| Boberkun said: This is pretty sad. They almost confirmed no Nintendo Direct's in future. |
Why? The dates they've revealed are just ordinary dates for titles we already knew about. If they've got something up their sleeves, it'll be announced in a Direct. Besides, there's other reasons to do Directs - the next Smash DLC, any other DLC (such as Splatoon, Hyrule Warriors, or Mario Kart), unrevealed features in announced games, etc.
There's a number of reasons to think that Nintendo is preparing to reveal a new mainline Pokemon title, as hinted at by certain things revealed at the start of the newest movie. Serebii has stated that he's expecting a February release, and if he's right, it'll mean an announcement in the next month or so. And Mario Maker is approaching release... I wouldn't be surprised if they did a Maker Direct, and incorporated a Smash Bros DLC reveal into it (by showing off, say, 8-bit Layton, or Wolf).
Or maybe they'll even go all-out, and have September be the month of game Directs - one a week; Mario Maker, Smash Bros, Pokemon, Splatoon, and Zelda: Triforce Heroes (with a new Zelda U teaser, perhaps?) would work quite well. If they're hosted by their respective head developers, it won't feel strange, not having Iwata - after all, they've had developer-hosted Directs like that for single games for a while.
