StarTopic Nintendo Direct Speculation |ST7| It’s Showtime People! Famiboards Productions Proudly Presents: What Lies Beyond The Door? Act II - Rebirth

[chartsJapan]

Just to notify that I see lots of people talking about the Dolphin as the emulator of NGC, but do not forget that Dolphin was originally the code name of the NGC.

EDIT: Jbone916 was faster than me...

 

[Darknut85]

Two words: GameCube Mini.

 

[goombaicebro]

Two words: GameCube Mini.

a pack in with smash bros melee and mario sunshine (natedrake's fav game /s)

 

[HockeyBird]

Did you know the Gamecube log is a cube inside another cube that form a G? It took me like 15 years to notice that.

 

[Leo]

It's not trolling, per se, but there's definitely a purposeful vagueness to some of their leaks. Again, I refer everyone to the Donkey Kong gif and its later reply.

All of his vague hints come to fruition though, he's always talking about something that will happen, whether we know what it is or not.

 

[Legion of Primes]

I took the leap and bought a PS5.

Welcome to the club. Now play Astro.

 

[Anxious Absol]

This is sounding less and less like a Partner Showcase and more and more like a Direct Mini, no?

 

[Melpomene]

Not even the lack of a Switch 2 can make me buy a PS5.

 

[soundchaser]

All of his vague hints come to fruition though, he's always talking about something that will happen, whether we know what it is or not.

Sure -- just a question of what those vague hints actually are. And I'm sure Pyoro enjoys that part of the game (hence the word "Dolphins," which I maintain is deliberately throwing people in the direction of Gamecube when it's really something else.)

 

[Pillydillsy]

Not even the lack of a Switch 2 can make me buy a PS5.

Unless you’re really itching for Spider-Man 2, just stick to PS4 IMO

 

[Aostia82]

can't believe we are going to get so much gretness in few days:

Endless Ocean HD
Ecco the Dolphin
Xenoblade Warriors
Eternal Darkness H(eternal)D(arkness)
Itadaki Street x Donkey Kong
Tomodatchi (sim)life (mutliplatform release day1 on PC too)
Pentiment
Hi-Fi Rush

without a single firts party internal team involved, to gear up the Switch 2 lineup!

 

[Melpomene]

Unless you’re really itching for Spider-Man 2, just stick to PS4 IMO

I want to play Spider-Man 2 exactly enough to wait for Sony to put it on PC.

 

[Ylork]

No one has found the solution yet....

Interesting.

What if it were a Direct Mini rather than a Partner Showcase ?

 

[nitroplum]

Well hey, first party there it is.

what was the tweet? It's gone now

 

[Magic-Man]

This is sounding less and less like a Partner Showcase and more and more like a Direct Mini, no?

It depends on what it is. This could easily be something like F-Zero GX Remastered or Endless Ocean, which are partner games that will most likely be published by third parties somewhere.

 

[Cerlinho]

Tomorrow will be another fun day!
Fun=Chaos

 

[1UP inc.]

what was the tweet? It's gone now

Same as the one up now that says "is nintendo a partner" with a poll. The only difference was the older version had a location attached to it from the tweet

 

[Kysen]

Someone asks if Pyoro is hinting at Endless Ocean on Weibo and NS News Subo, a news account who has leaked a lot of stuff in the past (you can see their track record here: https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-announced-for-february-8th.5320/post-554584), says the original poster guessed it correctly.

 

[Leo]

Not even the lack of a Switch 2 can make me buy a PS5.

If the Switch 2 gets a port of Baldur's Gate and Elden Ring, I'll probably never buy one.

 

[Legion of Primes]

No one has found the solution yet....

Interesting.

What if it were a Direct Mini rather than a Partner Showcase ?

It would make me curious about the dolphin hint that Pyoro is mentioning

Wonder if plans changed last minute again or there is something else.

 

[Lugia667]

Someone asks if Pyoro is hinting at Endless Ocean on Weibo and NS News Subo, a news account who has leaked a lot of stuff in the past (you can see their track record here: https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-announced-for-february-8th.5320/post-554584), says the original poster guessed it correctly.

Cool

 

[Magic-Man]

Someone asks if Pyoro is hinting at Endless Ocean on Weibo and NS News Subo, a news account who has leaked a lot of stuff in the past (you can see their track record here: https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-announced-for-february-8th.5320/post-554584), says the original poster guessed it correctly.

There we go. So it's still a Partner Showcase then, good to know.

