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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Switch presentations: Minutes per game

I was wondering how much time Nintendo allocates to the games on the Switch in their presentations. Therefore I decided to create a thread about it.

I will look at Nintendo exclusive games (including its DLC). When a game got ported from Wii U (i.e. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) I only count the time that the port was presented and not the version on the original system. I only exclude The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild from that rule since it got released simultaneously on the Switch and the Wii U.

After every Nintendo Direct or the main e3 presentations I will update the numbers. I won’t include Nintendo Treehouse (I consider Nintendos e3 presentation in 2016 a Treehouse).

To make things easier I will count every started minute as a whole one.

To clarify how I calculate my numbers I will make an example:

Arms was presented on following days for following minutes:

 

  • January 12, 2017 for 6 minutes
  • April 12, 2017 for 8 minutes
  • May 17, 2017 for 21 minutes
  • September 13, 2017 for 1 minute
  • March 8, 2018 for 2 minutes
  • March 26, 2020 for 1 minute
6+8+21+1+2+1 = 39 minutes

Feel free to make any suggestion.

Video game September 04, 2019 January 09, 2020 February 20, 2020 March 26, 2020 June 17, 2020 September 03, 2020 September 17, 2020 October 28, 2020 Total in minutes
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate 4     1         110
Pokémon Sword / Shield 4 19   4 2       56
Splatoon 2                 52
Animal Crossing Switch 6   28 2         41
Arms       1         39
Xenoblade Chronicles 2                 35
Super Mario Maker 2                 21
Super Mario Odyssey                 18
Monster Hunter Rise             15   15
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild                 13
Fire Emblem: Three Houses                 12
Mario Tennis Aces                 10
Octopath Traveler                 10
Daemon X Machina 1               9
Bravely Default 2       5       4 9
Monster Hunter Stories 2             8   8
Kirby Star Allies                 7
Luigis Mansion 3 2               7
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1               6
Pokken Tournament DX                 6
Yoshi's Crafted World                 6
Astral Chain                 6
Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition 2     4         6
1-2-Switch                 5
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker                 5
No more Heroes 3               3 5
Super Mario Party                 4
Pokémon Lets Go                 4
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle                 3
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity               3 3
Super Mario 3D World           3     3
Super Mario 3D All-Stars           3     3
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games 2               3
Town 2               3
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe                 2
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2                 2
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Encore 2               2
Clubhouse Games 51 Worldwide Classics       2         2
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX   2             2
Mario Kart Live Home Circuit           2     2
New Pokémon Snap         2       2
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze                 1
New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe                 1
Metroid Prime 4                 1
Deadly Premonition 2 1               1


Last edited by XD84 - on 13 December 2020

Haha very nice and dedicated work. The amount of time spent on Smash is insane. They truly believe this is the game that will carry them to their forecast.



Kind of depressing when you consider it. I understand the ARMs minutes, considering it's a new franchise, but Smash and Splatoon are WAY overdone. We really didn't need to go dozens of minutes into detail about every bit of content in Smash.

Breath of the Wild would actually be first, most likely, if you considered all of the 2016 Direct coverage it had; so it is not completely depressing stats.

On the amount of time per game? I think new franchises like ARMS, and games that have significant changes like Breath of the Wild should have much more coverage than say: Smash Brothers version 5, or New Super Mario Bros version whatever - for the most part, we already know what we're getting with these formula games, but with new franchises and non-formula games there's a lot of stuff that's really interesting to learn about.



Anyway, much appreciation for the work you've done on this.

Last edited by Jumpin - on 01 November 2018

I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

Smash needs and deserves all the time dedicated to it. Massive game



Jumpin said:

Kind of depressing when you consider it. I understand the ARMs minutes, considering it's a new franchise, but Smash and Splatoon are WAY overdone. We really didn't need to go dozens of minutes into detail about every bit of content in Smash.

Breath of the Wild would actually be first, most likely, if you considered all of the 2016 Direct coverage it had; so it is not completely depressing stats.



Anyway, much appreciation for the work you've done on this.

Thank you for mentioning BotW. I forgot to write, that I did not count the time of the e3 presentation in 2016 since it was in my opinion more a Treehouse than a e3 presentation.

However I included all the other e3 presentations starting with 2014 when BotW was first revealed.



Obviously Smash Bros has gotten way too much screentime in these Directs, it's going to be big regardless and doesn't need twice as much exposure as the number 2 game. E3 Direct was a huge blunder



I think the time should be a ratio of the games content and popularity. Though how secretive they want to be with the game is the biggest overwhelming factor. With Smash they show everything, has tonnes of content and is one of the most popular series of all time. I think that's why it's so high on the list.

Last edited by Green098 - on 01 November 2018

They did spend far too much time on smash, basically 90% of the E3 smash footage could have been cut. Don't need to slowly go through every character and talk about how there moves have changed. There isn't really a right amount of time to talk about a game pre-release though.



MasonADC said:
Smash needs and deserves all the time dedicated to it. Massive game

Not really. It's a big franchise, that sells on its own.

When a good band is in town all you need to hear about it is they are in town to perform on X days and your excitement automatically puts in in your mind on getting tickets as soon as they go on sale, even months out.

Crappier bands need more air time so you go you know what I got nothing better to do next week I'll grab a ticket.



 

 

Worth noting some of these games got a disproportionately large ammount of time dedicated to them in Treehouse gameplay streams. Breath of the Wild especially.