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So, a funny thing happened on my way to the forum this morning and Square Enix is doing a countdown for next Tuesday.
Square Enix has launched a The World Ends With You-related countdown website titled “Time Limit Within 7 Days,” which will end on November 23 at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET.
www.gematsu.com
99% this is the secret Switch project that Nomura hinted at back in September so now Doom Eternal is now the only major third party game that was deemed Soon™ that doesn't have a definitive timeline. Why does this matter?
I've been talking about how this week and the first week of December were probably the last calls for Switch news from Nintendo this year. Now it's been confirmed that we're getting a major announcement the week of Thanksgiving which is totally new territory. Historically, the week of Thanksgiving is a total dead zone and the fact they're doing this on a Tuesday is really out there. This year has been really strange but, again, there's always some degree of order in chaos. Up until this year, Nintendo rarely did major announcements and DLC releases in the second half of the month but this year completely flipped this on its head. Not only has every month this year had news of some kind but Nintendo has reserved a lot of it for the later half of the month. Here's an outline to show my point:
January- Byleth reveal and release
February- Animal Crossing Direct
March- Indie Direct, Mini Direct
June- Min Min reveal and release, Pokemon Direct
July- Partner showcase
August-Indie Direct, Partner showcase
September- Partner Showcase
October- Partner Showcase
Except for the January Pokemon Direct and the September Mario Direct, all the major presentations have specifically been in the second half of the month with February, March, June, July, and October having presentations the final full week of their respective month. Like the insufferable poindexter that I am, I decided to look into it and, sure enough, final week presentations are practically a "new" concept this year and second half of the month global presentations were overwhelmingly only reserved for Indies and Smash. So... Why am I bringing this up?
Because of how this year has gone down, there's a non-zero possibility that Nintendo could do something next Tuesday if this week winds up being a total bust. It would be unprecedented but, like I showed, this is the first year in Direct history that Nintendo has favored second half presentations to first and by a considerable margin no less. It would be a hell of a Hail Mary and why I'm currently saying the first week of December is more of a possibility if this week doesn't produce anything. Like I said, the way this year has gone down, this is the first time in Nintendo history that a pre Thanksgiving news dump wouldn't be totally crazy but it would literally have to be next Tuesday so it's not like the entire week is in play and why it's probably better to set your eyes on the first week of December or the second week of January instead.