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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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Plum said:
Nintendo not doing a Direct and slicing everything up into multiple parts is honestly the worst of all worlds:

  • Can't get too excited for any one event
  • Can't predict or get excited for other events
  • More chance of people missing any one particular thing
  • Or, more chance of things being unsatisfying shadow drops
  • Generally less community enjoyment and positivity
  • Big stuff might just be tossed onto Twitter unceremoniously
  • Hurts reception to the games there as people are gonna be more negative to begin with
  • Increased chances of leaks, and more time spent avoiding them

Being a Nintendo fan just isn't that fun anymore, honestly. The games, yeah - I'm having a really good time with Xenoblade: DE - but everything else is just... bleh. The glory days of regular Directs and a big E3 blowout with long Treehouse sections are long, long, long behind us.
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all it takes is a new E3 next year
 
Plum said:
Nintendo not doing a Direct and slicing everything up into multiple parts is honestly the worst of all worlds:
  • Can't get too excited for any one event as they're inherently limited
  • Can't predict or get excited for other events
  • More chance of people missing any one particular thing
  • Or, more chance of things being unsatisfying shadow drops
  • Generally less community enjoyment and positivity
  • Big stuff might just be tossed onto Twitter unceremoniously
  • Hurts reception to the games there as people are gonna be more negative to begin with
  • Greater chance of each event disappointing due to their limited scope
  • Increased chances of leaks, and more time spent avoiding the

Being a Nintendo fan just isn't that fun anymore, honestly. The games, yeah - I'm having a really good time with Xenoblade: DE - but everything else is just... bleh. The glory days of regular Directs and a big E3 blowout with long Treehouse sections are long, long, long behind us.
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Agreed. It's disappointing.
 
Plum said:
Nintendo not doing a Direct and slicing everything up into multiple parts is honestly the worst of all worlds:

  • Can't get too excited for any one event
  • Can't predict or get excited for other events
  • More chance of people missing any one particular thing
  • Or, more chance of things being unsatisfying shadow drops
  • Generally less community enjoyment and positivity
  • Big stuff might just be tossed onto Twitter unceremoniously
  • Hurts reception to the games there as people are gonna be more negative to begin with
  • Increased chances of leaks, and more time spent avoiding them

Being a Nintendo fan just isn't that fun anymore, honestly. The games, yeah - I'm having a really good time with Xenoblade: DE - but everything else is just... bleh. The glory days of regular Directs and a big E3 blowout with long Treehouse sections are long, long, long behind us.
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I think just the opposite. Splitting the announcements seems great to me because people can talk more calmly about what has been announced, instead of when 10 things are announced at once and only the two most popular are talked about (and the other 8 fall into oblivion).

I hated that about E3, where dozens of things were announced and people just ended up discussing three or four games and "WHO WON?", instead of talking about the important thing: The games.
 
Plum said:
Nintendo not doing a Direct and slicing everything up into multiple parts is honestly the worst of all worlds:
  • Can't get too excited for any one event as they're inherently limited
  • Can't predict or get excited for other events
  • More chance of people missing any one particular thing
  • Or, more chance of things being unsatisfying shadow drops
  • Generally less community enjoyment and positivity
  • Big stuff might just be tossed onto Twitter unceremoniously
  • Hurts reception to the games there as people are gonna be more negative to begin with
  • Greater chance of each event disappointing due to their limited scope
  • Increased chances of leaks, and more time spent avoiding the

Being a Nintendo fan just isn't that fun anymore, honestly. The games, yeah - I'm having a really good time with Xenoblade: DE - but everything else is just... bleh. The glory days of regular Directs and a big E3 blowout with long Treehouse sections are long, long, long behind us.
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regular Directs and a big E3 blowout with long Treehouse sections was literally last year! do people here have short-term memory?
 
