Official Newcomer/DLC Speculation Discussion

[Shroob]

It seems to me that Nate's strong reactions are because Nintendo has fantastic **** planned out but they don't want to show any of it for some reason and want to trickle it down as if their new releases are NSO VC games

Imagine

Everyone's expecting a Direct


And Nintendo decides to take the Origami King approach of "Just throw a trailer up on YouTube on some random day we threw a dart at and call it good" for all the games they have planned in the immediate future.

 

[ZelDan]

It seems to me that Nate's strong reactions are because Nintendo has fantastic **** planned out but they don't want to show any of it for some reason and want to trickle it down as if their new releases are NSO VC games

Well hopefully that is the case, so that way we atleast have some good **** to look forward to down the road.

 

[GoodGrief741]

Nate‘s posts swing this Direct from “eh, wouldn’t watch” into ”ironically get the popcorn ready”

Yeah, I've done a full loop and now I'm just ready to watch the hype train crash into a volcano. Let's see how bad this can get.

 

[Nekoo]

You guys shouldn't panic. A general direct shall happens in August or early september. There too much stuff that was supposed to be there, and supposedly some stuff that is actually close to release that either we get a Paper Mario style reveal in twitter, get a late summer direct, or we really get nothing this year and coco-chan got Nintendo much more badly than we though.

 

[Gentlepanda]

this is like task failed successfully except like the other way around

 

[Shroob]

I'm still pretty convinced that the next character will come sometime in September, since that's when the Joker and Hero amiibo come out in Japan, and you gotta update the game to accommodate for them...

But man, I just can't see them pull a "Here's a character, and they're available..............NOW!" like they did with E3 2014 back in the day. We've yet to have an instantaneous reveal+release this game, meaning I'm still expecting them to be revealed sometime before their drop, but how much before is anyone's guess.

 

[Calamitas]

Man, catching up on what has happened her last night was a wild ride.

And I guess it's a good time to replay games and go through my backlog for the foreseeable future. . .

 

[Captain Shwampy]

is the direct still happening

what happen

 

[Shroob]

is the direct still happening

what happen

Yes

For 10 minutes

And they're talking about games we already knew about

 

[Cutie Gwen]

is the direct still happening

what happen

In about 8 hours we'll get 10 minutes, one of the games is already confirmed so that's lile 2 minutes down

 

[AmphabulouSnake]

We’re really gonna have a 1 year gap between two general Nintendo directs lmao

 

[Droodle]

Hoping that we'll at the very least get trailers for games that were announced via teasers a while back. Maybe Bayo 3 or SMT 5 would be to "big" to show off here, but I think the chance of seeing Rune Factory 5 is decent.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Oh Doom Eternal's probably gonna be there, I'd be excited for it but I already own it, as is usually the case for when games are released on everything but the Switch for at least 4 months

 

[Shroob]

Hoping that we'll at the very least get trailers for games that were announced via teasers a while back. Maybe Bayo 3 or SMT 5 would be to "big" to show off here, but I think the chance of seeing Rune Factory 5 is decent.

Haha...ha

haha...

....ha


It's never coming out. It's going on 4 years of radio silence and nothing to show for it

 

[Animegamingnerd]

Hoping that we'll at the very least get trailers for games that were announced via teasers a while back. Maybe Bayo 3 or SMT 5 would be to "big" to show off here, but I think the chance of seeing Rune Factory 5 is decent.

If I see Rune Factory 5 gameplay tomorrow then this direct will all be worth it to me.

 

[Animegamingnerd]

When's the meeting, by the way?

I think the 31st, but could be wrong.

 

[AceAttorney9000]

Bayonetta 3.
A Smash reveal.

That's all I ask from this Direct.

 

[N3ON]

Bayonetta 3.
A Smash reveal.

That's all I ask from this Direct.

You will be disappointed.

 

[GoodGrief741]

I like how Bayo 3 and SMT went from cool but pretty unlikely inclusions in the expected normal Direct to "this needs to happen for it to justify its existence".

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I like how Bayo 3 and SMT went from cool but pretty unlikely inclusions in the expected normal Direct to "this needs to happen for it to justify its existence".

It's sad that games that were announced 3 years ago were seen as unlikely to begin with. BotW2 is gonna be a 2030 release at this rate

 

[TenghsienYang]

Just being cautiously optimistic here. Take a look at the Nintendo Direct mini from 1.11.2018. This was 14 minutes long.

A minute of The World Ends With You: Final Remix, a minute of Pokken Tournament DX DLC, a minute of Kirby Star Allies DLC, a very brief reminder of Dragon Quest Builders demo, a minute of Hyrule Warriors DE, a minute of Mario Tennis Aces, a minute of Ys VIII, a minute of Super Mario Odyssey DLC, a minute of SNK Heroines, a minute of Mario Rabbids DLC. There's more after that, but so far that's about 10 minutes of content. The "one more thing" for this direct was Dark Souls, which is relatively not that impressive since it's just a remaster of a really old game that's now multiplatform. But I don't recall people hating on it very much.

Granted that a lot of these were announcements of ports and DLCs of existing games, we could still be looking at least 9-10 different things. I should also note that a lot of these DLC were quite meaty and free to boot. Unlike a regular direct, a mini only gives about a minute per announcement. All of the games above aren't games worth giving more than a minute, but a lot of them were still substantial.

Will this be a mindblowing Direct? Definitely not. Will it have a thing or two that'll peak our interest? Definitely.

 

[zumaddy]

All announced third-party games in a 10 minute Direct is not what anyone was hoping for, but maybe there's a few decent things in it. I don't expect Bayo 3 but that would probably salvage it for me.

 

[cothero]

It's about damn time.

