Nintendo Direct: 4.12.2017

As previously announced, today marks the first post-Switch Nintendo Direct!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDedvre19es&t=15s

Airing at 3pm PST we’ve been specifically promised a focus on Splatoon 2 and ARMS, but the official press release mentions that it will cover both the Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS. So who’s to say some Pokemon news wont pop up?

In the mean time, what are your predictions for the Nintendo Direct? Is this the beginning of Pokemon Stars pre-release?

UPDATE: Unfortunately, and perhaps expectedly, no Pokemon news was discussed during this Nintendo Direct.

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815 thoughts on “Nintendo Direct: 4.12.2017”

  1. I hope they make me excited for a game thats not pokemon..

    i only play pokemon on my 3ds and I would like to change that because else I only play a game any other two years or so.

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    • i hope they give me my freaking Krak-on Roller
      I mastered that weapon perfectly

      Stay back to coat home base
      build up Kraken
      Storm Enemy Lines
      Plant Beakons
      ???
      Profit/Win

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  2. HELP I’M IN PUBLIC WITH NO HEADPHONES AND THE DIRECT IS IN T-MINUS 20 MINUTES IT’S PANIC TIME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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        • Eh, I’ll pick up MK8D a lot later. I didn’t care too much for the battle modes of past games so its only selling point is portability. Hoenstly I’m shocked and dissapointed they didn’t add new tracks. I know we already have a ton, but it’s dissapointing.

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    • The biggest news would be Nintendo announcing that they shipped some new stock of the Pro Controller, I pre-ordered one three months ago and still haven’t received it.

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      • My parents said they ordered me one from a third-party seller and then it was marked as “returned” even though it was never received.

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  3. Fun fact: If DP remakes get announced, they could be Stars. Stars is a codename, like Rainbow was the codename for SM.

    Funner Fact: I did not get mauled by a dog today.

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  4. Honestly I can’t see this direct revealing anything crazy. we’ll likely get a release date for Splat2 and Arms. Plus then maybe some small stuff for the 3DS.

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  5. Great, I already ate all my snacks and drank my soda halfway before the Direct even began. It’s now safe to say that this Direct probably gave me diabetes.

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  6. Honest question

    Who’s actually expecting a Pokemon reveal? I think I’m making myself pessimistic so if we do get it I’ll be more hyped but if we don’t I’ll be less disappointed

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  7. *GF 2 years ago*
    -Okay, we designed the fire cat and the water seal, what should we do for the grass starter? John?
    -A possum?
    -Nah… Rick?
    -A gorrila?
    -No, that’s terrible… What about you Steven?
    -Oh, I’m sorry I wasn’t listening I was playing Angry Birds
    -I GOT IT!
    And that’s how Rowlet was created

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  8. I would have been disappointed by this Direct but then I realize that we only need to wait a short time for E3. This is the “cleaning duty” Direct.

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  9. The only interest I have in the direct if they’ll do something special for Kirby’s 25th anniversary. Those two eshop games are probably only a small bit of it but they have to do something big like a new Kirby game.

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  10. Virtual Console launch in May and Pokemon Switch announcement in May. I’d be totally down for that tbh, thanks Allah

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  11. About that Masuda tweet, I just noticed that the title of the article he links to says “Pokemon-Stars”. So I’d say to forget about that for now.

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    • Its a fairly good format. As for the direct itself, it was pretty good having pretty much everything you would want to know pre-E3.

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        • Well we shouldn’t know what their E3 plans are at this point. Generally you don’t find that stuff out until about a month before or so. As for game content we know it’ll be a focus on at least what they have planned for the rest of the switches first physical year. So Mario, splatoon story mode, what ever turns out to be the single player mode of arms, Xenoblade 2, ect.

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          • Patience my friend. All things worth enjoying come in time. We’re getting Splatoon 2 much sooner then a lot of people guessed, we’re getting mario this year. We have a small chance of Xenoblade this year. Heck we might get a pokemon game this year, or not. Who knows.

          • 1. It’s just frustrating that the first AAA title that is completely exclusive to Switch isn’t even coming for over 2 months.
            2. I know that people keep saying that XC2 will be delayed because of X, but wow people have no faith. They keep asserting how it’ll be 2017, but I seem to be the only one who thinks it will launch then. I know they have more legs to stand on but I’m just surprised how little faith people how in Monolith.

          • 1. It is what it is. Can’t really complain about it. This is kinda normal for consoles now. Most exclusive games come 6-12 months after its launch with anything early usually being a glorified tech demo.
            2. I have hopes that they’ll make their deadline and I do think its honestly possible. Its just that its better to expect the worst and be pleased when proven wrong, then to expect the best and be disappointed when things don’t work out.

  12. Man cant wait until the next Pkmn game is announced and leak season is back. Even though 80% is always fake, I absolutely LOVE those periods in my life lol. The speculation fires me up so much

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  13. Are we the only place speaking about Banana Bug Bud RN? Because I made a super quick lap of other sites and didn’t see a thing 😮

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  14. What if they had an isolated island chain called the “Ka Hua Isles” (Hawaiian for fruit) and there are 3-5 Tapus on these islands, all disguised as fruit?