Dark Cloud said:
Because of contract obligations before E3 announced they were cancelling for the year or there’s something bigger going on here like hardware coming or they just decided to split first and third party announcement
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I don’t think there will be any new hardware this year or else Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will be the best showcase for it compared to the other releases in 2022. But who know really? Nintendo become unpredictable these past few years
 
BigBoss said:
Less droughts and more their 1st party game output being lower than ever. There's only less droughts as a by-product of only having to support one console, but the totality of their output is less.
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Games are harder to make, but even then. Nintendo and their partners have done a phenomenal job. If Nintendo can't do it themselves, they are outsourcing and licensing.
 
Pflaumenmus12 said:
all it takes is a new E3 next year
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I don't expect E3 to happen, tbh. That and - if Nintendo thinks that what they're doing now is "good enough" - I can't see them going back to big E3 blowouts and Treehouse stuff even if E3 does happen.

I mean, why do costly Treehouse streams when they know the games are gonna sell bajillions regardless? Same thing goes for other such things, like "why put a significant amount of content into our Sports/Party titles when they're gonna sell like hotcakes for simply being functionally good."

Glio said:
I think just the opposite. Splitting the announcements seems great to me because people can talk more calmly about what has been announced, instead of when 10 things are announced at once and only the two most popular are talked about (and the other 8 fall into oblivion).

I hated that about E3, where dozens of things were announced and people just ended up discussing three or four games and "WHO WON?", instead of talking about the important thing: The games.
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I mean, look around you. This "piece-meal," approach is turning us against each other and making the general 'air' surrounding everything feel shitty. It's just... not fun.
 
OMG this place is totally gloom and hell and will only get worse when Nintendo reveal the Direct Federation Force
 
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BigBoss said:
Less droughts and more their 1st party game output being lower than ever. There's only less droughts as a by-product of only having to support one console, but the totality of their output is less.
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It's fewer games because Switch games take a lot of time to make than 3DS games. And because there are fewer redundant games. Wii U and 3DS both had Mario Tennis, Mario 2D, Mario Kart, Mario 3D, Yoshi... Games very redundant with each other.
 
Plum said:
Nintendo not doing a Direct and slicing everything up into multiple parts is honestly the worst of all worlds:
  • Can't get too excited for any one event as they're inherently limited
  • Can't predict or get excited for other events
  • More chance of people missing any one particular thing
  • Or, more chance of things being unsatisfying shadow drops
  • Generally less community enjoyment and positivity
  • Big stuff might just be tossed onto Twitter unceremoniously
  • Hurts reception to the games there as people are gonna be more negative to begin with
  • Greater chance of each event disappointing due to their limited scope
  • Increased chances of leaks, and more time spent avoiding the
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The worst part is that there's literally no good reason for it to be like this

They could just do their regular June Direct and everyone would be happy, but nah, can't have that because ????????????
 
Ibrahim said:
I don’t think there will be any new hardware this year or else Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will be the best showcase for it compared to the other releases in 2022. But who know really? Nintendo become unpredictable these past few years
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In my eyes, Splatoon 3 could be that game. A game that could be for both the core and casual audience.
 
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Plum said:
I don't expect E3 to happen, tbh. That and - if Nintendo thinks that what they're doing now is "good enough" - I can't see them going back to big E3 blowouts and Treehouse stuff even if E3 does happen.

I mean, why do costly Treehouse streams when they know the games are gonna sell bajillions regardless? Same thing goes for other such things, like "why put a significant amount of content into our Sports/Party titles when they're gonna sell like hotcakes for simply being functionally good."
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so your making major predictions based on nothing huh?
 
Pflaumenmus12 said:
I really believe we will see EPD Tokyos next game this year. Whatever it may be. Probably releasing in October.

Personally I am still hoping its a 2D Donkey Kong with EPD ( pardon me) going ape shit on the level and environment design.

I can wait for a new 3D Mario. Odyssey is one of my absolute favorites but so is Donkey Kong and the last one came out in 2014!!!
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It would be announced by now, no way it's in the Mini Partner. Not releasing this year.
 
