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StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST3| Speculate Chronicles 3

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Kelios is right
Also the leaks of Gym Leaders published today are all from the "Chinese Riddler" — Not Khu, but the one that leaked things back in Sun / Moon days
 
If the next Nintendo Direct isn't a 4.5 hour long epic, complete with an intermission, then I'm going to handwrite a strongly worded letter.
 
Kevin said:
Yup and there has been zero evidence of Switch ports actually existing. Just people claiming it's coming. Year after year.
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I've theorized for a while that Nintendo's waiting for new hardware so they're more palatable as separate releases due to being at 4K and potentially 60 fps. Straight Wii U ports of remastered GameCube games that originally sold for $50 both times is a bigger stretch than any "Switch tax" Nintendo has imposed before.
 
Kevin said:
Yup and there has been zero evidence of Switch ports actually existing. Just people claiming it's coming. Year after year.
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Well, Metroid Prime remastered or Switch Pro too, and we still believe that those things are real.
But WW and TP are easy ports, the remasters are already done for Wii U.
 
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Kevin said:
Metroid Prime is claimed by Jeff Grubb as coming this holiday. The Zelda HD collection never existed and was basically pushed heavily by fans in the rumor mill in an attempt to get Nintendo to, "Make it happen".
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If you are using Jeff Grubb as your proof that Metroid Prime HD exists and is coming this holiday, you do realize that Jeff Grubb's also the guy insistent on a WWHD/TPHD combo pack and has been saying that for years now too, right? This May, he thought both were going to arrive in October.
 
poop said:
I'm just giving you an identifiable claim that can be used against their credibility once the release date is announced.
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This could be already used agains their credibility:

LukasManak22 said:
He said day before the Direct that Splatoon 3 is scheduled for June. It could be, but then day after that, Direct happened and Strikers was dated as June release. So Splatoon would never ever be released in June. And as we know it was 98% planned as a July release with Xeno3 as a September, they just switched spots, this is obvious and no one could say otherwise.

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October 28th would seem like a logical date for Bayonetta 3 due to Halloween and holiday-ish and all that, but at the same time it feels like a VERY packed time of the year now with P5R, M+R2, Harvestella, and (maybe fairly minor since it's cloud but) Plague Tale Requiem all releasing within around a week one way or the other of that date. I would be kind of surprised if that's the date they pick.
 
I don't particularly know who this "Sylusxhunter" is but their pinned tweet talks about Mario Kart 8 DLC with a follow-up tweet about Tour tracks. Pretty much nobody expected DLC at this point, so maybe they're into something.

Also I still believe in this week. Give me something, Nintendo.
 
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storres said:
I have a feeling that Nintendo will leave the month open for partners.

But that's just me.
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For Nintendo to do so partners have to give a reason to do it like Capcom did with MH:Rise , only October would fit the bill and more because of M+R than the late ports or Harvestella
 
Blue Monty said:
For Nintendo to do so partners have to give a reason to do it like Capcom did with MH:Rise , only October would fit the bill and more because of M+R than the late ports or Harvestella
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I think Persona is another. Nintendo have been bargaining for a while with Atlus to finally convince them and then to drop a First party game on the same month.
 
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The reason Nintendo hasn't released Wave 2 of the MK8 DLC is because gas prices are too high and Mario is saving up for an electric vehicle
 
poop said:
I'm just giving you an identifiable claim that can be used against their credibility once the release date is announced.
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Problem is they'll just say plans changed. Only way to prove they're fake is if they admit it or their dms get leaked somehow and they admit it there.
 
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Michie said:
What is the reason people are expecting a direct this week?
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I don't think anyone's expecting a Direct, specifically (or at least, not with any degree of certainty) but refer to the threadmarks on why people think something is happening

Now, that something could just be Mario Kart tweets and the now heavily-rumored Pokemon trailer, but something will be happening, most likely
 
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LukasManak22 said:
oh god, you are right. He is really not that good. BUT, remember this? At Jimmy Fallon show in December 2016, Reggie was showcasing Super Mario Run and they were also playing BOTW on Switch. But most importantly Miyamoto was wearing this t-shirt. It was later confirmed to be samurai costume for Mario in Odyssey. Miyamoto is very good insider, kinda like Nate even with these hints.

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it was actually just a promotion to SMR, but this costume was also in the game
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Am I reading you right that the samurai outfit originated in Super Mario Run??
 
Bixer said:
I once looked into the origins of the original ‘Metroid Prime trilogy’ rumours way back when.

In early 2018 Emily Rogers tweeted that she predicted we’d get it prior to Metroid Prime 4 some point that year. Key word there being ‘predicted’.

Then later that year a Swedish retailer listed it on their website for a few days and everyone went mental. When asked about it at a later date they admitted it was pure speculation.

That’s literally it. Those two non-events and everyone willed it into existence.

Now everyone believes Jeff Grubb because they previously convinced themselves about the trilogy, Therese just a remaster of 1 is a step down from that so it must exist.

I should reiterate I would LOVE to be wrong, but at face value it seems unlikely to me that any of these ever existed.
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2018, so before MP4 was rebooted and the whole plan changed?
 
