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[Letterbomb]

There's no evidence for that. It always goes NA/EU announced first, Japan later.

As I have said numerous times, Iwata is hosting this one. Iwata never hosts the US/EU exclusive ones

Lol if people would just read the first page in entirety...
No use, though. This ain't no ordinary hype, son--this is Nintendo Direct hype! Toss your sensibility out the window, err'yone!

Not expecting much, though, to be quite honest. I take it Iwata is gonna rely on Sakurai again to pad the more exciting moments with Smash reveals. Wouldn't be surprised if we see both Diddie and Dixie make their appearance at the same time, whether as separate characters or not. Other than that, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Yoshi's New Island, Donkey Kong, maybe Yarn Yoshi, Mario Kart 8, some indie titles (?), another glimpse at Hyrulian Warriors, or whatever the hell that was, and maybe some new reveal.

Bring it to me.

 

[Magicpaint]

Give me Shin Megami Tensei IV already.

And announced Dragon Quest VII. Those would be "megaton" at this point.

 

[Neo Child]

mario smash football on 3ds please

would be SOGOOD

 

[Sadist]

what is Nintendo releasing this spring anyway?

Mario Kart 8

 

[RobotHaus]

Alright real talk:

-Diddy revealed for Smash
-Lots of Indie games
-Next Level is going to show off a new Mario soccer game for World Cup with cross overs of Nintendo/Sega/Capcom
-New game as mentioned by that magazine earlier this week
-More Zelda footage
-3DS/Wii U Cross Play games

I want to believe at least 2 of those will be true.

 

[Albo]

Wasn't there a rumor about Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon HD or something??

Awww yeah. It was listed on on best buy's site and a reputable uk retailer site (play,) last october. This could easily be a possible spring release if real.

 

[thefro]

Weird time is probably to avoid going head to head with the Winter Olympics

 

[TheLegendOfCap]

Wasn't there a rumor about Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon HD or something??

There was also a rumor about Kid Icarus: Uprsing Wii U, so I'm hoping there's some truth to that as well.

 

[Thoraxes]

Hope to see more 3DS announcements.

Outside of Layton, Layton x Wright, Smash, and MH4G I got no more games on the horizon to buy.

 

[Astrogavol]

Nintendo hype AKA my favorite part of gaf, too much fun reading all of you

1: "please drop da bomb!!!!!"
2 : "please don't do that!!!!!!"
3 : "please understand"

Spoiler

HYPED

 

[Phatmac]

Hopefully we get release dates for Layton vs Phoenix wright for the US and for Persona Q

 

[HUELEN10]

The Direct is at 11 p.m. here in Germany. Probably because of youth protection, so I guess there will be violence in some of the vids...hmm....Bayonetta 2?

That makes some sense... here's hoping! Maybe the full Art Academy will be debuted as well, or some other unknown fun download.

 

[Mlatador]

The Direct is at 11 p.m. here in Germany. Probably because of youth protection, so I guess there will be violence in some of the vids...hmm....Bayonetta 2?

That can only mean one thing... Devil's Third™ Wii U exclusive!!!

 

[RomanceDawn]

YAHOOO!!!!

All I want to see is X and an update on Yarn Yoshi. And Smash, always Smash.

 

[Aquamarine]

Awww yeah. It was listed on on best buy's site and a reputable uk retailer site (play,) last october. This could easily be a possible spring release if real.

Didn't you read my post 8 posts above yours? In October a distributor put up the Luigi's Mansion 2 HD listing and a whole bunch of sites (including Amazon and Best Buy) copied it.

 

[wsippel]

Iwata + Europe and US having the Direct at the same time usually means it's global (i.e. Japan included too). It's possible we'll get the announcement in the next hours.

7am in Japan? Not impossible, but I guess we'll see.

 

[hunnies28]

Cranky for Smash.

Year of Cranky Kong. Starts with Cranky Kong / Ressetti crossover game.

 

[prag16]

Almost 600 posts already?? jackiechan.png

Guys, come on, we always do this to ourselves...

 

[Mupod]

The big question is, Will there be Smash Bros. news, and if so, what will it be?

Bayonetta

believe

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Iwata will appear with Benny.