RochHoch said:
The worst part is that there's literally no good reason for it to be like this

They could just do their regular June Direct and everyone would be happy, but nah, can't have that because ????????????
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"Spacing the announcements throughout the year" is literally the philosophy that turned the old E3 conferences into Directs.

Microsoft is really the only company that maintains the philosophy of "Only one conference a year and the rest without announcements."
 
Formula Zero said:
major First party releases have been slow for most of the Switch lifespan lol
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BigBoss said:
Yeah, one of the key points of the Switch was to consolidate their handheld and console 1st party lineups to prevent droughts. It's been a failure in that aspect.
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Been eating, first party wise, on Switch far better than something like the Gamecube for instance, and the 3rd party is pretty stellar on top if the 1st party. Dont know if Switch is your first system, but the games have been the most plentiful they've been since the SNES era. Cant agree at all with what you guys are saying!
 
Glio said:
"Spacing the announcements throughout the year" is literally the philosophy that turned the old E3 conferences into Directs.

Microsoft is really the only company that maintains the philosophy of "Only one conference a year and the rest without announcements."
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Sony is similar. They have one huge showcase with 2 to 3 SoP. Which they are Sony's equivalent to Partner Direct.
 
ITSMILNER said:
Where is this July Direct rumour coming from?
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Plum said:
I don't expect E3 to happen, tbh. That and - if Nintendo thinks that what they're doing now is "good enough" - I can't see them going back to big E3 blowouts and Treehouse stuff even if E3 does happen.

I mean, why do costly Treehouse streams when they know the games are gonna sell bajillions regardless? Same thing goes for other such things, like "why put a significant amount of content into our Sports/Party titles when they're gonna sell like hotcakes for simply being functionally good."


I mean, look around you. This "piece-meal," approach is turning us against each other and making the general 'air' surrounding everything feel shitty. It's just... not fun.
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We are literally the only ones to blame for the toxic atmosphere of this thread because Nintendo hasn't announced anything at all.
 
highgar said:
Been eating, first party wise, on Switch far better than something like the Gamecube for instance, and the 3rd party is pretty stellar on top if the 1st party. Dont know if Switch is your first system, but the games have been the most plentiful they've been since the SNES era. Cant agree at all with what you guys are saying!
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Just yesterday we got a game from Nintendo's publishing arms, and two weeks before, we got another one.
 
storres said:
Sony is similar. They have one huge showcase with 2 to 3 SoP. Which they are Sony's equivalent to Partner Direct.
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Indeed, before Sony also only had one event and they decided to space it out.

It is possible that it is better to have a medium intensity engagement throughout the year than to have a very high engagement one month and absolute silence the rest of the year. I haven't study marketing so I don't really know.
 
Reading some of these posts is making me realize that the Direct > games meme is not just a meme.....

I think I will go play some Strikers Battle League or Dragon's Dogma and revisit with you all tomorrow. You know, on that Switch thing they show from time to time during Directs.
 
SpaceGodzilla said:
so your making major predictions based on nothing huh?
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I mean it's better than expecting it only to get disappointed.

Glio said:
We are literally the only ones to blame for the toxic atmosphere of this thread because Nintendo hasn't announced anything at all.
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What do you want us to do, then? Just praise Nintendo endlessly and never question what they're doing, or why they're doing it?

And, I mean, if you wanna blame someone for setting up expectations for a Direct, blame the insiders who said there would be one on the 29th.
 
So what we could have in this partner Direct

  • Tactics Ogre remake
  • Persona ports
  • Sonic Frontiers Gameplay reveal of the Cyberspace stuff or something?
  • Mario & Rabbids 2

Not all that exciting for me except M&R 2, what about Mario Kart 8’s next track pack though, that must be due?
 
BigBoss said:
Less droughts and more their 1st party game output being lower than ever. There's only less droughts as a by-product of only having to support one console, but the totality of their output is less.
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HD development takes time, Nintendo's not an outlier here since every company has had lower game output since the HD era began.
 
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Plum said:
I mean it's better than expecting it only to get disappointed.


What do you want us to do, then? Just praise Nintendo endlessly and never question what they're doing, or why they're doing it?

