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[Captain Toad]

This is where they drop the Switch Pro bomb or wait for the June reveal?

If they have a "Pro", they won't reveal it until a month or two before it launches, as to not kill sales in the interim.

 

[Bodomism]

Nintendo already won.

 

[carlosrox]

I called it (and nobody else in the WORLD did). Knew the next Direct would be after 3D World's release. Didn't think it would be right after the weekend though!

I am a God amongst men.

Seriously though, 50 mins is pretty hefty.
What games are there that we know of that can fill all that time? All I can think of are Bayo 3, SMT5, and Pokemon Snap? Aside from some indies I can't think of much else.

Hoping for a very slick reveal or two, along with a trailer for BOTW2.

How about some 3D World/Bowser's Fury DLC ?

 

[mortal]

Nintendo already won.

Won what?

 

[Arkam]

I expect there to be at least one big announcement/update.... but no way I was watching 50m with the hyped part being about Smash Bros. I love that they are keeping up support but I haven’t booted the game in over a year.

show us that BOTW2 update and tell us to look out for upcoming Zelda anniversary events and releases.

 

[Rodolink]

performing some dark rituals hoping they show Bayonetta 3

Spoiler

here we go again

 

[Rock And Roll]

We'll probably see:

Super Mario Galaxy 3
Eternal Darkness 2
F-Zero HX
Chrono Trigger II
Final Fantasy 9 Remake (made by Grezzo)
The Conduit III
The Grinder (Switch Exclusive)
Metroid Prime Trilogy Remasterd
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Vandal Hearts Collection (1 + 2 Remasterd)
Tactics Ogre 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2
Bayonetta 3
Amored Core Remake (Remake of the first Amored Core Game)
Breath of Fire 7
Ridge Racer Type 4 Remake

Where's Sadness? I'll riot if we don't get an update

 

[Captain Toad]

performing some dark rituals hoping they show Bayonetta 3

Spoiler

here we go again

There must be some serious issues with the development of that game. It should have been out a long time ago.

 

[HotPocket69]

45 minutes of hot Smash garbage followed by five minutes of indie bullshit that no gives a fuck about.

Can’t wait!

 

[Nautilus]

About freaking time! Last full direct was wayyy back in September 2019!!!!

I fully expect to see some big bombs being dropped here. And we WILL get BOTW 2 here. We need to, Nintendo knows it needs to speak about it.

 

[Captain Toad]

We'll probably see:

Super Mario Galaxy 3
Eternal Darkness 2
F-Zero HX
Chrono Trigger II
Final Fantasy 9 Remake (made by Grezzo)
The Conduit III
The Grinder (Switch Exclusive)
Metroid Prime Trilogy Remasterd
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Vandal Hearts Collection (1 + 2 Remasterd)
Tactics Ogre 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2
Bayonetta 3
Amored Core Remake (Remake of the first Amored Core Game)
Breath of Fire 7
Ridge Racer Type 4 Remake

Well, obviously all those will be there. I'm hoping for some surprises as well.

 

[Captain Toad]

45 minutes of hot Smash garbage followed by five minutes of indie bullshit that no gives a fuck about.

Can’t wait!

"Silksong and it's available now."

Sign me up for that indie bullshit, please.

 

[Hudo]

Let's take this to the Sony and Xbox OTs and mock them.

 

[Rodolink]

There must be some serious issues with the development of that game. It should have been out a long time ago.

yeah something smells bad unfortunately.
hope they just been keeping it secret to have a perfect mind-blowing thing

 

[Captain Toad]

Let's take this to the Sony and Xbox OTs and mock them.

Mock what exactly? Not having Smash Bros?

 

[AV]

Alright, shock aside, let's see:

Would love to see:
Metroid Prime trilogy on Switch
BOTW2 2022 release date
Mario Odyssey 2
New 2D Zelda game / Oracle remake (the second being my absolute most wanted thing here no joke)

Expect to see:
Lazy 3D Zelda Switch ports for the anniversary
Pokémon Diamond + Pearl remake tease? Probably in a Pokémon Direct instead
A very very very small BOTW2 tease with nothing concrete

 

[HotPocket69]

"Silksong and it's available now."

Sign me up for that indie bullshit, please.

Is that the new Hollow Knight?

*Yawn* Wow another Metroid clone. Hard pass.

 

[Hudo]

Mock what exactly? Not having Smash Bros?

You want introduce reason and logic into the console warz™?

 

[Jooxed]

Is that the new Hollow Knight?

*Yawn* Wow another Metroid clone. Hard pass.

 

[Lillie]

Would like to see (long-shots):

-All Pokemon DS/3DS ported to Switch
-Mario Galaxy 2 free DLC for 3D All-Stars
-Chrono Trigger for Switch
-N64 Switch Online
-Zelda Remasters (OoT, MM, TP, SS, WW)

 

[daclynk]

 

[daclynk]

We'll probably see:

Super Mario Galaxy 3
Eternal Darkness 2
F-Zero HX
Chrono Trigger II
Final Fantasy 9 Remake (made by Grezzo)
The Conduit III
The Grinder (Switch Exclusive)
Metroid Prime Trilogy Remasterd
Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Vandal Hearts Collection (1 + 2 Remasterd)
Tactics Ogre 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2
Bayonetta 3
Amored Core Remake (Remake of the first Amored Core Game)
Breath of Fire 7
Ridge Racer Type 4 Remake

so sad this hurts my heart.

 

[Captain Toad]

Mario Galaxy 2 free DLC for 3D All-Stars

Nintendo may ban you for using that four letter F word about Mario.

