E3 canceled!

See when you make a list like that, it sounds really positive and makes me excited. But then I remember, wait, we knew about Xenoblade DE for a super long time. We knew about Bravely Default 2 for a while. Panzer Dragoon Remake has been known for almost a year. Catherine Full Body was leaked quite a while ago (I'll admit this is the coolest thing about this direct though). Bioshock collection was just made free on PSN. And Ninjala? I can't even bother with Splatoon, let alone Ninjala. 

Great for people who are Switch only (well, except Curl, because reasons), but it doesn't help that most of this stuff had been known about for a long time. 

I have a bit of correcting to do. I thought the Xenoblade Remake was just an HD upscale. It's a complete graphics overhaul, with extra content. That is pretty dang good!

As far as the other stuff goes...

This thread is about games made by Nintendo not being announced. Panzer Remake, Bioshock, Burnout, Catherine, and Ninjala are 3rd party games. Nobody is complaining about a lack of 3rd party Switch games. We are complaining about a lack of any new and substantial news concerning Nintendo developed games.

Right, but there's always a chance that we'll get a dud direct. Kind of like how that 08 E3 presentation was a dud. 

Xenoblade is a 10 year old game. An extensive gameplay showing of it isn't going to save a direct. Neither is one for Bravely Default II, which while it's cool to see that it's another graphically impressive title for some, it isn't really changing much or expanding massively upon what the 3ds games were known for (some good changes aside)..

I don't think the argument here is whether showing already covered games more extensively is bad or not. It certainly is great to see these titles in more detail, and you'll never hear me say something as ignorant as not wanting these games covered at all simply because they don't appeal to me. However I do think it's disingenuous to just, list a ton of titles we already knew about and say that's more consequential than showing new games because the list is simply bigger. That's the disagreement I think. Ultimately, new Nintendo games, especially ones that aren't late ports or remasters/remakes (let's not turn it into that please hehe), are always going to take priority in an ecosystem like Nintendo's. 

And I have more than enough stuff to play. I have a PS4, PC, and a lengthy Switch backlog. I just don't find it convincing that, because people have stuff to play, they shouldn't criticize or be disappointed with the information a company releases. That's not how people, or reality, really work. Nintendo wants us to judge them, if not they wouldn't be selling products in the largest economic system dictated entirely around the desires of the consumer. You can talk about the quality of a direct, without thinking that it controls your gamer livelihood for the rest of the year . 

I could split hairs about it only being a Mini Direct and not a full General Direct, but meh, what's the point lulz

A company that is only supporting a single console acts the same way it did when it was supporting 2 consoles: the lack of proper 1st party games for a time period of what.. 6 months?... is not really understandable.
Focusing on a single console should have this covered so it wouldn't happen again. Yet, it did.
And we still have yet to see what's coming next, since Nintendo's best (selling) IPs are all out or pretty much.

3rd parties insisting on bringing ports and more ports only shows how they see Switch as na easy buck.
But they do this because people keep liking this strategy. So, why should they stop, right?

Overall, passable ND.

What worries is that, 3 years after being released and still no signs of Nintendo and 3rd parties changing their ways. Specially Nintendo - who is supposed to carry the console by itself, anyway.

It’ll be interesting to see moving forward. I know fans are anxious of finding out what Nintendo and their studios are cooking, but with COVID-19, things are definitely not going to be “back in business.” With NoA allowing staff to work at home with one of their own testing positive for the virus and with stay-at-home orders being placed, I’m not sure work from their end with be the same until the virus pandemic settles down. Planning localization and marketing from home must be interesting compared to working in the actual offices.

So we're kinda back to them having just one game dated then aren't we, the Xenoblade Remake/Remaster/Whatever instead of Animal Crossing?

At that point, they will likely show some big guns, even if it is just cut scene teasers. I am prepared for the year to be a bit barren, but "Episode I Racer" makes everything better :)