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StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST3| Speculate Chronicles 3

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switchum said:
Genuine question.

What’s stopping the Direct from being on August 31?

For those of you certain about this week, why couldn’t it be Wednesday? Is it just because it has to be a “September” Direct?
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Nate said it will be in September. That's the very root of our speculation as to when the exact September date is.
 
switchum said:
Genuine question.

What’s stopping the Direct from being on August 31?

For those of you certain about this week, why couldn’t it be Wednesday? Is it just because it has to be a “September” Direct?
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Because different time zone = different month. Having Direct in US in August and in most of EU/Japan in September is a big no. Could create a lot confusion imo. And it's harder to do because it would actually need to change some things in the Direct if each time zone has different month.
 
LukasManak22 said:
Why there is going to be a Nintendo Direct on September 1st

Having Direct in September is not matter of if but rather when. In this post I will tell you why will team September 1st win.

There has been September Direct every single year since 2016, I am listing here every date when Direct happened and next to it when Tokyo Game Show was taking place in that year.
September 1st 2016​
TGS starting on September 15th
September 13th 2017TGS starting on September 21st
September 13th* 2018TGS starting on September 20th

*Direct was delayed due to earthquake in Japan, it was pushed back by one week to September 13th from September 6th.

September 4th 2019TGS starting on September 14th
September 17th 2020TGS starting on September 23st
September 23th 2021TGS starting on September 30th
September xx 2022TGS starting on September 15th



As you can all see, all of the Directs took place before the TGS started so that Nintendo could announce games from their partners that they can showcase at TGS. So we are looking for a Direct that takes place before September 15th. All the Directs took place around 1 or 2 weeks before TGS started.

But we can’t just look at past dates and figure out what will happen, that’s not how Nintendo works.

This week is empty, yes some might say that the Direct this week will interrupt Splatoon’s marketing and that might be true but am not really supporting this logic. Because if the Direct takes place on September 1st (2nd in Japan and EU) that is one whole week before Splatoon launches. Usually when Direct ends Nintendo will tweet about the games that were featured there for one or two days and that’s it. They don’t look back and say „Hey look, here is another reminder that you saw new BOTW2 trailer 4 days ago“ and so on.

I would say the Direct taking place in the Splatoon week this is also not a good spot, since you need to put out reviews for Splatoon. Going by last of their major releases the embargo for Strikers dropped on Wednesday while the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 was Tuesday so it will be either 6th Tuesday or 7th Wednesday for reviews. That leaves a very little possibility to announce or air Direct on these dates. There is also a Apple Event happening on 7th and rumored Sony showcase on 8th. I would guess that Nintendo don’t care since they held a Direct in September 2017/8 day after Apple event but am just posting this for full context. The Direct also can't take place on 8th since that would already be 9th in JP and EU and I think doing Direct on Splatoon 3 release date is literally out of the question that's for sure.

One last week that is possible is second week of September from Monday 12th to Wednesday 14th (TGS starts on the 15th but Direct imo can’t take place in JP the same date as TGS starts). Some people say it will happen since Splatoon 3 will be out by then. If we exclude all possible days that week we really come out with one single date and that is.

Announcement on Monday 12th.

Direct taking place on Tuesday 13th in US (14th midnight in most of Europe and 14th in the morning in Japan).

Sounds good.

But I have one big problem with this date.

Direct would take place just one single day before TGS starts. One day imo isn’t enough for a titles announced in the Direct to then showcase at TGS next day. If it would be 3 to 4 days I would be on team that week, but the one day window is just so small that this opporunity is basically non existent.

And that brings me to the actual date of the Direct.

September 1st.

Announcement taking place on August 31st at 23:00 JST for a show on September 1st in NA, 2nd midnight CEST and 2nd morning in Japan.

If you may be wondering if it's problem that the Direct announcement will be different month than the Direct itself. This isn't the problem. As shown in the past:
September 1st 2016 Direct announced last day of August, April 1st 2015 Direct announced last day in March, Smash Ultimate Direct on November 1st 2018 announced in last day of October and list goes on and on.

Also it will never be week of Splatoon because of reviews. If the reviews drop on Tuesday they can't announce Direct on Tuesday 6th. And if they try to announce Direct on Wednesday 7th that will already be air date 9th in Japan (fucking Splatoon's release date).

