I've been meaning to address the troops, but I instead relented when the battle was lost weeks ago.
Honorable members of Team January, I commend you. Not for your results, which were as poor as always, but for your spirit. 194 brave soldiers pledged their allegiance, not to a prediction, but to a belief. Team January chose to believe in the spirit of Direct speculation, by which anything can happen. Team January vowed a commitment to excitement, intrigue, theories, and mysteries even in the face of mockery and criticism from the very beginning. Many of you weathered the storm, maintaining commitment to curiosity as the possibilities waned. I do not count myself among you, but I have utmost respect for those who carried on, and are indeed carrying on, the fight until the bitter end.
Our future is bleak. With a Direct rumored for the exact same day as last year, that spirit of possibility is being dealt a resounding blow. Rather than mourning the loss of unpredictability, I encourage you all to look to the future. This year may have been routine, but at some point things may change. Nintendo will most likely have a new hardware platform to reveal in 2024, perhaps for a release in 2025. Only God knows what January of 2025 will hold for Nintendo. We could very well see another January event some day. The current status quo may have been unkind to us, but that spirit of uncertainty will rise again when whatever is next finally arrives.