Nintendo Switch

[Viator]

Seems the "Nintendo Direct" of this month is the Pokemon Presents

 

[Mike S]

Seems the "Nintendo Direct" of this month is the Pokemon Presents

There’s always a Pokémon Presents. The rumor was for a normal Direct in addition to it which is less likely every day.

 

[Viator]

There’s always a Pokémon Presents. The rumor was for a normal Direct in addition to it which is less likely every day.

Personally looking into things; I suspect we won't get a general direct (or even a mini direct at all) until past April 2nd.

During the gap of the announcement of the Nintendo Switch to the Nintendo Switch live presentation; the only "Nintendo Directs" that occurred at that time was that of single-game based directs that covered and went into matters.

I think in theory, Nintendo likely doesn't want to have a regular, a partner, or a Mini direct; until the dust clears and they are able to have the rollout of the Switch 2 hit the road more fully.

 

[Mike S]

Personally looking into things; I suspect we won't get a general direct (or even a mini direct at all) until past April 2nd.

During the gap of the announcement of the Nintendo Switch to the Nintendo Switch live presentation; the only "Nintendo Directs" that occurred at that time was that of single-game based directs that covered and went into matters.

I think in theory, Nintendo likely doesn't want to have a regular, a partner, or a Mini direct; until the dust clears and they are able to have the rollout of the Switch 2 hit the road more fully.

The rumor was that it would exclusively cover Switch games but I guess there aren’t that many that could be considered major which to me is a good thing.

 

[mccgavin]

I imagine there has to be some releases between Xenoblade X in March, and the Switch 2's rumored Summer release date. It's possible we'll just get some announcements from social media on a random day, rather than a dedicated presentation.

 

[Viator]

The rumor was that it would exclusively cover Switch games but I guess there aren’t that many that could be considered major which to me is a good thing.

I think if the Nintendo Switch is aiming for the Late May/Early June position that it is seemingly aiming to be at, I think it makes sense that they might've decided to "Flip" the choice of directs for this year.

I think if we're looking at it smartly, the Direct rollout for the year should look like this:

April 2nd - The Big One
Mid/Late April - Indie World
Mid June (Post NSW2 launch) - General Direct for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 titles
Late August - The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2 Trailer Direct
September - General Direct for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 titles
October - Indie World
November - Final General Direct of the year

In-between that we should probably get "Mini-Directs" post the Big One that covers specific titles. Mario Kart 9, Metroid Prime 4 feel like good contenders for that.