Monkeyball
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Didnt they have longer directs than this and the january event?
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Nintendo Spotlight Presentation (their E3 conference) to be 30 Minutes in length
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matrix-cat
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Remember when someone asked Reggie about Metroid and unannounced games and he said ask me again in a years time? Still waiting, Reg...
He only said it five months ago
I don't think the duration of the spotlight, whatever it turns out to be, has any bearing on its quality, either in terms of pacing or amount of new announcements. That's an arbitrary assumption.
All of the directs they do tend to have different formatting, so it's impossible to predict what they do just by looking at what they did last time.
I'd predict this spotlight will not be a rapid fire detailed overview of remaining Switch 2017 titles like the last general direct. I think instead it will focus on a handful of key 2017 fall/holiday games punctuated at the end by a few early 2018 announcements.
I understand many people feel that Nintendo's performance at E3 begins and ends with their digital event/spotlight, or whatever is considered their press conference equivalent to Sony / Microsoft. But Nintendo does not and has not treated E3 like this since they stopped doing live conferences and started their treehouse live streams. They prefer the slow burn method of information delivery as opposed to putting all their eggs in one basket. It's trading punctuation for exposure.
Probably incorrect Predictions for Spotlight:
1. A Super Mario Odyssey trailer to start off, mainly showcasing the hat power ups and abilities. No more than 5 minutes. November release date.
2. Splatoon 2 general trailer. Reveal some new maps, a new ranked mode, and announce a new test fire for late June featuring the Salmon run mode. 2:30 minutes.
3. Fire Emblem Warriors- Full trailer with gameplay details. 4 minutes. October Release date.
4. Mario & Rabbids - Will be unveiled at Ubisoft conference with short video but first gameplay trailer here. 3:30 minutes. September release.
5. Xenoblade 2 - Story/Gameplay trailer - 4 Minutes. December release.
6. Monster Hunter XX - Trailer - coming to the US 2:00 - October release.
7. Mario and Sonic at 2018 Winter Olympics - Trailer - single joycon gameplay. 2:30 minutes. December Release.
8. Pikmin 4/reboot reveal Trailer - Quarter 1 2018 release. 3:00 Minutes.
9. Animal Crossing reveal - Main game - Early 2018. 3:00 Minutes.
10: Retro's new title - Something New and Unexpected - 2:30 Minutes. Spring 2018 release.
All of the directs they do tend to have different formatting, so it's impossible to predict what they do just by looking at what they did last time.
I'd predict this spotlight will not be a rapid fire detailed overview of remaining Switch 2017 titles like the last general direct. I think instead it will focus on a handful of key 2017 fall/holiday games punctuated at the end by a few early 2018 announcements.
I understand many people feel that Nintendo's performance at E3 begins and ends with their digital event/spotlight, or whatever is considered their press conference equivalent to Sony / Microsoft. But Nintendo does not and has not treated E3 like this since they stopped doing live conferences and started their treehouse live streams. They prefer the slow burn method of information delivery as opposed to putting all their eggs in one basket. It's trading punctuation for exposure.
Probably incorrect Predictions for Spotlight:
1. A Super Mario Odyssey trailer to start off, mainly showcasing the hat power ups and abilities. No more than 5 minutes. November release date.
2. Splatoon 2 general trailer. Reveal some new maps, a new ranked mode, and announce a new test fire for late June featuring the Salmon run mode. 2:30 minutes.
3. Fire Emblem Warriors- Full trailer with gameplay details. 4 minutes. October Release date.
4. Mario & Rabbids - Will be unveiled at Ubisoft conference with short video but first gameplay trailer here. 3:30 minutes. September release.
5. Xenoblade 2 - Story/Gameplay trailer - 4 Minutes. December release.
6. Monster Hunter XX - Trailer - coming to the US 2:00 - October release.
7. Mario and Sonic at 2018 Winter Olympics - Trailer - single joycon gameplay. 2:30 minutes. December Release.
8. Pikmin 4/reboot reveal Trailer - Quarter 1 2018 release. 3:00 Minutes.
9. Animal Crossing reveal - Main game - Early 2018. 3:00 Minutes.
10: Retro's new title - Something New and Unexpected - 2:30 Minutes. Spring 2018 release.
