Nintendo direct *RUMORED* this week.

[Paperboy012305]

The Tax Day tweet was about Tax Day and nothing more. NoA was the only branch that referenced the date because, you guessed it, Tax Day is an American day. The fact that Reggie is retiring tomorrow is just a coincidence.

If other Nintendo accounts had referenced the 15th, then it would have been a topic for discussions.

Ok we get it, Nintendo isn’t showing AC Switch until E3. It’s a broken record with you, and so am I a bit.

So just wait. Period.

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I honestly said more of the Tax Day being a coincidence than to Reggie.

 

[LambdaDelta]

clearly, they should've used an image of yoshi with that tax day tweet

 

[Blue Cup]

Ok we get it, Nintendo isn’t showing AC Switch until E3. It’s a broken record with you, and so am I a bit.

So just wait. Period.

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I honestly said more of the Tax Day being a coincidence than to Reggie.

I'm the broken record? If people like you would stop bringing it up at every opportunity while at the same time spouting flat out insane theories regarding a freaking timer for an item in the mobile game having some correlation to an announcement while, I must add, contradicting your the aforementioned wild baseless theories within the same post, I wouldn't have to constantly bring people back down to earth and explain to them.

You don't get to play the crackpot theorist card and then tell others what's what. You hurt discussions more than anything and my every interaction with you has resulted in corrections to whatever point or info you were trying to convey, with some of it being 100% wrong much of the time.

You'll be on my ignore list going forward, so any such reply to me will be ignored.

clearly, they should've used an image of yoshi with that tax day tweet

The resulting reaction to this would have been better than any Animal Crossing announcment.

 

[Paperboy012305]

clearly, they should've used an image of yoshi with that tax day tweet

Now if they did this, regarding to the meme, also with the fact that it could have also advertised Yoshi's Crafted World, then they could have ignored that tweet and move on with their lives. But Nintendo instead pulled an Animal Crossing and created theories which of course pulled out the obvious that nothing Nintendo related will happen on Tax Day.

 

[Sweetley]

clearly, they should've used an image of yoshi with that tax day tweet

I have the feeling they did that on purpose to choose a Animal Crossing character here. Think about
it, Nintendo could have used any other Nintendo character, whatever it's Yoshi, Mario holding a coin
and so on. But nope, they choosed a AC character, in this case Nook. And why? Because they know
that every single thing that has something to do with Animal Crossing, regardless of whether it has
something to do with the new game or not, gets automatically 10 times more attention, since fans
waiting desperately for any AC news and jumping into hype immediately if Nintendo posted something
AC related. So if it turns out that the tweet has no meaning at all, then Nintendo at least got what
they probably wanted: Lots of attention with that tweet.

 

[Blue Cup]

Nook's a business savy dude as well, and likely always does his taxes on time.

 

[Lancelot]

Nook doesnt pay his taxes

 

[Chouchou]

Well nothing yet..

 

[Sweetley]

Guess we will have to wait till tomorrow to see if there will be a Direct this week or not.

I don't put my hopes that high, but who knows...

 

[acornavenue]

So i know a lot of people say itll be released on e3. Ive never really waited for a game so badly before. I know E3 is in June and we have some time before they do another direct and could maybe release it before then. But say if they do release it at E3 do they usually announce what could be going on their? How do they go about it?

What are you guys thinking at this point that itll just come at E3? Or maybe before.

 

[KhalidPrecious]

So i know a lot of people say itll be released on e3. Ive never really waited for a game so badly before. I know E3 is in June and we have some time before they do another direct and could maybe release it before then. But say if they do release it at E3 do they usually announce what could be going on their? How do they go about it?

What are you guys thinking at this point that itll just come at E3? Or maybe before.

Just think about it, how could they release it without promotion campaigns going around?

Darling, it?s just too early, it?s either one of the following scenarios...
A - It will be the main game on this year?s E3 and release this year.
B - Animal Crossing Direct at anytime, might be before or after E3 2019 and confirm the 2019 release date.
C - It?s delayed to 2020 release.

We?re all dying, but there is nothing we can do other than wait.

 

[Paperboy012305]

I'd say the only way it'll get delayed is if they started development in 2018. If they worked on it in 2016, i'd say less chances of a delay because everything except translations has been implemented.

