tbone51 on 24 April 2014
| ToxicJosh said: @TBone: That's what I mean though, we've only had 1 'proper' direct. The Smash Bros one doesn't really count as it's just one title. Same for the Tomodachi Life, epic though it was. In 2013, by this time, we'd had 5 directs. This year, we've had 2, including Smash. And to clarify what I mean by missed announcements: -Sonic Boom -Indie eShop sale (at least in EU) -GBA dates (they actually did a trailer for this!) -Mario Kart items trailer (that hit with the presser) -Character and date announces from Smash Direct -Tomodachi Life I personally think that they're holding back on announcements to deliver at E3. And I also think that we won't see much of Smash (at the conference), given the scale of the direct; maybe just a character announce and actual release dates. |
Yes they are holding back everything intill E3. SSB direct was definitely a proper direct. It was a direct to 2 of nintendo's 3 biggest games of 2014 (SSB for 3DS+SSB for WiiU), had a ton of info. In fact the info in this direct was more than 90% of all nintendo proper directs of all time.
We might see yet another direct (MK8 ONLY) in time before MK8 release. No point in talking about games this month when we already know about kirby/Mario Golf and E3 is around the corner. Nintendo needs to get all the attention. I rather a blow out at e3 then a 20min direct. Last year's Nintendo Direct e3 was straight to the point with games.
Best directs so far (in terms of info and hype) are Easily E3 Direct/SSB Direct/Jan 2013 Direct.