And, I mean, if you wanna blame someone for setting up expectations for a Direct, blame the insiders who said there would be one on the 29th.
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It's still a Direct, maybe not the one you wanted
 
First-party wise there have been 5 new games in six months, plus 1 other exclusive published by Nintendo; without the Advance Wars delay, we'd be sitting at five new games, plus a remake, plus an exclusive from Square Enix. If you expect much more than that when game development is the way it is, I'm not sure what to tell you at this point.

Now sure, I'm never going to say you have to like or be interested in all those games, but the level of output this year is as regular as it's been on Switch. In terms of new games, too, it's stronger than the first half of 2018 and 2021, when Nintendo leant on old stuff.
 
ITSMILNER said:
So what we could have in this partner Direct

  • Tactics Ogre remake
  • Persona ports
  • Sonic Frontiers Gameplay reveal of the Cyberspace stuff or something?
  • Mario & Rabbids 2

Not all that exciting for me except M&R 2, what about Mario Kart 8’s next track pack though, that must be due?
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FF Pixel Remasters, DQHD2D, maybe FF9 or Tactics (probably not if Tactics Ogre shows)... lots of possible Square Enix stuff.
 
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Plum said:
I mean it's better than expecting it only to get disappointed.


What do you want us to do, then? Just praise Nintendo endlessly and never question what they're doing, or why they're doing it?

And, I mean, if you wanna blame someone for setting up expectations for a Direct, blame the insiders who said there would be one on the 29th.
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I don't expect anything, but to say "It's Nintendo's fault that we're angry right now" is absurd because Nintendo hasn't announced anything. If people have created expectations that have later been destroyed, it has been the fault of ourselves, of anyone involved who has said something, it cannot be the fault of the one who has said nothing.

We can blame Nintendo for many things, people being toxic on the internet is not one of them.
 
This suprised me a lot but the thing is Splatoon 3 is releasing early September, a potential Splatoon Direct would be month before so early August and they are not going to show all the whats new + bigger deep dive of that game only month before release. There must be something before then, it could be another trailer drop on Twitter or the Splatoon 3 Direct is in July.
 
LukasManak22 said:
This suprised me a lot but the thing is Splatoon 3 is releasing early September, a potential Splatoon Direct would be month before so early August and they are not going to show all the whats new + bigger deep dive of that game only month before release. There must be something before then, it could be another trailer drop on Twitter or the Splatoon 3 Direct is in July.
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Or there’s something else
 
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Speculation has become a separate hobby for me at this point, because why am I so worried when I probably won’t even finish all of Three Hopes by the time XC3 releases which will also take dozens of hours 😂
 
This is not the news I wanted to wake up to after working a 22-hour day where I, the head of development at the studio, somehow got roped into running point on our wrap party's logistics, setup, and maintenance yesterday, which means that I didn't even get to enjoy it after all my hard work on this movie. Not feeling so great rn
 
Plum said:
I mean it's better than expecting it only to get disappointed.


What do you want us to do, then? Just praise Nintendo endlessly and never question what they're doing, or why they're doing it?

And, I mean, if you wanna blame someone for setting up expectations for a Direct, blame the insiders who said there would be one on the 29th.
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Dude. I really like you. But not being toxic about this doesn't equal praising Nintendo. One can rationally analyze the situation at hand without going into full hyberbole mode.

At the end of the day we we should see all this realistically.
This is industry wide phenomena.

Look at all the delays, half finished and buggy games and the uncertain situations. It isn't easy planning all this stuff if you don't even know if the next event will even take place.

Not saying Nintendo isn't to blame here. Bit we literally got a direct last week and we'll get one next week.
It isn't the big E3 line direct we hoped it would be but Nintendo still has a decent line up at the end of
the day with maybe some surprises left.

Concerning the toxic turn this thread experiences - thats not on Nintendo either.

I get you. The world is in a shitty place and I too looked forward to all the things that make me happy.

But we shouldn't get at each others throat.
 
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