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This was why I was hoping Nintendo would announce something. What they did was the right decision to respect those who lost their lives because that was far more important than trivial pursuits like video games, but considering a lot of the things Nintendo was going to announce during that Direct have already been announced or spoiled, the Smash Bros. reveal is arguably the last thing they have to make this Direct solvent, and if any footage of reveals (such as Isaac here) or game information is spoiled whether legitimately (Famitsu) or otherwise, then they should just scrap this entirely and instead focus on the Online Direct.
Well, yeah. The fact that these people decided to forego Nintendo's decision and just say it anyway will likely hurt Nintendo's Q3 earnings, because you know they aren't just going to hire a spin doctor to say that these companies didn't bother respecting the Hokkaido tragedy, because that's ****ty public relations.
So when do you feel they'll drop it?
2020.
Finally now I know I can rest now
Monday gives the most time to mourn without majorly risking their own Direct. Tuesday onward puts them in danger territory, at which point altering the Direct to include whatever news they have in reserves may be necessary.
I hope that doesn't give Nintendo a message to then cancel all directs from now on.
Doubtful, although I do expect them to just limit Directs to their in-house projects for a while and let other companies announce their stuff at their own convenience.
I was more being coy with that reply. xD
I don’t.
I mean, we all know the Online will be terrible. So here's no need to predict that.
Isaac's had his fair share as well. Obviously his model is more complex than Geno's, and there's plenty of fakes to use for both Geno and Skull Kid. I honestly find Skull Kid and Isaac have more going for them as far as the upcoming direct, if any hints mean anything. It could be any of them though. Exciting.
DIsagree strongly that it’s distasteful. It’s extremely unlikely, but certainly possible. It’s not like there’s no precedent to delaying something due to potentially insensitive material. How on earth is that distasteful? Speculation is speculation; nobody here is disregarding the tragedy or loss of human life. New information isn’t off limits.
Well those guys have always been popular amongst leakers during this cycle
I'm not trying to have a "sky is falling" mentality, but it will sour people for a few weeks, and companies don't like any hiccups in momentum.
Probably fake. The other three splash screens have a bar of light across the characters name for most of the splash, but it does mute itself towards the end of the splash as well
I think it says "Isaac Moves the Earth" which would fall in line with WHY they cancel the direct.
You could say whatever you want about "sophomore slumps" or anything like that, but when the Switch debuted in 2017, they had three killer apps that would entice people to buy the console; Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and Splatoon 2. And, underlying the success was the fact that plenty of bad shovelware managed to sneak into the eShop like "Vroom in the Night Sky" and "Cartoon Network Battle Crashers". It's kinda why, aside from Xenoblade 2, we've mostly saw Switch ports of Wii U titles for most of the year leading into the holidays because they believe Ultimate and Super Mario Party will be the killer apps of 2018 and beyond. Basically, what I'm saying is the fact that the Switch has had few major programs and instead relied on ported software instead to kill time.
And that not counting some of the other major 2018 Switch successes like Star Allies and Octopath Traveler. I think Nintendo will be just fine come December 7
//cries in Sora (though thinks he's incredibly unlikely)
By naming Sora, you've just named the main reason why a BD character (like Anges) wouldn't make it. I like the game, don't get me wrong, I'm just saying that the competition Anges faces from Geno, Sora, a DQ character, or (come DLC time) someone from Octopath Traveler (such as Cyrus, H'aanit, or Ophillia) is pretty stiff.
Will it sour people for a few weeks, though? Or only until we see the Direct?
I mean even If did Kill said momentum I think we all still watch it I know I would
It's what we all did last time something "ruined" a direct
I'm late to the party again, but I'd like to add that Dark Dawn had awful advertising and it probably impacted the EU sales the most.
I wonder if a lot of people only got their Switches at the end of 2017 because of the shortages and had to catch up on BoTW, Odyssey, and Splatoon 2? That said, it's been fine for me because of XC2, Octopath, and now MHGU, but I'm also supplementing Switch playtime with an MMO (Final Fantasy XIV). I can see why people who might have adopted the Switch early and aren't big RPG fans might feel like there was a drought though...
I'm hoping for an XC2 rep (Rex with Pyra and Mythra supporting him like Pokemon Trainer does or Pyra with a Mythra Echo fighter), Lycanroc, Isaac, Monster Hunter, and Isabelle the most.
Agreed, sadly. Honestly, I don't think that any one of them really has a good claim definitively above the others... Geno has a vocal fanbase, but Sora fans are in the woodworks and the silent fans probably support him more than Geno. My only hopes for a Bravely character is that because SE is notoriously stingy, they won't want a character advertising a dead series (Super Mario RPG) or allow for a KH rep, so a Bravely character could slip through the cracks...
Pretty much what makes the upcoming direct exciting, we very well could be getting Isaac, who knows. Even Verge has mentioned that he has no specifics on this direct so feels like we're going in blind for the first time with predictions on the reveal shuffling between a few characters.
