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Well, I have no idea if today will be our day. But if it is, it's been an honor.

All things considered, that partner direct was way better than the last one. And shadowdropping it was the way to go. It's still definitely not what they need to be showing right now, but I'll at least take this as a sign that their marketing department isn't in shambles.

I could accept a FF6 rep. I'd have a similar reaction to when Cloud was revealed (which was before I'd played FF7): something like "I'm not super excited, but I 100% see why a game as iconic as this is getting a character" Crono would have a similar reaction, mixed with how I felt about Byleth...

Fatman was talking about the possibility of indie devs working on Nintendo IPs, a la Cadence of Hyrule, right? So we might still get a little actual Nintendo news here! (Not that indies can't be cool in and of themselves, but I'm hungry for that Nintendo content)

I tend to rank Super Paper Mario in the same tier as PM64 and Color Splash (a tier which is just below Origami King and well below TTYD, though that's not saying much since TTYD is my favorite game). All three are incredible for their own reasons, but which one I like the most is usually...

Honestly I think them switching up the battle system is a fine idea. They weren't going to go back to the TTYD model anyways, and while I enjoyed Origami King's battles, I don't think they'd be nearly as fun a second time around. Plus, as @Phoenix Douchebag pointed out, we have Bug Fables for...

Look at this beautiful boi

Who was claiming we'd see something Undertale related soon? Because that could be something to look for in an indie for sure.

Considering what happened with the Partner Mini, it's quite possible that he and others have put together whatever's happening, but because they haven't been explicitly told something like "it's a Mario-focused mini direct" nobody wants to speak up and get Kelios'd.

Good lord... Okay yeah it's a little easier to see how Nintendo was okay with leaning so heavily on AC this year. He responded to someone else. They said "The next stop is probably either on Tuesday 11th or Wednesday 12th. Hoping for Bravely and NMH" to which he said "NO, NO, NO & NO"

This puts me back on the "the costume is super important evidence" wagon. It's still super weird that they haven't released his costume yet. Since it was in 4, it would've been super easy to just port over and sell, Square would likely be on board since they and Nintendo know it would sell well...

This is like Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the tortoise. The waits are getting shorter and shorter, but if we have to cross an infinite series of ever-shortening waits, are we truly capable of getting to the direct?

For sure. It's not guaranteed, but it is an optimistic way to interpret Pikmin not being saved for a direct.

Someone on resetera made a good point about this being a shadowdrop: since the other releases we know about this year are Mario games, the next mini could be Mario-themed. If that's the case, they'd still have no good place to announce Pikmin, so they're shadowdropping it to tide us over to the...

C Tsubasa is saying on Resetera that "Before this month ends, you'll get all the answers you need" so unless Nintendo's managed to pull the wool over his eyes, we still have more to look forward to soon.