to do it" they decided to do this instead of showing and/or releasing Mario Kart 9. It's much more logical to assume they aren't ready to release Mario Kart 9 yet for some reason or another (I'm arguing because of a new console coming) than to suggest that they delayed Mario Kart 9 from its intended announcement/release to do this DLC. Because of how low effort this DLC is and how long they're stretching it out, it's very obvious that they are trying to fill a gap until the next game.

2."remastering Metroid prime HD has delayed Metroid Prime 4 to presumably take 6-7 years to make" This makes sense to you? From a business perspective you think it made sense for them to delay their headline Metroid Prime 4 by multiple years to remaster a game that will surely sell 2-3 million copies? You also believe it took their full team multiple years to remaster a gamecube game?

3."There was a 6 year gap between Mario 64 and Sunshine" It's well known that Nintendo originally planned a sequel to Mario 64, this is obviously what caused the gap. The fact you think a fucking 3d platformer should take 6 years to make is insane to me, especially when they already have the Odyssey engine to build off of.
 
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BigBoss said:
Can I just say how incredibly disappointing it would be if there wree no big June Direct? A big summer reveal show has been yearly tradition dating back all the way to the 90s.

The Direct drought of 2020, the only other time a June reveal show was skipped, was at least understandable because of COVID.

Now I really don't understand Nintendo's modern strategy with Directs. If you go back to 2012/2013, they had them near monthly. Even prior to 2017 we got more than the now-standard 3-a-year (if we're lucky to even get that now). It's just been a disappointing stepback.
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We eill never know, it’s Nintendo, they sre unpredictable, alsways changes Stuff or surprise us… one thing you should aware when begin a Nintendo-Fan🤷
 
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If we lived in a sane world, people would see major first party releases slowing down nearly 6 years into a console's life and say "well we're getting near the next one obviously." But we don't live in a sane world so obviously the games are just slowing down 6 years in because every game is now taking 6-7 years to make. After all, the switch must have a 9 year lifespan since a leaker on the internet said so, even though the longest lifespan ever was the gameboy at 8 years and that was 30 years ago.
 
BigBoss said:
Can I just say how incredibly disappointing it would be if there were no big June Direct? A big summer reveal show has been yearly tradition dating back all the way to the 90s.

The Direct drought of 2020, the only other time a June reveal show was skipped, was at least understandable because of COVID.

Now I really don't understand Nintendo's modern strategy with Directs. If you go back to 2012/2013, they had them near monthly. Even prior to 2017 we got more than the now-standard 3-a-year (if we're lucky to even get that now). It's just been a disappointing stepback.
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The thing is, Nintendo doesn’t need a Direct right now. They’ve already announced and lined up multiple major releases for their platform this year, they did that back in February. They also have multiple high profile projects confirmed to be coming for the Switch for beyond this year. There’s no reason to have a big new Direct.

This is in contrast to Sony and MS, whose release slates were pretty empty after the first quarter of the year, and who therefore needed shows to properly solidify their plans for the coming months to the public.
 
To me, announcing RDR 2 at this point doesn't make sense when you'd assume they'd rather show such a title on more potent hardware first. Especially since GTV still hasn't made it to the Switch.

Let's make the best of it. I'd also rather have a general direct, but maybe what's shown will still be quite good. What I would like is an announcement that the SNES and N64 app will be fed with some interesting third party games.
 
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It would be weird for Bayonetta 3 to go from the big one last thing of a main direct, to part of a shadowdropped partner showcase.

But I need it at this point, idc 😭
 
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BobNintendofan said:
If we lived in a sane world, people would see major first party releases slowing down nearly 6 years into a console's life and say "well we're getting near the next one obviously." But we don't live in a sane world so obviously the games are just slowing down 6 years in because every game is now taking 6-7 years to make. After all, the switch must have a 9 year lifespan since a leaker on the internet said so, even though the longest lifespan ever was the gameboy at 8 years and that was 30 years ago.
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Yes, sure, go ahead and indirectly call me insane, and sure, let's call Shuntaro Furukawa, Nintendo's CEO a leaker for directly stating the Switch was at it's midpoint after already 5 years on the market back in February of this year. Good call.
 
Phantom Thief said:
The thing is, Nintendo doesn’t need a Direct right now. They’ve already announced and lined up multiple major releases for their platform this year, they did that back in February. They also have multiple high profile projects confirmed to be coming for the Switch for beyond this year. There’s no reason to have a big new Direct.

This is in contrast to Sony and MS, whose release slates were pretty empty after the first quarter of the year, and who therefore needed shows to properly solidify their plans for the coming months to the public.
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I think that M+R 2 and Bayonetta 3 are the only two that need a release date.

I don't expect Advance Wars this year as sadly the situation in Ukraine is similar to when it was delayed.
 
I just do not see any feasible way to get RDR2 onto the Switch unless it’s a cloud version (which have been announced in Partner Directs). It already struggles on the base Xbox One at 864p, bad image quality, and an unstable frame rate. A native Switch port sounds dreadful. But hey Hogwarts is supposedly native so who fucking knows at this point
 
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Glio said:
I think that M+R 2 and Bayonetta 3 are the only two that need a release date.

I don't expect Advance Wars this year as sadly the situation in Ukraine is similar to when it was delayed.
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Yup. And even without those, Nintendo still has Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, and Pokémon lined up for the remainder of the year. That’s more first party games than Sony and MS have lined up for the remainder of the year put together lol.
 
Phendrift said:
He said Nintendo would be having smaller showcases throughout June at the beginning of the month. Pokémon Direct, Xenoblade Direct, Direct Mini Partner. I’d say he was
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I’m not 100% convinced on the partner unless something happens Monday or Tuesday morning, if nothing happens then I’ll believe it
 
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Charamiwa said:
I think we are treating it as legit because some people in here vouched for him and what he says line up with everything else anyway.
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Awesome, looking forward to it this week!

NateDrake said:
I'm solely backing the nature of the Direct (being a Partner). Not the contents mentioned in the article.
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Thanks for clarifying! I think Nintendo has enough major first party projects lined up for this year anyway that I’d be more curious about third party games at this point, so even if it’s a Partner or a Mini, I’d be happy with it.
 
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Phantom Thief said:
Yup. And even without those, Nintendo still has Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, and Pokémon lined up for the remainder of the year. That’s more first party games than Sony and MS have lined up for the remainder of the year put together lol.
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That competition is unfair, Nintendo in March had already released more first party games than Microsoft in all of 2022.
 
BobNintendofan said:
If we lived in a sane world, people would see major first party releases slowing down nearly 6 years into a console's life and say "well we're getting near the next one obviously." But we don't live in a sane world so obviously the games are just slowing down 6 years in because every game is now taking 6-7 years to make. After all, the switch must have a 9 year lifespan since a leaker on the internet said so, even though the longest lifespan ever was the gameboy at 8 years and that was 30 years ago.
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The life span isn't that Nintendo doesn't release a console, it's the crossgen period extending it's life. Xbox 1 and PS4 will live 10 years. Wouldn't surprise me for those.consoles to get support until 2024.
 
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Vyplo said:
You mean Serranò? he has hits hits and misses as everybody else, we shall wait and see.
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Why would anyone think Roberto Serrano' is trustworthy sauce guy has misses constantly it at a point is daily, the guy is certified clown at this point.
 
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