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[Bulbasaur]

Japanese Direct announced, Morimoto will present Wii U and 3DS-software-releases up to spring 2016.

Pokemon Z release date confirmed

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Direct announced for Japan

Zelda U E-shop demo confirmed.

 

[Luigiv]

Awesome. Though 6am is kind of a rubish time. Guess I'll sleep through it and just watch it after I wake up.

 

[Chase17]

Pokemon Z release date confirmed

We can only hope.

 

[Kouriozan]

Direct announced for Japan

Now everyone can go in full hype mode

 

[AdanVC]

Direct announced for Japan

Ok NOW i'm hyped. Time to think the craziest predictions and live wild till thursday!1

 

[Bulbasaur]

We can only hope.

Maybe in time for the holidays!

 

[Persona7]

style saavy 3 for NA tomorrow

 

[ffdgh]

Pokemon Z release date confirmed

Bring it...along with most of the goods from ORAS. I need my dexnav...

 

[MAtgS]

Ok NOW i'm hyped. Time to think the craziest predictions and live wild till thursday!1

Wait for the Samurai retweet THEN get hyped.

 

[ArtHands]

I came into the thread to see if there's a Direct for Japan too

Thanks

 

[AdventureRacing]

Just give me some new smash bros content and I'll be happy.

 

[Kouriozan]

Pokemon Z release date confirmed

Yes please, stop with the teasing and reveal it already.

 

[Grylvak]

Direct announced for Japan

I knew it would be coming. Thank you, Nintendo Japan!

 

[Greenzxy]

We made it

 

[Chase17]

Bring it...along with most of the goods from ORAS. I need my dexnav...

I really hope they keep the dexnav too. It's such a great feature!

 

[FloweryMarston]

Hey, thanks so much for reading my Skyward musings. I totally agree about control and UI options. I totally agree with everything you said, in fact, haha. Have you played the handheld Zeldas as well?

Haha, cool man. Yes, but not all of them, and i didn't replay them yet like i am doing with the console games. I played link's awakening, minish cap, phantom hourglass, and oracle of ages. Spirit tracks and A link between worlds i have yet to play them at my pace, i only played some at a friend's house (and the 3D remakes), i intend to get a 3DS so i will play all of the 3ds zeldas soon. Since i haven't played them in a while, i can only say that at the time i really enjoyed them, even if some of them aren't as well regarded as the others.

One cool thing that happened playing skyward sword is that my sister really liked the game and got hyped to play zelda, so i borrowed her my DS and she played phantom hourglass and really liked it, so much that she started majora's mask on the wii VC, but didn't finish it yet because of school. I plan to buy spirit tracks to her (and eventually play myself) but it's hard to find here where i live.

 

[ShadowFox08]

The rumor (may or may not be true, but they did get the date correct, reading may spoil surprises for you if it is true, but could very well not be true):

-Smash ballot results, 6 characters 3 available after the direct
-More Wii eshop titles and virtual console games announced with discounts leading up to Christmas!
-Twilight Princess HD is announced and will release in February as part of the 30th anniversary of Zelda
-Zelda Wii U gets an official title but no gameplay is shown
-Pikmin 4 is announced and will release sometime in Spring 2016
-Star Fox Zero gets a new trailer and releases on February 26th!
-New remaster series for 2016 announced for Wii U and 3DS including Super Mario Sunshine HD and F-Zero X 3D
-Xenoblade Chronicles X trailer and demo after the direct w/pre-load
-Details on Nintendo Account, Miitomo, and My Nintendo
-Details on Super Mario Maker DLC
-Fire Emblem Fatees trailer and release date of March 25th
-Mario and Luigi Paper Jam trailer and release date
-Hyrule Warriors Legends trailer and release date of April 22nd
-Short tribute for Iwata is shown
-Direct concludes with Splatoon DLC and new game modes.

I would think there would be some announcement of MK8 DLC.. It's been what.. since late April since dlc pack 2?

 

[jmizzal]

Up to Spring? That's a lot to cover.

Yup they usually dont cover up until Spring until the start of the year, this tells me NX reveal will be early 2016 so they are getting Spring WiiU/3DS stuff out of the way.

 

[ChaosXVI]

I would think there would be some announcement of MK8 DLC.. It's been what.. since late April since dlc pack 2?

I highly doubt we are getting anymore DLC for Mario Kart 8, the game has been out for nearly 18 months. I'm sure they've moved on to the next installment in the series.

 

[Greenzxy]

I highly doubt we are getting anymore DLC for Mario Kart 8, the game has been out for nearly 18 months. I'm sure they've moved on to the next installment in the series.

Never say never, anything is possible.

 

[Bulbasaur]

Realistically, after the E3 backlash and the months of silence and stealth reveals, In this long awaited Direct they have to come out guns blazing to restore consumer confidence. Dang, now I have expectations.

 

[Big Nikus]

Could we have a countdown added to the OP ?

Anyway, I'm in full hype mode.

 

[Exterminieren]

Realistically, after the E3 backlash and the months of silence and stealth reveals, In this long awaited Direct they have to come out guns blazing to restore consumer confidence. Dang, now I have expectations.

Don't. The existence of a Direct doesn't change the facts of a low-key holiday and that both of the platforms being talked about here are being wound down.