Last but not least shout out to all of the other 65 people who also voted for team this week. We got this. See you on Wednesday.
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This is truly a great post but it does have one glaring flaw that you seem to have not noticed.
September 1st actually doesn't exist.
September only has 29 days from September 2nd to september 30.
It's impossible for Nintendo to release a direct on a date that doesn't exist.
 
Bring me back to those days

"For our dedicated video game platform business, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed 'NX' with a brand-new concept. NX will be launched in March 2017 globally. However it's not merely the successor to the handheld 3DS or stationary console Wii U. This will be hardware that's been made with a new way of thinking."
 
LukasManak22 said:
Bring me back to those days

"For our dedicated video game platform business, Nintendo is currently developing a gaming platform codenamed 'NX' with a brand-new concept. NX will be launched in March 2017 globally. However it's not merely the successor to the handheld 3DS or stationary console Wii U. This will be hardware that's been made with a new way of thinking."
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Please no

2016 was hell
 
Magic-Man said:
Because that means BOTW2 was set to come out before the hardware was. Nintendo wouldn't delay hardware for a game.
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They literally did that for Switch 1 though :p
It was initially supposed to launch in Q4 2016, but basically no games were done by then (including BOTW), so they had to delay it to 2017.
 
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Ah yes, here we go again for the hype. Love it.

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Yeah I can't believe in a September 1st Direct. No matter the evidence, I just can't lol

Life has been too disappointing lately for the next Direct to happen earlier than anyone expected.
 
switchum said:
Fuck fuck fuck shit fuck fuck



This is not good

(/s)
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Wow. I‘ll never share my reaction totals. Otherwise people’d find out how justifiably unpopular my cringy posts are. Just recently I went through some of my post history and I feel so stupid. I really lost the ability to think before to write somewhere on this forum and I can‘t stop it.
 
lexony said:
Wow. I‘ll never share my reaction totals. Otherwise people’d find out how justifiably unpopular my cringy posts are. Just recently I went through some of my post history and I feel so stupid. I really lost the ability to think before to write somewhere on this forum and I can‘t stop it.
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Hey. Please don’t feel stupid.

If there’s anything I’ve learned about Famiboards, it’s that it is genuinely one of the most uplifting, kind, safe places I’ve ever been to on the Internet.

I know you won’t be judged here. So just post to your heart’s content and know that your posts (no matter how you may feel about them) are always welcome here.
 
Pacobob said:
I thought that made sense to me! botw=dlss switch but who thinks botw2 won't be the launch game??
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I mean at this point it can be the launch game, but I don't think Nintendo delayed the hardware because BOTW2 wasn't ready (at least this time, not looking at Switch 1 with BOTW1). It just happened that BOTW2 needed more time and they decided to line it up with new hardware. I do wonder whatever game got pushed for that though, if there even was one, or if they maybe decide to launch that game alongside BOTW2
 
Plum said:
Yeah I can't believe in a September 1st Direct. No matter the evidence, I just can't lol

Life has been too disappointing lately for the next Direct to happen earlier than anyone expected.
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Why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up and watch September 1st Direct.
 
SirShorse said:
I mean at this point it can be the launch game, but I don't think Nintendo delayed the hardware because BOTW2 wasn't ready (at least this time, not looking at Switch 1 with BOTW1). It just happened that BOTW2 needed more time and they decided to line it up with new hardware. I do wonder whatever game got pushed for that though, if there even was one, or if they maybe decide to launch that game alongside BOTW2
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Ah, I thought the opposite, I think botw2 was delayed because the dlss switch was not ready
 
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Dragoncaine said:
I've never checked my reaction K/D before, but I feel like I'd ratio myself by doing so lmao. Brave soul, you are!
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I just thought it was funny how close the two were! I haven’t been intentionally doing it but it’s funny how that works out
 
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Holy shit I'm such a yeah whore, I've received 14,126 but only given 4,973.

Is this what it feels like to be a red state?
 
Lucyfer said:
Tomorrow is the day! The day where nothing happens and we start dooming
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Speaking about this

Can we all like not completely flip out if nothing happens this week? We know a Direct is coming in September, it's the beginning of the month, lot's of time to go through. We all deduced it down to this week or the few days before TGS but Nintendo will air it in September, whenever they choose to.
 
Raccoon said:
you should definitely strive to give more yeahs than you receive
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Honestly I kind of forget that I can give them. Same happens on Reddit and Tiktok; I can really enjoy something, or agree with it, or whatever, and I still don't upvote or like it.
 
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