 

[Zema]

Nintendo's incompetence continues to astound.

 

[ligersandtigons]

Riley Reid for Smash confirmed smh

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Bayonetta 3
No More Heroes III
Shin Megami Tensei V


Those seem like the big third party games that we know already know about that could show up.

Unfortunately I'm not sure any of them will show up.

 

[Cosmic77]

At this point, I feel like we'll either get a really big Direct in August/September that will feature E3 content AND whatever they already had scheduled for their typical September Direct, or we'll get more Origami King style reveals and every game scheduled for a holiday 2020 release will randomly be dropped without any warning.

I suppose a second Direct is still somewhat possible for July, but that feels extremely unlikely IMO. If it was for a single game then I could see it happening, but why have a mini Direct when you have a regular Direct a week or two away?

 

[Shroob]

At this point, I feel like we'll either get a really big Direct in August/September that will feature E3 content AND whatever they already had scheduled for their typical September Direct, or we'll get more Origami King style reveals and every game scheduled for a holiday 2020 release will randomly be dropped without any warning.

I suppose a second Direct is still somewhat possible for July, but that feels extremely unlikely IMO. If it was for a single game then I could see it happening, but why have a mini Direct when you have a regular Direct a week or two away?

Like others have pointed out, we have 2 more scheduled maintenance, one on the 27th and one on the 2nd iirc, but I agree.


Unless this new theoretical Direct is just majorly 1st party-focused with new 3rd party games as well, if this is going to primarily focus on existing 3rd party titles, a 2nd Direct in the immediate future seems unlikely. Plausible, but I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

New rule, if leakers are being coy, they're not under legal threat, they're trying to not be hated as the messenger of disappointing news.

 

[Jerry98]

I hope to finally see something new about Hollow Knight: Silksong.

 

[DarthEnderX]

These are most the companies we can see info from tomorrow

In a 10 minute presentation? We'll be lucky to get 10 of them.

 

[Shroob]

New rule, if leakers are being coy, they're not under legal threat, they're trying to not be hated as the messenger of disappointing news.

Define "Coy".


We deadass had leakers posting screenshots of SMRPG just to pull the "Haha I'm joking guiz" stunt. I'm pretty sure half the time, they're just trying to **** with people nowadays lol.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

Define "Coy".


We deadass had leakers posting screenshots of SMRPG just to pull the "Haha I'm joking guiz" stunt. I'm pretty sure half the time, they're just trying to **** with people nowadays lol.

In this context, it's a pattern I've noticed that when the announcement isn't anything exciting, they'll lead things along and say s### like "it's not a Capcom character and it's not a Level 5 cahracter and it's not Kat from Gravity Rush" (that was seriously a character they singled out, a niche Sony owned character)

No one wanted to say "It's the professor from Fire Emblem: Hogwarts gone wild"

 

[Peeton]

How ya doin smash boards, it’s big time Peeton. As we know, 2020 started off very negative. But if I had to say anything to brighten up this rainy day...

NINTENDO IS SHUTTIN DOWN! NO MORE NINTENDO NO MORE, WOOOOO

based on this vid https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEbQYLDCI7/?igshid=1q75yu2wzjiiu

 

[Shroob]

In this context, it's a pattern I've noticed that when the announcement isn't anything exciting, they'll lead things along and say s### like "it's not a Capcom character and it's not a Level 5 cahracter and it's not Kat from Gravity Rush" (that was seriously a character they singled out, a niche Sony owned character)

No one wanted to say "It's the professor from Fire Emblem: Hogwarts gone wild"

I don't think they knew about Byleth.

Veggie Burger didn't even know until literally ten minutes before the Direct.

 

[CardStealer1]

so realistically speaking who do you guys think is coming in this entire pass? Like purely realistically. Ignore who YOU want the most but instead just try and guess realistically who you think will get in

Geno
Doom Guy
Isaac/ Bravely Default (Edea) / Sora
Dante / Rayman / Ezio / Ryu Hayabusa
Rex

I also see Waluigi and Phoenix having a decent shot, but these are my predictions atm.

 

[Staarih]

Bayonetta 3
No More Heroes III
Shin Megami Tensei V


Those seem like the big third party games that we know already know about that could show up.

Unfortunately I'm not sure any of them will show up.

I’d add Bravely Default II to that list, supposedly it’s still coming this year.

But yeah, I have no idea what to expect. But I’m not worked up at all, people say Nintendo is incompetent or doomed or that they don’t have a big holiday game etc, but I trust they’ll deliver at a later date. I’d rather they’re sure with their releases than delay after delay. Paper Mario worked just fine with only a few months between announcement and release.
Though I do understand fans getting frustrated, must be just the impatience.

 

[Shroob]

I’d add Bravely Default II to that list, supposedly it’s still coming this year.

But yeah, I have no idea what to expect. But I’m not worked up at all, people say Nintendo is incompetent or doomed or that they don’t have a big holiday game etc, but I trust they’ll deliver at a later date. I’d rather they’re sure with their releases than delay after delay. Paper Mario worked just fine with only a few months between announcement and release.
Though I do understand fans getting frustrated, must be just the impatience.

I feel it's less frustration and more confusion.


Even the people on the inside that seemingly know what's coming aren't sure what Nintendo's doing. I feel like, if they have 'stuff' to show off, which considering everything we've heard, they absolutely do, it's odd they just don't drop a Direct with everything's release date as "TBD". Hell, could even just do a mini like this one and only focus on 1-2 titles if they'd like.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

I think Nitendo's development side is right on track like they say.

It's there marketing teams that are a mess thanks to Covid.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

At this rate it’s going to be the Mario 36th anniversary collection.