I think I know why there’s no Nintendo Direct this month – Reader’s Feature
A reader explains his theory for why there’s been no traditional Nintendo Direct yet, and what Nintendo is keeping secret for 2023.
Like everyone else I’ve been pretty upset at the way E3 month has turned out this year. No E3 is one thing, but there hasn’t been one for three years now and it’s never been as bad as this before. Microsoft and the Summer Game Fest tried their best, but they really didn’t have anything major to show and certainly nothing that was going to come out this year.
Sony still hasn’t announced a release date for God Of War: Ragnarök and apart from Insomniac Marvel games they’ve not got anything else on the schedules, which is kind of worrying. Maybe they’ll have another State of Play this summer, they’re hard to predict at the moment, but I don’t think they will. I think if they had anything ready they would’ve announced it already, as a counter to Microsoft, and wouldn’t be acting so secretive.
We’re in the dark side of the pandemic at the moment, where the whole of a game was made while people were working from home, and it’s showing. Microsoft and Sony are just trying to get through the year, hoping nobody will notice the cupboards are bare, but Nintendo is in a different situation, as they actually have a half decent line-up this year. Apart from Zelda and Metroid Prime 4 though they have absolutely nothing else announced, which makes it fun to speculate as to what their plan is…
Pokémon Scarlet/Violet and Bayonetta 3 isn’t Nintendo’s best Christmas offering but it’s still not bad, and far more than anything Microsoft and Sony have in terms of first party games. Add in Splatoon 3 before that and it’s the best Nintendo has managed for a while. So why haven’t they announced anything else?
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