 

[Leo]

Someone asks if Pyoro is hinting at Endless Ocean on Weibo and NS News Subo, a news account who has leaked a lot of stuff in the past (you can see their track record here: https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-announced-for-february-8th.5320/post-554584), says the original poster guessed it correctly.

lmao

"Can we have Metroid Prime 2 and 3, Zelda WW+TP, F-Zero GX???"
Nintendo: "Here's Endless Ocean"

 

[tee]

lmao

"Can we have Metroid Prime 2 and 3, Zelda WW+TP, F-Zero GX???"
Nintendo: "Here's Endless Ocean"

I mean after he said very clearly that he wasn't excited for the Partner Showcase idk why anyone would be expecting it to be something massive

 

[Melpomene]

Wait hold on


is


Is Team Endless Ocean... winning???

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

There we go. So it's still a Partner Showcase then, good to know.

Ehhh, this would be Nintendo changing their prior definition of Partner unless another publisher wanted to publish it in one region for some reason.

 

[ceres15]

I don't care for Endless Ocean but I know it's someone's jam so it will be nice to see it again after all this time.

 

[Kaizo]

Lmao I knew GameCube was too good to be true, glad I didn’t fall for it. Pyoro likes to throw people off a bit with their hints sometimes. Just a painful waiting game to see whenever we’ll get significant first-party news.

 

[Lugia667]

We aren’t doing endless ocean slander here. Not gonna tolerate it

 

[thegodsend]

Someone asks if Pyoro is hinting at Endless Ocean on Weibo and NS News Subo, a news account who has leaked a lot of stuff in the past (you can see their track record here: https://famiboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-announced-for-february-8th.5320/post-554584), says the original poster guessed it correctly.

A new Endless Ocean would be amazing.

 

[Melpomene]

This Direct is securing its place in the annals of Directs I Enjoyed Watching if this is true.

 

[Bonejack]

We aren’t doing endless ocean slander here

But i fear the deep sea.

 

[Pillydillsy]

A new endless ocean is neat, guess the first party lineup this year is starting to clear up

 

[boodream]

It depends on what it is. This could easily be something like F-Zero GX Remastered or Endless Ocean, which are partner games that will most likely be published by third parties somewhere.

I can see a remaster of GX published by Sega in Japan or a remaster of Assault published by Bamco in Japan.

But I’m probably hurting myself for nothing.

 

[Melpomene]

Well, it could just be remasters of the OG EO games - those would certainly be less of a risk on a series that isn't exactly blowing up the world in popularity.

... That won't stop me from hyping myself up for a new one, though.

 

[tee]

I'm picturing a 1+2 remake similar to Another Code

 

[Zihark]

Well, it could just be remasters of the OG EO games - those would certainly be less of a risk on a series that isn't exactly blowing up the world in popularity.

... That won't stop me from hyping myself up for a new one, though.

If Another code could get a remake, EO should too. Though, since the played the two previous i would like a new EO.

 

[Scrawnton]

I doubt endless ocean would get anything more than a remaster.

 

[StretchNStripes]

I can’t handle getting my hopes up for Endless Ocean… because if it ends up being wrong…

Well, it could just be remasters of the OG EO games - those would certainly be less of a risk on a series that isn't exactly blowing up the world in popularity.

... That won't stop me from hyping myself up for a new one, though.

Considering the originals were SD Wii releases, if you made them HD with new textures and models? They would basically look like new games. I’m drooling imagining how pretty they might be…

 

[1UP inc.]

That's it? No Cubivore?

 

[Hylianhero777]

If they are remastering/remaking Endless Ocean, then between that and Another Code I actually have massive respect for them greenlighting projects that are pretty much guaranteed to be insanely niche (not a knock on either franchise to be clear)

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Endless Ocean is one of those old bombs where Nintendo might think the market is more interested in these games these days.

Basically like how Another Code came back after Life is Strange sold well.

 

[Melpomene]

That's it? No Cubivore?

They're holding onto that for when they delay the Switch 2 to 2026.

 

[Lugia667]

No Doshin I sleep

 

[Aostia82]

I'm picturing a 1+2 remake similar to Another Code

me too

 

[Melpomene]

No Doshin I sleep

2027 delay.

 

[Supreme Bum 01]

Why is there all this overanalysis and bickering over what counts for a partner showcase? Isn't it just a game not developed by Nintendo? That can include use of Nintendo IP or games that are published by Nintendo. Are there any exceptions to that rule that have been in Partner Showcases in the past?

 

[MisterSpo]

Gamers: omg preserve games and give us access to your old stuff

Nintendo: OK here are some underappreciated games in danger of being lost to history

Gamers: nooo not like that

yeah Nintendo's attitude to this stuff is all over the place

 

[Magic-Man]

I'm definitely more interested in the sequel than the original Endless Ocean, so I'm hoping to see both!

 

[tee]

Why is there all this overanalysis and bickering over what counts for a partner showcase? Isn't it just a game not developed by Nintendo? That can include use of Nintendo IP or games that are published by Nintendo. Are there any exceptions to that rule that have been in Partner Showcases in the past?

No exceptions, my problem is people expecting "high-tier" software like TTYD and FE4 to show up because "Intelligent Systems is a partner!" as an example