 

[TheRealWC]

It just seems a little odd to me they aren’t marketing this game more. Animal Crosdimg is a popular series that’s been without a new installment for over 5 years. If there’s nothing past E3, we’re probably looking at 2020. But I’d rather wait and the game be amazing than play a rushed and meh game early.

 

[Berrymia]

Sometimes I wonder if I just dreamed that AC switch got announced and I?m living a lie.

 

[Blue Cup]

Guess we will have to wait till tomorrow to see if there will be a Direct this week or not.

I don't put my hopes that high, but who knows...

Eh, they can always shadow a drop mini Direct on Wednesday. It wouldn't feature Animal Crossing though, not in a mini Direct. And there would be no announcement prior to it.

So i know a lot of people say itll be released on e3. Ive never really waited for a game so badly before. I know E3 is in June and we have some time before they do another direct and could maybe release it before then. But say if they do release it at E3 do they usually announce what could be going on their? How do they go about it?

What are you guys thinking at this point that itll just come at E3? Or maybe before.

They won't release the game in June. Not at this point in time. We will get news of what the headline will be for their E3 Direct closer to the day, but as of now the assumption is that, as has always been in the past, the Direct will occur on the first day of E3 to kick off the festivities. Typically at 9pm pacific, 12pm eastern.

The big spotlight will either be on Animal Crossing or Mario Maker 2. As to which one however depends on if we get some sort of Direct beforehand.

It just seems a little odd to me they aren?t marketing this game more. Animal Crosdimg is a popular series that?s been without a new installment for over 5 years. If there?s nothing past E3, we?re probably looking at 2020. But I?d rather wait and the game be amazing than play a rushed and meh game early.

Right now, no news is good news. As you said, if E3 comes and goes with no news, then we will have a reason to worry. But the lack of advertising right now isn't out of the ordinary for Nintendo. Remember that Smash Ultimate didn't get fully revealed until 6 months prior to release, at which point not a month went by where we weren't getting new news.

Mario Maker 2 is actually following the same path. A major release we knew nothing about before early February is now just a month and a half away. It is actually this game that is the reason we are currently expecting another Direct prior to E3. Nintendo as far as I know has never spotlighted a game within weeks of release.

But then again. Nintendo. Kings of the Left Field. Blah.

 

[Lancelot]

The big spotlight will either be on Animal Crossing or Mario Maker 2. As to which one however depends on if we get some sort of Direct beforehand.

I never actually considered the big spotlight could be mario maker... thats a good point.

I assumed Mario Maker 2 will literally be the same concept as 1 but with added stuff and styles for switch. But I guess animal crossing is basically in the same boat haha. I do wonder what the main focus will on now.

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Im excited in Luigi's Mansion and Sword+Shield as well. Didnt really realise how good I might find E3 this year, damn.

 

[Justin]

Honestly, outside of our personal fan hopes and dreams, I find it to be a bit of a pure business failure that they have managed to let 7 years pass without releasing a new mainline game given how absurdly popular New Leaf was. Like, I expect this from a Pikmin or Metroid tier franchise, it's really dumb for what Animal Crossing is today.

Anyway, I'm probably going to lock up this thread pretty soon as nothing is happening. Most of the current discussion belongs in the sticky thread really since the Direct doesn't seem to be happening.

 

[Sweetley]

Nintendo didn't even mentioned the 18th birthday of the first AC game at all. Like, that would have
been the perfect opportunity to make a short video of clips from all AC games that came out so far
to show how much Animal Crossing improved over the time. And they could have end it with the line
"We hope you're looking forward for more amazing years with Animal Crossing!" (or something like this),
as a hint for the upcoming Switch title. But nope, nothing at all. No wonder when angry AC fans
spamming every tweet Nintendo posted on Twitter, asking for AC news (together with those asking
for a Direct).

And that Tom Nook tweet was also a big mistake. With that tweet, Nintendo just started madness in
the AC fandom...

 

[acornavenue]

I wasnt saying release the game in june i me t information in june at E3

 

[Blue Cup]

Iiiii still am in the mindset that they announced Animal Crossing more for the investors and less for the fanbase. Nintendo never announces things that far out without good reason. And after the debacle with Metroid Prime 4, you can bet they won't try again anytime soon either.

But yeah, a thread lock is for the best. The thread was created based on bad information from the get-go. Nintendo looks to have their own little "Twitter Direct" today with the announcement of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3s release date. Last time they started a day like that, they dropped the odd bit of info throughout the day.

RIP thread.