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[Psycho_Mantis]

Again, going by the wording in the PR, we're almost guaranteed to see some 2018 games revealed. I'd bet on 2-3 of them, launching in early 2018 before that year's E3. Remember, that Direct "focused" on ARMS and Splatoon 2 also discussed over a dozen other games, just like this Spotlight "focused" on 2017 games will discuss some 2018 games.

And what makes you think we know the entire 2017 lineup? They could certainly be announcing several new 2017 games. In fact I'd be surprised if they don't announce at least 3-4 new, previously unheard of 2017 games. Not that they have to be big/important games, but I still expect some.

I just checked this out. The format came across as a new update with bullet points. If their E3 is like that it would be very weird.

E3 is a gaming trade show. There's no rules on what you have to show.

No one said there was, but there are fans, consumers, traditions and expectations. By all means you can ignore it all but if it flops then its only doing yourself a detriment.

 

[Torokil]

Ugh and I know a fifth of this presentation is gonna be for that fucking Rabbids game too.

My expectations are extremely low for this years E3.

 

[jnWake]

Yes
but what I'm arguing about is that they should change something in their communication exactly to...communicate (if it is actually real) their change in software output
are you (Nintendo) chaning the concept of your HW exactly to create an hybrid that should create a better environment for your internal developers, in order to avoid the usual droughts?
please, let us know about it.

So fact is: or Switch hw compromised (in terms of form factor, raw power, price and so on) aren't justified by an actual merging of portable and home software output or they are, but Nintendo doesn't want to let us know

So, if at E3 we'll have just a couple of new games announced, I think that or there is a serious issue in the product development area, or there is a serious issues at marketing department

Practically all Nintendo games announced/released for Switch are from franchises that also came to 3DS.

Ever since the DS, and especially with 3DS, the gulf between portable and home console games has been practically eliminated. Very few franchises are exclusive to either handheld/home console for Nintendo.

 

[casey_contra]

For some reason the name Metroid: Zen is floating around my brain.

 

[TheListOfToddicho]

It's not real.

But I'm starting to get worried about what WILL be shown, because if it is really just 30 minutes, that's not a lot of time to show things off. True, they do have the Treehouse where they can go more in depth, but I'm still worried.

We'll find out soon though.

 

[MoonFrog]

I'll also be curious if we get more EO5 like announcements for this year during the Treehouse. I don't care about Pokemon "third" entries, but EO5 means I have a fall/holiday 3DS game. I definitely wouldn't mind more of those.

 

[Skittzo0413]

I just checked this out. The format came across as a new update with bullet points. If their E3 is like that it would be very weird.

Honestly, I'd actually like that type of headline format. Especially if they post a schedule of when some of those games are being demoed by the Treehouse right after the presentation. That could be a very cool E3 video if they decide to pack it with dozens of micro-announcements.

For some reason the name Metroid: Zen is floating around my brain.

I like that. Not sure I can picture any Metroid gameplay feeling "zen" though.

It's not real.

But I'm starting to get worried about what WILL be shown, because if it is really just 30 minutes, that's not a lot of time to show things off. True, they do have the Treehouse where they can go more in depth, but I'm still worried.

We'll find out soon though.

Eh, they can do a lot in 30 minutes. Previous Digital Events have been around 43-45 minutes and included skits, developer interviews, and focused both Wii U and 3DS games. The Spotlight appears to be solely Switch games, and I wouldn't be surprised if the skits are completely gone this year.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

But I'm starting to get worried about what WILL be shown, because if it is really just 30 minutes, that's not a lot of time to show things off. True, they do have the Treehouse where they can go more in depth, but I'm still worried.

They'll either focus on 5 things or they'll focus on 25 things. Depends on whether or not they go with the traditional Digital Event format or the new Headlines format.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS & Splatoon 2 taking up almost 14 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

 

[essenn]

Thinking that the "available now" surprise game will be Battle Sports Mekuru

 

[Skittzo0413]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS taking up almost 8 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

Splatoon 2 also took up about 6 minutes.

So basically they showed off 26 titles in 22 minutes.

 

[XandBosch]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS taking up almost 8 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

Thisthisthsitthisthisthisthisthsishtisthisthisthis.

 

[Aters]

Eagerly anticipating Metroid: Yet Another M

 

[Okami Haundo]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS taking up almost 8 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

Splatoon 2 also took up about 6 minutes.

So basically they showed off 26 titles in 22 minutes.

STOP IT YOU'RE GETTING ME TOO HYPED GUYS.