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The one thing that makes me doubt a Pokémon trailer this week is that the pre-orders in Japan are supposed to start on Thursday, August 4th.
Last year pre-orders for BDSP started on Thursday, August 19th and it just so happened that there was a Pokémon Presents one day earlier - so I'm expecting a new one on the Aug 3rd, which would make a trailer this week redundant.

Then again, those leaks look pretty legit and we have a couple of insiders saying we are getting a trailer so... idk.
 
Neves said:
The one thing that makes me doubt a Pokémon trailer this week is that the pre-orders in Japan are supposed to start on Thursday, August 4th.
Last year pre-orders for BDSP started on Thursday, August 19th and it just so happened that there was a Pokémon Presents one day earlier - so I'm expecting a new one on the Aug 3rd, which would make a trailer this week redundant.

Then again, those leaks look pretty legit and we have a couple of insiders saying we are getting a trailer so... idk.
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Pokemon trailer this week and a Pokemon presents next month could make sense, in fact is what I think will happen. Either that or the Pokemon Switch LE (OLED or Lite) will be announced August 3rd/4th
 
Neves said:
The one thing that makes me doubt a Pokémon trailer this week is that the pre-orders in Japan are supposed to start on Thursday, August 4th.
Last year pre-orders for BDSP started on Thursday, August 19th and it just so happened that there was a Pokémon Presents one day earlier - so I'm expecting a new one on the Aug 3rd, which would make a trailer this week redundant.

Then again, those leaks look pretty legit and we have a couple of insiders saying we are getting a trailer so... idk.
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Well IIRC it's typical to get a new trailer once a month during new gen pokemon years, and the last trailer was early June. So one both this week and early August wouldn't be too surprising actually.
 
Neves said:
The one thing that makes me doubt a Pokémon trailer this week is that the pre-orders in Japan are supposed to start on Thursday, August 4th.
Last year pre-orders for BDSP started on Thursday, August 19th and it just so happened that there was a Pokémon Presents one day earlier - so I'm expecting a new one on the Aug 3rd, which would make a trailer this week redundant.

Then again, those leaks look pretty legit and we have a couple of insiders saying we are getting a trailer so... idk.
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We're likely to get Pokemon trailers every month now until release, I can see one this/next week and then another one early August.
 
Pokemon-wise, we'll probably get a new trailer focusing on the name of the region and some region-specific stuff like gyms, and then another trailer focusing on the evil team. Those are two of the biggest things not yet talked about.
 
Okay, so a little bit of hope still if Pokemon is part of a larger presentation. Still, I got my hammer at the ready if it's just Wild Animal Capture And Forced Fighting Simulator =P.
 
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SammyJ9 said:
Pokemon-wise, we'll probably get a new trailer focusing on the name of the region and some region-specific stuff like gyms, and then another trailer focusing on the evil team. Those are two of the biggest things not yet talked about.
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I suspect we'll also get one about online capabilities too. They seem to be pushing that so far.
 
Hocot8 said:
I suspect we'll also get one about online capabilities too. They seem to be pushing that so far.
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Seems likely. Plus maybe another featuring whatever the new 'gimmick' is (assuming there is one) ala gigantimaxing. And all of them will have new pokemon sprinkled in. That's probably enough info to make 4-ish new trailers once a month until release.
 
Bixer said:
I once looked into the origins of the original ‘Metroid Prime trilogy’ rumours way back when.

In early 2018 Emily Rogers tweeted that she predicted we’d get it prior to Metroid Prime 4 some point that year. Key word there being ‘predicted’.

Then later that year a Swedish retailer listed it on their website for a few days and everyone went mental. When asked about it at a later date they admitted it was pure speculation.

That’s literally it. Those two non-events and everyone willed it into existence.

Now everyone believes Jeff Grubb because they previously convinced themselves about the trilogy, Therese just a remaster of 1 is a step down from that so it must exist.

I should reiterate I would LOVE to be wrong, but at face value it seems unlikely to me that any of these ever existed.
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There's quite a bit more to it than that:

  • Emily talked about the Prime remaster wrapping up development last September. She explained that while the original plan had been to remaster the entire trilogy at Retro Studios, the shift in development with Prime 4 heading to Retro led to the Trilogy plan being downscaled.
  • Not long after Emily suggested this, another user on Resetera also said they'd heard the same things and went into some detail.
  • Within a few weeks of this, it was discovered that some temporary contractors left Retro Studios in September 2021. This year, further details along these lines emerged pointing to contractors having left Retro once a game had been completed in September 2021.
  • NateDrake (at some point, not sure when) also said they'd heard similar things to Emily.
  • Emily suggested Prime HD would launch in November 2022, given that's the 20th anniversary of the original release.
  • Recently (last month?) Jeff Grubb put forward what he knew, which pretty much matched what Emily had been saying since last September. Jeff also said as far as he knows, Prime HD is on for a November 2022 launch.

There's a lot more to Prime HD than people believing in it because they 'convinced themselves' the Trilogy existed. 3 of the most reliable sources of information on Nintendo have all heard the same thing.
 
7-11 adverts?

We smash ultimate all over again lol.

Anyways. 7-11 isn’t a reliable usage for guessing an announcement. It worked once for smash and that was it I believe. Didn’t work once after Terry? I forget, but it became a joke afterwards. An amusing joke tho.
 
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