New Ninty Direct

CastorTroy

"we're launching the online service and here is some information about what you can play..." Followed by 20 minutes of Smash

Corholio

I don't think there will be any sort of big update in a Direct about the Online service. Any info has always been put online and for the start of it we already know most of it anyway, maybe besides how cloud saves will work. The website will just be updated and they will Tweet about it.

I don't expect much if any mention of it in the rumoured Direct.

Mr E

The rumour has grown legs it seems, and Nintendo Life have a reliable source that says it's on tomorrow at midnight our time (4pm PST, 7pm EST)

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/09/rumour_yet_another_nintendo_direct_to_air_tomorrow_switch_online_details_incoming

Lord Spence

I predict GTA5 + GTA5 Online, Released same day as online sub starts.
You heard it hear first!!!

Chardee MacDennis

Metroid Prime 4 announcement and immediately available.... :pac:

Corholio

And there it is....

11pm Irish time.

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1037339618147028993?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

CastorTroy

11pm for us. Grand by me. So let the rumours begin

pasta-solo

I hope they don't spend too much time on Smash!

TitianGerm

Corholio wrote: »

And there it is....

11pm Irish time.

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1037339618147028993?ref_src=twcamp%5Ecopy%7Ctwsrc%5Eandroid%7Ctwgr%5Ecopy%7Ctwcon%5E7090%7Ctwterm%5E3

Can't wait for another Smash direct. Hopefully this one details how the dust particles react to Kirby sucking in an enemy.

CastorTroy

So 25 mins of 3ds and 5 at beginning and end for new Smash challengers

Corholio

They aren't quite as specific in description as they usually are. It's 'upcoming' rather than 'games releasing this year' or 'updates on already announced titles' etc.

The NSMBU Deluxe rumoured title looks almost certain at this stage such is the chatter the last few months. It's an interesting time of year where it's close enough to next year to hype stuff and it still not feel too far away so it'll be interesting to see what gets shown/revealed.

Banjo

Realistically they're probably going to spend time on that Luigi's Mansion re-run due on 3DS. Fingers crossed for Red Still-Alive Redemption, a watered-down-for-Switch reimagining.

Mr E

I'd love RDR or GTA5 on Switch.

I fear we will get 10 minutes of Luigi, 10 minutes of Smash and 15 minutes of random indies that weren't good enough for the last two Nindie directs.

As of 11:35 tomorrow, Online will still be a mystery.

I do think the v6 Firmware will be available after the direct, though.

CastorTroy

There is a port they could do that I don't think I've seen mentioned before: Fatal Frame 5

sligeach

Read this rumour on Monday, could be BS but you never know.

The next Nintendo Direct is scheduled for this Thursday, September 6 at 10:00 AM EST. The Direct has a run time of 27 minutes, 12 seconds, and is predominantly focused on Nintendo Switch Online.

Nintendo Switch Online will launch on Friday, September 21 and a two-week free trial will be available to all users. Furthermore, free early access to Nintendo Switch Online will be given to those that purchased and registered their Nintendo Switch within the first two weeks of the console’s March 2017 launch, starting Tuesday, September 18.

Subscribers will receive an extra 30% off sale items and 10% off regularly priced items in the eShop. Nindies Together is a new program that lets Nintendo Switch Online users gain free early access to some of the hottest indie titles currently in development and allow them to give direct feedback straight to the developer, starting with Bullet Age later this month.

On top of that, Nindies Together offers two free indie titles to Nintendo Switch Online users every month to play for the duration of their subscription. The first titles, launching on September 21, will be Crossing Souls and Assault Gunners HD Edition.

Nintendo Switch Online users will be granted access to several alternate skins in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate when the game launches, including Dry Bowser and Cloud’s costume from the Kingdom Hearts series.

Smash won’t be the only game subject to Nintendo Switch Online perks, however. Splatoon 2 will receive special Nintendo Switch Online-themed Inkling apparel and two new weapons, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe will be updated with two new tracks - Waluigi Pinball and Broken Pier.

FINAL FANTASY XV — Pocket Edition is coming to the eShop on October 26.

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes receives a new gameplay trailer, revealing a new swamp stage. The game launches on January 19.

The Wonderful 101 is being ported to the Switch and coming very soon — on November 23.

Masuda-san appears with a new trailer for Pokémon Let’s Go! to reveal two new gyms and a new Pokémon called Gillybal, a Fire/Ghost dual-type with only one evolution: Gildragon.

Masuda-san has another trailer to present, this time for Smash. Little Mac and Bowser Jr. are squaring off in Boxing Ring, equally matching one another’s blows. A large silhouette is observing from the tunnel when Little Mac lands the final blow on Bowser Jr..