Expect some nice but unsurprising bits of info, and anything more than that will be a bonus.

 

[Pro from Dover]

Direct announced for Japan

Whoa! Awesome!
...What does this mean?
My ignorance... Please understand.

 

[ShadowFox08]

I highly doubt we are getting anymore DLC for Mario Kart 8, the game has been out for nearly 18 months. I'm sure they've moved on to the next installment in the series.

Battle mode sucks. Feels rather empty to me to stop at just two.


If this direct is covering up to spring, something tells me we'll get far less directs than usual. /:

 

[Rayis]

Mario Sunshine HD! yes pleaze! be true

 

[Greenzxy]

Whoa! Awesome!
...What does this mean?
My ignorance... Please understand.

It means we're getting TPHD.

 

[mf luder]

The rumor (may or may not be true, but they did get the date correct, reading may spoil surprises for you if it is true, but could very well not be true):

-Smash ballot results, 6 characters 3 available after the direct
-More Wii eshop titles and virtual console games announced with discounts leading up to Christmas!
-Twilight Princess HD is announced and will release in February as part of the 30th anniversary of Zelda
-Zelda Wii U gets an official title but no gameplay is shown
-Pikmin 4 is announced and will release sometime in Spring 2016
-Star Fox Zero gets a new trailer and releases on February 26th!
-New remaster series for 2016 announced for Wii U and 3DS including Super Mario Sunshine HD and F-Zero X 3D
-Xenoblade Chronicles X trailer and demo after the direct w/pre-load
-Details on Nintendo Account, Miitomo, and My Nintendo
-Details on Super Mario Maker DLC
-Fire Emblem Fatees trailer and release date of March 25th
-Mario and Luigi Paper Jam trailer and release date
-Hyrule Warriors Legends trailer and release date of April 22nd
-Short tribute for Iwata is shown
-Direct concludes with Splatoon DLC and new game modes.

No Mario Tennis?

 

[Kouriozan]

Whoa! Awesome!
...What does this mean?
My ignorance... Please understand.

When everyone get the Direct, it means MEGATONS!

Spoiler

Usually a new game reveal.

 

[konjak]

-Smash ballot results, 6 characters 3 available after the direct

No. Very first point kills it. It does not take this little time to finish and polish three characters. There also won't be official "results" as Nintendo will cherry-pick regardless.

 

[WolveyFTV]

I'm going to be in school when it happens, but dang am I glad that this is actually happening. Hopefully Twilight Princess HD is announced on Thursday..

 

[Garou]

The Japanese page says the Direct will feature age-restricted content. What would that be?

 

[Pro from Dover]

It means we're getting TPHD.

When everyone get the Direct, it means MEGATONS!

Spoiler

Usually a new game reveal.

If the Direct isn't worldwide (Japan, NA, and Europe) then it tends to be more about just localizations and things like that. A worldwide Direct means that they may have something exciting to announce.

Announcement of new games is (a bit more) possible. Kinda hard to have them announced only for NA / EU and not Japan.

Whoa! Awesome!

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

The Japanese page says the Direct will feature age-restricted content. What would that be?

Probably SMTIV Final footage

 

[Pokemaniac]

Whoa! Awesome!
...What does this mean?
My ignorance... Please understand.

If the Direct isn't worldwide (Japan, NA, and Europe) then it tends to be more about just localizations and things like that. A worldwide Direct means that they may have something exciting to announce.

 

[NMFried]

The Japanese page says the Direct will feature age-restricted content. What would that be?

Silent Hills obv.

 

[themagicalkitsune]

Whoa! Awesome!
...What does this mean?
My ignorance... Please understand.

Announcement of new games is (a bit more) possible. Kinda hard to have them announced only for NA / EU and not Japan.

Usually the directs for different regions have different content though.

 

[Robin64]

We know that little rumor list is fake because one of things mentioned about the Direct is "Please note that the presentation will not feature any updates on NX and mobile." and yet the list has Miitomo in there.

 

[Jumpman23]

The question for me is.....who is going to be the presenter or presenters for this direct?

 

[MagnesD3]

I know it wont happen but Id love to see Sonic Advance 1, 2, and 3 announced and released to the wii u eshop.

 

[valkillmore]

I feel cheated by the delay of Nintendo on Phones, so I wan hear bout dat.

 

[Burning Justice]

EDIT: Wrong thread.

 

[Servbot24]

lol

I'll be happy if one or two of those comes true. All of it happening would literally be the greatest Direct of all time.

Pikmin 4 is the only new game announcement on there and it's not even really a new announcement. I doubt all that stuff will happen, but it's nothing that incredible.

 

[AdanVC]

Wait for the Samurai retweet THEN get hyped.

Hurry the hell up and retweet dat sh*t, Mr. Sakurai!

 

[Mik317]

The Japanese page says the Direct will feature age-restricted content. What would that be?

Mario GTA finally coming.

 

[Verder]

CHOOOOO CHOOOO

Give America the new 3ds black

 

[73V3N]

The Japanese page says the Direct will feature age-restricted content. What would that be?

vanquish 2

 

[warheat]

timeanddate countdown anyone?

 

[Fandangox]

The Japanese page says the Direct will feature age-restricted content. What would that be?

Devil's Third probably?