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Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

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PLATINUM7

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SpectreJordan said:
There’s also the fact that Cloud & Joker don’t come with any content from the Nintendo games they’ve appeared in. If that was such a big deal, then Cloud & Joker could’ve brought along atleast one song from those games.
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There weren't any Complilation of FFVII titles on a Nintendo console until VII's Switch release so what would you expect to get from Cloud's Nintendo appearances? The summons on Midgar have all appeared in Nintendo games with the exception of Bahamut Zero but they're recurring summons anyway. The music tracks we got appear in the Theathrhythm games but they're straight rips either way.
 
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Not discounting the possibility but only 1/4 of Hero had a new game on Switch and they promoted that to hell and back.

I feel like if Scramble played a significant role in Joker's addition (which I doubt) they would a least namedropped it somewhere.
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Schnee117 said:
A spin-off sequel that didn't release in Japan until over a year after Joker's reveal and still has no release date in the West.
Heck it wasn't even revealed properly until after Joker's showcase.

I'm not seeing the promotion beyond Ultimate save data unlocking music in Scramble which isn't really all that much.
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I feel like Byleth being finalized half a year before 3H even came out kind of implies Nintendo was at the very least aware of future products that would utilize Joker. It did begin development in 2016 after all, and even had a teaser right around the time Ultimate released.

Not saying this is what happened, just that it's an argument to be made surrounding Joker's inclusion.
 
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ZhugeEX shoots down that Lego/Nintendo Direct rumor:


It must've really been an error on the editor's part.
 
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SuperSmashStephen said:
I think we will. Nintendo will want to further push the sales of Pokémon SWSH and the forthcoming DLC.
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Would they want to push the sales of the fastest Switch title? They're more likely to do it to a series that doesn't sell as well. Fire Emblem has shown that with Corrin and Byleth.
 
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Hydreigonfan01 said:
Would they want to push the sales of the fastest Switch title? They're more likely to do it to a series that doesn't sell as well. Fire Emblem has shown that with Corrin and Byleth.
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they might want to make sure the DLC sells well, this is untested water for TPC. Or they could promote a spin off like Mystery Dungeon
 
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Hydreigonfan01 said:
Would they want to push the sales of the fastest Switch title? They're more likely to do it to a series that doesn't sell as well. Fire Emblem has shown that with Corrin and Byleth.
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True. It could go either way though honestly. They could use DLC for Smash to boost sales of another franchise that isn’t as lucrative, or they could ensure the sale of DLC through promotion or showcase of popular franchise.
 
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Lack of direct news is getting tiresome.

So many games people are looking forward to that have been announced awhile back, and nothing for so long.

Half a year with no Direct is not a good thing Nintendo... Not sure what they're thinking over there.
 
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Good thing this board isn't full of Valve or Blizzard fans.

You guys would go insane if you had to deal with THOSE lack of updates. Plus, you know, your favourite game developer slowly becoming another AAA garbage company. (Not salty at all....no sir)
 
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This direct drought is nothing.
I’m personally still waiting for Sunset Riders to end up on Game Room.
Going on 10 years and nothing so far.

As for the current strategy of promoting one game, I don’t know if it’s wise, but it worked in the past so it will probably work now.
 
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Faso115 said:
Good thing this board isn't full of Valve or Blizzard fans.

You guys would go insane if you had to deal with THOSE lack of updates. Plus, you know, your favourite game developer slowly becoming another AAA garbage company. (Not salty at all....no sir)
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It's full of Metroid, Kid Icarus, F-Zero, and Mother fans bro...
 
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Velveeta Dream said:
ZhugeEX shoots down that Lego/Nintendo Direct rumor:


It must've really been an error on the editor's part.
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Kinda figured it was a mistake. Looks like we'll have to wait longer for a Direct announcement. It was still quite odd that "direct" was on the page before it got changed.
NonSpecificGuy said:
It's full of Metroid, Kid Icarus, F-Zero, and Mother fans bro...
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I'm still waiting on an announcement for a new F-Zero game, which is a far longer drought than 6 months without a Nintendo Direct.
 
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Faso115 said:
Good thing this board isn't full of Valve or Blizzard fans.

You guys would go insane if you had to deal with THOSE lack of updates. Plus, you know, your favourite game developer slowly becoming another AAA garbage company. (Not salty at all....no sir)
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Really? Then explain the sudden taste of salt I had while reading this.
 
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Yeah, looks like there isn't a spirit event this week, since there is a Japan-only online tournament this weekend. Spirit/tournament events are usually announced on 7pm CST on Tuesdays, and nothing was announced at 7pm tonight. Which means we won't have any deaths by spirit event this week.
Michael the Spikester said:
Still predicting the 26th of March. Announced on the 24th.
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General Nintendo Directs are usually announced the day before.
 
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Michael the Spikester said:
I recall they're normally announced on an Tuesday before airing on an Thursday.
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Not traditionally. That's happened like 3 or so times, mostly for game specific Directs, but usually it's the day Directly before...



Haha
 
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Seanapotamus said:
Yeah, looks like there isn't a spirit event this week, since there is a Japan-only online tournament this weekend. Spirit/tournament events are usually announced on 7pm CST on Tuesdays, and nothing was announced at 7pm tonight. Which means we won't have any deaths by spirit event this week.

General Nintendo Directs are usually announced the day before.
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Nooooooo. Now where will I drink my salty tears?
 
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Seanapotamus said:
Yeah, looks like there isn't a spirit event this week, since there is a Japan-only online tournament this weekend. Spirit/tournament events are usually announced on 7pm CST on Tuesdays,
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the japanese twitter always reveals them first and it's in an half an hours time, being 12:30 GMT right now

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i think it's possible the japanese tournament will take precedence but it's always at 1am GMT on the japanese twitter
 
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Seanapotamus said:
Yeah, looks like there isn't a spirit event this week, since there is a Japan-only online tournament this weekend. Spirit/tournament events are usually announced on 7pm CST on Tuesdays, and nothing was announced at 7pm tonight. Which means we won't have any deaths by spirit event this week.
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Wouldn't Daylight Savings change the time though? The Warframe was announced at 7 CST, but I think if we're getting one, it would be at 8 CST (so in like 25 minutes) since DST started
 
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Seanapotamus said:
Yeah, looks like there isn't a spirit event this week, since there is a Japan-only online tournament this weekend. Spirit/tournament events are usually announced on 7pm CST on Tuesdays, and nothing was announced at 7pm tonight. Which means we won't have any deaths by spirit event this week.
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Friendly reminder that Daylight Savings happened over the weekend and since America is seemingly the only country to do this we're probably in for an announcement 20 minutes from now.
 
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At least this lack of direct news and new games on switch has given me the right amount of time to revisit games I enjoy. That's a plus.
 
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TheShiningAbsol said:
Wouldn't Daylight Savings change the time though? The Warframe was announced at 7 CST, but I think if we're getting one, it would be at 8 CST (so in like 25 minutes) since DST started
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Velveeta Dream said:
Friendly reminder that Daylight Savings happened over the weekend and since America is seemingly the only country to do this we're probably in for an announcement 20 minutes from now.
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Oh, I never really took Daylight Savings time in account. A mistake on my part. Looks like we'll see something less than 20 minutes.
 
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