Directs don't have three days of a gaming trade show following straight afterwards.
If this happens i will be the happiest man on earth!
Nintendo Directs are typically ~30-40 minutes and contain new content/trailers for around 20 games.
Relax
You know why the MS and Sony ones are longer? Because they have conference fluff like crazy. Pauses for applause. Irrelevance. etc.
CrimsonSquall
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Another Sony v Microsoft E3. I expected nothing from Ninty and they delivered nothing as usual
Also lol at this delusion above me^, Sony doesn't have fluff
Also lol at this delusion above me^, Sony doesn't have fluff
Damn I missed E3
Can I remind everyone the much beloved Nintendo Digital Event in 2014 was 46 minutes long. That's not that much longer.
They dialed it back last year, but come on. Now who's being delusional
They dialed it back last year, but come on. Now who's being delusional
Joelstinton14
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Perhaps.. although there is probably no point in doing so now.. we could change the thread title to around thirty minutes in length. 30 minutes is not a fact (at this moment in time anyway).
Even last year had that orchestra. Yeah, that was cool and all, but that's the epitome of irrelevant fluff for a presentation focused on revealing new information about games.
It is 53% longer.
I seem to recall people having similar arguments when we got a similar timeslot for the Digital Event in 2014 too
I didn't even bother with last year's. No point wasting precious sleep watching them live at 2am and they've been yawn inducing for too many years now with the way they stretch things out. At least with other conferences I can watch them live with others so one can crack jokes during the dead periods i.e. every time a FPS is demoed.
The quote in the OP says "about 9:30". How can you base any calculations on that?
Joe I have a feeling that Pokémon Switch is still real, is it ok to believe?
30 minutes is plenty of time to announce a bunch of cool games. I'm not worried at all.
Just as long as you don't start threads like game freak is the worst Nintendo developers if it don't happen it's all good
HawthorneKitty
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Peeps still reeling from Pokemon salt.
clay_ghost
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With the 2DS, Arms and Pokemon direct / announcement out of the way. I think 30 mins is enough since Nintendo like to announce more stuffs the day after anyway lol.
CrimsonSquall
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Hahaha I love Ninty but this is delusion. U had to go back 5 years. 5 years!!!! Sony whipes Ninty in this, no contest.
Compare the last 3 Sony conferences to Nintendo and nobody can even remember what Ninty had but Sony dropped Megaton after Megaton
We don't even know that!
R
Rösti
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That's not entirely true. They showed more games than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, though I'm unsure if more titles were playable on the show floor.
Also, does anyone else have issues loading https://e3.nintendo.com/? Only a red background and the logo is shown to me. I see from the source they added some Pokémon assets (Pokkén).
Edit: Nevermind, I found the issue. JS was disabled.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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Sony 2014 E3 was pretty bad so really it's the last 2 E3.
Man this brings me back to the days on GAF where folks go, I own a wii but let me shit all over wii but I am not biased cos I own the Wii.
Nah I'm too much of a fanboy
it depends what you're into man. i mean i remember the big sony hitter of shenmue, ffvii and last guardian, but did i care about or play any of those games? i mainly remember it because adam boyes announced ffvii and that's a man i've seen get fucked up on rum while trying to PR a pirate game.
Diprosalic
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I'm expecting lots and lots of Mario (Odyssey and Kingdom Battle), Zelda DLC detailed, few Splatoon infos, tiny bit ARMS, Xenoblade 2 story trailer, couple of eshop titles, Indie and 3rd party sizzle reel.
Ends with an outlook to early 2018. Smash port in february and a medium sized game in march.
Everybody that expects more is setting themselves up for a huge disappointment once more.
