Lights and Waves
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Absolutely. All they need to do is show the logo, tease it for E3, and watch the money pour in.
Nintendo Direct on April 12 (3PM PT, Switch/3DS, mainly Splarms)
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Absolutely. All they need to do is show the logo, tease it for E3, and watch the money pour in.
they could announce a July release window and another weekend of testfires
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IIRC it wasn't completely illogical. It was the day before the FY2014 Financial Release.
I always do lists like this. It's the best of the ND hype, I love making absurd lists, and also reading other people's absurd lists, like Nintendo Direct Bingo's.
Nintendo Direct Hype is the best hype.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Stoked about new 3DS software. I love my Switch by the 3DS is still king for gaming out of the home.
Dark Cloud
Member
Me too. I'm hoping they have a ARMS demo announced coming this month.
wild wild rice
Member
Very nice. Looking forward to ARMS release date and perhaps a miniton or two.
While I'd absolutely love a Smash 4 Deluxe reveal in this Direct, I still feel like they'd want to save that bombshell for E3. That said, we're starting to see more signs of Bayo, Cloud, & now the 2 Corrin Amiibos being a thing sooner rather than later.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I could also see an Arms + Joycon bundle. Sorta like Wii Play. Would be a good way to get the game in people's hands.
FlaygletheBagel
Banned
Please oh please let there be a VC announcement.
Yeah, I feel like we're due for another weekend of Testfires with the release of Splatoon 2 likely being a few months out.
HeisenbergWW62
Banned
Release dates for ARMS and Splatoon 2 are guaranteed. Hopefully VC but they might save that for E3
Dark Cloud
Member
Why? And please don't say because USFII is coming in May.
SporeCrawler
Member
smash 4 switch.. would hardly be a bombshell. it would sell for sure but it wouldnt be something to make the headlines at e3. also it would be a good stopgap between arms and splatoon 2 or splatoon 2 and mario odyssey
This, please. I'm curious to see if Nintendo goes with rollback or delay-based netcode for ARMS (please be rollback).
Oh right, I almost forgot about those. With the Best Buy listing for those 3 Amiibos, I'd be shocked if we didn't get them announced in this Direct.
DecoReturns
Member
Zelda DLC talk?
Naw, I'm sure that's a E3 type thing
Naw, I'm sure that's a E3 type thing
Youngfossil
Neo Member
splatoon 2 supposed to is supposed to have a story mode. Maybe they will shed some light on that
dangerskew
Member
Praying for a surprise Picross Switch announcement.
Lol ofc it's not because of that. It's simply too late in Spring, they won't talk about everything the game has to offer in the direct and they need more time than a mere month to communicate about it. I expect a mid-June release.
I'm thinking we may see the 3 unreleased Zelda 30th anniversary amiibo. Best Buy did recently list 3 new (Zelda) amiibo for a short time before removing them.
Anything Smash would be hype, especially if it meant new characters. Of course, if it's just the Wii U/3DS roster + all of the DLC characters, then you'd have more of a point.
Cosmo Clock 21
Banned
Plenty of third party Switch titles releasing over the next month or two to talk about as well. Puyo Puyo Tetris, USF2, Disgaea, Undertale
I think they will reuse the one from the first game...
June for Splatoon 2 doesn't seem realistic to me, especially considering "Summer" usually means Q3 which means it could release anytime between July-September and still technically be a summer release.
I kinda want it to release later so I have time to play games in my backlog first lol
We already know it's going to be new just based on the couple of snippets we saw in the reveal trailer.
Dark Cloud
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That's my only worry is that they'll want to show it one more time at E3, but I'm hoping they'll have a demo for people to play and advertising is good enough to ship it before E3.
They already confirmed it's a new story mode....you know because this is called Splatoon 2 aka a sequel aka a new game.
Spring started like three weeks ago
SporeCrawler
Member
even with some additional characters (springman, inklings anyone?) I dont think it would generate as much hype as a new smash. so yeah a direct would be a good way to announce if its just a port with some characters.
if its a new game from the ground up then e3 would be ideal
It was confirmed to be a new campaign. Plus Splatoon 2 is a sequel, not a port. Why would it have the campaign from the first game?
I lost it at "trying to be realistic". O_O
There will be Arms, Splatoon, Pikmin 3DS, Fire Emblem Echoes, one new game and maybe they'll bother explaining how the online works and when VC is coming.
I mean, last year, Summer started in March.
The Horror the horror
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I can see it generating hype if the delux versions adds 2 new third-party icons.
Seems like I'm wrong, I was under wrong assumption then. Whend did they confirm it to be a new campaign?