 

[playingwithfire]

lol

I love these things! We need more E3 "leaks"

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Nah, there's really nothing worrying about this whatsoever, outside of possible disappointment for some fans and ammo for fanboys. This strategy will not actually harm Nintendo or the Switch in any meaningful way.

Not to say this guy really doesnt care and just playing devil's advocate lol

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS & Splatoon 2 taking up almost 14 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

 

[sinonobu]

Splatoon 2 also took up about 6 minutes.

So basically they showed off 26 titles in 22 minutes.

Noo I don't wanna get hyped....

Yeah but conversely just yesterday Nintendo gave us a longass live action trailer for a Pokken port; and casually tossed out the existence of the next Pokemon games as an after thought.

So we can't rely on anything anymore.

I think we should blame TPC for that

 

[VegiHam]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS & Splatoon 2 taking up almost 14 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

Yeah but conversely just yesterday Nintendo gave us a longass live action trailer for a Pokken port; and casually tossed out the existence of the next Pokemon games as an after thought.

So we can't rely on anything anymore.

 

[Zeeman]

lol

Why do these people never remember that Monolith Soft is part of Nintendo?
Also, Smash is a Bamco developed game, you dummies

 

[Okami Haundo]

Yeah but conversely just yesterday Nintendo gave us a longass live action trailer for a Pokken port; and casually tossed out the existence of the next Pokemon games as an after thought.

So we can't rely on anything anymore.

I'm not willing to accept yesterday's Direct as a "true" Nintendo Direct. If I don't see Bill Trinen it ain't real.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Yeah but conversely just yesterday Nintendo gave us a longass live action trailer for a Pokken port; and casually tossed out the existence of the next Pokemon games as an after thought.

So we can't rely on anything anymore.

You mean the Pokemon Company. They did this last time with their less than 5 minute Sun and Moon direct.

 

[MoonFrog]

Yeah but conversely just yesterday Nintendo gave us a longass live action trailer for a Pokken port; and casually tossed out the existence of the next Pokemon games as an after thought.

So we can't rely on anything anymore.

Don't think we ever could with Nintendo.

Like, putting all this extra stuff into Pokken/Arms/Splatoon really says to me that direct should be mostly fall/holiday 2017 plus, but I wouldn't bet on that.

Doesn't help that I'm pretty deep in my Nintendo fandom and have trust issues but...I think they are just weird at times too.

 

[essenn]

The spotlight presentation was 30 second trailers of ports like Minecraft and MK8, doubt they'd do that with brand new games. Mario x Rabbids and Odyssey will probably take up a good chunk of the E3 presentation.

 

[sinonobu]

The spotlight presentation was 30 second trailers of ports like Minecraft and MK8, doubt they'd do that with brand new games. Mario x Rabbids and Odyssey will probably take up a good chunk of the E3 presentation.

Mario+Rabbids will most likely debut at Ubisoft's conference

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

The spotlight presentation was 30 second trailers of ports like Minecraft and MK8, doubt they'd do that with brand new games. Mario x Rabbids and Odyssey will probably take up a good chunk of the E3 presentation.

5 minutes tops for each.

 

[FlaygletheBagel]

Yeah but conversely just yesterday Nintendo gave us a longass live action trailer for a Pokken port; and casually tossed out the existence of the next Pokemon games as an after thought.

So we can't rely on anything anymore.

I mean, the presentation wasn't all that bad. I think people project their disappointment for the lack of Stars onto the presentation as a whole. Two (technically three) previously-unannounced games were shown off in that 8 minutes. That's not bad, considering the presentation was for one specific IP.

EDIT: Although, I do agree the way some of it was presented could've been better. Did they really have to open with talking about the Nintendo Switch? Surely they should've seen the misdirection in that.

 

[Skittzo0413]

STOP IT YOU'RE GETTING ME TOO HYPED GUYS.

Noo I don't wanna get hyped....

Errr... don't get hyped, my uncle told me Nintendo cancelled all of their projects besides Mario Party 11: Cars Ahoy!

Spoiler

But seriously no one is saying that this will be a repeat of the April Direct, just that knowing the length of the video doesn't tell us much.

The spotlight presentation was 30 second trailers of ports like Minecraft and MK8, doubt they'd do that with brand new games. Mario x Rabbids and Odyssey will probably take up a good chunk of the E3 presentation.

They have like 10 hours of Treehouse streams after the Spotlight though. They didn't have such a mechanism back in April.

 

[RampagingSoul]

Mario+Rabbids will most likely debut at Ubisoft's conference

I could see if that is mentioned at Ubi's conference, then Nintendo will probably spend a minute to highlight it, say it's on the show floor and at Treehouse and its release date. If not, there'll be a reveal trailer and details afterward at the Spotlight for probably 2-3 minutes.

