-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Nintendo 3DS Direct - 17th April - 3 PM UK/10 AM EST
- Thread starter JoeM86
- Start date
Herb Alpert
Banned
I may be wrong, but they the later they announced a direct was just 8 hours before it airs. So there is still room.
It's pretty obvious they will have one, the contrary would be really surprising...
Isn't this direct actually an hour later than previous global directs?
Japan might still have one, but that extra hour might indicate no, and they pushed it back so America would have a more reasonable time to wake up at in the morning.
As said just few posts above you, last Japanese versions of Direct have been announced around 10 hours before the event.
StreetsAhead
Member
It'll be announced in about 10 hours, if it's actually going to happen.
Herb Alpert
Banned
I am not sure, in France we had the summer time shift so I am totally lost!
Last one iirc was at 2pm UK time (GMT), this one is at 3pm UK summer time which is an hour later (BST/GMT+1)
So it's at the same time for us at least.
Exterminieren
Banned
I don't recall there being a simultaneous Direct for NA and Europe without Japan being involved.
Simultaneous Directs tend a) to be simultaneous across the world and b) to contain at least one new announcement of some kind.
Simultaneous Directs tend a) to be simultaneous across the world and b) to contain at least one new announcement of some kind.
Forgot about the time change ... But should that matter? Does Japan not participate in DST?
Nope, JST stays the same as it always is.
StreetsAhead
Member
It's kinda crazy if we think about it. The 3DS at this point in time has a lot of high quality games from both first and third party developers. All kinds of IP, big sellers, smaller titles, indie titles, mainstream games, niche games, new IP and sequels. But we want more! 3DS is so good.
You're right. There's never been a Nintendo Direct with Europe and North America but not Japan in the same day (excluding a Nintendo Direct Mini focusing on NSMB2 DLC in October).
Learn something new every day. q:
No Japanese Direct = No Zelda 3DS.
No Japanese direct = Animal Crossing presentation, dates for summer games we already know about like DK & Mario Golf, and if we are lucky a new color.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
No Japan would mean either western games developed by western companies (lol, no) or already released games in Japan that are getting localized, so I'm hyped.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Games shown in a simultaneous Direct means it will come out in US/EU right?
Master Nairb
Member
3DS??? Nintendo's not convincing me that they still care about the Wii U. I don't care if Iwata just apologized for thirty minutes on a new Nintendo Direct, I just want to hear some new Wii U news straight from the source.
Pancakes R Us
Member
3DS price cut to £/$99. Game price cut too please.
Nintendo is promoting this direct via email with a whole day to spare, and I don't think they've done that frequently.
Not here in Europe, it's just 15 minutes after I get home from work, as usual.
Not here in Europe, it's just 15 minutes after I get home from work, as usual.
I want a Wii U Direct.
StreetsAhead
Member
They released two games in different territories last month, have a game coming in Japan to the eshop, which is the first to use NFC figures, and the April update is due any day. There'll be some news soon.
Besides, they have a tonne of already announced stuff to release and talk about, so it may not be new anyway.
1. Mario 3D
2. Mario Kart
3. Pokemon Rumble U
4. Panorama View
5. Pikmin 3
6. Wii Fit U
7. The Wonderful 101
8. Bayonetta 2
9. Yarn Yoshi
10. Wii Party U
11. Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
12. Smash 4
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Nice vague email from Nintendo Australia.
Around the Italian "press" it seems that there is quite some buzz for this Direct. Don't know what to expect.
spindashing
Banned
Aw, damn. I'm going to be at work when this happens.
I'll try and follow GAF.
I'll try and follow GAF.
I doubt nintendo would talk about third party games being localized unless they publish them themselves.
StreetsAhead
Member
If it's 12AM in Australia, they could do a 11PM one in Japan, like the last multi-national 1st party Direct.
plagiarize
Banned
i'll be trapped at work in training, so i'll not likely get to even follow a live blog... but if i can swing it i will. been getting a lot of good use out of my 3DS lately as my work situation changed and i can't go out to lunch anymore, giving me time to kill in the office.
ShockingAlberto
Member
NEW POSSIBLY STREAMING INTERNET VIDEO MAYBE ABOUT NINTENDO COMING THIS MONTH
The new 'video' will concern one of Nintendo's handheld systems and entertainment software that may or may not be coming for it.
Screamapillar
Member
No Japanese Direct would seem to indicate the strong likelihood of some big localization announcements of previously Japan-only 3DS games like BDFF and Fantasy Life, among others.
Also, the beginning of a major, major push for Animal Crossing in the west. New XL bundle, etc.
Details and trailer for DKCR 3D
New trailers for Mario Golf, Mario & Luigi
Maybe a new game announcement or two? (We haven't had a handheld Kirby since fall 2011)
All in all, should be a good morning for us.
Also, the beginning of a major, major push for Animal Crossing in the west. New XL bundle, etc.
Details and trailer for DKCR 3D
New trailers for Mario Golf, Mario & Luigi
Maybe a new game announcement or two? (We haven't had a handheld Kirby since fall 2011)
All in all, should be a good morning for us.
Screamapillar
Member
It's quite the opposite. Usually the Directs in NA air at 9
German Gamingwebsite 4 Players posted this Message on Facebook.
They say, that we are gonna see three new Games.
My shitty translation:
Nintendo shows again new Games for the 3DS. Look at this Link. Write a comment and you can win overall five softwarepackages containing three of the new games (you will get them, when they are released). "
Rest is bla bla bla, Good Luck.
They say, that we are gonna see three new Games.
My shitty translation:
Nintendo shows again new Games for the 3DS. Look at this Link. Write a comment and you can win overall five softwarepackages containing three of the new games (you will get them, when they are released). "
Rest is bla bla bla, Good Luck.
I was thinking this too. If there's no Japanese direct, then they chose a pretty weird time to schedule it. I'm definitely sure we're also getting a Japanese one. I don't expect them to announce Zelda 3DS or Metroid Dread if there's one like some people here though.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
A 3DS Kirby game is guaranteed to be released this year or next, so the timing of the Direct may not be coincidental.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
We haven't had a handheld Metroid since 2006.
We haven't had a handheld Zelda since 2009.
Not saying Kirby isn't imminent, but it's not exactly a huge gap.
Directs are one of the better ideas that have come out of Ninty, it does a great job of hyping the fanbase and directly communicating with them.
If Iwata were to step down, I'd want him to still host them. The guy might not be leading the company in the direction most of us want, but he's still a nice face to see once and a while.
If Iwata were to step down, I'd want him to still host them. The guy might not be leading the company in the direction most of us want, but he's still a nice face to see once and a while.
As said earlier in the thread, not only having both US and European Directs at the same time without a Japanese one never happened, but the time is basically the same as for the other times in Japan: 3 PM GMT means 23:00 Japan Time, when all the simultaneous Directs happened. We're seeing the Direct one hour later due to Japan not applying DST
CEO's who step down in disgrace (which is what would happen if he steps down due to poor financials) don't stick around as the face of the company. I'd imagine they'd have someone like Miyamoto lead these things.
Screamapillar
Member
Well, Metroid hasn't had a handheld release in the mainline series since Zero Mission for GBA, right? I think that series is pretty much on the back burner
Zelda is too big to announce in a Direct, they'll save that for E3. Unless they're going all Wii U at E3 and this Direct is supposed to be 3DS's big day in the sun until another Direct in June or July.
at least you know it's a Nintendo Direct now, cause you know, Nintendo Direct.