Ends with an outlook to early 2018. Smash port in february and a medium sized game in march.
Everybody that expects more is setting themselves up for a huge disappointment once more.
I would sacrifice Xenopants 2 in an instance for a Golden Sun reboot. The series deserves proper treatment.
This is pretty much what I am guessing as well. But I think they will dedicate sometime for OS updates and/or online stuff.
But yeah I don't think they will show more than that.
Wait did I miss Nintendo's E3?
Yeah, i can barely remember that game called Legend of Belda.
Skittzo0413
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What's the longest amount of time any previous Digital Event has spent on a single game? People are forgetting that in-depth looks are exactly what the Treehouse is for.
30 minutes is plenty of time IF it's a rapid fire game announcement like the last Direct was, rather than a Digital Event with skits and developer interviews. It could be far more content than their past E3s were in that case.
Also while I wouldn't say it's 100% confirmed that the Spotlight is only for Switch games, it's very heavily implied by the PR to be the case. 30 minutes on a single platform is a good deal of time.
Not to mention that this could easily be 35 minutes too (or 27 minutes for that matter), all we know is the Treehouse begins "around" 9:30.
30 minutes is plenty of time IF it's a rapid fire game announcement like the last Direct was, rather than a Digital Event with skits and developer interviews. It could be far more content than their past E3s were in that case.
Also while I wouldn't say it's 100% confirmed that the Spotlight is only for Switch games, it's very heavily implied by the PR to be the case. 30 minutes on a single platform is a good deal of time.
Not to mention that this could easily be 35 minutes too (or 27 minutes for that matter), all we know is the Treehouse begins "around" 9:30.
sounds to me that we wont hear about virtual console as this would take too much time.
I reckon ubi will show the rabbids game and Bethesda will show the Skyrim port meaning they could just have these 2 games mixed into a third parties games quick fire video.
I would say they need at least 5-10mins for Mario as its their big fall game.
Hopefully we see retro's new IP.
I reckon ubi will show the rabbids game and Bethesda will show the Skyrim port meaning they could just have these 2 games mixed into a third parties games quick fire video.
I would say they need at least 5-10mins for Mario as its their big fall game.
Hopefully we see retro's new IP.
Skittzo0413
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I think 5 minutes is the absolute most we should expect for Mario when we have 10 hours of Treehouse streams afterwards to cover it in detail. When's the last time they spent more than 5 minutes on a single game during an E3 Direct?
Probably when they revealed Splatoon for the first time.
I expect a big new trailer but I'm not sure if they need 5-10minutes.
Chances are that Treehouse Live will follow straight after the Spotlight Presentation..and I'd bet good money a full in-depth hands-on of Mario Odyssey will be the first thing scheduled.
Rogue Agent
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My heart almost jumped when I assumed that I had somehow time-travelled and missed E3 this year.
You are likely correct, maybe with one or two more surprises. My expectations are in check I think.
OrbitalBeard
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Grok4Spock
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You conveniently forgot to mention all the people veering off to the PlayStation booth, oh wait...
Yeah, Nintendo's E3 presence last year was pretty forgettable.
Skittzo0413
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Yeah the Splatoon reveal was about 6 minutes long, just checked.
As I like to keep my sanity in check when it comes to Ninty announcements (specially after the pokemon direct events). I put my money on then just showing 2017 games, sounds appropriate. Best case scenario would be a little teaser for something something Retro something Animal Crossing but I'm not holding my breath.
Who am I kidding? Metroid/Mother HYPE
well Sony announce games that wont come out for the next 10 years
Im sure Nintendo could do the same if they wanted
Worst idea ever. I'd sacrifice the whole Golden Sun series to be sure we have the Xenoblade.
GS 1 and 2 were fine, nothing groundbreaking, the 3rd one is even less "good".
These games are not especially amazing by any standards except maybe for the puzzles in dungeons.
Yeah, Nintendo's E3 presence last year was pretty forgettable.
Love that praise the sun! guy at the beginning
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