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[MrV4ltor]

I feel like the title is kinda misleading. Makes it sound like it's some general Nintendo announcement, when it was said by Nintendo's indie guy while he was talking about indie games coming out in early 2016.

 

[THEAnderson21]

They usually drop press releases pretty early in the day. I'd guess by 9AM ET, we should know what's up.

 

[FunkyDealer]

Prepare for the announcement that the Cloud and Midgar stage DLC will be released episodically.

 

[Mpl90]

Just by listening Damon himself, about the timing.

"Early morning, late moring..."

"It's early morning my time, middle of the day Daan's time"

So, yeah, I suppose in about 5 hours.

 

[FunkyDealer]

I feel like the title is kinda misleading. Makes it sound like it's some general Nintendo announcement, when it was said by Nintendo's indie guy while he was talking about indie games coming out in early 2016.

It's almost certainly going to be itsfuckingnothing.jpg, but this is Neogaf. Believe!

 

[ramparter]

Could it be the Super Mario Maker portal? Was supposedly coming this month...

 

[Possumowner]

It's Amiibo support for every single Nintendo game ever released,even CDI Zelda. There going to flood the market with them.



It's Minecraft isn't it

 

[LewieP]

Maybe they are getting ready to announce which character 2016 is the year of.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

Well, they need to get Minecraft out before Xmas.

 

[spekkeh]

Just by listening Damon himself, about the timing.



So, yeah, I suppose in about 5 hours.

Middle of the day is anywhere in between now and two hours I'd say.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Well, they need to get Minecraft out before Xmas.

Wouldn't that be all on MS?

 

[KingBroly]

Could it be the Super Mario Maker portal? Was supposedly coming this month...

He's a third party guy, so why would it be first party related?

 

[Kinokou]

awww, with the "new 3ds left to die" and "won't abandon wiiU fans" threads on the front page I thought the news might have been announced. I don't check gaming too often so I got no clue how old those threads are, but the disappointment is real.

 

[dity]

"Retro is working on a fucking Santa Claus"

Santa: Other Clause

 

[Mpl90]

Santa: Other Clause

THEGIFTSTHEGIFTSTHEGIFTSTHEGIFTSTHEGIFTS

 

[Boy Wander]

Minecraft is my guess. Minecraft amiibos for added internet explosions.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

So what is it? Did they acquire the Intelligent Qube IP?

 

[SinCityAssassin]

In all honesty, I'm assuming it's Nintendo Account for NA and EU.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

My four guesses in order of probability:

1. Humble Nindie Bundle 2
2. Nintendo Account details + timeframe
3. "Nintendo Account live now in NA"
4. Minecraft Wii U.

Anyone expecting a huge reveal like Metroid or NX info just has not been alive long enough to know that NCL does those reveals first. That's why it's a huge deal when that when Nintendo Directs are announced, people wait for Japan to get one to get hyped.

These feel like the four most likely announcements. I'd be surprised if it wasn't one of these

 

[DaSorcerer7]

In all honesty, I'm assuming it's Nintendo Account for NA and EU.

Hope it's this actually. But they did say it would be March though.

 

[kurahador]

Gimme a good show Nintendo!!

I need something good after disappointing PSX and FF7 news.

 

[GasProblem]

They're not hyping this up on any of the big official twitter accounts right?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I feel like the title is kinda misleading. Makes it sound like it's some general Nintendo announcement, when it was said by Nintendo's indie guy while he was talking about indie games coming out in early 2016.

It's misleading for sure. He mentioned it as an afterthought kind of too. But it has all the classic ingredients of exaggerated hype. I mean, there were those here that said Keighly said Nintendo would have new stuff and several announcements at The Game Awards. He never said that. At least here you have audio of what exactly was said and context. To sum it all up, it's likely Minecraft or other indie news.

 

[KojiKnight]

These feel like the four most likely announcements. I'd be surprised if it wasn't one of these

Knowing this is from an indie guy over at Nintendo... I'd strike the middle two options. This is most likely a Nintie bundle or Minecraft.

 

[EuricaeriS]

Maybe they are getting ready to announce which character 2016 is the year of.

In this, the year of free-to-start Pokémon games?

