The rumors were real! A Nintendo Direct is on the way, in miniature form. The very first Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase will be airing on July 20th, set to show titles that Nintendo has in the works. It'll focus on "updates on a small group of previously announced Nintendo Switch games", from Nintendo's development and publishing partners, likely standing in for what would have been this year's E3 Direct, just scaled back slightly. The Direct Mini will air at 3pm UK time or at 7am PT. Be sure to catch the broadcast, or if you can't, check back here to see what Nintendo reveals.

On 7/20 we'll debut the first #NintendoDirect Mini: Partner Showcase, a series focused on titles from our development & publishing partners. We'll share a few updates on a small group of previously-announced #NintendoSwitch games. Check out the full video release at 7am PT.

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[James_]

It's gonna be 10 minutes long


I'm gonna keep my expectations low

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Hopefully we get at least a teaser trailer for Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3. Also a release date for No More Heroes 3 and New Pokemon Snap would be good.

 

[osaka35]

Final fantasy crystal chronicles? Bravely default II? I think those are the only non 1st party games I'm stoked for.

No new games but hopefully new details. Or maybe just new launch dates and reminders these games are still happening.

 

[smilodon]

Gen 4 remakes when?

Hopefully never, I don't think gamefreak can do better than the original nowaday.

 

[LeyendaV]

Well, if we're going to focus on second- and third-party games, I look forward to some follow-up on Bravely Default II.

Braverly Default II, No More Heroes III... That kind of stuff. Also, if it's only ten minutes then we are mostly gonna be watching stuff for four or five games max.

Hopefully we get at least a teaser trailer for Prime 4 and Bayonetta 3. Also a release date for No More Heroes 3 and New Pokemon Snap would be good.

Metroid and Pokémon are first-party franchises, so no.
NMH3 will mostly be featured. B3 would be great as well.
Honestly, the only big third-party title I'm interested since it was announced is Shin Megami Tensei V, but it has mostly been cancelled at this point since Persona is being forced to print more and more money.

 

[Pipistrele]

Hopefully never, I don't think gamefreak can do better than the original nowaday.

I dunno - original Gen 4 sucks butt gameplay-wise in retrospective, so it would be dope to see a remake of it with QoL features from Sword and Shield.

 

[Agusto101]

Great nwn hope we get something nice... It's 10 minutes long... That's not good xD at least give us the mario 35 anniversary game, I'm happy with that.

 

[Bladexdsl]

incoming another useless direct

 

[peteruk]

I allowed myself to get excited and 'carried away' with all the Mario re master speculation, but viewing Spawn Wave this morning it looks like my heart is set to be broken once again

 

[havocdrake]

bakugon game.

 

[Rail Fighter]

Predictions: a new Paper Mario and new joycons colors.

 

[masagrator]

Predictions: a new Paper Mario and new joycons colors.

You're so bad that you have failed before even Direct was streamed.

 

[antiNT]

Don't worry I'm sure we're getting Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy and 3D World

 

[ombus]

This record of longest time of no direct will never be beaten.

 

[Lazyt]

I bet this is going to be mainly focused on a single game that we all know everything about a then we got like 20s tease for another game

 

[LightBeam]

How long is it going to last ? I'm kinda mad we had to wait that long for just a mini direct just like the one we had before a few months before, won't have any info about botw2, probably 0 about MP4 and Bayo3, and maybe nothing about NMH3 since it wasn't even in the last mini direct which was supposed to be focused on 2020 releases, meaning NMH3 could be delayed and get released in 2021
So yeah, expectations are really, really low atm

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Braverly Default II, No More Heroes III... That kind of stuff. Also, if it's only ten minutes then we are mostly gonna be watching stuff for four or five games max.


Metroid and Pokémon are first-party franchises, so no.
NMH3 will mostly be featured. B3 would be great as well.
Honestly, the only big third-party title I'm interested since it was announced is Shin Megami Tensei V, but it has mostly been cancelled at this point since Persona is being forced to print more and more money.

So, even though the game is being developed by Bamco and Retro Studios, MP4 is probably not showing up?

I guess F-Zero won't be showing its moves, either...

 

[AlpGo]

Super mario galaxy remake please!!

 

[Maq47]

So, even though the game is being developed by Bamco and Retro Studios, MP4 is probably not showing up?

I guess F-Zero won't be showing its moves, either...

Still published by Nintendo.

 

[DbGt]

I see most people didnt read the OP.

This is a new mini direct series. This first installment will be only 10 min long, and this series is for showcasing updates on partners products.

Dont expect huge announcements or anything like that