 

[Astral Dog]

Well i remember they leaked the January presentation 🤔

 

[DecoReturns]

Well i remember they leaked the January presentation 🤔

Not really.

 

[Okami Haundo]

Well i remember they leaked the January presentation 🤔

Gotta wait for the E3 teamsters to leak Nintendo's booth setup on 4Chan again.

 

[Ridley327]

Well i remember they leaked the January presentation 🤔

No one actually leaked the presentation. What was leaked were the games that were present at the Switch press event, so that's why a big chunk of titles like Fire Emblem Warriors, Xenoblade 2 and most of the third party announcements weren't mentioned in it.

 

[schuelma]

No one actually leaked the presentation. What was leaked were the games that were present at the Switch press event, so that's why a big chunk of titles like Fire Emblem Warriors, Xenoblade 2 and most of the third party announcements weren't mentioned in it.

Right a Europe show floor was leaked.

 

[MrBadger]

lol

I love these.

"Obvious shit we know we're seeing"
"Game that's been in leaks"
"New Game in Established Series (working title)"
"Existing Game DELUXE"

Why can't these things get more creative? It's not hard to think of a new subtitle for a Kirby game

 

[Okami Haundo]

I love these.

"Obvious shit we know we're seeing"
"Game that's been in leaks"
"New Game in Established Series (working title)"
"Existing Game DELUXE"

Why can't these things get more creative? It's not hard to think of a new subtitle for a Kirby game

I'm having flashbacks to "Kirby Scribblebibble" from the January event "leaks" lol

 

[heringer]

Can we get get this little fact added to the OP?

The direct back in April showed off 28 titles in 36 minutes. (And this was with ARMS & Splatoon 2 taking up almost 14 minutes!)

If this 'Spotlight Presentation' goes at the same rate, it can show 23 titles. (Maybe even more if in-depth discussions are saved for Treehouse Live)

I understand 30 minutes is short for a traditional on-stage E3 presentation, but Nintendo shows things directly, with no walking/talking/monologues/speaker transitions in between.

This gives me a sliver of hope.

On the other hand, why would Nintendo drop dem bombs when they can't even meet the demand?

 

[Zeeman]

Also the idea that Skyrim won't be at least mentioned is pretty ridiculous

 

[schuelma]

Also the idea that Skyrim won't be at least mentioned is pretty ridiculous

I suspect Nintendo is going to heavily feature Skyrim.

 

[Blues1990]

I honestly can't see Pikmin 4 being announced/revealed at this E3. With 'Hey, Pikmin!' on it's way, the last thing they need is another Pikmin game gobbling the revenue from another.

 

[JershJopstin]

Why do these people never remember that Monolith Soft is part of Nintendo?
Also, Smash is a Bamco developed game, you dummies

While the 'leak' is obviously fake, 'Monolith Soft' is what Nintendo lists as the developer of Xenoblade games. You're mostly right on Smash Bros., they list 'Sora Ltd. / BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc.' for that.

 

[MoonFrog]

They'll take Todd Howard to a shrine in Maryland and have him talk about his boyhood, yes.

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

lol

My aunt who was a Dentist's Assistant for many years conformed this list is true.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

Ah it's that time of year now

Leaks! Glorious fake leaks. Wouldn't be E3 without them.

 

[Wet Bloodfart]

give it to me

I will believe that list 100% until its proven fake

give it to meee

 

[XandBosch]

give it to me

I will believe that list 100% until its proven fake

give it to meee

Username checks out.

 

[Wamb0wneD]

We have two remasters and one straight port so 3/11 "old" games isn't that bad but it bothers me a bit. Hopefully Smash is the only other remaster.

Uuhhhh no? I want Bayonetta and Tropical Freeze on my Switch. Thank you very much.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I honestly can't see Pikmin 4 being announced/revealed at this E3. With 'Hey, Pikmin!' on it's way, the last thing they need is another Pikmin game gobbling the revenue from another.

Didn't stop them from talking about Shadows of Valentia and immediately talking about the Switch Fire Emblem or Warriors a little bit.

 

[Astral Dog]

I love these.

"Obvious shit we know we're seeing"
"Game that's been in leaks"
"New Game in Established Series (working title)"
"Existing Game DELUXE"

Why can't these things get more creative? It's not hard to think of a new subtitle for a Kirby game

Being so uncreative makes it more believable imo

 

[Blue-kun]

List doesn't even have Golden Sun 4 on the Switch, totally fake.