Flamemaster96
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a Developer Direct or just a Trailer? I see people talking about how Sakurai would reveal a lot more than the April direct, but would they do that in their own direct?
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Event - E3 Invitational 2014 Is Smash 4 gonna have it's own Separate Direct like in April at E3?
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Morbi
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I am not really sure how E3 worked last year (as I intended to watch E3 and Nintendo wasn't at E3), but I assume it would work similarly. I wouldn't be surprised if they had a "mini-direct" dedicated to Smash. But I don't necessarily think it would get its own Direct as they intend to show off other games.
Gameboi834
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Last year they basically had a Nintendo Direct on a Mega Mushroom, where they had the format of a regular Direct but the announcements of E3.
Smash had its own portion of the video, so I predict something similar this year.
Morbi
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Okay, so basically Nintendo held its own "E3" which was a much much longer Direct showcasing all of the games. A portion of the Direct was be attributed to Smash. That is interesting. I intend on skipping E3 for Ninte3do. Yeah, that didn't even work as a word, but I am keeping it. It looks cool.
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TeenGirlSquad
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They had this 8-minute developer direct at E3 last year:
So we might get something similar.
So we might get something similar.
Morbi
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I certainly hope that we get something MUCH longer than 8 minutes. But I suppose a Developer Direct wouldn't be out of the question.
Gameboi834
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Well, there was this, some on-stage (out of the Nokia theater) demos, the main E3 direct, and a few other things. For example, the trailer for Sm4sh was in the main direct. But it seems this year they're gonna have a LOT more stuff the whole time.
Morbi
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They probably learned from last year, most people aren't going to skip E3 for a Direct... they might skip E3 for a "Digital Event" though. Either way, I am excited, we might get a second trailer for Smash.
Moldy Clay
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I don't understand what you're talking about with "skipping E3".
Nintendo was at E3, they just didn't have their presentation on a theater stage with an audience reacting to them directly. Nobody had to "skip" it to watch Nintendo's event.
Key Nintendo people were there, they had their games there, Sakurai was there, and they had a private session where they showed off/demoed their games with the media (and that's where the Wii Fit Trainer reveal & the Mario vs. Mega Man footage is from).
The Direct was PART of E3, and was viewable AT E3.
The digital event is the exact same thing. They are attending E3, showing their video at E3, and demoing the games at E3. They will also be streaming Treehouse gameplay and the SSB tourney *from* E3.
Literally the only thing they didn't do, and aren't doing this time, is standing on a stage with awkward pauses. Everything else is the same as past years. They're just bringing the footage directly to their fans, which annoys media outlets because it means less clicks on their websites to see the footage/information, since Nintendo is giving it to them at the same time as the media.
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Morbi
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That was I meant, I suppose. I have no idea with all of these different names for the same thing, that is why I am trying to reaffirm what happened. I am clueless (I still skipped Nintendo's E3 though, I thought they did it via a Direct).
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Smashoperatingbuddy123
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well I think it might happen
june 10th from the news correct me if im wrong but its rumored to be similar to the smash direct of news
june 10th from the news correct me if im wrong but its rumored to be similar to the smash direct of news
Moldy Clay
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Ah, understood. I suppose it IS a bit complicated. Here:
Basically what happened was, E3 happened exactly as it always did, but instead of having a conference on stage, they showed a Nintendo Direct *at* E3. They were still there, they just chose to show their presentation to the media as a video instead of doing it live. That was the -only- difference.
It was still the length of a normal presentation, it had all of the reveals and old info and more, but it was presented with Iwata and his white background and stuff. There was no pause for applause and no band playing or crazy demos of random people standing on a stage. It was just the straight news/trailers/everything.
But it was very much at E3 that it occurred, and Nintendo was there.
The SSB4 video (and Wii Fit Trainer's reveal) was posted later. It wasn't part of the Direct. It was its own separate thing.
This year, they are basically doing the same thing, but calling it something else. I believe the name change is to differentiate the structure of the video. A direct is kind of boring between the trailers, so presumably it's spicing it up a little. Or maybe just more jam-packed. Less Iwata on White.
In addition to that, they will also be streaming content from the people who are developing these games, showing off demo footage directly to people at home. This is, again, not part of the E3 Presentation, but something extra.
They will also be doing this with the SSB tournament, I would assume.
So we're going to have a pre-recorded E3 presentation, streaming demo footage & streaming SSB gameplay, all coming -from- E3. All the big Nintendo guys will be there, the games will be there, they just won't be having their conference on IGN or whatever. It will be on their website and/or Youtube.
Rich Homie Quan
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Nah, I think it's more likely that there will be a Smash segment during a broad, general direct about what's to come for the next year. The focus would be more on the gameplay seen on the floor, at the tournament, and during the treehouse shindig.
ChibiIceClimberz
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We're definitely getting a trailer during E3 and probably another Developer Direct after it.
To be honest, though, other games need the spotlight, especially since Smash already has an Invitational Tournament.
To be honest, though, other games need the spotlight, especially since Smash already has an Invitational Tournament.
Morbi
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I don't necessarily agree, Smash needs the spotlight to perform as well as they want it to. I mean, they should still show other games, but it would be counter-intuitive to not give us everything they can on Smash.
praline
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Aren't they doing coverage even during the other companies time slots this year?
*The Sensus Crustulum*
Smash Journeyman
The reason why people say Smash is going to get more info then the Smash Direct is because of all the events Nintendo is holding. Direct, Digital Event, Tournament, Treehouse and probably a Developer Direct. That's why I do think Smash is going to have a huge amount of info when E3 surfaces.
Radical Bones
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I think there'll be a developers direct that'll go for about 10 minutes. Smash will get a good chunk of the presentation, but they'll also want to hype new games too.
Norm
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I would say that during the big Nintendo direct covering all the new stuff they have planned. We'll just get a sizzle reel maybe showcasing returning characters and one new character maybe two. Then we might get a follow up direct going into more detail about smash. It's a system seller they're going to be pushing the hype as much as possible for it.
Superyoshiom
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At best we'd get another developer direct.