StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST4| Tears of the Speculation

[LukasManak22]

Why's it so quiet? The direct is probably in the next two or three weeks. You'd think this thread would be more active.

It's the weekend, but yeah.

 

[Kevin]

Why's it so quiet? The direct is probably in the next two or three weeks. You'd think this thread would be more active.

I won't speak for anyone else but for me it's been a lot of boring months (2022 was a boring year for me) as a Nintendo fan. No TOTK footage yet even with just a few months from release, major insiders claiming new hardware is many years out. My Nintendo hype has deflated like a balloon these days.

 

[Raccoon]

Why's it so quiet? The direct is probably in the next two or three weeks. You'd think this thread would be more active.

schedule's too obvious. no point in a direct thread when directs run like clockwork

 

[LukasManak22]

schedule's too obvious. no point in a direct thread when directs run like clockwork

Clockwork when 40.8% voted for January

 

[LukasManak22]

If we are looking for similar timeframe the last year's Q1 Direct thread got 129 pages, we will do better than that. My estimate is around 160 when it's all said and done.

 

[xghost777]

Why's it so quiet? The direct is probably in the next two or three weeks. You'd think this thread would be more active.

Thread is back on when Monday rolls around and things are possible again.

 

[Ibrahim]

Opener: Metroid Prime 4 is cancelled. Please understand

Final announcement: Metroid Prime 5 reveal. Developed by Bandai Namco

 

[LukasManak22]

Opener: Metroid Prime 4 is cancelled. Please understand

Final announcement: Metroid Prime 5 reveal. Developed by Bandai Namco

Prime 5 is another png logo reveal?

 

[lexony]

thats... actually hilarious. less then a minute of gameplay in 3 trailers.


... i can stream 4k without buffering, i can open the eshop in my browser pretty fast. No, its not the connection thats the problem, its how the eShop is implemented. maybe its because they wanted to keep the footprint tiny, and don't allow it to precache stuff or whatever, but i find it to be a drag and am rarely looking for interesting stuff, i just add something when i read here or see a trailer to my wishlist, and when there's a sale i only look at that. its already slow enough, but i at least know what im not wasting my time by waiting and seing how my switch is struggling to load preview screenshots and titles for shovelware...

I don‘t meant your connection, I meant the connection the Switch actually has to Nintendo Servers and what the UI is doing while it is loading images and stuff. Of course it lags while the eshop is animating things then. For example the News sections hasn‘t this problem because it‘s just loading content without much animation.

 

[NateDrake]

Most people entered a contest to win cash money eshop credit if the direct is announced closest to their guess, so half the community is posting or not posting to meta game.

Damn. A contest I could never enter.

 

[Kevin]

Damn. A contest I could never enter.

Is that a hint that you know when the next Direct is?

 

[Supreme Bum 01]

All we have to go off of right now is history. When some insiders or media figures hear about a real week or date, the thread will pick up.

 

[Dark Cloud]

I think Nate said he wasn’t going to hint at the next direct. But if the direct is within 4 weeks maybe he’s heard about it.

 

[Ibrahim]

Prime 5 is another png logo reveal?

 

[chocolate_supra]

Damn. A contest I could never enter.

What would you even do with the eShop credit anyway? You already own Cruisin Blast.

 

[olobolger]

What would you even do with the eShop credit anyway? You already own Cruisin Blast.

Yeah, and he can't even buy Mario Sunshine anymore.

 

[Awesomegames23]

Nate can't enter the contest because he lives in Quebec.

 

[Buried In Time]

What are the chances of Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Rare Replay coming to Switch or its successor?

 

[Ojoloco]

Damn. A contest I could never enter.

If you participate in the contest, people will go crazy and there will be about 100 new pages, and I put in the contest that it would be approximately 290. So:

 

[Ojoloco]

What are the chances of Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Rare Replay coming to Switch and/or its successor?

Low chances but never zero

 

[BY2K]

Nate can't enter the contest because he lives in Quebec.

