We’re now one full week into October following the primary September since 2016 with out a actually large Nintendo Direct.
Wanting again at our Nintendo Direct broadcast historical past information, it is all there in black and white (effectively, pink and white). 2020’s Direct might need been a Tremendous Mario-focused job themed round that collection’ thirty fifth anniversary, however that caveat apart, 2016 — the yr earlier than the Swap launched — was the final yr there wasn’t a full, flagship Nintendo Direct in September.
And even then, there was a half-hour 3DS-specific presentation. In the event you depend that as a full-fat Direct, 2015 was the final yr we acquired by way of a September with no large Nintendo bulletins.
To be honest, August delivered a bumper crop this yr, with the Nintendo Museum getting its personal presentation, plus a double serving to of Indie World Showcase and Associate Showcase arriving on twenty seventh August. Combining the latter two into an uber showcase was a primary for Nintendo, maybe a ploy to ship a big portion for followers to chew on and maintain them by way of September.
That is Nintendo we’re speaking about; all bets are off in the case of acquired knowledge.
Which brings us to October, a month which is historically pretty quiet, Nintendo announcements-wise. At this stage, the manufacturing and retail chains can be in full swing and gearing up for the profitable end-of-year interval. It’s possible you’ll recall that the Swap OLED launched alongside Metroid Dread again in October 2021, for instance. At this level of the yr, there is a a lot increased probability of leaks for merchandise you are trying to launch in time for the vacations. Mario & Luigi: Brothership units sail in precisely a month’s time, and earlier than then we have a Mario Celebration to attend.
Will there be an October 2024 Nintendo Direct, then? It is actually potential, though with these two Mario releases there’s additionally simply sufficient occurring in Nintendo land for the corporate to coast some time longer on the bulletins entrance.
Nevertheless, there’s one massively important announcement from the final decade that Nintendo made in October: the official reveal of the console previously often called NX, the Nintendo Swap.
Thursday twentieth October 2016 was the date Nintendo first confirmed off Swap to the world (ha ha, ha ha, yeah). Maybe it is wishful considering, however the deathly silence all through final month — apart from some welcome information that some extra F-Zero video games are coming to Nintendo Swap On-line, after all — means that perhaps, simply perhaps Nintendo has one thing large up its sleeve within the close to future.