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Detective GAF uncovers evidence of imminent Nintendo Direct as soon as next week
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
if nothing happens what do we do to detectivegaf
That tweet seemed more like her own educated guess to me.
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Mr. Pointy
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That'll be Nintendo's big E3 announcement.
Nintendo is no longer in panic mode where they need people to please be excited for something that comes much later. If a Direct is coming, I think it much more likely revolves around ARMS. Pokemon Stars will be first revealed with a trailer, whenever (probably E3), and only closer to release with a Direct.
Dark Cloud
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They announced the NES Mini after E3 last year. Wouldn't they do the same this year?
Ban him.
Main Pokemon games are rarely announced at E3, some stars (like constellations) merch was announced and Pokemon is big enough for its own direct
But as mentioned before, The Pokémon Company does reveals on their own terms. Not once have they ever revealed a mainline game at E3. Dystify was even nice enough to put this together.
While it's most likely correct to assume that they won't reveal at E3, never say never. Pokemon Sun and Moon, while already announced at the time, were the first Pokemon games to have a comprehensive demo showing at an E3, and I seem to recall them being pleased with the response. It'd make a modicum of sense then to embrace that even more, however unlikely.
Okami Haundo
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This is honestly an interesting point. I'm now open to the idea of Stars being a big E3 announcement. Regardless of where it will potentially be announced, I just hope its real and comes out this year. Playing Sun/Moon in HD and being able to Switch between portable/TV play sounds like a goddamn dream.
People are reading too much into that merch
Even if Stars does come this year, that merchandise line is 100% unrelated. Cosmog is a celestial Pokémon, so this follows its concept.
They will be the label as the gaf crackpot theorist.
Speaking of Detectives, not necessarily related to this rumored Direct (though who knows?), but Creatures recently moved to a new building, and they posted this image on Twitter:
Detective Pikachu can be seen outside the building. Nothing major, but I thought it was worth a mention because there are people who have been worrying about the project's fate after over a year of no news about the game's localization and/or continuation. Since they are using the character in promotional material, chances are that it is still very much alive in Creatures. I'm guessing we'll have more on it as we head closer to the movie adaptation.
Well Detective Pikachu still has a movie coming. Maybe they changed their plans for the game and will deliver a complete package instead of episodes closer to the movie's release.
That's what I was thinking. The project certainly has a long history. I almost wonder if they released the first episode simply to gauge interest about the movie.
Ohhh nice catch.
I totally agree with you.
I also think that if there is direct it is about some nothingness like virtual console or accounts
But the person asked why people are saying pokemon xD
We still haven't even heard anything about the rest of the episodes for Detective Pikachu too =/
First episode is to be continued.
Dark Cloud
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Man now that Sony announced their E3 plans all that's left is Nintendo...I hope we get it this week so Nintendo fans can join the fun.
And the Direct next week of course.
And the Direct next week of course.
If E3 plans aren't given this week, I think we'll hear about them the week of the 15th.
Why do you think they could skip announcing something the next one?
Cow Mengde
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We already had an ARMS direct last week.
AlexFlame116
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Cosmog/Nebby is also one of the most adorable things that Game Freak has ever made. Even more than Pikachu in my opinion. So this stars concept is great for me! I'm so getting the Nebby plushie.
But it would be nice to get Pokemon Stars with it to please!
plank
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Maybe the direct is an E3 event preview.
This is pretty much what I'm expecting. Like the Mega 64 video announcing Nintendo's E3 2014 plans, which hit a month before E3.
Dark Cloud
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I agree. We will know their plans by Friday of next week the latest.
Ehh they've never done that before. They don't really need a Direct to tell us "Digital Event on Tuesday, Treehouse and Splatoon tournament". They've done a 3-5 minute video on their YouTube channel a couple of times.
Outtrigger888
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Nintendo needs to do a small direct before E3 and put the Retro logo at the end to get some hype going.
ArchedThunder
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ORAS was annouced on May 7th and the first gameplay of Sun and Moon was released on May 10th, this makes me feel like we're getting the Stars announcement this month, if not in the next week or two.
You expect hype? I expect trolling and fear mongering about another Donkey Kong which eats up any and all speculation all the way up to E3.
That was a weird thing that went absolutely nowhere. (as of now of course)
I expected differently upon first seeing it
Lord_Byron28
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They've done Nintendo mini-directs in the past. Perhaps they do one with it starting with the announcement of Stars and it being playable at E3 segueing into an outline of their E3 plans.
DecoReturns
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I hope it's a 5 min Direct like Sun and Moon.
And they just show the logo and don't tell you what console. For maximum trolling
And they just show the logo and don't tell you what console. For maximum trolling
Imo if we're getting something then the latest is by Friday 19th to give 4 weeks to e3.
Derp.
Dark Cloud
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This is what I want. I want the 3DS to have its own separate presentation from the Digital Event, which should be all Switch, but knowing Nintendo that won't happen.
There is precedence in the past though. I believe it was E3 2012 they said the main presentation was only going to be Wii U (they still did a small 3DS segment) and they did a separate one hour presentation for 3DS.
Didn't that game morph from a murder mystery game in concept to a game about mundane every day mysteries and there was some weird push by fans to ruin the localization with a stupid voice for pikachu?
Hey now. Danny DeVito would be a great Pikachu.
Cow Mengde
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Do we really need another Fire Emblem direct so soon? Not that I'm complaining. Fire Emblem Echoes Genealogy of the Holy War + Thracia 776 on Switch!!! Both games bundled together!
Next week is May 8 - 14, so you're kind of disagreeing with him though?
Dark Cloud
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Lol oops. I thought next Friday was the 15th. Ok I disagree with him 😛Next week is May 8 - 14, so you're kind of disagreeing with him though?
Lucky Seven
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This is why I go on gaming side GAF still. The spicy news scoops.
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