"Hello everyone"

"Goodbye Benny"

~tears up the stuffed animal into shreds"

~something was inside it~

*Majora's Mask 3DS cartridge*

 

[Green Yoshi]

Bayonetta 2 confirmed for April? Would be nice.

 

[ffdgh]

Almost 600 posts already?? jackiechan.png

Guys, come on, we always do this to ourselves...

Hype first. Consequences later.

 

[prag16]

Hype first. Consequences later.

True. Better sorry than safe. xD

 

[Aostia]

7am in Japan? Not impossible, but I guess we'll see.

well, other times it was very early in the morning for US, even for Directs with actual meaty contents... let's see!

 

[Jonboy]

.

Omg. That. Is. Gold.

10/10

 

[cacildo]

Almost 600 posts already?? jackiechan.png

Guys, come on, we always do this to ourselves...

Its the best part of gaf

 

[Pociask]

Iwata: "Please understand. We just found out about programmable shaders like, a year ago. And HD textures - Jesus, why didn't anyone warn us? I apologize for the long period between games, and pinky promise, we have set in place plans so that this will not happen again. Now, let us look at our upcoming spring Wii U lineup."

Iwata pauses, and then holds up a banana. "Do you like bananas? Well, how do you like these bananas?"
[Shows Donkey Kong trailer, with big reveal - Kranky Kong again]
Iwata: "I hope you have enjoyed seeing our spring Wii U lineup. And now, to the 3DS."


HYYYYPPPPPE

 

[ipitydatfu]

when's X

 

[ASIS]

Almost 600 posts already?? jackiechan.png

Guys, come on, we always do this to ourselves...

January 2013 did not disappoint though.

EDIT: Also, I just started Dark moon a few weeks ago. I really don't want a Wii U port now

 

[Toad.T]

all aboard the hip tram.

 

[BGBW]

3DS ports? Why would you celebrate that?

 

[JennyTablina]

Is it too much to hope for Panic Mode Nintendo chucking loads of lovely surprises at us?

 

[Tom_Cody]

And here we go...

I'm ready

 

[Disorientator]

Finally!!

Maybe it's time to reveal Steel Diver: Subwars.

 

[ladyluthien]

Oh yesss! I'm excited now!
I just would love for them to announce theatrhythm curtain call. That would make my month!
Getting hyped!!!

 

[DoubleDash]

Please announce N64 games for the Virtual Console.

I just want to play Mario 64 on my GamePad.

I would also accept Mario 64 HD if they wanted to give us that.

 

[comedy bomb]

Almost 600 posts already?? jackiechan.png

Guys, come on, we always do this to ourselves...

That's future comedy bomb's problem. Today is hypetime

 

[kunonabi]

Bayonetta 2 confirmed for April? Would be nice.

I find it surprising that the game is taking so long to be honest.

 

[MisterHero]

when's X

AT E3

IN FACT I HOPE IWATA ANNOUNCES NOTHING SO HE DOESN'T SPOIL E3

 

[Nia]

I would like to see more Hyrule Warriors, and a confirmation of other Zelda characters being playable.

 

[ASIS]

And here we go...

Ok, where is this from?

 

[Mlatador]

Almost 600 posts already?? jackiechan.png

Guys, come on, we always do this to ourselves...

Because the bombs will be glorious!!!!

 

[Trago]

Yes, from last October.

So the year of Luigi continues....

Speaking of which, lemme drop another prediction, I fully expect this year to be the year of Yoshi.

 

[vctor182]

NintendoGaf has the best Hype Train, count me in!

 

[Wartari]

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Direct on a Thursday evening at 23:00 and I'm sitting on a horribly slow internet connection that can't watch anything live? Shit. Will still read GAF.

 

[Spiderduff]

That's future comedy bomb's problem. Today is hypetime

I like the way you think. IM IN!!!

 

[Brofield]

all aboard the hip tram.

Favouriting for Pachter. Can we get him to predict that Bayonetta 2 won't be shown off so we can get the sudden launch tomorrow?

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Direct on a Thursday evening at 23:00 and I'm sitting on a horribly slow internet connection that can't watch anything live? Shit. Will still read GAF.

There will be no GAF.

 

[steveovig]

This time, I'm not getting my hopes up at all. It'll probably just be Kirby, MK, DKC, Bayo 2, SSB screens, and I don't care about those. I want to see tons of new stuff, including VC news, and maybe a surprise release.