I have a feeling the two bolded will be a part of Star Fox

I think they'd work better as standalone releases.  With the right presentation they could be quirky casual hits.

We need dem release dates. Also, wasn't Hyrule Warriors revealed in last year's January Direct? I imagine we'll get something along those lines here.

Well, it's supposed to be a media event, so I'm not necessarily sure that means we'll get a Direct, but at least we should get some good Nintendo news next week.

It's been said already, but release dates are desperately needed. Besides Kirby in NA, we don't have a single one, and PAL doesn't even have that.

When they're tight lipped like this, all it does is feed the perception that there are no games.

Sure hope so, though I feel like they're not going to give us a new-year news blowout until February at the earliest, because January makes the most sense (and making sense is not their style). I expect some game-specific direct or something.

yes, we need it.
if no game is released at january, at least a direct is demanded for keeping the interest.

Pal region need something soon, they can´t leave us like 3 months without games :S

npd release this thursday, just when nintendo will probably reveal if they will mantain their target for this year or not (problably not, we all know it missed the 3DS by a large margin). So, they need something to obliterate the attention about it. They done it before, but i'm not that sure that will be a nintendo direct.

There is another Super Indie Connection Sale this year,
maybe it comes with the ND.