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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%
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    258
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NewPueblo said:
We need someone to turn this into the Mr Incredible turns uncanny meme. The last picture is for the Bakugan sequel.
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I have a Mr Incredible meme:
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Ozeiyo said:
People love the rabbids so much that Ubisoft literally has to force you to carry at least one of them in your team at all times in mario+rabbids
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Nathan Little said:
Would buy it if it's called Mario + Rayman

I doubt many would've bought Mario + Rabbids if it was just the Rabbids. Mario was the big pull here. I also doubt the initial reception to the first game would've been negative if it had been a crossover with Rayman instead.
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Aaaand here they come 😈
 
Maybe I should make another spreadsheet to explain how frustrating the notion of a Partner Direct next week is.

Why? Because last time I did this I literally became famous:




(This is the most impactful thing I have contributed to this world and that scares me)
 
Partner directs have had some of the best games on the system revealed. Monster hunter Rise, Hades and Ori 2 are all game of the year contenders, and arguably within the console's top 10.
And in my opinion, much better announcements than the HD 1:1 remake of a GameCube game or the second episode of Mario rabbits 2.

If we get a partner direct with some games big enough to have confused people into thinking it was a general direct, I have no reason to complain.
 
VegiHam said:
I'd unironically like to know what's up. Been off the grid since the Xenoblade direct announcement. Getting the impression there's been some bad news or something?
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Supposedly there is a Direct coming sometime next week. It was reported as being on the 29th. This has then morphed into there being 2 Directs on the 28th & 29th. One for Mario+Rabbids, the other for Nintendo. People were expecting the Nintendo one to be a general Direct but it seems like to be a Mini Partner Showcase with “focus on third parties” & minimal Nintendo presence.

Take all of these with grains of salt until something is announced.
 
VegiHam said:
I'd unironically like to know what's up. Been off the grid since the Xenoblade direct announcement. Getting the impression there's been some bad news or something?
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as far as I understand Nate confirmed it will be a direct focussed on third party games with some first party announcements too. So basically kinda a hybrid of mini + partner showcase. He also said people shouldn't be too obsessed with the branding tho.

Could still be a really fun day. Not just the E3 caliber direct we hoped for.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Cerlinho said:
It really feels like it's 2020 ALL again. I was sure that this would never ever would happen again, like, ever...
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I remember thinking I would drown in games this year. All I bought was Elden Ring, Kirby, and Tunic.
 
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HeyItsPulse said:
I won’t believe it’s a partner Showcase until it’s up on YouTube, I just don’t see Nintendo going back to that branding after how it was received in 2020. Even if it’s only the next set of tracks for MK8D, I can’t see them announcing nothing and leaving august and the second half of September empty.

With that said, the Partner Showcases did give us some great stuff, like SMT, Monster Hunter, KH Melody of Memory, the Taiko No Tataujin rpg games, Cadence of Hyrule DLC, and quite a bit more. If there is something similar to those, it would still be a win for me at least.
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Like I said earlier, for some reason or another Nintendo’s marketing seems to value E3 way too much. Maybe it’s old execs who are scared of change. I know it sounds baffling that they would take a perfectly good standard direct and gut out the first party stuff because E3 got canceled, but this Nintendo and it would be perfectly on brand for them to do this.

I seriously don’t understand why they would do this. They were already working with partners to package something for summer anyway and that includes marketing plans for first party games. And now because E3 is canceled they’re getting cold feet again?

I’m making some assumptions here too but it’s the only way I can rationalize this turn of events. By all accounts if E3 hadn’t been canceled we’d all be talking about Nintendo’s fall line up two weeks ago. I don’t understand how the lack of E3 is suddenly taking us back to partner direct territory when they would have planned to make a video package at E3 anyway.

Also if I’m a third party dev I wouldn’t be happy about this. I’m assuming companies sign on thinking they’ll be featured in the general, hype inducing directs. And now I’m going to get slotted into a “partner direct” that is nowhere near as hype.

Maybe I’ll look like a fool next week if it does end up being a regular direct. But I’ve already accepted it’s a partner direct. Big meh.
 
So with no general direct, it's safe to say that rumored 3d Donkey Kong game's not coming out in 2022?

No Fire Emblem either (even though it's supposedly been complete since last year)?

2023 is already going to be packed by AAA games from the entire industry, so I'd definitely try to get as much as I can out now in 2022 while the competitors 2022 is weak, rather than get them lost in the crowded 2023 list.
 
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My belief is that the direct will be branded as a partner showcase. We don't know the exact details, but if Nate is insisting it is then I feel he must have good reason to think so.

That being said, if it's also going to have some larger / more prestigious third party titles in it, maybe it will redefine what we know about the partner direct.

