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Nintendo Direct: new presentation announced for tomorrow

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IntelliHeath

As in "Heathcliff"
javac said:
Nintendo Directs have historically resulted in great showings of already announced games as well as new announcements, many of which would usually grace an E3 presentation but it makes sense to look at what incentivized Nintendo to conduct these Directs in the first place as well as taking a look at where Nintendo are right now.

Nintendo Directs are exactly that, Nintendo speaking directly to their core audience in a way to keep them up to date with their developments as a means to keep a regular flow of information for their fans and this was key when looking at the position the 3DS found itself in during its early years, that being full of droughts and 'poor' sales.

Nintendo is now winding down 3DS and Wii U developments as a means to transition onto the NX and Mobile initiatives. I don't believe that the prominence of Nintendo Directs and their impact or regularity will become diminished over time however I do believe that Nintendo is and will change the format over time, be it a 5 min Pokemon Direct or more high production affairs not dissimilar to the E3 Digital Events they will come in all shapes and sizes. One could look at today's Direct as Nintendo clearing the way for the next system, at the same time I don't believe that the Wii U or 3DS' support end with the conclusion of today's Direct.

Basically, not every Direct has to blow your mind but that doesn't mean that they can't either and this isn't the be all end all for the 3DS/Wii U. The beauty of Directs is how they can come out of nowhere. Just rambling here as I sit here bored out of my mind.
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Yeah, I definitely agreed with this notion. I always come with no to low expectation for Nintendo Direct because it's a best method you could go with. I just don't understand why people always have high expectation then get really upset about it when they didn't match their expectations. It got really old pretty fast.

I could say same thing about Smash Hype beuase people got their expectations too high for their favorite character to become playable characters, and they didn't. We had to deal with their meltdowns and rants because they can't even temper their expectations. *coughs Ridley and KKR coughs*
 
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deadlast

Member
Was that a youkai watch in the OP?
May son loves youkai watch, I hope nintendo is coming out with more youkai watch stuff. I'm also hoping for NX info.
 
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Oersted

Member
IntelliHeath said:
Yeah, I definitely agreed with this notion. I always come with no to low expectation for Nintendo Direct because it's a best method you could go with. I just don't understand why people always have high expectation then get really upset about it when they didn't match their expectations. It got really old pretty fast.

I could say same thing about Smash Hype beuase people got their expectations too high for their favorite character to become playable characters, and they didn't. We had to deal with their meltdowns and rants because they can't even temper their expectations. *coughs Ridley and KKR coughs*
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Which high expectations?

deadlast said:
Was that a youkai watch in the OP?
May son loves youkai watch, I hope nintendo is coming out with more youkai watch stuff. I'm also hoping for NX info.
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Yep,its Yokai Watch. And no, no NX news. Read OP.

Mediking said:
The leak is boring and borderline disaster. Thread isn't dead... but most people's enthusiasm for the Direct is very low.
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Borderline disaster? The hell?
 
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jorgejjvr

Member
I wonder who is going to direct this direct

Also, I know there are no nx updates

But if at the end, just like with smash, we get some sort of "and watch out for our nx reveal on April 22". That would be great
 
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mapet318

Banned
The very boring nature of the leak gives me a gut feeling that it's real, despite my better judgement.

I'm at the point where I'm not hyped, I'm just interested to see what they have to show. I probably won't buy anything until the NX is out or Pokémon.
 
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javac

Member
IntelliHeath said:
Yeah, I definitely agreed with this notion. I always come with no to low expectation for Nintendo Direct because it's a best method you could go with. I just don't understand why people always have high expectation then get really upset about it when they didn't match their expectations. It got really old pretty fast.

I could say same thing about Smash Hype beuase people got their expectations too high for their favorite character to become playable characters, and they didn't. We had to deal with their meltdowns and rants because they can't even temper their expectations. *coughs Ridley and KKR coughs*
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Some people just don't seem to understand what Directs even are and I expect some people look at a Nintendo Direct announcement as "They must have something BIG that can't wait to show us!" when in reality its more along the lines of "Lets get everyone up to date with our schedule". Not to say that we never get big announcements but these directs in general are created in spite of them not because of them. Just go in expecting to get updates, release dates and trailers of things we know of and and then if we get more that's a pleasant surprise, no?
 
TDLink

TDLink

Member
Mediking said:
The leak is boring and borderline disaster. Thread isn't dead... but most people's enthusiasm for the Direct is very low.
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Even if the leak was all we got, which I highly doubt, it isn't borderline disaster at all. There are some new announcements in there and finally they are going to give us solid details and footage on Star Fox and Federation Force...which are two games they've basically been silent on. That all seems like a win to me. Both of those games aren't something I'm super enthusiastic for at the moment but have potential for me to want depending on what they show and how they have come along.

If the leak is all the Direct was it would not be bad at all. But it almost certainly will not be all we have.

Again, I'd be very surprised if Pokken and Nintendo Accounts didn't feature at the very least.
 
