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I have thoughts:
- I think we'll see a Direct either this month or next month, in part because I think Nintendo is going to want to have Bayorigins in a Direct before it releases
- The last Indie World was November, so I think we see the next one after the next Direct
- I'm expecting Pokémon to do a thing on Feb 27th, and a Direct would skip that week
- It is true that we don't know what Nintendo's got after Zelda. It is also true that we are expecting Nintendo to have a June Direct where they can show off what they've got after Zelda. They don't need to show off stuff for the latter half of the year here
- Nintendo's spring lineup is mostly defined and I think a Mini is plausible because of that. If we get a full-fat Direct I expect to see a lot of third-party stuff bulking it up
- XC3 DLC, MK8DX BCP, and trailers for announced games not yet released (Bayorigins, Zelda, etc) are locks, but a lot of potential stuff is up in the air due to the above
- The Direct will tease the third trailer for the Mario movie
- Outside of Pokémon, the only game that could have a dedicated Direct is Zelda, and that'd be an April thing
- Don't think a potential pre-E3 hardware announcement affects the above significantly
February directs often have games for July and even August games. Nintendo likes to have at the very least two months to market a big game, and so a June Direct is too late to announce a large July or August release.