Nintendo Direct Announced for Thursday March 8th at 5PM EST

[Lonely_Dolphin]

RolStoppable said:

Lonely_Dolphin said:

Having Mario Tennis Aces as the highlight game points to this being a low key direct, but I also hope it means they have faith Mario Tennis is a really great game. I swear though if they announce a new 3DS game! Also yes, that Marcus guy was right about this pointless rumor, but is still wrong a lot and lies about it, so I still wont be taking him seriously.

If you want to read this much into the announcement text, you may as well note that this Direct concerns games launching this year. That's certainly a step up from "games launching this spring" or similar statements.

Additionally, you should consider that this is announced as a Direct and not a Direct Mini, so it would be fair to expect something grander than what we saw in January. Of course, it's always better to keep expectations in check instead of engaging in wild fantasies that can't possibly come true.

I do expect Fire Emblem, Yoshi, and 3rd party/Indie stuff which would explain covering the whole year, and Fire Emblem could be that grander thing. Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Smash, Pokemon, etc? Nah wont expect those.