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Aostia

El Capitan Todd
javac said:
Nintendo Directs have historically resulted in great showings of already announced games as well as new announcements, many of which would usually grace an E3 presentation but it makes sense to look at what incentivized Nintendo to conduct these Directs in the first place as well as taking a look at where Nintendo are right now.

Nintendo Directs are exactly that, Nintendo speaking directly to their core audience in a way to keep them up to date with their developments as a means to keep a regular flow of information for their fans and this was key when looking at the position the 3DS found itself in during its early years, that being full of droughts and 'poor' sales.

Nintendo is now winding down 3DS and Wii U developments as a means to transition onto the NX and Mobile initiatives. I don't believe that the prominence of Nintendo Directs and their impact or regularity will become diminished over time however I do believe that Nintendo is and will change the format over time, be it a 5 min Pokemon Direct or more high production affairs not dissimilar to the E3 Digital Events they will come in all shapes and sizes. One could look at today's Direct as Nintendo clearing the way for the next system, at the same time I don't believe that the Wii U or 3DS' support end with the conclusion of today's Direct.

Basically, not every Direct has to blow your mind but that doesn't mean that they can't either and this isn't the be all end all for the 3DS/Wii U. The beauty of Directs is how they can come out of nowhere. Just rambling here as I sit here bored out of my mind.
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I totally agree. Bravò!
 
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GasProblem

Member
The thing I didnt like about MH4U was that online you had to post the urgent yourself if you wanted to complete it. If someone else posted the urgent quest you wanted to complete, and you join and beat the monster, it doesn't count. It's annoying when having only randoms to rely on and there's no one joining you're urgent quest, or people who drop our, or people who just post their own quests.

It's the same in Monster Hunter X right?
 
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NolbertoS

Member
Why cant Nintendo have Directs in Japanese afternoons or mornings. I would wake up in the middle of night to watch these Directs live. I'll be at work when GAF will spill the megatons :'(
 
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georly

Member
GasProblem said:
The thing I didnt like about MH4U was that online you had to post the urgent yourself if you wanted to complete it. If someone else posted the urgent quest you wanted to complete, and you join and beat the monster, it doesn't count. It's annoying when having only randoms to rely on and there's no one joining you're urgent quest, or people who drop our, or people who just post their own quests.

It's the same in Monster Hunter X right?
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Urgents were always like that in MH as far as I know. At least all the way back in freedom unite. When playing w a group of 3 friends it meant we had to do each urgent 4 times. Eh, it's more loot, I guess. You also get incredibly efficient at the encounter.

Shuggananas said:
lmao
I can't even remember the last nintendo direct that blew me away
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November direct's cloud reveal blew me the hell away. Last character I ever would have expected to appear in smash bros.

10k said:
Paper Luigi: Shadow of a Legend

Coming to Wii U.
With party members.
Believe.
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As an amiibo-based party game. 60 bucks. Comes with shadow luigi amiibo.
 
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10k

Banned
georly said:
Urgents were always like that in MH as far as I know. At least all the way back in freedom unite. When playing w a group of 3 friends it meant we had to do each urgent 4 times. Eh, it's more loot, I guess. You also get incredibly efficient at the encounter.



November direct's cloud reveal blew me the hell away. Last character I ever would have expected to appear in smash bros.



As an amiibo-based party game. 60 bucks. Comes with shadow luigi amiibo.
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You've ruined this for me :(
 
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Revven

Member
Almost every Direct that says, "updates about [insert time of the year] games" there is at least (at the minimum) one new retail game announced. Last time it was TPHD. The year prior to that Direct that took place in November it was Majora's Mask 3D. There's plenty of other examples I could give as well but I won't go to the trouble because you should see the point by now, yes?

How people can forget this is kind of funny to me lol. There should be one new retail game announced today. If not I'll be surprised because the Wii U literally has nothing left after Star Fox until Zelda U drops in the Fall/Holiday. No way Nintendo would let that happen. There has to be a May game or a Summer game, at least, they haven't announced yet.
 
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FloweryMarston

Member
Shuggananas said:
lmao
I can't even remember the last nintendo direct that blew me away
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it's not like 2015 was filled with them though. I loved cloud's reveal (and the five seconds of zelda U =P) , thought the april 2015 direct was all around pretty good too, loved the november 2014 that revealed majora's mask 3d.
 
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Griss

Member
georly said:
New mario (maker), New metroid, new zelda, new star fox, new mario rpg, most iconic fighting game character appearing in smash bros - on paper = good. New zelda/metroid/dead franchise is all anyone ever wants from E3. You say ahead of time "This year's E3 will have a new zelda, new metroid, and we're bringing back an old franchise" and people would LOSE THEIR MINDS.

It's just none of those were the versions that people wanted. In fact, all 3 were incredibly disappointing to the viewers at large.
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If all you're able to write on 'paper' is 'new Zelda', then sure, it looks good. I must have larger sheets than you, as I had it down as 'new mutliplayer zelda spinoff'; 'new multiplayer metroid spinoff'; 'two characters for previously released game'; 'more details on previously announced star fox'; 'more details on previously announced mario maker'; and so on, which is significantly less impressive.