 

[Nautilus]

Predicting how much time I believe they will spend on each part:

10 minutes covering DLC/expansion for existing games(Smash, Animal Crossing, Age of Calamity)

10 minutes covering third party games that we already knew about but wasn't on Switch yet.

5 minutes recaping games that we already knew were comming to the Switch(BD II, MH Rise, Pokemon Snap, etc)

20 minutes focused on new games announced for the first half

5 to 10 minutes focused on games that will release on the second half of the year or further down the line.

 

[Saber]

50 minutes eh?

I'm betting they will waste 30 minutes with either crap talk or one game(SB perhaps).

I'm in.

 

[A Regular Guy]

Some Smash Bros. Ultimate news, and some games coming out in the first half of 2021, plus a flagship title for holiday 2021 with a teaser trailer

 

[Nautilus]

Oh, and considering how efficient Monlith is, and that they have released something every year( and that they have developing a new game ever since January 2018) there is a very good possibility that we might see something Monolith related this year.

 

[carlosrox]

Zelda/Metroid anything please please.

 

[Termite]

Two years? 2020 was shit but 2019 had lots of first party games.

2019 wasn't completely awful - especially on paper - but it was full of disappointments.

Yoshi's Crafted World was terrible, and such a letdown after Wooly World was pretty great. Three Houses was the game that along with Fates has killed off my interest in Fire Emblem forever - I hated it. Pokemon Sword Shield was a clusterfuck. Link's Awakening was about as bad a remake of one of my favourite games ever as I could imagine.

Okay, Luigi's Mansion 3 was great and Ring Fit Adventure is Nintendo's best new game in years.

Still, Mario Maker 2 was good but more of the same if you had the first (until the outstanding World update really elevated it to greatness), and Astral Chain was a mediocre action game.

Overall, that's 2 or 3 good games for me - a bad return. However most people loved Three Houses which paints the whole year in a very different light.

2021 should easily beat that.

 

[dapplefur]

I’m excited but keeping my expectations low because I don’t want to end up disappointed.

 

[Lionel Richie]

Nintendo already won.

We got this bro!

 

[AJUMP23]

Alright, shock aside, let's see:

Would love to see:
Metroid Prime trilogy on Switch
BOTW2 2022 release date
Mario Odyssey 2
New 2D Zelda game / Oracle remake (the second being my absolute most wanted thing here no joke)

I would see those talked about at E3 and not at this Direct. Too early for some of them.

 

[jaysius]

"We will show you a bunch of IPs you loved used in awful ways, and a bunch of shitty shovelware nobody wants, but you'll buy because you want more games for your sad Switch, also we'll show you the ONE game we're putting out this quarter we consider a good IP that few people actually like"

 

[clem84]

 

[Captain Toad]

Link's Awakening was about as bad a remake of one of my favourite games ever as I could imagine.

Next time you have something like this to say, put it first, so I don't need to waste my time reading anything else you have to say.

 

[HollowKnight]

Is that the new Hollow Knight?

*Yawn* Wow another Metroid clone. Hard pass.

You take that back!

 

[Business]

Besides the usual suspects, Sports Story and Windjammers 2 please.

 

[PooBone]

Will this be the Zelda anniversary announcements, rather than waiting until Sunday for the actual anniversary?

 

[LuFel]

oh yes! a new Direct! My body is ready!

 

[Bodomism]

Pokemon Remake
Bayo3
SMTV
Xeno3

 

[Guardian's Light]

Chances for a Zelda and / or Pokèmon collection, and / or new 2d Metroid?

 

[Guardian's Light]

Pokemon Remake
Bayo3
SMTV
Xeno3

I think dppt remakes will be revealed on pokemon day, 25th feb

 

[UnNamed]

SSB really? Oh god stop.

 

[HotPocket69]

You take that back!

FWIW I did buy that first game for PS4 so the devs got my money.

 

[Lethal01]

IT's my grandma's 80th birthday therefore we will be receving.
2 minutes of BoTW2 gameplay and a June 2021 release date.
A Kid Icarus Uprising remaster for switch.
Mario Kart DLC
and ARMS 2 BAYBEEEE

 

[BadBurger]

I always get my hopes up too high for these, but keeping my fingers crossed on some BotW 2 gameplay.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Finally, 45 minutes of an in depth look into all the cool features Smash has to offer.

 

[Woopah]

2019 wasn't completely awful - especially on paper - but it was full of disappointments.

Yoshi's Crafted World was terrible, and such a letdown after Wooly World was pretty great. Three Houses was the game that along with Fates has killed off my interest in Fire Emblem forever - I hated it. Pokemon Sword Shield was a clusterfuck. Link's Awakening was about as bad a remake of one of my favourite games ever as I could imagine.

Okay, Luigi's Mansion 3 was great and Ring Fit Adventure is Nintendo's best new game in years.

Still, Mario Maker 2 was good but more of the same if you had the first (until the outstanding World update really elevated it to greatness), and Astral Chain was a mediocre action game.

Overall, that's 2 or 3 good games for me - a bad return. However most people loved Three Houses which paints the whole year in a very different light.

2021 should easily beat that.

That's fair. I quite enjoyed Links Awakening and, while there wasn't too many things that I was personally interested in, I felt they had a good number of published titles with nice genre variety and the right mix between established franchises and new IPs.

 

[Mozza]

Can't wait to watch 20 minutes of Smash, then 20 minutes of indies constantly checking the timer as it approaches 50 minutes and then get one proper game at the end.

This guy Knows, he's onto Nintendo, they have been getting away with this stuff for years now.