Miyamotoo said:
Even for 1H you cant say that they "they don't exist" or Nintendo dont "holding back" when there annuced and relased games like like Mario + Rabbids Pokemon Tournament DX and Bayonetta 1 and 2, only 2-3 before launch. They will definatly continue doing thing like those. I dont think that DK IF port is counting like big games, its mid sized game not big game. Maybe Smash Bros 4 DX, or Smash Bros 5 that would be actualy be all content from Wii U and 3DS versions of Smash + some other new staffs. Maybe we could have even AC in May-June instead posible Smash Bros. We will see.
Doesnt change, and fact is that we had Mini Direct in any case, not regular Direct. They went with Mini Direct and that aporuch this time beacuse they didnt had big or new games, only ports/remasters of smaller games, its most likly they used it to clear of smaller and less important things in that way. Biggest news was basically Dark Souls Remaster, and Nintendo used this Direct to announced Dark Souls firstly on Switch beacuse that same day game was annouced for other platforms also. In other words, we yet need to have normal Direct. Actually there are few more things that are point that regular Direct will be out maybe even in next few weeks (link down). Most likly they will announce some more 1st party, 2nd party or exclusives, and espacily 3rd party games for 1H of 2018. Actualy it makes much more sense that in that regular direct they focused on bigger and more more important things, because this Direct Mini had smaller and less important things, Mini Direct is by definition less important than regular Direct.
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Despite being called Mini, it was handheld like another ND, just cut short.
You could be right and the big announcements will come in the normal ND. But that's just you ignoring how they handheld the Mini and ignoring how the first half of 2018 is pretty much booked.
If you want to act as if that's not relevant, you can do that. Just don't expect people to agree with you.
Even if there's a BIG game coming, it won't changes things: the first half of 2018 is lackluster. And that's even before we compare it to what we had in 2017.
"Most likly they will announce some more 1st party"
Did they even announce a single 1st party game?
I checked: not a single one.
Again, not having a really big title announced is not proof that they have one and are saving it. It could very well mean that they might not really have one.
Look, if this had been just another Mini Direct, i could agree with in that there would be an ND soon to reveal the remaining games coming in the 1stH. But the Mini already did that.
About the article:
The 1st point completely ignores the fact that this Mini was completely different from the ones before it; It also ignores how the release Schedule is booked for 1st half, if we remembre how Nintendo wants to have one big name/game each month.
The 2nd point is but a rumor.
Even if it was true, there's really nothing there that suggests that those 10 games are all surprises or mean that the real line-up for this semester has yet to be revealed.
again, if that's what it's implying, it's again ignoring Nintendo's one big name/game per month mantra.
The 3rd point on the blank space doesn't really add anything besides the "another ND is coming".
The last point is pure conjecture: Nintendo has a lot to talk about (true!), therefore they will do it now... although also understands it's not done now.