Little Mac celebrates to the roar of the crowd until the Koopalings jump him, easily defeating him and taking his place in the celebration. Behind them you can see a large figure quickly approaching and launching itself into the air. While Iggy still celebrates, the other Koopalings are body-slammed into the mat and Iggy reluctantly turns around to find the massive build of Incineroar looking down on him.

“Incineroar Rings the Bell!”

Incineroar has a wide range of attacks, including an uppercut, a lunge, two grapples, and a lariat.

His final smash buries the opponent into the ground, as he viciously pounds them deeper into the dirt, launching them at the end.

The trailer cuts back to the cinematic, as Little Mac gets back up ready to fight Incineroar.

Koizumi-san returns with another Smash character announcement.

Link, Shulk, and Marth are battling Rathalos in Coliseum. Marth is the first to be defeated, getting easily swiped away into a nearby column. Link fires arrows at Rathalos to no avail and Shulk meets the same fate as Marth after lunging at Rathalos.

Link launches a remote bomb into the mouth of Rathalos, who isn’t affected by the explosion. Rathalos returns fire to Link, but the flames are reflected — not by Link, but by Isaac from Golden Sun.

“Isaac Settles the Score!”

Isaac is not a typical Smash swordfighter as most of his moveset revolves around Psynergy, exhibited in the trailer. All four main elements of Psynergy are shown off, posing Isaac up against most of the Pokémon cast through the trailer.

The player can manually switch between Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Mercury quickly in similar fashion to Shulk.

Isaac has four final smashes, dependent on which element of Psynergy you are in at the time of activation: Judgment, Meteor, Thor, and Boreas.

Instead of a final cinematic scene, it ends with “To Be Continued.”

This is not the end of the Direct. Koizumi-san reappears with “one last thing” — a new trailer for Bayonetta 3, revealing Bayonetta’s new sleek black and rose gold-plated outfit and a release window of April 2019.

https://smashboards.com/threads/nintendo-direct-on-thursday.458093/#post-22373425

All of it is believable and a lot of those games have been rumoured before.

Mr E

Hey dude. WB.

Edit: Apart from the snoozy Smash stuff, that sounds pretty good..

sligeach

If we're making predictions for tomorrow, my money's on paid DLC for Super Mario Odyssey. I can't believe Nintendo would let that opportunity pass them by unavailed of, when you see all their other major games, BOTW, MK8, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, etc get paid DLC. If they're going to do it, now would be the ideal time to announce it.

DARK-KNIGHT

sligeach wrote: »

If we're making predictions for tomorrow, my money's on paid DLC for Super Mario Odyssey. I can't believe Nintendo would let that opportunity pass them by unavailed of, when you see all their other major games, BOTW, MK8, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, etc get paid DLC. If they're going to do it, now would be the ideal time to announce it.

Did you buy the zelda dlc? Its excellent

panevthe3rd

sligeach wrote: »

If we're making predictions for tomorrow, my money's on paid DLC for Super Mario Odyssey. I can't believe Nintendo would let that opportunity pass them by unavailed of, when you see all their other major games, BOTW, MK8, Splatoon 2, Xenoblade Chronicles 2, etc get paid DLC. If they're going to do it, now would be the ideal time to announce it.

I'd pay pretty much whatever they asked for a new kingdom. Delfino maybe...

druss

Postponed due to earthquake in Japan. No new date as of yet.

earthwormjack

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1037596347979812864?s=19

Magnitude 6.7. Japan having a rough time at the minute weather wise.

CiDeRmAn

I was going to say I hope everyone is okay, but it's plainly not the case
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/06/landslides-power-outages-powerful-earthquake-hits-japan/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1z-zntx9Xc

Mr E

Tough week for Japan - Typhoon Jebi, now this.

Mr E

It's amazing how many sheltered nerds are complaining that the Direct has been cancelled (not this site, obviously)

At least the grounded majority are calling them out for it....

sligeach

https://twitter.com/nicoryuuga/status/1037258633120116736

Translation: "The effects of the Typhoon Intendo Nintendo."

Gunmonkey

Thats the reason they delayed the Direct......had to remove all the N's from the logos in the video!

CastorTroy

Seems the Direct isn't the only thing delayed. The latest system update 6.0 and Splatoon update 4.0 have also been delayed. I guess they were to be available "after the direct". Expected to be next Thursday now.

CiDeRmAn

We don't know how lucky we are, living in such a geologically stable location, well most of us at least.

Rhyme

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

We don't know how lucky we are, living in such a geologically stable location, well most of us at least.

Roscommon might sink into the sea, you never know.

Pac1Man

Has anyone posted a Quakecon joke yet?