Topic: Next Nintendo Direct?

@PikminMarioKirby My guess is they'll be a mix of cross-gen releases (Legends Z-A perhaps, and who knows what else) that are in Switch 2 presentations, and standalone trailer drops. My personal theory remains that after what happened to the late 3DS releases, they're going to market as many games as they can as cross-gen, rather than Switch 1 exclusive.

@PikminMarioKirby @FishyS Nintendo did pretty much go silent on Switch 1 info between revealing the date of the January 2017 presentation in October 2016 and the presentation itself. There were only rumours and 3rd parties doing the talking for November and December. Nintendo did show off BotW gameplay at Game Awards 2016 but it was the Wii U version so Switch 1 promotion there was more implicit.

Nintendo could do something similar here and do a Switch 1 general Direct around early February to fill in the gaps and then have the Switch 2 software showcase around early March. Switch 2 has backwards compatibility so in a sense the Switch 1 general Direct would kind of be implicit Switch 2 promotion.

@link3710 I don’t see Legends Z-A being cross gen. Sure, it can be backwards compatible, but I don’t see this being cross-gen. This game will run bad at best and certainly not what you want to show off on basically a stronger Switch.

@Grumblevolcano Nintendo will probably be quiet about Switch 2 aside from bigger presentations (and possibly ads) (that probably would include superbowl)

Nintendo was likely quiet in November /December 2016 because usually there aren’t many big announcements in that time frame. I really like that idea of a Switch 1 Direct (mini or otherwise) between those.

I think Z-A will be shown off on Pokemon Day, and not sure when Nintendo is going to celebrate Mario’s 40th anniversary, but Mar10 day might be a good time to reveal more games (3D Mario, Mario Kart, maybe some Switch 1 game(s)?)

I like that idea of promoting the BC this way. Maybe during a potential Switch 1 Direct they say ‘all of these titles can be played on the Nintendo Switch 2’ or something like that

Does Nintendo usually give a 2 day notice for their games? Could they be doing this instead of 1 day to clear out tomorrow?

Who knows, but if Thursday comes and goes with no reveal, the internet will burn down.

@PikminMarioKirby They've done countdowns to release plenty of times before, most recent one before DKC Returns HD being Jamboree.

@Grumblevolcano Usually they have the 1 week notice and sometimes a few other notices, but I didn't remember if the countdowns were daily or not.