New 50 minutes long Nintendo Direct tomorrow

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Kai_Mao said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

Heh, I feel 2020 was so bad that the first few months of 2021 are devoted to transitioning back to normalcy.  Sure, we have vaccines, but you have to wait your turn.  Sure, we get a 50-minute Direct, but most of it will focus on the few big games releasing between now and Summer.  I am going to assume this means that they have an E3 Direct or equivalent planned in June.  I'm tempering my expectations for this Direct though.  I'm totally cool with this being a transition Direct though.  I welcome a return to normalcy, even if it has to happen in phases.

I don’t know. Nintendo usually makes directs that focus on certain periods of the fiscal or calendar year so I’m not surprised it’s more focused on the first half of ‘21. They’re not usually ones to show all their cards in one direct. 

Here is the Direct they gave us two years ago in February.

I counted 27 games mentioned (not counting DLC) and 14 of them had a release date of June 30, 2019 or sooner (about half).  Also most of the games released sooner were third party ports.  The brand new, first party games tended to be the ones released later in the year.  The Direct in 2019 was also only about 37 minutes.

So, this Direct is about 50 minutes.  That part is definitely good.  But I don't expect to be teased about a bunch of games releasing in the second half of the year.  That would be cool, but I doubt about half of the games mentioned tomorrow will release after June 30, 2021.  Instead I am expecting a fair chunk of time going toward games like Monster Hunter Rise, Pokemon Snap and other games that are releasing in the first half of the year.  Also a decent chunk of time will go toward DLC of established games like Smash Bros.  If we get a little tease for BotW2 or some other big game coming later, then that will be a nice treat.  But I don't expect too many of those.  I'm tempering my expectations.