 

[Litri]

Nothing yet? BOH!

 

[KingBroly]

Nothing yet? BOH!

PR's usually go out at 8am Eastern

 

[jariw]

They're not hyping this up on any of the big official twitter accounts right?

The Mexican Nintendo account yesterday was the only hype tweet:

Nintendo's official Mexican acount tweeted:

We have a BIG announcement on monday! Stay tuned to our social media.

https://twitter.com/MxNintendo/status/673712255763001344

Now it's so "late" on Monday (European time) that we'll probably get synched tweets of the announcement from each Nintendo office. My guess is 5pm or 6pm CET, so it works well with the PST zone as well.

 

[Tyreese Victoria]

I'm really excited for this, but hopefully it's something concrete and not an announcement of an announcement.

I can suspect that

Zelda info
Retro project
Minecraft Wii U
Big IOS title

Are all on the cards

 

[georly]

These feel like the four most likely announcements. I'd be surprised if it wasn't one of these

I'd also add something related to fast racing neo, seeing that it's coming out this week as well. Less big than the rest (unless it's some sort of captain falcon crossover news).

 

[MrV4ltor]

I'm really excited for this, but hopefully it's something concrete and not an announcement of an announcement.

I can suspect that

Zelda info
Retro project
Minecraft Wii U
Big IOS title

Are all on the cards

Sorry, but Minecraft is the only one that actually has a chance of happening. Zelda info isn't going to be dropped at random, neither is a whole new first party game announcement. Damon would probably also not know about either of those. They already announced their first mobile game, so I don't know what you mean with iOS title.

 

[chaobreaker]

PR's usually go out at 8am Eastern

That's pretty early.

 

[jariw]

I'd also add something related to fast racing neo, seeing that it's coming out this week as well. Less big than the rest (unless it's some sort of captain falcon crossover news).

I don't think it's FAST Racing Neo-related. Damon mentioned FRN as an upcoming product before mentioning the Monday and "big".

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Nintendo going 3rd party

 

[prateeko]

Do these things usually take place based on Japanese, eastern, or pacific time zones in mind?

 

[crinale]

Do these things usually take place based on Japanese, eastern, or pacific time zones in mind?

It's already like 9:45 p.m. in Japan. It must be something U.S. oriented.

 

[Servbot24]

I'm really excited for this, but hopefully it's something concrete and not an announcement of an announcement.

I can suspect that

Zelda info
Retro project
Minecraft Wii U
Big IOS title

Are all on the cards

Minecraft maybe, others no chance whatsoever.

 

[DownGrader]

It's so big it had to be delayed until Tuesday.

And released episodically.

 

[jeffers]

Do these things usually take place based on Japanese, eastern, or pacific time zones in mind?

Why not European??

 

[TheJoRu]

And released episodically.

Final Fantasy VII Remake Episode 1 Part 2 for NX confirmed!

 

[Rimshot]

Why not European??

When do companies ever care about us in Europe for their announcements :/ Hehe

 

[Jimmyfenix]

I am thinking it's going to be minecraft

 

[BY2K]

It's either gonna be 10AM EST or 12PM EST.

And it will be the date for the Smash Broadcast.

 

[maxcriden]

When do companies ever care about us in Europe for their announcements :/ Hehe

So few Europeans care about Nintendo relative to other game companies, though.

 

[Tyreese Victoria]

Sorry, but Minecraft is the only one that actually has a chance of happening. Zelda info isn't going to be dropped at random, neither is a whole new first party game announcement. Damon would probably also not know about either of those. They already announced their first mobile game, so I don't know what you mean with iOS title.

Nintendo are meant to be delivering multiple iOS games over the next couple of years.

 

[BassForever]

It's either gonna be 10AM EST or 12PM EST.

And it will be the date for the Smash Broadcast.

This or minecraft likely the latter based upon the pegi leak

 

[killercow]

Minecraft: #WiiU Edition comes to Nintendo #eShop on 17/12
https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/673849476319223808

 

[KingSnake]

Pff, it was Minecraft.

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/673849461949485057

Boring.

 

[fanboss]

Ayyyyyy

edit : I mean, that's a not a big surprise, can't wait for the smash direct.

 

[TheJoRu]

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