Ironically it's large enough to crash the special edition site page lol.
The Nintendo Direct News And Discussion Thread
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All 3 of those franchises are significantly more popular than Xenoblade will ever be. A direct for them is warranted. This isnt.
I’m not talking down on it because it doesn’t interest me, I’m talking down on it because it barely interests anyone and yet Nintendo keeps focusing on it above other, much more beloved franchises.
It’s almost as if thats exactly what I was referring to. All this means is that the fanbase it has is a very dedicated one, not that its a particularly large one.
Chevywolf:30
The one and only.
You know what else it was? Announced sooner.
I'm not talking down on Xenoblade, I'm expressing my frustration that BotW2 or even just a general Direct seems to be low priority for Nintendo
Fraxinus
chunky plant goop
i really dont think its that its a low priority, but its that they dont understand that silence on one game cant be compensated by coverage of another game. they act like covering one or two upcoming games means that they have no reason to give any news for other games because the fans of these other must be "distracted" by the games that they ARE covering.
like you can even see that in practice on just the zelda series as a whole. they even said once that hyrule warriors was meant to "tide fans over" until they were able to release botw. like, thats just... a weird business practice.
That's a failing on Nintendo's part for showing a game way too damn early, even worse so for prime 4, shoot look at paper mario origami king's reveal vs release
…. Another RPG?
I actually wonder if the reason why Xenoblade Chronicles is seeing so much love is because Monolith Soft helped out with Breath of the Wild, so they were given more resources for Xenoblade. While I'm not the biggest fan of the franchise myself (aside from X which is massively underrated), I think it's good that more modern Nintendo IPs like Xenoblade and Splatoon are allowed to shine. Also, 2 million is more than enough for Nintendo's more niche series. When Fire Emblem Awakening passed that mark, it ushered in a revival of said franchise.
it's not? at least Nintendo doesn't want it to be
2 million is all well and good for a niche series, but the amount of Xenoblade stuff that we’ve been getting recently is far more than a reasonable amount when there are so many other franchises that don’t even have as much as a native port to the switch.
It’s definitely more RPG than it is not.
Hyrulian Hero
Zelda Informer Codger
But, uh...BotW 2 will come out regardless of whether or not we have a Nintendo direct so I'm not worried. The hype machine that was the direct back in the day was awesome and I miss them but it's not going to affect BotW 2 so I'm good. Every time Nintendo takes forever to release a Zelda game, it's worth the wait. I have no experience with Xenoblade so I don't care to pay attention but the sudden and blistering buildup of hype that will balloon in the months preceding BotW 2 is going to be epic.
thank you nintendo
whether it is or not isn't even relevant, I don't see what he's getting at in bringing up a game's quick reveal vs release time, just that one was apparently better at managing it's reveal time than the other
And clearly nintendo wants to keep advertising the game so that it can do even better. I'm as frustrated as anyone that they're shunning out a lot of their other franchises on a regular basis, but this is what they're choosing to focus on as it's a big upcoming game to them. Even Arms got it's own direct back when it was brand new. That said, they're timing for this is abysmal, nor do I think it's even needed w/ all the information they've been posting online, maybe at best make an overview trailer a few weeks before it comes out
Seems that the rumors were true.
Magolor04726
Hum dee doo
What is it? A partner showcase? (Parental restrictions and all, can't view it lol.)
yup, direct mini partner showcase, roughly 25 minutes