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    • Tapu Maia (From Mai’a, apparently means banana)

      Tapu Lani (From Alani, apparently means orange)

      Tapu Ohia (From Ohi’a ‘ai, apparently means mountain apple)

      You can tell I’m tired XD

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  15. What if Bananini/Tapu Maia will be used for sexual innuendos? “Touch my Banana Friend… it will feel great…”

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  16. You guys better tell me the second pre-orders start for those new joy-cons. There isn’t a chance those won’t belong to me.

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  17. I just realised in my tired state

    1) The new joy cons are yellow
    2) You know what’s yellow
    3) Quinces
    4) Quinces are pomes and thus related to apples
    5) Apples are a fruit, and are thus similar to grapes
    6) I eat grapes
    7) I also eat bananas
    8) Bananas are yellow
    9) New Pokemon leaked
    10) It’s a a banana
    11) ????

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  18. So it looks like the Japanese characters for Pikachu and Popplio match up. Doesn’t really mean anything but it’s something.

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  19. I have a new nicknane for Banana Buddy. It’s like a Real pokemon name. BUGNANANUGANUGANA (Bug+Banana+Bug+Banana+Bug+Banana)

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  20. Another interesting thing: that text on the bottom-right is straight and apparently printed on, as if it’s drawn on some “officially trademarked” scratch paper.

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  22. Now that Arms and Splatoon 2 are now locked in for June and July, as well as all of the third-party stuff out of the way, I say it’s officially time to start E3 predictions. Here’s mine.
    -Animal Crossing (Early 2018)
    -Metroid (2018)
    -Super Mario Odyssey
    -Pikmin 4/World (2018)
    -New IP like “Earthbound for a new generation”
    -Techno Dragon Boy (or some unpredictable new IP)
    -Pokémon? For 3DS/Switch?
    -Smash Bros. Switch (Sept. 2017)
    BOLD PREDICTION:
    -Kid Icarus by Retro Studios

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  23. I’m not too particularly impressed with the idea of continuing support for the Nintendo 3DS, and would prefer to see more games being ported over to the Switch. Nonetheless, I’m excited for ARMS and Splatoon 2 and can’t wait to see what each brings to the table. Let’s hope for some substantial Pokemon news sometime in the near future!

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    • I agree, but part of me thinks they’re going to hold onto the 3DS as long as they can.

      Or even worse. Make a successor.

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    • Hey Dicie 🙂 I feel the same way, but I understand that there needs to be a bit of a generational overlap to fully take advantage of their pre-existing market. Considering the Switch’s success, I think we’ll have plenty of games from all franchises over time. About Pokémon, I’m almost certain we’ll get an announcement early next month, like with ORAS. The timing just checks out: no Nintendo games, no Direct, no nothin’.

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    • All of the games they’ve shown were already finished a long time ago, they’ve been sitting in a drawer this whole time and they want to finish everything up with bringing them to the West.

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  24. There’s no way they already sold out of yellow Joy-Cons on Amazon, is there? I see a listing but it’s not available yet.

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  25. Hey has anyone here ever played any games in the Spectrobes series? I loved those games, it sucks that the series is dead at this point.

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  26. I do think it’s interesting that they are still continuing with the 3DS. Very neutral about it, so it doesn’t bother me as much. The Switch could’ve been a successor to the 3DS too, but it’s very different to see that the 6 year old handheld system is still going.
    This does pretty much confirm the next Pokemon game is on the 3DS, which I’m somewhat happy about.

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    • We’ve known that for a while though. Whether or not the Switch is a successor, they aren’t dropping the 3DS just yet. Mainly because it’d be really catastrophic if they suddenly discontinued support for both of their systems and the Switch didn’t sell well.

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        • Well if they do drop it, it won’t be this year for sure. I think they want to see how strong the sales are this year to see whether or not to drop it.

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  27. You can say this Nintendo Direct was ARMed and ready with new switch games…..
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    I’ll leave now

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  28. OKAY PEOPLE STARTED TO SPECULATE THE UNEXPECTED CHARACTER IN SONIC FORCES IS FUCKING BUBSY AND THE SILHOUETTE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM WTF!!

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  29. Today’s episode was…weird
    A Sandygast lost its shovel and evolved, and it used Shore Up to grow to monolithic size and ate Ash…

    Also that ending

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  30. Good morning, deers~
    It’s that time again…

    Random Question:
    In The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, once you get going and have the game figured out, which of the following do you find yourself doing the most, and why?

    Hoarding Weapons/Shields/Bows of the best kinds.
    Collecting the most inventory.
    A quest to find all the mini games.
    A true completion route.
    DLC preperation.
    Amiibo Item hunting.
    Hunting down all the shrines.
    Exploring the little secrets and fine details.
    Finding all the Korok Seeds.
    Maxing out your Rupees.
    Getting the max of one or more items.
    Arrow hunting.
    Just goofing off.
    Adventuring with an additional custom challenge. (like carrying as rock across the map)
    Getting all the clothing types.
    Upgrading all the clothing.
    Completing all the side quests.
    Defeating all the bosses.
    Taking in the scenery with photos or screenshots.
    Finding and exploring enemy bases for all the bone chests.

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