Keep in mind that the last time we saw a direct in this format was during the beginning of the pandemic. Nintendo and every other company were hit hard, and hadn't had time to adjust yet. So maybe this partner showcase won't actually just be content that they were obligated to show, and will stand out as it's own thing.
 
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HeyItsPulse said:
I won’t believe it’s a partner Showcase until it’s up on YouTube, I just don’t see Nintendo going back to that branding after how it was received in 2020. Even if it’s only the next set of tracks for MK8D, I can’t see them announcing nothing and leaving august and the second half of September empty.

With that said, the Partner Showcases did give us some great stuff, like SMT, Monster Hunter, KH Melody of Memory, the Taiko No Tataujin rpg games, Cadence of Hyrule DLC, and quite a bit more. If there is something similar to those, it would still be a win for me at least.
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Focusing more on 3rd party is fine. I just hope that that doesn't mean a Partner Direct or, at least, not your standard short one that barely contained any exciting announcements and had practically no 1st party stuff shown off

Oh well, if it doesn't, there is always general directs later on in the year as they're thankfully not just limited to E3 like they used to be
 
SuperFakerBros said:
Focusing more on 3rd party is fine. I just hope that that doesn't mean a Partner Direct or, at least, not your standard short one that barely contained any exciting announcements
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Once again I don’t think Nate really knows the branding behind this cause others don’t know what it is as well and I highly doubt he got that exclusive info from his source
 
Tentacle-tropes said:
Supposedly there is a Direct coming sometime next week. It was reported as being on the 29th. This has then morphed into there being 2 Directs on the 28th & 29th. One for Mario+Rabbids, the other for Nintendo. People were expecting the Nintendo one to be a general Direct but it seems like to be a Mini Partner Showcase with “focus on third parties” & minimal Nintendo presence.

Take all of these with grains of salt until something is announced.
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Pflaumenmus12 said:
as far as I understand Nate confirmed it will be a direct focussed on third party games with some first party announcements too. So basically kinda a hybrid of mini + partner showcase. He also said people shouldn't be too obsessed with the branding tho.

Could still be a really fun day. Not just the E3 caliber direct we hoped for.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
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Okay, last time I was here we were expecting an E3 style general direct on one of those dates. And the new development is that we aren't expecting that anymore; but the exact detail on what we'll see instead is fuzzy right now. Have I got that right?
 
Considering how much Nintendo has still coming this year, I'm not certain we really need a full direct yet. If their plan is splitting up the directs and announcements into smaller things over the next couple months, I'm personally quite ok with that.

My life doesn't revolve around needing to constantly get new games announced, so stuff like this doesn't bother me. If it is a partner direct, there could still be cool stuff shown off. If I get a date for Mario + Rabbids, then that will be a fantastic direct in my eyes. Even if nothing catches my fancy, I still have several games coming this year to look forward to.

I have more coming from Nintendo that I want to play this year than from Sony. After Horizon 2, the only other game coming this year that I want to play on the PS5 is Stray. It's tumbleweeds for miles for me in that direction.

I know personally, between Xenoblade 3, Splatoon 3, and Pokemon, I have more than enough to keep me busy for the rest of this year. I'm quite certain there are still a few games Nintendo has coming this year that they haven't announced. Eventually we'll find out what those are, even if it's not during a big event Direct where I don't care about 85-90 % of what is talked about.

That's just my personal thoughts on the matter though. Life is too short for me to get too bent out of shape over video games.
 
VegiHam said:
Okay, last time I was here we were expecting an E3 style general direct on one of those dates. And the new development is that we aren't expecting that anymore; but the exact detail on what we'll see instead is fuzzy right now. Have I got that right?
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basically yeah. We can only wait and see for ourselves
 
Mr Doggo said:
Aaaand here they come 😈
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What can I say, Rayman means a lot to many people. The franchise has inspired many developers such as Tim Schafer with Psychonauts and even Davide Soliani who has given many hints on Twitter about a potentially Rayman appearance in the future. Whether that means for SoH or something else, I don't know.



 
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What if, like in 2020, this is to meet obligations to third parties that their games be shown off specifically around June 2022, which would have been a normal E3 timeframe.

Nintendo for reasons yet unknown decided that they needed to wait until after June to have a show. It could make sense if it ties to new hardware but who knows. I’m going to remain glass half full that we won’t be waiting until September to get Nintendos first party showcase.
 
Plum said:
Maybe I should make another spreadsheet to explain how frustrating the notion of a Partner Direct next week is.

Why? Because last time I did this I literally became famous:




(This is the most impactful thing I have contributed to this world and that scares me)
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I don't know why but hearing Jon say Plum this seriously is just really funny to me lol

fun fact: Pflaume is german for plum
 
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karmitt said:
What if, like in 2020, this is to meet obligations to third parties that their games be shown off specifically around June 2022, which would have been a normal E3 timeframe.

