Nintendo Direct Megathread

[Moonface]

No idea if the Zelda games are going to be making a showing, but we are going to be getting a Direct tomorrow!

Sucks I won't get to watch it because I'm going to be in class but ah well.

Edit: Those in the UK will apparently not be able to watch this Direct live, as Nintendo are not streaming it in that country due to the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth. It will be uploaded an hour later as a regular video like all Directs are after their live airing.
Frankly I think this is a stupid move and I don't get why not airing it live is out of respect but it's releasing it an hour later anyway so what's actually the point?
Edit 2: UK viewers can just watch the NoA stream which makes this move even more stupid...

[ShiraNoMai]

I still like to think it's because of the official title drop of the sequel to Breath of the Wild

[Moonface]

Pretty lengthy Direct announced for tomorrow! I reckon a good 5-10 minutes of this will go to Tears of the Kingdom since it isn't long until launch and we still haven't seen much yet. I hope they show off farming!

[ShiraNoMai]

I got my Bingo Board ready.

Expecting an Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp shadow drop tomorrow, or at least a date. It's been long enough, I think. Perhaps more news on Pikmin 4 and Octopath 2?

[Dragon Lord]

I think the only game I'm interested in getting on the Switch that won't be available on a better platform is going to be the Kirby remaster/remake/rewhatever. That and Fire Emblem Engage are the only Switch-exclusive games I care about this year I believe (unless they announce something surprising for later in 2023).

I guess I could pray for GBA games on NSO at long last, but Nintendo doesn't make smart decisions most of the time so I won't hold my breath.

[Moonface]

Expecting an Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp shadow drop tomorrow, or at least a date. It's been long enough, I think. Perhaps more news on Pikmin 4 and Octopath 2?

Yeah, Advance Wars needs to show. There's no point holding it back any longer, and I think it would be better to just drop it out of nowhere than give a new release date. Pikmin 4 seems unlikely since I doubt it'll release in the first half of this year.
For your bingo board stuff, Silksong is a high chance given that it has to release before June 12, but if it isn't here then Microsoft might be announcing it as a shadow drop for their "E3" presentation. I can't see where else it could show up besides these two events.

I guess I could pray for GBA games on NSO at long last, but Nintendo doesn't make smart decisions most of the time so I won't hold my breath.

I'd be surprised if nothing new is added to NSO's legacy game options, considering the shallow number of first-party titles coming to Switch this year and most third-party stuff isn't exclusive. Unless Switch is someone's only system there's not a huge amount on offer for it this year so far.


For things I'd expect to see not mentioned yet, Splatoon 3 getting a DLC or just a new splastfest announcement is likely. Maybe I'll get lucky and something for that game will be announced to make me care about it again.
Besides Tears of the Kingdom stuff though, I'm not really going into this with many expectations or hopes. Unless there's a lot of announcements for games being released in the next few months there isn't a lot of things to cover.

[Moonface]

Last minute announcement for a Nintendo Direct airing tomorrow morning. I'm kinda curious what we'll get for this one that stands out since Pikmin 4 is the only notable first party Nintendo game left to release. I guess the next Mario Kart 8 Deluxe wave will get shown and maybe some DLC for Fire Emblem Engage, but beyond that I'm clueless.

[ShiraNoMai]

Lots of particular rumors surrounding the notion of a new 2D Mario game being announced, as well as a remake of a Super Nintendo title. We're well overdue for a new Mario, and even moreso in the 2D department. New Soup U was the last official one from... 2012? Over a decade of no new 2D. Well, traditionally at least. Super Mario Run I suppose would've counted, but that is an auto-running platformer so

The Super Nintendo remake... this could be literally anything, oof. The most copium response I've seen is either Super Mario RPG or F-Zero. I'm placing bets its probably another JRPG series. They've been doing those a lot as of late, wouldn't be shocking to see another added to the list.

[Mr EliteL]

3PM my time, alrighty.

Would be good to see a new Mario 2D game I suppose. I haven't got a new one since...haha, 2006 NSMB. I don't want every instalment anyway. Not sure if I'll be interested in anything else or even that, but I'll watch.

[Moonface]

Ugh, just realized this airs during my blood test so I'll probably miss the entire thing.

[Mr EliteL]

Yeah and I just missed it live for completely forgetting about it somehow until 5PM rolled around and was like "Shite!" Just watched it now.

[Moonface]

New Direct tomorrow morning for games coming out this Winter. I just woke up so don't have the brain power to think of what games I wanna see or anything right now. x=x

[Mr EliteL]

Since we've had plenty of stuff for Wonder I doubt that'll be in there, perhaps another look at the Super Mario RPG Remake though, don't know what else. If it's just updates on stuff they've already shown and SMRPG is the only one I have my eye on then I don't care much of anything else.

[Moonface]

Going off of what was in the last Direct, here are my guesses for what we'll see:

• Pokemon Scarlet/Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero DLC - Part 2 | The Indigo Disk
  
• Sonic Superstars
  
• Palia
  
• Splatoon 3 - probably some new season that'll start during the winter
  
• Detective Pikachu Returns
  
• Super Mario RPG
  
• Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - we don't have a date except for 2023, so this is probably getting a date tomorrow
  
• Silent Hope
  
• Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince
  
• Headbangers Rhythm Royale
  
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Booster Course Wave 6 teaser
  
• WarioWare: Move It!
  
• Some new classic title additions
  
• Maybe a new classic console library gets added to NSO
  

Maybe a few other games from the last Direct could show up too but I expect all of these will definitely be in. I suspect most surprise/new announcements will be related to classic games rather than something brand new getting announced. If SMRPG doesn't close the Direct I'm not sure what else would be big enough to do it here.

[Moonface]

Not sure what to expect from this so I'm not really going in with anything. I'm sure the internet is already huffing hopium for Silksong though.