As someone who lives in Montreal, this hurts.

A lot.

 

[Joe]

Prime 5 is another png logo reveal?

 

[Awesomegames23]

As someone who lives in Montreal, this hurts.

A lot.

Oh I’m sorry.....Québec (forgot the accent).


/s

 

[Raccoon]

there are only two reasons the thread has gotten as long as it has

• January shitposting thanks to @the_marmolade
• the death of hardware

 

[DecoReturns]

Damn. A contest I could never enter.

Even if you knew the direct date. You probably wouldn’t win.

 

[RealUncleNintendo]

 

[BY2K]

February 8th or 9th is my final answer.

 

[AllEchse]

Why's it so quiet? The direct is probably in the next two or three weeks. You'd think this thread would be more active.

People got depressed from their hardware talk and also Team January seems to be in shambles.

Just gimme games.

 

[RealUncleNintendo]

Still 10 days of January left!

 

[Krikeno]

Last year we had 3 games with the number 3. What games will we have this year with the number 4? Pikmin 4, Metroid Prime 4... what else?

 

[Zeal543]

Last year we had 3 games with the number 3. What games will we have this year with the number 4? Pikmin 4, Metroid Prime 4... what else?

Luigi mansion 4

 

[BoTalksMedia]

Last year we had 3 games with the number 3. What games will we have this year with the number 4? Pikmin 4, Metroid Prime 4... what else?

Golden Sun 4

 

[RealUncleNintendo]

Last year we had 3 games with the number 3. What games will we have this year with the number 4? Pikmin 4, Metroid Prime 4... what else?

Donkey Kong Country 4

 

[bixente]

Genuinely unsure as to which site has more anti-Switch energy nowadays, resetera or famiboards.

 

[Raccoon]

Genuinely unsure as to which site has more anti-Switch energy nowadays, resetera or famiboards.

I'd say here

era doesn't care about what nintendo games look like, some of us do

 

[SirShorse]

Damn. A contest I could never enter.

I mean... you could Nate /s

 

[SirShorse]

the only thing Switch 2 needs is a big ass handle like the GameCube for TRUE portable gaming.

that's the direct opener

 

[Tangerine_Cookie]

I'd say here

era doesn't care about what nintendo games look like, some of us do

Era only cares how anticonsumer Nintendo is.

 

[EvilChameleon]

Hit me up with a double dose in February. Something with Pokemon, and something with Nintendo.

 

[Raccoon]

Era only cares how anticonsumer Nintendo is.

we should probably care about that instead...

 

[the_marmolade]

there are only two reasons the thread has gotten as long as it has

• January shitposting thanks to @the_marmolade
• the death of hardware

Video Games are serious business.

 

[Raccoon]

Video Games are serious business.

don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoyed the January shitposting

in fact, I'm saying that's basically the only good thing we've had in this thread lol

 

[the_marmolade]

don't get me wrong, I greatly enjoyed the January shitposting

in fact, I'm saying that's basically the only good thing we've had in this thread lol

Sadly as of next week, I won't be able to do those kinda things anymore due to the position im in.

 

[Raccoon]

Sadly as of next week, I won't be able to do those kinda things anymore due to the position im in.

I knew it, you're Jon Cartwright

 

[Scrawnton]

Team January just loves losing.

 

[Layalseif]

I never really thought about it this way, but Super Nintendo World and the Mario Movie are probably the biggest system selling things coming out this year. People will go to the park or see the movie and want to play Mario. Here comes the Switch.

They'll be selling Switches at Super Nintendo World.... if they don't, lost opportunity

 

[Raccoon]

they're probably boosting switch production to use them as drink coasters at the toad cafe

 

[Krikeno]

Luigi mansion 4

Nice

 

[DecoReturns]

I knew it, you're Jon Cartwright

Nah. They actually played Bayonetta 3

 

[Barely Able]

Sadly as of next week, I won't be able to do those kinda things anymore due to the position im in.

So your kind of in a jam then?

I’ll be logging off for the night…