It was a show completely lacking in surprise or major titles that foretold of a quickly approaching new gen. Which is where we stand, almost a year later.
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
Alistair Roo said:
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"Yay! ANOTHER Monster Hunter game on 3DS!"

No Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem coverage? That alone could save the Direct for me.

Sad realization that Retro's supposed Wii U game most likely got pushed to NX.

No tease of actually exciting Wii U getting HD remakes/remasters/ports in its last moments? Too many GameCube and even some Wii games like Mario Strikers Super Charged that should've got HD polish for Wii U.

I'm still gonna watch but my expectations are so dang low its not even funny. Hopefully there actually is good surprises.... mainly for Wii U owners.
 
Aswitch

Aswitch

Member
Really hoping for a Monster Hunter X summer release or at least an announcement that it's coming since we have yet to really get that confirmation. As an added delight, would love for them to release it for Wii U and have the same Wii U/3ds functionality it had with MH3T.
 
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georly

Member
JustSomeone said:
If they don't show Illusiory revelations today, I'm gonna asdume it's not coming to the west, unfortunately
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It was in a US direct last year. It had an E3 trailer last year. It was demoed live for the first time ever during the treehouse segment of E3 last year. It's coming to the west.

If it's not in the direct it's because it's not out through summer and will be a fall/holiday title.

L95 said:
I'm not being sarcastic or anything here I'm actually pretty curious, when was the last time Nintendo announced a game for localization (and did things like show it in their E3 stream) then never actually release it?
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Never. Hell, I don't think anything announced in a direct has ever not come out. Or am I wrong about that? E3 stuff, sure, but nothing in a direct so far.
 
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L95

Member
JustSomeone said:
If they don't show Illusiory revelations today, I'm gonna asdume it's not coming to the west, unfortunately
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I'm not being sarcastic or anything here I'm actually pretty curious, when was the last time Nintendo announced a game for localization (and did things like show it in their E3 stream) then never actually release it?
 
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JustSomeone

Member
L95 said:
I'm not being sarcastic or anything here I'm actually pretty curious, when was the last time Nintendo announced a game for localization (and did things like show it in their E3 stream) then never actually release it?
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It almost happened with xenoblade.
They revealed it on E3 and almost didn't bring it to the west.
 
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takriel

Member
Guys what if they reveal Zelda U's subtitle? Just imagine that for a moment. We could know Zelda U's subtitle in a bit more than 6 hours!
 
Mediking

Mediking

Member
JustSomeone said:
If they don't show Illusiory revelations today, I'm gonna asdume it's not coming to the west, unfortunately
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It's coming to the West. It's just not getting the love and attention it deserves. It gets shown in Nintendo Treehouse. Hopefully the Direct today offers more information. If Nintendo releases a TV commercial for the game or does any good actual advertising for it then my respect for them will grow like crazy.
 
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Pancake Mix

Copied someone else's pancake recipe
L95 said:
I'm not being sarcastic or anything here I'm actually pretty curious, when was the last time Nintendo announced a game for localization (and did things like show it in their E3 stream) then never actually release it?
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Xenoblade almost in NA, it showed up at E3 2009 as Monado: Beginning of the World and then disappeared.

Otherwise, probably Disaster: Day of Crisis in NA if it showed up at E3, and certainly Giftpia on GameCube. An English proto exists, we know it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giftpia
 
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Javier

Member
L95 said:
I'm not being sarcastic or anything here I'm actually pretty curious, when was the last time Nintendo announced a game for localization (and did things like show it in their E3 stream) then never actually release it?
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Brain Age: Concentration Training in Europe, I think.
 
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georly

Member
JustSomeone said:
It almost happened with xenoblade.
They revealed it on E3 and almost didn't bring it to the west.
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EleventhHourSuperpower said:
Xenoblade almost in NA, it showed up at E3 2009 as Monado: Beginning of the World and then disappeared.

Otherwise, probably Disaster: Day of Crisis in NA if it showed up at E3, and certainly Giftpia on GameCube. An English proto exists, we know it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giftpia
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There have been tons of games announces/shown off at E3 that were either cancelled, not localize, or reworked entirely. E3 is not a great example. Project hammer, dinosaur planet, etc, etc.

Nintendo directs, however, have had a pretty perfect track record, but mainly because they typically only reveal short-term announcements (except, mainly, during the jan 2013 hail-mary direct)
 
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IntelliHeath

As in "Heathcliff"
Oersted said:
Thread is overwhelming negative. I have issues to see the high expectations you talk about.
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Did I said this Direct? He was talking about Direct in general. I just added my opinion to it since there are always members being bitter about Directs when it don't match up with their expectations. It should be taletelling that I actually included Smash Hype as a reference when I explained about high expectations in general.
 
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