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[Dr. Wilkinson]

Nintendo's poppin' the champagne right now for sure

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

So…of the next question is…

Will we see more delays in the western hemisphere or Europe? Everyone!?

Maybe… the Mari Kart Direct!?

Nintendo announcing a delay in a title Direct?

Nah I don't think it works like that. It would be a Twitter post. Just boilerplate and to the point. You wouldn't put outwardly bad/ bummer news in a Direct like that. Directs exist purely to make their products look and sound great/ put them in the best possible light.

But all of this is irrelevant now, with the tariffs canceled 90+ days/ prolly indefinitely.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

They aren't canceled, they are still at least 10%, if not China.

 

[Ashamam]

They aren't canceled, they are still at least 10%, if not China.

They aren't cancelled full stop, its a delay. Pending next market manipulation.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

Nintendo announcing a delay in a title Direct?

Nah I don't think it works like that. It would be a Twitter post. Just boilerplate and to the point. You wouldn't put outwardly bad/ bummer news in a Direct like that. Directs exist purely to make their products look and sound great/ put them in the best possible light.

But all of this is irrelevant now, with the tariffs canceled 90+ days/ prolly indefinitely.

Yeah, i meant it as a joke yesterday that maybe the next "delay" would have been the Mario kart direct. It was just a joke.

Seriously though, we can not even comment anymore on anything. Everything is changing in the world so fast. My post from yesterday aged like 90 day old milk and it wasn't even 24 hours. Crazy times.

What will tomorrow bring us?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

The us economy is so intertwined with the rest of the world, it's impossible for everything going on to not impact everyone else.

Meanwhile in Europe…

 

[Tams]

If CANZUK were a proper thing, or the Commonwealth were more than ceremonial, you wouldn't be suffering like this my Canadian brothers and sisters.

I guess you'll have to do with beaver tails instead.

 

[th4tguy]

Meanwhile in Europe…

Congrats!

 

[Cyberpunkd]

If CANZUK were a proper thing, or the Commonwealth were more than ceremonial, you wouldn't be suffering like this my Canadian brothers and sisters.

I guess you'll have to do with beaver tails instead.

How dare you claim Canada before us?

 

[blacktout]

Things are looking pretty grim for an announcement today, and tomorrow is Friday. I'm hoping we won't have to wait until next week for a new preorder date.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[DaleinCalgary]

The only thing I can think of is Canada's stock is sitting in warehouses in the USA

 

[Kacho]

 

[Great Auk]

I registered. Kind of sneaky for them to say you must have opted to share gameplay data. I can't remember if I turned that off when I set up the Switch for my kid.

 

[QLQ]

Delayed everywhere.

 

[WhiteWaterM00se]

Things are looking pretty grim for an announcement today, and tomorrow is Friday. I'm hoping we won't have to wait until next week for a new preorder date.

I would assume it is next week for the date. For everyone interested in Canada and US. With how quickly things are changing in the trade war, Nintendo may want to see stability before they announce anything.


Also, I have seen some speculate that Nintendo could opt for pre-order releases thru Nintendo account and most everyone else goes to "brick and mortar" stores for purchase. This way they can limit to "only 1" per person.

I don't think Nintendo would do that, but it is probably an effective way of fighting scalpers on a large scale.

 

[Efren is G.O.A.T.]

I think I.am imagining things, this morning I swear I saw a post on Facebook from IGN saying that preorder would start on May 8th in both USA and Canada but now I can't find that post anywhere.

 

[MDSLKTR]

 

[blacktout]

Nintendo announced the preorder date a full week beforehand last time around, so if this information is legit, then we could get an announcement tomorrow or even later today.