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Nu-13 on 18 February 2020

Now we hope for the general direct to come soon.



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PAOerfulone on 18 February 2020

The Direct we were expecting, but not the Direct we were hoping.



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Kslost on 18 February 2020

Whereas I am excited to see what they say, potential dlc will be worth watching for. But it doesn’t give me that same level of excitement in my stomach that a new direct does..



peachbuggy on 18 February 2020
javi741 said:
super_etecoon said:

Nothing could kill the hype for Animal Crossing, I assure you.  Nintendo could unveil a new Metroid, 2D Metroid, Zelda, and 3D Mario in a Direct right before AC:NH and people would still line up in droves in excitement for this title.  It has been quite a long time since we've had a console Animal Crossing, and even City Folk underwhelmed many.  This title is a long time coming.  

You'd be surprised, their are a lot of die-hard Animal Crossing fans who are gonna buy the Switch and game in droves even if Nintendo announces everything. But there are still a lot of people and Nintendo fans who are on the fence with buying this game and the only reason they might buy it is because they believe no major game might be coming from Nintendo anytime soon and have money to burn. I'm sure if Nintendo were to announce any big games before AC, the more casual gamers might be deterred to purchase Animal Crossing when they know they could save their money on the bigger titles coming later this year.

I'm sure AC is gonna sell like hot cakes and millions of Switch's & games whether Nintendo does a direct before its release or not, but I believe Nintendo might want to capitalize AC's sales as much as possible.

I guarantee that won't be a scenario!



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Dulfite on 18 February 2020

People complaining about this confuse me.

1) I had to suck it up and get over all those directs that took time dedicated to new characters coming to Smash (boring). You can deal with a direct over a new game.

2) If they do a different direct that leaves more time for other games in the general direct. They aren't going to have a one hour direct, so I'd they crammed AC into a general one they would have to shorten other games showing time. Split them up and everyone gets more of what they want.



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JWeinCom on 18 February 2020
Dulfite said:
People complaining about this confuse me.

1) I had to suck it up and get over all those directs that took time dedicated to new characters coming to Smash (boring). You can deal with a direct over a new game.

2) If they do a different direct that leaves more time for other games in the general direct. They aren't going to have a one hour direct, so I'd they crammed AC into a general one they would have to shorten other games showing time. Split them up and everyone gets more of what they want.

The issue really is that they just haven't had a general direct in so long.

Imagine you're at a restaurant and you ordered a pizza.  You've been waiting for your pizza, for over hour, then the waiter comes out and gives everyone at the table water.

It's not like the water is actually making the situation any worse, but it would still somehow piss you off. 



The_Liquid_Laser on 19 February 2020
JWeinCom said:
Dulfite said:
People complaining about this confuse me.

1) I had to suck it up and get over all those directs that took time dedicated to new characters coming to Smash (boring). You can deal with a direct over a new game.

2) If they do a different direct that leaves more time for other games in the general direct. They aren't going to have a one hour direct, so I'd they crammed AC into a general one they would have to shorten other games showing time. Split them up and everyone gets more of what they want.

The issue really is that they just haven't had a general direct in so long.

Imagine you're at a restaurant and you ordered a pizza.  You've been waiting for your pizza, for over hour, then the waiter comes out and gives everyone at the table water.

It's not like the water is actually making the situation any worse, but it would still somehow piss you off. 

Actually things like drinks, appetizer, salad, bread, chips, etc... make the wait more bearable for the main course.  Sure the main course is what you really want, but that other stuff makes it easier to wait.



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Kristof81 on 19 February 2020
javi741 said:
Tbh I'm disappointed it isn't a real Nintendo direct. I know many people are hyped and happy for this Animal Crossing direct, but me personally I don't care about animal crossing. As a Nintendo fan we essentially know nothing about the Switch's lineup for 2020. My fear is that Nintendo will wait until after Animal Crossing releases to do a Nintendo direct since Nintendo might be afraid that unveiling big games before Animal crossing releases might kill the hype of Animal Crossing.

Well, the guy who predicted AC direct to be aired tomorrow (that turned out to be true), also says that next big direct will happen in second week of March. That's one week before planned AC release.

The post has already been deleted, but here's a screencap:



JWeinCom on 19 February 2020
The_Liquid_Laser said:
JWeinCom said:

The issue really is that they just haven't had a general direct in so long.

Imagine you're at a restaurant and you ordered a pizza.  You've been waiting for your pizza, for over hour, then the waiter comes out and gives everyone at the table water.

It's not like the water is actually making the situation any worse, but it would still somehow piss you off. 

Actually things like drinks, appetizer, salad, bread, chips, etc... make the wait more bearable for the main course.  Sure the main course is what you really want, but that other stuff makes it easier to wait.

To an extent, yes.  But at a certain point, you want your fucking main course, and anything that is brought to you which is not that is going to piss you off.



Shiken on 19 February 2020

I really do not care about AC, so this is a bust for me. I knew this direct was inevitable, but I sure as shit did not think it would happen before a general direct showing us what else we can look forward to this year.



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