Nintendo for reasons yet unknown decided that they needed to wait until after June to have a show. It could make sense if it ties to new hardware but who knows. I’m going to remain glass half full that we won’t be waiting until September to get Nintendos first party showcase.
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This time it’s not an obligation cause they can have general directs again
 
ShadowTails said:
Once again I don’t think Nate really knows the branding behind this cause others don’t know what it is as well and I highly doubt he got that exclusive info from his source
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Yeah, I don't wanna take "focusing on 3rd party titles" to mean only 3rd party titles. Like even when Nintendo says stuff like "focusing on games for this year", they still often include games for the following one
 
Branding doesn't matter; all that matters is the games being shown, and we had hints that those games will be good and mostly third party.
Though luck if you're only interested in Nintendo games, but that's a bit restrictive. Nintendo aren't the only ones to make good games, so I'm very whelmed for this upcoming presentation
 
Pflaumenmus12 said:
as far as I understand Nate confirmed it will be a direct focussed on third party games with some first party announcements too. So basically kinda a hybrid of mini + partner showcase. He also said people shouldn't be too obsessed with the branding tho.

Could still be a really fun day. Not just the E3 caliber direct we hoped for.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
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Annnnnnnd there’s the issue, if there is any first party content that isn’t developed by a second or third party, then it’s a Mini, there’s no reason, literally NO REASON to brand it as a Partner Showcase if first party content will appear
 
Anybody else kinda disappointed about the general reaction to this whole thing? Maybe I'm just less personally invested than I used to be, but we're still getting new game announcements next week and I'm getting a re-reveal to one of my most anticipated Switch games. There's still plenty of reason to be excited. And I don't mean to sound like a bootlicker, I've been critical about Nintendo in the past. I dunno. I feel like the next week is going filled with a bunch of angry posts about not seeing Metroid Prime or Fire Emblem and I'm not looking forward to it.
 
Honestly, if Age of Calamity could be announced as "made by a partner", I don't rule out that Fire Emblem Gust or something like that could be announced as well.
 
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Gamer_G said:
Annnnnnnd there’s the issue, if there is any first party content that isn’t developed by a second or third party, then it’s a Mini, there’s n
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when I say partner showcase + mini I mean a shorter direct with a focus on third parties. nothing more nothing less.
 
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midnightcrusade said:
But what if they dont want to have a regular direct on june a partner seems possible tbh
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Not really they can have a regular mini that has first and third party in it. Plus the last partner was in October 2020 and i doubt they want to revisit that idea with all the backlash they received
 
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karmitt said:
What if, like in 2020, this is to meet obligations to third parties that their games be shown off specifically around June 2022, which would have been a normal E3 timeframe.

Nintendo for reasons yet unknown decided that they needed to wait until after June to have a show. It could make sense if it ties to new hardware but who knows. I’m going to remain glass half full that we won’t be waiting until September to get Nintendos first party showcase.
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If I was a third party dev I would be pissed. Nintendo is courting me for a big direct during E3. Awesome I’m on board. Oh wait E3 is canceled and Nintendo is going to slot me into a “partner direct.” Why not just have a big showcase anyway? Doesn’t make any sense. And I don’t see how that comes anywhere close to “fulfilling obligations.”
 
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Ooooh, so it seems to be a Direct with mostly third party games? Sure, why not. Don’t get the negativity really. New shiny Nintendo announcements are always fun and I am wondering when more info on the Metroid Prime Remaster of Bayonetta 3 will appear, but you know, I’m down for third party one.

Looking at the release schedule, the Switch could use some more love from third parties and here’s hoping we’ll get a few cool nuggets. Because I don’t know about you guys, but some games appearing portable on Switch would be great. Most notable mentions;

  • Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
  • Persona ports
  • Arkham Asylum

Seems to get mentioned a lot. I’m guessing Nintendo thought it to be important to give the limelight to publisher partners with the releases. I kind of understand though; looking at the 2022 landscape on PS5/Xbox Series/PC its pretty rough and if Nintendo can offer a profitable eco system, why not? Every bit helps.
 
ShadowTails said:
This time it’s not an obligation cause they can have general directs again
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Not sure I understand. If Nintendo isn’t choosing to show up meaningfully around E3, but they’ve agreed to advertise for third parties at that time, that’s the obligation.

The theory, which is just that, a tinfoil hat theory, is specially about a timeframe obligation and has nothing to do with whether or not Nintendo can build up a General Direct.
 
midnightcrusade said:
You´re assuming there is gonna be first party related announcements when they choosed to have a xenoblade direct before the supposed 28th direct
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Well, in any kind of non-exclusive Direct it would have been excessive to spend 20 minutes just on Xenoblade.
 
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